... unqualified success story in the industry But like so many success stories, there was another side to Yip and its CEO And it was as baffling as it was undeniable 13 MEDIOCRITY E ven Casey s biggest ... Published by Jossey-Bass A Wiley Imprint 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 www.josseybass.com No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted ... competitors realized what was happening As a result, Casey had developed a reputation for understanding his market as well as any analyst, journalist, or executive in the industry In theory, the company’s...
... other s life, and it was sorrow and distress, horror, and wretchedness ‘Both of them are God s will!’ said Death ‘Which of them is Misfortune s flower and which is that of Happiness?’ asked she That ... There stood fine hyacinths under glass bells, and there stood strong-stemmed peonies; there grew water plants, some so fresh, others half sick, the water-snakes lay down on them, and black crabs ... than the cold wind, and her hands fell down powerless ‘Thou canst not anything against me!’ said Death ‘But OUR LORD can!’ said she ‘I only His bidding!’ said Death ‘I am His gardener, I take...
... symptoms of thyroid disease Most clinicians are aware of other signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism that indicate thyroid disease and are not common in pregnancy, such as weight loss, hyperemesis, ... patient, it was learned that she had been diagnosed with Graves’ disease one year before after consulting a general surgeon for respiratory difficulty and swelling of the neck She was also positive ... woman pregnant for the fourth time with a past history of Graves’ disease was referred to our emergency department with a diagnosis of respiratory arrest She was unconscious and had been intubated...
... Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Measuring Exposures and Assessing Health Effects National Academy Press; 1986 12 Dahms TE, Bolin JF, Slavin RG: Passive smoking Effects on bronchial asthma Chest 1981, ... regression analyses The results of the univariable and multivariable analyses were quite similar All of the category scores, but for RP among passive smokers, increased significantly more than those among ... nite/suspected diseases at baseline, were eligible for the following analyses Data collection HRQOL was assessed by the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-8 questionnaire (SF-8) [16] SF-8 consists...
... http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/4/1/3 been described [7,9] A dramatic rapid loss of peripheral CD4 cells was seen in our case and an increased risk for disease progression and serious illness have ... options to be used in the clinical setting However, there are situations where cessation of treatment is inevitable, as for example by reason of severe side effects This case shows that retroviral ... rapid viral rebound reinforce the diagnosis Retroviral rebound syndrome is a diagnosis of exclusion and syphilis, CMV and EBV-infections are important differential diagnosis Serological analyses...
... ultrasonography and echocardiography were normal At 33 weeks of GA, a female baby was born by Caesarean section, which was carried out due to the persistent fetal tachycardia The birth weight was ... fluid A Caesarean section was performed at 31 weeks of GA A female baby was born with an Apgar score of 8-9 and a birth weight of 1870 g She was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit ... periorbital oedema, exophthalmos, craniosynostosis, microcephaly, tachycardia, arrhythmias, cardiac failure, voracious appetite, weight loss, diarrhoea, vomiting, sweating, flushing, hepatosplenomegaly,...
... Conclusion Figure small intestinehistological and ultrastructural assessment of Macroscopic, tissue Macroscopic, histological and ultrastructural assessment of small intestine tissue (a) Macroscopic picture ... oedematous intestinal wall with multiple submucosal and subserosal cysts (b) Histological picture of the intestinal mucosa with areactive necrosis (c) Gram stain of cysts with large rod-shaped bacteria ... ultimately leading to intestinal gas gangrene Possible causes for disorders in intestinal barrier function are inflammation, cytokines, hormones, toxins and hyperosmotic stress [7,8] It is also...
... Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Measuring Exposures and Assessing Health Effects National Academy Press; 1986 12 Dahms TE, Bolin JF, Slavin RG: Passive smoking Effects on bronchial asthma Chest 1981, ... regression analyses The results of the univariable and multivariable analyses were quite similar All of the category scores, but for RP among passive smokers, increased significantly more than those among ... nite/suspected diseases at baseline, were eligible for the following analyses Data collection HRQOL was assessed by the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-8 questionnaire (SF-8) [16] SF-8 consists...
