... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, andthe scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies andthe Institute of Medicine ... scientific and engineering talent and training Several reports issued inthe last years have examined thebarriers that women interested in science and engineering encounter at various stages of their ... academy andin other research settings • To determine effective practices for recruiting women scientists and engineers to faculty positions and retaining them in these positions • To develop findings...
... Discussion Main findings Among the participating GPs, definitions of health promotion interventions inthe elderly widely varied The opinion regarding the effectiveness of health promotion inthe elderly ... group interviews in Geneva, the interview guide was translated into French As an introduction to the discussion, we asked questions concerning the opinion of the GPs about health promotion inthe ... promotion programmes for the elderly This contains the accessibility in a regional sense as well as regarding the content of the programme Providing information over the internet for instance, may not...
... DIMs inthe cell envelope raises the possibility that these compounds act in vivo by interacting with some component of the host cell and by modulating the host immune response to contain the infection ... postinfection, we observed a marked difference between the number of CFUs of the wild-type strain and that of the PMM56 mutant strain in lungs andinthe spleen (Fig 7A) Indeed, both strains ... unknown, andthe specific roles of the various members of the DIM family, e.g DIM A and DIM B, in these functions have never been investigated The recent developments in our understanding of the biosynthetic...
... succinate and phosphate Mitochondria were suspended inthe swelling medium andthe absorbance of the mitochondrial suspension as a function of time was monitored either inthe absence or inthe ... protein No statistically significant differences in Ca2+ content were observed when the mitochondrial preparation was performed either inthe presence or inthe absence of ruthenium red and EDTA in ... Matrix proteins release assay For the assay of thein vitro release of matrix proteins, mitochondria (10 mg proteinÆmL)1) were suspended inthe swelling medium, above reported, and incubated at...
... and medications Progress will only be made as basic science brings an understanding of the mechanisms of accelerated atherosclerosis in SLE and as clinical studies address both the efficacy and ... little reinforcement from their providers In recruiting patients with SLE and hyperlipidemia for a statin dosing study, our experience has been that the patients who are the most willing to participate ... Jansen-McWilliams L, D’Agostino RB, Kuller LH: Age-specific incidence rates of myocardial infarction and angina in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: comparison with the Framingham Study Am J Epidemiol...
... strongest predictor of whether the mother had the intention of testing or not This finding highlights the importance of the male partner inthe success of uptake of HIV testing within PMTCT programs ... consult their husbands before they were tested for HIV inthe rural and urban areas, though there is a tendency for the rural women to think they should consult their husbands before testing as ... September and December 2003 Face to face interviews were administered to mothers attending antenatal clinics in rural and urban parts of Mbarara, a district in southwestern Uganda The PMTCT program in...
... is linked to the Diffusion of Innovations theory [8] The items inthe instrument cover four domains of barriers: the nurse, the setting, the research, andthe presentation In a review including ... articles and six theses using theBARRIERS scale, nurses reported that the setting andthe presentation domains contained the most prominent barriers [5] Lack of time to read research reports and ... understand the presentation of research findings in research reports, they will not use research findings in practice Being aware of relevant research is the first stage in implementing findings...
... is linked to the Diffusion of Innovations theory [8] The items inthe instrument cover four domains of barriers: the nurse, the setting, the research, andthe presentation In a review including ... articles and six theses using theBARRIERS scale, nurses reported that the setting andthe presentation domains contained the most prominent barriers [5] Lack of time to read research reports and ... understand the presentation of research findings in research reports, they will not use research findings in practice Being aware of relevant research is the first stage in implementing findings...
... methadone and buprenorphine-maintained patients' willingness to stop smoking cigarettes, (2) to investigate their previous pharmacotherapy as regards smoking cessation, and (3) to determine whether these ... smoking cessation pharmacotherapy and lower methadone doses were associated with being inthe preparation stage (patients reporting an intention to stop smoking within the following 30 days) The ... smoking as assessed by a 10-point readiness to change scale The first study [24] investigating readiness to stop smoking with the Smoking Stages of Change Algorithm [25] in methadone-maintained...
... provide insight into crack cocaine practices among some individuals inthe DTES of Vancouver The findings The findings point to the many challenges inherent in providing education and changing drug ... described how they gave certain kit items to others, namely the Tip cards A few people described the Tip cards as "informative" and helpful in working with others I found them useful in explaining to ... "long-term user" indicated that he know all the "in' s and out's" and, along with a number of the participants, did not read the information card provided inthe kit According to another individual,...
