... serve asa potential surrogate end -point by predicting clinical benefit, the authors found that 57% ofthe DrotAA effect was explained by the change in protein C levels The authors also demonstrated ... Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST) Investigators: Preliminary report: effect of encainide and flecainide on mortality ina randomized trial of arrhythmia suppression after myocardial ... longer infusion times (up to days), and the efficacy of these infusions for normalization of protein C levels We agree that these are clinical scenarios in which protein C may have value asa surrogate...
... have a similar meaning and /or effect as previously existing utterances in another language and culture” In this definition, Pochhaker mentions about the similarities in meaning and effect ofthe ... the SL and the TL The interpretations must transfer both the meaning and the cultural meaning ofthe SL, and the interpreter is a person who is good at language and culture to give the best interpretation ... individual words which are put together forming a meaningless chunk of information And if note-taking is separated from the activity of analyzing the speech, the interpreter may be lost inthe information...
... exchange measurement Exchange rates of CO2 were measured with an infrared gas analysis system (Uras G; Hartmann & Braun AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) A whole-rosette cuvette design was used as ... described in [31] Gas exchange was measured inthe growth chamber shortly before plant harvesting Means of raw data for gas exchange were converted to flux rates per gram of FW obtained at the end ofthe ... sink export To obtain a quantitative measure of how exposure to °C in uenced the process of photosynthesis, gas exchange of plants was measured by infrared gas analysis Measurements were performed...
... regarded as cases of moral and non-moral goodness can be treated illuminatingly as instances of excellence inthe same sense, though not necessarily inthe same degree This has the advantage that ... deficiency of excellence ina dog’s caring as much about another dog as about a human being This may be explained by the consideration that the dog cannot engage the human being and the human being’s ... have as beings capable of personal relationships, and of moral and other humanly significant choices and enjoyments, as having a claim on our respect and care that normally swamps reasons arising...
... with the design & analysis ofthe study and the preparation ofthe manuscript All authors reviewed the final manuscript Additional material Additional file Table 1: Clinical data of both groups at ... block within the Box & Block test initially The FM assessment (0–66) was videotaped with a mirror placed inan angle of 45° placed behind the patient, and an experienced therapist who was blinded ... primarily activate the Paccini corpuscles ofthe finger tips Since the vibration motor was under the cam shaft, the small amplitude vibration was not only felt inthe distal phalanges but in the...
... classifying a vibration signal asan aspiration when a swallow has actually occurred, whereas a false negative (FN) is the event of classifying a vibration signal asa swallow when an aspiration has ... implies that the mean and variance ofthe signal not change over time Determination of stationarity is important in selecting the appropriate analytical method, such asinthe fractal characterization ... of radial basis units was increased as necessary during training to achieve the targeted performance Initially, all networks started with two basis units and this was increased by five at each...
... important basis for making an objective assessment of functional disorders and limitations and is decisive fora proper medical opinion as to the reasonableness of certain working conditions foran ... practical experience and the limited time allowed for occupational medical examinations speak fora systematic subdivision ofthe physical examination into a screening phase and, based on the ... lumbar spine and the hips Inthe subsequent • test for lateral bending, first continuous and discontinuous bending ofthe thoracic and lumbar spine are compared and then the distance ofthe fingertips...
... artificial joint Ina later stage, thestem was removed, cement was introduced inthe distal part ofthe femoral canal, thestem was re-introduced and after the cement has fully cured, the implant was ... stages and canal and reinserting the prosthesis The FRF had a normal evolution during the reinsertion and the graphs corresponding to the final two stages, labelled as stage 4a and stage 5a, are ... fixed The FRF was measured in both stages using the same method asinthe non cemented stems case (Figure 3) In some randomly chosen cases, the FRF was measured also at various stages of cement...
... important aspect to consider is that inthecaseofthe first one, asthe size ofthe input matrix increases then the number of branches also increases by two (e.g., × matrix = branches, while a ... iteration, and its number of operations is estimated as n/2(n - 1) [14] Inthecaseofthe Binary tree, the number of branches is doubled asthe matrix size n increases, being the increasing ... in assigning n tasks to n possible candidates on a one-toone basis inan optimal way For this purpose, it has to be taken into account that there are exactly n! ways to assign n tasks to n candidates,...
... because it is an index of correlation and not an index of agreement [19-21] The calculation of means and standard deviations for each SCCT item and total score during the rating by each examiner ... reflected in factor analysis The four factors that emerge explain 71% ofthe total variance The SCCT can be divided into subscales on the basis ofthe factor analysis and its interpretation In this way, ... superfactors explaining 29% and 28% of total variance respectively (Table 8) Item analysis (calculation of Cronbach’s a) Cronbach’s a was equal to 0.75, with no item increasing dramatically thea coefficient...
