... in a treatment questionnaire (see below) and via a telephone call made by the RA tothenew treating clinician asking about attendance at appointments and medication adherence These treatment adherence ... between the PSW and the participant will take place on-site with the case manager and the peer support coordinator present The nature ofthe intervention will be explained again and both the participant ... other health appointments, help them to locate information about mental health services and social groups, and help them find ways to ensure good mental health once the program is over A total of...
... SR, AS and HH contributed equally tothe content ofthe article and gave their final approval All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they ... kg−1) A total amount of about 700 kg artificial sediment was prepared for the experiments in the annular flume and half ofthe sediment was spiked with the abovedescribed PAHs This approach was ... one ofthe major challenges of this proofof-concept study The characterization of sedimentological parameters resulted in critical bed shear stresses and temporal variations of suspended particulate...
... Transactions, vol 92, 1983, p 3.1086 [29] Arash Nemati, Shahram Khalilarya, Samad Jafarmadar, Hassan Khatamnejhad, Vahid Fathi Numerical parametric investigation ofa gasoline fuelled partially-premixed ... temperature regions for baseline and adiabatic with EGR cases are the same Also at adiabatic case for 400°CA and 420°CA, these regions more spread out in the main chamber and the values of local ... working as a faculty in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Jubail University, Jubail, Saudi Arabia He also worked as a Professor and Head of department in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,...
... GACANNNNNNNNNNNNNNTGRTATAATNNNNAA GTAATAAAATATTCGGAGGAATTTTGAAATGAATA AACGTGTAAAAATCG-3¢) (N ¼ A, T, G, C) and pykback (5¢-CTCTACATGCATTTCAACAATAGGGCCTG TC-3¢) for amplification of pyk The resulting PCR ... equal amounts of formate and acetyl-CoA and the resulting acetyl-CoA is then metabolized into equal amount of ethanol and acetate to maintain the redox balance Discussion In this study we quantified ... (5¢-GGAAGGA TCCTTTGTCAATTAATGATCTTAAAAC-3¢) and pyk4 (5¢-CTAGTCTAGATGAGCTCCAGAAGCTTCC-3¢) were amplified The PCR products were digested with XhoI ⁄ BamHI and BamHI ⁄ XbaI, respectively, and cloned...
... environment [3]. One ofthe disadvantages is that the relative importance of evaluation criteria is determined without considering the scales on which the criteria are measured. Another disadvantage is the large amount of ... and accounts for 75% to 85% ofthe total yearly rainfall, whereas the dry season lasts up to 6 months, from February to July and occupies only 15‐25% ofthe total rainfall. ... negative impacts, especially in the future, when the province has the plan to develop the aquaculture to be the key sector of local economics [6]. A re a (h e c ta r s ) January and ...
... stages of disease to evaluate the ALDS for the whole spectrum of PAD Patients visited the vascular laboratory or vascular nursing ward of our hospital between January 2007 and November 2007 All ... potentially useful toolto measure activities of daily life in patients with PAD Abbreviations ABI: Ankle/brachial index; ADL: Activities of daily life; ALDS: AMC Linear Disability Score; AMC: Academic ... revised the manuscript critically, RJH was involved in design, analysis and interpretation ofthe data and drafting ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript 10 11 12 Additional...
... discriminate amongst those who rate the care as excellent Rasch analysis in particular can aid the selection of these additional items Rasch analysis can also further assess the unidimensionality ofthe ... equally tothe variance ofthe total score, and can be summed without weighting Item-total scale correlations for all scales were satisfactory implying that the items in each scale contain a similar ... (Table 2), and their transcripts content analysed This generated conceptual ideas about the main areas of relapse management, with around 1000 statements on people’s Riazi et al Health and Quality...
... stages of disease to evaluate the ALDS for the whole spectrum of PAD Patients visited the vascular laboratory or vascular nursing ward of our hospital between January 2007 and November 2007 All ... potentially useful toolto measure activities of daily life in patients with PAD Abbreviations ABI: Ankle/brachial index; ADL: Activities of daily life; ALDS: AMC Linear Disability Score; AMC: Academic ... revised the manuscript critically, RJH was involved in design, analysis and interpretation ofthe data and drafting ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript 10 11 12 Additional...
... spread and vascular invasion with distant metastases free survival (MFS) in all invasive carcinomas and the subgroup of IDC in an univariate analysis However, there was no significant association ... breast ductal carcinoma: pathologic correlations and prognostic implications Hum Pathol 2001, 32(1):89-94 Sasano H, Frost AR, Saitoh R, Taniyama Y, Nagura H, Matsunaga G, Takehana K, Kimura M, ... node spread and vascular invasion were still significant in a stepwise multivariate analysis for all invasive carcinomas and the subgroup of IDC (Table 2) Further univariate analyses revealed no...
... information on an Ishikawa diagram can cultivate lifelong learning habits in medical professionals Medical educators can also apply Ishikawa diagrams to facilitate problem-based learning when teaching ... ‘chemotherapy and radiotherapy’ are indicated in the branch ofthe ‘fishbone’ that shows the cause of ovarian failure, a potential cause for secondary amenorrhea/oligomenorrhea (Figure 1) The cited ... brainstorming sessions and search in the literature to find the potential causes, then categorize these causes in an Ishikawa diagram The Ishikawa diagram can then be kept by individual learners...
