... rights reserved Optimal Medical Ther apy withorwithout PCI for Stable Coronary Disease random assignments within each study site along with previous coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) as a stratifying ... Ther apy withorwithout PCI for Stable Coronary Disease Baseline Characteristics Overall Sex Male Female Myocardial infarction Yes No Extent of CAD Multivessel disease Single-vessel disease Smoking ... Lipid Core Laboratory, St Louis — J Ladenson, V Thompson; Saint Louis University ECG Core Laboratory, St Louis — B Chaitman, T Bertran; Cedars–Sinai Medical Center Nuclear Core Laboratory, Los...
... [21,22] Furthermore, an alteration in the production of proinflammatory and /or pro-fibrotic cytokines and chemokines, growth factors (in particular transforming growth factor-β), and signaling ... SScFib+ patients compared with SScFibpatients Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization MS withorwithout liquid chromatography–MS/MS analysis identified the proteins corresponding to 21 spots ... collagen and other extracellular matrix proteins on the skin as well as multiple internal organs, alterations in microvasculature, and humoral and cellular abnormalities [7] Clinically, the disease...
... feasible to react with H2O (Eq (7)) The above factors easily cause a low-crystal quality of as-received SiNWs even amorphous SiO2 nanowires 3.3 Advantage and disadvantage of withandwithout metal ... synthesis without metal will be useful for obtaining clean samples with high quality The oxide-assisted growth is an effective approach for large-scale production of high-quality SiNWs without ... to contact with the metal particle located on the substrate (Fig 2B a), a liquid metal–Si alloy will be formed With more and more Si atoms added, the Si content in the If the growth with a metal...
... for their help: my great editor, Karyn Johnson, for her fantastic suggestions and unbelievable patience; Mimi Heft for her help with the design; Hilal Sala, production editor, for her talent and ... removing his armor and laying down his weapon Presenting Naked A samurai would go into battle armed with a sword and wearing armor Fighting “naked” would mean hand-to-hand combat with no protection ... Tesch and Krystin Brazie, for their support Thanks to Seth Godin, Mitch Joel, Robert Scoble, and Guy Kawasaki for the kind words and inspiration Thanks to Deryn Verity, Keiji Enomoto, and Davide...
... differences and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests for pairwise comparisons The expectation would be that scores on the GSRS and GIQLI would be worse for patients with GI complaints as compared to patients without ... diarrhea (7.4% in patients with GI events at baseline and 7.1% in patient without GI at baseline) or any GI event (17.7% in patients with GI at baseline and 13.3% in patients without GI events at baseline) ... was highly correlated with the PGWB Total score and also with its Anxiety and Depressed Mood subscales The GIQLI Physical Function and Social Function subscales were highly correlated with the PGWB...
... dyspneic and anxious while laying supine and was unable to lay still His skin was ashen and diaphoretic without petechiae, purpura, or stigmata of liver disease Initial diagnostics ordered included ... source of the perforation will determine the type and extent of surgery, but the majority of these are managed with an omental patch closure withorwithout a parietal cell or truncal vagotomy ... idea for this case report, performed the literature review, wrote the case discussion, and provided formatting for the article CG assisted with the literature review and wrote the case report section...
... elevated For example, patients with chronic respiratory failure who develop cor pulmonale have significantly higher BNP levels compared with patients with chronic respiratory failure without cor pulmonale ... levels with RV dilatation andwith patient outcomes (mortality) in patients with ALI Although BNP levels were elevated in patients with ALI, there was no association with RV dilatation or mortality ... of BNP with mortality in 41 critically ill patients withrespiratory failure (909 ± 264 in survivors vs 841 ± 171 in nonsurvivors) Rana et al [42] in a study of 204 patients who presented with...
... 1109 Results and discussion Conclusions 3.1 Stick insertion depth test The density and hardness of the negative pastes of lead–acid batteries, that contain organic compounds withorwithout quinone ... or anthraquinone are almost the same as those without additives, both before and after the addition of sulfuric acid solution (results and 2) Before the addition of sulfuric acid solution (result ... structures in the organic additives but also the total structure of organic additives affects the density and hardness of the paste Commercial lignin derivatives (Vanillex N, Vanisperse A, and Indulin...
... 36 mg/m2 days and 8) administered every weeks to patients with HER2-positive LABC (or XT alone for patients with HER2-negative tumors) [37] The ORR was 94% and, in patients treated with HXT, the ... compared with docetaxel alone [17] Gastrointestinal side effects and hand-foot syndrome were more common with XT, whereas myalgia, arthralgia, and neutropenic fever/sepsis were more common with single-agent ... factor receptor [HER]2 negative and positive) [8] Since most of the published preoperative trials used or cycles of treatment, it was considered important to explore the activity of a shorter...
... was therefore to compare the effects of a repeated daily NAC with perennial standardized allergens, on clinical and inflammatory parameters, between allergic rhinitic subjects withorwithout asthma ... subjects withorwithout asthma One objective of this study was to determine how allergic rhinitic subjects withorwithout asthma would react following a multiple NAC, regarding the type and duration ... NACs NACs were performed over consecutive days, in the morning Nasal peak inspiratory flows (NPIF), oral peak expiratory flows (PEF), and symptoms were recorded at baseline and at regular intervals...
