... angle of Gissane 0-2 year age group comparisons was therefore defined as a p-value of less than 0.01, while for all other comparisons it was defined as a p-value of less than 0.05 For the statistically ... statistically significant (p = 0.004) Table illustrates the individual group results from our study Table displays the results ofthe statistical comparisons performed between the groups in our study ... variance to results seen in the other age groups and therefore multiple two-sample t-tests with Bonferroni adjustments were undertaken when analysing this result Statistical significance for the crucial...
... angle of Gissane 0-2 year age group comparisons was therefore defined as a p-value of less than 0.01, while for all other comparisons it was defined as a p-value of less than 0.05 For the statistically ... statistically significant (p = 0.004) Table illustrates the individual group results from our study Table displays the results ofthe statistical comparisons performed between the groups in our study ... variance to results seen in the other age groups and therefore multiple two-sample t-tests with Bonferroni adjustments were undertaken when analysing this result Statistical significance for the crucial...
... pre-test, that task was not selected Otherwise, the four tasks were selected pseudo-randomly, so as to counterbalance the number of tasks across participants The training session, which lasted ... that of most other current robotic systems In these systems, the task goal is generally prespecified, andthe robot modulates the assistance provided to the patient to attain that goal Instead, ... the dynamics ofthe functional tasks qualitatively, as demonstrated by showing that the actual tasks had the characteristics ofthe simulated tasks for all six tasks In addition, participants...
... decreased The results were depressed by the weak euro andthes till outstanding sales of CO2 emissions certificates Many Group companies were only partially able to of fset the rise in energy, distribution ... result However, it proved impossible to pass on the full impact of inflation to prices Ce ment Australia incurred one-off costs for the closure ofthe Kandos plant The strong Swiss franc depressed ... offset the improved volumes and prices, resulting in the lower operating EBITD A Adding to this decline are the still outstanding sales of CO2 emission certificates Proceeds from thes ales of...
... intervals are rather short (less than years), thus it is almost impossible to extract conclusions about treatment efficacy and prognosis Conclusions Primary atypical carcinoid ofthe breast is a ... condition with no evidenceof disease Case discussion This patient was presented with a suspicious mammogram Due to her age, the first priority was to exclude breast cancer It was thus imperative ... dissection (ALND), along with the decision for no further treatment in caseof a negative result, was made Indeed the histology ofthe breast andofthe 17 lymph nodes removed during the ALND showed...
... malignancies We tried to increase chances of cure the patients accepting possible risks in a matter of decades in caseof success IMRT was feasible even if anaesthesia was necessary and resulted ... contributions FS is responsible for data acquisition, literature research and writing ofthe manuscript ES is responsible for data acquisition, statistical analysis and writing ofthe manuscript SN is ... benefits of IMRT like the sparing of organs at risk andthe possibility of dose escalation were considered to be more important for the treatment success than the potentially increased risk of secondary...
... but because the facts themselves are of importance to his interests or to his occupations The business ofthe magistrate, ofthe military commander, ofthe navigator, ofthe physician, ofthe agriculturist, ... forms of one andthe same question Since, then, the objects of all Belief andof all Inquiry express themselves in propositions, a sufficient scrutiny of Propositions andof their varieties will ... placed by the Aristotelian school in the categories of actio and passio; andthe relation of such of them as are active, to their objects, andof such of them as are passive, to their causes, would...
... prognosis, especially for metastases [6] The most frequent site of metastasis is the lungs; other sites include the bones, brain, regional lymph nodes, and liver [5] The metastasis rates for grades ... [5] The incidence of pulmonary metastases varies with the primary tumor and stage of disease Bone tumors such as osteosarcomas and Ewing s sarcoma show a high incidence of pulmonary metastases ... metastasis develops from 20% ofthe chondrosarcomas ofthe chest wall [5] The most common route for pulmonary metastasis of sarcomas is hematogenous dissemination; therefore, most pulmonary metastases...
... key actors were sensitised on the interlinked issues of rising costs of ARVs, pharmaceutical patents andthe use ofthe TRIPS flexibilities Then, the paper examines the policy and decision-making ... outweigh the benefits ofthe government use licenses Another paper in this series will present the results of an attempt to assess the public health, economic and social impacts ofthe government use ... processes within the government in the lead up to the decision to grant the government use licenses This part comprises an analysis ofthe convergence of key actors and processes both in the domestic...
... ), it follows from hypothesis that each s is in C+ (I), and then s Î Csm, sm + f(I) Since ψ = + (ψ- ), it follows from hypothesis that ψ is also in Csm (I) Then by Lemmas and 3, we have ... Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to the referee, for the careful reading ofthe paper and for the helpful suggestions and comments Also, we would like to thank Professor Masatoshi Fujii for his helpful ... University, Yamagata University (Professor Emeritus), Chiba 273-0866, Japan Authors’ contributions YN carried out the design ofthe study and performed the analysis KK conceived ofthe study, and...
