... Maria Carmo Freitas, Nuno Canha, Maria Martinho, Marina Almeida-Silva, Susana Marta Almeida, Priscilla Pegas, Célia Alves, Casimiro Pio, Maria Trancoso, Rita Sousa, Filomena Mouro, Teresa Contreiras ... Israel, a national authority for mapping, cadastre, geodesy and geoinformation 2.2 Laboratory methods As part of the survey, we employed a set of analyzes to assess the levels of the inflammation ... too small for statistical power Thus we have only analyzed the effect of the former pollutants on the inflammatory variables The analytical monitors in each station are fully automated and U.S...
... smoking amplifies systemic inflammation, independent of other factors [36], smoking-inflammation pathway may be an important contributor tothe increased risk observed in women inthe peri and ... Lung Association, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Authors' contributions All authors have made substantial intellectual contribution tothe interpretation of the results and drafting ... disease surveillance – United States, 1971–2000 MMWR Surveill Summ 2002, 51:1-16 Zorrilla-Torras B, Garcia-Marin N, Galan-Labaca I, GandarillasGrande A: Smoking attributable mortality in the...
... benzodiazepines and ethanol Heroin overdoses are fatal intoxications, and are a major contributor to premature death among heroin users [18-22] A combination of drugs is frequently found in fatal intoxications ... revealed that heroin/ morphine was the single most frequently encountered main intoxicant; frequently seen substances in addition tothe main intoxicant were amphetamine, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), ... [36,37] This cause of death was not evaluated against previous abuse of heroin, as a correlation with heroin abuse was more or less a prerequisite for an unintentional fatal overdose Blind interview...
... a total of nine points A score of seven or more was chosen a priori to indicate high methodological quality Statistical analysis Data were analyzed to yield effect estimates either using unadjusted ... epidemiological study assessing passive smoke exposure and the risk of lower respiratory infection in infants less than two years of age Of the 38 papers included inthe original Strachan and Cook meta-analysis ... A, Cochrane JA: Parental smoking and infant respiratory infection: how important is not smoking inthe same room with the baby? Am J Public Health 2003, 93:482-488 20 Braback L, Bjor O, Nordahl...
... time, factor assays, and platelet function studies are based on isolated, static end points of standard laboratory tests [14] They not take into account the interaction of the clotting cascade and ... Flavobacterium heparinum, neutralizes heparin and heparin-like substances without affecting coagulation parameters inthe TEG inthe absence of heparin The comparison of standard and heparinase-modified ... patients, unfractioned heparin was additionally administered inthe same way as prostaglandin I2 The decision to additionally administer unfractioned heparin was made by the intensivist on duty The dose...
... loratadine and hypospadias and the rate of hypospadias among loratadine-exposed infants was highly significantly lower than that during the first period There are two possible explanations The ... relatively easy to verify or reject an observation When the “signal” refers toa rather weak effect (a 2-3 times increase in risk) and the exposure rate is not very high as was the case with loratadine, ... remembered, however, that there was no biological plausibility when thalidomide was detected as a human teratogen, and animal experiments may be difficult to interpret Inthe case of loratadine, both...
... However, plain radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging are the cornerstones of diagnosis A detailed history of the past, physical examination, evaluation of nutritional status and potential ... secondary causes of osteoporosis are to be taken into consideration before the onset of the treatment of HIV-infected patients Abnormal laboratory values of elevated alkaline phosphatase or low ... the day [108] Clinical trials of risedronate have included postmenopausal women with ongoing gastrointestinal disease and those using aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Preliminary...
... is the teacher to make information meaningful so that students can remember it and are able to transfer it toa variety of situations To reach that aim, the teacher has to take many factors into ... improving spelling and grammar skills, and having a more active imagination … are tothe fullest To sum up, reading comprehension plays a very important part in teaching and learning a foreign language ... explanation can be everyone’s satisfaction According to Harmer, it is the eyes and the brain to dominantly participate inthe reading process The eyes are on messages and the brain then has to...
... teaching rather than on the syllabus or course book in order to establish and maintain a certain standard In addition, Mc Namara (2000) stated that test writers should draw out a test specification ... language skills and sections Table Specification grid for the final computer-based MCQs test Table Main points inthe grammar section Table Main points inthe vocabulary section Table Topics in ... unreliability inthe final achievement computer-based MCQs test1 and there are two main factors that cause the unreliability including test item quality and test- takers performance Having carefully...
