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... necessary and final analyses Fisher s exact Chi-squared test was used to examine associations of factors A p ≤ 0.05 was considered significant Methods Study design and population National Guidelines ... Leprosy Control Programme Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia Kaona FA, Tuba M, Siziya S, Sikaona L: An assessment of factors contributing to treatment adherence and knowledge of TB transmission among ... (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA), with in- built consistency and range checks The database was converted to SAS® 9.2 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) for recoding...

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... T, Nakajima H, Elisseeva OA, Oji Y, Kawakami M, Ikegame K, Hosen N, Yoshihara S, Wu F, Fujiki F, Murakami M, Masuda T, Nishida S, Shirakata T, Nakatsuka S, Sasaki A, Udaka K, Dohy H, Aozasa K, ... 2004;101:13885-13890 Kawakami M, Oka Y, Tsuboi A, Harada Y, Elisseeva OA, Furukawa Y, Tsukaguchi M, Shirakata T, Nishida S, Nakajima H, Morita S, Sakamoto J, Kawase I, Oji Y, Sugiyama H: Clinical and immunologic ... clinical trials using peptide vaccines of the l g ese leukemia-ass sociated antigens have shown that t the clinical respo onse is associ iated with ge eneration of a antigen-specific CTLs in pa c atients...

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... forecast and observed values that is used to assess the quality of the forecasts Such verification measures often assess the accuracy or association of the forecasts and observations Accuracy is a ... forecast values occur If the same forecast is always issued, forecasts are said not to be sharp Thus, a forecaster who always forecasts the climatological average is not sharp Sharpness is difficult ... has increased Suppose that the complete data set consists of n forecasts, and corresponding observations In cross-validation the data are divided into m subsets, and for each subset a forecasting...

Ngày tải lên: 24/04/2014, 17:00

... forecast and observed values that is used to assess the quality of the forecasts Such verification measures often assess the accuracy or association of the forecasts and observations Accuracy is a ... forecast values occur If the same forecast is always issued, forecasts are said not to be sharp Thus, a forecaster who always forecasts the climatological average is not sharp Sharpness is difficult ... has increased Suppose that the complete data set consists of n forecasts, and corresponding observations In cross-validation the data are divided into m subsets, and for each subset a forecasting...

Ngày tải lên: 24/04/2014, 17:05

... (1.4%) American Indian or Alaskan Native, and (11.1%) missing Mean socioeconomic status (SES) was 32.45 (SD = 15.61), indicating on average a lower middle class sample based on the Hollingshead index[36] ... ages 2–4 DataStat, a nationally-based survey administration firm located in Michigan, was contracted to administer the California SCHIP statewide mail survey DataStat mailed the PedsQL™ 4.0 survey, ... effects, and scale internal consistency across language, as well as across mode of administration [29] Responses were therefore pooled (i.e., analyses included responses on all language forms of...

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Ngày tải lên: 11/11/2014, 14:12

... analytic and personal skills As in several other theses, the move between front and backstage seems to be consciousnessraising and generates self-awareness and a willingness to initiate change Now ... listening, asking again, clarifying and summarizing - all essential elements in the practice of leadership Second, the backstage: in both the course work and the thesis activities, MELM s insistence ... termed most often in this paper as respondent, also asks, considers, asks again, disagrees, contemplates, discovers In this paper I will explore three aspects of this interaction: first, ´the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2015, 10:21

... RFs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis [17] RF is typically present in sera of patients with SS [18] and was also detected in the saliva or in salivary gland biopsies [19] of these patients ... glands (focus score >1) The duration of the disease was years at the time of analysis The patient expressed elevated titers of anti-52 kDa Ro(SS -A) and anti-52 kDa La(SS-B) antibodies, had marked ... mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in SS patients Furthermore, Stott et al described a decreased R /S ratio in the CDR of VH and VL gene rearrangements of B cells obtained by minor salivary...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:24

