dhea as a putative replacement therapy in the elderly

... researching the use of bamboo in the paper industry Many companies in Asia have made advances in using bamboo in products such as textiles, flooring, cosmetics, paper, and food However, many of these ... described by author Nancy Ohanian in Spain: "about 1150, papermakers in Xatina, Spain, began to use water power to beat the rags They extended the axle of the waterwheel, inserted projections in the hub, ... appropriate In the academic field of business a feasibility analysis is developed to help a client make a game-changing decision My feasibility analysis follows the general criteria of an analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 02:20

... running to tell the other fishermen of the town about it, he just went home and fell asleep Landing the fish did not matter to the old man only to get it as far as the side of the boat The Old Man ... Man And The Sea portrays Hemingway Code Heros to their fullest potential As Heros they try their hardest to persevere under pressure and achieve the goal in front of them They show the characteristics ... offered each other the best of company While out at sea Santiago is constantlywishing the boy was there to talk to or to help with the mighty fish Santiago does not have relationships with any of the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:50

... trial, the immune responses induced by these peptides along with adjuvant administered subcutaneously as easy and practical as they may be–reverse gradually as soon as vaccinations are completed Accordingly, ... Maher Abdalla for their contribution toward the study by helping in the manuscript drafting Drs Samara and Abdalla are postdoctoral fellows at the National Cancer Institute Author details Vaccine ... each patient, postvaccination PBMCs were compared to prevaccination as a baseline A positive ELISPOT result for the patient was defined as a total number of experimental spots in the postvaccination...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... and AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa Disability and Rehabilitation 2011 doi:10.1186/1744-8603-7-41 Cite this article as: Nixon et al.: The increasing chronicity of HIV in subSaharan Africa: ... the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg African Journal of AIDS Research 2009, 8(1):93-106 Van As M, Myezwa ... Physiotherapy 2011, 97:17-25 38 Gaidhane AM, Zahiruddin QS, Waghmare L, Zodpey S, Goyal RC, Johrapurkar SR: Assessing self-care component of activities and participation domain of the international...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... support therapy is envisaged as a possible therapeutic approach in the critical care setting [12] At present, almost all CRRT therapies can be delivered in a safe, adequate and flexible way, thanks ... (a) CAVH machine; (b) the BSM32 machine; (c) the PRISMA machine; (d) the Prismaflex machine cut-off of the membrane was increased to the level commonly seen in membranes for plasmafiltration [6] ... and their usefulness remains the subject of much debate Early data are encouraging but additional data are required before they could become part of the standard management of sepsis More statistically...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... J, Papakostas L, Tahta SA, Hardy BG, Bollen BA, Duran CM, Levine RA: Mechanism of recurrent ischemic mitral regurgitation after annuloplasty: continued LV remodeling as a moving target Circulation ... differences in diastolic mitral annular motion as exemplified with E’ Whereas Doppler myocardial imaging allows more precise discrimination of the phase of diastolic dysfunction, Sturgess et al clearly ... septic patients Intensive Care Med 2004, 30:1740-1746 Feissel M, Michard F, Faller JP, Teboul JL: The respiratory variation in inferior vena cava diameter as a guide to fluid therapy Intensive Care...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... problems, the present study showed that heparin/PF4 antibodies caused clotting within the hemofilter, and that danaparoid was a more effective extracorporeal anticoagulant than heparin in the HITnegative ... remained on heparin This difference may have been due to so-called heparin resistance associated with reduced antithrombin in the HIT-negative patient group The increased incidence of EIA heparin/PF4 ... total score to Timing = first day of exposure to heparin, counted as day Once HIT is clinically suspected it is imperative that all heparin administration is withdrawn [11], including heparin catheter...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... America: Brazil, and Uruguay; Asia: China, Indonesia, Japan, and Singapore; and Australia Cost analysis All costs were converted to US dollars based on published exchange rates as of June 1, 2009 Information ... electronically prepared Excel-based data collection tool This was made available to participating centers with instructions All centers were asked to complete data entry and e-mail the data to the ... Information on nursing assignments was available from all sites Nursing time was determined by calculating the cost of additional nursing staff assigned to perform RRT or from the cost of changing...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... i ABSTRACT Since the application of Communicative Language Teaching approach to EFL teaching, process writing and collaborative learning have been greatly emphasized as typical features of teaching ... learning and teachers’ teaching as both respond to the information it provides Assessment for learning is an ongoing process that arises out of the interaction between teaching and learning Assessment ... justifying the research instruments as well as describing in details the instrument and procedures of collecting and analyzing data III.1 Research design The main instrument for the data collection...

