a comparison with doppler sonography pdf

... table II Stand density and stand basal area were determined for all 803 trees within the study area (2.5 ha; Gerstberger, unpublished) Leaf biomass (LW), total leaf surface (LS) and sapwood area ... sapflow and modelled canopy transpiration are used to 1) investigate principle differences in the water uptake water use and canopy transpiration at various temporal scales, 2) compare estimates ... 160 years [36] Average annual temperatures typically range between and 6.5 °C and annual precipitation between 950 and 050 mm A relatively high number of foggy days (100-200 per year) and a short...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... inflammation on ultrasonography and MRI in Signs ofmetacarpophalangeal joint: established RA second metacarpophalangeal joint: established RA Thin arrows indicate an erosive change; thick arrows ... development and gave substantial input into data evaluation and manuscript preparation All authors read and approved the final manuscript 14 15 16 17 Acknowledgements The Danish Rheumatism Association ... proximal interphalangeal joint: early RA Arrows indicate an area with synovitis Ultrasonography in (a) the longitudinal plane from the dorsal aspect shows signs of synovitis (grade 4) Axial T1-weighted...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... disorder, and those in group S had a secondary lung disorder Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation EELV, end-expiratory lung volume; FiO2, inspired oxygen fraction; Pao2, arterial oxygen ... Critical Care Vol 13 No Bikker et al Figure Pao2/Fio2 ratio in different types of lung conditions at three PEEP levels Patients in group N had normal lungs, those in group P had a primary lung ... positive end-expiratory pressure Figure Correlation between change in EELV and change in dynamic compliance Data are presented as the difference between the lowest PEEP level (5 cmH2O) and 10 or 15...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... excData.Message) End Try LoadList() ActivateEditing(False) End Sub How It Works When a user clicks the Add button, the text boxes are all blanked out, and the mblnAdd flag is set as True Then, after ... mblnAdd Then 80 ' Have the command builder create an Insert SQL command 81 modaCustIndiv.InsertCommand = ocbCustIndiv.GetInsertCommand 82 Else 83 ' Have the command builder create an update ... boxes by calling ActiveEditing Private Sub btnAdd_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnAdd.Click Dim oCtl As Object 10 Dim strName 11 12 mblnAdd = True...

