... DMe Alive DM Death DM Death DM Death DM Death DM Alive Out-come a Lateral, bMedial, cInvasive ductal carcinoma, dInvasive Paget’s disease, eDistance metastasis patients had lung metastasis and ... supraclavicular fossa or in the internal mammary chain was considered as a regional recurrence Any recurrence outside these areas was defined as DM Statistical Analysis LRR and DM rates were calculated ... surgical margins (>1 mm) Axillary lymph node staging was performed in all patients Pathological staging was reviewed based on AJCC 2002 The date of evaluation was January 2009 Patient-related characteristics...
... usually within physics and mathematics ˙ i hψ=Hψ Quantum Mechanics S = k log W Statistical Mechanics Computational Chemistry Computational chemistry isa branch of chemistry that uses principles of ... to assist in solving chemical problems Quantum Mechanics Molelcular Orbital Theory Density Functional Theory Ab Initio Calculations Statistical Mechanics Molecular Dynamics Monte Carlo Transition ... reactions.(Wikipedia) Chemistry is the science that invents what it studies Theoretical Chemistry Theoretical chemistry is the study of chemistry via fundamental theoretical reasoning, usually...
... the mortality rate in premature infants with sepsis [13] NAC in animal experimental and human sepsis NAC increases nitric oxide synthesis and cGMP Several studies have demonstrated that NAC improves ... extraction, while at the same time attenuating inflammatory responses Prostacyclin, a prostaglandin synthesized in endothelial cells, isa potent vasodilator and an inhibitor of platelet and ... and colleagues have made a significant contribution to our understanding of the important role of antioxidant agents such as NAC in developing novel therapies for septic shock A large trial is...
... choice of catecholamine based on rational evaluation This is not the case for many situations in other clinical settings For example, catecholamines are used on the ward, during transportation, in ... Krause P, Cooper J, Barr J: Septic shock: does adrenaline have arole as a first-line inotropic agent? Anaesth Intensive Care 1992, 20: 470-474 Moran JL, O’Fathartaigh MS, Peisach AR, Chapman ... SM, Ahrens TS, Annane D, Astiz ME, Chalfin DB, Dasta JF, Heard SO, Martin C, Napolitano LM, Susla GM, et al.: Practice parameters for hemodynamic support of sepsis in adult patients: 2004 update...
... Critical Care 2010, 14:194 http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/194 cardiac chamber was opened Can this observation be causally associated with tranexamic acid administration? The statistical analysis used ... tranexamic acid administration has a place in higher risk cardiac surgery and especially in surgery where a cardiac chamber is opened Competing interests In the past years DR has acted as a paid ... and having primary myocardial revascularisation This patient population appears not to have observed safety issues when tranexamic acid was administered [5] The current study adds to the data questioning...
... Institute of Australia The teaching of creationism is much less of a hot button issue in Australia than in America, partly because belief in Biblical literalism is much weaker here and partly because ... that DDT (a commodity chemical) isa panacea for malaria and as far as I can see none at all in “intelligent design” Intelligent design isn’t even a particularly congenial theory for fundamentalist ... echo-chamber of rightwing think-tanks, and blogs commentators into a legend that bears almost no relationship to reality There has never been a global ban on DDT use as an antimalarial, and it has...
... a cofactor for the cleavage and activation of PAR4 [27] Thrombin has been shown to cleave and activate PAR1, PAR3 and PAR4, whereas trypsin cleaves and activates PAR2 As duodenase is capable ... exposing a new N-terminus that interacts with, and activates the receptor Receptors identified to date are PAR1, PAR2, PAR3 and PAR4; each has a similar mechanism of action has a distinct sequence at ... duodenase on Ca2+ mobilization Pulmonary artery fibroblasts preloaded with Fura-2 were stimulated with agonists as indicated Intracellular Ca2+ was analysed and plotted over time as indicated Traces...
... Maghreb countries’ revealed comparative advantage and export specialization also reveals that Tunisia’s exports of beverages have a strong comparative advantage in the Maghreb market whereas Algeria ... technological use Algeria has a strong comparative advantage for the petroleum group, and also for refined fuels and chemicals that utilize petroleum inputs Maghreb countries not have a comparative advantage ... Maghreb countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia): SEE= Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia & Montenegro: CEE = Central and European countries (Poland,...
... Christensen R, Bliddal H: Is Phytalgic® a goldmine for osteoarthritis patients or isthere something fishy about this nutraceutical? A summary of findings and risk-of-bias assessment Arthritis ... osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2000, 8:9-12 Christensen R, Bartels EM, Astrup A, Bliddal H: Symptomatic efficacy of avocado-soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) in osteoarthritis (OA) patients: ... Symptomatic efficacy and safety of diacerein in the treatment of osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2009, Oct 14 [Epub ahead of print]...
