... were either in the building at the time of the bombing or in close proximity had symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of PTSD in the first months after the bombing (North et al., 1999) Of cial ... of other major disasters For example, in the aftermath of the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, North and colleagues reported that 34.3% of adult survivors of the bombing ... is the most comprehensive drawing together of the wide range of initiatives that followed a specific incident, initiatives that were implemented in the times of chaos and uncertainty It was instigated...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20
... rushed into East Asia Their banks had been absolved of bearing the cost of their mistakes, as taxpayers in these countries in the end funded the bailouts-repaying, with interest, the IMF and others ... commercial publishing houses currently dominating the book publishing industry The New Press operates in the public interest rather than for private gain, and is committed to publishing, in innovative ... come to the rescue of the banks And then they had made money once again in the rescue, in the fire sales of the East Asian companies that the IMF had demanded as the price for its assistance In this...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2014, 19:46
WORMS: IDENTIFYING IMPACTS ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH IN THE PRESENCE OF TREATMENT EXTERNALITIES ppt
... These results are largely robust to including the proportion of Group pupils in the surrounding area as the explanatory variable, rather than the total number of Group pupils in the surrounding ... medical treatment in 1998 This was partly because of confusion in the field about pupil age, and partly because in the early stages of the program several of the Kenya Ministry of Health nurses administered ... correlated among these individuals at the margin of receiving treatment 34 We have also calculated Manski bounds on within-school externalities in the presence of selection into treatment, but these are...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Effects of GnRH agonist treatment on steroidogenesis and folliculogenesis in the ovary of cyclic mice" pot
... proteins in mice Increase in the expression of caspase-3 and cleaved PARP proteins noticed in the mice treated in vivo with GnRH-Ag also showed increase in the number of atretic follicles in the ... in the ovary was investigated following in vivo and in vitro administration of GnRH agonist in the intact cyclic mice Methods Animals All the experiments were conducted in accordance with principles ... Effect of in vitro treatment of different doses of GnRH-Ag on progesterone synthesis and western blot analyses of LH-R and 3b-HSD proteins in the ovaries of mice Progesterone synthesis by the ovary...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20
HIV INFECTION IN THE ERA OF HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT AND SOME OF ITS ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS docx
... Similarly, administration of combination antiretrovirals, which included zidovudine and indinavir in the regimento rats have been shown to increase levels of endothelin-1, a marker of endothelial injury ... of intake None of the subjects met the recommended level of intake for fiber and 90.8% did not meet the recommended levels of intake for vitamin E These findings have also been confirmed in other ... P=0.028) in favor of inflammatory processes in the body The levels of the omega-3 PUFA in the blood and in the tissues are determined by diet and probably also by a genetic component Changes in the...
Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 18:20
Lignocell ulosic Precursors used in the Synthesis of Activated Ca rbon - Characterization Techniques and Appl ications in the Wastewa ter Treatment potx
... number of works increased in the years from 2000 to 2010 The obtained carbons were mainly employed in the removal of water pollutants In the present chapter the principal methods used in the preparation ... according with the following equation, (1) where W0 is the weight of the original carbon and W1 refers to the mass of the activated carbon The use of CO2 during the activation process of a carbon ... carbon washing process The effect of the increase in proportion of the impregnation over the carbon porous structure is greater than the one obtained with the increase of carbonizing temperature (Olivares-Marớn...
Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Effects of cyclosporin A treatment on the pathogenesis of avian leukosis virus subgroup J infection in broiler chickens with Marek’s disease virus exposure" ppt
... determine the effects of suppression of the cell-mediated immune system on ALV-J infection, as a part of the study determine the role of the immune system in the control of ALV-J infection in broiler ... A prevents synthesis of cytokines by T cells by blocking a late stage of the signaling pathway initiated by the T-cell receptor This especially affects the production of interleukin-2 (IL-2), ... summarized in Table Neutralizing antibody was first detected at weeks post-infection in the Oil group More than half of the samples tested had neutralizing antibody at the end of the experiment The...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22
Báo cáo khoa học: "The effects of cyclophosphamide treatment on the pathogenesis of subgroup J avian leukosis virus (ALV-J) infection in broiler chickens with Marek''''s disease virus exposure" potx
... post-infection, the frequency and intensity of the staining was significantly higher in the CY treated group than in the PBS treated group In our experiment CY treatment increased the rate of viremia, ... observed in any of the chickens in the CY treated group, while more than 60% of the chickens had neutralizing antibody at the end of the experiment in PBS treated group The result also indicates ... vaccinated against MDV [35] In our experiment, we could not determine whether the MDV infection enhanced pathogenicity of ALV-J or not However, the effects of the MDV infection might be similar in...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22
Báo cáo khoa học: " 3D-conformal Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation treatment planning: the value of surgical clips in the delineation of the lumpectomy cavity" doc
... 3D-APBI treatment planning The placement of surgical clips at the cardinal points of the lumpectomy cavity strongly improved the accuracy of target contouring Therefore, the use of surgical clips in ... surgical clips within the lumpectomy cavity, in order to locate the LC in the ongoing APBI trial [5] In the IGR APBI trial, target delineation consists in outlining the surgical clips and the visible ... was evaluated using the conformity index (CI) of two delineated structures (V1 and V2) The CI was defined as the ratio of the overlapping volume V1UV2 and the encompassing total delineated volume...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo y học: "Treatment of hypertriglyceridemia and HIV: fenofibrate-induced changes in the expression of chemokine genes in circulating leukocytes" ppsx
... (B) The use of fenofibrate was related to significant decreases in the expression in circulating leukocytes of CX3CL1 and CCR2 genes and a significant increase in the expression of SDF-1 Page of ... useful in the attempt to decrease the risk of atherosclerosis and may act as modulators of systemic inflammation and the associated vascular response However, further studies in other type of populations ... documented role in the local accumulation of monocytes [8,9] However, fenofibrate had an intriguing effect in SDF-1 expression neutralizing the significant decrease in its expression observed in untreated...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21
báo cáo khoa học: " Use of the evidence base in substance abuse treatment programs for American Indians and Alaska natives: pursuing quality in the crucible of practice and policy" ppsx
... substance use problems involve the use of medications for the treatment of withdrawal syndromes in the initial stage of stopping the chronic use of an addictive substance (including alcohol and opiods), ... associated with the successful dissemination of innovations into clinical practice These factors were subsequently highlighted in the Institute of Medicine’s report ‘Improving the Quality of Health ... that the characteristics of many of the EBTs themselves and their potential lack of fit with the values of providers and the communities they serve [88] are likely a major factor in limiting their...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical audit of core podiatry treatment in the NH" ppsx
... community podiatry clinics in the regions were asked to complete the PHQ prior to their treatment The podiatrist carrying out the treatment then completed the podiatry objective clinical score, which ... patient into one of five sections according to the severity of their foot problems (5 representing gross problems) All podiatrists taking part were given brief training in how to complete the questionnaire, ... annually by the NHS, 769,000 of these are new episodes of care of which 56% are for older people [2] Podiatry practice includes the treatment of foot pathologies associated with the nails and soft tissues,...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23
báo cáo khoa học: " Peritonitis secondary to traumatic duodenal laceration in the presence of a large pancreatic pseudocyst: a case report" ppsx