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 12:20

... initiated this paper as a part of a larger study of fracture patients, collected and analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript GH was the principal investigator for the research program in patients ... GQOL like age, sex, education, marital status, clinical variables and health-focused QOL were adjusted for in the multivariate analysis Such adjustments allows for a more meaningful comparison of ... compared with an ageand sex-matched control group, and (ii) to identify relationships between demographic variables, clinical fracture variables, health-focused QOL, and GQOL prior to fracture Materials...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... sedimentation rate, and a general health assessment on a visual analog scale (VAS) [23] Disease activity in patients with AS and axial PsA was measured with the BASDAI [24] The BASDAI consists of VAS ... RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA MH Controls RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA RE Controls RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA SF Controls RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA VT Controls RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA SF-36 PCS Controls RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA ... RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA GH Controls RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA MH Control RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA RE Controls RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA SF Controls RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA VT Controls RA SA Per PsA Ax PsA SF-36 PCS...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... ultrasonographic pathology J Rheumatol 2005, 32:2485-2487 34 Alasaarela E, Suramo I, Tervonen O, Lahde S, Takalo R, Hakala M: Evaluation of humeral head erosions in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison ... coronal and (f) axial planes reveal the same erosions in the 3rd and 5th metacarpal heads as marked on the CT images US at the ulnar aspect of the 5th metacarpal head, in (g) longitudinal and ... Szkudlarek M, Narvestad E, Klarlund M, Court-Payen M, Thomsen HS, Østergaard M: Ultrasonography of the metatarsophalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... Firenze, Viale Morgagni 85, Firenze, Italy Authors’ contributions FC participated in planning of the study and carried out the assays for qualitative and quantitative PARV4 and B19V DNA detection and ... the same individual In none of these cases viral DNA was detectable in the blood while PARV4 as well as B19V DNA were found frequently in the different organs analyzed (Table 2) PARV4 DNA was present ... of latency/persistence and reactivation of this virus is the bone marrow In fact, the two bone marrow positive patients were also PARV4 DNA plasma positive, but at least for the other plasma positive...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... IB carried out the data acquisition, analysis, statistical analysis, and participated in drafting the manuscript DRM participated in the statistical analysis and drafting the manuscript DG participated ... inflate the already open alveoli Gatinnoni and coworkers [17] showed that ARDS from extrapulmonary origin had an abnormally increased chest wall elastance and a major response to the application ... volume and without changing other ventilator settings After a steady state had been achieved for at least 20 minutes, EELV was measured twice (wash-out and wash-in) This was repeated after a steady...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... sarcoma not otherwise specified, and one as an unclassifiable biphasic sarcoma (Table 1) All tumors were classified as high-grade (grade 3) lesions Chromosome banding analysis Fresh tumor samples ... CGH analyses are more reliable in providing information on copy number changes, chromosome banding analyses have the advantage of identifying balanced chromosomal exchanges, as well as revealing ... as myoepithelial-like sarcomas could be analyzed by FISH for EWSR1-rearrangement, and both were negative Combined, these data indicate that EWSR1-rearrangements are rare in malignant bone tumors...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... analyzing and collecting the data All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements This research was supported by a grant from Chulalongkorn University The authors thank diabetic ... Tsuchiya A, Williams A, Yfantopoulos J, De Charro F: A comparison of EQ-5D time trade-off values obtained in Germany, United Kingdom, Spain In The measurement and valuation of health status using ... health outcomes in evaluation of public health and healthcare interventions such as cost-utility analyses (CUA) [1,2] In CUA, a utility score is assigned to the health state on the cardinal scale...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Digital Corp.) Each trial was divided in two phases: 1) reaching and grasping the ball and 2) ball transport and release For the first movement phase, temporal and spatial parameters of reaching and ... the edge of a real or virtual table, reached forward by leaning the trunk and then placed the ball within a cm × cm yellow square on a real or virtual target (Figure 1) Care was taken to set-up ... hemiparesis by comparing movement kinematics of identical tasks made in a physical and a virtual environment Since reaching and grasping deficits have been well characterized in individuals with...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... the accuracy of measurements was estimated Results showed a very high repetitivity with a variation coefficient of 0.1% These gaps are really non significative and can be explained by manual sample ... mechanical stresses depend on chip formation [11, 15, 16, 19], it appears clearly that, in routing, notions of crack propagations (with fracture toughness parameter), and cellular-wall mechanical ... decreased to 1mm in order to obtain appropriate chip formation Each value of cutting forces reported, is a mean of ten measurements obtained on each species This pendulum was adapted for easy adaptability:...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... it with transcranial Doppler ultrasound, an established method of monitoring cerebral hemodynamics at the bedside Materials and methods Animal Investigation Committee, and animals were managed ... line) and at hemodynamic decompensation (orange line) Medical Systems, Natick, MA, USA) If cardiovascular variables or BIS indicated a reduced depth of anesthesia, additional propofol and sufentanil ... Beer-Lambert law and absolute concentration changes are calculated by proprietary software (Hamamatsu Photonics) ICG was injected as bolus in the proximal port of the PAC at a dose of 0.1 mg·kg-1 and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... R, Carrino JA, Deyo RA: Imaging strategies for low-back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet 2009, 373:463-472 Jarvik JG, Deyo RA: Diagnostic evaluation of low back pain with emphasis ... et al: Rapid magnetic resonance imaging vs radiographs for patients with low back pain: a randomized controlled trial JAMA 2003, 289:2810-2818 Deyo RA: Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar ... back problems with or without radiculopathy, (2) duration of the actual episode being a maximum of two years, and (3) appropriate treatment that was unsuccessful in the primary care setting A...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... extracted data, performed statistical analysis and tabulated quality indicators of the studies IS and SM carried out the primary study search and extracted data AL carried out statistical analysis and ... Ceylan S, Arslan M, Vural A, Tatar H: Timing of replacement therapy for acute renal failure after cardiac surgery J Card Surg 2004, 19:17-20 Elahi M, Asopa S, Pflueger A, Hakim N, Matata B: Acute ... reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration PLoS Med 2009, 6: e1000100 Jadad AR, Moore RA, Carroll D, Jenkinson C, Reynolds DJ, Gavaghan...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... http://www.ge.infm.it/∼massone/TELEMA results presented in this paper are available at Legend Forest areas Cultivated areas Shadow Urban areas Quarry and waste areas (a) (b) (c) (d) Figure 3: Segmentations obtained using HCM (a) , ... 1997 and October 1997 The selected geographical area is located between Monte San Michele and Piana di San Marco Vecchio, near Caserta (Italy), and the specific goal was the discrimination and ... and K-Nearest Neighbour [4] The supervised methods were trained over five areas extracted by a photo-interpreter, each characterizing a specific class: shadow, waste/quarry, urban area, cultivated...

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 16:33

... forming a cavity  11 A in height The size of this cavity is comparable with that of adeninelacking cobalamins, and thus allows the damaged 4940 Materials Crystalline AdoCbl was a gift from Eisai ... Mori K, Hieda N, Yamanishi M, Shibata N & Toraya T (2005) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of molecular chaperone-like diol dehydratasereactivating factor in ADP-bound and nucleotide-free ... reactivating factor while it exists as an active holoenzyme The glycerol dehydratase-reactivating factor reactivates the inactivated hologlycerol dehydratase in a similar manner Both dehydratase-reactivating...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 01:20

... Muralikrishna GAMMA - A High Performance Dataflow Database Machine In VLDB ’86, pages 228–237, 1986 S Fushimi, M Kitsuregawa, and H Tanaka An Overview of The System Software of A Parallel Relational Database ... phase on each node in parallel, the data was actually loaded on each node sequentially Thus, as the total of amount of data is increased, the load times also increased proportionately This also ... data) have approximately constant performance for this task, since each node has the same amount of Document data to process and this amount of data remains constant (7GB) as more nodes are added...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 12:20

... 2.1 we accounted for the Systemic part of Halliday's approach It is now time to deal with the Functional part Halliday takes a Firthian approach to situation and a basically Praguian approach to ... based on the work of M .A. K Halliday The advantage of the systemic model is that because it takes a basically paradigmatic approach to language, it is almost tailor-made for research in contrastive ... Voiced uvular fricative Voiceless pharyngeal fricative Voiced pharyngeal fricative Voiced glottal fricative Voiced bilabial nasal Voiced alveolar nasal Voiced alveolar lateral Voiced alveolar roll...

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