... will demand further regionalization of care in order for some persons to maintain the skill and further the knowledge base of normal fetal physiologyand fetal disease On the other hand amniocentesis ... for a number of reasons The first one is the advantage of an earlier procedure which brings relief to the patient when the results are normal and on the other hand allows an easier and more private ... of fetal loss ( 2-3%) associated with CVS on the one hand and a significantly increased risk of fetal loss in the early amniocentesis gropu on the other hand Logistic regression analysis of the...
... will demand further regionalization of care in order for some persons to maintain the skill and further the knowledge base of normal fetal physiologyand fetal disease On the other hand amniocentesis ... for a number of reasons The first one is the advantage of an earlier procedure which brings relief to the patient when the results are normal and on the other hand allows an easier and more private ... of fetal loss ( 2-3%) associated with CVS on the one hand and a significantly increased risk of fetal loss in the early amniocentesis gropu on the other hand Logistic regression analysis of the...
... years, study ofthe behavior ofthe center of pressure (CoP) has emerged as a way of indirectly understanding the neuromuscular control of equilibrium The CoP is the point location ofthe vertical ... 2006) The activation of these neurons helps children to understand other actions and, therefore, they play an important role in learning, how children learn about the world, how they act and how they ... age-group and gender differences in these behaviors and to analyze the relationship between the severity of these deficits and adaptive behavior and IQ The findings have the potential of being...
... reflect the efficiency ofthe enrichment system In this thesis, I explored the possibility of using termination of pregnancy as an in-vitro as well as an in-vivo model system to study the efficiency ... scanning policy, skill ofthe operator, type of machines being used andthe type of anomalies included in the evaluation Currently, the diagnosis of chromosomal, monogenic disorders and most fetal rhesus ... number of women undergoing unnecessary invasive procedures andthe subsequent loss of a healthy fetus remain a cause of concern On the other hand, definitive diagnosis of fetal chromosomal and monogenic...
... Three parameters influence the detection of rare events: the frequency ofthe event of interest, the signal-to-noise ratio andthe nature ofthe difference 17 between signal and noise i.e qualitative ... erythrocyte, andthe blue tinge in cytoplasm indicates the presence of ribonucleic acid (RNA) This, together with the residual mitochondria supports the synthesis ofthe remaining one-third ofthe haemoglobin ... 5, and (Steck, 1974) Spectrin (band and band 2) is the major constituent ofthe membrane skeleton; it accounts for 25% ofthe total red cell membrane proteins The spectrin fraction consists of...
... if they were Their parents lived exactly opposite They inhabited two garrets; and where the roof ofthe one house joined that ofthe other, andthe gutter ran along the extreme end of it, there ... into the square where the others are playing"; and off he was in a moment There, in the market-place, some ofthe boldest ofthe boys used to tie their sledges to the carts as they passed by, and ... and flowers The boxes were very high, andthe children knew that they must not creep over them; so they often obtained permission to get out ofthe windows to each other, and to sit on their little...
... Southern Africa collaborations The content of this publication is solely the responsibility ofthe authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of any ofthe institutions just mentioned ... Frontières for their contributions to the manuscript, and all the children, caregivers andthe staff in the participating centres who have contributed to the IeDEA Asia-Pacific and Southern Africa ... No.U01-AI069907) The National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research is funded by The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, and is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, The University...
... and Journal ofthe International AIDS Society 2011, 14:17 http://www.jiasociety.org/content/14/1/17 Page of Table First- and second-line antiretroviral therapy regimens in use in TREAT Asia and ... AZT+ddI+LPV/r Newlands Clinic Zimbabwe AZT+3TC+NVP ddI+3TC+LPV/r d4T+3TC+NVP *Content reflects current recommendations at the time ofthe survey WHO first-line regimen recommendations at the time ofthe survey ... 2011, 14:17 http://www.jiasociety.org/content/14/1/17 Page of Switzerland andthe School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Received: 28 March...
... For the calculation ofthe PDF ofthe capacity of N ∗Nakagami-m channels, we need to find the PDF pΞ2 (z) ofthe squared N ∗Nakagami-m process Ξ2 (t) Furthermore, for the calculation ofthe LCR and ... statistical analysis ofthe capacity of N ∗Nakagami-m channels Specifically, we have studied the influence ofthe severity of fading andthe number of hops on the PDF, CDF, LCR, and ADF ofthe channel capacity ... ofthe Nakagami parameters, controlling the severity of fading in different links ofthe multihop communication systemThe results show that an increase in the number of hops or the severity of...
... and convex set, in view ofthe Tychonoff-Schauder fixed point theorem, there is at least one fixed point of Q Theorem 3.3 Assume that conditions (F) and (I) are satisfied Let α and β be a lower and ... introduce the concept of lower and upper solutions of problem (3.1)–(3.5) as follows F M Atici and D C Biles 127 Definition 3.1 The functions α and β are, respectively, a lower and an upper solution of ... respectively, ofthe problem (3.1)–(3.5) such that α ≤ β on T Then every solution ofthe BVP (3.11)–(3.15) belongs to the sector [α,β] F M Atici and D C Biles 129 Proof Let y be a solution of (3.11)–(3.15),...