... was not the central focus in their teaching They were all ina rush tothe students’ final examination in which pronunciation took an unimportant part The materials for learning and teaching pronunciation ... substantially beyond the control of educators’ They qualified their findings by stating that variables of formal training and the quality of the training in pronunciation could affect the results, as ... inthe activity of making sounds, but information about progress is often a crucial factor in maintaining motivation 1.7 Pronunciation goal In teaching pronunciation, teachers keeps in mind these...
... is the teacher to make information meaningful so that students can remember it and are able to transfer it toa variety of situations To reach that aim, the teacher has to take many factors into ... improving spelling and grammar skills, and having a more active imagination … are tothe fullest To sum up, reading comprehension plays a very important part in teaching and learning a foreign language ... explanation can be everyone’s satisfaction According to Harmer, it is the eyes and the brain to dominantly participate inthe reading process The eyes are on messages and the brain then has to...
... co-hyponyms or coordinates, superordinates, and translation Besides these, there are other, perhaps looser, ways of associating meaning that are useful in teaching You can, for instance, relate parts to ... for teachers to make a change in an effort to apply ideas of new teaching methods in language teaching The following facts can be used to make a real illustration about the teaching context at ... teaching according tothe Grammar-translation method: The grammar-translation method of foreign language teaching is one of the most traditional methods The major characteristic of the grammar-translation...
... Yoshiyama Y, Hattori T: Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and urinary-type plasminogen activator in Alzheimer’s disease brain Clin Neuropathol 2001, 20:60-63 Yoshiyama Y, Asahina M, Hattori T: ... participated inthe design of the study, performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that ... expression inthe hippocampus is involved in Abinduced cognitive dysfunction [10] These findings together point tothe need to increase our understanding of the role of MMPs in AD and their relation to...
... Sambola A, Matas M, Aguinaga L, Brugada J Arrhythmia recurrence in patients with a healed myocardial infarction who received an implantable defibrillator: analysis according tothe clinical presentation ... found Intraluminal or intra-intimal thrombi may or may not be present.11 Severe coronary atherosclerosis may exist whether or not there are clinical symptoms (acute myocardial infarction or angina) ... Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Xavier Viñolas Departamento de Cardiolog a, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain Maria Cristina Porciani Istituto di Clinica Medica...
... privileged instead of being taxed according to their ability to pay Furthermore, this would likely cause tax planning in order to create tax-exempt capital gains instead of ordinary taxable income.140 ... subject Many thanks I wish to give to Andrea Kamp and Michael David for putting a lot of time and effort in reading my thesis Andrea, I want to thank for her valuable input and for being a sympathetic ... needs to take place Thus, reorganizations may be defined as changes inthe legal form and /or the interest of the shareholders inthe company117 or more generally, as changes tothe legal or economic...
... Seminar: International Economics International Economics: Trade theory and policy, theory of multinational corporations, economic integration and trade policy International Economics: Elaborating ... assessed in an oral examination by an examiner (3) Inthe courses with continuous performance assessment the tutor determines the method of assessment (oral/written examinations, papers) at the beginning ... referred toin § (1): a b Mandatory Module Lecture: Proseminar: Analytical Methods in Economics Analytical Methods in Economics: Linear algebra, methods of optimization, probability theory, integral...
... MP: The transcription factor NF-kappaB mediates increases in calcium currents and decreases in NMDA- and AMPA/ kainate-induced currents induced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha in hippocampal neurons ... levels in patients with cerebral and myocardial ischemia Shock (Augusta, Ga) 2006, 25:571-574 25 Ueno H, Matsuda T, Hashimoto S, Amaya F, Kitamura Y, Tanaka M, Kobayashi A, Maruyama I, Yamada S, Hasegawa ... history These findings may reflect compensatory activation of anti-inflammatory or anti-convulsive mechanisms, or mechanism defects inthe anti-inflammatory role of IL-10 in febrile seizure families;...
... handling and statistical analysis The weighting factors for each record were computed by the ABS to reflect the population at the time of the survey, taking into account the probability of being ... results and manuscript preparation All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements We thank the Australian Bureau of Statistics for supplying the data as CURFS on compact disks Author ... socioeconomic status has been reported as a protective factor against overweight and obesity in many studies [16] Differences in social factors, education and income explained the increased risk in intermediate...