... Maryland State Medical Journal 1965, 14:61-65 Ware JE: SF-36 Health Survey: Manual and Interpretation Guide Boston: The Health Institute, New England Medical Center; 1993 Hagen S, Bugge C, Alexander ... scores eight health domains which are aggregated to form the Physical Component Score (PCS) and the Mental Component Score (MCS) Higher mean scores reflect better states of health and wellbeing ... JW, JG, and CD conceived and developed the study, drafted the study protocol and secured funding SD coordinates the ongoing study and contributed to research materials RG, CD, CQ, ME and DC provided...
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... and progression and also therapeutic perspectives of liver diseases We compared the clinical and histological characteristics between HBeAg-negative CHB patients with and without steatosis, and ... activity), and G3 (severe activity) All the sections were blindly and independently assessed by pathologists and the results were processed by the Kappa concordance test The inter- and intra-observer ... diagnosed as hepatic steatosis (83 men and 23 women, mean age: 41.08±10.23 years) and the remaining 98 patients were excluded from hepatic steatosis (79 men and 19 women, mean age 39.4±9.81 years)...
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Surviving Health Care A Manual for Patients and Their Families potx
... contracting disease Frequent hand washing and hand sanitizer use also are recommended Be kind and understanding to your doctor and his or her staff Treat your doctor and his or her office staff the ... doctors and patients diverge in their perspectives and concerns, and it’s a mistake to expect your doctor to always understand you Doctors, too, have their strengths and weaknesses, and your ... dosages and dosing schedules d Name all other physicians and health care providers caring for you, and list their addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses e List all family members and...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20
the lupus book a guide for patients and their families jun 2005
... the Skin: Rashes and Discoid Lupus, 69 13 Why the Aches? Arthritis, Muscles, and Bone, 78 14 Pants and Pulses: The Lungs and Heart, 85 15 Heady Connections: The Nervous System and Behavioral Changes, ... The Head, Neck, and Sjogren’s Syndrome, 121 ¨ What About Hormones? 127 The Impact of Lupus Upon the GI Tract and Liver, 133 Lupus in the Kidney and Urinary Tract, 144 20 The Blood and Lymphatic ... relentless attack of the disease, but also from the fear of death and dying and the lack of understanding about what this disease can and will to a human life Now, for the first time, The Lupus Book...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Do neurooncological patients and their significant others agree on quality of life ratings?" pdf
... purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:87 your sense of taste?" and "Did food and drink taste different from usual?") This item bank covers all items included in the QLQ-C30 and its ... purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:87 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/87 Bland and Altman plots for Physical Functioning (2a), Social Functioning (2b), Motor Dysfunction (2c) and ... recruitment and gave important input for medical content GJ and KG performed the statistical analysis RG and SMG helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " A systematic review of mobility instruments and their measurement properties for older acute medical patients" doc
... http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/44 16 17 18 19 20 21 Acknowledgements Funding sources for this research were the HCF Health and Medical Research Foundation (external grant) and the National Health and Medical Research Council ... the EMS and original HABAM but not for the PPME This is a limitation of the EMS and HABAM as important change and measure- Page 11 of 15 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality ... multiple stands from chair, standing balance, step-up and ambulation Approximately 10 minutes [29] 8.6 minutes (SD = 3.6 minutes) [41] A bed, chair, stop watch, standardised step and gait aid...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Response shift, recall bias and their effect on measuring change in health-related quality of life amongst older hospital patients" pdf
... review, appraisal and editing Both authors read and approved the final manuscript Author Details 1Centre for Functioning, Disability and Health Research, Queensland Health, Buranda Plaza, Corner ... completing the standard EQ-5D and the EQ-5D then test McPhail and Haines Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:65 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/65 This was the third and final time the ... sixth and final question is an overall health state visual analogue scale (VAS) where worst imaginable and best imaginable health are represented by and 100 respectively[19] Both the utility and...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Marjolin''''s ulcers: theories, prognostic factors and their peculiarities in spina bifida patients" ppsx
