systematic treatment of null values

... are neutral The Sum of molar concentration of positive charge = The sum of molar concentration of negative charge Concentration of charge by an ion = molar concentration of that ion x its charge ... concentrations The Sum of molar concentration of positive charge = The sum of molar concentration of negative charge Example 9-1: Write a charge-balance equation for a 0.0100 M solution of HCl that is ... Check No of unknown species concentrations and No of independent equations Approximations: Check of assumptions Calculate unknown concentrations III Calculation of Solubility by the Systematic...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 12:20

... for the optimal period of treatment and number of treatments? Duration of treatment period Parkkinen (2004) reported a mean of (3–29) weekly treatments with subjects ceasing treatment when a 'desired ... the optimal period of treatment and number of treatments? We found evidence for the efficacy of shorter treatment protocols than the 4–6 months recommended by the ICS The basis of the ICS recommendation ... other reported factors could affect outcome of physical therapy? What is the optimal period of treatment and number of treatments? What is the effectiveness of physical therapy in clinical practice...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... negotiation of new power dynamics between patients and care givers and training and supervision where appropriate Page of Assessment of methodological quality of studies We undertook an assessment of ... that over half of the studies that comprised the core of this review are not yet published in peer-reviewed journals is both strength and a limitation of this review The aim of systematic reviews ... J: Officiers de Sante: The Second-Class Doctors of NineteenthCentury France Medical History 1978, 22:1 Sidel VW: The Barefoot Doctors of the People's Republic of China New England Journal of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... 2002 for the treatment of schizophrenia Recently it received approval for the treatment of acute manic and mixed in patients with bipolar I disorder and for the maintenance treatment of bipolar ... response rate of 44% in patients who completed at least week of treatment and a drop-out rate of 35% [79] The assessment of anhedonia in 50 bipolar I patients revealed it was Page of 15 (page number ... autoreceptor agonists (in spite of being efficacious in the treatment of psychosis) might potentially increase the risk for exacerbation of psychosis through stimulation of postsynaptic dopaminergic...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... conservative treatment for plantar heel pain [1,12] Systematic reviews investigating the efficacy of conservative treatments for plantar fascia have been published [4,11,13] However none of the reviews ... it is out of date There is a need for a rigorous systematic review specifically focusing on the effectiveness of manual stretching as a treatment for plantar heel pain The objective of this review ... The results of the PEDro rating are shown in Table The quality of the studies as determined via the PEDro rating scale ranged from two to eight out of a possible score of ten Four of the six studies...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... showing the extent of heterogeneity in small samples [7] A value of zero reflects true homogeneity amongst studies whilst values above this show the presence of heterogeneity Values around I2 = ... http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/33 Page of 14 Table 4: Results of analyses looking at sources of heterogeneity Study characteristics No of studies Odds Ratio of PD in black compared to white groups ... clini- Treatment Three of the five high quality scored studies considered race/ethnicity with regards to the treatment of PD [15,18,19] They determined that more white patients with PD received treatment...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... seroconversion of HBeAg after one year treatment, but more effective at the end of two years treatment HBeAg loss One-year treatment group The rate of HBeAg loss at the end of the one-year treatment ... efficacy of LAM and LdT in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B and had different results Thus, we conducted this systematic review of these trials to assess the evidence obtained on the efficacy of ... rate at the end of one-year treatment The result of the study were statistically significantly[RR = 1.07, 95%CI Figure Effect of telbivudine vs lamivudine at the end of one-year treatment on HBeAg...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... design A systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs focusing on the effect of CPAP and NPPV in the treatment of ACPE was undertaken The methodological approach included the development of selection ... understand The aim of our study was to systematically review the evidence in order to answer key clinical questions about the efficacy and safety of CPAP and NPPV in the treatment of patients with ... suggesting the need for a critical analysis of the safety of NPPV and CPAP in the treatment of ACPE A very recent meta-analysis unfortunately addressed only some of the questions to which clinicians...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... measurement of adherence [pills per dose, doses per day, days of treatment per week(s), respect of the exact time schedule of obtaining the medications, etc] and used different cutoff point of adherence ... visit 58% of self-reports optimal 80.7% of self-reports optimal 15.5% of self-reports suboptimal but high grade of adherence (>95%) 1.9% of selfreports low grade of adherence (