... viral shedding and spread, which could inform the decision regarding whether to institute antiviral therapy and help in determining the pathogenicity of the virus, we measured the PLI in four consecutive ... increases the PLI up to four times normal values inthe most severe forms of lung injury, including ARDS In less severe injury, such as impending ARDS and interstitial lung disease, the PLI is ... viral RNA and DNA by polymerase chain reaction, could be helpful together with the PLI in further studies to quantitate viral load andthe ratio of replication to shedding, and therefore the pathogenicity...
... Bulletin in Hong Kong in 1994 which is devoted to monitoring and defending the workers’ rights in China.70 Such organisation is impossible to exist inthe mainland since Han participated inthe ... as the starting point for counting the time limit? Or as long as the applicant does not withdraw the application, the starting point will be the beginning of the promulgation of the law? If the ... power 85 According to the report, the article could be invoked at least inthe following situations: publishing articles expressing dissenting opinion or exposing and criticizing Chinese human rights...
... the concept of an extensible operating system is once again gaining acceptance this time as the solution to the unconstrained growth of UNIX During the last 20 years operating systems and their ... summarizes these operations As in other Mach interfaces, these calls are implemented using IPC; the first argument to each call is the port to which the request is sent, and represents the object ... which the data should be returned To clean dirty pages, the kernel performs a pager_data_write call specifying the location inthe memory object, and including the data to be written When the data...
... literature in promoting the collision of mind with mind’, rather than simply communicating the epiphanies of inspired individuals – or what amounted to the same thing, unexamined ideas – to the reading ... of their mix of promise and threat, anticipation and dread, resound inthe writings of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Britain – a time and a place when the newly disturbing ... on, in light of their self-understanding, without identifying the rules of the games they have been playing as being selective and revising them.’24 This approach is markedly different from the...
... flows increases output in most countries, andthe increase in output is mostly due to a boom in consumption and investment The findings, especially for the case of the full sample including the ... Korea and Singapore make up one group, and Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, another group These results indicate that there are two different business cycles inthe region, even though the East ... correlation in general increased inthe 1990s from the previous periods This is mostly due to the industrial countries inthe sample In conclusion, we can summarize the main characteristics of the business...
... occur inthe lower limbs and are usually monoarticular with up to 50–60% occurring at the first metatarsophalangeal joint [2,4,14] Gout may occur in any joint including the ankle, knee, hand, ... sacroiliac joint and other joints of the spine, however most commonly occurs inthe lower extremity In this case, although the patient had suffered two previous gouty attacks inthe first metatarsophalangeal ... publication was obtained from the patient The authors wish to thank Dr William Hsu and Dr Tania Pringle for their contribution to the interpretation of the radiographs and providing key information relevant...
... introduced the potential for bias inthe results and is a limitation of the study Medical errors are among the leading causes of death inthe United States In its highly publicised report, the Institute ... reduction inthe probability of treatment being timely and effective or an unintentional significant increase inthe risk of harm when compared with generally accepted practice [8] During the monitoring ... causing no harm or an increase in patient monitoring with no change in vital signs and no harm noted Moderate errors were classified as those causing an increase in patient monitoring, a change in...
... (Tegretal and others), clozapine (Clozaril), droperidol (Inapsine and others), gabapentin (Neurontin), haloperidol (Haldol and others), lamotrigine (Lamictal), lithium (Eskalith and others), metformin ... pre-dialysis and 2–3 hrs following the post-dialysis dose There is a case report in which lithium levels were maintained inthe therapeutic range by intraperitoneal administration of lithium during continuous ... portacaval shunting, thereby decreasing first pass metabolism; decrease in quantities and affinity of plasma proteins, thereby increasing free-drug levels; increase in volume of distribution in patients...
... improve insulin sensitivity and help in wound healing (16,17) Along with others, the investigators have used microcurrent for treatment of chronic wounds and ulcers (18-20) In an earlier work, The ... poor capillary refill The left foot was red and inflamed up to and including the medial malleolus The lateral aspect of the great toe and second toe turned black Laboratory investigation revealed ... obesity andthe metabolic syndrome (30) In these conditions there is an elevation of both glucose and free fatty acid levels inthe blood and an increase in oxidative stress (30,31) The high degree...