... variation To the best of our knowledge a throughout evaluation ofthe Index has never been performed in Norway The necessity of 39 chapters and the content ofthe chapters should be evaluated The large ... “Breathing difficulties” was the most used Indexcategory in the “all other” group with nearly 5% ofthe total Approximately half of all patients in the youngest age group had “all other” medical problems ... site accounted for 11% ofthe patients The table also shows that in 26% ofthe situations, the casualty clinics were directly involved in patient care, either as final place of treatment or by examination...
... the value that deviated the furthest from the median ofthe reference range was taken Where there was no difference between the minimum and maximum value from the median, the maximum value was ... ofthe city of Calgary and surrounding areas (population 1.2 million) in the province of Alberta, Canada [14] All critically ill adult patients in the CHR are managed in ICUs under the care of ... hypernatraemia All of these observations raise the question of whether sodium disturbances are a physiological disturbance that independently increases the risk of death, a marker of illness severity...
... nares and also the mucous membranes ofthe throat." Then they mixed all the "stuff" together and sprayed cc ofthe mixture in each ofthe nostrils of 10 volunteers, and "into the throat, while ... diagnosis of influenza." Rosenau made every attempt to get donors who were early in their illness, "A few ofthe donors were in the first day ofthe disease Others were in the second or third day ofthe ... mucosal epithelial surfaces by creating a hostile antimicrobial shield The epithelia secrete them constitutively into the thin layer of fluid that lies above the apical surface ofthe epithelium...
... materials We then present the prevalence of individual policy items and the results of a factor analysis that explored the underlying dimensions ofthe policy variables Finally, we analyze the relationships ... during the first year of recovery [47,48], this circumstance exists in part because of their age and the prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse among their peers Students need to be aware ofthe potential ... assimilated the unique handbook and Web variables into a single set of "recompiled" variables, reflecting the total number of policies attributable to either the handbook or the Web To compare the "added...
... estimate ofthe "natural" 25(OH)D levels present when the human genome evolved We repeat our aside hypothesis that the patients in UVC irradiated hospitals may have been the beneficiaries of more ... evidence that significant amounts of UVC penetrate through the stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, and small amounts of UVC even reach the upper layers ofthe 7DHC-rich stratum spinosum ... Vitamin D are made on the surface of human skin [10] They collected surface oils from young men, irradiated the oils, and showed those oils rapidly cured rachitic rats Then, they tested a very practical...
... knowledge of ARF epidemiology It highlights the crucial role of additional organ failures in the setting of ARF The data suggest that rather low mortality rates can be expected when the patient ... studies far beyond the time of discharge from the ICU Many examples can be found in the published literature of studies that suggest that the risk for dying in the aftermath of ICU treatment for ... to the observed high mortality rates in patients with ARF [7,17–19] The role ofthe severity of ARF itself is under discussion It may depend on the indicator used to assess this severity The...
... present an analysis ofthe changes in theepidemiologyof severe sepsis presenting within 24 hours of admission to critical care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland The data cover the nine-year ... have explored trends in theepidemiologyof severe sepsis over a significant time period [19,21] Both of these were hospital-based studies from the USA, with the diagnosis of severe sepsis based ... longitudinal understanding ofthe underlying epidemiologyof severe sepsis in the population It is important to know not only baseline data, such as the incidence of severe sepsis and associated...
... history as the development of a condition in the absence of treatment, and defines clinical course as its development in the presence of treatment Studies ofthe 'natural history' of LBP are ... However, the mean scores for the variables measured were around 50% at the beginning ofthe study and did not improve over the study period by more than 15% These data encourage the hypothesis ... conclusions about the effects of interventions for LBP [58] There are a number of exhaustive reviews ofthe efficacy of interventions in recent-onset LBP [19,33,34,42,59] There are also a number of national...
... field of view) T2 and PD acquisitions consisted of 26 contiguous Methods Subjects The sample of subjects who participated to the present protocol is a sub-sample ofthe EVA (Epidemiology of Vascular ... non-significant, *P b 0.05, **P b 0.001 The last three columns give the P values oftheSex and Age effects as well as the bSex by AgeQ interaction ofthe ANCOVA analysis TIV: total intracranial ... non-significant, *P b 0.01, **P b 0.001 The last three columns give the P values oftheSex and Age effects as well as the bSex by AgeQ interaction ofthe ANCOVA analysis GM: gray matter; WM:...
... pothesis have attempted to include these theories [5-8] The theory of Greaves and that of Kinlen have been discussed in one ofthe chapters in this book One ofthe limitations ofthe theory of ... the peak age of onset of ALL reflects the degree of susceptibility with which a child is born and, on the other hand, the degree of proliferation ofthe cells involved in the development ofthe ... factor, the effect of said exposure will vary according to the stage of development ofthe in‐ dividual or ofthe particular organ [47-52] Some ofthe factors that can influence the toxicity of a...
