... (serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase activity, c-glutamyl transferase (GGT), total bilirubin, albumin levels and prothrombin time), fasting ... Proportion within normal range* (%) Alanine aminotransferase (U/l) Serum aspartate aminotransferase (U/l) Alkaline phosphatase (U/l) c-Glutamytransferase (U/l) Total bilirubin (mg/dl) Albumin (g/dl) ... 0.73 ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, serum aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index identifying those children with NAFLD who are at risk of having a more progressive liver disease In...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20
... 21 Uganda: James K Tumwine, Caleb Bwengye, Charles Karamagi, Victoria Nankabirwa, Jolly Nankunda, Grace Ndeezi, Margaret Wandera 22 Zambia: Chipepo Kankasa, Mary Katepa-Bwalya, Chafye Siuluta, ... controlled for in the analyses, their coding and the number of subjects (%) according to categories in urban and rural residence are shown in Table Clinical oral examination A trained and calibrated dentist ... clinical oral examination The total participation rate was 80% Reasons for not participating in the clinical examination were difficulties to locate women, withdrawal of consent and death A total...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Reliability and validity of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in dyspepsia: A six-country study" pptx
... GSRS Abdominal pain domain and the QOLRAD Emotional distress and Physical/social functioning domains In the German versions, the GSRS Abdominal pain and Indigestion domains correlated with all ... GSRS in the Indigestion domain, for the Hungarian version in the Diarrhoea domain, and for the Afrikaans, Hungarian, Polish and Spanish versions in the Constipation domain Intraclass correlation ... (QOLRAD) domains between visits and Questionnaire and domain Translation Afrikaans German Hungarian Italian* Polish Spanish GSRS Reflux Abdominal pain Indigestion Diarrhoea Constipation (N = 108)...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20
báo cáo hóa học: " The development of postural strategies in children: a factorial design study" doc
... values and standard deviation is shown Statistical Analysis All PPs were analyzed through a two-way ANOVA, with vision (EO vs EC) and age as factors Each condition was then separately analyzed ... movements he cannot avoid Attention: attention span creativity: having many interests Social behavior: being integrated in class group and having friends Team working: following group rules Autonomy: ... http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/2/1/29 Table 2: Teachers' Rating and PANESS Assessment Teachers' Rating Cluster Definition Score Read and Write reading: speed and correctness writing: tract quality and correctness oral language...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Microglia activation in sepsis: a case-control study" ppt
... herniation due to Arnold-Chiari malformation Acute heartfailure Myocardial infarction Cardiac failure Haemorrhagic shock Myocardial infarction Haemorrhagic shock Haemorrhagic shock Euthanasia (endometrial ... disturbances in humans Arch Gen Psychiatry 2001, 58:445-452 Turrin NP, Gayle D, Ilyin SE, Flynn MC, Langhans W, Schwartz GJ, Plata-Salaman CR: Pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine mRNA induction ... (endometrial carcinoma) Cardiopulmonary insufficiency Haemorrhagic shock Myocardial infarction Myocardial infarction Haemorrhagic shock Statistics SPSS for Windows was used for statistical analysis...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Estimating the cost of care giving on caregivers for people living with HIV and AIDS in Botswana: a cross-sectional study" doc
... trained research assistants before questionnaire administration The caregivers were informed that participation in the study was voluntary, that there was no payment for participation, and that ... Botswana and to persuade people to take up care-giving activities Providing incentives, such as mealie meal and food baskets and loans for Page of income-generating activities, and lending a sympathetic ... mean cost of providing care, as evidenced in this study, it is clear that there is an urgent need for adequate financial incentive to motivate those already providing care to PLHIV in Botswana...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Aflatoxin levels, plasma vitamins A and E concentrations, and their association with HIV and hepatitis B virus infections in Ghanaians: a cross-sectional study" pdf
... mean Determination of AF-ALB levels in plasma by radioimmunoassay AF-ALB levels in plasma from study participants were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA) [30] The assay measures aflatoxin that ... TD: Aflatoxin B1 albumin adducts in plasma and aflatoxin M1 in urine are associated with plasma concentrations of vitamins A and E Int J Vitam Nutr Res 2010, 80:355-368 Tang L, Xu L, Afriyie-Gyawu ... hepatocarcinogens known [17] In West African countries, including Ghana, aflatoxins are commonly found as contaminants in human and animal food [18-21] Crops can become contaminated with aflatoxin-producing...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Periodontal status, tooth loss and self-reported periodontal problems effects on oral impacts on daily performances, OIDP, in pregnant women in Uganda: a cross-sectional study" ppt
