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Báo cáo y học: "Is Obesity Associated with an Increased Risk for Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Development of Asthma" pdf

Báo cáo y học: "Is Obesity Associated with an Increased Risk for Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Development of Asthma" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 21:20
... used to assess the association between continuous BMI and airway responsiveness. Two-way ANOVA was used to analyze means of grouped data, and least-square means post hoc analysis using the pooled variance ... compliance in obesity causes a substantial elastic load on inspiratory muscles and increases the work and the energy costs of breathing. 25,26 Obesity induces a reduction in functional residual capacity ... estab- lished obesity as a risk factor for new diagnosis of asthma, the risk increasing with higher levels of obesity. These findings should be the basis for future controlled investigations...
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Báo cáo hóa học: "Case-Control study of Firefighters with documented positive tuberculin skin test results using Quantiferon-TB testing in comparison with Firefighters with negative tuberculin skin test results" potx

Báo cáo hóa học: "Case-Control study of Firefighters with documented positive tuberculin skin test results using Quantiferon-TB testing in comparison with Firefighters with negative tuberculin skin test results" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 00:20
... evaluate our firefighters using QuantiFERON-TB (QFT), comparing the results to their TBST results. Methods: Using QFT results obtained during the study, we compared previously positive TBST responders ... groups. Although this study compares two screening tests, the TBST is considered the gold standard for the purpose of this study. As such, depending on how conditionally pos- itive QFT results ... even including conditionally positive results, indicates that there should be less of an issue with false positive responses using QFT, even though comparison with TBST can only tell that the rates...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Health-related quality of life in patients with severe COPD hospitalized for exacerbations - comparing EQ-5D, SF-12 and SGRQ" potx

báo cáo hóa học:" Health-related quality of life in patients with severe COPD hospitalized for exacerbations - comparing EQ-5D, SF-12 and SGRQ" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 16:20
... contrast to the EQ-5D and the SF-12, no util- ity index can be obtained from this disease-specific instrument. For the analyses, the total score was used instead to assess the SGRQ&apos ;s properties. Statistical ... discharge poses a problem. The main issue with the SF-12 is the high proportion of missing values in a self-assessed setting. Properties of the SGRQ were satisfactory. However, since no utility ... its brevity. The SF-12 appears less suitable for a self-assessed setting due to the high proportion of missing values, although complete questionnaires showed good proper- ties in the remaining aspects....
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Performance analysis for optimum transmission and comparison with maximal ratio transmission for MIMO systems with cochannel interference" pdf

Báo cáo hóa học: " Performance analysis for optimum transmission and comparison with maximal ratio transmission for MIMO systems with cochannel interference" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 00:20
... of the sum of the interfering signals. The accuracy is assessed by comparing their BER perfor- mances with precise BER results. Using the Gaussian interference model, the M RT scheme is optimum ... BER of the MRT-based MIMO system using Gaussian models and its accuracy is assessed. Simu- lation results show the use of precise CCI model and GQR offers significant improvement in the performance ... often the case in mobile radio systems. The quantity T + R is the total number of antennas used, and is a measure of the system cost. An increase in system cost results in improved error performance....
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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Evaluation of the growth and health status of selected clone mixtures in comparison with ordinary planting stock" docx

Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Evaluation of the growth and health status of selected clone mixtures in comparison with ordinary planting stock" docx

Ngày tải lên : 07/08/2014, 03:22
... potential in u- ence of transplant shock and of the clone growth by site conditions interaction. But the results confirm a possibility of using the spruce clone stock and in situ selection for the selection ... trees (the health status was the main crite- rion, and both the individuals with intensive growth dynamics and the slow-growing individuals were selected for a subsequent mixture of clones). After ... the purposes of silvicultural research, i.e. successful artificial forest regeneration in extreme mountain conditions and formation of stable forest ecosystems. It is not a classical breeding...
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Tài liệu Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason Chapter 3: Special Components: Dhandlers and Autohandlers pdf

Tài liệu Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason Chapter 3: Special Components: Dhandlers and Autohandlers pdf

Ngày tải lên : 14/12/2013, 12:15
... of /autohandler and then finishes. Control passes back to /autohandler , which generates a little more output and then finishes, ending the server response. Using Autohandlers for Initialization ... component. In other words, Mason determines dhandlers before it determines autohandlers. This has several consequences. First, it means that a dhandler may use the inheritance mechanism just like ... /view_user.mas, its <%init> section runs and uses the same $dbh global variable created in the autohandler. A couple of database values get fetched and used in the output, and when control passes back...
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Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States pdf

Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States pdf

Ngày tải lên : 05/03/2014, 13:20
... recommendations. Other guidelines These guidelines focus on HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants. Other guidelines outline the use of ARV agents in non-pregnant HIV-infected adults and adolescents, ... studies have provided important insights into the mechanisms of action of ARV drugs in reducing perinatal transmission and in determining optimal regimens for use in the United States and other resource-rich ... therapy for reducing sexual transmission to discordant partners when viral suppression is maintained; 5 d. potential adverse effects of ARV drugs for mothers, fetuses, and infants, including potential interactions...
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Reproductive intentions and choices among HIV-infected individuals in Cape Town, South Africa: Lessons for reproductive policy and service provision from a qualitative study ppt

Reproductive intentions and choices among HIV-infected individuals in Cape Town, South Africa: Lessons for reproductive policy and service provision from a qualitative study ppt

Ngày tải lên : 14/03/2014, 16:20
... although counselling should be ongoing, the most crucial moments for counselling were before and after voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and at onset of ART. Several nurses and counsellors ... presents findings from a qualitative study that explored HIV-infected individuals’ reproductive intentions, decision-making, and need for reproductive health services. The study also assessed the ... conducted in their first language, Xhosa. For other respondents interviews were conducted in English. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select study participants, and...
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Báo cáo sinh học: " In vitro permissivity of bovine cells for wild-type and vaccinal myxoma virus strain" pot

Báo cáo sinh học: " In vitro permissivity of bovine cells for wild-type and vaccinal myxoma virus strain" pot

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 18:20
... differences between the wild type strain and the vaccinal strain of MYXV, indicating that SG33 could be used for new bovine vaccination strategies. Background Until now, most of the ruminant vaccines use ... interactions between bovine cells (cell lines and PBMC) and MYXV wild type (T1) strain or vaccinal (SG33) strain. In bovine cell lines, serial viral passages analysis and infection with both T1 and SG33 ... of strong early/late vaccinia virus P7.5 promoter. The GFP encoded gene was inserted into the M11L/MGF locus. We also used the T1-Serp2-GFP recombinant virus which expresses the fused protein Serp2-GFP. Resting...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Life satisfaction in patients with long-term non-malignant pain – relating LiSat-11 to the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI)" doc

báo cáo hóa học: " Life satisfaction in patients with long-term non-malignant pain – relating LiSat-11 to the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI)" doc

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20
... Cluster analysis was used to demonstrate MPI -S subgroups. Analysis of variance followed by post-hoc analysis was used to investigate life satisfaction in the three MPI -S subgroups. Results: The ... and fentanyl [28] . Association of LiSat-11 domains and MPI -S subgroups AC, DYS, and ID The second approach was to study life satisfaction in the three MPI -S subgroups: AC, DYS, and ID patients. These subgroups relate ... compare our results with a previous Swedish study by Bergström and co-workers[10] we too used only the first two sections in the cluster analysis when the three MPI subgroups IP, AC, and DYS were...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " In vitro permissivity of bovine cells for wild-type and vaccinal myxoma virus strains" potx

Báo cáo hóa học: " In vitro permissivity of bovine cells for wild-type and vaccinal myxoma virus strains" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 01:20
... (SG33) strain. In bovine cell lines, serial viral passages analysis and infection with both T1 and SG33 expressing LacZ gene showed that these cells failed to support spread of either MYXV strain. ... differences between the wild type strain and the vaccinal strain of MYXV, indicating that SG33 could be used for new bovine vaccination strategies. Background Until now, most of the ruminant vaccines use ... species would help to implement vaccine policies. The development of poxviruses as vectors for producing recombinant vaccines is well documented [1-6]. Although vaccinia virus was the first and most...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Drug-eluting Ti wires with titania nanotube arrays for bone fixation and reduced bone infection" potx

Báo cáo hóa học: " Drug-eluting Ti wires with titania nanotube arrays for bone fixation and reduced bone infection" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 22:20
... which uses stainless steel wires known as Kirschner wires for fracture fixing often causes infection and reduced skeletal load resulting in implant failure. Creating new wires with drug-eluting properties ... draft. MSA was involved in the evaluation and discussion of release kinetics. DL provided knowledge and supervision support for this study and wrote the final version of the paper. All the authors ... fragments are small, e.g. wrist fractures and hand injuries [ 1]. K-wires are generally passed through the skin, then transversely through t he bone and out of the other side of the limb. This results...
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