... indicator of MPT infection than other antigens At the cut-off point recommended by the ROC curve analysis, the sensitivity and specificity of 35 kDa ELISA were higher than those of other antigens ... against the false positive rate (1-specificity) that is obtained at each cut-off point) was constructed andthe area under the curve (AUC) value was calculated as a measure ofthe accuracy ofthe ... seroconversion occurs relatively late during the course ofthe disease, the utility of these tests is limited [12,18,19] The specificity of ELISA tests for sheep and cattle is improved by removing cross-reacting...
... reduces the median value ofthe mean dose to the female breast by 80%, the lung by 56%, the whole heart by 59%, the proximal coronary arteries by 44%, andthe thyroid by 43% Reducing the prescribed ... RT, 35 Gy IFRT reduced the median value ofthe mean dose to the female breast by 64%, the lung by 24%, the whole heart by 29%, andthe proximal coronary arteries by 2% The small but statistically ... [14] A major limitation of clinical trial data, however, is that the specifics of salvage therapy are often not recorded, andthe completeness of long-term follow-up and SC reporting may be limited,...
... translation Page ofof this approach into the clinic are the cost ofthe instruments, the reagents andthe experimental analysis, andthe length of time taken to perform the subsequent bioinformatic analysis ... ofthe incredible complexity ofthe plasma proteome, which contains peptides derived from every tissue ofthe body Furthermore, the presence of very abundant proteins, such as serum albumin and ... weeks of pregnancy [39] This test uses ultrasound for the detection of nuchal translucency (related to the size of a fold in the skin at the base ofthe neck, which is increased in cases of Down...
... compare the specificity and sensitivity of ACPA (and other) tests is the initiative ofthe European AutoCure consortium to generate a large depository of sera from patients with RA and other rheumatic ... laboratories of several members ofthe Committee for the Standardization of Autoantibodies in Rheumatic and Related Diseases, using the same substrate and using kits commercially available in Europe, and ... efficiency Another important point is the cohort of patients selected for such studies The main advantage of ACPA lies in their proven ability to predict the development of RA and their potential...
... debridement is the mainstay therapy for NSTI, and antibiotic therapy alone is of little value and only mask the severity ofthe symptoms [22] Risk factors The commonest predisposing factor for NF of extremity ... out of proportion to the apparent severity ofthe lesion should alert the physician to the possible diagnosis of Necrotizing fasciitis Patches of skin necrosis, tissue crepitus, fluctuance and systemic ... exploration also aid in the diagnosis of NF The operative findings of grayish necrotic deep fascia, a lack of resistance to blunt dissection, lack of bleeding ofthe fascia, and presence of foulsmelling...
... supervised the work and was involved in the design ofthe study SCB Page of supervised the work, elaborated data, and was involved in drafting the manuscript and in the design ofthe study BP, HB, and ... conceived and designed the study, contributed to the sampling, elaborated data, and drafted the manuscript BP contributed to the sampling and data elaboration, supervised the work, and funded the study ... Because the dataset was divided by test-day records, the same animals could appear in both sub-datasets and they could even appear in both datasets in the same lactationOfthe 1,120 ewes from the...
... where the fetal head is relative to the leading edge ofthe placenta .The thickness ofthe encroaching tongue of placenta has been shown to influence outcome: the thicker the placenta (over cm), the ... effects, the agent and optimum regime are still to be determined: further research is needed in this area The aetiology of bleeding in placenta praevia is due to the dynamics ofthe development ofthe ... positives, and it failed to diagnose the three other cases of accreta, giving a sensitivity of 82.4% and a specificity of 96.8% .The positive and negative predictive values were 87.5% and 95.3%,...
... absorbed by thesystem W= work done ofthesystem At the constant volume the work of expansion is zero and so ∆E=q At constant pressure work is w=P ∆V Then the heat is equal ∆E+P ∆V Normally the reaction ... change is represent by ∆V, then the work done is given by W=p ∆V First law derivation The first principle of thermodynamics states that the internal energy E ofthesystem is closed i.e it cannot ... means ofthe mass and motions of molecules , intermolecular forces and chemical compositions The energy equation is ∆U=U2-U1 Where , ∆U= Total energy U1 =Initial value ofthe internal energy system...
... cross-section ofthe molecule, Pave is the time averaged power ofthe laser beam, p is the pulse duration, fp is the repetition rate ofthe pulses, NA is the numerical aperture ofthe objective lens, and ... annihilation of photons of frequency, ω, for the generation of photon of double the frequency, 2ω with the promotion of an electron from the ground state to a virtual state The intensity ofthe radiated ... portal tracts past the hepatocytes and drains via central veins and then transports out ofthe liver Figure 2.1 Structure of standard liver tissue with lobules - the structure unit ofthe liver Blood...