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... whether the head of the facility had worked there for more than three years, and the availability of three services: delivery, family planning, and tuberculosis treatment The selection of each ... constraints The reduced-form is obtained by substituting the determinants of the chosen health behaviors into equation (1) for the xht To derive the determinants of the xht, we make the standard assumption ... constrained by available time and resources, by the health production function, and the price and quality of all available medical services Therefore, the health behavior demands in period t are: xt...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... gene delivery to the nucleus In the context of gene therapy, the delivery of therapeutic genes by liposomes can also result in the inhibition of angiogenesis and the observation of an enhanced ... both viral and nonviral vectors Tumor targeting and specificity need to be advanced and a further understanding of gene regulation, apoptosis, and the synergy between gene therapy and chemotherapy ... would bind the oncogene The target of the 246 GENE THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER FIGURE 10.4 Diagram of an antisense oligonucleotide, specifically generated based on the sense sequence of an oncogene,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/04/2014, 22:11

... overall survival of treated animals (Figure 6D) These results confirm the anti-tumor activity of anti-VLC therapy, as observed by others, and further support the use of anti-CD52 therapy in humans ... anti-CD52 therapy was initiated one week after the injection of tumor cells Anti-CD52 immunotoxin therapy lead to a delay in the accumulation of tumor-associated ascites and an improvement in the median ... absence of complement; (1) In the presence of Alemtuzumab and heat inactivated sera, the majority of VLC are viable Annexin V (-) and PI (-) cells In contrast, in the presence of Alemtuzumab and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 4Trauma Unit Dept of Surgery, Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands 5Dept of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Authors’ ... resuscitation A determinant of the success of NOM is the level of cooperation between different specialists in the hospital Good teamwork among the trauma surgeon, the anesthesiologist and the (interventional) ... determines whether there is any further need for imaging and what the treatment options are In case of gross hematuria, a MDCT scan is the gold standard for the evaluation of renal injury [58]...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20

... Results The radiation oncologist then broke scrub, attached the XB controller to the catheter, and inserted the radiation source into the balloon The radiation therapy was then Figure and no evidence ... cc was found to be the proper size, a × cm XB balloon catheter kit was then opened by the OR staff The CED was then deflated and removed and a XB was then inserted in place of the CED If a 40 cc ... her surgeon and radiation oncologist Radiation treatment options were explained to the patient, including the standard of care, 6– weeks of whole breast radiation therapy, and one week of outpatient...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... with IMRT in their study where they defined the CTV as a part of the whole GTV Additionally, the presence of the tumor shifted small bowel outside of the PTV Many authors reported for other tumor ... maximal dose of 124% inside the PTV This hotspot wouldn’t have been observed if we had covered 95% of the volume by 95% of the dose Nevertheless, we may wonder whether the presence of these hotspots ... defined as the ratio between the volume receiving at least 95% of the prescribed dose and the volume of the PTV (CI95%) The homogeneity index (HI) was expressed by D5% D95% (difference between the dose...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... particular, the definition of GC exposure and methods of risk attribution This is important for GC therapy in RA because of its intermittent pattern of use and multiple routes of administration GC therapy ... GC therapy, how can we best summarize? The interventional nature of RCTs provides an opportunity to isolate and examine the effect of therapy To overcome the problem of small numbers Page 11 of ... Because of the low number of events and the sensitivity of the default Dixon et al Arthritis Research & Therapy 2011, 13:R139 http://arthritis-research.com/content/13/4/R139 Page of 14 weighting (the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:22

... stayed in the orphanage and shared the meals with the children and played with them in their free time Analyses All variables except one met the preconditions for the analyses The sum of depressive ... health and development of the children The decline in PTSD severity and violence experienced in the orphanage after the implementation of the new instructional system and the individual trauma treatment ... strategies The influence of the new instructional system and the psychotherapeutic treatment of PTSD with KIDNET cannot be separately examined However, the decline in violence and the non-existing...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... medical conditions may be delayed As the physician with the most (and often the only) contact with these patients, psychiatrists need to be vigilant in detecting early signs and symptoms of medical ... medical illness and facilitating referral for appropriate evaluation and intervention Psychiatrists must also be aware of the medical risks of psychotropic medications and their use in the medically ... phenobarbital, and lamotrigine The triad of hypersensitivity includes fever, rash and internal organ involvement with onset of symptoms within to weeks of exposure The frequency of the syndrome...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51

