demography and epidemiology of aging

... analysis and interpretation of data and drafted the manuscript MK participated in antibiotic testing and statistical analysis AF conceived of the study, and participated in the preparation of the ... increased amounts of peptidoglycan, and the increased quantities of unprocessed D-Ala-D-Ala cause increased 'trapping' and 'clogging', resulting in higher vancomycin MICs of 8–16 µg/ml and the increased ... time The misuse and overuse of antibiotics drive the emergence and spread of resistance Eliminating inappropriate antibiotic use and promoting more judicious use are essential parts of the solution...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:20

... Polderman and colleagues [11], Lindner and colleagues [12] and Bennani and colleagues [13] First, our study extends the general applicability of the literature to a broader population of critically ... Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary and CHR approved this study and waiver of patient consent Data sources Demographic, hospital and clinical data were obtained using the regional ... patients and hypernatraemia in 2157 (26%) patients Among a total of 29,142 ICU admission days, the incidence density for a first episode of ICU-acquired hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia were 3.1 and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31

... HCC [3], and 500, 000 to 1.2 million people die of HBV infection annually [4,5] Because of the high HBV-related morbidity and mortality, the global disease burden of HB is substantial Epidemiology ... increased risk of HBV infection include duration of sexual activity, number of sexual partners, history of sexual transmitted disease, and positive serology for syphilis Sexual partners of injection ... region of genotype C in China [34] Accumulated data suggest the importance of genotype, subgroup and recombination that may influence the biological characteristics of virus and clinical outcome of...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 11:12

... of reach of children (80.9%), and keeping cleaning agents like detergents and bleach out of reach of children or in a locked cabinet (80.3%) On the other hand, only about half to two-thirds of ... below in Hong Kong and is carried out by the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the School of Public Health of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) ... for a minimum of times at different times of the day and different days of the week, and a maximum of 15 times, to minimize and rectify non-contact 1.3.2 Data coding, data entry and data cleaning...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... needs and the knowledge of health professionals who care for them Executive Summary “The mission of the Merck Institute of Aging & Health is to improve the health, independence and quality of life ... hope that health care professionals, policy makers and everyone interested in the challenges and consequences of our aging society will take note of its recommendations Most of all, we hope this ... Society of America has greatly contributed to the body of knowledge on aging and health This Report continues and furthers that tradition By assessing the health status of older Americans and providing...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... Introduction, ix xiii Aging, Senescence, and Lifespan, T h e Nature of Cellular Senescence and Death, T h e Evolution of Senescence and Death, 21 41 Of Embryos and Worms and Very Old Men: T h ... is a time of peace and joy, of reflection on life's bountifulness, a time to contemplate the only immortality we can know: the lives of our children and grandchildren W i t h luck and a little ... level of the very genes that regulate it Complex organisms like humans are composed of individual cells, and that is where the aging process begins T h e aging of any organism is a reflection of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 05:26

... perception of health status (50% healthy ones and 50% unhealthy ones), gender (50% female) and age (60–69 years of age, 70–79 years of age and over 79 years of age) Subjective perception of health ... adulthood: From striving for gains to maintenance and prevention of losses Psychology and Aging 2006, 21:664-678 Duhl LJ: Aging by one who is aging J Epidemiol Community Health 2005, 59(10):816-7 ... back-translation of the items and instructions by distinct professionals, as well as semantic and formal examination by the coordinator centre Convenience sampling was used The main purpose of this stage...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... (ELISA) Proceedings of the Session of the Research Group of the Standing Technical Commitee of the European Commission for the Control of Foot -and- Mouth Disease, Lelystad, Netherlands, 20–22 Sept ... for the serotypes O, A and Asia1 are at a 1/5 serum-dilution (σ = 4), (σ = 1), (σ = 6), and those result in an endpoint-titre of 1/ 320, with a standard deviation of one twofold dilution step For ... Descriptive statistics of the antibody ELISA for samples per month and serotype Descriptive statistics of the antibody ELISA for samples per month and serotype Box -and- whisker diagram of the measured...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... perception of health status (50% healthy ones and 50% unhealthy ones), gender (50% female) and age (60–69 years of age, 70–79 years of age and over 79 years of age) Subjective perception of health ... adulthood: From striving for gains to maintenance and prevention of losses Psychology and Aging 2006, 21:664-678 Duhl LJ: Aging by one who is aging J Epidemiol Community Health 2005, 59(10):816-7 ... back-translation of the items and instructions by distinct professionals, as well as semantic and formal examination by the coordinator centre Convenience sampling was used The main purpose of this stage...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY At: 9h00, 19th October, 2012 This thesis is available to access at: - National Library; - Library of National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology RATIONALE ... to form a new subtype of influenza virus Antigenic drift is the cause of human influenza pandemics 1.1.2 Source of infection and mode of transmission Infected patients, and in some specific situations, ... swine influenza, human influenza, and two swine influenza viruses found in Asia and Europe The origin and development of the pandemic: the first appearance of 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 is in...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 13:57

