... in Dr.Shariati Hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences from January to March 2010 The study protocol conformed to the ethical guidelines of the 1989 Declaration of Helsinki Ethics Statement ... be statistically significant at a power of 95% with a level of confidence of 5% Data were analyzed by SPSS version 11.5(SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) Normality of distribution was tested by Kolmogorov ... then registered with and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials Patients were instructed about the procedure and...
... long-term safety of drug-eluting stents has been questioned.17-19 Despite the results of meta-analyses of randomized studies that refute these concerns,20 the possible association of the stents ... limitations—mainly, the small number of patients, lack of direct randomization, and relatively low compliance with angiographic follow-up CONCLUSIONS On the basis of the clinical results of this 24-month study, ... limitation of this new technology The long-term outcomes of Turkish patients treated with the SES vs the PES in real-world practice are not well reported Therefore, we report the 24-month outcomes of...
... ingredients Use of concomitant prohibited medication (narcotics, oral NSAIDs, topical NSAIDs) within four weeks of randomization Use of acetaminophen or ibuprofen within days of randomization ... measures and blood measures of OA of the knee compared to G+C It was hypothesized that UC-II would reduce symptoms of OA of the knee to a greater extent than G+C A meta-analysis of 20 randomized control ... trial of subjects with OA, taking a single oral daily dose of 40 mg UC-II on an empty stomach prior to bedtime for 42 consecutive days, an average of 26% reduction of pain was noted in four of five...
... global luminous efficacy is 108.0 lm/W and the yearly average diffuse luminous efficacy is 136.5 lm/W Diffuse luminous efficacy is higher than the global efficacy in the sky type of the area indicating ... because of the higher values of solar radiation and luminous efficacy The maximum horizontal diffuse illuminance is found in July months because of overcast conditions due to monsoons Graphs of illuminance ... dome shape) roof structure as shown by the pictorial view of skylight dome in Figure 13 shows the schematic diagram of dome shape skylight rooms There are three numbers of dome shape roof structure...
... harvesting, formulating, and packaging ofherbalpreparations Good sources for this kind of information are found in Ody (1993) and Moore (1995) 14.2 Inadequate Testing ofHerbal Medicine Products Many ... many herbal preparations, which often tend to be slow acting or require administration of prescribed doses over an extended period of time (not hours or days, but weeks) 14.3 Risks in the Use of ... kinds of risks associated with herbal preparations, as delineated in the chapter “Abstract.” We document many of these risks in case studies on herbalpreparationsof ephedra, kava kava, and Vaccinium...
... be of assistance in those situations where the identity of an herbal product is in question Page x A chapter on the legal aspects ofherbal products provides an overview of the regulation ofherbal ... underreported Without a foundation of knowledge upon which to inquire whether an herbal product might be the cause of a given finding, further exploration of the possibility of an herb-induced toxicity ... if an herbal product is suspected of causing an adverse outcome, without information about similar cases, toxicological analysis of biofluids, or the pharmacologic or toxicologic effects of the...
... religion, sex, head of households’ level of education, and use of A vera were computed using the chi-square test RESULTS The majority of the farmers were Christians (52.0%) The level of education in ... between the age of the head of household and use of Aloe to treat coccidiosis in chickens (P > 0.05) Also, the household head’s level of education was not associated with the use of A vera and ... for weeks The majority of the farmers got information regarding the use and efficacyof Aloe from their grandparents (85.4%) Only 2.1% of the farmers reported that extension officers informed them...
... Clients/Server’s application Because of complexity of database so disadvantages of Oracle are high cost of maintaining database and training IT staff Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SQL Server 2000 ... English-based questions In addition, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 extends the performance, reliability, quality, and ease -of- use of Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 includes several ... and information of companies listed at the center However, this model now has met some problems such as: - Waste of time - Need a lot of supervising staff - Waste a large amount of money for printing...
... (A) and LRT (B) of AGMs rHPIV1 wt and non-ts rHPIV1 mutants were assigned a shut-off temperature of 40°C for the purposes of this schematic The limit of detection for the mean sum of daily virus ... transfected with μg of the FLC, 0.8 μg each of the N and P, and 0.1 μg of the L support plasmids in a volume of 100 μl of Opti-MEM per well Transfection was carried out with Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen, ... or the mean sum of the daily virus titers (a measure of the total amount of virus shed over the duration of the infection) in either the nasopharyngeal (NP) swab (representative of the upper respiratory...
... (Figure 4B) Finally, quantitative analysis of m-RNA of bcl-2 by RT-PCR confirmed the highest efficacyof the combination in reducing the expression of the targeted gene (Figure 4C and 4D) Apoptosis ... therapeutic efficacyof a multicomponent strategy based on Spugnini et al Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:125 http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/125 Page of 10 Figure Effect of ... tumors of mice treated with electrochemotherapy, as a result of increased permeability of the tumor cell membranes The modification of tumor blood flow observed after the application of EP [59,60]...
