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... mobilized their patients with regard to sitting and standing on postoperative day Invasive cardiovascular monitoring is common inthe early postoperative period and affects the ability to walk ... too many patients, lack of resources, shortness of care time, and increased care load The main purpose of physiotherapy following cardiac surgery was seen as preventing and treating postoperative ... the routines in Australia and New Zealand described by Tucker at al [8] The educational content ofthe preoperative information was similar, with early mobilization, post-sternotomy recovery and...
... than for the FH The total populationofthe SB in Finland is about 25 000 making it the largest horse breed in Finland According tothe data base of Suomen Hippos, 64% ofthe SB mares were born ... owned the data and was actively involved inthe planning ofthe research and made comments tothe text TK was the initiator and leader ofthe project and had the major responsibility for writing and ... unfavourable tothe FH and can at least partly explain the lower foaling rates ofthe FH mares Decreasing foaling rates The foaling rates showed a decline overthe years, which was particularly...
... placed ina popular local senior publication as a means of reaching a greater population base of seniors This publication was circulated to all senior centers and senior health organizations inthe ... with little tobacco use, and inclusion of regular exercise, the proportion reporting no limitations on their daily activities was somewhat lower than thenational average for people aged 65 and ... assessment of postural stability among physical therapists and occupational therapists Patients are given specific instructions to stand on one leg for as long as possible in one of two conditions, with...
... described inthe EMS protocols, a teaching video was made, and training and retraining was instituted locally PHTLS Norway has adopted LTP in their educational program (Sindre Mellesmo, personal communication) ... practice this may not be fast enough inthe back of an ambulance en route to hospital There are controversies about the optimal method of airway management [8,11,12] andthe effect of endotracheal ... ruled out There are obviously good arguments for the use of LTP At the same time, minimal changes tothe spinal position may be harmful tothe trauma patient The aim of this study was to investigate...
... average values ofthe formants 21 andthe most useful representation ofthe vowels ofa language is a plot showing the average values of formant one and formant two for each vowel as spoken by a ... contours It can be concluded from the examination ofthe spectrograms of inh, nhi, and nha that [] has two formants of approximately the same values as that of [i] The consonants formants, therefore, ... parts of upper Midwest, including Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, northern Ohio, and northern Indiana In order to increase the homogeneity ofthe sample, ensuring that they all speak GA, a procedure...
... highly practical values in teaching the pronunciation of one language to learners ofthe other language Scope ofthe research andthe research questions The study first examined the quality ofthe ... physiological fantasy to express the idea Acoustics offers sufficient tools for explaining the vowel qualities The production ofa speech sound involves firstly the vibration ofthe vocal cords, ... method, while having the advantage of being straightforward, has put forwards ideas which remain an approximation tothe truth Ladefoged and Johnson (2011, p.197) comment, Traditional articulatory...
... sampleof patients with type diabetes with data ofthegeneralpopulation extracted out ofthe German National Health Interview and Examination Survey [16] Therefore, according to normative data we ... total sampleof patients with type diabetes in comparison to normative data All data for each ofthe eight SF-36 subscales were not normally distributed Compared tothegeneralpopulation QoL was ... a major risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity especially for patients with type diabetes [32] This has to be taken into account as an additional and important risk factor, both...
... interlaced polymerase chain reaction Med Sci Monit 2001; 7: 345-9 14 Ogawa Y, Itoh H, Nakagawa O, et al Characterization ofthe 5'-flanking region and chromosomal assignment ofthe human brain ... sequences may function as transcriptional or translational regulators, and that they may modify the function ofa protein when the tandemly repeated region lies within the coding region ofthe gene ... Tokyo, Japan) The electrophoresis parameters were set according tothe manufacturer’s protocol Sequencing analysis Two oligonucleotides (sense, 5’-AAGGAGGCACTGGGAGAGGGGAAAT-3’ (bases -1323 to...
... health andthe participant's own opinion of his or her overall physical fitness and life satisfaction were also asked (good, moderate or poor) A sum score of overall physical capacity was constructed ... population Table gives the percentages and Table gives the means ofthe background characteristics ofthe women stratified into the categories of normal hair (grade and I on Ludwig's scale) and ... except emotional well-being tended to be lower This is the first study of an unselected and representative populationof women to report an association of AGA withthegeneral measures of HRQOL, which...
... contributions tothe conception and design ofthe study, acquisition of data, and performed analysis and interpretation of data ShR performed data acquisition GD made contributions tothe conception and ... from the Databank ofthe Immunology Institute of Latvia The above individuals were free of autoimmune disease and had no family history of RF In both groups (RF patients and healthy individuals) ... inthe heart In acute RF, Aschoff bodies (conglomerates of monocytes/macrophages and neutrophils) are frequently found inthe heart and play an important role inthe triggering of local inflammatory...