... 21 Uganda: James K Tumwine, Caleb Bwengye, Charles Karamagi, Victoria Nankabirwa, Jolly Nankunda, Grace Ndeezi, Margaret Wandera 22 Zambia: Chipepo Kankasa, Mary Katepa-Bwalya, Chafye Siuluta, ... controlled for in the analyses, their coding and the number of subjects (%) according to categories in urban and rural residence are shown in Table Clinical oral examination A trained and calibrated dentist ... clinical oral examination The total participation rate was 80% Reasons for not participating in the clinical examination were difficulties to locate women, withdrawal of consent and death A total...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Association between antipsychotics and weight gain among psychiatric outpatients in Pakistan: a retrospective cohort study" ppsx
... difference was statistically Table 1: Patient demographics and clinical characteristics at baseline Parameter Value Age, years median (interquartile range) Gender (n = 141): Male Female Marital status ... Shera AS, Rafique G, Khawaja IA: Pakistan National Diabetes Survey Prevalence of glucose intolerance and associated factors in Shikarpur, Sind Diabetic Med 1995, 12:1116-1121 Shera AS, Rafique ... authorities as clinically significant weight gain[15] We calculated how many patients had achieved clinically significant weight gain at months and months Statistical analyses were performed in SPSS...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo y học: "Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release compared with alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia in Greece: A cost effectiveness study" pdf
... developing a solid and definitive model Information that was not available in the literature was obtained from clinical expert opinion Clinical inputs A literature search from 1997 to the present day ... Negrini C, Ferrannini L: Analisi costo-efficacia di paliperidone ER nel trattamento della ricadute della schizopfrenia, nella prospettiva del Sistema Sanitario Nazionale italiano Farmacoeconomia ... endpoint in the clinical trial data or Clinical Global Impression – Improvement(CGI-I) score of at least 2, depending on available data (Table 1) Second, patients may remain stable or experience a...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo y học: "The prevalence of mental disorders in adults in different level general medical facilities in Kenya: a cross-sectional study" pot
... acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data and was involved in drafting the manuscript FAO-O participated in acquisition of data and was involved in drafting the manuscript DAK was involved in acquisition ... the study and was involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for intellectual content LIK participated in acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data and was involved in ... were in polygamous unions and who came mainly from the predominantly rural Makindu and Kajiado was a reflection of still lingering traditional cultural practices The low literacy rates, particularly...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo y học: "Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release compared with alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia in Greece: a cost effectiveness study" ppsx
... Annals of General Psychiatry 2009, 8:15 http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/8/1/15 Table 1: Mean annual number of stable days and cost per patient by pharmaceutical treatment Paliperidone ... Ollandezos M, Athanasakis K, Papanicolaou S, Kyriopoulos I: Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release compared with alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia ... there was an error with the values listed for Ziprasidone and Aripiprazole in Table Ten Table Ten should therefore appear as shown in this correction (Table 1) References Geitona M, Kousoulakou...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo sinh học: "Induction of chromosomal sites in goats: a fragile preliminary study" pps
... incubated -glutamine at 37 °C in the absence of C0 and harvested after 72 h of growth The identification of chromosome pairs was accomplished by an adaptation of the original Seabright’s G banding ... breaks with no repetition established in the position (a variation was noted in the location within each chromosome and between chromosome pairs) Taking into account that the main source of variation ... chromosome The gaps are bigger than the NOR region detected with normal AG-NOR (silver staining NOR) staining These features indicate that it is not valid to assume that all the gaps are extensions...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:22
Báo cáo y học: " Comparison of brachial and carotid artery ultrasound for assessing extent of subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV: a prospective cohort study" pot