... ageing on gas exchange parame- ters A and g were highest for leaf order between and All gas exchange data reported hereafter correspond to measurements made within that zone of the trees which, ... parameter for understanding and modelling the spatial structure of CO assimilation in plant canopies (Aussenac and Ducrey, 1977 ; Ducrey, 1981 ; Oren et al, 1986) but understanding and modelling ... cylindrical shelters with a diameter of 100 cm Treatment C Controls without shelters The shelters were constituted of a wire net- ting supporting a green plastic net with a porosity of 50% (fig...
... Materials and methods We prospectively analyzed 20 patients who underwent anterior extra-peritoneal resection of the rectum for rectal carcinoma with TME and fashioning of GI realized withorwithout ... Countries colorectal cancer is the third malignant tumor for incidence and mortality, after breast cancer in women and lung cancer in men Colorectal cancer is rare after 40 years of age and is more frequent ... withorwithout split laparotomy is a feasible alternative to the classical loop ileostomy and potentially has the same advantages and disadvantages when it is performed by trained surgeons with...
... studies withorwithout mandatory split demonstrated an increase of local control with higher RT doses (Figure 4) The linear regression curve for local control of studies without mandatory split ... significantly worse outcome than patients with short interruption [15] As shown in Figure 4, cohorts with no major treatment interruption were more likely to have a better local control than cohorts with ... adherence to continuous or short mandatory split-course CRT with dose escalation is achieved RT dose escalation to the primary tumor, using IMRT or arc techniques, in combination with IGRT, merit being...
... diagnosed with DCIS for the first time, not recurrent or metastatic diseasewith no prior history of malignant disease (other than in situ carcinoma of the cervix, or BCC or SCC of skin) without ... of invasive diseaseand margin involvement As an example, because neither NSABP B-17 nor EORTC 10853 provided mammographic correlation with either the preoperative imaging and /or with specimen ... study scoring 0, 1, 2, or There was complete agreement in scoring by the two assessors The quality scores were high and the same (n = 4) for the all trials This fact occurred because of the importance...
... self-reported sleepiness before and after sleep We labeled those with more sleepiness in the morning than on the night before as 'a.m sleepier' and those with less sleepiness in the morning than ... were correlated (P < 0.05) in both patients and controls Significant correlations were found for pain and fatigue reported in the evening and morning for patients but only in the evening for controls ... subjects with clinically significant sleep abnormalities: controls with RDIs of 26, 22.4, and 18/hour, CFS patient with an RDI of 22.1/ hour, CFS/FM patient with an RDI of more than 40/hour, and control,...
... for not normally distributed variables and means (standard deviation) for normally Table 2: Results of laboratory parameters according to ABC use* Laboratory parameter ABC-containing regimen (n ... parameters were observed between patients treated withandwithout Table 3: Number (%) of patients with laboratory parameters outside the reference range Laboratory parameter Total group (n = 81) ABC-containing ... treated withorwithout ABC [8,9] We focussed on HIVinfected patients with long-term use of cART Our findings showed no differences in inflammation and coagula- Table 4: Demographic and laboratory...
... vaccinated with VLP + MAA versus VLP alone was shown by a P-value of less than 0.05 Error bars represent the standard error of log-transformed titers Results Vaccination with HPV VLPs formulated with ... a dose of 10 µg or 50 µg of VLPs formulated without adjuvant, with an aluminum adjuvant, orwith MF59 adjuvant Since no significant differences in neutralizing antibody titers and ELISA titers ... Charbonneau and S Macmullen for previous isotyping development, P Boerckel for her expert laboratory assistance, T Green, for expert statistical advice and assistance, R Marchese (Merck MRL Wayne), for...
... Therefore, the present study evaluates functional impairment associated with PPS patients with GAD, withorwithout MDD, in a primary care setting Page of 10 presence or absence of comorbid MDD, and ... Functioning (SDS total score) by the presence of PPS in patients with GAD, withorwithout co-morbid MDD Abbreviations: GAD = Generalized anxiety disorder; MDD = Major depressive disorder; PPS = Painful ... PPS in patients with GAD, withorwithout comorbid MDD Abbreviations: GAD = Generalized anxiety disorder; MDD = Major depressive disorder; PPS = Painful physical symptoms, SD = Standard deviation;...
... professor of Clinical Psychology and by ZONMW, The Netherlands association for Health research and Development, OOG Grant (100002035) to HJ Elgersma and CLH Bockting The Netherlands Organization for ... informed by media or by their former therapist/ GP with a letter, by advertisements or interviews) Subsequently, the researcher informs the patient, he/she receives the information in a letter with ... current mania or hypomania or a history of bipolar illness, any psychotic disorder (current and previous), organic brain damage, alcohol or drug dependency/abuse, predominant anxiety disorder In the...
... Savolainen A: Perceived orofacial pain and its associations with reported bruxism and insomnia symptoms in media personnel withorwithout irregular shift work Acta Odontol Scand 2005, 63:213-217 ... (model II) Early morning awakenings (model III) OR Gender (female) Age ≥ 45 years Irregular shift work Dissatisfied with work shifts Frequent bruxism RLS Snoring 95% CI P= OR 95% CI P= OR 95% CI P= ... shift work The invited subjects and respondents in both shift work and day work groups were similar as regards gender and age, which, on the other hand, may modestly suggest that also the day work...