... clinicians There has, however, been increased scrutiny ofthe quality of guidelines in recent years This emphasis is in part related to the relatively recent work oftheAppraisalof Guidelines ... related to the weaker evidence regarding the effectiveness of these interventions The role of these interventions should be specified in future guidelines AGREE evaluation of guidelines The AGREE ... and design ofthe study, in the acquisition and interpretation of data, and in the revision ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript SP additionally drafted the manuscript...
... important to assess the relative efficacy ofthe two treatments Our first analysis reviewed the studies of frontline treatment of patients with FL using either R-CVP or R-CHOP There are no published ... of those met all inclusion criteria as studies of frontline or re-treatment Two of those four met the criteria for the first analysis (frontline treatment alone) Outcome The primary goal ofthe ... Combining the studies, there were 439 patients, and over 98% of these were late-stage Treatment efficacy The main characteristics ofthe four studies are shown in table 3, where it is seen that the...
... those in the Randomized IABP Trial Criticalappraisalof randomized clinical trials of IABP therapy in AMI patients Thorough criticalappraisal involves determining the validity ofthe study ... determining the validity of a therapeutic article, we ask whether the results represent an unbiased estimate ofthe treatment effect [13] First, we ask if the assignment of patients was randomized? In the ... single measure of its desirability from an efficiency perspective Criticalappraisalofthe economic analysis of IABP therapy in AMI patients The factors which we consider when critically appraising...
... finding and the investigators should be congratulated for their efforts Nevertheless, because ofthe landmark nature ofthe trial, a critical analysis is certainly in order The purpose ofthe present ... comparison with the results of prior studies, and provide potential explanations for the different results Finally, we discuss the implications ofthe ATN results for clinical practice Design ofthe Acute ... supporting the overall high level of illness severity in the study is the high percentage (78%) of patients who were oliguric In accordance with the baseline cSOFA score, CRRT or SLED was the initial...
... the highlands separating the Atlantic watershed from that ofthe St Lawrence, should follow these highlands to the head ofthe Connecticut River, and then descend the middle ofthe river to the ... the forty-fifth parallel, thence running westward and through the centre ofthe water communications ofthe Great Lakes to the Lake ofthe Woods, thence to the source ofthe Mississippi, which was ... intercourse;] The Americans retained the right of catching fish on the banks of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of St Lawrence, but lost the right of drying their fish on the Newfoundland coast On the other...
... will then remain the specifying of Arabia as the home ofthe Magi, the phrase [Greek: kathezomenos] used of John on the banks ofthe Jordan, the two unparallelled sentences, and the cave ofthe ... be the adoration ofthe Magi, the slaughter ofthe innocents, the flight into Egypt, the conjunction ofthe foal with the ass in the entry into Jerusalem All these are strong evidence for the ... notices ofthe miracles in general, the healing ofthe lame and the paralytic, ofthe maimed and the dumb, and the raising ofthe dead not only did they include several discourses, such as the reply...
... both in the phloem and the sapwood in response to bark inoculation They may therefore, together with the development ofthe fungus, have a negative impact on the water conducting ability ofthe sapwood, ... Impact ofthe density of inoculations with Ophiostoma brunneo-ciliatum into bark of young Scots pine trees on: (a) the length ofthe induced reaction zones in the bark tissues; (b) the fraction of ... potential The most striking result was the significant but nonlinear relationship between the amount of damage and the loss of conductivity; the latter increasing much faster then the former Loss of...
... consequence ofthe matrix-tree theorem that the number of elements ofthe sandpile group with sink w∗ is equal to κ(G, w∗ ) For a basic exposition ofthe properties ofthe sandpile group, the reader ... Further, in the case in which the out-degree of each vertex of G is a fixed integer k, we show the kernel of this surjection is the k-torsion subgroup of K(LG, e∗ ) These results appear as Theorem ... = (w∗ , v∗ ), then κ(G, w∗ ) divides κ(LG, e∗ ) under the hypotheses of our Theorem This leads him to ask the natural question as to whether K(G, w∗ ) is a subgroup or quotient of K(LG, e∗ )...
... one of approximately 1.5 kb and the other of approximately kb The 1.5 kb fragment contained CDR2 and CDR3 ofthe IgG VL region and also part ofthe downstream expression vector containing the ... cDNA, while the kb fragment contained CDR1 and the rest ofthe vector The kb fragment derived from one VL expression vector was ligated with the 1.5 kb fragment derived from the other The resulting ... pairs from the beginning of VL, but does not cut the expression vector outside the insert Pvu I cuts the vectors at a single site approximately kb downstream ofthe insert Each vector was therefore...