... Concealment of random allocation Prestratification of prognostically relevant variables Random allocation (description of procedure) Registration of loss to follow-up Blinding of patients Blinding of ... review cannot draw any conclusions about the effect of the patients' motivation on the efficacyof MI The authors of this review are not aware of any study which assesses whether a patient's ability ... based on a pre-defined list of selected quality items assessing components of internal validity [19] (Table 1) In case of any discrepancy, we obtained the opinion of a third reviewer We divided...
... (A) and LRT (B) of AGMs rHPIV1 wt and non-ts rHPIV1 mutants were assigned a shut-off temperature of 40°C for the purposes of this schematic The limit of detection for the mean sum of daily virus ... transfected with μg of the FLC, 0.8 μg each of the N and P, and 0.1 μg of the L support plasmids in a volume of 100 μl of Opti-MEM per well Transfection was carried out with Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen, ... or the mean sum of the daily virus titers (a measure of the total amount of virus shed over the duration of the infection) in either the nasopharyngeal (NP) swab (representative of the upper respiratory...
... (Figure 4B) Finally, quantitative analysis of m-RNA of bcl-2 by RT-PCR confirmed the highest efficacyof the combination in reducing the expression of the targeted gene (Figure 4C and 4D) Apoptosis ... therapeutic efficacyof a multicomponent strategy based on Spugnini et al Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:125 http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/125 Page of 10 Figure Effect of ... tumors of mice treated with electrochemotherapy, as a result of increased permeability of the tumor cell membranes The modification of tumor blood flow observed after the application of EP [59,60]...
... the flat surface of the polymethyl methacrylate on the metacarpal bones of specimen at full extension of the wrist (Figure 3) Each Page of specimen was loaded at a constant rate of 20 mm/min to ... specimens, of screws in two specimens, and of screws in one specimen Failure loading did not result in any bent or broken volar plates or proximal screws The number of specimens Iba et al Journal of ... styloid screw +) 0 The number of bended or broken screws Figure The number of specimens with bended or broken distal locking screws at the failure of fixation The number of specimens with bended or...
... the flat surface of the polymethyl methacrylate on the metacarpal bones of specimen at full extension of the wrist (Figure 3) Each Page of specimen was loaded at a constant rate of 20 mm/min to ... specimens, of screws in two specimens, and of screws in one specimen Failure loading did not result in any bent or broken volar plates or proximal screws The number of specimens Iba et al Journal of ... styloid screw +) 0 The number of bended or broken screws Figure The number of specimens with bended or broken distal locking screws at the failure of fixation The number of specimens with bended or...
... (MRP) is a member of a family of transport proteins that facilitates the extrusion of a variety of glutathione-coupled and unmodified drugs out of cells but over-expression of MRP alone does ... variety of cellular pathways One component of DNA damage tolerance observed in platinum-resistant cells involves loss of function of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system The main function of this ... likelihood of a significant improvement in the therapeutic index of cisplatin in refractory patients by the coadministration of a repair inhibitor is limited by the multifactorial nature typical of resistant...
... The present study is an analysis of the efficacyof LPV/rbased second-line regimens after 24 months of follow up, using routinely collected follow-up data As of March 2009, all adults who had ... programme of therapeutic patient education After about 36 months of follow up, a Page of cross-sectional clinico-immunological and virological study was performed in 2006: it revealed that 77% of the ... despite the complexity (number of pills) and the difficulties of storage conditions (at 2-8°C for LPV/r) of such regimens used at that time, demonstrating the feasibility of PI-based second-line regimens...
... Briefly, 100 µl of liposome sample was mixed with 225 µl of cold methanol and 125 µl of chloroform Phase separation was achieved by adding 125 µl of 0.1 M HCl and 125 µl of chloroform After mixing ... estimation of the nanovector performance, here, we have developed an HPLC-based method for the precise determination of the concentrations in the liposomal preparationsof chloroquine and of a second ... The challenge of drug delivery is the liberation of adequate doses of therapeutic agents to a specific target site at the right time in a safe and reproducible manner [11] A number of mechanisms...
... relationship of G with the number of dependent components in a mixture and can be used to obtain K, the estimate of N in the given M number of recordings G falls is a narrow range for a given number of ... use of FastICA [3, 16] to estimate the ICs from the mixture where A∗ denotes the conjugate transpose of A, σi are the singular values of A, and the trace of a square matrix A is the sum of the ... the quality of separation of the outcomes, the higher the value of G While the value of G was 0.004 when SIR was 9.1 dB, G was 0.496 when SIR was 19.8 dB Conclusion Successful use of independent...