... in describing the extension of the mass in the pelvis The various scans allow the surgeon to determine possible associations between the mass and the pancreas, the kidneys and the ovaries, organs ... PRMC-BM In this study all patients were women Lai et al [5] reported the first case of pure PRMC in a malepatient Motoyama et al [6] reported the first case of PRMC-BM in a malepatient Two similar ... borderline malignancy in a malepatient Tumors of epithelial derivation located in the retroperitoneum are rare because of the non existence of epithelial cells in this area Nevertheless, Roth et al...
... pilot study Another issue is the exclusion of the http://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2011, women from the study Hormone replacement therapy at the postmenopausal period affects the relation between ... studied in patients with OSA Due to the circulating Lp-PLA2 levels, patients in the highest arousal quartile may have been increased risk of coronary and/or cerebral event compared to the patients ... all the tests Results The ages of the participants were between 35-60 years (Mean±SD was 43.5±10.5 years) Patients were divided into two groups according to the median arousal value and patients’...
... involved in patient safety We adopted a national perspective, the goal of which was to assess the progress of the AHRQ initiative and the activities of other federal agencies in the context of the larger ... to synthesize them in ways that make the information accessible to various end users These include the scientific community, which will use the results for updating the body of evidence on patient ... as the challenge grants funded in FY 2003, thePatient Safety Improvement Corps (PSIC), and other patient safety partnering initiatives The separation of health-IT projects and the PSIs into other...
... In the end, the survey results confirmed the majority of my hypotheses But as with each of my other surveys over the years, it was inconclusive on a few others The confirmed subjects became the ... with male colleagues As my new friend on the airplane put it, we can still sabotage ourselves simply because we not understand themale factor”: some relevant truths about how themale half of the ... not the case for women That leads to the intriguing question of whether certain women became more senior because they already thought “more like men,” or whether the process of rising through the...
... As is the case with mother so with the father, the initial sacrifice in the division of a portion of his body is too small to be considered, but in his case as in the case of the mother, the sacrifice ... and at the moment of the emission or the ejaculation of the semen the numerous ducts empty their contents into the urethra to be mingled with and made a part of the semen The secretion of the prostate ... together with the secretion from the prostate gland is poured into the urethra at the moment of sexual orgasm; they become mixed in their transit through the urethra with the secretion from the...
... detachable layer of stroma (*) and epithelium (e) which extends towards the incubation cavity (B) By the time themale is ready to receive the female eggs, the epithelium has thickened and is well ... in the long form (approximately 130 residues), one of which spans from the end of the first helix to the end of the CRD, the second is shorter and located at the C-terminal end of the CRD, and the ... secreted into the brood pouch To verify that the hcCTLs are indeed secreted into the pouch cavity, and to examine other proteins present in the fluid surrounding the embryos, the proteome of the pouch...
... al 2005a) is therefore common among the social Hymenoptera In these species, the process of testis degeneration begins after the migration of the spermatozoa to the seminal vesicles The same process ... insertions of the deferent ducts (dd) into the accessory gland (g) Note the difference between the epithelium of the deferent duct (dd), showing basal and spherical nuclei (arrow), and the striated ... remain together, held by extracellular material that surrounds the anterior portion of their heads (Figure 1E) The spermatodesmata migrate to the efferent duct (Figure 1E), pass into the deferent...
... has the lead responsibility for awarding and managing the health IT grants The two centers are also working together on the new ambulatory care patient- safety program At the start of thepatient ... engaged As the innovation matures, adoption then levels off After five years of thepatient safety initiative, the United States stands at the threshold of the upward moving portion of the curve ... Chapter presents the results of the product evaluation, including our assessment of effects of thepatient safety initiative on patient outcomes and other stakeholders Chapter summarizes the current...
... sitting female between them (no 25; Figure 48) The males are rendered in the same styles as the contemporaneous female figures all of which, in distinct contrast to the males, are shown either reclining ... With the emergence of the folded-arm female as the canonicalor classic image of the islands at the beginning of the ECII phase, there was a very marked increase in figure production Yet from the ... The latter are known as the Apeiranthos type after a village on Naxos Themale figure is well established within the Plastiras type of the ECI phase Altogether seven male examples of this rather...
... in male reproductive system of the adult rat To identify the cells responsible for GSSG reduction, an attempt was made to determine the localization of GR in themale reproductive system of the ... localization in themale reproductive system of the adult rat (Fig 2) Epithelia from the epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, and prostate glands were strongly stained with the GR antibody In the ... expected that the reductant level inside the epididymis would be low However, we found a high level of GR in the epithelia of the epididymis (Fig 1) As the epididymis is rich in sulfoxidase, the oxidation...
