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Risk Factors Affecting the Development of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in Household Contacts of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis pptx
... in the second group and 18% were infected in the third group Besides they treated of cases in the first group because of active disease [ 16] In former two studies it is seen that the risk of infection ... et al Risk Factors Affecting the Development of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in Household Contacts of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis (such as uncle, grandfather, cousin) The definitions ... case and radiological degree of the disease Only a relationship between presence of cavity in index case and TB frequency in contacts was found (7.4% in cases with cavity, 2 .6% in cases with...
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báo cáo khoa học: "Updates in non-small cell lung cancer - insights from the 2009 45th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology" potx
... The administration of pemetrexed in the maintenance setting was fairly well tolerated and was devoid of any cumulative toxicity in the subgroup analysis The rates of grade and toxicities in the ... presented in 2008 ASCO annual meeting, also tested erlotinib with platinum/gemcitabine chemotherapy with erlotinib continuing as the maintenance therapy [19] PFS was statistically better in experimental ... positive data from the ZODIAC trial The important finding in this trial has demonstrated the improvement of PFS and RR from vandetanib translated into the clinically meaningful delay in symptom...
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Báo cáo y học: "How can we reduce the risk of serious infection for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus" ppt
... benefits of anti-malarials in patients with SLE go beyond preventing infection and include prevention of disease flares and accrual of damage, with some studies also showing a reduction in vascular and ... and infection prophylaxis for high risk patients Based on an estimated prevalence of 29% for serious infections among patients with SLE and the findings of Ruiz-Irastorza and colleagues, the ... guidelines have not been developed for SLE With the exception of the live attenuated vaccines, other vaccinations should be kept up-to-date in patients with SLE Caring for patients with SLE includes...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " Phylogenetic analysis of the non-structural (NS) gene of influenza A viruses isolated from mallards in Northern Europe in 2005" ppsx
... substitutions were found in viruses belong to clade III Six amino acid changes in NS protein were results of these substitutions, two located in RNA binding domain and in effector domain of the NS1 protein ... and colleagues (20 06) that NS1 have a PDZ binding motif at the very end of the protein PDZ domains are protein-interacting domains present once or multiple times within certain proteins and these ... sequenced in this study possessed the amino acid Glu1 86, Phe103 and Met1 06 in their NS1 protein It has been suggested that the amino acid at the position 149 of NS1 protein of HPAI-H5N1 affect the...
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Báo cáo y học: "Mutation in the loop C-terminal to the cyclophilin A binding site of HIV-1 capsid protein disrupts proper virus assembly and infectivity" ppt
... also infected as described above with the amount virus indicated and after adsorption period of hrs, input viruses were removed and cells were fed with ml of complete DMEM with µM indinavir and ... and Western blot analysis of capsid mutants Structural view and Western blot analysis of capsid mutants A close view of the structure of the cyclophilin A binding loop in the N-terminal (A) and ... and the position of E187 in the C-terminal (B) HIV-1CA domains The two residues in this study, E98 and E187, are being explicitly highlighted The figure was produced with PyMOL [27] and the structure...
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Washback Effects of the TOEIC Examination A study of Adult Learner’s Attitudes toward English Exams, Learning and Teaching in a TOEIC Preparation Class
... Learning and Teaching in A TOEIC Preparation Class 2.1 Washback on Teaching and Learning Washback refers to the influence of testing on teaching and learning (Bailey, 19 96) Robb (1999) said that the ... especially reading and vocabulary learning strategies Due to the nature of CEEE, lots of harmful washback effects were found, such as hindering the interests of learners and narrowing the learning materials ... test-oriented, only enhancing their test-taking skills instead of their communicative competence (Tasi & Tsou, 2009) Building from these lines of research, gaining an understanding of adult learners‟...
