... it is often caused by urinary tract infections, such as cystitis and urethritis However, dysuria can occur in men and women of any age and can have many noninfectious causes Common Causes of Dysuria ... people or for people in whom the diagnosis is not clear The first test is usually a urinalysis Urine culture is often done to identify the organism causing infection and to determine which antibiotics ... a sample of vaginal discharge is examined on a slide using a microscope Men and women with a urethral discharge are tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia Treatment The cause is treated Often, the...
Ngày tải lên: 28/07/2014, 23:22
... Pregnant Softening of Hormones cervix of pregnancy (Ͼ4–5 weeks) Softening of Hormones lower uterine of pregnancy segment (Ͼ5–6 weeks), Landin, Hegar’s sign Irregular Hormones fundal of pregnancy softening, ... more exact DURATION OF PREGNANCY AND EXPECTED DATE OF CONFINEMENT ESTIMATED DATE OF CONFINEMENT After a positive diagnosis, the duration of pregnancy and the estimated date of confinement (EDC) ... DISCOMFORTS OF NORMAL PREGNANCY NAUSEA AND VOMITING 142 BENSON & PERNOLL’S HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY (MORNING SICKNESS) About half of all pregnant women have nausea and vomiting, often...
Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Detecting the impact of climate and disturbances on tree-rings of Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus robur L. in a lowland forest in Cantabria, Northern Spain" ppt
... individual and combined effects of climate and disturbances on the radial growth of these species were analyzed in a forest of the Cantabrian lowlands, Northern Spain The objectives of this study ... the synergistic effects of climate and disturbances on the radial growth of both species The radial growth -climate relationships were explored by means of the correlation and bootstrapped response ... Dendroecology of beech and pedunculate oak Table II Main disturbance periods identified in the study area on the basis of the distribution of growth releases The number and density of releases, the mean and...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21
Báo cáo khoa học: "Short-term variations and long-term changes in oak productivity in northeastern France. The role of climate and atmospheric CO 2" pot
... both models (tables III and IV) The case of July appears somewhat disconcerting because the related parameters and the from years y, y- and y- on the hand, and years y- and y- on the other, can ... shortening of the growing season; secondly, and more importantly, the unfavourable effects of an excess of water on the soil structure and on the rooting of the trees owing to the impermeability of the ... coppice-with-standards stands for centuries From lus 1867 until 1914, most of the stands were regenerated to form even-aged high-forest stands, but the old coppice-with-standards stands are still to...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:21
Báo cáo y học: "Effect of a small molecule inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB nuclear translocation in a murine model of arthritis and cultured human synovial cells" pps
... 10) (a) Sum of the thickness of the right and the left hind paws of each mouse after weeks of treatment Each paw was measured twice and the average was plotted (b) Sum of the number of swollen ... erosions, and (b) that of a control mouse, which shows remarkable soft tissue swelling and large bone erosions (c) Soft tissue swelling and (d) bone erosions of bilateral second, third and fourth ... RT-PCR (b) Densitometric analysis of these results Intensity of each band was normalized relative to that of β-actin in the same lane, and the mean ± standard deviation of the five cell lines are shown...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20
effects of climate and ocean conditions on the marine survival of irish salmon (salmo salar, l.)
... the covariance of the populations i and j for a given year, and δi δj is the product of the standard deviations of the populations i and j The mean synchrony, or the average value of the cross-correlation ... techniques (Thompson and Page 1989; Quinn and Niebauer 1995; Pyper and Peterman 1998; Beaugrand and Reid 2003), or to compute new numbers of degrees of freedom before conducting the tests of association ... of association between the two matrices indicates the degree of fit of the model (Fortin and Gurevitch 1993, Legendre and Legendre 1998) Tests and test hypotheses of super-regional patterns of...