... V20 of 59% and V10 of 73% It is possible that sparing of the femoral heads and/ or other organs comes at the cost of increasing dose to the iliac crests The results of our study reinforce the ... M, Pierart M: Concomitant radiotherapy and chemotherapy is superior to radiotherapy alone in the treatment of locally advanced anal cancer: results of a Page 10 of 11 (page number not for citation ... Role of mitomycin in combination with fluorouracil and radiotherapy, and of salvage chemoradiation in the definitive nonsurgical treatment of epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal: results of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... in the morning and two in the evening for a daily dose of 1500 mg glucosamine and 1200 mg chondroitin Removal of Patients from Therapy or Assessment The criteria for removal of patients from the ... therapy, joint protection and physiotherapy/occupational therapy agrees to continue these therapies as normal avoiding changes in frequency or intensity and to record therapies in the study diary Subject ... treatment of OA includes exercise, heat/cold therapy, joint protection, weight loss, physiotherapy/occupational therapy and medications (3-5) The most common medications include acetaminophen and NSAIDs...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48

... ª 2010 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2010 FEBS 555 Signaling mediators in the treatment of obesity M J Wolfgang and M D Lane One of the biggest challenges to the field is the lack of experimental ... in the short-term [27] Aside from the public health aspects of the affects of fructose on food intake, these findings lend further support to the mechanism by which malonyl-CoA participates in the ... lipid nutrient sensing in the brain and is an example of an enzyme that can sense and respond to the nutritional environment The major challenge to understanding the role of CPT1c is to determine...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... from data in the RCT The survival of patients receiving ASC/BSC was calculated from the survival of the patients in the cetuximab monotherapy arm of the RCT The data from the monotherapy arm NICE ... evidence from the bevacizumab studies and noted that the age of the population in the largest study was lower than the age of patients normally receiving chemotherapy in England and Wales However, ... NHS practice in England and Wales 4.3.5 The Committee then considered the estimates of cost effectiveness of bevacizumab It noted that the models from the manufacturer and from the assessment group...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... present, and therefore more detailed understanding of adipocyte hyperplasia in humans is essential for the development of efficacious and safe treatments As emphasized here, RMI1 is one of the most ... development and subsequent clinical course of some types of obesity In this minireview, we focus on adipocyte hyperplasia as a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of obesity and discuss the merits ... expression of RMI1 and E2Fs in adipocytes, and these changes in expression are expected to increase a positive interaction between the molecules The increased expression of RMI1 and E2Fs thereby...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... secular, medical ethics and forging the intellectual and moral concept of medicine as a fiduciary profession and thereby inventing professional medical ethics and, therefore, the profession of medicine ... of Physicians of Edinburgh; the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; the National Library of Scotland; the Wellcome Institute for the ... History of Medicine, the University of Michigan, the University of Pittsburgh, the Cleveland Clinic, the New York Consortium for the History of Medicine at the New York Academy of Medicine, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20

... and likeness; and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that creepeth upon the earth.” And ... life of the child in order to increase the mother’s chances of living And the day may arrive when, by the law of the land, the act will be considered criminal and punished as such In support of ... understand the laws of moral nature the principles of Ethics—more thoroughly than most of their predecessors did, and they have modified their treatment so as to conform it to these rules of morality...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 13:20

... outcome of physical therapy? What is the optimal period of treatment and number of treatments? What is the effectiveness of physical therapy in clinical practice settings and can the findings in the ... the differences in outcome The expertise of health professionals may vary and also the quantity and quality of the educational information about the condition and PFM function The impact of these ... evidence for the optimal period of treatment and number of treatments? We found evidence for the efficacy of shorter treatment protocols than the 4–6 months recommended by the ICS The basis of the ICS...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... Institutional Inequality and the Mobilization of the Family and Medical Leave Act How the rights created by the Family and Medical Leave Act operate in practice in the courts and in the workplace? This ... disability, and the appropriate roles of men and women in the family This study examines how these institutions shape the way courts, employers, and workers understand the meaning of family and medical ... in their roles as workers, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title I of the ADA, and most recently the FMLA Although these statutes explicitly recognize the status of women and...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 09:20

... technology in the prevention of stroke and the corresponding rates of utilization in the US and Canada They show that utilization rates increased dramatically between 1989 and 1995 following the publication ... that explains the evolution in the value of life and its relation with health spending They calculate the marginal cost of saving a life at di¤erent ages and over time in the US, and …nd that ... results of our production function using some observed measures of medical technology available at the country level Table presents a set of technology variables for the treatment of problems of the...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 00:20

... choice and loading of the NM is a compromise between the required efficiency of the converter and the market price of the NM However, the application of noble metals for the treatment of exhaust ... adsorption of reactant molecules on the semi-conducting surface; the formation of these is a function of the electronic properties of the solid, and the structure and kind of bonds (6) The catalyst ... MnO2-Co3O4-CeO2 with the other MnO2/Co3O4 ratio 68 3.2.3 Influence of different reaction conditions on the activity of MnCoCe 1-3-0.75 69 3.2.4 Activity for the treatment of soot and the influence of soot...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 17:14