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... Role of mitomycin in combination with fluorouracil and radiotherapy, and of salvage chemoradiation in the definitive nonsurgical treatment of epidermoid carcinoma of the ... cisplatin, novel agents, induction chemotherapy or consolidative chemotherapy. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Figure 4 Review of studies of local control. ... reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Research Chemo-radiation with or without mandatory split in anal carcinoma: experiences of two institutions and review of the literature

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... planning and treatment of the children. HB is responsible for the anaesthesia management of the children. PH is responsible for the clinical treatment of the children as head of the division of ... percent of the IMRT Group had grade 3 or 4 hearing loss, compared to 64% of the conventional-RT group. The sparing of the hearing apparatus is of special importance since several modern combined ... and IMRT techniques in the treatment of intraocular retinoblastoma [30]. The best sparing of the bony orbit was achieved with IMRT yielding a promising potential of avoiding asymmetrical bone

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... participated in the design of the case report. SS participated in the design and culled relevant information. RK participated in the design of the case report. GT coordinated the preparation of the case ... reduction in urinary output [23,26,27]. Nevertheless interesting is the fact that renal failure in the absence of pulmonarydysfunctionisnotlikelytobetheresultof IAH [22]. Because many of the effects of ... series of h uman studies correlating ICP and IAP are lacking to da te [31]. Con- tinuous Intra-cystic pressure measure was used to deter- mine the IAP indi rectly at the era of the first signs of

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... procedures and the equ ivalence of tra nslated versions of the questi onnaires, only studies examining the measurement properties of the original language vers ion were included. In case the original language ... in case its content covers all three chapters of the activity dimen- sion of the ICF. For this analysis all items of the included scales were linked to the ICF according to peer-reviewd linking ... exam- ined the measurement properties of the original lan- guage version of one of the 26 retained questionnaires were kept for review. Manual searching and reference checking resulted in the identification

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... extraction From the studies that were included in our systematic review we extracted data regarding the date of publication, the setting of the study, the patient population, details of the medical ... with levels of adherence to antiretroviral treat- ment, in another of the reviewed studies [21]. Such find- ings agree to the general idea linking stratification of income to disparities in health ... estimate. Furthermore, while most of the studies included patients generally following the model of life prevailing in the industrialized countries, some of the studies focused on populations having special

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 06:20

... nocioceptive in nature Deterioration of this proprioceptive information from the neck may be the determining factor in reducing the accuracy in the sensory integration process The resulting imprecise ... 30%) There was a marked variation present in the included studies in terms of sampling duration, number of trials or the selection of the COP parameters The studies often employed a combination of ... full papers were reviewed by the same two reviewers (AR and TB) who applied the inclusion criteria to the full text Of these, 10 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... with the ethical principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki, and according to the Good Clinical Practice protocols and Privacy Protection Law of the institution Techniques Upper EUS examinations ... positive clinical impact (score + + 3) in 41 (87.2%) procedures, affecting the subsequent clinical management According to the EUS findings, the therapeutic management was established as: medical therapy ... observed during conventional endoscopy [12, 29] In the present study, EUS allowed the precise definition of the invasion of the muscularis layer in a patient with duodenal NET, preventing a non-radical

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2020, 22:34

... depiction of the state of the art of research in this context, and its identification of research gaps that can inform future research efforts Since robotics will be increasingly used in these industries, ... less than 10% of the papers However, research in two of these domains (external environment and education/training /research) seems quite recent, with all of the papers published in the last years ... publications within the framework of the seven domains 3.2 Research domains The research domains reflect the human and non-human actors and action domains that the existing literature on robotics in tourism

Ngày tải lên: 15/01/2022, 15:13

... differently and at differing capacities, often leaving those who really need them the most unable to capitalize on the resources offered to them (Grubb, 2001) In the early part of the century, community ... contribute to their career development, especially if there is a thematic focus in the learning community For example, having liberal arts students in the same learning community or engineering majors ... furthering their education, or even joining the military, and is crucial in understanding how an institution is preparing their students for life after college Collecting this data in community

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2022, 14:05

... uptake of contraceptive methods, including sterilization Much of the research on the psychological effects of different methods of contraception, including female sterilization and the intrauterine ... underlying determinants of postnatal depression are complex, and include the low status of women relative to men in many countries, their lack of autonomy, the birth of a girl in regions where there ... Conclusions There is a need for information on the nature of infertility treatment services in developing countries, and the long-term psychological consequences of infertility, including after the birth