... seal off [4] A review of the current literature, searching for the terms ‘pancreatic’, ‘pseudocyst’, ‘blunt’, trauma , ‘gastrointestinal’ and ‘injuries’ found three articles using the Medline ... retrospective study of 203 children who suffered intra-abdominal trauma following blunt injuries showed that 12 children had sustained gastrointestinal perforations, but none were in the presence of a pancreatic ... laceration following minor blunt abdominal trauma in the presence of a large pancreatic pseudocyst Minor blunt abdominal trauma in a normal healthy adult would not be expected to result in any significant...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo y học: "Treatment of stasis dermatitis using aminaphtone: Development of Buffalo Hump in the course of antiretroviral therapy including raltegravir and unboosted atazanavir: a case report and review of the literature" pot
... progressive increase of lipohypertrophy of the dorso-cervical region of the neck There was no localized accumulation of fat in her abdomen and in the submental region of her neck The hump in the back of ... unboosted ATV therapy and the occurrence of Buffalo Hump This is the first report on the development of Buffalo Hump in the course of antiretroviral therapy including these drugs: on the basis of our ... An initial highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen consisted of zidovudine, lamivudine and indinavir After 18 months, the therapy was changed to stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22
báo cáo khoa học: " Seroprevalence of HIV, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c among opioid drug users on methadone treatment in the netherlands" ppt
... declined in much of the Netherlands, in association with a decline in injecting [10,22] In 2008, IDU was considered to be the most likely transmission route for 5% of all registered HIV cases in ... syringes) combined with the influx of HIV-positive drug users from adjacent regions and countries [21] National drug monitoring in the Netherlands has found injecting drug use more popular in the ... ODUs in our study, whereas other subgroups of drug users may be at risk of infectious diseases as well However, in the Netherlands, the injection of drugs has decreased substantially in the last...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo y học: " Th2 cytokines and asthma Interleukin-4: its role in the pathogenesis of asthma, and targeting it for asthma treatment with interleukin-4 receptor antagonists" pot
... involves its interaction with receptors consisting of a heterodimer of high-affinity IL-4Rα and either the common γ chain or the IL-13 receptor α chain Binding of IL-4 results in the tyrosine phosphorylation ... eliminated Several cytokines, including IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, and IL-15, are effective in preventing the death of activated T cells Of these, IL-4 and IL-15 are the most effective [11] Inhibition of ... surface The expression of IL-4 in the asthmatic lung and the secondary lack of Fas expression might explain the persistence of inflammatory cellular infiltrates in allergic asthma Apoptosis of TH2...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo y học: " The costs of traumatic brain injury due to motorcycle accidents in Hanoi, Vietnam" doc
... post injury reflected the level of severity (Figure 2) In term of intangible costs, the health related quality of life of the patients in the first year post-injury was reduced, resulting in an ... motorcycle users not wearing helmets in Hanoi, Vietnam, in their first year post-injury The study examined costs from the perspective of the injured patients and their families These included direct costs ... estimate of the costs of non-fatal TBI in motorcycle users not wearing helmets in Vietnam, in their first year post-injury Given the limited coverage of health and social insurance in Vietnam, the...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22
Báo cáo y học: "Collective consciousness and its pathologies: Understanding the failure of AIDS control and treatment in the United States" doc
... from the incoming Y ˆ to the outgoing Y process in the usual manner, using the For the theory of interacting information sources, then, ˆ I(Y, Y ) can play the role of H in the dynamic treatment ... number of all possible paths of length n leading from a0 to the condition h(x) ∈ B1 While the combining algorithm generating the ai, the form of the nonlinear oscillator, and the details of grammar ... Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2007, 4:10 One starting point for understanding the necessity of including culture in the study of cognition or consciousness at any scale lies in the...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21
Báo cáo y học: " Mathematical model of blunt injury to the vascular wall via formation of rouleaux and changes in local hemodynamic and rheological factors. Implications for the mechanism of traumatic myocardial infarction" pot
... shows these data and indicates that the main source of rouleaux is the erythrocytes themselves The higher the erythrocyte concentration, the more rouleaux remain in the blood despite an increase in ... results in an increase of viscosity of the mixture, and an increase in shear stress results in a decrease of viscosity of the mixture The quantity of rouleaux depends on shear stress (the higher the ... for the formation of rouleaux or for the interlacing of existing rouleaux that have formed in the flowing blood [16], since there is no breaking force at zero shear and yield velocity A certain...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 22:22