... was defined as death caused by failure of the pulmonary system It was categorized as death due to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), as defined clinically, diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) ... Kaplan-Meier statistics where applicable Significance was accepted as P < 0.05 Respiratory failure Respiratory failure accounts for 29% of all deaths The average (standard deviation) TBSA was 61% ... ARDS assessed clinically accounts for 69% of the deaths caused by respiratory failure, which was significantly higher than all other causes of respiratory failure (14% due to aspiration or asphyxia,...
... Data analysis SPSS version 15.0 and STATA version 11.0 was used to analyse data The analyses in this study comprise two parts Firstly, the six variables concerning the counselling are evaluated ... consultation with an RN at the casualty clinic Callers mean age was 37 years [range 19-83 years] and mean age of patients was 18 years [range 072 years] Most callers were women [55%], and mean ... 100 callers, 22 contacted a GP afterwards, and this was significantly associated with the patient getting worse after the consultation Re-contact to the casualty clinic was also associated with...
... was just as beautiful, just as sincere and just as warm as I had imagined her in a thousand lonely nights in the last three and a half years As if it was the most natural thing in the world, she ... was the train journey across the Alps and snow-topped mountains, across fields and through the towns to Calais in France I was scared to fall asleep, worried that I might miss things; it was all ... case My testimony is just as valid for many other cases Then, as you may recall, I wasn’t familiar with this specific case; instead, I was invited to Atlanta as an expert on psychotropic drugs...
... pragmatic As his faith became increasingly real, however, he began to ask how he should respond to his circumstances as a follower of Jesus On a daily basis, he asks himself what his life should ... follows in the footsteps of Jesus in order to reach a point of awareness, consciousness and personal strength to deal with my own issues and shortcomings.” Silence and meditation serve as means of ... acting against them True justice is not about freedom for one party and the oppression of another Sami asserts, “The greatest justice we can offer to Israeli Jews as Palestinians is by creating,...
... al (GAGs) [3] Glycosaminoglycans such as heparin, heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate have been found to significantly accelerate the interaction between serpins and coagulation proteases, usually ... of GAG enhancement appears to be allosteric and uses conformational activation of the serpin Heparin cofactor II possesses a unique amino-terminal extension that contains two tandem repeats rich ... molecular mobility and disease? Struct Biol 2, 96–113 Conard J, Brosstad F, Lie Larsen M, Samama M & Abildgaard U (1983) Molar antithrombin concentration in normal human plasma Haemostasis 13,...
... appearance; Samuel Scott, a marine painter and styled the English Canaletto, he was called by Horace Walpole “the first painter of the age—one whose works will charm any age,” and was also a friend ... somewhat dissipated life, and possessed an abundant sense of humour, as displayed in the Entrance to Vauxhall Gardens (Plate IX), the noted place of amusement and rendezvous of the fashionable set ... BY FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R .A. , (Size, 14 × 10 IN.) (In the possession of Messrs Thos Agnew & Sons) PLATE IX “ENTRANCE TO VAUXHALL GARDENS” BY THOMAS ROWLANDSON (Size, × 12? IN.) (In the possession...
... design and use of databases Students will learn to model data needs, design relational databases based on those needs, and methods for querying a database A Database Management System (DBMS) ... of database technology, database concepts and uses, data models, database design, and query processing Emphasis will be placed on the relational model and database management systems that support ... Real Estate Appraisal (3) Fundamentals of appraising real estate Land utilization Analysis of real estate values by approaches followed by governmental and private appraisers Prerequisite: BA...
... mechanism was suggested by excess substrate inhibition of decarbamoylation and the crystal structure of the SpEAS obtained by soaking crystals in a solution containing a high substrate concentration ... Consistently, it appears that substitution of Trp83 by smaller side chains did not affect deacetylation parameters k3 and a because the amino acid at position 83 is too far away from the activated ... accessible surface is represented bya mesh terase (DmAChE) is much less stabilized than that of other cholinesterases, such as Torpedo californica acetylcholinesterase Indeed, two key residues...
... gingiva sulci Paraesthesia/anaesthesia Vital signs: Temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate Features of systemic spread are raised temperature, increased pulse rate and increasing respiratory rate ... plate into the lateral spaces In addition, the ramus of the mandible serves as attachment on the outer side for masseter muscle which separates the submasseteric and supramasseteric spaces and ... skin islands can be raised at the perforators Table Advantages and disadvantages of the forearm flap Indications The forearm serves for a free flap transplant and a pedicled flap as well Because...