... and economic implications For instance, our data support the findings of prior investigations showing that AKI may play a role in prolonging the duration of stay inthe ICU andthe hospital and ... extracted included the peak serum creatinine and urea, andthe total 24-hour urine output within the first 24 hours of ICU admission [25] Severity of illness during the first 24 hours of ICU admission ... an increased incidence of AKI (Table 2) There were no significant changes in incidence by diagnostic category over the study period, with the exception of an increasing trend in incidence of...
... begging andthe evils ofthe system of poor laws .4 The link between saving and pauperism made some of those targeted by the philanthropists suspicious Confusing intent and outcome, they saw the ... Irish savings banks exceeded by £0.3 million the total held in private deposits inthe Bank of Ireland, then by far the largest of Ireland’s joint-stock banks.12 In Ireland as inthe rest ofthe U.K ... lived inthe ring of five parishes surrounding the town A further thirteen per cent lived in an outer ring of seven parishes within eight to ten miles ofthe town.30 The remaining six per cent either...
... education focusing on ISO 9000 Fig shows AHP model using ISO 9000 factors inthe case of study The first level is the objective for choosing the best strategic planning of COE inthe future The second ... management of organizations in Vietnam and Asia [3] However, there are no DSS applications to apply a real case inthe domain of an evaluation and a strategic planning For solving the problem, the first ... using ISO 9000 factors in evaluation of schools Figure shows the first level ofthe structure which is the purpose of model in order to evaluate an international standard in higher education of...
... either at a very low level or were below the level of detection ofthe assay inthe non-infected control group, andthe objective ofthe study was to evaluate the effect of motavizumab inthe inflammatory ... time ofthe administration ofthe anti-RSV antibody had no effect on the cytokine profile or other clinical and inflammatory parameters evaluated, therefore those controls were not included inthe ... markers of disease severity correlate with similar changes in cytokine profiles These studies will provide further understanding ofthe pathogenesis of RSV infection and should help identifying new...
... either at a very low level or were below the level of detection ofthe assay inthe non-infected control group, andthe objective ofthe study was to evaluate the effect of motavizumab inthe inflammatory ... time ofthe administration ofthe anti-RSV antibody had no effect on the cytokine profile or other clinical and inflammatory parameters evaluated, therefore those controls were not included inthe ... markers of disease severity correlate with similar changes in cytokine profiles These studies will provide further understanding ofthe pathogenesis of RSV infection and should help identifying new...
... the demand The government should control strongly on the drying technology The scientists and producers have to work harder to change the mind ofthe farmers MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING ... effects of harvesting time, harvesting methods, and drying on losses of rice The evaluation of current situation of milling and drying equipments used in MRD was reported Improvement ofthe drying ... losses in rice production inthe MRD andthe technical aspects on harvesting, drying and milling For the common discussion, the reports of MRD Rice Research Institute (MRD-RRI) and Post-harvest handling...
... to the same level as ofthe well-watered treatment (with CH5 and Vietlai 20) This may be the changes in pressure potential inthe xylem and changes in water content ofthe guard cells and other ... P2O5 and K2O was at the rate of 0.16, 0.18 and 0.12 g, respectively Top dressing at DAT and 14 DAT with N, P2O5 and K2O at the rate of 0.08, 0.18 and 0.08 g, respectively Final dressing at the ... depends mainly on rainfall, rice plants are often exposed to drought (O'Toole, 1982) On the other hand, about 70% ofthe rice cultivation area in Southeast and South Asia, which is about half of the...
... patients inthe supine position first and turned them to the prone position after hours The other 13 patients were studied inthe prone position first and were then turned to the supine position The ... sedated inthe prone position but not inthe supine position The remaining four patients were not sedated in either position The mean cumulative dose of morphine/midazolam during hours inthe prone ... significantly inthe prone compared with the supine position Dopamine inhibits gastric motility in a dose-dependent way via DA2 receptors ofthe gastric wall and independently of extrinsic innervations...
... XVII THE TRAINING OFWILDANIMALS III THE HIGHER PASSIONS XVIII THEMORALSOFWILDANIMALSXIXTHELAWSOFTHEFLOCKSANDHERDSXXPLAYSANDPASTIMESOFWILDANIMALSXXICOURAGEINWILDANIMALS ... THE BASER PASSIONS XXII FEAR AS A RULING PASSION XXIII FIGHTING AMONG WILDANIMALS XXIV WILD ANIMAL CRIMINALS AND CRIME XXV FIGHTING WITH WILDANIMALSTHE CURTAIN PREFACE During these days of ... OFTHE FIELD I THE LAY OFTHE LAND II WILD ANIMAL TEMPERAMENT & INDIVIDUALITY III THE LANGUAGE OFANIMALS IV THE MOST INTELLIGENT ANIMALS V THE RIGHTS OFWILDANIMALS II MENTAL TRAITS OFWILD ANIMALS...