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Annex A.3 Review of Tuberculosis Infection Control ppt
... instructed to lift their arm up and cover their mouth and nose with the inner surface of the arm and forearm This is to keep germs away from the hands TB cannot be spread by the hands, but other ... disease and prevent others from getting TB There are two main ways to reduce the risk of TB transmission in the outpatient facility These are: - work practice and administrative control measures and ... Review of Tuberculosis Infection Control Why is there concern about TB infection control in HIV care facilities? TB is the most common opportunistic infection and a leading cause of death in persons...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Atg8L/Apg8L is the fourth mammalian modifier of mammalian Atg8 conjugation mediated by human Atg4B, Atg7 and Atg3 docx
... modified form of Atg8L, accumulates in HeLa cells in the presence of inhibitors of lysosomal proteases, E64d and pepstatin A (A) Accumulation of Atg8L-II in the presence of E64d and pepstatin A Myc–Atg8L)3xFLAG ... transiently expressed in HeLa cells, and the transfectants were incubated for 24 h in the presence (+) or absence (–) of E64d and pepstatin A The cells were lysed, and total proteins were separated ... autophagin-2, hAtg4C ⁄ hAutl1 ⁄ autophagin-3 and hAtg4D ⁄ autophagin-4 have also been reported [ 16, 22] Of these three Atg4 homologs, hAtg4A has been shown to cleave the C-terminus of GATE- 16 [ 16] , and...
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Báo cáo khóa học: The C-terminal t peptide of acetylcholinesterase forms an a helix that supports homomeric and heteromeric interactions potx
... cysteine residues located at the end of the catalytic domain of rat AChET or at the beginning of its t peptide, in the )5 to interval; in these mutants, the original cysteine was either retained ... lacking cysteine and methionine, and then labeled with [35S]methionine–cysteine (Amersham Biosciences) for h The cells were then rinsed with NaCl/ Pi, and chased overnight in a medium containing ... in the C-terminal region of rat AChET subunits Cysteines were introduced into rat AChET subunits at various positions at the junction of the catalytic domain and the t peptide ()5 to 6) , in the...
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The 100 Best Business Books of All Time: What They Say, Why They Matter, and How They Can Help You
... are the annual 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards and the publication In the Books, both of which highlight the best of the year in business books After sifting through the new and the now” of ... AND MARKETING Influence Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind A New Brand World Selling the Invisible Zag Crossing the Chasm Secrets of Closing the Sale How to Become a Rainmaker Why We Buy The ... identified the reviewer (Jack or Todd) at the beginning of each entry We were as careful with the design of this book as we were with the selection of the books included We drew on a wide variety of inspirations...
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Báo cáo y học: " A case of spotted fever group rickettsiosis imported into the United Kingdom and treated with ciprofloxacin: a case repor" pptx
... response of up to 3–5 days [7] An interesting finding in our case is that our patient failed to show any improvement after days of therapy with doxycycline As clinical symptoms were actually more intense ... was noted In addition, there were 20 small vesicular lesions on her trunk, and she had right sided painful inguinal lymphadenopathy Routine bloods were all normal and malarial films were negative ... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:98 On the first day of symptoms she noticed a painful swelling in the right side of her groin, which gradually increased in size A large lesion...
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Báo cáo y học: " Genome sequences of Human Adenovirus 14 isolates from mild respiratory cases and a fatal pneumonia, isolated during 2006-2007 epidemics in North America" pps
... content and the number of open reading frames (ORFs) were identical to the HAdV-14p de Wit strain A map of the organization of predicted ORFs within the genome of the emerging HAdV-14p1 strain is ... at the 5’ end of the terminal binding protein (TBP) gene, and a single noncoding (synonymous) base substitution in the fiber gene The poly-T repeat is 13 bp long [T(13)] in the Lackland strains ... FJ82 261 4, EU82 761 6 and EU833993, respectively) The genome size of Lackland strains 30 360 0 and 1986T is identical to each other, 34, 764 base pairs (bp) that is also identical in size with the HAdV-14...
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the development of an instrument to measure individual dispositions towards rules and principles; with implications for financial regulation
... some introductory discussion and explanation of the meaning / definitions of the concepts of rules and principles as used in the thesis Section 1.8 outlines the chapter contents of the whole thesis ... context are inherent in some of the characteristics of the rules and principles being defined in Law According to a number of prominent legal scholars leading with Dworkin (also see, Sunstein, 1995; ... validity of the instrument (DRP) Chapter six discusses the use of focus groups in testing and expanding on my understanding of what are seen to be the reasons underlying preferences for rules and principles...
