... assessed thepatients for participation inthe study and included them after informed consent A total of 800 patients were enrolled for the study After inclusion, thepatients were examined by the ... increased mortality related to examination with surgeon-performed US inpatients presenting intheEDwith abdominal pain The immediate patient satisfaction is slightly higher inthe US group and ... surgery withthe use of surgeon-performed US at the bedside when a patient presents with abdominal pain [7-10] The results shown in this study seem to support routine use ofthe method intheED Bedside...
... participated inthe design ofthe study, performed the statistical analysis, and contributed to the drafting and review ofthe manuscript BSV and LLG contributed to the drafting and review ofthe manuscript ... weeks during theacutetreatment phase ofthe trial (Note: Only data from the ATX and PBO treatment groups are included inthe present meta-analysis) Subjects assigned to ATX initiated treatment ... requirements and were conducted in accordance withthe ethical standards of each investigative site's institutional review board andthe Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 [20] Measures The...
... required in order to identify mixed- or intermediate typed pineocytomas The exact differentiation of these intermediate typed pineocytomas, formerly also referred to as mixed pineocytoma-pineoblastoma, ... radiation therapy according to risk profile E.g in M+ patients, intensified sandwich chemotherapy is combined with hyperfractionated radiotherapy with local doses of up to 40 Gy to whole brain and ... study not only included PB patients, but also patientswith PPT with intermediate differentiation, mixed tumors and pineocytoma Patients ≤21 years of age are usually included inthe HIT-2000 protocol,...
... ratio compared with b-actin mRNA Bold solid line, bold dotted line, solid line, and dotted line depict IL-6 mRNA, IL-6, predictive cut-off level of IL-6 mRNA and mean of normal IL-6 level in plasma, ... hemostasis and reflect damage to endothelial megakaryocytes expressing VWF Inthe signaling pathway, VWF interacts with integrins inthe extracellular matrix (ECM) and has functions inthe complement and ... genes based on information from previous reports and examined their significance We identified VWF and TGF-b1 as potential predictors of improved prognosis, the latter being an indicator of fibrosis...
... (17) The problem of main interest in this study is the joint optimization ofthe WCM and bias estimator to improve the performance of parameter estimation by minimizing the constrained biased CRB ... weighted matrix M = I and g = inthe case ofthe weighted norm constraint, and T = I and g = 0.5 inthe other case Inthe following examples, two targets with unit amplitudes are considered, which ... problem of joint optimization ofthe WCM and biased estimator with prior information on targets of interest inthe presence of clutter Under the weighted or spectral norm constraint on the bias...
... operated by the IDACIRC The database contains information on all individuals with confirmed HIV infection since the first case reported in 1989 The IDACIRC also coordinates treatment for individuals ... individuals infected by HIV Treatment for HIV/AIDS in Tbilisi, the nation’s capital, has been provided at the IDACIRC since the beginning ofthe epidemic In 2006, two regional AIDS treatment facilities ... being infected with HCV Discussion This study examined all known HIV positive women in Georgia and found that the HIV epidemic remains Page of closely tied to the IDU community The majority of...
... KKP evaluated the patient KKP, VC, and SK collected data, reviewed the literature, and wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors ... headaches and primary headaches The most likely cause ofheadachein our patient was CRF and disturbances of calcium and phosphorus metabolism associated with it, because theheadache improved remarkably ... bystander, rather than a contributor to the headache, because theheadache improved despite the persistence ofthe calcification Nevertheless, it is a powerful clue to the possible existence of...
... interpretation ofthe data and assisted withthe drafting ofthe manuscript CV assisted inthe interpretation ofthe data andthe drafting ofthe manuscript VJ participated in data analysis and interpretation ... analysis and interpretation ofthe data and drafted the manuscript AJB was a co-investigator, assisted inthe design andin all aspects ofthe study, including the data analysis and interpretation of ... clients Page of 12 seek care in their setting Interviews occurred within the mental health and/ or addictions care setting or within an informal setting and ranged between 30 and 60 minutes With permission,...
... participated inthe design and coordination ofthe study, and contributed to the statistical analysis JF and DA participated inthe design ofthe study and performed the procedures for the neural ... community-acquired pneumonia (recorded in 36% of patients) , followed by soft tissue infection (17%), intra-abdominal infection (12%), urinary tract infection (11%) and others (11%); sepsis of undetermined ... co-morbid conditions andthe type of individual biological response, the latter being determined from clinical findings such as vital signs and GCS score The use of ANNs inthe setting of sepsis has...
... origin and race ofthe father because ofthe extent of missing data inthe vital statistics Father’s marital status is not directly collected in vital statistics and is therefore not included in ... status, breastfeeding, and other childbearing experiences The NSFG also collects information on the context of fertility andthe relationship with a partner at the time ofthe birth + The response ... cohabiting union These are some ofthe key findings on the fertility of men and women inthe United States One ofthe limitations of this report is that it does not cover persons beyond the age of...
