... prior to the entry of this protocol These treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, thermotherapy and immunotherapy, all of which have failed prior to enrollment Other eligibility ... specific T-cell responses in enrolled patients Table shows the summary oftheclinical observations ofthe enrolled patients Two patients received one course of vaccination and three received two ... were observed These events were examined in detail by the members ofthe IRB, independent ofthe study group, and judged not to be related to the vaccination, but to the progress ofthe disease...
... each spoken presentation ofthe list The primary dependent variable is the sum ofthe number of words correctly recalled over the three trials The WMT is a variant ofthe Brown-Peterson Consonant ... correction errors, patient tolerance ofthe procedures, and the time required to complete the SCIP The reliability ofthe SCIP was assessed by examinationof alternate form equivalence, the test-retest ... sequence ofthe letters The dependent variable consists ofthe number of correct sequential translations in 30 seconds Statistical analysis The feasibility ofthe SCIP was examined in relation to the...
... CFS Their training included assessing the activity pattern ofthepatient with the API During the second visit (diagnostic test session) patients completed the IPAQ and the CFS-AQ Additionally they ... table show the area under the curve (representing the validity) for the CFS-AQ, the IPAQ and the API As can be seen, the validity ofthe API (0.643) was somewhat smaller than that ofthe two questionnaires ... with a daily registration by thepatientof physical activity Another option could be to include the opinion of a direct partner ofthe patients in the reporting of daily activities naires Secondly,...
... sections ofthe MPI It is composed of 52 items distributed in three sections Section 1, the Impact of pain in patients' life, Section 2 ,The responses of others to the patients' communications of pain, ... between them The definitive Spanish version was then accepted The analysis ofthe items from the cultural point of view assumed that one ofthe items of section was jointly considered atypical in the ... between the Spanish version and the original, b) the existence of adaptations to other languages in the European context basically confirming the original structure ofthe instrument in other heterogeneous...
... were studied in parallel with the patients as controls ofthe adequacy ofthe cytometric technique procedure as well as for characterisation ofthe normal range ofthe T lymphocyte compartment ... lymphopenia persists during the first week of follow up and is independent ofthe outcome Moreover, by the end ofthe second week of follow up, the absolute number of circulating CD3+CD4+ T cells ... predicting the risk of death and an area under the curve of 0.75 The sensitivity and specificity ofthe data obtained at days and were worse than those found at admission (data not shown) The number of...
... Discussion The aim ofthe present study was to estimate theclinical relevance ofthe IL-10 promoter polymorphisms in patients with major trauma The described genotype and allele frequencies ofthe ... theclinical relevance ofthe IL-10 promoter polymorphisms in a larger cohort of trauma patients and to investigate the relation of these SNPs with other genetic polymorphisms in prediction of ... and Protocol Review Committee ofthe Third Military Medical University, and informed consent was obtained from the patients or thepatient' s next of kin Genotyping ofthe IL-10 promoter polymorphisms...
... center sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... center sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... fleet of 260 ships by the year 2035 rather than the nearly 290 it now has (CBO, 2005) To better understand the magnitude of ship cost escalation and its implications, the Office ofthe Chief of Naval...
... centers sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... rate The regression approach fits the natural logarithm of cost (the dependent variable) as a function ofthe fiscal year (the independent variable) The annual rate is the exponential ofthe coefficient ... measures of inflation Even the rate of increase for electronic warfare aircraft, with the lowest rate of increase ofthe types listed above, was above that of other inflation indices The ordering of...
... involved in patient safety We adopted a national perspective, the goal of which was to assess the progress ofthe AHRQ initiative and the activities of other federal agencies in the context ofthe larger ... standards of practice Recent Events Two major events during 2003–2004 either have altered the scope ofthepatient safety initiative or were expected to so One of these was the shift in focus ofpatient ... Portfolio The quality and safety ofpatient care portfolio is the most mature ofthe ten new portfolios; its scope generally matches that of CQuIPS It contains all ofthe grants bundled with the FY...
... strongly supported by the growth in theclinical research knowledge base ofthe effects of diabetes on the physiological response to exercise, on the effect of exercise on the response to hypoglycaemia ... and racing In the early days of my diabetes, it was the consistency that had gone The main issue was not actually the controlling ofthe diabetes; it had more to with the refueling of my body To ... modulated as the duration ofthe exercise increases and as the intensity ofthe activity changes Since one ofthe main fuels for exercise is carbohydrate, glucose utilization by the working muscle...
... engaged As the innovation matures, adoption then levels off After five years ofthepatient safety initiative, the United States stands at the threshold ofthe upward moving portion ofthe curve ... QIOs to promote the adoption of other kinds of health IT in a variety of health care settings AVAILABILITY OFPATIENT SAFETY MEASURES The absence of a comprehensive set of national patient safety ... 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 ofthe patient...
... will then remain the specifying of Arabia as the home ofthe Magi, the phrase [Greek: kathezomenos] used of John on the banks ofthe Jordan, the two unparallelled sentences, and the cave ofthe ... be the adoration ofthe Magi, the slaughter ofthe innocents, the flight into Egypt, the conjunction ofthe foal with the ass in the entry into Jerusalem All these are strong evidence for the ... notices ofthe miracles in general, the healing ofthe lame and the paralytic, ofthe maimed and the dumb, and the raising ofthe dead not only did they include several discourses, such as the reply...
... density in patients with MS There are currently no clinical guidelines in the evaluation, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in MS patients.53 The current recommendations of screening the general ... mobility in patients with MS.5 Furthermore, exercise can help counteract the effects of disuse atrophy Given the potential implications of serious falls, many older patients may develop a “fear of falling” ... Healthy Aging & Clinical Care in the Elderly 2012:4 Elderly patient with multiple sclerosis Pain Pain is one ofthe most common symptoms of MS and can be seen in more than half of all patients with...
... contains a list ofthepatient conditions that the author is using to specify the selection of pieces of text The right-hand portion ofthe screen contains a window on the text ofthe master document ... are persuasive to thepatient For more discussion, see DiMarco, et al (1995) other parts ofthe system—i.e., the user interface for the clinician, the software interface to the online medical-records ... simplest kind of tailoring is inclusion of simple numerical or alphabetic data from thepatient s record, such as the name ofthepatient or of a prescribed medication—in effect, filling in the blanks...
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... discussion on the construct of self-efficacy (SE), which is one ofthe five component beliefs ofthe social cognitive theory (SCT); SE is considered one ofthe most influential elements ofthe cognitive ... and loss of time are removed (Giannakoudi, 1999) EB’s history began in the early 1970s with the implementation of ATMs which followed the introduction ofthe credit card and the use ofthe telephone ... be the essential components ofthe TAM (Davis, 1989; Venkatesh and Davis, 2000) The TAM model is grounded in the theory of reasoned action (TRA), but also contains traces ofthe expectancy theory...
... return ofthe collateral is much lower than the standard deviation ofthe remainder ofthe assets ofthe firm If the standard deviation ofthe existing assets ofthe firm is higher than the standard ... default The riskiness ofthe new asset may be analyzed in terms of value under conditions of default, and in terms of variance of cash flows that the asset produces An examinationofthe impact of these ... redeployers In the event ofthe bad state ofthe world occurring, these asset redeployers change the use ofthe asset and generate cash thereby creating value Debt therefore acts as a means of transferring...
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