... considerably add tothe general body of knowledge by evaluation ofthe added value ofthe extended strategy as compared tothe state -of -the- art strategy Results from our study will allow us to draw ... and products • Screening and if necessary adapt products and appropriate facilities Finally, we describe the assessment ofthe actual implementation ofthe strategies and the evaluation of barriers ... evidence to support these theories [18-26] The extended strategy Page of includes all ofthe above elements ofthe state -of -the- art strategy as well as: gaining active commitment and initiative of ward...
... with footwear being a major cause of traumatic ulcers [8] Lack of awareness ofrisk factors associated with diabetic foot ulcer by health care professionals and patients adds to unnecessary morbidity ... and Management of Diabetes in Canada [http://www.diabetes.ca/cpg2003/chapters.aspx?agrowing healthcareproblem.htm] Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA): Clinical practice guidelines for the management ... educational sessions for staff relatedtothe clinical application of practice recommendations Senior administrators estimated that approximately 70 percent of staff typically attend 'usual' strategies...
... with footwear being a major cause of traumatic ulcers [8] Lack of awareness ofrisk factors associated with diabetic foot ulcer by health care professionals and patients adds to unnecessary morbidity ... and Management of Diabetes in Canada [http://www.diabetes.ca/cpg2003/chapters.aspx?agrowing healthcareproblem.htm] Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA): Clinical practice guidelines for the management ... educational sessions for staff relatedtothe clinical application of practice recommendations Senior administrators estimated that approximately 70 percent of staff typically attend 'usual' strategies...
... Transactions, vol 92, 1983, p 3.1086 [29] Arash Nemati, Shahram Khalilarya, Samad Jafarmadar, Hassan Khatamnejhad, Vahid Fathi Numerical parametric investigation ofa gasoline fuelled partially-premixed ... temperature regions for baseline and adiabatic with EGR cases are the same Also at adiabatic case for 400°CA and 420°CA, these regions more spread out in the main chamber and the values of local ... working as a faculty in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Jubail University, Jubail, Saudi Arabia He also worked as a Professor and Head of department in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,...
... existing data management offices and databases that could support ocean acidification observational and research data The FOARAM Act also calls for an “Ocean Acidification Information Exchange” that ... surface waters has already been observed in the Canada Basin ofthe Arctic Ocean (Bates et al., 2009; Yamamoto-Kawai et al., 2009) Persistent undersaturation of surface waters with respect to aragonite ... delineates ambitious priorities and goals for the National Ocean Acidification Program The FOARAM Act calls for the development ofa detailed, 10-year strategic plan for the National Ocean Acidification...
... The IOF Allocator as Part ofa Suite of Analytical Tools xii Internetting of Fires Is the Dynamic Pooling of Resources Enabled by C4ISR The IOF Allocator as Part ofthe WMT Suite of Analytical ... brought into a variety of programs for analysis The details and full description ofthe mathematical model at the heart ofthe IOF Allocator and its implementation are included in Appendixes A and ... preventing the shooters from attacking dead targets (which also may lead to an overestimation ofthe damage to targeted systems) This too was not a limitation tothe IOF Allocator but rather of the...
... supervised the data collection AS collected the data with the help ofa research team Data was analyzed by JN and AS RS, SS and AS drafted the manuscript All authors contributed tothe final version of ... context the aim of medical care should be to narrow the gap between a patient's hope and aspirations and what actually happens Quality of life measurement methods have been seen as an advance in health ... comprehensive (able to provide information on a wide range of potentially relevant issues) and allows easy administration of general instructions in any language It has the inherent advantage of determining...
... point ofof the spinal canal (a) is measured from The sagittal diameter ofthe spinal canal (a) is measured from the posterior point ofthe corresponding spinal laminar line The sagittal diameter of ... The Pavlov ratio at each level and the average Pavlov ratio, calculated by averaging the Pavlov ratio at C3 to C6 level, were calculated for each patient [16-18] (Figure 1) The alignment ofthe ... Average Pavlov ratio for all patients and the Figure Quartile5values Distribution of Average Pavlov ratio for all patients and the Quartile values The authors cordially appreciate the assistance...
... configurations are evaluated by comparing the ATDiffs, which are the WATs of other configurations minus the WAT of uncompressed WAP 2.0 ATDiff = ATotherconf − ATnocomp WAP = WATotherconf − WATnocomp WAP 3.3 ... simulator and injecting traffic from the simulator into the live network after the traffic has been subject to appropriate delays and losses Due tothe header added in ns-2 emulation, the Ethernet maximum ... Telecommunications Engineering, and Associate Head for Graduate A airs His research interests are in the areas of architectural and protocol design and performance analysis for computer and telecommunication...
... Kannel WB Blood pressure as a cardiovascular risk factor: prevention and treatment JAMA 1996, 275, 1571-1576 13 Kim D, Yokozawa T, Hattori M, Kadota S, Namba T Effects of aqueous extracts of Apocynum ... pellet diet (Purina Rodent Laboratory Chow; Ralston Purina, USA) were given ad libitum The rats were acclimatized for days prior tothe start ofthe experiments and randomly allocated to five groups ... once per week at the same time during the day After the stabilization ofthe animals in o a warm box at 37 C for 15 min, the tail systolic blood pressure was measured with a non-invasive blood...
