... histology A baseline liver biopsy was performed in 29 patients at the time of diagnosis and follow -up liver biopsies in five of these patients Since there are no established guidelines of when to ... performed due to persistently abnormal liver enzymes Liver biopsy features including grade of steatosis, inflammatory infiltrate, and ballooning, the presence of Mallory hyaline, and stage of fibrosis ... Positive autoantibodies in low titres were found in 20% of patients including ANA in 15.4%, and SMA in 10% of patients Liver histology The main liver biopsy features are summarised in table Some...
... effect of adalimumab on the reduction of signs and symptoms andto assess the inhibition of progression of structural damage inthe spine as measured by the mean change inthe modified Stoke AS Spine ... and BNW performed the blinded reading ofthe radiographs RL was an investigator for the OASIS study and was the adjudicator for the radiographic reads DvdH was the principal investigator ofthe ... study and is the principal investigator who assisted in designing the ATLAS study WPM is the principal investigator and assisted in designing the Canadian M03-606 study RW and HK assisted in designing...
... at and10years [7] We did not attempt to study the implication of late DXR-BMD loss in this study, since we aimed to find early predictors of outcome On the other hand, the clinical value of ... determination has the advantage of being well standardized and not subject tothe interpretation and measurement errors that are inherent in both the Larsen andthe SvdH scoring systems Furthermore, ... using dxronline software (Sectra, Linköping, Sweden) The dxronline software recognizes regions of interest around the narrowest part ofthe second, third and fourth metacarpal bone diaphysis and...
... is the first study to look at the use of remifentanil for prolonged infusions in ICU patients for upto10 days The primary aim ofthe study was to compare the safety ofthe techniques andthe ... explained by differing eligibilities to start the weaning process, because there was no difference between the times to start the weaning process in either ofthe two study groups The SAS and ... in either group The variation inthe mean SAS over 24 hours was 3.1 to 3.3 for remifentanil group and 2.7 to 3.0 inthe comparator group The variation inthe mean PI over 24 hours was 1.5 to 1.6...
... with an introduction of decision making as the main theory of focus in this research proposal It includes the definition of decision making, the different types of theories and research in decision ... the research of decision making in sports Despite being a topic of interest in many disciplines, the study of decision making has always been challenging Some ofthe challenges of investigating ... years ago Research in sports engineering and technology uses the application of mathematical knowledge and physics to solve problems in sports, which may include the development of training tools...
... Guide offers the standard forms ofthe Student Application, the Learning Agreement, the Training A greement, the Transcript of Records andthe outline ofthe Diploma Supplement Examples of updated ... teaching, learning and assessment In such a learner-centred approach, institutions have the role of facilitating and supporting learners in shaping their own learning pathways and helping them to ... specified inthe Learning Agreement it is uptothe home institution to decide whether or not to recognise these In case of changes tothe programme of study agreed with the learner, the Learning Agreement...
... sector in participating countries to monitor their progress against the core set of actions to strengthen national SHN and HIV responses by the education sector, as outlined inthe Port -of Spain ... meeting and capacity building workshop, bringing together HIV/AIDS coordinators from 13 ofthe 14 Ministries of Education it represents This meeting focused on capacity building, including monitoring ... St Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago, lack an HIV section inthe MoE but have a designated HIV/AIDS coordinator The HIV/AIDS coordinator in Trinidad and Tobago is attached tothe Student Support Services...
... corrector-annotators The annotators’ task was to indicate the locations of accents and/ or breaks that they preferred They used a custom annotation tool which provided feedback inthe form of synthesized ... set of training instances as points in a multidimensional feature space, and stores them as such in an instance base in memory (rather than performing some abstraction over them) After the instance ... experiment, the ID procedure is carried out on the 90% training partition, andthe resulting optimal setting is tested on the remaining 10% test partition The average score ofthe10 optimized folds...