Ngày tải lên: 13/11/2014, 09:14
Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by smear microscopy and culture in a tertiary health care facility: Biology and Medicine docx
... Specificity to be 99.9 % Rickman and Moyet (1980) studied the co-relation of sensitivity with that of centrifugal force and observed Sensitivity of 82.4 % at an RPM of 3,800 g and Specificity to be 97.4 ... efficiency of ZN staining method and Culture on LJ medium Materials and Methods The study was approved by the local ethical committee and Informed consent was obtained from patients A total of 210 ... efficiency of conventional ZN staining method and culture on LJ medium in the detection of AFB in sputum samples of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis Keywords: Acid fast bacilli; culture; Lowenstein...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20
Báo cáo sinh học: " Shell Vial culture Assay for the rapid diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis, West Nile and Dengue-2 viral encephalitis" pdf
... precise diagnosis, early, prompt collection, transport and processing of the CSF samples becomes mandatory Conclusion Shell vial culture is a rapid and efficient tool for the etiological diagnosis of ... cell culture, though cumbersome, time consuming and less sensitive is still considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of flaviviral encephalitis [8] Shell vial culture is a modification of ... evidence of WN and Dengue-2 infections in Pondicherry and surrounding areas [7] Various techniques have been tried, standardized, evaluated for the laboratory diagnosis of infections due to JE, WN and...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Shell Vial culture Assay for the rapid diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis, West Nile and Dengue-2 viral encephalitis" pdf
... precise diagnosis, early, prompt collection, transport and processing of the CSF samples becomes mandatory Conclusion Shell vial culture is a rapid and efficient tool for the etiological diagnosis of ... cell culture, though cumbersome, time consuming and less sensitive is still considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of flaviviral encephalitis [8] Shell vial culture is a modification of ... evidence of WN and Dengue-2 infections in Pondicherry and surrounding areas [7] Various techniques have been tried, standardized, evaluated for the laboratory diagnosis of infections due to JE, WN and...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo y học: "A Comparison of Immuncapture Agglutination and ELISA Methods in Serological Diagnosis of Brucellosis"
... Brucellacapt and Coombs tests in terms of sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis and follow-up of brucellosis and it was concluded that the results were similar in the follow-up of patients ... organism Isolation of the microorganism from the culture ensures diagnosis of the disease but sensitivity of this method is correlated 30-90 % with the stage of the disease (1) When the culture is found ... purpose of this study is to compare the diagnostic values of Immuncapture agglutination and ELISA methods, which are used for the diagnosis of brucellosis with reference to Coombs test MATERIAL AND...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:56
Báo cáo y học: "MALDI-TOF MS Combined With Magnetic Beads for Detecting Serum Protein Biomarkers and Establishment of Boosting Decision Tree Model for Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer"
... first pass of signal-noise ratio of and a minimum peak threshold of 20% of all spectra This process was completed with a second pass of peak selection at 0.2% of the mass window, and the estimated ... examination of the colon remains to be the gold standard for diagnosis, which is however invasive, unpleasant and carries associated risk of morbidity and mortality Identification of high-risk ... [7, 8] Early diagnosis of CRC is therefore of great importance Currently the sensitivity of the single biomarker based CRC diagnosis is low and complicated with a high probability of ‘false-positives’...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:18
Báo cáo y học: "Hepatitis C Virus Serologic and Virologic Tests and Clinical Diagnosis of HCVRelated Liver Disease"
... journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), and of Current Hepatitis Reports, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hepatology and of the Journal of ... Professor of Medicine at the University of Paris XII and the Director of the Department of Virology, of INSERM Unit U635 and of the French National Reference Center on Viral Hepatitis B, C and ... Professor at the University of Paris XII and a member of the Department of Virology and of INSERM Unit U635 at the Henri Mondor University Hospital in Créteil, France He focuses on teaching, diagnosis...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 09:56
Báo cáo y học: "Advances in Molecular Diagnosis of HBV Infection and Drug Resistance"
... is the appearance of serum markers of HBV infection that establishes the diagnosis of the disease Of these, HBsAg is considered to be the sentinel marker for the confirmation of acute infection ... serological profiles fall outside of classical patterns Some key advantages and disadvantages of HBV DNA testing are presented in Table Current HBV DNA assays make use of differing technologies and can ... beacons) that decrease the number of handling steps, reduce contamination, and increase throughput and the accuracy of quantification will further enhance the utility of these assays [2,5] Given the...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:41