... sensation, and they and their caretakers may not recognize any significant changes in their ulcers Health education, with an emphasis on ulcer prevention and care, should be taught to healthcare ... discharge and multiple sinuses that communicated with the ulcer The areas with the ulcers and the sinuses were indurated, and on digital pressure exuded discharge both from the ulcer and sinuses ... in cutaneous immuno-surveillance against developing malignancy and also cause p53 tumor suppressor gene alterations Environmental and genetic interaction theory Attempts to explain the occurrence...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:23
Báo cáo khoa học: "Effects of radiation therapy on tissue and serum concentrations of tumour associated trypsin inhibitor and their prognostic significance in rectal cancer patients" doc
... the associations between tTATI and s-TATI concentrations, before and after RT, and clinicopathological parameters, including s-CEA and s-creatinine Classification and regression tree (CRT) analysis ... shown) Association between TATI in tissue and serum and clinicopathological characteristics Figure TATI expression in tumour tissue and normal mucosa before and after radiotherapy Box plots showing ... Angenete E, Oresland T, Falk P, Breimer M, Hultborn R, Ivarsson ML: Preoperative radiotherapy and extracellular matrix remodeling in rectal mucosa and tumour matrix metalloproteinases and plasminogen...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21
Báo cáo khoa học: " Comparison of rectal volume definition techniques and their influence on rectal toxicity in patients with prostate cancer treated with 3D conformal radiotherapy: a dose-volume analysis" ppt
... total and free prostate specific antigen (PSA), and testosterone levels, complete blood count and serum biochemistry, and pelvic MRI every months At each visit, detailed genitourinary and gastrointestinal ... was lowest in method (52.4 Gy) and highest in method 1(61.0 Gy) Likewise V70 Gy values were higher in methods and (42.3% and 37.3%) compared to methods and (32.5% and 33.4%), respectively When ... and Table shows the comparison of rectum minimum, maximum and mean doses and percentage of rectal volumes receiving different doses based on these different techniques The mean rectal doses and...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22
báo cáo khoa học:" Experiences and barriers to Health-Related Quality of Life following liver transplantation: a qualitative analysis of the perspectives of pediatric patients and their parents" docx
... [Toronto], western Canada [Edmonton], the United Kingdom [England, Wales and Scotland] and Eire), the sample comprised diversity in region and health system, including available resources at the treatment ... medicine and everything.’ Oh the joy because they’re crap! I don’t trust them, I really don’t And since they had to try five times, I was like screaming and crying and they wouldn’t give up And I ... as ordinary and Nicholas et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:150 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/150 familiar, experiencing recurrent pain, parental concern and worry, and children...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22
Báo cáo y học: "Psychosocial factors and their predictive value in chiropractic patients with low back pain: a prospective inception cohort study" docx
... distressing and may reinforce fears that the cause is serious and untreatable In some individuals this may lead to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness and to withdrawal from social interaction Beliefs ... between selected baseline and followup variables Baseline and week outcomes (bothersomeness, cut down days for activity and for work and satisfaction with care) were compared and effect sizes [29] ... psychological risk factors in back and neck pain Spine 2000, 25(9):1148-56 Buer N, Linton SJ: Fear-avoidance beliefs and catastrophizing: occurrence and risk factor in back pain and ADL in the general population...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20
Depression, cognitive impairment and physical functional outcome and their associated factors in stroke patients in community hospital care
... 103 Abbreviated Mental Test has been found to have a sensitivity of 97% and 91% for the patients 60-74 years of age and 75 years and above respectively , the specificity being 83% and 100% respectively ... of stroke is around 2-2.25 per thousand population and a total prevalence rate is around per thousand population.1 It has been estimated that one in four men and nearly one in five women aged 45 ... regression to achieve the following, viz eating, grooming, and dressing the upper body, continence in bladder and bowel and transfer between a bed and chair with supervision only They found that this...
Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2015, 10:24
Attackers and Their Attacks
... Have advanced knowledge of computers and networks and the skills to exploit them • Destroy data, deny legitimate users of service, or otherwise cause serious problems on computers and networks ... disinformation and propaganda – Deny service to legitimate computer users – Commit unauthorized intrusions into systems and networks that result in critical infrastructure outages and corruption ... information • Educate all employees about the policies and ensure that these policies are followed Password Guessing • Password: secret combination of letters and numbers that validates or authenticates...
Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2012, 10:43
GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND SPERM QUALITY OF STRESS NEGATIVE PIÉTRAIN BOARS AND THEIR HYBRIDS WITH DUROC
... Carcass composition and meat quality of crossbreds between F1(LandracexYorkshire) sows mated with LandracexDuroc (omega) and PietrainxDuroc (Pidu) Crossbred Boars Journal of Science and Developement ... Summer, Autumn and Winter) were the only effects included in the model Table Results of the effect of genetic group (PiDu 25, 50 75, PiCC and PiCT) and season on growth performance and semen quality ... Piétrain, Du: Duroc, CC and CT: halothane genotypes Contrary to growth traits, LD and LM were highest for PiCT and PiCC; PiDu25 was lowest, simultaneously BF was thinnest for PiCT and PiCC; Pi25 was...
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Frequency of Routine and Flooding-stage Observations for Precise Annual Total Pollutant Loads and their Estimating Method in the Yodo River
... loads, Proc of Environmental and Sanitary Research, (JSCE), 20, 27-38 Ebise, S., Inoue, T and Numabe, A (1993) Runoff characteristics and observation methods of pesticides and nutrients in rural ... River and their runoff characteristics (Ebise et al (2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006)) Here, pollutants contain organic matter, nutrients, SS and other measured substances Fig - Map of the Yodo River and ... metals in the Yodo River and its tributaries, Environmental Science, 17, 49-59 Ebise, S., and Kawamura, H (2006) Evaluation of runoff pesticides by high frequency observation and flooding-stage observations...
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Undaria pinnatifida Habitat Loss in Relation to Sea Urchin Grazing and Water Flow Conditions, and Their Restoration Effort in Ogatsu Bay, Japan
... seaweed and aquaculture Midori Press, Tokyo, pp 133 - 144 Turner, M G., Gardner, R H and ÓNeill R V (2004) Landscape ecology in theory and practice: Pattern and process, Nakagoshi, N and Hara, ... from the bottom and thus, allowing the recovery of U pinnatifida and other non-encrusting macroalgae Both buoyed reefs were made of wood and their length was 1.0 m with 1.0 m width and 16 cm height ... macrophyte flora and infauna in the outer and inner areas of the bay A total of 16 macrophyte species in 2003 and 15 species in 2004 were observed in Line (Table 1) U pinnatifida and crustose coralline...
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Nitrogen Dynamics and Biomass Production in a Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland Cultivated with Forage Rice and their Mathematical Modeling
... production and water treatment and a detailed understanding of the nitrogen dynamics in VF constructed wetlands CONCLUSIONS In the experimental pots replicating VF constructed wetlands, a variety ... high-water-supply-rate VF constructed wetlands using forage rice To evaluate and optimize such constructed wetland systems, the model proposed in this study provides useful knowledge about the effects of the ... (3) where NHi and NOi represent NH4-N and NO2+3-N in the ith layer [g-N/m2], respectively, and Nrice is the rice nitrogen [g-N/m2] The terms radv,NH,i and radv,NO,i are the NH4-N and NO2+3-N inflow...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Characteristics of Leachate from Citrus Groves and their Changes in the Collecting Reservoirs in Matsuyama, Japan
... dissolved Al and Mn became lower The pH value further increased and it reached basic conditions in the reservoir, and dissolved Al and Mn were removed more from the water On the other hand, the removal ... the grove, water in the streams, and water in the reservoir were collected periodically about once a week, and the onsite conditions such as weather, flow rate, and water temperatures of the leachate ... growth chamber under dark condition, and the temperature was maintained constant between 10°C and 30°C RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Materials runoff characteristics and variation in the reservoir Fig...
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