... report on the effectsof plasma concentrations of 5-FU on long- term survival in cases of esophageal cancer Page of Methods Patients Forty-nine ESCC patients were enrolled in this study based on the ... radiation [8,9] Here, 2-5 of 49 patients seemed to have died from late toxicity This might affect the association of the plasma concentrations of 5-FU with long- term survival Conclusions Japanese ... T4 or M1a [5,6], and a long- term evaluation of efficacy and toxicity with 139 patients resulted in a complete response (CR) rate of 56%, along with a 5-year survival rate of 29% [7-9] Currently,...
... Comparison of Battalion Failure Distributions and Poisson Distribution in 2nd Infantry Division B.6 Comparison of Battalion Failure Distributions and Poisson Distribution in 3rd Infantry Division ... (Location 1, 180 days) B.1 Illustration of Failure Data Overdispersion B.2 Comparison of Battalion Failure Distributions and Poisson Distribution in 1st Cavalry Division B.3 Comparison of Battalion ... months longer each year.” Introduction RAND MR1789-1.1 Conditional probability of failure Age Conditional probability of failure Age Figure 1.1—Hazard Functions with Pronounced Wear-out Regions...
... version of the expectations theory of the term structure ofinterestrates In this theory, longterm rates are an average of current short -term rates and expected future short -term ratesMonetary ... expectations of future short -term rates In this framework, there is no simple relationship between policy actions and long- termrates Rather, the reaction of long- termrates to policy actions can ... a current short -term rate and a series of forward rates. 6 Monetary policy and long- termrates In the framework of the expectations theory, monetary policy can affect long- termrates by directly...
... endogenously determined, we study two kinds of unconventional monetary policy: longterm nominal interestrates as operating instruments ofmonetary policy and announcements about the future path of the ... examine two kinds of unconventional monetary policy: long- term nominal interestrates as operating instruments ofmonetary policy and announcements about the future path of the short -term rate In ... However, in practice, long- terminterestrates appear to deviate from the expected path of short -term rates To take account of this, we are interested in the properties of long- terminterest rate rules...
... The effectsof long- term elevation of air temperature and CO2 on the frost hardiness of Scots pine Plant, Cell and Environment, 19: 209–216 Roberntz P (1999): Effectsof long- term CO2 enrichment ... Jarvis P.G (1999): Long- termeffectsof elevated carbon dioxide concentration and provenance on four clones of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) I Plant growth, allocation and ontogeny Tree Physiology, ... compared to A ones only before budding in early spring in 1998 The long- term effect of elevated CO2 was responsible for a decrease in needle N content The gradient of needle N content per subsamples...
... inflammation, a series of experiments were performed We analyzed whether intratra- Demonstration of activation in the lungs of 92 day smokeFigureon NF-κB the impact of local administration of decoy ... representative non-autoradiograph of EMSA analysis of level of NF-κB in the nuclear fraction using biotin detection (B) A representative of the EMSA analysis of level of AP-1 in the nuclear fraction by non-autoradiograph ... structure of pulmonary parenchyma and the expression of pro-MMPFigure or TIMP-1 administration NF-κB decoy ODNs on The effect of administration NF-κB decoy ODNs on the structure of pulmonary parenchyma...
... Five-month effectson condom use and cervical gonorrhea incidence (1994) Unintended effectson oral sex and pharyngeal gonorrhea incidence 104 Process evaluation 106 Effectsof condom promotion ... evaluation 109 4.2.1.1 Longtermeffectson oral condom use and pharyngeal gonorrhea incidence (1999-2002) 109 v 4.2.1.2 Comparison ofeffects in group with brothel intervention and in control ... Statistical analysis Results 4.1 81 Effectsof condom promotion program for vaginal sex 81 4.1.1 Outcome evaluation 81 4.1.1.1 Long- termeffectson condom use and cervical gonorrhea incidence (1994-2001)...
... glycopeptides only, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, sensitive to ofloxacin only Polymicrobial wound contamination also included contamination with fungi (for instance, Candida albicans as well as non-albicans ... this unique cohort of patients, in particular with respect to complex wound management, infection and psychoemotional control According to the concept of a trimodal distribution of medical problems ... distribution in all tissues, including bone and body fluids [48] This was of particular interest as one out of four patients presented with open fractures and was thus at high risk for bone infection...
... of shifts in the long- term perception of the short -term interest rate Finally, some conclusions are drawn in section Monetary policy, in‡ ation target and longterminterestrates Evans and Lewis ... perception ofmonetary policy by the public However, this demonstration is based only on the study of the stochastic process of in‡ ation and on the hypothesis that, in the long run, in‡ ation is a monetary ... plans a review about its monetary policy strategy, it seems interesting to study the link between monetary policy, the long- term perception of in‡ ation and long- terminterestrates In the European...
