... rate was maintained at 160 ml/min in all subjects Vascular access in all patients was achieved by a doublelumen catheter inserted either into the internal jugular or into the femoral vein Extra ... angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 concentrations in serum and plasma (a) Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) and (b) angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) concentrations were determined in parallel in serum and in ethylenediamine ... value of circulating Ang-1 and Ang-2 in this cohort of critically ill patients In an ongoing prospective trial we shall try to delineate the prognostic value of Ang-1 and Ang-2 in combination...
... the healing of tissue, reintroducing a high concentration of platelets directly into the injured area should theoretically enhance the healing process The physiological effects include: Increase ... overuse injuries resulting in micro tears of the tissue These types of injuries are difficult to heal and are a risk for re-injury A recent study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine ... neurovascular injury (Sampson, S., Gerhardt, M., & Mandelbaum, B, July, 2008) PRP Therapy in Chronic Tendon Injuries There is an increase in the use of PRP therapy for chronic tendon injuries including...
... • • • Minimizing lateness/tardiness Minimizing makespan Maximizing system/machine utilization Minimizing WIP (work in process) Maximizing throughput Minimizing average flow time Minimizing maximum ... routings A routing is selected such that the following goals are achieved: • Minimizing number of blocked machines • Minimizing total processing time • Minimizing number of processing steps Four ... per number of remaining operations Ratio of slack to remaining operation time Shortest number in queue Shortest processing time Shortest remaining processing time Shortest total processing time...
... using the Tamino software (from Software AG— www.softwareag.com) Among other things, Tamino provides X-Studio, which is a complete suite ofapplication development tools for creating XMLbased applications ... filtering away irrelevant and unwanted information, and integrating information from heterogeneous information sources In order to execute tasks on behalf of a business process, computer application, ... behalf of human users to perform laborious and routine tasks such as locating and accessing necessary information, resolving inconsistencies in the Knowledge and Process Management retrieved information,...
... CBR of 26.07% (Table 2) In 43 studies of ASI in advance CRC, patients received a variety of vaccinations including dendritic cells in fourteen studies, viral vector vaccines in ten, peptide in ... disease without evidence of remaining macroscopic disease) Clinical outcomes to evaluate ASI in suspected minimal residual CRC were OS and DFS, and clinical outcomes of ASI in advanced CRC were complete ... comparable baseline characteristics of ASI, including the number of evaluated CRC patients, the type of vaccine, the route of vaccination, adjuvants, the toxicity, and the objective clinical responses...
... review previous applications of MMPF inclinical studies [15, 16], in which the ability and reliability of the method in assessing the CA from spontaneous BPBFV fluctuations during resting conditions ... “Endogenous circadian rhythm in an index of cardiac vulnerability independent of changes in behavior,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 101, no ... shift (horizontal dashed lines in bottom panels of (a) and (b)) was obtained as the average of instantaneous BFV-BPV phase shifts during the entire 5-min supine baseline (c) Phase shifts between...
... Other information gathered from the medical records included signalment, clinical signs on admission and historical findings, physical examination findings, results of biochemical analyses, information ... concurrent diseases, and outcome In the case of hypoadrenocorticism, a combination ofclinical signs, clinical chemistry profiles, and the value of an adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) stimu- lation test ... control In Ettinger, S J (ed.) Textbook of veterinary internal medicine: diseases of the dog and cat pp 429-449 3rd ed WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1989 32 Sodikoff, C H Laboratory profiles of small...
... of occult HBV infection in these patients and its true role in HCV pathogenesis remains to be determined The present study was aimed at assessing the clinical profiles of CHC, including the initial ... term “entry” was defined as the first time when patients were seen in the hepatitis clinic To verify the accuracy ofclinical discriminant score in diagnosing cirrhosis, the clinical diagnosis was ... drinking (> 50 g) for longer than years [17, 20] However, we were unable to distinguish active drinking from inactive drinking due to the limitation of retrospective chart review In evaluating...