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 06:20

... a mean difference of 0.06 on the NRS in favour of manipulation, a difference in average pain of -0.14 in favour of mobilisation and a difference of 1.03 on the NDI in favour of manipulation At ... a mean difference of 0.4 on the NRS in favour of manipulation, a difference in average pain of 0.23 in favour of manipulation and a difference of 0.92 on the NDI in favour of manipulation At ... reduction of 0.13 in favour of manipulation For average pain there was a mean difference of 0.05 in favour of manipulation, for the NDI there was a mean difference of 0.05 in favour of manipulation...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... conventional treatment (e.g drug therapy or another active treatment) or against no treatment; (3) dissertations and abstracts with substantial contents Exclusion criteria were (1) trials of moxibustion ... case of heterogeneity, we attempted to identify and explain the heterogeneity using subgroup analysis Subgroup analysis was performed for subsets of Table Summary of randomized clinical studies of ... effective: fecal excretion of smooth, no pain,1~2 time/d; 2) Effective: constipation improved, excretion time/d; 3) Ineffective: after a course of treatment after treatment, no obvious improvement...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... of four predefined exclusion criteria: 1) Not prehospital treatment: studies that did not involve treatment of acutely ill patients out of hospital or any other medical institution, studies of ... aim of this study was by means of a systematic review of controlled studies to examine whether physicians as opposed to other paramedical personnel increase patient survival in prehospital treatment ... because the addition of physician treatment was part of other organizational improvements [38] Three studies revealed a reduced survival with physician treatment In one of these, a higher ISS...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... presents the P values reported by the R implementation of the cyber t test We see that, despite the correction for lack of independence by increasing the number of degrees of freedom, the P values reported ... Figureversus expected P values under uniform distribution for null genes of Latin Square 2× comparisons Actual Actual versus expected P values under uniform distribution for null genes of Latin Square ... only null genes, which we know are not differentially expressed In 'real' experiments, of course, we will have a mixture of null and not -null genes and we will not know which genes are null and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... I is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Montreal Fearing Others The Nature and Treatment of Social Phobia Ariel Stravynski University of Montreal ... Genealogy of Social Phobia 19 First, it was construed as a phobia Within the context of a classificatory scheme Janet (1903) conceived of four types of phobias: situational, bodily, of objects, and of ... and ways of testing them 81 5.3 Reliability: agreeing about the entity of social phobia 86 5.4 Predictors of response to treatment 95 5.5 Social phobia in the family 99 5.6 Association of social...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:54

... by insufficient treatment of AF or, on the contrary, is caused by adverse effects of the treatment, however, is too realistic to be ignored All we have stated about the treatment of AF in MICU ... 80% of patients with AF convert to SR within 24 hours The use of β-blockers before the start of AF and the absence of diabetes and left ventricular hypertrophy were independent predictors of conversion ... disease and other nosocomial complications Can treatment of atrial fibrillation improve survival? There are few data on the effect of treatment of AF on mortality in ICU patients A meta-analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... Antipsychotics [29] Initiation of Treatment First Year of Treatment Duration of Treatment • Baseline fasting glucose level • Fasting glucose level every 3–4 months • Observe for signs of hyperglycemia • ... of our patients develop renal disease, psychiatrists must be aware of the effects of psychotropics on the kidneys, as well the effects of decreased renal functioning on the pharmacokinetics of ... bioavailability of free, active highly protein-bound drugs Accumulation of active hydroxylated metabolites of carbamazepine may lead to symptoms of drug toxicity despite therapeutic drug levels [70] Of all...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51

... mind, in the presence of adherent scars, after having infiltrated the whole area with a solution of Lidocaine 0.5% and Epinephrine 1:200,000 very close to one of the two edges of the scar, a small ... that brings great improvement to the treatment of depressed scars AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS FI: participated in the surgical treatment and in the follow-up of this patient MT: drafted the manuscript ... literature FMA: participated in the surgical treatment and in the follow-up of this patient MM: participated in the design of this case study and in the follow-up of this patient ADI: revised the literature...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... Position of Occlusion Begnning of the CCA Begnning of the CCA Begnning of the ICA Left cavernous sinus part of the ICA, right beginning of the ICA Begnning of the ICA Symptom Other aeurysms SAH PCA SAH ... sclerosis of the CCA PCA VA→ECA→IC A Present case 2010 69/F Arterio- Begnning SAH sclerosis of the ICA No No Year Age/ Cause gender 41/F aortitis 63/M Position of Occlusion Begnning of the CCA ... arteries The angiograph of the vertebral artery showed no delay in the blood flow of anterior circulation The saccular aneurysm with a diameter of 3.2 mm was observed at the apex of the basilar artery...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... Different methods of decompressive craniectomy in the treatment of TBI Different methods of decompressive craniectomy have been developed for, or applied to, decompression of the brain at risk ... most authors.11, 26 The temporary removal of a piece of skull followed by loose closure of the dura and skin layers presumably allows for expansion of the edematous brain into a durotomy “bag” ... comes down to the floor of the middle cranial fossa, at the root of the zygoma; this ensures adequate lateral decompression of the temporal lobe, allowing it to “fall out” of its usual calvarial...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... indication of techniques for the treatment of this kind of surgical complication Spontaneous healing of to mm openings can occur, while untreated larger defects are connected with the pathogenesis of ... attention for the presence of sporadic intraoral drainage in posterior left maxilla The discomfort was of a few years duration and had its origin following an endodontic treatment of tooth 2.6 provided ... characteristics of OAC/OAF; the apexes of tooth 26 were in extremely close approximation to the maxillary sinus, and an area of periapical rarefaction was evident (Fig 1) After the failure of the endodontic...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48