... as the disease progresses, there may be residual deficits that accumulate over time Exacerbations can last days to weeks to months The longer a patient has MS, the greater the chance that the ... for managing both the MS disease p rocess and ssociated conditions, and to discuss these a approaches in the context of the aging MS patient An Overview of MS in Aging The hallmarks of MS ... evaluated these diseasem odifying agents have studied patients with a mean age of 34–47, and have followed these patients for only a few years Very little work has examined the effects of these...
... are persuasive to thepatient For more discussion, see DiMarco, et al (1995) other parts of the system—i.e., the user interface for the clinician, the software interface to the online medical-records ... question, neither from the system nor the clinician The writer must therefore always consider what the default action should be when some characteristic of the reader is unknown The default could ... which is mentioned in some other sentence The other elements in the list represent the other two references in the sentence, i.e., to high blood cholesterol levels and to the risk of heart disease...
... Prostaglandins in semen: • Decrease the viscosity of mucus in the cervix • Stimulate reverse peristalsis in the uterus • Facilitate the movement of sperm through the female reproductive tract • Clotting ... External Genitalia Male Development Role of hCG in Male Development • Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) which is secreted by the placenta has LH-like effects • If the fetus is male, hCG stimulates ... mass • Closure of epiphyseal plates in long bones Male Secondary Sex Characteristics • Testosterone is the basis of libido in both males and females Male Sexual Act • Erection is initiated by sexual...
... In the light microscope the spermatozoon appears to have only two parts: the head and the tail In the electron microscope, the tail can be subdivided further into the neck, the middle piece, the ... migrate in embryonic life to the gonadal ridges They comprise the bulk of the cells in the adult seminiferous tubule These form the other major category of cell types in the seminiferous tubules ... of the future sperm head The Cap Phase The acrosomal vesicle grows and forms the head cap that covers the anterior two third of the nucleus The two centrioles assemble at the caudal pole of the...
... need for implant revision, and/or the need for further operative treatment of the knee) Reasons for further surgery in the bilateral group included Table 1: Patient and Operative Data Characteristic ... in the unilateral patient group (n = 30, 20.3% vs n = 19, 12.6%, P = 0.07) The mean follow-up was 14.9 months for the unilateral group and 15.1 months for the bilateral group Functionally, the ... percentage of patients going to an extended-care facility at discharge On the other hand, doubling the percentage of patients requiring extended-care facility treatment at discharge in the unilateral...
... The range for the CSS was 44 to 100 The percentage of subjects scoring at the floor was 1% for all subscales and composite scores Among the subscales, the percentages of subjects scoring at the ... 11 Hearburn/acid reflux bother 12 Other stomach upset bother 13 Any other side effect bother 14 Heartburn/acid reflux freqency 15 Other stomach upset frequency 16 Any other side effect frequency ... should be underlined that the design of The composition of the subscales is supported by the fact that the OPSAT-Q items were more highly correlated with their hypothesized scales than competing...
... than the precision The CCQ scores of the patients were within the limits of the MCID of the scores of the treating clinician in 62% and the mean score of the reviewing clinicians in 63% The proportion ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/135 pulmonary diseases The clinicians were instructed to complete the CCQ of a patientthe way they thought thepatient should have rated the CCQ, based on thepatient characteristics and ... from the origin than the total score, where the functional status and mental state have the largest deviation The Shapiro-Wilk normality test revealed that the total scores of the patients, the...
... mainly due to the doctor facilitation scale of the PICS: patients who experienced the physician as a provider who attempted to include thepatient in the treatment (e.g asked thepatient for consent; ... (6.5%) For 34.2% of the patients no reason for noninclusion was reported Table provides information on the patients in the study Instruments At the beginning and end of the inpatient rehabilitation ... statistics for the HRQOL scales, the personality variables and the characteristics of physician -patient relationship For the HRQOL scales, the table also shows the effect sizes of the change after...
... more patient- centered skills Once trained, these CHAPTER THE FEMALE PATIENT skills become evident in their practices Moreover, female patients report greater involvement with male and female ... questionable severity Other elements influencing the provider patient relationship include: provider gender, the nature of the interaction, the nature of the communication, understanding thepatient s perspective, ... UNDERSTANDING THEPATIENT S PERSPECTIVE Communication is the key to any healthcare provider in their vital role of caring for patients Communication is defined as the ex- CHAPTER THE FEMALE PATIENT...