... both pain and sleep are considered
core domains essential for evaluation in FM clinical trials
[16].
A variety of sleep instruments are available for evaluating
sleep disturbance and its impact ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/12
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turbance in patients with FM. However, further
corroboration of the reliability...
... s-
rand, the Ugandan National Coun cil for Science and
Technology, Hospice Africa Uganda and the Hospice
Palliative Care Association of South Africa.
The APCA African POS
The APCA African POS contains ... LS managed
the study, conducted data analysis and wrote early drafts of the paper. GA
collected data for the study and reviewed the paper. ND acted as Principal
In...
... the high prevalence of
anemia and the growing recognition of treating anemia in
cancer patients, there is no assessment tool for evaluating
cancer patients& apos; satisfaction with anemia treatment.
Defined ... the
options have similar efficacy. Finally, competition among
providers in today's healthcare marketplace has elevated
the importance of patients& apos; a...
... concentration of an analyte
that the bioanalytical procedure can reliably differentiate
from background noise.
LOQ is defined as the lowest amount of an analyte in a
sample that can be quantitatively ... PBMC was evaluated.
Calibration standard curve and linearity of dilution
Due to the lack of a standard reference material, calibra-
tion standard curves were not evaluated...
... individuals where
assessed using the internalization assay. The assay varia-
bility in the placebo data is 15.5% over the 113 days of
sampling (day-3 time point included for a total of 528
samples) ... individuals
and all days (Table 5).
In -study results
This assay was used as a pharmacodynamic marker for
biological activity of a CCR2 antagonist in a clinical...
... CDR3,
together with the selective use of certain TRBJ and TRBV
segments, indicates an important role of the TRB chain in
fine-tuning TR affinity of Melan -A- specific T cells of
melanoma patients and argues ... by melanocytes and melanoma cells. Among the
melanoma-associated Ags identified so far, Melan -A has
received particular attention because of its immune dom-
ina...
... model. At no time during our
analysis of the data was there any overlap in training and
test sets for any of the 10 independent test runs, nor was
there any overlap in analysis between any of the ... unique pattern of biomarkers
that are increased as well as those that are decreased in the
plasma of patients displaying clinical symptoms of pan-
creatic cancer.
I...
... >98% of
intended data was collected. Formal missingness analysis
was done for each instrument separately, following the
approach set forth by Potthoff[54]. Assumptions were met
for missing at random ... indicate the
last actual data point within 1.5 (IQR) from the 25%ile and 75%ile. The symbols above and below these lines are actual outlying
data points.
Health and Quality...
... scores in each
subscale.
Table 2: Reliability of scale (internal consistency) and mean of the subscale scores before BTX treatment
Mean of the subscale scores
Subscales Item number Cronbach's ... embarrassment
and somatic discomforts, including interference with
vision, eye irritation, tearing, difficulty in reading and
driving, dysarthria, facial paresthesia, hearing...
... analysis
An individual analysis was made of each of the ques-
tionnaires, taking into account their original correcting
rule s, along with a reliability study of the corresponding
scales and, where applicable, ... other
comorbidities, and the utilization of health care and
non-health care resour ces, laboral status and a stimated
cost of the fibromyalgia impact dur...