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Chinas foreign economic policy making and cooperation with ASEAN a case study of the ASEAN china free trade agreement
... The Making of Foreign Policy in China: Structure and Process.21 Through interviews in China in the 1980s, he pieces together an institutional picture and process of the foreign policymaking of ... for China 67 Table 3.3 Utilities of the regional and international economic arrangements for China 69 Table 3.4 Utilities of increasing respect and maintaining manageability for China and China’s ... investment in the late 1970s By the end of 2001, Singapore was the fifth largest investor in China, with a cumulative utilized investment of US$ 18 .6 billion.37 Using the links between the ethnic Chinese,...
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Ecological Assessment of Water Quality by Three-species Acute Toxicity Test and GC/MS Analysis - A Case Study of Agricultural Drains
... 1 861 -40-1 66 063 -05 -6 1912-24-9 15972 -60 -8 978 86- 45-8 1014-70 -6 122-14-5 85785-20-2 2921-88-2 28249-77 -6 27355-22-2 40487-42-1 229 36- 75-0 32809- 16- 8 66 332- 96- 5 51218-49 -6 50512-35-1 69 327- 76- 0 ... 0. 96 µg/L) and others were detected and quantified by two measurements at two sites In the Water Supply Law of Japan, 102 kinds of agricultural chemicals have been controlled by the total of their ... up by the local government of Kanagawa Prefecture from 20 06 to 2008 The location of the sampling sites is shown in Fig Agricultural wastewaters were collected from May 2008 to June 2008 in paddy...
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Urban Battle Fields of South Asia - Lessons Learned from Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan pptx
... (beginning in 165 6) Rather, there were a number of fragmented Sinhalese Buddhist kingdoms scattered throughout the island, centered in Kotte in the southwest and in Kandy in the central highlands, ... While these organizations have operated for several years in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar, the author has dealt with these militants in the Srinagar theater and the concomitant response of the Indian ... countering the LTTE There was no coherent political structure uniting the entirety of the island even during the periods of colonization under the Portuguese (beginning in 1505) and later under the...
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Aircraft measurements over Europe of an air pollution plume from Southeast Asia – aerosol and chemical characterization pot
... targets were kept in mind from the beginning since the limited range of the aircraft, the short campaign duration of five days and the small number of flight hours dictated a plume-ofopportunity approach ... period of the flight from the end of segment IV to the beginning of segment S-II, which clearly shows the mixing between polluted and stratospheric air This profile was obtained just to the west of the ... in panel (d) were produced using GFS data The colors in a) and b) give the age (i.e., time since emission) of the CO tracers according to the top label bar, whereas in (c) and (d) the colors separate...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Asymmetry in Parsing and Generating with Unification Grammars: Case Studies From ELU" pot
... method of generation are that of the 'pivot', and that of partitioning the grammar intO 'chaining' and 'noD-chaining ' rules Loosely, the 'pivot' of a structure to be generated from is the lowest ... b Fmd a non-chaining rule which can have the pivot as mother, similarly making sure that the FS resulting from the unification of the pivot and the mother can be linked up to the current FS Recursively ... indicated by the slash, and an equation of the form 'X = Y - - Z ' , where X and Y are lists, nnifies X non-detenninistically with the result of extracting one instance of Z from Y The effect of this...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Dose volume histogram analysis of normal structures associated with accelerated partial breast irradiation delivered by high dose rate brachytherapy and comparison with whole breast external beam radiotherapy fields" potx
... spots within the breast than heart and lung doses since these are mainly affected by curvature of the chest wall and the position of the tumor bed within the breast In contrast, in studies where the ... future with the introduction of single entry insertion catheters with multiple channels such as the ClearPath™ catheter [38] Limitations of this study include the use of the CT treatment planning ... nomenclature for brachytherapy dosimetry in other areas of the body where the V10 would refer to the volume of tissue receiving 10% or greater of the dose If comparing the data within this paper to...
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The Risk of Obstructive Lung Disease by Previous Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Country with Intermediate Burden of Tuberculosis potx
... 10.33 46/ jkms.2011. 26. 2. 268 P value on CXR was defined as the presence of discrete linear or reticular fibrotic scars, or dense nodules with distinct margins, with or without calcification, within the ... important in causing obstructive lung disease, especially in developing countries These factors include air pollutants, dust and fumes, history of repeated lower respiratory tract infections during ... that defined by CXR (24.2%) (8) Considering this discrepancy between radiologic evidence and self-report of TB and continuously decreasing annual incidence in Korea, our interpretations of TB lesion...
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