... removal of intravenous lines) The observers were not involved inthe daily care ofthe patients, and ICU physicians were not aware of this part ofthe observation As a consequence, the clinical ... finding' was any old finding not expected by the attending physician If an important finding (as mentioned in Table 1) was found, then we determined whether any action was taken because ofthe ... CXRs after insertion of endotracheal tubes, intravenous lines and chest drains, but not after insertion of nasogastric tubes In addition, CXRs were obtained inthe case of worsening of oxygenation...
... selective inhibition of cell growth, with normal human cell lines being relatively unaffected; (d) senescence; (e) inhibition of telomerase activity in cells; (f) competitive inhibition of hPOT1 binding ... the observations of hPOT1 and hTERT uncapping To date, none of these molecules has progressed beyond the experimental stage into clinical trial, probably in part because these compounds are insufficiently ... 1), in accord with its single net positive charge combined with the relatively small size of this molecule Data on two other quadruplex-binding ligands have also been included The porphyrin compound...
... simulation of DK9 thrombin in explicit water solvent supports the role ofthe A-chain in affecting the conformation and catalytic properties ofthe B-chain, particularly in some insertion loops ofthe ... side-chains to the solvent the smaller the intrinsic fluorescence ofthe enzyme The smaller gain inthe intrinsic fluorescence of DK9 upon Na+ concentration (9 vs 18% in WT) may reflect not only the ... thrombin show that the A-chain closely follows the contour ofthe catalytic B-chain, hinging the two interacting six-stranded barrel-like domains ofthe B-chain [17] A well-structured network of...
... correlation between wind and demand This lower valueof wind is largely due to the lower capacity valueof wind The decline inthe total marginal economic valueof wind with increasing penetration ... early evening hours when the sun is setting The decline inthe energy value is due to a combination of increased part-loading of CCGTs, increased displacement ofthe small amount of incumbent ... This is due to the energy valueof PV and CSP0 falling faster than the energy valueof wind while the capacity valueof wind remains slightly higher than the capacity valueof PV and CSP0 at...
... not to take the risk of losing their original citizenship and with it the flexibility to live, work, and in some cases own property or businesses in their country of origin A number of studies ... Nationality in Latin America and Its Consequences for the United 10 The Economic Valueof Citizenship for Immigrants inthe United States Migration Policy Institute III What Is the Economic Valueof ... most often for naturalization The Economic Valueof Citizenship for Immigrants inthe United States Migration Policy Institute costs such as transportation and thevalueofthe time spent preparing...
... another as ends in themselves, and would give at least some weight to the ends ofthe other members Taking into account these facts about the members ofthe kingdom of ends, plus the sorts of ... something has valuein every possible circumstance if and only if its value is independent of inclinations Something that has value independent of inclinations will necessarily have a valuein every ... proposed by other commentators This will set the stage for the arguments ofthe first half of this book, in favour ofthe good will reading of ‘humanity’ and against others’ minimal readings While...
... Treatment often includes rest from aggravating activities, non steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, bracing and physical therapy emphasizing hamstring stretching and core strengthening The length of ... and spondylolisthesis, is the most common identifiable cause of ongoing low back pain in adolescent athletes Inthecurrent era of multi-modality imaging, radiographs, skeletal scintigraphy, CT ... of Nuclear Medicine 2000, 27(6):721-726 doi:10.1186/1749-799X-5-13 Cite this article as: Zukotynski et al.: Thevalueof SPECT inthe detection of stress injury to the pars interarticularis in...
... presence of lymphovascular invasion (LVI), and resection margin status A close margin was defined as the presence of invasive carcinoma within mm ofthe surgical margin of resection Patient grouping ... one ofthe most important factors affecting prognosis in patients with breast cancer [1] According to thecurrent 7th edition ofthe American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system, N stage in ... for the appropriate criteria to discriminate between low- and high-risk groups of NR for breast cancer with 1-3 positive nodes Inthecurrent study, we evaluated the prognostic valueofthe NR...
... within individual cores ofthe TMA slide Both staining intensity and its relative area within a specimen were quantified Staining intensity was acquired in a continuous gradient and divided into ... only the average intensity of each category, but also the relative area of these stains The products ofthe scoring system described above (relative intensity × area) yielded values ranging from ... [11,13-17] The clinical relevance of these varying expression patterns of nestin in GBM has not been defined http://www.ro-journal.com/content/3/1/32 Based on the heterogeneous expression of nestin in...
... only includes erosions inthe hands and not inthe feet [6] Considering the lack of knowledge on the prognostic valueof erosions in UA, the present study aims to: study the predictive valueof ... presence of erosions inthe joints ofthe feet is slightly more predictive than erosions inthe hand joints Additionally, the predictive values ofthe SHS erosion score were investigated in a similar ... between the cut-off of two or more erosive joints (89%) compared with the cut-off of one or more erosive joints (77%) Using higher cut-off values, the specificity gradually increased but the 95%...