... University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia Authors’ contributions SC have made substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; have ... substantial contributions to analysis and interpretation of data; have given final approval of the version to be published BD have made substantial contributions to analysis and interpretation of data; ... made substantial contributions to analysis and interpretation of data; have given final approval of the version to be published PO have made substantial contributions to conception and design, analysis...
... results Page of 4 10 11 12 Conclusions Repeated PCI increases risk for long- term prognosis of subsequent CABG Authors’ contributions GS carried out the acquisition of the data and drafted the ... Serruys PW: Long- term safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting and coronary artery bypass surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease Circulation 2008, 118:1146-1154 ... backgrounds, one question may arise; why is it that longterm clinical outcome after CABG is not equivalent regardless of the subgroups with different number of previous PCI? In our study, LV function...
... studies looking at longterm outcomes of patients with ICU-acquired infections as a whole Most of the published studies deal with long- term mortality from specific infections, often ones acquired before ... pneumonia on admission 59 (27.2) (9.1) 0.004 Hospital-acquired pneumonia on admission 32 (14.7) (12.7) 0.83 Sepsis on admission 30 (13.8) (5.5) 0.11 APACHE II score on admission Severe sepsis on ... hospital-acquired pneumonia on admission, admission diagnostic category (medical, surgical nontrauma, trauma, neurological), ICU length of stay, SOFA score on admission and on ICU discharge, and...
... reaction to monetary policy shocks on the basis of this criterion We then constructed an index of the expected effectsofmonetary policy by summing the entries for each country We expect large effects ... or are out of line with fundamentals Second, changes in policy-controlled interestrates must have stable and predictable effectson asset prices Third, the effectsofmonetary policy on different ... fortunate position of having a rather long sample period, we need not be overly concerned about this source of bias However, our main interest in this paper concerns the dynamic effect ofmonetary policy...
... Half saturation constant (mgN/l) Fig Maximum specific growth of heterotrophs Phase 5.00 40 Days of Operation 0 20 40 60 80 Days of Operation Fig Half saturation concentration Ks of heterotrophs ... 40 50 Days of operation nitrosomonas nitrobacter 60 70 Fig Half saturation concentration Ks of nitrifiers 60 80 Nitrobacter Fig Maximum specific growth of nitrifiers Half saturation constant (mgCOD/l) ... mixed-population biofilm into functions of ammonium oxidizing and COD oxidizing fractions Convergence tolerance was set to 0.0005 and the secant minimization algorithm was selected as the optimization routine...
... The Effectsof Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan is a publication of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers ... effectively Intensive and prolonged stress can lead to a variety of short- and long- term negative health effects It can disrupt early brain development and compromise functioning of the nervous and immune ... to ensure the long- term physical and emotional well-being of children CDC’s platform for child maltreatment prevention includes the promotion of Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships (SSNRs)...
... sponsored by the United States Army iii iv The Effectsof Equipment Age on Spare Part Costs: A Study of M1 Tanks For more information on RAND Arroyo Center, contact the Director of Operations ... Tanks, Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, MR-1789-A, 2004, p 27 (age-failure relationship) and p 48 (high-cost parts) Congressional Budget Office, The Effectsof Aging on the Costs of Operating ... investigated the effectsof age on mission critical failures, a key component of readiness Both reports should be ofinterest to resource planners and logistics analysts This project was sponsored by...
... have more pronounced effectson energy costs over time, the effectson agriculture are more pronounced in the medium and longterm analyses In addition to higher energy costs, the emissions allowances ... million tons of CO2e reductions through enhanced forest management By 2050, agricultural lands could supply 465 million tons of CO2e reductions and existing forests supply an additional 178 million ... and up to 488 million tons through afforestation (147 million tons from cropland and 342 million tons from grassland) Figure shows the regional breakout of the potential carbon dioxide equivalent...
... these conditions, hence the lack of reformation of POR-PChlide650 Addition of low concentrations of NADPH to PLB aged at pH 7.5 which show only limited structural reorganization, in contrast, ... percentage photoconversion in response to one, two, and four saturating flashes of white light (B) Variation of the wavelength of the absorption maximum of PChlide with NADPH concentration Ó FEBS 2002 ... The effect of the presence of the adenylates on the ability of POR-PChlide640 to undergo photoconversion was checked by comparing the efficiency of photoconversion of PLB samples containing excess...
... accumulation of iron in and around endometriotic lesions [115] Future studies investigating the use of iron chelators may prove beneficial in the prevention of lesion formation and the reduction of ... complications will be discussed below 10.2 Spontaneous abortion Spontaneous abortion refers to the unintentional termination of a pregnancy before fetal viability at 20 weeks of gestation or when ... may contribute to the culmination of these effects in spontaneous abortion [321] The generation of ROS [322-324] is often associated with DNA strand breaks induced by THC [315] Epoxidation of the...