... DMe Alive DM Death DM Death DM Death DM Death DM Alive Out-come a Lateral, bMedial, cInvasive ductal carcinoma, dInvasive Paget’s disease, eDistance metastasis patients had lung metastasis and ... supraclavicular fossa or in the internal mammary chain was considered as a regional recurrence Any recurrence outside these areas was defined as DM Statistical Analysis LRR and DM rates were calculated ... surgical margins (>1 mm) Axillary lymph node staging was performed in all patients Pathological staging was reviewed based on AJCC 2002 The date of evaluation was January 2009 Patient-related characteristics...
... usually within physics and mathematics ˙ i hψ=Hψ Quantum Mechanics S = k log W Statistical Mechanics Computational Chemistry Computational chemistry isa branch of chemistry that uses principles ... to assist in solving chemical problems Quantum Mechanics Molelcular Orbital Theory Density Functional Theory Ab Initio Calculations Statistical Mechanics Molecular Dynamics Monte Carlo Transition ... reactions.(Wikipedia) Chemistry is the science that invents what it studies Theoretical Chemistry Theoretical chemistry is the study of chemistry via fundamental theoretical reasoning, usually...
... the mortality rate in premature infants with sepsis [13] NAC in animal experimental and human sepsis NAC increases nitric oxide synthesis and cGMP Several studies have demonstrated that NAC improves ... extraction, while at the same time attenuating inflammatory responses Prostacyclin, a prostaglandin synthesized in endothelial cells, isa potent vasodilator and an inhibitor of platelet and ... and colleagues have made a significant contribution to our understanding of the important role of antioxidant agents such as NAC in developing novel therapies for septic shock A large trial is...
... current data regarding the splanchnic effects of catecholamine should be considered as pharmacological investigations of a vasoactive agent evaluated by a particular monitoring device The discrepancy ... choice of catecholamine based on rational evaluation This is not the case for many situations in other clinical settings For example, catecholamines are used on the ward, during transportation, in ... SM, Ahrens TS, Annane D, Astiz ME, Chalfin DB, Dasta JF, Heard SO, Martin C, Napolitano LM, Susla GM, et al.: Practice parameters for hemodynamic support of sepsis in adult patients: 2004 update...
... Critical Care 2010, 14:194 http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/194 cardiac chamber was opened Can this observation be causally associated with tranexamic acid administration? The statistical analysis ... tranexamic acid administration has a place in higher risk cardiac surgery and especially in surgery where a cardiac chamber is opened Competing interests In the past years DR has acted as a paid ... and having primary myocardial revascularisation This patient population appears not to have observed safety issues when tranexamic acid was administered [5] The current study adds to the data questioning...
... that DDT (a commodity chemical) isa panacea for malaria and as far as I can see none at all in “intelligent design” Intelligent design isn’t even a particularly congenial theory for fundamentalist ... on acid-free paper Parlor Press, LLC is an independent publisher of scholarly and trade titles in print and multimedia formats This book is available in paper and Adobe eBook formats from Parlor ... (now-dissolved) Tobacco Institute of Australia The teaching of creationism is much less of a hot button issue in Australia than in America, partly because belief in Biblical literalism is much weaker...
... a cofactor for the cleavage and activation of PAR4 [27] Thrombin has been shown to cleave and activate PAR1, PAR3 and PAR4, whereas trypsin cleaves and activates PAR2 As duodenase is capable ... exposing a new N-terminus that interacts with, and activates the receptor Receptors identified to date are PAR1, PAR2, PAR3 and PAR4; each has a similar mechanism of action has a distinct sequence at ... this study has demonstrated that duodenase induces DNA synthesis in pulmonary artery fibroblasts and that this response may be mediated by an atypical PAR, either an isoform of PAR2 or an unidentified...
... Maghreb countries’ revealed comparative advantage and export specialization also reveals that Tunisia’s exports of beverages have a strong comparative advantage in the Maghreb market whereas Algeria ... What Maghreb’s comparative advantages reveal about the prospects for regional trade integration? (v) What is the Maghreb’s trade and FDI potential after controlling for relevant factors that are ... Maghreb countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia): SEE= Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia & Montenegro: CEE = Central and European countries (Poland,...
... Christensen R, Bliddal H: Is Phytalgic® a goldmine for osteoarthritis patients or isthere something fishy about this nutraceutical? A summary of findings and risk-of-bias assessment Arthritis ... osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2000, 8:9-12 Christensen R, Bartels EM, Astrup A, Bliddal H: Symptomatic efficacy of avocado-soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) in osteoarthritis (OA) patients: ... Symptomatic efficacy and safety of diacerein in the treatment of osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2009, Oct 14 [Epub ahead of print]...
... used for weaning and time available for weaning and 2) to analyse the patient and systemic factors were associated with the time available for weaning that is actually used for weaning To the best ... identified a significant discrepancy To better understand the under-use of the available weaning time, we analysed patient and systemic factors associated with the time available for weaning that was actually ... available and time used for weaning, exists and is valid This discrepancy indicates that more studies on the organisational aspects of weaning are still needed Conclusion Our study revealed a...