... Thai BL, Takayasu K, Takayama T, Kosuge T, Gunvén P, Yamazaki S, Hasegawa H, Ozaki H: Preoperative portal embolization to increase safety of major hepatectomy for hilar bile duct carcinoma: a ... Muto T, Ikari T, Yanagisawa A, Kato Y: Proliferative activity of intrahepatic colorectal metastases after preoperative hemihepatic portal vein embolization Hepatology 2001, 34:267-272 Wakabayashi ... Matsuyama Y, Nakayama A, Miyagawa S, Makuuchi M, Kawasaki S: Preoperative portal vein embolization: an audit of 84 patients Hepatology 1999, 29:1099-1105 Page of (page number not for citation...
... to travel great distances to seek medical care We chose toevaluate three biomarkers, namely Ki-67 (marker of proliferation), Bcl-2 and Caspase-3 (anti- and pro-apoptotic markers) as data exist ... significant (p = ns) We faced problems using Caspase-3 toevaluatethe apoptotic index, as this terminal enzyme ofthe apoptotic cascade is cytoplasmic in location This led toa diffuse staining of ... had a plateau to nearly same level at 21 days (Figure 2c) Caspase-3 values peaked at 24–48 hours before falling to near baseline levels at 21 days after the first chemotherapy with nearly similar...
... metalloproteinase (96-kd gelatinase B) in human rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 1996, 39:1576-1587 Yoshihara Y, Nakamura H, Obata K, Yamada H, Hayakawa T, Fujikawa K, Okada Y: Matrix metalloproteinases ... La Fondation Armand-Frappier and the Canadian Arthritis Network 16 17 References Momohara S, Kashiwazaki S, Inoue K, Saito S, Nakagawa T: Elastase from polymorphonuclear leukocyte in articular ... secretion of members ofthe MMP family is the hallmark of several inflammatory disorders, including arthritis MMP-9, in particular, has been implicated in the degradation and damage of articular cartilage...
... occur at nearly the same time The angular direction ofa phasor indicates the phase relationship between light and activity for an individual Greater amounts of activity near the onset of circadian ... indicate prolonged times of rest and, usually, darkness Although many analyses ofthe activity and ofthe transformed CS data are possible, the data in Figure were used to develop a quantitative ... perhaps reflecting a true continuum ofthe degree of circadian behavioral-entrainment among individuals The data from the rats in Figure 9b also show a clear and statistically significant separation,...
... cardiovascular; Atorva = atorvastatin; Prava = Pravastatin; Simva = simvastatin the EURopean trial On Reduction of cardiac events with Perindopril in stable coronary Artery disease (EUROPA)[34] and the ... atherosclerosis)[81] All ofthe faxes (APPROACH HeartView diagrams and the one page statement) will be generated and sent automatically using a software program that has been developed for this trial and embedded ... not had a fasting lipid panel done in the six weeks prior to their cardiac catheterization; (2) they are already on a statin at maximal dose; (3) they are on a statin/lipid-lowering drug and the...
... OD to start of infusion (mean ± SD) APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; DrotAA, drotrecogin alfa (activated); INDEPTH, International Integrated Database for the Evaluation of ... time -to- treatment value of less than 0) APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; DrotAA, drotrecogin alfa (activated); INDEPTH, International Integrated Database for the Evaluation of ... between the timing of treatment was due to earlier treatment with DrotAA rather than to earlier identification of severe sepsis Unlike most meta-analyses of clinical trials, the INDEPTH database allows...
... models These models are dual tothe centric models [15,16], and they have the same characteristics in terms of realism and computational behavior The fourth class of models, called sub-cellular lattice ... configuration obtained after 100,000 iterations with θ = 10 (b) The decrease ofthe energy as a function ofthe iteration steps (c) The evolution ofthe accpetance rate as a function ofthe iteration steps ... and that white cells may ˆ be surrounded by black cells The estimated value θ was Experimental data Estimation ofthe adhesion strength was also performed on a real data example We used data from...
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... first, the twenty specific amino acids specifically attach tothe transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules via covalent linkage with the help of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), the catalyst ofthe aminoacylation ... common to archaea and bacteria (Hartman and Smith 2010) In the translational process, the initiation factor in bacteria, IF2, and their archaeal homologs, the EF1, EF2, aeIF5b and aeIF2 bring the ... The aaRSs are multi-domain proteins, in which only one domain works as the catalytic domain, the others are capable of anticodon binding, aaRS-tRNA stabilization and tRNA deacylation Among them,...
... equations are used to analyze the flow field inside the heat exchanger A comparison of heat transfer for (smooth, triangular) finned tube heat exchanger is carried out AutoCAD is used to draw the geometries ... velocity contours of smooth tube heat exchanger at different axial distances It can be noted that the maximum air and water temperatures appears at Z/d = while the minimum temperatures appears at Z/d ... entitled " solar parabola mirror for power generation" 2013" Certificate of appreciation from the president of Al-Nahrain university for the final year project at Rabee Al-Nahrain Festival which entitled...