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... DJ, O’Connor CM: Reduction in heartfailure events by the addition of a clinical pharmacist to theheartfailuremanagement team: results ofthe Pharmacist in HeartFailure Assessment Recommendation ... contains detail of each reported intervention and its CAS characteristic rating The raters were blinded to the outcomes ofthe studies The kappa for these scores between reviewers was 0.84, with ... an intervention and the strength of outcomes reported, as well as between each individual characteristic and the strength of outcomes Because a mismatch between the unit of allocation and analysis...
... but part ofthe process; judged the effectiveness of their intervention in terms ofthe process of change rather than achieving behavioural targets, considering their intervention as one of many ... the relevance of lifestyle issues to their role, the more they were willing to invest time in addressing them These views tended to reflect the model of service delivery adopted by the team/service ... management practices have been mixed and often disappointing [1922] These studies have used a range of intervention strategies; however, they provide little information about the theoretical or conceptual...
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... M: Executive summary ofthe guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment ofacuteheart failure: the Task Force on AcuteHeartFailureofthe European Society of Cardiology Eur Heart J 2005, 26:384-416 ... effectively answer these questions, as the authors themselves have stated, we must now demonstrate efficacy of newer devices such as the PiCCO™ as compared with the PAC in large prospective outcome studies ... potentially changes outcome But should we continue to use the PAC until wehave further proof? For the time being there appears to be enough evidence to say that the PAC adds little to information...
... diagnosis and treatment ofacute and chronic heart failure: the Task Force for the diagnosis ofAcute and Chronic HeartFailureofthe European Society of Cardiology Eur Heart J 2008, 29:2388-2442 ... is the sponsor for the study The other authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions SDS managed day-to-day activities ofthe study and wrote the majority ofthe ... discharge time, of BNP percentage changes and absolute value we could have additive information on the prognosis of these patients Limitations ofthe study include that in this study we did not investigate...
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... stimulating renewed interest in the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals In 1978, the first of a series of conferences on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals A View ofTheHistoryof Biochemical ... reactions taking place between the acid and the substrates, which could influence the yield as well as the degradability ofthe monosaccharides so obtained as well as the acid recovery This possibility ... gallons per day of ethanol, utilizing Saccharomyces for the process (Harris 1946) This yield of 50 gallons per ton of wood was approximately 50% ofthe theoretical yield The indicated loss of sugars...
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... was the readiest way of converting them to the principles ofthe Christian religion These, then, were the first forerunners in the great cause ofthe abolition ofthe Slave Trade: nor have their ... instead of 1840; The peace ofthe West Indian community, and the real interests ofthe planters, were affirmed to be as much concerned in this change as the rights ofthe negroes themselves Far from ... longer resist the voice ofthe British people, when it spoke the accents of humanity and of justice The slaves would have met the dawn ofthe first of August, the day which all the motions in...
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... result ofthe material in this publication can be accepted by the editor, the publisher or any ofthe authors The views expressed in this book are those ofthe authors and are not necessarily the ... 417 401 Appendix History, organization and procedures ofthe European Patent Of ce Appendix TheOf ce for Harmonization in the Internal Market Appendix IP of ces 419 425 428 Index of advertisers ... because ofthe slowness of EU law making, they rather had to accept the need to proceed step by step as soon as the political climate permitted advancement in one field or another, mostly within the...