... report on the effects of 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,...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21
... 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...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 17:20
Monetary Policy Actions and Long-Term Interest Rates doc
... version of the expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates In this theory, longterm rates are an average of current short -term rates and expected future short -term rates Monetary ... expectations of future short -term rates In this framework, there is no simple relationship between policy actions and long- term rates Rather, the reaction of long- term rates to policy actions can ... a current short -term rate and a series of forward rates. 6 Monetary policy and long- term rates In the framework of the expectations theory, monetary policy can affect long- term rates by directly...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21
Long-term Interest Rates, Risk Premia and Unconventional Monetary Policy ppt
... endogenously determined, we study two kinds of unconventional monetary policy: longterm nominal interest rates as operating instruments of monetary policy and announcements about the future path of the ... examine two kinds of unconventional monetary policy: long- term nominal interest rates as operating instruments of monetary policy and announcements about the future path of the short -term rate In ... However, in practice, long- term interest rates appear to deviate from the expected path of short -term rates To take account of this, we are interested in the properties of long- term interest rate rules...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: " Long-term effects of CO2 enrichment on bud phenology and shoot growth patterns of Norway spruce juvenile tree" potx
... The effects of 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): Effects of long- term CO2 enrichment ... Jarvis P.G (1999): Long- term effects of 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...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22
Báo cáo y học: " Effects of intratracheal administration of nuclear factor-kappaB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides on long-term " ppsx
... 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...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20
The long term effects of behavioral interventions on condom use and sexually transmitted infections among female brothel based sex workers in singapore, 1994 2002
... Five-month effects on condom use and cervical gonorrhea incidence (1994) Unintended effects on oral sex and pharyngeal gonorrhea incidence 104 Process evaluation 106 Effects of condom promotion ... evaluation 109 4.2.1.1 Long term effects on oral condom use and pharyngeal gonorrhea incidence (1999-2002) 109 v 4.2.1.2 Comparison of effects in group with brothel intervention and in control ... Statistical analysis Results 4.1 81 Effects of condom promotion program for vaginal sex 81 4.1.1 Outcome evaluation 81 4.1.1.1 Long- term effects on condom use and cervical gonorrhea incidence (1994-2001)...
Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2015, 17:20
Báo cáo khoa học: " Effect of the medical emergency team on long-term mortality following major surgery"
... 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...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:41
Measuring the long-term perception of monetary policy and the term structure docx
... 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 long term interest rates Evans and Lewis ... perception of monetary 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- term interest rates In the European...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo y học: "Impact of concomitant aortic regurgitation on long-term outcome after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis" potx
... 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...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21
Báo cáo y học: "mpact of repeated percutaneous coronary intervention on long-term survival after subsequent coronary artery bypass surgery" ppt
... 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 long term clinical outcome after CABG is not equivalent regardless of the subgroups with different number of previous PCI? In our study, LV function...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22
Báo cáo khoa học: "Intensive care unit acquired infection has no impact on long-term survival or quality of life: a prospective cohort study" doc
... 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...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20
Ensuring Financial Stability: Financial Structure and the Impact of Monetary Policy on Asset Prices
... reaction to monetary policy shocks on the basis of this criterion We then constructed an index of the expected effects of monetary policy by summing the entries for each country We expect large effects ... or are out of line with fundamentals Second, changes in policy-controlled interest rates must have stable and predictable effects on asset prices Third, the effects of monetary 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 of monetary policy...
Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2012, 09:40
EFFECTS OF RESIDUAL COD ON MICROBIAL GROWTH KINETICS IN A NITRIFYING UCBR
... 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...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40
Tài liệu The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan pptx
... The Effects of 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)...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20
Tài liệu The Effects of Equipment Age on Spare Part Costs - A Study of M1 Tanks pptx
... sponsored by the United States Army iii iv The Effects of 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 Effects of Aging on the Costs of Operating ... investigated the effects of age on mission critical failures, a key component of readiness Both reports should be of interest to resource planners and logistics analysts This project was sponsored by...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20
Tài liệu A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF HR 2454 ON U.S. AGRICULTURE doc
... have more pronounced effects on energy costs over time, the effects on agriculture are more pronounced in the medium and long term 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...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo Y học: The effects of low pH on the properties of protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase and the organization of prolamellar bodies of maize (Zea mays) pot
... 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...
Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 04:20
The effects of oxidative stress on female reproduction: a review ppt
... 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...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20