... provide a lymphadenectomy comparable to that of open distal pancreatectomy, a fact that may limit the applicability of laparoscopic surgery tothe treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma The issue of ... in 27.5% of all cases In our case, the histopathologic examination finally revealed a cystic-solid pseudopapillary neoplasm ofthe pancreas This rare neoplasm accounts for 1% to 2% of all exocrine ... pancreatic body and tail, providing a morbidity rate comparable to that ofthe open procedure anda substantially shorter length of stay However, laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy fails to provide...
... form ofthe RSP3 gene [15] No data are available, to our knowledge, on the capacity ofthe CAH1 and CYC6 inducible promoters to drive complementation of Chlamydomonas mutants To assess the capacity ... encounter inthe case ofthe CYC6 and CAH1 promoters, probably due tothe smaller number of colonies screened in our study andtothe fact that the vast majority ofthe insertions, in our case, ... was used as an internal standard for normalization The oligonucleotides used to amplify the RSP3-HA transgene are: RSP3HA forward: TACGCCTAAAGATCTGAATTCGG; RSP3HA reverse: TCAGCGAAATCGGCCATC These...
... further pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic studies are warranted to define the optimal dosage and strategies to prolong the duration of action for inhaled iloprost inthe perioperative setting Page ... findings with systemic application of PGI2 [8] – was associated with an improvement in global haemodynamics anda restoration of LV preload The reduction of RV afterload was associated witha paradoxical ... piritramide (1 mg/kg) and atropine (0.5 mg), anaesthesia was induced with intravenous sodium pentobarbital (12 mg/kg) After endotracheal intubation, anaesthesia was maintained witha continuous intravenous...
... Longitudinal Surveyof Youth (NLSY) for theNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development; andtheNationalSurveyof Children for the Foundation for Child Development andtheNational Institute ... (ECLS-B), the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study ofa Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), andthe school readiness component oftheNational Household Education Survey for theNational Center for Education ... analysis ofthesurvey data, the lack of an intact two-parent family andof regular religious training continue to be linked with developmental problems among children and adolescents The strength of...
... Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, and at the beamline X26C oftheNational Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory, for assistance during X-ray data collection Use ... and partially by the small (0.3 A) shift ofthe CA atom of Ala82 ⁄ 82¢ P1¢-Nle showed three conformations for the side chain and had closer contacts withthe CB atom of Ala82 in PRV8 2A than observed ... for Val inthe ˚ PR The CE atom of P3¢ Arg moved 1.2 Aand formed closer interactions withthe CB atom of Ala82 All of these observed structural changes and closer van der Waals interactions...
... http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/7/1/64 chemical and haematological parameters were performed according to standard methods at the clinical laboratory To evaluate the variability of IMPDH activity and ... protocol was also approved by the Norwegian Medicines Agency Written informed consent was obtained from all participants Samples Samples were collected on one occasion before transplantation and ... investigations involved determination of IMPDH activity, analyses of IMPDH and expression and characterization of T cell subpopulations The PK and PD profiles of MPA changed with time after transplantation...
... patients had complete change of paraprotein (one from IgA/kappa to IgG kappa, and one from IgD/lambda to IgG/kappa) Statistical analysis OS was defined as time from commencement of induction therapy ... instead of VAD Finally, DAPK methylation and oligoclonal reconstitution as potential adverse and favorable risk factors in myeloma warrants further validation with larger number of patients in prospective ... responsible for the conception, design, and acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, writing and approval ofthe manuscript Competing interests The author declares that they have...
... exclusionary for CFS [9,10], the clinical evaluation included a standardized past medical history, a review of systems, a standardized physical examination, and routine laboratory testing of blood and ... frequency of use of NSAIDs (aspirin excluded) among controls in our study appears comparable tothe 32% estimated prevalence of joint pain inthegeneralpopulationof Georgia, or 33% for the USA [17], ... compared tothe ISF (3%) or the Well group (0%) but also when compared tothenational average of 1% [26] Inthenational survey, half ofthe users of muscle relaxants took them for more than...
... interpretation of data and revision ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Additional material Additional file Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) according to sociodemographic ... purpose ofthe study was to obtain knowledge about general quality of life among children and adolescents They were also informed that their responses would Page of (page number not for citation ... association between GSE and HRQOL inasampleof Norwegian school children, and explore how this association is related to sociodemographic characteristics Based on both empirical research and theory,...