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... vision-related functioning and dry eye symptoms in terms of severity, it covers only some of these aspects and is therefore unlikely to describe the full impact and burden of dry eye andits treatment on ... clinicians on the team provided expertise and took part extensively in the decisions throughout the process of development and finalisation ofthe questionnaire They gave their approval at each ofthe ... completed the pilot version and were questioned regarding their general impressions ofthe questionnaire; its comprehensiveness; the clarity ofthe instructions, items and response choices; and their...
... guidelines for cross-cultural adaptations [19] The original authors accepted the questionnaire to be translated They were sent the final version ofthe paper, and they agree withthe results ... score andthe subscale for activity engagement were significantly correlated with all ofthe other psychometric instruments, including the VAS, HADS, PCS, FIQ and SF36 Whereas the subscale for ... by the two factors Looking at the Component Matrix ofthe two-factor construct, individual items could be allocated to the same subscales as they were in the English version ofthe CPAQ Therefore,...
... correlations withthe HAM-A, HADS-Anxiety, andthe mental subscales ofthe SF-36, and lower correlations withthe HADSDepression andthe physical subscales ofthe SF-36 At Weeks 1, 2, and 4, all ... clinic visits and at home in a daily diary format The distance from the left edge ofthe line to the mark placed by the patient is measured to the nearest millimeter and used in analyses as the patient ... employee of Pfizer Inc Authors' contributions VSLW conducted the psychometric analyses and drafted major portions ofthe manuscript RJM and DF conceived ofthe study and participated in its design and...
... regarding the terminology used in the rest of this paper Let I be the total number of frames in Vc Let M be the total number of pixel rows in each frame of Vc , and let N be the total number of pixel ... Normalized standard deviation map ofthe second continuous-tone frame ofthe caltrain sequence number The DWE performance ofthe entire halftone video is given by the single number DWE, the Perceptual ... [3] They have called their assessment measure average flicker rate (AFR), which they compute by adding the “on” pixels in the absolute difference image and then dividing the resulting sum by the...
... [63-65] Overall, these results suggest that theassessmentof total adiponectin may be insufficient and that the analysis ofthe levels ofthe Int J Med Sci 2008, 252 multimeric forms should be ... and various markers of MS The most basic form of adiponectin secreted is the trimer Adiponectin forms two higher-ordered structures through the noncovalent binding of two trimers (hexamers) and ... communicates with other tissues via secretion of adipokines Adipokines, which integrate metabolic and inflammatory signals are attractive candidates for predicting the risk of CVD With obesity, the production...
... collection and analysis, andwith DB collected all data All authors were involved in the development ofthe scale andthe interpretation ofthe results, helped draft the manuscript, and read and approved ... use of these items from the tool to assist clinical footwear assessment can be recommended for a range of populations Qualitative evaluation ofthe tool and each ofits components during its ... recommendations for older people [22] Measurement was recorded as the average ofthe height medially and laterally from the base ofthe heel to the centre ofthe heel-sole interface Forefoot height...
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... significant for 1/HOMA-IR, HOMA2 andfor KxgI both in the whole sample (P < 0.001 forthe KxgI, P = 0.002 forthe 1/HOMA-IR and P = 0.001 forthe HOMA2) and in the reduced sub-sample (P < 0.001 forthe ... to be the case forthe KxgI index as shown by the actual range of values, by the correlation withthe 1/HOMA-IR and HOMA2 indices, by the correlation withthe M index from the EHC, and by the very ... degree of variability in the estimation ofthe parameters ofthe MM, compared with a very good numerical stability in the corresponding estimation ofthe SDM parameters The instability ofthe SI...
... The impact dynamicsof an outbreak Figure short-term of a person's immune responsiveness fortheThe impact of a person's immune responsiveness forthe short-term dynamicsof an outbreak (A and ... at the beginning ofthe simulation, and remained static forthe duration of that simulation Weight of network connectivity between people and infection spread One ofthe most obvious features of ... describes the structure ofthe Poissondistributed network The vector, vj, is the viral load ofthe jth network contact of person i, and P is the population These assumptions lead to the following...
... into the retrieval of materials of value by the informal sector The landfill site survey also helped in estimating the total quantity of waste generated in each city on the basis ofthe numbers and ... Swachha Bangalore Page 22 of 25 Motivation and Training of Municipal Officials Municipal officials should understand their role and relationship withthe rest ofthe community The following messages ... basic understanding and formats for collection ofthe information on current solid waste management system in order to: • Analyze the availability, enforcement and impact of regulations and economic...
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... (pdfs) and Pi are the a priori probabilities ofthe classes Ωi , i = 1, The term (X) at the left-hand side of (1) is known as likelihood andthe fraction in the right-hand side of (1) is called the ... self-evident that the area ofthe convex hull forthe ROC with reject option is greater than that without reject option The area ofthe convex hull is correlated withthe area under the ROC that is ... , the set of equations t1 = t − ϑ and t2 = t + ϑ is then solved for t and ϑ Clearly, the just derived estimates of t and ϑ are initial ones, because they depend on the convex hull resolution of...
... which is the number m of positive roots forthe group Dn This completes the proof of Lemma We can apply Theorem directly forthe cases with steps ±ei , but forthe case with steps ei , the random ... chamber Since we need the same arguments from the proof of Lemma in our proof of Theorem 1, we will include the full proof of Lemma there As examples of these lemmas, forthe symmetric group, ... generality for even b, andthe theorem follows for odd b by taking the geometric mean ofthe formulas for b − and b + It thus establishes the stronger bound To apply Theorem in our cases, let b = 0, and...
... means ofthe comparison ofthe RAPD marker frequencies of a subsampling of these progenies andofthe adult population Analysis ofthe morphological characters MATERIALS AND METHODS Sampling The ... analysis In the second case ofthe figure, the heterozygote deficit (f) must be considered The frequency ofthe phenotype A+ is the sum ofthe frequency ofthe genotype P : +/+ All ofthe 41 ied ... at the within-group level Among all of these characters, 31 present significant differences andofthe genotype P : +/n Knowing the frequency PA+ ofthe phenotype A+ and f, the frequency of the...
... least PR at the completion of FCR; the last chemotherapy with or without rituximab was administered at least three months before start of FCR; no patient under maintenance therapy with rituximab ... dexamethasone and rituximab, remaining in CR for 48 months He died at 73 years of age for sepsis during support therapy for t-MDS Other two patients have died: one for acute renal failure and one for ictus ... than the prior treatment, eventually leading to refractory disease, andthe question remains regarding whether the survival of patients with FL is improving with new treatment regimens In the...
... calculate the appropriate MOD score The calculation of each component system value andthe total values for both SOFA and MOD scores were manually checked by one ofthe investigators (CD) for their ... 0.821 forthe cardiovascular component ofthe SOFA scoring system, as compared with 0.750 forthe same component ofthe MOD scoring system The difference was even more pronounced when patients with ... them withthe laboratory or physiologic data recorded in the QS system over a one month period (683 patient-days) before the start ofthe study; no errors were found in the calculation of either...