... Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2007, 2:20 Three of our articles have been designated as "Highly Accessed" [6-8] and one, by Professor Marianna Papadopoulou and colleagues ... celebrate adequately I would also like at this moment to thank Sonya Melcher for her excellent management ofthe journal Sonya has always been diligent and impartial, two requisite characteristics ... remain positive about the direction ofthe journal and the Society We have more support than ever withthe inclusion of new editors and new ideas We have added Jörg Bahm and Jayme Bertelli as...
... before the end of March 2012 and have already paid the full amount of $6,550 for a 3-year business registration certificate The commencement date ofthe certificate of my company falls in April ... 13 The relevant amount ofthe concessionary refund is the amount of registration fees paid on a pro-rata basis, in respect ofthe number of days in the Waiver Period, which are covered by the ... respect ofa sole proprietorship business and its branch; any ofthe partners – in respect ofa partnership business and its branch; the secretary, manager or any ofthe directors – in respect of a...
... expectations, satisfaction with weight loss results and the treatment program, selfesteem and other psychological variables, as well as comorbid health We lack the data to address the potential role of these ... to any population and scores may be compared to general population norms as well as across diseases Disease-specific measures contain items of particular relevance to patients withthe disease, ... loss and weight gain That is, weight loss was associated with improved HRQOL and weight gain was associated with reduced HRQOL, and these changes occurred in a linear fashion Among the individuals...
... Assessment of Cancer Therapy; FACT-G: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; FACTGP: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General Population; FACTB+4: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast ... American Cancer Society, Inc 2008 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (AACR): Cancer in Australia: An overview, 2006 Canberra: AIHW ... Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: Development and validation ofthe general measure J Clin Oncol 1993, 11(3):570-579 29 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): Australian Standard Classification...
... conclusions about the relative importance of patient care and operational factors compared to sources other than ambulance work, such as the ‘managerial role’, the ‘relations with others at work’ and ... between the sample available at T1 only and the sample available at both T1 and T2 Sample T-test (T1 and T2) sample vs sample (n = 784-821) Dependent variables measured at T1 and T2 Job satisfaction ... data and critical revisions ofthe manuscript TS performed the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript TS will act as guarantor for the paper All authors approved the final manuscript Competing...
... year after diagnosis two children (4%) had had a relapse ofthe cancer The average cumulative length of hospital stay was 15.7 days at T1, and 50.2 days at T2 As Table shows, about 56% ofthe ... correlations are statistically not significant, there is a clear tendency for a negative association of maternal maladjustment withthe emotional domains of HRQOL in the acute phase of treatment ... MAL designed the study, participated in the collection of data, analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript MV designed the study, participated in the interpretation of data and helped to draft...
... (33%) had at least one admission to the ED and 46 (25%) at least one hospitalisation At unadjusted analyses the lowest score-based quartile ofthe OPQOL total score was associated witha greater ... lowest scorebased quartile ofthe health-related OPQOL sub-score (i.e a score between and out of 20) at baseline was associated witha greater risk of any fall and also witha greater risk of nursing ... hypothesized that subjective well-being may act as a buffer, moderating the negative effects of adverse circumstances and facilitating the adaptation to ageing [1] As far as the prognostic relevance of QOL...
... of variance J FOR SCI., 53, 2007 (10): 445–451 Before the statistical analysis the data were log-transformed Then, shoot diameter data were processed by the factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) ... out in crowns of felled trees, beetles prefer the apical parts of shoots In Scandinavia, the majority of single attacks took place at the distance of 10 mm from the base ofthe apical bud (Långström ... shoots with two attacks took place at a distance of about 20 mm from the shoot apex (Table 3) The analysis of correlation showed a significant relationship between the distance ofthe entrance...
... pancreas are usually large lesions witha diameter of larger than 10 cm, and the commonest site is the head of pancreas Generally, they are large masses with thin wall having multiple thin septa with ... tomography demonstrating a large tumour with partial blood flow(arrow) in abdominal cavity This tumor may be asymptomatic for a long time Abdominal pain and awareness of abdominal mass are the ... [Hemolymphangioma ofthe head ofthe pancreas] Mem Acad Chir (Paris) 1966, 92:152-155 Couinaud C, Jouan , Prot , Chalut , Favre , Schneiter : [A rare tumor ofthe head ofthe pancreas (Hemolymphangioma...
... patients with localized prostate cancer during the period January 2000 to December 2002, in the department of Radiation Oncology at the Allan Blair Cancer Center (ABCC), in Regina, Canada One ofthe ... Julian JA, Guo Q, Daya D, Dayes IS, Lukka HR, Levine M: Randomized trial comparing iridium implant plus external-beam radiation therapy with external-beam radiation therapy alone in nodenegative ... cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007, 69:662-70 References 10 11 Canadian Cancer Society/National Cancer Institute of Canada: Canadian Cancer Statistics 2008 Toronto, Canada 2008 Jemal A, ...
... Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009, 2:31 and postgraduate levels Education in Australasian and British podiatry has not always been at graduate level, and it is, perhaps, easy to forget that ... that graduate status in UK and Australian podiatry was introduced in the 1980s, and only fully replacing a vocational, clinically orientated, professional award by the early 1990s A similar picture ... take the UK as an exemplar What is clear is that none of these changes happened by chance - they were part ofa clear strategic intention [9] The National Health Service Executive Chiropody Task...
... medical advice, and they were treated as a separate group in further analyses Page of 11 substance use-related poisoning) as the dependent variable Suicide attempt, as assessed by physicians, was ... perhaps, to make an appeal to others [25] The term ‘appeal’ is problematic, as some fear that it implies a devaluation ofthe patient’s intention or that doctors will take these actions, and therefore ... evaluated as appeal patients also stated a wish to die In total, 36% were evaluated as suicide attempt patients and 26% as appeal patients Substance use-related poisoning was seen in 38% of cases, of...
... 423) At baseline, respondents were on average 45.7 years old (sd 11.9 years), withthe youngest participant being 18 years of age and the oldest 65 Page of 10 Participants had an average of 12.0 ... repeated measures ANCOVA’s, examining the course of anxiety measured by the BAI, and the course of depression assessed by the IDS, at T0 and T1 All patients suffered from a CIDI-diagnosis of anxiety ... http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/86 Page of 10 Table Potential risk factors ofa poor outcome in anxiety at T1: multilevel univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses Univariate Multivariate b SE Variance at GP-level...
... post-index healthcare costs First, we calculated the mean for each ofthe numeric covariates, and gave equal share ofthe categorical covariates, and then calculated the log mean ofthe fitted gamma distribution ... follow-up taking their index antipsychotic medication The duration of therapy on atypical antipsychotics was comparable across all treatment groups and fairly brief, witha median of 30 days across all ... in patients treated with aripiprazole with or without mood stabilizer compared to ziprasidone, olanzapine and quetiapine Duration of therapy on atypical antipsychotic therapy was comparable across...
... Scarano E, Fiorita A, Paludetti G, Manni A, Nemolato S, Faa G, Castagnola M, Messana I: HPLCESI-MS analysis of oral human fluids reveals that gingival crevicular fluid is the main source of oral ... (linear), at a flow rate of μL/min Mass spectra have been collected in full scan (MS data) and also in data-dependent scan (MS/MS data) mode witha capillary temperature of 250°C, a sheath gas ... presence of glucocorticoids Nat Med 1999, 5(12):1424-7 12 Badamchian M, Damavandy AA, Damavandy H, Wadhwa SD, Katz B, Goldstein AL: Identification and quantification of thymosin β4 in human saliva and...
... secondary study, performed statistical analyses and interpreted data, and drafted the manuscript SC interpreted data and drafted the manuscript MO and JHL performed statistical analyses and drafted ... data uncertainty In addition, linear mixed-effects models are particularly useful for longitudinal data because each patient can have an unequal number of observations, although individuals with ... BA, Jaffe MW: Studies of illness in the aged The index of ADL: a standardized measure of biological and physiological function JAMA 1963, 185:914-919 23 Knaus WA, Wagner DP, Draper EA, Zimmerman...
... ICU was available for patient transfer At the time of patient transfer from the ED to ICU, clinical care was transferred from the ED physicians to the admitting physicians Data analysis and outcomes ... patient triggered an alphanumeric page to ancillary staff (ED and ICU charge nurses, respiratory therapist, pharmacy, bed management) and both the protocol quality assurance nurse and physician ... the statistical analysis AEJ drafted the manuscript and all authors contributed significantly in revisions ofthe manuscript All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements...
... Pekka Tiainen, Sanna Asikainen; Päijät-Häme Central Hospital - Dr Pekka Loisa; Vaasa Central Hospital, Dr Pentti Kairi; KantaHäme Central Hospital - Dr Risto Puolakka, Piia Laitinen, Tarja Heikkilä; ... after ARF compared withthe age-matched and sex-matched reference values HRQOL decreases after ARF [29] and ARDS [5], and it may even be lower after ARDS compared with other critically ill patients ... analysis and drafted the manuscript SK, RSY, TV and ER participated in drafting and revision ofthe manuscript All authors were involved in data acquisition and read and approved the final manuscript...
... collecting the data, performing the data analyses and writing the article LS also collected data ISB, LS and HM participated in the planning ofthe study and discussions during data analyses, read the ... participated as the main supervisor ofthe whole process ofthe study: planning ofthe study, analysis ofthe data and reading, discussion and improvement ofthe manuscript All authors have read and approved ... were replaced withthe patients’ mean value for each subscale Data on categorical variables are presented as numbers and percentages, and those with ordinal scale as median Continuous data are presented...
... takes a very important part in teaching and learning reading a language and a foreign language as well It can be seen as the ability to retain information ofa written text to the fullest ofthe ... being active and in charge of what they because “reading is learnt rather than taught, and only the learners can the learning”, secondly the learners should learn to develop the qualities ofa good ... interaction with each other At while-reading stage, the teacher employed the Grammar-Translation method in teaching reading, asking some Students to read aloud the text and translating each paragraph...