... like-for-like base Adjusting for the higher CO2 sales of 11 million Swiss francs andthe 58 million Swiss francs restructuring costs, the operating EBITDA increased to nearly 3.2 billion Swiss francs, yielding ... efforts to control costs Europe s economy is suffering from the debt crisis • Debt crisis and restrictive budgetary policies weaken demand • Declining sales in all segments and further price pressure ... extent in the ready-mix concrete business, volumes declined This is primarily the result ofthe crisis in Europe andthe weaker demand for these construction materials in Oceania Positive is the fact...
... competitiveness reached billion Swiss francs For expansion investments 2.3 billion Swiss francs were spent and net financial investments required a further 2.3 billion Swiss francs The most significant ... in Davos, the Sustainable Asset Management Group (SAM) and PricewaterhouseCoopers presented us with the "Sector Leader" prize and a "Gold Class" distinction Such recognition strengthens us in our ... forward Based on the good results, the Board of Directors will be proposing to the annual general meeting on May that the gross dividend be increased from Swiss francs to Swiss francs 30 per share...
... simultaneously; detailed analysis ofthe thematic codes; and matrix analysis of codes The first stage was an iterative process with coding analysis and data collection occurring simultaneously and informing ... City and Minneapolis VAMCs andthe respective VA Research and Development Committees Analysis Coding analysis consisted of three stages: data collection and thematic content analysis occurring simultaneously; ... design of this study and conceptualizing, editing, and revising the manuscript HSR oversaw the qualitative components ofthe parent study For this paper, she coordinated the design ofthe study,...
... clinical trials, systematic reviews, and qualitative case studies) compounds the uncertainty for policy makers in attempting to assess 'what is evidence'and how to assess the strength oftheevidence ... prioritizing and developing policy [22] Personal utility assessments often cloud relevant societal level assessments of policy alternatives and/ or drive the overall assessment of decision options Thus, ... in their decision processes as a result of their diversity and tend to attain more creative solutions to issues being addressed [59,66] Therefore, advocates of various positions and backgrounds...
... metrics have been proposed in the literature by authors from multiple disciplines such as discrete mathematics, statistical physics, and networking to assess a priori strengths and weaknesses of ... preferential and random attachments First, we discuss conceptual models for the spread or diffusion of a new physician behavior across a network Next we discuss how some ofthe properties ofthe observed ... most of them would correlate with the strengths ofthe provider nodes What are the implications ofthe node degree and node strength distributions for the diffusion of information across this...
... simultaneously; detailed analysis ofthe thematic codes; and matrix analysis of codes The first stage was an iterative process with coding analysis and data collection occurring simultaneously and informing ... City and Minneapolis VAMCs andthe respective VA Research and Development Committees Analysis Coding analysis consisted of three stages: data collection and thematic content analysis occurring simultaneously; ... design of this study and conceptualizing, editing, and revising the manuscript HSR oversaw the qualitative components ofthe parent study For this paper, she coordinated the design ofthe study,...
... authors from UAB had access to the Medicare data used The analysis, presentationand interpretation ofthe results were solely the responsibility ofthe authors Some ofthe investigators (JRC, KGS) ... specialty ofthe physicians providing each service was also identified Because the primary focus of this analysis was whether primary care physicians or arthritis specialists provided the services of ... and cardiovascular events Furthermore, we evaluated the factors associated with receipt of each ofthe services and tests of interest, including the specialty ofthe physician providing the service,...
... BasedonanamendmentinIAS7,cashflowsarisingfromchangesinownershipinterestsinasubsidiarythatdonotresultinalossof controlareclassifiedascashflowsfromfinancingactivitiesandnotasinvestingactivities,whichistobeappliedonaretrospectivebasis ... further deployed on costs improvements, in particular in the area sof logistics, of procurement, of energy andof fixed costs, including the costs ofthe support functions A s strategic focus ... rates in most regions except Africa Middle East The result was also supported by a number of smaller acquisitions such as Lattimore Materials Inc in the United States of America and Est Granulats...
... affect our system s designation as an unsupervised system Some example sentences are repeated across different synsets and POS since the SemCor data is annotated as an All-Words tagged data set We ... instances in the corpus In the SALAAM algorithm, the disambiguation step is carried out as follows: within each of these target sets consider all possible sense tags for each word and choose sense ... ExpandL yields the best results Observing the results yielded per POS in Table 1, ExpandL seems to have the biggest impact on the Nouns only This is understandable since the noun hierarchy has the...
... longest reported survival was 21 years [2] In the same series, survival was found to be associated with location of metastases; metastases outside the craniospinal axes were associated with a shorter ... (B) and coronal (B) imaging suggests an overall interval reduction ofthe size ofthe mass within the sella turcica There is persistent tumor present within the right cavernous sinus This has maximal ... loss -of- heterozygosity analysis between pituitary tumors and their metastases However, a recent case report undermines this theory by describing the distinct clonal composition of a primary and...