... Brachial FMD is a non-invasive and validated measure of endothelial function [19,20] The endothelium helps to maintain vascular health by releasing both paracrine and autocrine factors such as ... IMT increase and age, SBP, body mass index, total and LDL cholesterol and fasting plasma glucose Among all risk factors examined, increasing SBP was the only one associated with impaired brachial ... T, Inazu A and Mabuchi H: Carotid artery intima-media thickness and brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation in asymptomatic japanese male subjects amongst apolipoprotein E phenotypes J Intern...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21
Báo cáo y học: "Does carbon monoxide treatment alter cytokine levels after endotoxin infusion in pigs? A randomized controlled study" pptx
... preparation and stabilisation period, and was followed by an infusion that started at 15 ml/kg/h and was increased during the day to maintain normovolemia, as determined by the goal to achieve a ... Otterbein LE, Bach FH, Alam J, Soares M, Tao Lu H, Wysk M, Davis RJ, Flavell RA, Choi AM: Carbon monoxide has anti-inflammatory effects involving the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway Nat ... limitations of ANOVA, resulting in the fact that the animals that may have had the most powerful inflammatory response may have been excluded from comparison Analysis of the data shows that the animals...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:22
Báo cáo y học: " Risk factors for suicide in Hungary: a case-control study" pot
... NK and ZR wrote the initial draft of the manuscript All authors were involved in critically revising the initial draft All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The study ... univariate models based on a value of less than in one or more cells when cross-tabulated against the case-control binary variable [16] – (this criterion applies to all analyses presented in Tables ... regarding the relationship to the deceased was collected for all informants The median number of days from death to informant interview was days for the cases: IQR days to days, ranging from days...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20
báo cáo khoa học: " Risk behaviours among HIV positive injecting drug users in Myanmar: a case control study" pps
... Needle and Syringe Programming in Reducing HIV/AIDS among Injecting Drug Users WHO Evidence for Action Techinical Papers 2004 Eshrati Babak, Taghizadeh Asl Rahim, Anne Dell Colleen, Afshar Parviz, ... organizations for their continuous efforts and support in our efforts to advance IDU research Author Details 1Beneficial Partner Group, Myanmar 3 0A Inya Road Kamayut Township, Yangon Myanmar, ... higher prevalence of HIV among those with low education levels [7] and among the aborigines who lived in rural areas [8] Among the minority population in Myanmar most of them live in rural areas which...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo y học: " Airway inflammation contributes to health status in COPD: a cross-sectional study" pps
... the association Our results show that an increase in sputum macrophages of 1% is associated with an increase of the mean total score of 0.22 point, indicating that an increase in sputum macrophages ... measures reflecting hyperinflation Our observation that airway inflammation negatively affects health status of COPD patients may have clinical relevance At present, anti-inflammatory therapy ... general, health status was markedly impaired, as indicated by a median SGRQ total score of 32 [5] Interestingly, our data suggest that the inflammatory process is a stronger determinant of health...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Interleukin-4 (IL4) and Interleukin-4 receptor (IL4RA) polymorphisms in asthma: a case control study" ppt
... judaica, C album, A vulgaris, P lanceolata, O europaea, A alternata, C herbarum, P notatum, A fumigatus, dog, cat, hamster, horse and rabbit dander and cockroach (ALK-Abelló, Madrid, Spain) Saline ... Total serum IgE was measured by a fluoroenzymeimmunoassay (Pharmacia Cap System®; Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden), according to the manufacturer's instructions Genotyping analysis After purification ... 96:365-371 Shirakawa I, Deichmann KA, Izuhara I, Mao I, Adra CN, Hopkin JM: Atopy and asthma: genetic variants of IL-4 and IL-13 signalling Immunol Today 2000, 21:60-64 Sandford AJ, Chagani T, Zhu...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22
Báo cáo y học: "Childhood physical abnormalities following paternal exposure to sulfur mustard gas in Iran: a case-control study" pot
... cyclophosphamide can lead to congenital malformations in progenies [17,18] In humans, paternal exposure to various agents such as acrylamide, lead, and solvents result in an increase in congenital malformations ... http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/4/1/13 References Aguiar MJ, Campos AS, Aguiar RA, Lana AM, Magalhaes RL, Babeto LT: Neural tube defects and associated factors in liveborn and stillborn infants] ... checklist as data-gathering tools Our data collection included Page of demographic data of all chemically injured males and their spouses in the exposed (Sardasht) group, age, occupation, educational...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20