establishing specifications for ecological indicators for the prediction of sustainability

... allow for the level of adherence to drug therapy regimes to be monitored Additionally, such an analysis would facilitate a more accurate assessment of the progression of the patient in terms of their ... physicians The utilisation of VL data, with knowledge of the presence (or lack) of drug resistant mutations, should allow clinicians to form a more accurate picture of the adherence levels of their ... although there is some concern over the long term efficacy when the information content is low Page of (page number not for citation purposes) AIDS Research and Therapy 2009, 6:9 The ability of patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... due to the developmental stage of the embryos rather than the number of embryos (Horne et al 1983) A practical consequence might be to sample animals on a specified number of days from the last ... relation to the onset of oestrus Acknowledgements The authors wish to express their gratitude to the owners and employees for valuable help during collection of blood and data, as well as to the satellite ... 1992) Furthermore, the value of analysing a single blood sample for prediction of litter size at farrowing has been debated (Hattersley et al 1980, Atkinson et al 1986), whereas specifying the interval...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:20

... ∪ σint to denote the partition of the base pairs of the first sequence, σ1, the base pairs of the second sequence, σ2, and the interacting base pairs, σint Furthermore, for the partial structure ... details, see [25] The PETfold score is the sum of the evolutionary accuracy values plus the average sum of the thermodynamic accuracy values For the evolutionary part, we compute the expected accuracy ... secondary structure prediction of the OxyS-fhlA complex, i.e., the secondary structures of OxyS and fhlA and the interaction between them, as predicted by our algorithm The result of the prediction without...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:20

... results highlight the utility of a new panel of biochemical markers (ST) for the prediction of steatosis of different origins A cut-off of 0.30 had 90% sensibility and a cut-off of 0.72 had 90% ... Rufat P, Degos F: Practices of liver biopsy in France: Results of a prospective nationwide survey For the Group of Epidemiology of the French Association for the Study of the Liver (AFEF) Hepatology ... the severity of steatosis, is illustrated in Figure for the training and validation groups The diagnostic values of ST, GGT and ALT according to cutoffs are shown in Table For the diagnosis of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... detailed description of the procedure for the validation of the model Click here File model model A detailed description of the procedure for the validation of the Additionalfor file Acknowledgements ... list of all significant predictors) During this phase, it is also required that the signs of the coefficients of the predictors in the minimal model be the same as the sign of the coefficients of ... allows the elucidation of the common and different signaling modules required for the release of different cytokines, and the quantitative prediction of amounts of cytokines released The Alliance for...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 16:21

... 6.1 The number of hourly instances that the dry bulb temperature for each month of the year exceeds the maximum or falls below the minimum of the other years 134 Figure 6.2 The number of hourly ... temperature for each month of the year exceeds the maximum of the other years 135 Figure 6.4 The cumulative amount by which the dry bulb temperature for each month of the year falls below the ... below the minimum of the other years 135 Figure 6.5 The cumulative amount by which the horizontal global radiation for each month of the year exceeds the maximum of the other years ...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 13:58

... Exp % = The chosen exponential percentage for the signal line Figure shows the relationship between the two moving average lines and the MACD for Columbia Energy Group The top part of the chart ... in the future Leading indicators offer the potential of greater rewards—getting in on the ground floor—while exposing you to greater risk the possibility of the expected move taking place farther ... end, these indicators are intended to reduce your risk Figure shows the buy and sell signals generated for Texas Utilities Company by the crossovers of the MACD line and the signal line Over the...

Ngày tải lên: 23/04/2014, 16:05

... already existing quality of care indicators for the care of HIV-infected pregnant women On the basis of the available literature, the level of evidence was graded [12] for each recommendation ... 9) Figure Flow chart showing the development of quality indicators during the consensus procedure of phase of the study and the applicability testing of phase of the study registrations conducted ... referred to the need for the correction of certain patient characteristics The relationship between patient parameters and the indicator result can identify whether there is need for correction for case...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:22

