... was at the outlet point, the height of which was fixed during the observation period The water treatment apparatus was set just in front ofthe weir, and water levels in the paddy field and the ... water (Miura et al., 2007) Evaluationof denitrification activity of microorganisms Batch experiments for theevaluationof DNR, and a quinone analysis for theevaluationofthe microorganism community ... representation ofthe PCA analysis of DNR The X-axis is the first principal component (PC1) and Y-axis is the second principal component (PC2) The diameters ofthe circles indicate DNRs The plots...
... reasons: the instability of precision values obtained from the rst few percent ofthe data in the SLs; the lack of signicant differences between the AMs after approx 50% ofthe data in the SLs ... we nd: (i) Examination of 50% ofthe data in the SLs leads to identication of between 75% (AdjN) and 80% (PNV) ofthe TPs (ii) For the rst 40% ofthe SLs, and lead to the worst results, with ... frequency) and the weak measures ( and ) In the second half ofthe data in the SLs, however, there is virtually no difference between , , and the other measures, with the exception of mere co-occurrence...
... frequency of measurement of these laboratory parameters of CKD–MBD The clinician should adjust the frequency on the basis ofthe presence and magnitude of abnormalities, and on the rate of progression ... BMD from the reference values of age- and gender-matched persons in the community The prevalence of low BMD is influenced by the age ofthe cohort, the number of men, the proportion of non-Caucasians, ... purposes The minimum mean duration of follow-up of months was chosen on the basis of clinical reasoning, accounting for S14 the hypothetical mechanisms of action For treatments of interest, the proposed...
... prediction error filters [7] Several methods were used for evaluationofthe success of extraction ofthe volitional EMG The basic one was by visual inspection ofthe approximated signal which, despite ... other evaluators to test the success of their methodsThe first evaluator was used on simulated data, and examined the ratio between the input signal to noise ratio (SNR) and the output SNR; the ... participated in the design ofthe study, especially the clinical aspects JM participated in the design ofthe study, drafted the manuscript, and supervised the research All authors read and approved the...
... to meet the specific needs of assessing bisphosphonate treatments for osteoporosis Theobjectiveofthe current study was to evaluate the psychometric properties ofthe OPSAT-Q and, therefore, ... to assess the impact of osteoporosis on a patient's quality of life [12,13] For the psychometric evaluation study ofthe OPSAT-Q, the OPTQoL was administered, which includes domains, the following ... clinical characteristics ofthe study population at baseline The analysis ofthe OPSAT-Q data focused on how well the items satisfied assumptions underlying The distributions ofthe individual OPSAT-Q...
... determine the prevalence of diabetes ofthe Khmer - It can determine the prevalence of pre-diabetes ofthe Khmer in community - It can determine some factors related to type-2 diabetes of Khmer, proof ... The prevalence of diabetes of people who live in the countryside is 12,7 % The prevalence of diabetes of farmers is 13,1%, that of hired labor is 13,3% The prevalence of diabetes of literacy people ... fat are the most related factors which are out ofthe scale of FINDRISC to the Khmer suffering from pre-diabetes To analysis the development of Type diabetes for the next ten years ofthe Khmer...
... for FSW, has improved knowledge of managing LRTI for medical staffs ofthe center Practical meaning: The results ofthe thesis has performed the effectiveness ofthe intervention model to help ... long time On the other hand they also have to move from one province to another, one district to another depending on the number of clients and income for themselves Especial as ofthe current ... 18.8 ± 13.5 The research results ofthe other topics in the Mekong Delta province showed the average number of sexual partners of FSW is 18.9 clients / month The authors also said there is a difference...
... Department, the Department of Tactic ofthe Ministry of Public Security, Criminal Investigation Department ofThe Ministry of Defense, the director boards of hospitals, leaders of prisons, the heads of ... Ministry of Public Security is equal to the usual regulated costs Therefore, the addition of beds in thetreatment ward can reduce the payment of prisoners This can show the necessity ofthe building ... the basic model that appropriates to the hospital having the space for building the model of storey treatment ward In the one of Ha Dong City, the organization for private treatment ward in the...
... improves the fitting ofthe distribution because more information is used than in the MOM CONCLUSION In this study, the good results ofthe MOM in terms ofthe number of times for the lowest values of ... fitting the Weibull distribution and comparing their performances with the MLE and MOM Theobjectiveof this research is to assess and compare the accuracy ofthe above three estimators of two-parameter ... method) and then used in (5) to obtain b Methodsof moments (MOM) The method of moments is another technique commonly used in the field of parameter estimation In the Weibull distribution, the k moment...
... spruce in the 1970s reflect the records of industrial activity near the forest During this period, neither the meteorological data nor the forest management record shows the eviextent to dence of typhoon ... dendrochronological evaluationofthe effects of air pollution on the radial growth of Norway spruce, Mokuzai Gakkaishi, 43 (1997) 824-831 Nobori Y., An analysis ofthe relationships between weather information ... assistance The authors also thank the staff ofthe National Forest ofthe Japan Forestry Agency (Tomakomai District Office, Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, Japan) for providing assess to the experimental...
