events remodeling and long term survival

... favourable long- term prognosis Compared with the general population, long- term survival Table Long- term survival after more than 28 days of intensive care therapy or after ICU discharge and in age-matched ... in long- term survival after inclusion Unadjusted one-year, three-year and fiveyear survival rates after inclusion added up to 35.4%, 25.9% and 22.2% during the interval between 1993 and 1999, and ... home Long- term survival rate Unadjusted long- term survival rates after inclusion, after surgical ICU discharge, or after day 150 or year after inclusion are presented in Table and in Figures and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... with colorectal cancer have poor survival in the first twenty months after operation and predictable survival in the medium and long- term: Analysis of survival and prognostic markers World Journal ... Characteristics and Outcome Tohoku J Exp Med 2003, 199:85-93 De Silva MV, Fernando MS, Fernando D: Comparison of Some Clinical and Histological Features of Colorectal Carcinoma Occurring in Patients Below and ... patients older than 50 years, and, to specifically assess survival and factors that may influence survival in young patients having operation for colorectal cancer Materials and methods From September...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... point in the clinical course [9] To better understand and characterize the malignant potential of this tumor, additional case reports with long- term follow-up are required Secondly, she received ... researched and composed the literature review and the patient history PH was a major contributor to the patient history and to critical revision of the manuscript Both authors read and approved ... peritoneal and pleural cavities: successful treatment by local and systemic administration of carboplatin Tumori 2000, 86:419-421 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4-346 Cite this article as: Clarke and Helft: Long- term...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 02:21

... population survival rates (standard error) at 1, and years were 93.1 (1.7), 84.3 (2.4), and 78.4 (3.0) %, respectively In COPD, the respective values were 85.7 (3.5), 72.4 (4.5) and 65.3 (5.3) %, and ... psycho-social factors are relevant in these chronic respiratory diseases [18-21] and could also determine long- term survival To account for the specific conditions of the disorders underlying CHRF, ... common in CHRF and related to prognosis, particularly under the relatively stable conditions achieved by HMV We thus evaluated the association between disease-specific HRQL and long- term survival, ...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... necrosis and sepsis or septic shock Discussion This study describes the incidence and long- term mortality rates for critically ill patients with a diagnosis of sARF and the prognosis for long- term ... quantify the risk factors for developing sARF, and to establish the long- term outcome and its determinants in a large well-defined population Materials and methods R701 Available online http://ccforum.com/content/9/6/R700 ... factors, long- term survival or long- term renal recovery prognosis [8,9,33] Recently, the multi-centre BEST study reported an estimated prevalence for ARF of 5.7% defined by the presence of oliguria and/ or...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:20

... chi-squared, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, and oneway ANOVA The relationship between organ failure and longterm survival was analysed univariately by Kaplan-Meier survival statistics, using ... score and SOFA score at ICU admission), and ISS, with the same adjustment variables In these regressions, admission and maximum SOFA score (p < 0.001) were significantly related to long- term survival, ... patients into MOF or not enables us to identify patients at risk of both impaired longterm survival and impaired long- term functional status Functional status is one of the most important outcome...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... survivor, costs per long- term (5 years) survivor, costs per life year gained, and costs per QALY gained To obtain costs per survivor and costs per long- term survivor, total ICU, hospital, and post-hospital ... cardiac arrest, ICU and hospital lengths of stay are often protracted and incurred health care costs are high Despite high short -term mortality and significant morbidity [7], long- term functional ... ICU stay and higher short -term (that is, ICU and hospital) mortality in the cohort of patients with cardiac arrest; however, the health status outcomes and costs per life year saved and per QALY...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... show that the incidence of long- term unemployment is key to understanding the true pressures on prices, and that high long- term unemployment is associated with the long- term unemployed having little ... leading to long- term unemployment, its effects, and possible solutions.3 The objective of this paper is to study the implications of long- term unemployment in the determination of prices and wages ... unemployment and how they translate into short -term and long- term unemployment 34 ECB Working Paper Series No 441 February 2005 References [1] Acemoglu, Daron (1995) "Public Policy in a Model of Long- Term...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2012, 09:11

... depend on the level of expectancy and valence of the compensation system Long- term Incentives Long- term incentives (LTI) are rewards linked to a firm’s long- term growth as well as employee retention ... < 001) and long- term incentives (p < 0001) Because of the restrictions on long- term incentives, Hypothesis predicted that the effect of bonuses would be stronger than the effect of long- term incentives ... pay-for-performance link and future job performance Step 1: Estimating the presence of expectancy To estimate the determinants of merit pay, bonuses, and long- term incentives - and more specifically...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2013, 11:44

... these cells Mesenteric BECs and LECs (Fig 5A,B) were also obtained by the same strategy as illustrated in Figs and 4, and were treated with VEGF-A or VEGF-C (Fig 5C) MAPK and Akt phosphorylation ... I.) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (to T Y., T I., N Y and H I.) References Adams RH & Alitalo K (2007) Molecular regulation of angiogenesis and ... brain, liver and uterus; data not shown for the lung and heart), strongly suggesting that the tsA58T Ag-positive cells originated from ECs A subset of the cell populations from the lung and heart...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 17:20