... discussion that took place as a result ofthe item on the tool, rather than the actual score assigned Thetool was less useful in the government sector, suggesting that additional tailoring ofthe instrument ... noted that thetool seemed to be geared toa more formal type of organization Furthermore, thetool was focused on management and policy research, not the clinical practice research and the health ... questions), there were some highly skilled people in an organization who were available to access research Furthermore, there was an awareness ofthe research being available via internal databases and...
... discussion that took place as a result ofthe item on the tool, rather than the actual score assigned Thetool was less useful in the government sector, suggesting that additional tailoring ofthe instrument ... noted that thetool seemed to be geared toa more formal type of organization Furthermore, thetool was focused on management and policy research, not the clinical practice research and the health ... questions), there were some highly skilled people in an organization who were available to access research Furthermore, there was an awareness ofthe research being available via internal databases and...
... position The CA-6000 linkage measures head position relative tothe base affixed at the first thoracic vertebra Matching Lucite blocks, one attached tothe headband ofthe CA-6000, and the other attached ... Mathsoft Inc, Cambridge, MA) Variables of primary interest were the average head orientation at the target position for seconds before deconditioning and the average head orientation at the target ... CA) was used to measure head position and motion with respect tothe upper thoracic spine in the cardinal planes: sagittal (AP-flexion), frontal (lateral flexion), and horizontal (rotation) The...
... II (Ang II) results in the activation of AT1 receptor (AT1R) and its translocation tothe caveolin-1 containing lipid raft domains (Cai et al., 2003; Park et al., 2006) The activation of AT1 ... necrosis and autophagic cell death Apoptosis is referred to as a form of programmed cell death The ‘hallmarks’ or morphological characteristics associated with apoptosis are plasma membrane blebbing, ... 2007) Another major role of NOX enzymes would be in regulating the levels of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines (Kawahara et al., 2007) ROS generated via NOX serve as secondary signaling...
... series to supply a total current of 4.5 A, a voltage of 220 V and a total power flux of approximately 1000 W/m² to simulate the solar radiation intensity A variac was used to regulate the input ... tests) These values are the initial value ofthe production line in the figures This may be due tothe large thermal capacity of water, which is directly related to water mass, causing a continuous ... solar radiation by suitable variable heating system The indoor tests allow a greater control on the input power and eliminate many factors that may affect the accuracy ofthe experimental results...
... (http://www.researchgate.net) Approaches tothe teaching of speaking 4.1 The Grammar- translation Method In the Grammar- translation method, students are taught to analyze grammar and to translate from ... performers a chance to participate and monitoring their performance to see that it is satisfactory 5.3 The role ofthe teacher at the production stage At the final stage, the production one, the teacher ... people have a hard time understanding each other, and thus many people strive to change their accent There is a fact that people hardly can get rid of their accent They just can actually change their...
... pseudoobscura, the mosquitoes A aegypti and A gambiae, the clam T gigas and larval sequences from the cnidarian F scutaria Finally, we chose an outgroup comprising a- CAs from a cyanobacteria (Nostoc ... in the Archaea and Bacteria domains [11] Among the broad range of physiological processes in which they participate, CA can play a significant role in autotrophic organisms, serving as an inorganic ... ATT AGC CTT GCT AGC AGT ACG AGG 613–630 822–839 706–723 466–483 AAG AGC AAA GAT GAT AGT GAT TAC GCC ATC CCA CAG ATT AGC ATC AAT AGC AGT CAG C TGC 613–630 822–839 616–634 844–861 a Primers designed...
... GAGATGGATAAAGTTTTAAACAGAG-3¢ and LTA1R, 5¢-TGAAGGCAAATCTCTGGAC-3¢ for the former, and LTA–M2F, 5¢-CAGCTGTTTTGCTTGAATTATG-3¢ and LTA–2R, 5¢-GAATTCATTATGTTTCAGGTTCA GGGG-3¢ for the latter The PCR products ... the wild-type SV40T Ag and the 3¢ portion ofthe tsA58T Ag cDNA carrying the A4 38V mutation were PCR-amplified from COS-7 cDNAs using the following primers: LTA-1F, 5¢-CTC GAGATGGATAAAGTTTTAAACAGAG-3¢ ... Dong QG, Bernasconi S, Lostaglio S, De Calmanovici RW, Martin-Padura I, Breviario F, Garlanda C, Ramponi S, Mantovani A & Vecchi A (1997) A general strategy for isolation of endothelial cells from...
... was subjected to factor Xa cleavage according tothe manufacturer’s instructions (Qiagen) The final step in obtaining the pure recombinant UcPLA2 was the separation ofthe cleavage mixture on a ... (http://www.expasy.org/tools/ dna.html) was used to translate DNA sequences All ofthe nonredundant metazoan representatives ofthe group I PLA2 family were included in the analysis The PLA2 domain in the newly ... assays was 4.2 lM, that of UcPLA2 was ng, and that of AtxC was ng Fluorescence was measured with a SAFIRE microplate monochromator reader All measurements were taken at the room temperature The...