... manifestations, management, and advances in treatment Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol 2007, 3:148-155 van Laar JA, Missotten T, van Daele PL, Jamnitski A, Baarsma GS, van Hagen PM: Adalimumab: a new modality for ... immunopathology in Behçet disease and psoriatic arthritis Arthritis Res Ther 2009, 11:R17 Dik WA, Nadel B, Przybylski GK, Asnafi V, Grabarczyk P, Navarro JM, Verhaaf B, Schmidt CA, Macintyre EA, van ... Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol 11 No Kappen et al in colonic tissue of a BD patient, IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-1 7A appear to be key cytokines, even in a treated patient Competing interests The authors...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... IIA in patients with aortic valve stenosis Ann Thorac Surg 2006, 81:1114-6 Pareti FI, Lattuada A, Bressi C, Zanobini M, Sala A, Steffan A, Ruggeri ZM: Proteolysis of von Willebrand factor and shear ... a day subcutaneously was commenced on post-operative day (POD) one and then she was warfarinised the same day aiming for an INR range of 2.0-3.0 Her post-operative course was uneventful and she ... as the treatment of choice to prevent peri- and post-operative bleeding The replacement therapy can be monitored by factor assays performed in a specialist haemostasis laboratory [5] Such assays...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... patients with Parkinson 's disease and non-parkinsonian controls suggests that the risk of substantial valve regurgitation is 5-6 times higher in patients with Parkinson 's disease treated with cabergoline, ... Parkinson 's disease Lancet Neurol 2007, 6:826-29 Zanettini R, Antonini A, Gatto G, Gentile R, Tesei S, Pezzoli G: Valvular heart disease and the use of dopamine agonists for Parkinson 's disease ... 356:39-46 Yamamoto M, Uesugi T, Nakayama T: Dopamine agonists and cardiac valvulopathy in Parkinson 's disease: a case-control study Neurology 2006, 67:1225-29 Camp GV, Flamez A, Cosyns B, Goldstein J,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... Page of American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders edition Washington DC: APA; 2000, text revision Arana-Lechuga Y, Sanchez-Escandon O, de Santiago-Trevino ... began to be reported Her parents also referred to a significant difficulty in making and maintaining friends They suspected she may have a specific learning disorder, since a cousin of our patient ... important in those situations that involve planning, decision-making, error correction, and troubleshooting They are also involved in the following scenarios: (a) unfamiliar situations, that is,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) < 241 250 175 Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 8-30 20 16 Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 10-36 16 Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (U/L) 9-35 15 10 Alkaline phosphatase ... shrunk Metabolic activity was detected in the lungs and abdominal lymph nodes The patient has remained on continuous lenalidomide since 2008 In a follow-up examination in August 2009 she was found ... clinical studies are needed to assess the clinical Table 1: Results of laboratory tests before initiation of lenalidomide treatment and after 12 months of continuous treatment Laboratory value...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:21

... electrocardiogram revealed a sinus tachycardia Her laboratory results at the time of admission are shown in Table Serology for hepatitis B and C virus as well as human immunodeficiency virus testing ... Although severe renal dysfunction associated with Legionnaires’ disease has occasionally been reported worldwide, most cases are associated with tubulointerstitial nephritis, and only a few cases of ... dysfunction, such as Streptococcus infection, tuberculosis, yersiniosis, leptospirosis, Chlamydia, and different viral infections The pathophysiology seems almost the same in all of these infections, including...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... Recklinghausen s disease) NF1-associated gastrointestinal lesions include not only GIST, but also hyperplastic lesions of intestinal neural tissue and its supporting structures and endocrine cell tumors of ... surgical methods NF1-associated gastrointestinal lesions include not only GISTs, but also hyperplastic lesions of intestinal neural tissue and its supporting structures, and endocrine cell tumors ... growth and signs of malignancy Small tumors are depicted on CT scans as sharply marginated smooth masses with moderate contrast enhancement [7] In our case report, the patient s radiological findings...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 02:21

... manuscript revision References Ioakimidis D, Georganas C, Panagoulis C, Gournizakis A, Iliopoulos A, Kremastinos D, Kontomerkos T: A case of AdamantiadisBehcet s syndrome presenting as myocardial ... leads Laboratory tests showed elevation of plasma total CK and CK-MB activities He was diagnosed with an acute anterior wall myocardial infarction Medical treatment was started but since he had ... The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors’ contributions Discussion Vascular involvement is a well-known characteristic of BD Large vessel disease or acute cerebrovascular...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... rheumatic diseases such as Wegener 's granulomatosis or systemic lupus erythematosus [10] In our patient, Goodpasture 's disease was histologically established by kidney biopsy and proof of anti- Page ... disease into account In an extensive metaanalysis for ANCA-associated vasculitides, it has been shown that pulsed immunosuppressive therapy with cyclophosphamide has a lower toxicity than continuous ... the basement membrane) and detection of anti-GBM antibodies in the plasma A cyclophosphamide pulse therapy was administered, but renal disease progressed and hemodialysis became necessary and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... underlying malignancy, as was reported in a Romanian study where such a case was the unique sign of a lower rectal adenocarcinoma [7] Fournier s gangrene may still have an idiopathic origin that usually ... appropriateness of the content Do you have a case to share? Submit your case report today • Rapid peer review • Fast publication • PubMed indexing • Inclusion in Cases Database Any patient, any ... perianal or genital regions is a challenging situation in the field of surgical infections Tissue ischemia is the main pathogenetic factor and it is usually characterized by rapidly progressing...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... due to solid tumors including breast, genitourinary and gastrointestinal malignancies [7] Other causes of Sweet 's syndrome are listed in table Only a few cases of Sweet 's syndrome associated with ... gastrointestinal tract infection, vaccination or associated with inflammatory diseases such as autoimmune disorders, infections, hemoproliferative disorders, solid malignant tumors or pregnancy, ... leukemia, hairy cell leukemia, B and T cell lymphoma, agnogenic myeloid metaplasia Solid tumors: breast, testicular, prostate, ovarian, vaginal squamous cell, genitourinary and gastrointestinal malignancies...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... neoplasms and aggressive malignant lymphomas to characterise metabolically undetermined masses, tumour staging and restaging, treatment response evaluation and radiotherapy treatment planning In ... fact, it allows a combination of both anatomical and biological co-registered images acquired in the same session, with a dual gain in diagnostic accuracy Staging is crucial in the identification ... the results of these reports and on those of the present study, PET seems to represent the most appropriate approach In fact, Castleman 's disease, as with aggressive lymphomas and many solid...

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