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... exocytosis and soluble mediator release IL-3, IL-5, GM-CSF and histamine-releasing factor have been shown to prime basophils and lead to enhanced degranulation and secretion of IL-4 and IL-13 ... necrosis factor and transforming growth factor-β) and chemokines (IL-8, lymphotactin, CCL1 (TCA-3), CCL5 (RANTES), CCL2 (MCP-1) and CCL3 (MIP1-α)) (Barrett and Austen, 2009) These cytokines and chemokines ... diesel exhaust particles, obesity, aspirin and exercise, cold air and infection (Kim et al., 2010) These different pathways and phenotypes often coexist and act in synergy in patients, although...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:04

... item is somewhat or sometimes true, and if the item is very true or often true The problem items yield scores on three broad band scales and eight narrow band subscales (syndromes) The total ... Chicago, Ill) and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Corp, Pedmond, Wash) in this study For categorical variables, data were compiled as frequency and percent, and the difference between patient and control ... conception and design of the study, the conception and interpretation of the statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript YWL contributed to the study design, drafted the paper and revised...

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... equipment and procedures, biological and environmental factors are among the other possible sources These include racial and ethnic background; anthropometric and genetic factors; occupational and ... populations and lung function measures was done using SAS, version 9.13, and data was expressed using frequencies, percentages or mean and standard deviation (SD) Chi-square tests and Kruskal-Wallis ... adjusted r-squared values could be shown for our models and for the standard models, respectively: 0.72 and 0.69 (ECRHS), 0.65 and 0.63 (KORA), 0.73 and 0.71 (SHIP) The intracluster correlation of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:21

... Pressure-controlled mechanical ventilation (reference ventilated and ALI) during primary resuscitation and CT was standardized and included the following ventilator settings (Oxylog 3000; Dräger, ... guide and standardize the manual exclusion of partial volume effects close to the thoracic wall, mediastinum, heart or diaphragm To so, window level and width were set to (-350/0 HU), and the ... calculate coefficients and 95% CIs for the correlation of body height and weight with Mlung The effect of adjusting for sex, age and group regarding the relationship between Mlung and body height was...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and ... Maucieri, and Mark Stone Thank you to all for your mentorship, guidance, and respective contributions None of this, as well, could have been possible without the love and support of my family and friends ... elaborates and defines executive function as the following: Cognitive abilities necessary for complex goal-directed behavior and adaptation to a range of environmental changes and demands Executive...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 13:42

... patient provides useful diagnostic and prognostic information and serves as a baseline for better understanding immediate and long-term patient and family needs and wishes Useful screening techniques ... specialist visits and overall health care costs and increase patient satisfaction and quality of life A functional assessment is often used to determine the current and future health care and psychosocial ... advisable, the Tinetti Balance and Gait Evaluation is the standard Get Up and Go Test Staff should be trained to perform the “Get Up and Go Test” at check-in and query those with gait or balance...