... threaten the external validity of the composite indicator Prevention metrics Much of the job of pediatric health professionals is to prevent illness or illness exacerbation Therefore, metrics of primary ... compensate for poor performance on other metrics In fact, ‘average’ providers may be ‘poor’ providers for patients whose needs are within the low scoring performance areas Some of these dangers ... Composite indicators and their individual components may identify specific areas for attention, for which specific evidence-based interventions are then developed The success of improvement can then...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... threaten the external validity of the composite indicator Prevention metrics Much of the job of pediatric health professionals is to prevent illness or illness exacerbation Therefore, metrics of primary ... compensate for poor performance on other metrics In fact, ‘average’ providers may be ‘poor’ providers for patients whose needs are within the low scoring performance areas Some of these dangers ... Composite indicators and their individual components may identify specific areas for attention, for which specific evidence-based interventions are then developed The success of improvement can then...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... on the prevalence in the population, and more reflective of the test itself, lessening the impact of any unique features of the VA population Moreover, we might expect that the PPV and NPV of the ... NC) Results The characteristics of the VARA participants measured at the start of each treatment episode were evaluated Because the characteristics of VARA patients at the start of non-biologic ... contrast to other RA therapies where the drugs are typically discontinued if they are not effective Because of similarities in both the descriptive characteristics of the study populations of biologic...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45

... attempted for three SPT patients in whom the mass was located in the portion of body or tail of the pancreas For tumors of SPT located in the neck and body of the pancreas, resection of the midportion ... midportion of the pancreas and the mass with preserving the rim of the head and tail portion can be achieved However, for the patient in whom the mass was located within the head of the pancreas, ... 311 Fig The CT scan indicated the typical internal or capsular calcification in the SPT Once the diagnosis of SPT is made, surgery is the first choice of treatment, since other adjuvant therapies,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... 100% relief of their pain in 86% of the patients with a median relief period of months The range of relief varied from zero days to up to 13 months for the facet injection group None of the lumbar ... median period of pain relief being months The range of relief for the radiofrequency group was from zero days to 16 months for all 26 patients who underwent the radiofrequency procedure Of the 14 patients ... that the direct visualization of the joint allows better de-innervation of the joint and removal of the entire end-plate receptors that adhere to the bone and capsular tissue Limitations of the...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:32

... laminoforaminoplasty, should decrease the risk of major adverse events, allow for same day hospital discharge, and decrease the need for postoperative analgesia and immobility [5] [6] In the current ... and neural structures increases the risk of adverse events with invasive approaches Open surgical correction is the current standard of care for foraminal stenosis of cervical and lumbar vertebrae ... follow-up Results The author acknowledges that there are no conflicts of interest or financial benefits with the results of the study All twelve patients (10 males, females) completed the surgery without...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:57

... system, in the distal segment of the tubule Inhibition of glucose reabsorption in the kidney, mediated by the SGLT cotransport system, represents a promising therapeutic target for the control of hyperglycemia ... larvae of beetles (Chrysomelidae) Their synthesis has been previously described [31-33] For the purpose of the present study the thioglycosides used were selected and grouped based on their differences ... IC50 values of 30 µM for hSGLT1 and 10 µM for hSGLT2, while thioglycoside VII showed IC50 values of 15 µM for hSGLT1 and 88 µM for hSGLT2 These data confirm the strong inhibitory effects of thioglycoside...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 10:04

... large inventory of normalized mathematical indexes of abnormality It is the pattern of these mathematical indexes of abnormality, obtained from analysis of multiple cardiac cycles of the resting ... Moreover, to assess the performance of the prediction of stenosis independent of the prevalence of stenosis, the positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR) were calculated [24] A value of p

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 10:58

... with the supermarkets Along with the actual evaluations of the stores’ performance, the research tries to uncover the shoppers’ expectations of this kind of store In addition, the demographic profile ... level of 90% (app.D, p 84-86) 4.1.10 Demographic profile of supermarkets’ non-users and heavy-users The demographic profile of heavy users in the sample is similar to the profile described for the ... of the store by evaluating the store in terms of the factors comprising the choice criteria Based on the evaluation, the consumer 18 forms a degree of preference for the store If preference exceeds...

Ngày tải lên: 13/04/2013, 10:30

... Step 3: The director of the branch will responsible for approving the loan application form or not if the value of the loan does not exceed 500 million In case of an exceed, the director of the branch ... expanded the scope and form of lending to customers The orientation of the branch: expanding, strengthening and improving the operational efficiency of the office agency To attract more customers, the ... actually the major activity of the bank Therefore, continuing research and offering solutions would bring enormous significance for both theoretical and practical aspects for the diversification of the...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2013, 11:20

... supported by the research project The research on the development of the total evaluation technique for the hazardous impacts by the chemical substances towards human and ecology (the project ... and N2- and C8-modified deoxyguanosine as major products of the in vivo reaction of N-hydroxy-6-aminochrysene with DNA and the formation of the adducts in isolated rat hepatocytes treated with 6-nitrochrysene, ... postlabeling method, etc.) Therefore, it is important to develop a simple rapid in vitro method for evaluating the generation of reactive oxygen species from a variety of genotoxic chemicals We...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40