... chicken meat sold in Europe In relation tothe original purchase prices ofthe producers, the investment into slaughterhouses, cold-storage depots and cool chain as well as the carving upof whole ... before the purchase The few supermarkets inthe capitals importing poultry for the upper class and for foreigners by airplane maintained the cold chain by their own means Other kinds of meat, ... slaughtering, freezing, decomposition and cold chain raise the purchase prices ofthe slaughterhouses compared to those ofthe producers by almost 100 % Building up a working cold chain would in most...
... total antibody binding to Ab The conflicting results for anti-Ab serum antibodies in AD may be due in part to failure to account for this binding Other reasons could include binding of anti-Ab antibodies ... the main target for AD therapy sincethe formulation ofthe “amyloid hypothesis” [1] The significance of serum antibodies to Ab in AD is unclear, because these antibodies have been reported to ... sample The plate arrangement is shown in Figure Samples were randomized as tothe order in which they were evaluated A volume of 100 μl was placed in each well for each step ofthe procedure The...
... degree of autonomy in managing development, including financial resources) andof democracy (forms of consultation and participation) - The image and perception ofthe area (by the inhabitants themselves ... local and endogenous focus to add value tothe resources ofthe regions themselves - The promotion of any innovative solutions through the creation of a European network - The merging ofthe different ... persistent rural problems Innovation is also embodied inthe programme’s demonstrative and networking components: disseminating information to other groups of players wishing to gain inspiration from...
... thinning and final felling of even-aged stands allowed a rapid increase in wood production to meet economic demands Inthe Alps and, to a lesser extent, in other mountains of Central Europe, the ... sustainability of wood production in saying that a forest is “managed in a sustainable manner if one takes care ofthe regeneration of all logged stands in order to maintain the soil that is destined to ... ownership of forests in most European countries The laws defined the landowner’s wood production and management rights in using the forest as a productive asset for generating profit and income They...
... that the benefits of priming loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seeds decreased as the length of chilling increased In contrast tothe FI seeds, priming had a small effect on the germination ofthe ... without the risk of premature germination [9, 10] A combination of GA3 and chilling at TMC levels might increase germination potential while reducing the risk of premature germination in alder and ... equivalent to about 50 to 100 seeds in both species The number of seeds that germinated prematurely was determined before the boxes were placed inthe germinators; these values were excluded from the...
... the instrumentation type, sampling mode and analysis tools in order to allow inclusion of this study inthe growing database of cancer studies using actigraphy [16] This report investigates the ... best-fitting straight line to a data set when searching for a linear increasing or decreasing trend and subsequently determining the probability that the slope ofthe best-fitting line is different ... zero Using the same technique, the cosinor method fits a best-fitting cosine function instead of a straight line The probability that the amplitude ofthe cosine function best fitting these data...
... ventilator-induced lung injury? Clinicians have long been aware that certain inflammatory conditions ofthe lung produce tissue hemorrhage inthe absence of ventilatory stress These vessel-disrupting ... eliminated and alveolar dimensions increase On the other hand, elimination of surface tension would cause capillaries that are fully embedded inthe alveolar walls to bulge further into the interior, ... encouraging their rupture [8], andthe increased weight ofthe edematous lung may encourage small airway compression and accentuate the tendency for tidal opening and closure to occur Which of these...
... because they are proud to belong tothe group The leader is wise to stimulate and intensify such feelings Nevertheless, the leader must maintain balance and keep the ICU service in a mediating position; ... between stopping treatment or continuation of treatment does not allow a compromise: it is either one or the other Also here, listening is the key to finding a solution Taking time to understand the ... nurse/physicians), and end -of- life care Interestingly, perceived burnout complaints among colleagues seemed to be an important factor in inducing BOS in other individuals ofthe staff [19] ICU...
... metabolic andin ammatory responses, with a dramatic increase in circulating TNF-α when intraportal glucose was administered Fasting on the other hand seemed to attenuate the response to endotoxin In ... mitochondrial oxygen consumption and induces the expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, the main inhibitor of pyruvate dehydrogenase andofthe entry of acetylCoA into mitochondria Adapted from ... T, Bandyopadhyay A, Dandona P: Glucose intake induces an increase in activator protein and early growth response binding activities, inthe expression of tissue factor and matrix metalloproteinase...