... scans and wrote the part ofthe paper concerning the illustrations PN was the pathologist who examined the tissue and wrote the part ofthe pathology evaluation IW performed the ETN examination ... conceived the idea ofthe paper, reported the case, performed the literature research and statistical analysis, wrote the paper, was the attendant physician-resident during the stay ofthe patient ... evidence based strategies for their optimal treatment Thus, the management oftheintracranial MPNSTs should also consider the experience gained from thetreatmentof extracranial MPNSTs Anghileri...
... Regardless of technique, however, the fundamental principle of neuroma surgery involves excising the injured nerve segment proximally to the level of grossly normal fascicles Yet the zone of injury of ... Waller A: Experiments on the sections of glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal nerves ofthe frog and observations ofthe alterations produced thereby in the structure of their primitive fibers Phil ... for their assistance with animal care from the inception ofthe amputation model and throughout the course of this study The authors would also like to thank Linda Juarez at the University of...
... Discussion This evaluation was designed to explore the quality ofthe outputs ofthe IMP and ofthe commissioning process Our findings regarding the impact ofthe work funded and about the difficulties ... to the NHS ofthe applications submitted, on the progress of commissioned work, and on the quality and value to the NHS ofthe IMP as it developed There was some overlap in membership between the ... Brunel University, to undertake a brief evaluationofthe IMP (funded to £20K) The aim was to explore the quality ofthe outputs ofthe programme and the commissioning process, and to determine...
... for objective pharmacodynamic evaluationof oxidative stress and disease progression during therapy [35,42] Therefore, the levels of MDA, PC, TAS and HCY were measured in the patients' blood The ... statistics were repeated without the values of these subjects The analysis resulted in the same slight changes in the total score and subscores ofthe TQ as well as in the same audiometric findings ... significant treatment effects The safety profile was favorable and consistent with that of other vardenafil studies In spite ofthe particular role, which hypoxia and ischemia play in the pathogenesis of...
... codesigned the intervention and co-wrote the paper EA designed the economic evaluationofthe study MVD assisted in the design ofthe study and co-wrote the paper ED assisted in the design ofthe study ... sensitivity analyses on the basis ofthe range of extremes The effect analysis adheres to the design ofthe study Relevant for the economic evaluation are the frequency of depression (measured ... designed the study and the intervention, and wrote the paper MS designed the study and the intervention, and co-wrote the paper ST introduced and planned the stepped wedge design ofthe study...
... unlikely that these drugs would provide therapeutic coverage through the night or at the time of waking Theobjectiveofthe present study was to estimate the costeffectiveness of atomoxetine ... second-line treatment when the first-line treatment failed Subsequently they could stop all therapies upon failure of second-line therapy and remain on 'no medication' until the end ofthe model ... reliance on health care professionals Furthermore, the cost of drugs associated with thetreatmentof medication-related side effects was not considered Due to the persistence of insomnia, patients...
... disease ofthe hyalin-vascular subtype From October 2006 to February 2007, the patient was treated with four cycles of chemotherapy A further CT scan ofthe abdomen was performed at the end ofthetreatment ... (CT) scan The PET scan was acquired 60 minutes after intravenous injection of FDG (248 MBq) At the time ofthe tracer injection, the patient had fasted for more than six hours, and the glucose ... contributions The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests EP is the senior author and was involved in collecting patient details, reviewing the literature and final proofreading of the...
... fluid tion ofthe joint, the organism is present in the SF and synovial tissue in the intracellular, aberrant body form, which lacks a particular cell wall To determine whether themethods used ... Determination of statistical significant difference between the sensitivities determined for the different extraction methods using the five amplification methods was performed by the Kruskal-Wallis ... sensitive detection of C trachomatis EB DNA in combination with all DNA extraction methods applied None ofthe other amplification systems allowed higher sensitivity than PCR regardless ofthe extraction...
... ofthe critical care management of head-injured patients show that 83% ofthe centers in the United States and 100% ofthe centers in the United Kingdom used mannitol to control ICP [25-27] The ... temporarily decreased after mannitol The authors hypothesized that the different effects ofthe two solutions are the result of a selective permeability ofthe BBB and/or the different reflection coefficients ... to be the result of an accumulation of both solutions in the brain tissue Therefore different mechanisms of local cerebral dehydration must exist [42] These hypotheses are supported by the results...
... infection ofthe CNS with a positive culture in the CSF eSOFA pre: value ofthe Sepsis related Organ-Failure Assessment (SOFA) score before the beginning ofthe barbiturate coma fSOFA maximum: ... before inclusion in the study differed between the two groups Effectiveness criterion: control ofintracranial pressure The distribution ofthe ICP during the first days of treatment, according ... catheter (Integra Neurosciences, Plainsboro, NJ, USA) The ICP catheter was placed in the frontal region ofthe hemisphere with more radiological lesions on the CT The systemic monitoring of these...