... 283 “Health and Long- Term Care” PROVIDING LONG- TERM CARE 78 4.1 Experience with long- term health care .78 4.2 Paying for the long- term care of a parent 85 RECEIVING LONG- TERM CARE ... focus specifically on long- term care and the care of the elderly We firstly examine Europeans’ views about the provision of long term care: the appropriateness and costs and to what extent they ... 5.2 Expected and preferred form of long- term care 95 5.3 Financing long- term care 100 MALTREATMENT OF DEPENDENT ELDERLY PEOPLE 107 6.1 Occurrence of poor treatment, neglect and abuse ...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... current and expected future short -term rates to fall and leads to lower short -term and long- term rates Evidence on the relationship between policy actions and interest rates In the standard view ... actions and interest rates also casts doubt on the standard view For example, studies by Cook and Hahn (1989b) and by Radecki and Reinhart examined the response of short -term and long- term rates ... giving a response pattern of medium -term and longterm rates that declines as maturity lengthens Accordingly, medium -term and long- term rates rise less than short -term rates in response to the monetary...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... recombinant and endogenous prolidase in terms of substrate specificity, optimal pH and temperature for activity, and metal dependence is discussed, and a detailed analysis of long- term enzyme ... expressed in eukaryotic and prokaryotic hosts We compared the substrate specificity, optimum temperature and pH, the inhibitory effect of Cbz-Pro, the metal dependence, and the long- term activity at ... duplication and of a mutation generating symptomatic and asymptomatic outcome within the same family J Med Genet, in press Fernandez-Espla MD, Martin-Hernandez MC & Fox PF (1997) Purification and characterization...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 11:20

... soils were determined following the methods of Karathanasis and Hajek (1982) and Karathanasis and Harris (1994) Samples were pretreated to remove salts, carbonates, OM and Fe oxides, and the fine ... objective of this study was to determine the solubility and distribution of As among solid-phase components in poultry waste and waste-amended soils receiving long- term applications A second objective ... in both poultry wastes and long- term waste-amended soils, and no attempt was made to differentiate arsenate and arsenite forms 2.2 Analytical methods Arsenic in soils and poultry wastes was measured...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:49

... morphology: (a) cell remodeling typical of activation at early time points (after 30 and, more markedly, 90 min), and (b) platelet aggregation after 24 h With regard to cell remodeling, we decided ... effects in terms of ROS production, MMP alterations and PS externalization was studied (Fig 6) In our experiments, a very low dose (20 nm) of FCCP was able to hinder both the early and late events ... proteins Bax and Bak, caspase activation and cell death [2,3] In addition, the physiological platelet agonist thrombin also induces Bid, Bax and Bak translocation to the mitochondria and endogenous...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20

... C-terminus of an a helix, belonging to a central structural core consisting of two a helices and a b sheet [8] This structure is shared with GH24 enzymes, and is also found in GH19 chitinases and ... L(1–2); loop between sheets b-1 and b-2; L(2–3), loop between sheets b-2 and b-3 Asp57, Glu197 and Glu201 are residues involved in chitosan substrate binding at )2, )1 and +2 subsite, respectively ... CsnN174 (GH46) C-end of a-1 helix b-1 strand E36 (alternative general base) D40b (general base) T45 (water positioning) Loop between b-1 and b2 strands b-2 strand Hen egg-white lysozyme (GH22) T japonica...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20

... various abiotic and biotic influences, light is highly variable in its intensity and its quality on both a shortterm timescale (in the range of seconds to minutes) and a long- term timescale (in ... relationships of state transitions and LTR Both short -term and long- term acclimation responses are controlled by the same redox signal in the thylakoid membrane and work in the same functional direction ... intensities and replaced by structural rearrangements for light protection [33] Thus, besides the temporal co-ordination of state transitions and LTR in response to short -term and long- term light...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 06:20

... safety and security of Canadians and the environment as energy resources are developed 16 Introduction EXPANDING TRADE AND OPENING NEW MARKETS FOR CANADIAN BUSINESSES Free and open trade has long ... debt and large recapitalization needs As a result, euro-area banks tightened credit standards and raised interest rates on loans to households and businesses, which weighed on consumer and business ... sustainable, long- term economic growth They also placed Canada in a stronger position than most other countries and allowed the Government to respond quickly and effectively to support the economy and...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 20:20

... still expanding at the fast rate of 3,436 km2 a year In addition, arable lands are decreasing by 300 to 600 thousand hectares yearly and deterioration of soils is advancing Natural grasslands are ... supply IEEJ: March 2003 and demand policy measures, a poorly functioning environmental control system, lack of supervising ability at both administrative and citizen levels, low and inconsistent environmental ... security, domestic and regional environment, and global warming, which already are giving cause for concern This study is designed to clarify the present shape of energy-related and environmental...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 05:21