... a role in the aetiology ofthe disease itself [44] Disease stage and phase of therapy In PSV, and especially in SVV, the therapeutic approach usually consists of an induction of remission and ... PCP incidence of 6% in a cohort of 180 WG patients PCP occurred during induction of remission Estimating the risk of PCP during induction of remission is further complicated as therapeutic strategies ... also increase the risk of PCP [54] Although, as for all other potential indications for AIP, there are no clinical trial data on PCP prophylaxis in PSV patients, there is some evidencefor its use...
... Conversely, there is no evidencefor accumulation of valproylCoA in brain tissue, suggesting that the effects of VPA in the CNS are independent ofthe formation of this metabolite [80] Development of ... renal rather than hepatic mechanisms 436 The pathogenesis of hyperammonaemic encephalopathy is still incompletely understood, and a detailed discussion ofthe topic is beyond the scope of this review ... the synthesis of NAGA – an important cofactor of CPS I – from acetyl-CoA and glutamate by NAGA synthetase is decreased VHE is more frequently observed in patients with congenital defects of the...
... pneumonitis to RPF also is unknown, as is whether the chemotactic affinity of MIP1a isdifferentfor distinct activated MF We speculate that MIP-1a arises mainly from M1, while its Page of chemotactic ... existed about whether a difference exists in the chemotactic ability of MIP-1a fordifferent activated MF Several groups have reported there is a preferential attraction of certain subsets of ... biological activity of activated MF Our study suggests that the biological activity of activated MF isdifferent when induced by stimuli at different doses fordifferent times Therefore, the conditions...
... more precise prevalence estimate However, this isthe first study in this area Our findings raise issues forthe planning of studies and ethical issues related to the obligation ofthe physician-researcher ... to the purpose ofthe imaging, are not missed There may be a number of ways of providing this function apart from review by a musculoskeletal radiologist or other suitably trained specialist ... data, the cost of this is difficult to predict This is likely to be especially relevant in large studies examining healthy asymptomatic participants For example, the Osteoarthritis Initiative is...
... expression of which had been described only in the renal tubular epithelium The presence of URAT-1 in endothelial cells may allow for explanations of intracellular effects of urate in endothelial ... have since been published The majority had results in support ofthe association, but some ofthe studies Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol 11 No ... component cause On the other hand, hyperuricemia is considered causative of other disease processes, like gout The question of hyperuricemia being a causative factor for cardiovascular disease at all,...
... reflection ofthe high mortality ofthe pathology when this diagnosis is missed [35] The availability of new diagnostic techniques can also give misleading information The frequency of a false-positive ... embolism, the diagnosis was unsuspected in 14 of 20 (70%) Most of these patients had advanced associated disease [38] As Goldman postulates, the persistent high rate of missed pulmonary embolism is ... autopsy The lack of a decrease in the proportion of missed diagnoses during the past decades does not indicate a lack of progress in medical science since thetypesof missed diagnoses varied in the...
... activity out of school This section summarises the research evidence on pupils’ writing activity out ofthe classroom settings In the recent years there has been a lot of discussion about the increased ... Internet, 2008) What are theevidence gaps? o There is no evidence on why pupils perform less well in writing in comparison to reading and the other core subjects o There is little evidence on specific ... and little evidence on interventions for secondary school pupils x There is limited evidence on the predictors of pupils’ achievement in writing x There is very little evidence on the effective...
... this study therefore retains its status as a high quality evaluation This decision is discussed further in section 5.4 what isthe impact of microfinance on poor people? sy n thesis Synthesis ... incomes (and there are plenty of opportunities for this failure to occur), then the number of MFIs is likely to increase The proliferation of MFIs may therefore be a symptom ofthe failure of micro-credit ... of microfinance (Bateman 2010) Synthesise what these studies tell us about: a The impact of microfinance on the incomes ofthe poor b The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/ wealth of...
... performance of an individual in a large organization where the air is due to work or the work culture ofthe organization that brings Increase work efficiency Therefore the employee in the company ... yourself forthe necessary knowledge to be able to face these changes 5 Dealing with changes Dealing with changes Each manager need to make the correct and flexibility decision for their work They ... communication This isthe main and prerequisite skill necessary forthe managers to manage people 2 Good communication Good communication Honest, communication is one ofthe key ingredients...
... get the permission for attending Although the teachers and their students were aware of being observed, they did not know the purpose ofthe study or in other words, the information and the data ... share the same interest in the topic, they could rely on this paper to get useful information for their future studies 1.6 An overview ofthe rest ofthe paper The rest ofthe paper includes four ... Overall, of all the feedback types, explicit correction and recast were the predominant corrective techniques in relation to the other typesof feedback They accounted for 79% ofthe total number of...