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... characteristics of welding work and smoking habits for the period 1987 until 2004 by face-to face interviews in 1987 and 2004 (Table 1) The same questionnaire was used in 1987 and 2004, and the questions on ... contributions OO and SC conceived the study and wrote the protocol SC organized the data collection JPB performed data analyses JPB and OO drafted the paper All authors read, revised and approved ... quality and sex hormones among mild steel and stainless steel welders: a cross sectional study Br J Ind Med 1990, 47:508-514 Definition and classification of chronic bronchitis for clinical and epidemiological...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... apex and counter pressures at opposite ends under SSEP monitoring Rod estimation and preliminary contouring was then made Decortication of facet joints and transverse processes was made and bone ... into axial and coronal planes so that motions of the chest wall and diaphragm could be assessed The chest wall and diaphragmatic motions were measured in antero-posterior, left-right and cranio-caudal ... the highest point of the diaphragm and a line parallel to the lung apex (Fig 3a and 3b) All the lung volume, chest wall and diaphragmatic dimensions in the right and left hemithorax were measured...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... the normal (pink) and the patient population (green), and subtest location, on metric cognitive scale Distribution of the normal (pink) and the patient population (green), and subtest location, ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/4/1/18 writing of the manuscript AT and AE undertook the data analysis and interpretation, and also participated in writing the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript References ... contributions AK, SK and AT were involved with the conception and design of the study AK and SK arranged the data collection, took part in the interpretation of the data, and the Page of (page...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... symptoms (GAF-S) and functioning (GAF-F) [3,4,9,10,14,15,17-21] Internationally, both single-scale and dual-scale systems are in use In both the single-scale version and the separate GAF-S and GAF-F ... Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, and The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association) (c) A thorough hand search was performed after identification of publications by steps (a) and (b); ... include questions about behavioural and somatic symptoms, and positive and negative feelings of well-being [22,76] Asking about both positive feelings of well-being and somatic symptoms makes the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, and Journal of Clinical Psychiatry); (c) thorough hand searching: after identification of publications by steps (a) and (b), their reference lists were hand ... ‘Global Assessment of Functioning OR GAF AND combined with seven search terms (’guidelines’, ‘instructions’, ‘standard’, ‘norm’, ‘process AND rating’, ‘process AND scoring’, ‘methodology’) in seven ... 1-30 is a potential candidate for inpatient care, a patient with a score of 31-69 a potential candidate for outpatient care, and a Page of 11 patient with a score of 70 and higher may be functioning...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... in designing the experiments and conducted 2-DE and immunoblotting MM was involved in data analysis and performed statistical analysis CL and CV selected patients and revised all clinical charts ... BALF from SScFib+ and SScFib- patients was 365 ± 84 and 390 ± 75, respectively However, only 332 and 348 of these spots were constantly expressed in BALF from all single SScFib+ and SScFib- patients, ... 2-DE and the mapping of BALF seem highly interesting Our results demonstrated that quantitative and qualitative differences can be found between patients with SSc-associated lung fibrosis and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... low-risk subset, the intermediate-risk subset and the high-risk subset Discussion Unlike other head and neck squamous cell carcinomas, NPC is a highly chemo- and radiosensitive tumor [3] An intergroup ... better prognosis and length of survival [8,9,13-15] Kwan and associates reported that an 18-year-old patient with NPC and intrathoracic metastases survived disease-free for and a half years after ... informative and appropriate interval The impact of DFI on LMS and OS was not ignored in our analysis We found that the use of DFI, LMS and OS as the outcome measures identified the more comprehensive and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21

... symptomatic and asthmatic) Restrictive n=8 (3 symptomatic and history of asthma) Figure Study flow chart and subject classifications Normal lung function was defined by FEV1/FVC ≥ 70% and %FEV1 ≥ 80% and ... questionnaire, and underwent spirometry testing The questionnaire contained information on demography, respiratory symptoms, and history of respiratory diseases, cigarette smoking and other drug ... per day and the number of years of smoking Marijuana use was similarly measured as never, former and current use Marijuana consumption was measured by the number of times of use per day and the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) [19] Participants received local anaesthetic by Lignocaine 1% and 10% spray in the nose and ... from asthmatic patients and healthy control subjects with histology as ‘gold standard’ The agreement of elastic fibre patterns between histology and FCFM is a novel finding and extends previous ... study, and wrote the manuscript JHVDT carried out the sectioning, staining, and analysis of the biopsy specimens, and helped to draft the manuscript EHB participated in the design of the study and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... status, race, and educational status Age was classified at baseline, the year 1, and year examinations and was categorized for use in tables (35-39, 40-49, 50-50, and 60 and older), and was used ... (FEV1/FVC ≥ 70% and FVC < 80% of predicted), Stage (FEV1/FVC < 70% and FEV1 ≥ 80% predicted), Stage (FEV1/FVC < 70% and 50% ≤ FEV1 < 80% predicted), and Stage or (FEV1/FVC < 70% and FEV1 < 50% ... median and maximum follow-up time of 8.8 and 10.0 years, and 500 deaths (Table 2) Table provides additional detail on the covariates of the cohort at year 1, including the total follow-up time and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... chloride and iron, and was inversely related to potassium and sodium Of nutrients with linear associations with FEV1 the strongest effects per standard deviation change were evident for chloride and ... (FEV1), in an exploratory analyses Materials and methods Between 1988 and 1994, a survey was conducted to examine the health and nutrition of a randomly selected sample of the non-institutionalized ... 25 BMI < 30) and obese (BMI ≥ 30) A variety of models for FEV1 were examined including ones with interaction and higher order terms and as the results were similar for all of them and the model...

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