Ngày tải lên: 16/07/2015, 07:45

... verbal consent, and approval was obtained from the University Versailles Saint Quentin research committee As indicated in Table 1, the participants represented a sample of healthcare professionals ... professionals into a multidisciplinary team • Introduce a case manager collaborating with PCPs • No translocation to secondary care Coordinate primary and secondary care • Better communication • Access ... care and that the PCP remain the main medical practitioner Participants felt that primary care should be strengthened by introducing an ongoing formal casemanagement process This would include a...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... M, Hirai M, Tominaga N, Nakajima H, Elisseeva OA, Masuda T, Nakano A, Kawakami M, Oji Y, Ikegame K, Hosen N, Udaka K, Yasukawa M, Ogawa H, Kawase I, Sugiyama H: Wilms tumor gene peptide-based ... Ikegame K, Hosen N, Yoshihara S, Wu F, Fujiki F, Murakami M, Masuda T, Nishida S, Shirakata T, Nakatsuka S, Sasaki A, Udaka K, Dohy H, Aozasa K, Noguchi S, Kawase I, Sugiyama H: Induction of WT1 (Wilms' ... the late effects of imatinib therapy at the dose of 600 mg a day However, bcr-abl transcripts gradually increased to more than 1,000 copies thereafter Since the patient was HLA -A* 2402+ and informed...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39

... display DIF In the case of determining cut points for passing a subtest, as is the case for the MEAMS, a formal test of the validity of the cut point is the absence of DIF For example, if a cut ... between the item and other items in the scale Finally, a measure of reliability, the Person Separation Index (PSI), was computed This is equivalent to Cronbach's alpha but has the linear transformation ... the validity of the instrument in different diagnostic groups Finally, the use of DIF as a basis for analysing bias in cut points is recommended as a routine assessment where clinical cut points...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... children ages 2–4 DataStat, a nationally-based survey administration firm located in Michigan, was contracted to administer the California SCHIP statewide mail survey DataStat mailed the PedsQL™ ... (22.2%) Hispanic/Latino, (9.7%) Black/African American, (9.7%) Asian/Pacific Islander, 2(2.8%) Native American or Native Alaskan, and (12.5%) missing The statewide SCHIP sample was representative of ... herein Statistical analysis The feasibility of the PedsQL™ 4.0 as a population health measure in ADHD was determined from the percentage of missing values for each item [29,38,39] Scale internal...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... method Angiotensin I and II were measured with a rat angiotensin I and II EIA kits (Phoenix Pharmaceuticals, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions Urine was assayed for creatinine by a ... once per week at the same time during the day After the stabilization of the animals in o a warm box at 37 C for 15 min, the tail systolic blood pressure was measured with a non-invasive blood ... excreted in the urine via the kidney, the BUN level is important in the evaluation of renal function Although urinary creatinine unexpectedly increased in control group, it was the lowest in the NaCl...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22

... Narahara H, Hara T, Takagane A, Akiya T, Takagi M, Miyashita K, Nishizaki T, Kobayashi O, Takiyama W, Toh Y, Nagaie T, Takagi S, Yamamura Y, Yanaoka K, Orita H, Takeuchi M: S-1 plus cisplatin ... with advanced gastric cancer Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2009, 64:877-883 Yoshida K, Hirabayashi N, Takiyama W, Ninomiya M, Takakura N, Sakamoto J, Nishiyama M, Toge T: Phase I study of combination ... Nash A, Sacks N, Ford H, Carter R, Hill A: A phase II study in advanced gastro-esophageal cancer using epirubicin and cisplatin in combination with continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil (ECF) Ann...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:21

... was calculated as the mean of all items contributing to the construct Cronbach’s alpha was used to ascertain the reliability of each of the scales If reliability was lower than 0.7, an exploratory ... running the project CR was responsible for the statistical analyses All authors interpreted the data and findings CR wrote the first draft of the manuscript, all authors read and approved the final ... between intention and behaviour, because the behaviour data were at a practice level, a summary measure of intention for each practice had to be calculated This was generated in two ways – by taking...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... (Statistical program: SAS v9.13) At the age of nine years and three months we initiated recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy The indication for GH therapy was markedly short stature and ... continued phosphaturia, his serum phosphate level increased gradually, and his serum alkaline phosphatase returned to normal No acceleration in bone age or increase in glucose intolerance was ... palate and slight genus valgus, he had no other abnormalities His blood pressure was normal and his bone age was years A laboratory test was positive for proteinuria He had an elevated urinary...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... is available for review by the Editor -in- Chief of this journal Abbreviations ALB: albumin; AN: anorexia nervosa; AST: asparate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; BCAA/AAA: branch-chain ... spleen in a patient with AN and elevated transaminases, whereas liver steatosis was diagnosed in ultrasound imaging, as was found in our patient In addition, these authors detected increased markers ... magnetic resonance imaging, and magnetic resonance angiography of the head showed no abnormality Aspartate aminotransferase was 3194 IU/L (reference range, to 38 IU/L); alanine aminotransferase,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 02:21