... and MAK coordinated and participated in design of the study MR and KHB participated in the design and coordination and helped in the draft of the manuscript MJD and Page 13 of 15 (page number ... molecular and clinical laboratory experiments as a part of his PhD thesis and has written the draft manuscript MAT and JAK provided strains and helped in the design of the study AA and MAK coordinated ... determining epidemiology of clinical and carrier staphylococci and molecular studies of their acquisition and dissemination of resistance in a hospital setting in northern India Materials and methods The...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:20

... schizophrenics) and 67–75% among outpatients, with 45 and 28% of combination therapies in in- and outpatients being reported, respectively [28-30] The rates of prescription of conventional and atypical ... observed: benzodiazepines (69% of FPA patients; 69% of non-FPA patients), atypical (in 51 and 53% of patients respectively) and conventional antipsychotics (in 38 and 46% of patients respectively) ... enrolment, and interpretation of analyzed data and to the review of this paper SF, AR, MS are current employees of Eli Lilly Italy, the study sponsor They contributed to the interpretation of analyzed...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20

... Enalapril 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 Epidemiology Studies of the epidemiology of heart failure have been complicated by the lack of universal agreement on a definition of heart failure, which is primarily ... criteria Several recent British studies of the epidemiology of heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction have been conducted, including a study of the incidence of heart failure in one west London ... study has been the most important longitudinal source of data on the epidemiology of heart failure Contemporary studies of the epidemiology of heart failure in United Kingdom Study Diagnostic criteria...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... department of cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital, London The ABC of heart failure is edited by C R Gibbs, M K Davies, and G Y H Lip CRG is research fellow and GYHL is consultant cardiologist and ... (furosemide) and bumetanide—have a powerful diuretic action, increasing the excretion of sodium and water via their action on the ascending limb of the loop of Henle They have a rapid onset of action ... Loop of Henle Cortical collecting duct Medullary collecting duct Diagram of nephron showing sites of action of different diuretic classes: 1=loop (eg frusemide); 2=thiazide (eg bendrofluazide); and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... emergency, and effective management requires an assessment of the underlying cause, improvement of the haemodynamic status, relief of pulmonary congestion, and improved tissue oxygenation Clinical and ... of cardiology at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital, London The ABC of heart failure is edited by C R Gibbs, M K Davies, and G Y H Lip CRG is research fellow and GYHL is consultant cardiologist and ... care and general practice, University of Birmingham The ABC of heart failure is edited by C R Gibbs, M K Davies, and G Y H Lip CRG is research fellow and GYHL is consultant cardiologist and reader...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... science" guidelines [7] The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) intends these guidelines to direct and inform public agencies in the creation and implementation of effective and targeted regulations ... drugs and illegal alcohol use, a description of potential legal and institutional sanctions for substance use violations, a description of health risks posed by drugs and alcohol, and a listing of ... the creation of school substance use and gambling policies, the content and clarity of these policies will be heterogeneous across schools and modes of policy distribution (e.g., handbooks vs...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... sensitivity of 94–99.3% and a specificity of 81.5–98.5% for serum samples The manufacturer of the SVANOVA IBR-Ab kit quotes figures of 100% se and 92% sp, relative to SN test The se and sp of milk ... individual animals of the herds B, D and F, and the contact herds C and E, except of one non-compliant herd, were examined in 1991 All 28 contact herds of herds C and E were also traced and their animals ... reflects revisions of administrative decisions concerning animal disease control Data of the annual BTM surveillance and of targeted testing of both routine disease testing samples and random samples...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... an analysis of the changes in the epidemiology of severe sepsis presenting within 24 hours of admission to critical care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland The data cover the nine-year period ... Netherlands [26], 77/100,000 in Australia and New Zealand [27], and 75 to 119/100,000 in the USA [21]) The difference may, therefore, reflect a lower provision of critical care beds in England, ... analysis, and drafted the manuscript CW participated in the analysis JE conceived the study All authors were involved in interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript, and have read and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... long-lived flies of the same chronological age and that of normal aging, a set of 24 potential aging biomarkers was identified and found to consist primarily of highly regulated carbohydrate and energy ... Previously, Landis et al [10] examined the transcriptional profile of normal aging in male Drosophila using DrosGenome1 arrays and reported the up-regulation of 271 genes and the down-regulation of 656 ... resistance NBW and RLL designed and carried out aconitase assays, and DFolk and TJB designed and carried out CO2 production and dessication-resistance assays CC, DA, DS, and ST designed and carried...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

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