... used to survey the incidence of foot problems, including an examination by a professional, face to face or telephone interviews and postal questionnaires A summary of combined surveys found that ... pain again using a pain VAS directly after treatment and seven days later, in conjunction with improving functional ability in a small group of older adults [5] A small qualitative study using ... foot pain, worry about feet and impact on quality of life It was used in combination with a visual analogue pain scale (VAS) and a Podiatry Objective Clinical Score (POCS) which is clinical measure...
... reduction in sneezing in patients with intrinsic rhinitis Our findings might indicate an important role of acetylcholine as a relevant neurotransmitter in the sneezing reflex Most of our patients ... al [16] obtained an average decrease in rhinorrhea of 41% in dogs' experimentally induced rhinorrhea One out of four dogs even showed an increase in secretion Own results in adult guinea pigs nasal ... by means of history, clinical examination and negative skin prick test and in some patients by x-ray of the sinuses to exclude sinusitis Patients were randomly divided into groups: In group A,...
... The interventions were performed at the Department of Neurosurgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin Clinicalapplication According to the indication for the use of ... identification e.g of a trajectory chosen on the basis of the image data Accuracy of frameless stereotaxy with the DRF in the clinicalapplication The overall precision of the DRF inclinical use is ... range of motion for the intraoperative use in cranial neurosurgery Different methods of non-invasive attachment dependent on the clinical need and indication, as well as the resulting accuracies in...
... effect of blinding and placebo in a controlled clinical trial of pain treatment in CHD Materials and methods Animals A total of 80 dogs recruited from all parts of Norway, with pain and difficulty of ... shown in veterinary clinical studies The aim of this methodology study was to examine the need for and choice of stratification factors in the treatment of canine hip dysplasia, and to investigate ... 80 dogs with different degrees of canine hip dysplasia (CHD) included in a double blind randomized clinical trial The numbers (n) indicate the number of dogs within each strata and randomized...
... sub-optimal sedationin included studies Cohort study Martin, et al., 2006 [30] Incidence of over -sedation Incidence of under -sedation Incidence of optimal sedationSedation scale/ monitoring system ... any of these categories The majority of studies (20) were published after 2002, indicating the increasing interest in the practice ofsedation quality in recent years, in particular following ... Propofol 39.8% of time 12.0% of time 11.2% of time 60.2% of time 56.0% of time 18.4% of time 8.1% of time 44.0% of time Analgesia-based sedation 50% of time 50% of time on SIMV (median) 81% of...
... were receiving oseltamivir BMT, bone marrow transplantation; C3G, third-generation cephalosporin; CI, calcineurin inhibitor; FQ, fluoroquinolone; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; ICU, intensive ... lymphopenic patients [5] Abbreviations ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range Competing interests EA is a member of the French and European boards of Pfizer Inc (New York, NY, USA) and Gilead ... mycophenolate mofetil; MV, mechanical ventilation; NIV, non-invasive mechanical ventilation with in uenza viruses [5] as the main defense mechanism is CD8 T-lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity The clinical...
... language teaching 1.2.1 What is speaking skill? 1.2.2 The importance of speaking skill in language teaching programs .8 1.3 Factors affecting TBLT applicationin speaking skill ... .vii List of tables viii List of figures viii PART ONE: INTRODUCTION .1 Rationale for the study Aims of the study Scope of the ... 2.3.3 The interview .28 2.3.3.1 The interview for teachers 28 2.3.3.2 The interview for students 31 2.4 Conclusion 33 CHAPTER THREE: FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...
... references Brown (1994:45) defined that speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing, receiving and processing information When participating in communicative activities, ... definition of a task, task types, the definition of TBLT and a framework for designing TB lessons An overview of speaking with the definition of speaking skill, the importance of speaking skill in Language ... of the importance of English speaking skill to their students 2.3.1.2.2 Teachers’ opinions of the applicationof task-based approach in teaching English speaking Table 8: Teachers’ opinions of...