... diagnosis of VAP What is clear is that avoiding delay in sampling and initiating therapy quickly are more important than the type of quantitative technique used Treatment strategy and impact of ... must be aware ofthe common pathogens that are associated with nosocomial pneumonia in their hospitals so that they can avoid administering inadequate antibiotic therapy Several researchers have ... and gastrointestinal intubation; aspiration in mechanically ventilated patients occurs around the outside ofthe endotracheal tube rather than through the lumen Leakage around the endotracheal...
... leukemia but facilitates the eventual induction of malignant disease in an indirect way As the interaction between Sag and the T-cell receptor is not via the antigen binding site itself, a large ... terminal repeat that are the major determinant of these properties [28-33] Mechanistically, this makes perfect sense As transcriptional enhancer elements are capable of acting at Page of 13 (page ... of mammary epithelial cells, the eventual site of tumour formation Although Sag is a major determinant ofthe oncogenic potential of MMTV it should be noted that inthe final analysis malignancy...
... terms of educational setting, the positive washback is that the authority can usethe test to attain its goal of teaching and learning However, the negative washback is that the authority uses that ... educational system and society as a whole, and washback at a micro level within the classroom to investigate the test washback inthe classroom, that is, the washback effect of teaching and learning ... Washback indicates “an intended or unintended (accidental) direction and function of curriculum change on aspects of teaching and learning by means ofa change of public examinations” Similar...
... a challenging situation For example, the increase in heart rate and rise in blood pressure are caused by the release of adrenaline and are intended to stimulate the central nervous system in preparation ... heart rate change of beats per minute and an increase in score of 3.54 (out of 15 maximum) The high-anxiety group, however, had a much larger increase in heart rate, 26 beats per minute, and a ... potential causes of PTSD In fact, PTSD has been found at varying levels in all veteran populations studied, including peacekeeping operations and the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq (Litz...
... filtering and spectral subtraction Singular value adaptation Inthe singular value adaptation (SVA) method [5], the p dominant singular values of Hx are mapped onto the original (clean) singular values ... be compared to spectral subtraction Evaluation database As test material we took the resource management (RM) database (available from LDC [34]) These data are considered as clean data, to which ... observation matrix This FIR-filter equivalence is an important finding and gives an interesting frequency-domain interpretation ofthe signal subspace denoising operation The main advantage of working...
... Performance Scale (RAPS) [30] Pre-training and post-training interviews were videotaped and evaluated by a panel of blinded experts to evaluate whether the training resulted in improvement inthe ... further evidence ofthe effectiveness of using VC as a tool for assessing participants in clinical trials There has been rapid growth of adoption of centralized raters in clinical trials and there ... cost of VC was lower than that ofthe conventional alternative of traveling, and at a higher rate resulted in significant savings They concluded that VC Sharp et al Annals of General Psychiatry...
... particularly in Guangdong province and inthe northern parts of Africa and Inuits of Alaska[1] Till date radiotherapy remains the mainstay treatment of NPC[2] A definitive radiation dose between 66 Gy and ... determinants Br J Radiol 1992, 65:710-714 Rubenstein LJ: Radiation changes in intracranial neoplasms and the adjacent brain In Book Radiation changes in intracranial neoplasms and the adjacent brain (Editor ... [70] Additionally, radiation-induced damage of astrocytes further causes leakage of VEGF This then acts on the capillary targets and causes neovascularization The new vessels are leaky and further...
... Greenhouse Publications 1988 52 Higgin JA: An analysis ofthe ash of acacia salicina Transactions ofthe Society of South Australia 1903, 202-204 53 Office of Medical Applications of Research: ... times as many dialects, relied upon Aboriginal interpreters for accurate information about all aspects of Aboriginal life including theuseof pituri A search ofthe literature around the word ... hallucinations in traditional South American Indians which parallels T.S.Eliot’s [62]Portrait ofa Lady - dance, dance/Like a dancing bear,/Cry like a parrot, chatter like an ape/Let us take the air,...
... delivering harm-reduction and behavioralchange counseling Police often apply military management approaches to treat drug users while they are in incarceration sites The majority of treated drug users ... conflict The sustainability and effectiveness of NEPs program can only be obtained if there is full support from all participating government agencies in China At the program level, findings ofthereview ... China Shanghai: Shanghai People Publishing House 1995 McCoy CB, McCoy HV, Lai SH, Wang X, Meng J: Reawakening the dragon: Changing patterns of opiate usein Asia, with particular emphasis on China’s...
... Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008, 50:46 ectoparasites (Ctenocephalides felis); oral administration showed activity against a range of parasites: Ancylostoma caninum, A tubaeforme, Toxocara ... treatment administered at the minimum recommended dose-rate The investigators found greater availability of selamectin in female beagles than in male following topical administration at a dose-rate of ... evident at treatment suggests that selamectin has an extended duration of activity against N cati in cats [17] Pneumonyssoides caninum, the nasal mite of dogs, dwells inthe caudal nasal cavity and...
... herbal medicine, Taichi, acupressure, moxibustion, Chinese dietary therapy, Chinese massage and cupping We examined the prevalence of Chinese medicine usage and reported the range and a mean prevalence ... for Chinese medicine usage among 28 Chinese cancer patients: (1) Chinese medicine as a popular and culturally acceptable process of self-help, (2) fear of chemotherapy damaging the vital essence, ... manuscript CAS conceived the study and drafted the manuscript Both authors read and approved the final version ofthe manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...
... Bulgaria, Chad, Colombia, Guinea, India (Andra Pradesh only), Mali, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe } participated ina comparative analysis of NDPs project coordinated ... from a low of 54 inthe Philippines and 54.8 in Zambia to 100 in Sri Lanka The average retail price ofa standard treatment for pneumonia (standardized to the average retail price ofa basket of ... availability, a ordability, quality, and rational useof drugs Study results also varied greatly The percentage of certain essential drugs available ina sample of remote health facilities ranged...
... that there are two main ways to interpret the marginal impacts ofthe explanatory variables ina Tobit model depending on the outcomes of interest If we are interested in looking at the marginal ... scale, intensity, form, cost, and legality of these classes In particular, the paper offers a comparative analysis ofthe trends in private tutoring between 1998 and 2006 where data are available ... tutoring classes to prepare for examinations and other reasons indicates again the importance of examinations inthe school system in Vietnam, as discussed earlier in Section Scale of Supplementary...
... is feasible that the increase in thoracic kyphosis, decrease in lumbar lordosis and change in sacral inclination associated with osteoporotic vertebral fracture may similarly affect paraspinal ... column and has a primary role in attenuating and dispersing axial load With aging, the water content ofthe nucleus pulposus decreases, compromising the properties ofthe disc and placing individuals ... injurious to spinal structures The muscles responsible for balancing spinal gravitational moments attach closely to the axis of rotation ofthe segment, therefore being at a mechanical disadvantage when...
... Priorities and hazards for Economies Variable levels of activity and management capability Ships’ ballast water and hull fouling are the most important vectors International shipping, aquaculture ... Framework Conclusions, including the results ofthe November 2001 Workshop Management Framework - Introd uced Marine Pests Management capabilities and approaches APEC and the MRCWG have a ... a role in liaising with IMO, FAO, NACA to enhance the effectiveness of existing instruments within APEC Institutional arrangements for managing the marine environment is fragmented in most...
... journals on agile manufacturing Agile manufacturin g research Agile manufacturing as a new strategy is captivating the attention of researchers A growing amount of research has arisen Using the ... Manufacturing International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing Internationa Journal of Operations and Production Management International Journal of Production Economics International Journal ... the Internationa l Journal of Agile Management Systems, the Internationa l Journal of Agile Manufacturin g A total of 73 citations on agile manufacturing were reviewed (see tables and 2) Table...
... Transport Research Library and is Australia’s major transport database As well as the holdings ofthe ARRB Transport Research Library collection, it also includes the holdings ofa number of other ... authors examined two-vehicle crashes only and defined ‘others’ as all other nondriver road users involved in each crash Since fault information was not available in regard to these crashes, the injury ... said that they had actually made plans for this The majority of participants indicated that health related issues would be the primary factors that would make them think about stopping driving...
... frequently used in empirical research analyzing banking crises Bell and Pain (xxxx) reviewthe usefulness and applicability ofthe leading indicator models used inthe empirical research analyzing and ... countries in their crises (Spain in 1977, Norway in 1987, Finland in 1991, Sweden in 1991, and Japan in 1992) In comparing the real rates of growth in equity market price indexes, the authors again ... examinations of bank risk every 12—18 months Regulators usea rating system (the CAMELS rating) to indicate the safety and soundness of banks CAMELS ratings include six parts: capital adequacy,...
... ofthe National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter ofthe National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding ... include international efforts, emphasizing the impacts of climate change and the role of humans in inducing climate change, and increasing focus on estuaries, coasts, and the Great Lakes as an ... not as the basis for determining the adequacy ofthe information infrastructure called for inthe draft plan The draft plan contains mention, but scant quantitative assessment, ofthe need for intellectual...