... pan-territorial pricing For them, functioning markets have largely disappeared The status quo ante was one of a sole parastatal buyer; the status quo is that often thereis no buyer at all or, if there is, ... trade are so poor that transactions occur on a barter basis It is difficult to disentangle the relative importance of institutional and infrastructural factors in this market failure There has ... after five years Rama and MacIsaac (1999) find that employees displaced from the Ecuadorian Central Bank in 1994 had regained on average only 55% of their pre-dismissed salaries after 15 months...
... of a situation in which they are aware of the risk that ‘harm’ may arise, but they argue that the disorder isa late-onset disorder, as a consequence not manifesting itself for many years Again, ... further that, ‘This carries the practical advantage that the courts can understand and accommodate this form of damage, which allows fora distinction to be made between the serious and slight ... Court of Appeal was unhappy regarding the evaluation of damages How could a court attempt to evaluate non-existence – to compare non-existence and the value of existence in a disabled state? The...
... mechanism by which BS-RNase is endocytosed by cells Acknowledgement This work was financed by grants from the Associazione Italiana per la ` Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC), Ministero dell’Universita ... incubated on ice for 30 min, and centrifuged at 16 000 g for 30 The final supernatant was assayed for protein concentration and frozen at )80 °C, or processed immediately All steps were performed at ... FEBS 2003 Disulfides and antitumor action of BS-RNase (Eur J Biochem 270) 1981 acid) and alkaline phosphatase-conjugated anti-rabbit secondary Ig were purchased from Sigma Reagents for Western...
... experiments As shown in Fig 3A, SG core protein mRNA was already expressed at day However, maximal MC protease accumulation was not obtained until about day 26 (Fig 3B), a finding that may appear contradictory, ... b-hexosaminidase is influenced by SG Although b-hexosaminidase activity was already detected at day 0, the intracellular content of this enzyme increased markedly after days of culture, and reached a plateau ... maximal storage seen after 26 days of culture mMCP-6 storage showed similar kinetics as for mMCP-5 In contrast, CPA protein was detected as early as after days of culture, and a maximal plateau...
... Caribbean sea to include the Caribbean diaspora; places where Caribbean 25 people have migrated to and formed a community for example, the east coast of America, Canada and England Stuart Hall ... European languages with the Native American languages and African languages brought by the slaves The result of this mixture is the local patois and Creole languages that are unique to the Caribbean ... Caribbean filmmaking and the recent film festival efforts in Barbados, indicate that thereisa Caribbean cinema However, this cinema is in a state of infancy What then is needed to bring this Caribbean...
... show in a public performance Whereas a dramatic play is realized as a live performance by actors on a stage, a movie is show in a cinema, not as a live event, and can theoretically be repeated infinitely ... of the real possibilities (Brake et al, 2003) 134 Context based learning: ARolefor Cinema in Science Education An artistic manifestation, as audiovisual language, shows itself as another possibility ... without change Like drama, a movie isa narrative genre because it presents a story (a sequence of action units) It is assuming that a movie, like a play, isa mainly a genre designed to be performed,...
... guarantees are guarantees granted by third parties in favor of borrowers Data are drawn from Statistical Return Loans and Bad Loans Data are drawn from Statistical Return Average Loan Life This ... that lenders ask for guarantees when borrowers are more risky and, thus, interest rates are higher Data and summary statistics This paper uses aggregated and individual Italian bank and firm data ... 4.6 Table REGRESSION ANALYSIS [1] DATA AT BANK LEVEL Random Effects Estimates Dependent Variable: Spread (Interest Rate – Overnight Rate) EXPLANATORY VARIABLES Bad loans/loans Collateral/loans...
... (ISACA), and international organisations such as the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) or the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) These publications take IT, as an important ... together an IS audit team in an organisation: Internal IS audit team: Depending on the type and size of the organisation, it may make sense to create an internal IS audit team, i.e to assign a group ... substantiated on an annual basis Furthermore, this person is the main contact person for an IS audit team during the entire duration of the IS audit and is also responsible in particular for providing...
... of this report Team Members: Anuradha Sanghavi Arun Swaminathan Avinash Kalia H.Sadhak Gautam Mehra Harsh Bisht Jesal Lakdawala Malvika Singh Nehal D Sampat Nidhi Jain Sneha Bhagat Trisha Chatterji ... tax on the advisory fee isa part of the overall cap This could be over and above the capped costs • A case can be made for allowing AMCs to charge differential expenses to a retail investor and ... Vivek Prasad Leader – Asset Management Tel: +91 22 66891155 Email: gautam.mehra@in.pwc.com Avinash Kalia Associate Director Tel: +91 22 66691401 Email: avinash.kalia@in.pwc.com pwc.com/india This...