... Bank The Economic Appraisalof Investment Projects at the EIB rate of return (FRR), i.e the discount rate that yields a zero net present value ofthe cash flow over the lifetime ofthe project The ... adequate indicator for the This introduction builds partly on the note to the Board of Directors of 2008 The Economic Appraisalof Projects: An Overview ofthe Approach within the Bank” 08/580 prepared ... associated to the intrinsic quality ofthe asset, the operation and maintenance policies, the use ofthe asset and the environmental conditions The PJ team will also assess the probability that the economic...
... Critical Care February 2002 Vol No Whitley and Ball that cover the ideas presented in this series, and more, in considerably greater detail [1–4] However, even these might frequently ... these might frequently not be sufficient and it is vital that researchers recognise their own limitations and seek professional advice whenever it is needed, if only for reassurance Medical statistics ... role only after years of training and practical experience Most academic departments, and also many clinical departments, include properly qualified medical statisticians and they should be consulted...
... receives BPDUs from the Root If multiple BPDUs are received, then there must be a loop in the network The BPDU with the lowest cost is the best path to the Root • The goal of every non-root bridge/switch ... protocol is the protocol being mapped across the frame relay cloud, such as IP or IPX • destination-IP is the IP address ofthe frame relay interface at the other end ofthe PVC • local-DLCI is the local ... called the “last mile” • Normally not more than a few miles Demarcation Point (Demarc) • The line between the customer site and the provider network • Inside ofthe demarc is the CPE • Outside of the...
... rows in the race ought to live till the age of 60; and if all the members ofthe Oxford 1829 crew had lived till the 10th of June, 1869, the 40th anniversary ofthe race, and then died, their lives ... Matches came off, in which 32 crews competed In the case of each of these crews I have calculated the probable duration of life ofthe different Oarsmen of whom they were composed: the following ... expectation of life of each one of them, according to Dr Farr's Tables, would then be 14 years, the value ofthe five lives together being 70 years On adding these 70 years of estimated life to the years...
... ofthe structure are not seen on the map, probably owing to disorder of these regions The overall geometry ofthe model according to the procheck program [21] is of good quality, with 95.4% of ... to elucidate the mechanism ofthe elevated thermostability of TtAKb In this article, we describe the crystal structuresof TtAKb in two forms, Thr-bound and Thr-free, and discuss the regulatory ... regulatory mechanism of Thr and the structural features responsible for the high thermostability of TtAKb Results and Discussion Model quality The crystal structure ofthe Thr-bound form of TtAKb ˚ (TtAKb-Thr)...
... targeting of Toc75 remains unknown In this report, we extended the analysis ofthe polyglycine stretch ofthe Toc75 transit peptide in order to better understand the targeting mechanism ofthe chloroplast ... frequently in these regions Together they account for 17% of residues within this stretch We replaced thecritical tri-glycine within the pea Toc75 transit peptide with repeats of these three FEBS ... considered the possibility that the difference between AAG and the other two mutants might be due to kinetics ofthe import; i.e., AAG precursor might be imported into the stroma more slowly than other...
... differences in the spectral maxima in the visible region ofthe Fe(III) species, spectra ofthe Asp40 mutants were essentially similar to that ofthe wild-type protein Additionally, spin states ofthe Fe(III), ... significantly affect the binding of exogenous ligands, such as the cyanide anion, to the Fe(III) complex [17], and O2 and CO to the Fe(II) complex [18] However, the PDE activities of these mutants are ... binding provide valuable information on the haem distal structure of Ec DOS PAS [17] As the structure ofthe cyanide-bound complex of FixL is similar to that of its oxygen-bound complex [10], a cyanide...
... intermediate [11] The sum of these ndings points at the involvement of more than one active oxidant in the diverse types of P450-catalyzed substrate processing [1215] The goal ofthe present perspective ... which small alterations in the environment can cause drastic changes in the reactivity ofthe active species [76] Further support in favour ofthe idea ofthe involvement of a high-valent iron-oxene ... alignment ofthe CYP19 sequence with the known crystal structuresof bacterial P450s, E302 was postulated to be essential to activation ofthe 19-oxo group ofthe substrate for attack by the peroxo-iron...
... important It is the blending ofthe roles ofthe board and the executive director that moves the organization towards its missions and vision When the differences in the roles ofthe two are clearly ... ofthe reporting The committee coordinates the information from the external feedback sources Working with the executive director, the committee sets the schedule for theappraisal meeting, the ... on the working relationships between the executive director and the staff Step 4: Gather Documentation The information that the committee needs to gather for the performance appraisalof the...