... video-recording ofthe animal Setup for video-recording ofthe animal Data analysis All the time series were detrended and treated with a three -point moving mean procedure The treated series were then analysed ... monitoring ofthe animals, creating continuous time series The data files are automatically saved to the hard disk, allowing immediate analyses ofthe data Competing interests The author(s) declare ... we wanted to revalidate the locomotor monitoring system that our research group designed and validated several years ago The new apparatus allows easier recording of animals by means ofa battery...
... Yanagihara Y, Mao XQ, Gao PS, Arinobu Y, Ihara K, Takabayashi A, Hara T, Enomoto T, Sasaki S, Kawai M, Hamasaki N, Shirakawa T, Hopkin JM, Izuhara K: Cutting edge: dominant effect of Ile50Val ... various durations of RA Severity was not calculated on the basis ofthe rate of accumulation of joint damage over a specific interval of time, and therefore an effect of I50V on severity may have been ... plate reader (Biotek, Winsooki, VT, USA) and analyzed by KC4 software (Biotek) Statistical analysis The data were analyzed with GraphPad Prism version 4.02 software (GraphPad Software Inc., San...
... for diagnosis or monitoring as part of standard care Given their value in evaluating and managing patients with heart failure, the natriuretic peptide class of biomarkers might be useful asa ... drafted the manuscript AM collected data, performed data analysis, and drafted the manuscript RT conceived the study, collected data, and drafted the manuscript RP, MAF, and BTT assisted in patient ... inotropic agents (including norepinephrine [noradrenaline], phenylephrine, vasopressin, dopamine, dobutamine, or milrinone); and intention by the clinicians managing the patient to place a PAC...
... Efficacy and safety of caspofungin for treatment of invasive aspergillosis in patients refractory to or intolerant of conventional antifungal therapy Clin Infect Dis 2004, 39: 1563-1571 Ascioglu ... Critical Care Vol 10 No Garnacho-Montero and Amaya-Villar Van de Woude et al [1] propose a clinical algorithm based on the criteria defined by an international conference on the diagnosis of aspergillosis ... hematopoietic stemcell transplant: an international consensus Clin Infect Dis 2002, 34:7-14 Hartemink KJ, Paul MA, Spijkstra JJ, Girbes AR, Polderman KH: Immunoparalysis asa cause for invasive...
... local and cultural adaptation was necessary to make the intervention feasible and to enhance deliverability in all participating countries, this way increasing the likelihood of program sustainability ... time, financial and human resources should be planned to allow fora systematic and evidence-based development ofan intervention The external validity ofthe IDEFICS intervention was an important ... staff was appointed asthe local “intervention program manager” (IPM) in each participating country The IPM was responsible for establishing, organizing and coordinating the community platform (module...
... within the Finnish native populations (Eastern Finncattle, Western Finncattle and Northern Finncattle) It has the advantage of being able to take into account a wide range of potential parameters ... such as Australian Brangus, Angus and Hereford breeds, where dehorning and breeding practices for polled cattle have been an accepted part of cattle management for generations Another future challenge ... underlying assumptions regarding the demographic and mutational models on which they are based, as well as on uncertainty associated with the robustness ofthe approaches The recent increased availability...
... inflection point at round 0.15V vs Ag/AgCl and above which the photocurrent density increased at a decreasing rate, no current plateau was obtained; indicating that many ofthe holes recombined on the ... illumination to the decrease inthe film impedance, especially the imaginary part ofthe complex impedance According to the above equation, high frequency can reduce the influence of capacitance ... Powder-based photoelectrochemical water splitting systems continue to be an active areas of research since the work of Fujishima and Honda (Fujishima and Honda, 1972) in 1972 Thousands of materials...
... Shanshan and the attachment students: Shriju Joshi, Amelia Ann Michael, Natasha Lee, Brenda Lim, Rosanna Chau, Srividia Sundararaman, Zhang Lei) and the Skin Cells Research Group members (Anandaroop ... salt Graduate Program in Bioengineering 22 Chapter Literature Review DexS has a widespread application in medical industry asan anti-coagulant agent and as ingredients of cream and ointment for ... background and significance Fibrovascular disorders are diseases that are characterized by an increase inthe formation of fibrous tissues and its vascularization This disease can occur in any...
... degraded to carbofuran within the samples as well asinthe extracts at pH Thus, merely if carbofuran is present inthe acidified extract an additional run ofthe alkaline aliquot is needed Normally ... detectable residues ofthe analytes of interest) The blank sample is treated the same way as any other sample, but no ISTD is added during extraction and cleanup. (The preparation of calibration solutions ... shaken vigorously fora few seconds The minute extraction ofthe entire batch can be performed in parallel after the salts have been added to all the samples Michelangelo Anastassiades, CVUA...