Estimation of luminous efficacy of daylight and illuminance for composite climate
... Delhi city and validation of interior illuminance model Location and climatic conditions New Delhi is located in Northern part of India, a latitude 28.58o N and a longitude of 77.02o E and at an ... altitude of 216m above M.S.L The climate of Delhi is a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Koppen climate classification Cwa) with high variation between summer and winter temperatures and ... the horizontal and four vertical places based on normal office hour of 08.0–17.0 The effects of inclination can be observed The horizontal illuminance is around one and a half times of the vertical...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10
Evaluate and compare different organizational structures and culture
... In the case of Microsoft Corp Software Company, after 27 exist years, Microsoft network is broadened in 105 countries and region with 78000 people The success of Microsoft is a proof for management’s ... classify four main types of organizational culture: power, role, task, and person culture. 6 Within power culture, power is central by judgment of key individual In role culture, individuals pay ... second tier of executives Ballmer gave up old line of hierarchy that in the hands of Gates and Ballmer and made Microsoft to become decentralized structure “He has empowered a second tier of executives...
Ngày tải lên: 11/11/2013, 16:40
A cross culture study on using gestures of vietnamese and american people
... hundreds of other definitions of culture based on the emphasis of one or more components of culture In this paper, I accept the most recognized definition of culture as follows: In a broad sense, culture ... relationship between culture and communication lies in the fact that they work on each other As the carrier of culture, communication influences the system of culture, and culture is necessarily ... acts of all types are dependent on the user and, of course, the perception of the receiver 3.3 The similarities of body language in different cultures and their causes Though different cultures...
Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:48
Tài liệu Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer docx
... perceptions of the ability of dentists and doctors to diagnose and treat oral lesions The signs and symptoms and the location of the lesions all influence a patient’s choice of health professional ... diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer Overview of treatment of the primary tumour and neck This section addresses the first line treatment of head and neck cancer Management of recurrent ... of the carotid sheath 13 diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer 5.2.2 surgical treatment Neck dissection removes both the soft tissue and the lymph nodes A number of modifications of...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20
Tài liệu ISSUES IN THE INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH pdf
... consideration of the common issues associated with the space-based measurement of climate variables and committee concerns related to the conduct of climate research Recommendation Climate research and ... ISSUES IN THE INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH WEATHER AND CLIMATE The requirements for a program of climate research are often perceived to be in ... to manage the acquisition and operations of the converged satellite NASA officials have long envisioned developing operational versions of some of the advanced climate and weather monitoring instruments...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 07:20
Báo cáo " Impacts of climate change on water resources in the Huong River basin and adaptation measures " pptx
... specific zones; and (4) Re-assessment of the carrying capacity of the coastal zone and lagoons and potential adaptive capacity of relevant sectors (agriculture, aquaculture, tourism and industrial ... relevant sectors, natural and water resources, biodiversity, agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, industry and energy, transport and construction, culture and sport, tourism, trade and services, with ... itinerary of fishing boats and other ships and fish migration/spawning routes Changes in the natural environment lead to changes of biodiversity, the behavior of fauna and flora and change of their...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS USING CONVENTIONAL TOOLS AND POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION* pot
... single gold standard was available for comparison of the performance of the individual tests, an analysis of results was done using a variety of standards Efficiency of microscopy, culture and PCR ... utility and limitations of PCR Among the total of 144 specimens studied, the sensitivity of smear, culture and PCR was 51%, 68% and 91.5% respectively Smear microscopy was positive in only 67% of ... efficiency of PCR to routine diagnostics like microscopy and culture Table presents the comparative efficiency of PCR to diagnostics like microscopy and culture The sensitivity, specificity, positive and...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20