... well with a change in the JH titre in the hemolymph, suggesting that the suppression of JHAMT transcription at the end ofthe larval stage is critical for the initiation of metamorphosis into ... background The putative SAM-binding motif (motif I) is boxed The positions ofthe introns are indicated by red lines, and the numbers above indicate the positions ofthe introns as described in the ... in the effect of RNAi as a result ofthe dose of dsRNA was observed in this study As stated above, the TcMT1 transcript was expressed strongly in the last days of adult development, whereas the...
... human RXR (which is the ortholog of USP) have shown that an area on the surface ofthe ligand binding domain involving the C-terminus of a-helix 3, a-helix 4, and the N-terminus of a-helix comprise ... (a) binding the a-helix 12 ofthe receptor into its own hydrophobic groove [22]; (b) stabilization ofthe a-helix 12 near the hydrophobic groove in a position that the C-terminus ofthe a-helix ... amounts of plasmid expressing wtUSP The outcome was that the increasing dose of wtUSP progressively rescued the JH IIIactivation ofthe DR1bJHECore promoter (Fig 6, lower panel) These results further...
... in the developed countries, whereas in some of these countries it occurs in the 20-30% ofthe adult population Arterial hypertension is highly prevalent in theEpidemiologyof hypertension in the ... hyperlipidaemia, smoking, lack of physical activity, psychological factors, age and sex 20-23 Each of these factors in the presence of high blood pressure can further increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases ... Based on the Hellenic Society for the Study of Hypertension guidelines (2008) the aim ofthe screening of blood pressure in the hypertensive subjects under 65 years old is to maintain the blood...
... Suicide: The Troubled Birth ofthe Individual 11 Conflict in the Body 12 Foundations ofthe Individual 189 200 215 Part Battle ofthe Sexes: Human Pre-History and the Nature of Gender 13 The Asymmetry ... Because there are usually hundreds of mitochondria in every cell, there are many thousands of copies ofthe same genes in each cell, whereas there are only two copies ofthe genes in the nucleus (the ... properties ofthe protein The sequence of letters in a gene specifies the sequence of amino acids in a protein If the sequence of letters is changed —a ‘mutation’—this may change the structure of the...
... (ELISA) Proceedings ofthe Session ofthe Research Group ofthe Standing Technical Commitee ofthe European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Lelystad, Netherlands, 20–22 Sept ... taken by carefully holding the animal with the mouth slightly open and than moving the swab up and down on the surface ofthe tongue four to five times The tip ofthe swabs was than stored in ... them from other areas of Pakistan, this result represent more the FMD situation of whole Pakistan than the particular situation in LDC, thus the time point of infection can have been before the...
... highlighted the lack of and the need for new empirical evidence about theepidemiology and the effectiveness of available therapeutic strategies, and called for a prospective program of research ... theepidemiologyof cancer pain and of its treatments, the quality of analgesic-drug therapy and the effect of alternative analgesic strategies in a large, prospective, unselected cohort of cancer ... estimated The propensity score method implies a comprehensive collection of information known to be causally associated with the choice ofthe treatments, then the production of a propensity score (the...
... with the recognition ofthe first case ofthe pH1N1/2009 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam became the 54th country to confirm the appearance ofthe influenza pandemic related to the new strain ofthe ... 3.1 The epidemiological development and characteristics of cases and deaths caused by the pH1N1/2009 in the Northern areas of Vietnam 3.1.1 .The epidemiological development ofthe pH1N1/2009 in the ... information on the epidemiological development of pH1N1/2009 in the Northern areas The consistence between the mentioned data sources could confirm the reliability ofthe study (chart 3.3 and 3.6) The results...
... piece of homologous DNA is used to probe the membrane The discriminatory power of this method is related to the copy numbers ofthe targeted genetic elements in the bacterial genome and their ... concentrations The concentration range used may vary with the drug, the organism tested, and the site ofthe infection The antimicrobial dilutions are in 0.1 volumes in wells of a microdilution ... characteristics of pathogens causing HAP These findings suggest areas for intervention and for developing guideline for prevention and control of HAP in HCFs THESIS STRUCTURE The thesis consists of 129...
... one for the steep slope over the first years beginning at the pith (juvenile wood) and the second for the later part ofthe curve (mature wood) These models characterize change of slope in the radial ... to 20 y at other sites The rate of change in wood density from pith to bark determines the size ofthejuvenile wood zone and has a major effect on the uniformity ofthe wood within the bole Jayawickrama ... definition ofjuvenile wood can be difficult and is to some degree subjective; it is often described in terms ofthe number of rings from the pith [6] The demarcation boundary in the stem between juvenile...
... to the community The present study was undertaken with the aim of determining epidemiologyof clinical and carrier staphylococci and molecular studies of their acquisition and dissemination of ... therefore the treatment of infections due to these organisms and their eradication is very difficult Constant monitoring of these strains is essential in order to control their spread in the hospital ... distribution Ofthe 750 subjects studied the male: female ratio was 52.5:47.5, of whom 175 were normal hospital workers (Table 5) The age range was to 75 years Of these 12 cases of mastatitis...