... used for weaning and time available for weaning and 2) to analyse the patient and systemic factors were associated with the time available for weaning that is actually used for weaning To the best ... available and time used for weaning, exists and is valid This discrepancy indicates that more studies on the organisational aspects of weaning are still needed Conclusion Our study revealed a ... individual healthcare workers, a collaborative and systematic approach is needed for success Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency...
... transfers because of their cost, their transparency (and the transparency of their abuse) and the appearance that they little to cure ‘the problem’ that the individuals face Rather assistance is ... after five years Rama and MacIsaac (1999) find that employees displaced from the Ecuadorian Central Bank in 1994 had regained on average only 55% of their pre-dismissed salaries after 15 months ... pan-territorial pricing For them, functioning markets have largely disappeared The status quo ante was one of a sole parastatal buyer; the status quo is that often thereis no buyer at all or, if there is, ...
... of a situation in which they are aware of the risk that ‘harm’ may arise, but they argue that the disorder isa late-onset disorder, as a consequence not manifesting itself for many years Again, ... further that, ‘This carries the practical advantage that the courts can understand and accommodate this form of damage, which allows fora distinction to be made between the serious and slight ... Court of Appeal was unhappy regarding the evaluation of damages How could a court attempt to evaluate non-existence – to compare non-existence and the value of existence in a disabled state? The...
... cells, before internalization, we investigated the role of plasma membranes (PM) in the transformation of MSSAE into a dimeric protein 125I-labelled MSSAE was incubated with isolated membranes from ... mechanism by which BS-RNase is endocytosed by cells Acknowledgement This work was nanced by grants from the Associazione Italiana per la ` Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC), Ministero dellUniversita e ... FEBS 2003 Disuldes and antitumor action of BS-RNase (Eur J Biochem 270) 1981 acid) and alkaline phosphatase-conjugated anti-rabbit secondary Ig were purchased from Sigma Reagents for Western...
... experiments As shown in Fig 3A, SG core protein mRNA was already expressed at day However, maximal MC protease accumulation was not obtained until about day 26 (Fig 3B), a finding that may appear contradictory, ... maximal storage seen after 26 days of culture mMCP-6 storage showed similar kinetics as for mMCP-5 In contrast, CPA protein was detected as early as after days of culture, and a maximal plateau ... immunoblot analysis using antisera towards carboxypeptidase A (CPA) and mouse mast cell protease (mMCP)-6 The arrow indicates a ‘semiprocessed’ form of CPA The results shown are representative of...
... Caribbean sea to include the Caribbean diaspora; places where Caribbean 25 people have migrated to and formed a community for example, the east coast of America, Canada and England Stuart Hall ... European languages with the Native American languages and African languages brought by the slaves The result of this mixture is the local patois and Creole languages that are unique to the Caribbean ... Caribbean filmmaking and the recent film festival efforts in Barbados, indicate that thereisa Caribbean cinema However, this cinema is in a state of infancy What then is needed to bring this Caribbean...
... show in a public performance Whereas a dramatic play is realized as a live performance by actors on a stage, a movie is show in a cinema, not as a live event, and can theoretically be repeated infinitely ... without change Like drama, a movie isa narrative genre because it presents a story (a sequence of action units) It is assuming that a movie, like a play, isa mainly a genre designed to be performed, ... of the real possibilities (Brake et al, 2003) 134 Context based learning: ARolefor Cinema in Science Education An artistic manifestation, as audiovisual language, shows itself as another possibility...
... drawn from Statistical Return Loans and Bad Loans Data are drawn from Statistical Return Average Loan Life This information is the average length (in years) of customer relationship for each bank ... Credit Register As in the case of Average Loan Life, this variable is calculated only for firms 25 Appendix Data at Firm and Bank Level Summary Statistics Variable Standard deviation Mean Min Max Firms ... that lenders ask for guarantees when borrowers are more risky and, thus, interest rates are higher Data and summary statistics This paper uses aggregated and individual Italian bank and firm data...
... (ISACA), and international organisations such as the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) or the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) These publications take IT, as an important ... together an IS audit team in an organisation: Internal IS audit team: Depending on the type and size of the organisation, it may make sense to create an internal IS audit team, i.e to assign a group ... orderliness, lawfulness, and usefulness In contrast to a general audit, the IS audit [German: IS- Revision] focuses on information security in the organisation The goal of an IS audit is to have an independent...
... of this report Team Members: Anuradha Sanghavi Arun Swaminathan Avinash Kalia H.Sadhak Gautam Mehra Harsh Bisht Jesal Lakdawala Malvika Singh Nehal D Sampat Nidhi Jain Sneha Bhagat Trisha Chatterji ... tax on the advisory fee isa part of the overall cap This could be over and above the capped costs • A case can be made for allowing AMCs to charge differential expenses to a retail investor and ... scenario, AMCs having access to their ‘own’ distribution channel to sell mutual fund products have a relative advantage; this includes AMCs with Indian banks and brokerage houses as sponsors Banks have...