... inthe eye, that the dog is thinking; the gaze is withdrawn, so to speak, as it is inthe eye of a person engaged inthe process of thinking; and then brightens when the result has been attained ... friend, andthe sparkle inthe eye of this animal denotes its intelligence Inthe matter of actual sensibility, the ox, the ass, and other creatures have practically nothing in common with us, showing ... which were, for the part, quite independentthus supplying the most unexpected insight into their actual thinking and feeling They also learnt the divisions of time, while every kind of experiment...
... ILLUSTRATIONS The Monkey Painter Frontis The Bear and her Cubs 54 The Shepard Dog and Cur 102 176 The Fox andthe Hares Leading the Blind Rat 261 Wild Horses and Wolves 330 ANECDOTES OFANIMALS THE QUADRUMANA, ... movement, that they delight in pilfering, in outwitting each other and their higher brethren—men; that they glory in tearing and destroying the works of art by which they are surrounded in a domestic ... forests, which clothe the earth between the tropics of both the Old and New World, assembling by hundreds in those lands where the Palm, the Banyan, the Baobab, the Bombax, and thousands of magnificent...
... because the log is the final home ofthe data Rather than redoing the operation to the separate data copy, Sprite LFS recovery insures that the indexes point at the newest copy ofthe data inthe ... during crash recovery The right side ofthe figure shows the copying scheme where log space is generated by reading the section of disk after the end ofthe log and rewriting the active blocks of ... shows the relative importance ofthe various kinds of data written to disk, both in terms of how much ofthe live blocks they occupy on disk andin terms of how much ofthe data written to the...
... involves recording individual instruments and singers separately This is done to give the sound engineer greater flexibility in creating the final product The complex process of combining the individual ... transferring their customer's information, while they must pay to establish and maintain the channel The financial bottom line is simple: the more information they can pass through a single channel, the ... level ofthe radio receiver Unfortunately, increasing the energy inthe pulse usually requires making the pulse longer In turn, the longer pulse reduces the accuracy and precision ofthe elapsed...
... ridicule instead, further diminishing their rather uncertain standing within the group Concerned both about losing and winning À thereby stoking the resentment of other competitors À they find it ... urinate; (4) muscle tension inthe face, trembling and incoordination ofthe hands; (5) speech difficulties due to troubled breathing and incoordination of muscles involved in articulation; and ... (the process of molding the individual propensity including learning as well as unlearning) translate into individual differences inthe integrated social phobic pattern of fearfulness and interpersonal...
... lation The extraordinary in uence of Archimedes over the scientific revolution was due inthe main to Latin and Greek–Latin versions handwritten and then printed from the thirteenth to the seventeenth ... reference is The by the AB, B ” (the morphology ofthe word the determines, inthe original Greek, the identity ofthe elided expressions, given of course the expectations ... captures the varia There are generally speaking two types of issues involved: the shape ofthe figure, andthe assignment ofthe letters I try to discuss first the shape ofthe figure, starting from the...
... pre-existing increased insulin resistance and dysfunction of beta cells Insulin resistance is present inthe acutely ill [13,15,18,28] in different intensity, but the factors determining the extent of ... is the cut-off value inthe Recommendations ofthe American Heart Association [35] andthe trigger for initiation of insulin treatment for ICU patients recommended by the American College of ... of cytokine-induced insulin resistance in obesity and other inflammatory settings Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2002, 5:377-383 15 Marik PE, Raghavan M: Stress-hyperglycemia, insulin and immunomodulation...
... process involved examining themes for commonality, classifying them for uniformity, and then reaching agreement on the final list of six key themes Once the themes were set and subordinate concepts ... role in managing chest pain from the point of entry, they must acquire and demonstrate competence in diagnosing the complaint Chest pain can have a multitude of etiologies, involves an inherently ... independent lists of overall themes and concepts subsumed within the general themes Once completed, the investigators came together to collapse their lists of themes into one set of themes as reached...
... by involving additional investigators in reviewing the recordings and field notes andin confirming or disconfirming the codes andthe subsequent themes Data triangulation was used by comparing ... Board ofthe Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis, Indiana) Informed consent was obtained for key informant interviews, and all clinical investigation was conducted according to the ... Manager inthe Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine PB is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicines and Co-Field Director of Research...
... participated in analysis and interpretation ofthe data andin drafting the manuscript PS, JS and MV contributed to the conception and design ofthe study and manuscript revision JK was involved inthe ... design and statistical analysis ofthe study MS conceived and coordinated the study and was involved inthe interpretation ofthe data and manuscript revision All authors read and approved the final ... intravenous lines) The observers were not involved inthe daily care ofthe patients, and ICU physicians were not aware of this part ofthe observation As a consequence, the clinical relevance of the...