... What are the implications of these issues for education provision in the province of Balochistan? 1.9 Structure ofthe Thesis This research study is divided into chapters Chapter ofthe thesis ... and space, the thesis has focused on the debate that came out ofthe publication of NEP, the important issues within the debate and the impact ofthe policy on Balochistan province 1.2 The Jirga: ... is also the mother tongue ofthe majority ofthe people based in the city of Karachi, in the province of Sind Finally, Balochi, which is a major language and the mother tongue of 4%, is spoken...
... managers The objective of this skill is to enhance mutual understanding and respect on the basis of identification and recognition ofthe values and needs ofthe communication object This isthe basis ... to the person you are talking to • 4.Take into account that you can be wrong • 5.Leave the space for others to think • 6.Timing isthe key • 7 .What you send iswhat you get • 8 .What kind of rules ... people This is your daily bread The way you communicate with others can be a key to either your success or failure • 1.Respect the person you talk to • 2.Listen, listen, listen and then speak...
... non-institutional investors Furthermore, this study also addresses the issue ofthe timing of investing decisions and specifically whether the timing isdifferentforthedifferent categories of investors (i.e ... persistence, leading to hypothesis below Hypothesis There is an association between the earnings persistence of a firm and the number or the percentage of institutional investors 2.6 DifferentTypes ... fully the available information.” 1That is, security prices adjust rapidly to any new information in the market There are three forms ofthe EMH; the weak form, the semi-strong form, and the strong...
... answers," the old man said "One is within yourself The other is in these blogs For now, you have no answers within yourself, so we must start by observing these blogs Forthe rest ofthe day, ... domain name," the old man said "While the words don't make sense, they have a nice ring to them They roll off the tongue and flow with the blog." "I see And what about this one? This one is long, ... blog." "I see And what about this one? I can't even figure out what platform this one uses Is this a bad platform?" "No, it's a wonderful platform," the old man said "The blogger is a programmer,...
... depends upon the type and amount ofthe discounts offered by the store The only thing that attracts them to a store isthe offers and discounts offered by the retailer They are the cash generators ... best you for them, is not enough Yet the more services you offer them, the more privileged they feel, the more they will recommend your store to others b) DISCOUNT CUSTOMERS- their visit frequency ... want to try any other store? Perhaps it isthe brands available or it isthe convenience, or it isthe variety offered by the store or it is something else Think again! Often it isthe shopping experience...
... have the ability to convert the major circulating form of vitamin D, 25(OH)D, into the active hormonal form, 1,25(OH)2D So, there is a local mechanism in many tissues ofthe body for converting the ... urinary secretion of isothiocyanates, was inversely related to the risk of breast cancer; the quartile with the highest intake only had 50% ofthe risk ofthe lowest intake group [89] In the Nurses' ... been made by these women It will be very interesting to follow the results of this study Conclusions Whatisthe result when all of these things are put together? What if all of these factors...
... affect the calculation ofthe prevalence ofthe disease In another study10 in North Arcot district (now known as Kancheepuram district) of Tamilnadu it was shown that 61.4% (4932/8032) ofthe symptomatics ... Selvakumar and his staff of Bacteriology Department for reporting the results The authors thank the staff of Statistics and Electronic Data Processing (EDP) Divisions ofthe Epidemiology Unit for data ... respectively The yield of cases according to the interval between the onset of cough and the time of elicitation of cough is given in Table-3 It could be seen that proportion ofthe cases yielded...
... An example ofthe disruptive consumption rates is shown in the chart below This chart presents the forecasted market growth-rate for cloud services (Forrester, 2011 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/cloud-computing-market-241-billion-in-2020/47702; ... with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and rent the peak’ Conclusion The customer’s overall cloud health starts with an assessment of value The assessment of value of cloud services ... Services (AMS) This is yet another approach businesses should use when assessing cloud value AMS isthe paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally and the remainder augmented...
... −0.003 for males) While the precision ofthe estimates ofthe effects of behaviors declines with respect to the micro data, we cannot reject the null hypothesis that these effects are jointly statistically ... 16 the year of birth as well as common cohort, country, year ofthe survey and early life controls The table is organized in two columns, one forthe ”reduced” form equation and the other forthe ... results forthe ADS model are shown on the right-hand side of Table 2, both forthe ”reduced form” and forthe dynamic health equation When we consider the former, we find that the overall effect of...
... One way of answering this question is to reflect on the goal of aesthetic science The psychologist Rolf Reber recently suggested that “art theorists… define the criterion ofwhatthe [aesthetic] ... experience is expected to be; scientists… provide a test of whether this criterion is fulfilled.”2 Or consider the case of neuroaesthetics This new branch of empirical aesthetics is often defined as the ... 1-16 The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Editor Search The American Society for Aesthetics is soliciting applications and nominations forthe position of editor ofThe Journal of Aesthetics...