... boiled and used, and about 10% of tuber was sale inthe market The result ofthe investigation on people point of view about the cultivation of sweet potato inthe future indicated that 100% of interviewed ... varieties in investigated provinces The result of collecting information on the use of sweet potato varieties in provinces (Table 3) shows that in all investigated provinces, there are 100% of communes ... for getting information Besides of that the Participatory Rural Assessment (PRA) and questionnaire were also used for getting the information The interviewed people were explained and trained before...
... eat the fermented feed Inthe first two days, the pigs should consume meals per day withthe mixture ofthe fermented mash and bran per day Then they can be fed meals per day (morning, noon and ... supervision ofthe FCRI staff Inthe wards in Viet Yen, Tan Yen and Hiep Hoa, the farmers became familiar withthe fermentation technology of sweet potato vine-leaves and obtained finished products with ... representatives from the provinces concerned spoke ofthe benefits of fermenting the sweet potato foliage as a value adding process, indicating that it could reduce the amount ofthe usual feed used by up...
... experiments, ten wounded but not inoculated plants and ten intact plants served as controls PWP and MWP of seedlings for the three watering treatments were measured at the end ofthe experiment on ... experienced decline periods, andthe role of drought and H mediterraneum in such changes The analysis was carried out in parallel with greenhouse experiments to assess the susceptibility ofthe oak ... seedlings kept in greenhouse Experimental plots of 000 m were selected and observed starting from the year 1983 in central Italy and from 1989 in southern Italy One of these plots was located in a 30-year-old...
... defined terms on the survey, such as snus and medicinal nicotine, if the participants indicated that they did not understand them Four hundred thirteen adult smokers were approached, 242 of whom ... reduction; and interest in using hypothetical reduced harm nicotine products Some questions were based on the common beliefs and misperceptions about tobacco and nicotine that are reported inthe literature ... http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/6/1/14 and could be used without anyone noticing, with one reducing the health risks by 99% andthe other by 50% The subjects were never told that the "hypothetical" 99%reduction product described...
... discussed pertaining to other Asian receiving countries) The lack of laws, in some instances, andthe lack of enforcement in others, delimit incursions into the lives and labor ofthe women and, ... increase in attention has corresponded withthe increase inthe overall numbers of migrants, the increase in women’s migration, the increase in remittances as well as the increase in awareness ofthe ... migrant’s interests andthe constraints faced by the Bureau inthe discharge of its mandate The recruitment process is also presented, 27 highlighting the role of hiring agencies (both in Sri Lanka and...
... All deaths of any cause within weeks of induction therapy were counted as EDin this meta-analysis since most ofthe early death reports in this series were within weeks of induction therapy This ... trials were included inthe present analysis, with a total of 1029 patients accrued Characteristics ofthe 35 trials are listed in Tables and Twenty three ofthe studies were on AML Six ofthe studies ... patients, the median OS was 15 months (range 9-28 months) The number of CAG cycles was specified in 17 studies involving 397 patients, of whom 144 (36.2%) were induced twice with CAG Ofthe patients...
... found inthe circumflex artery inpatientsandinthe right coronary artery inpatients Complete revascularization inthepatientswith 2-vessel disease was achieved by serial PCI ofthe remaining ... myocardial function, and a differentiation between infarcted and non-infarcted segments Further research for the definition of cut-off values and technical standards will be needed to fully integrate this ... detection of infarcted segments (AUC 0.6, confidence interval 0.53 – 0.64) A 111 cut-off value of –10.34% resulted in a sensitivity of 54 % and specificity of 59 % (see Table 6) The intra- and inter-observer...
... contained 20% glycerol and 2% CA Focusing started with 200 V for 15 minutes, followed by 300 V for 30 minutes and finally with 400 V for 60 minutes After IE-focusing, the sample was added on the ... 2-D pattern ofthe silver stained gel image ofthe master gel image 2-D pattern ofthe silver stained gel image ofthe master gel image 2-D pattern ofthe silver stained gel image of a master ... Expression ofthe plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI2) was only found inpatients E and F withthe subtyp FAB M0 and M4, respectively This finding is inline with data from the PAI-2 serum levels of...
... parameters, the SR model has n-1, andthe SRDT model has n-2 (a tree of n tips) Inthe LRT ofthe fit ofthe SR and SRDT models compared withthe DR, if the SR model is rejected in favor ofthe DR ... We inoculated the throat and nasal swabs from patients onto the plates and incubated them at 33°C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 The cytopathic effects (CPEs) inthe cells were observed ... ofthe minor clusters inthe trees The tree was constructed by neighbor-joining analysis with labeling ofthe branches showing at least 70% bootstrap support The representation ofthe strain...