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:20

... NSRD conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department of the Navy, the U.S Intelligence Community, ... conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department of the Navy, the U.S Intelligence Community, allied ... limited in scope; present discussions of the methodology employed in research; provide literature reviews, survey instruments, modeling exercises, guidelines for practitioners and research professionals,

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... analyzed in the literature on the changing employment structure of the highly industrialized economies. In this paper they will be used as the starting point for classifying existing studies on the ... explanation of the rising share of employment in the service sector focuses on the inter-industry division of labor. According to this explanation, manufacturing industries increasingly outsource their ... according to the characteristics of the activity they carry out, but rather on the basis of the location of their workplace. To exemplify, in the NIPA, a marketing manager working in a car factory

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:22

... news: 1) The traditional media outlets have failed to find a convincing business model and remain, and especially in the print industry, on a downward path 2) Even in the midst of declines in the ... with regard to the provision of one or more types of information serving the critical information needs of communities Most of the work in this area has involved the assessment of an individual media ... role in reducing and eliminating health disparities In G E Thomson , F Mitchell , & M B Williams (Eds.), Examining the health disparities research plan of the national institutes of health: Unfinished

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:39

... Clinical course of treatment with steroid. Abnormal T1 Gd-enhanced findings immediately improved in the fifth course of steroid pulse therapy, accompanied by a gradual decrease of FLAIR findings ... after the fifth course of the steroid (05/28), we stopped the steroid therapy, and the lesion relapsed (06/04). However, after the initiation of oral steroid therapy, no relapse was observed either ... is the increased frequency of apolipoprotein E ε4/ε4 geno- type [9]. The clinical spectrum of CAA-related inflammation is mainly composed of rapidly progressive dementia and seizure. Although the

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... and blinded expert (ICC) improved from r = 0.19 prior to training (P =0.248)tor=0.52aftertraining(P =0.034) .The resultsofthisstudyarepromisingfortheuseofVCin the remote training of raters in schizophrenia. ... raters in the same room as the patient with one con- ducting the interview and the other rating the patient’s responses . In the VC condition, one rater conducted the interview remotely and t he other ... including being aware of how clinicians’ perception of diminished control in the clinical encounter compared to in person interaction might impact their interactions with the patient, and the need

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... seen in September 2009, the patient was doing well. Figure 4 Two-dimensional TTE examination and intra-operative inspection of the mitral valve in patient 4. Morphologic examination of the mitral ... authors prefer to use the term NBTE for the valve lesions seen in primary APS instead of the term LS endocarditis. However, others (including the authors of this study) prefer to use the term LS end ... LS endocarditis of the mitral valve may vary in size and typically have a wart-like morphology. They can be found near the edge of the leaflets along the line of closure; both on the atrial and

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... fatal in 56% of the cases. The most com- mon cause of death was progressive lymphoma, observed in 90% of the reported cases. Other causes of death included TTP and infectious complications. The ... switching and plasmacytic differentiation. Further- more, expression of monotypic cytoplasmic light chain occurred in 85% of all cases. Based on these findings, ALK- DLBCL falls into the category of ... protein, and 2) presence of an oligomerization domain in the sequence of the ALK fusion partner protein which mediate constitutive self association of the ALK fusion causing constant ALK domain

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... the fibrous band and the point of entry of the end of the cervical part of the ICA into the external opening of the CC also was attached to the rim of CC. Anteriorly, the ECS was related to the ... opening of the CC. Because of anterolateral direction of the ICA approaching the external opening of the CC, it entered this canal obliquely making with the plane of the inferior surface of the ... to the external opening of the carotid canal (CC). At the base of the skull the upper end of the ICA started a sinuous (kinking) course (Fig. 1) thus making the descending and ascending limbs of

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... characterising the role of PCT as a tool in discriminating infection, identifying the relation between PCT, organ failure, and severity of sepsis syndromes, and assessing the possible role of PCT in ... after procedures involving the heart-lung machine [53]. The evolution of other clinically used markers of tissue inflam- mation/infection in relation to that of PCT was also reported in some comparative ... Conclusion The aims of this qualitative review were to describe the evolu- tion of PCT after cardiac surgery and to assess the value of PCT in terms of diagnosing infection or predicting outcome in these

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... review of the full text. A total of 64 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included in our review. Results Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of VAP There is no single clinical ... value of histologi- cal examination of lung tissue in diagnosing VAP. The etiology of VAP probably involves microaspiration of secretions accumulating above the cuff of endotracheal tube [80]. These ... validate clinical criteria against pathological diagnosis. The role of bacteriological data in improving the accuracy of a clinical diagnosis of VAP Many studies have evaluated the value of bacteriological

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20