... at the same time during the day After the stabilization ofthe animals in o a warm box at 37 C for 15 min, the tail systolic blood pressure was measured with a non-invasive blood pressure system ... is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure, stroke, coronary artery disease, and myocardial infarction [12] It is called the ‘silent killer’ for good reason: Almost ... Kannel WB Blood pressure asa cardiovascular risk factor: prevention and treatment JAMA 1996, 275, 1571-1576 13 Kim D, Yokozawa T, Hattori M, Kadota S, Namba T Effects of aqueous extracts of Apocynum...
... GACANNNNNNNNNNNNNNTGRTATAATNNNNAA GTAATAAAATATTCGGAGGAATTTTGAAATGAATA AACGTGTAAAAATCG-3¢) (N ¼ A, T, G, C) and pykback (5¢-CTCTACATGCATTTCAACAATAGGGCCTG TC-3¢) for amplification of pyk The resulting PCR ... equal amounts of formate and acetyl-CoA and the resulting acetyl-CoA is then metabolized into equal amount of ethanol and acetate to maintain the redox balance Discussion In this study we quantified ... L lactis LB436 is a derivative of MG1363 containing a plasmid, pLB65, that harbours a gene coding for the temperate lactococcal bacteriophage TP901-1 integrase [21] The strain was used as the...
... communication smooth And they may learn linguistic forms naturally Hence, the task-based teaching is useful in that it creates opportunities for learners to use language asatool rather than as an ... repeat and participate in a single activity The advantages of using VCDs in English class are also clearly understood as shown in the table and chart above One ofthe most appreciated materials applied ... taught to learners at the same time with the assumption that language learning relates to learning formulaic expressions of language as well as learning rules of language Formulaic expressions can...
... who rate the care as excellent Rasch analysis in particular can aid the selection of these additional items Rasch analysis can also further assess the unidimensionality ofthe scales Finally, although ... statistical cohesive set together rather than existing as separate scales For the same reasons, three domains (physical comfort, technical aspects of care, coordination of care) were combined to ... Subscale scores were well targeted tothe sample indicating that this was an adequate sample of people with MS in which to examine the measurement properties ofthe MSRMS All indicators of reliability...
... medical equipment in the immediate vicinity ofthe patient Statistical analysis Sample size The effects ofthe two strategies will be evaluated on an intention -to- treat basis by comparing the hand ... 23:251-269 Lautenbach E: Practices to Improve Handwashing Compliance In Making healthcare safer: a critical analysis of patient safety practices Edited by: Shojania K, Duncan B, MacDonald K, Wachter ... considerably add tothe general body of knowledge by evaluation ofthe added value ofthe extended strategy as compared tothe state -of -the- art strategy Results from our study will allow us to draw...
... with footwear being a major cause of traumatic ulcers [8] Lack of awareness of risk factors associated with diabetic foot ulcer by health care professionals and patients adds to unnecessary morbidity ... 282:1458-1465 Davis DA, Taylor-Vaisey A: Translating guidelines into practice: A systematic review of theoretic concepts, practical experience and research evidence in the adoption of clinical practice ... educational sessions for staff related tothe clinical application of practice recommendations Senior administrators estimated that approximately 70 percent of staff typically attend 'usual' strategies...
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... Cite this article as: Nixon et al.: The increasing chronicity of HIV in subSaharan Africa: Re-thinking “HIV asa long-wave event” in the era of widespread access to ART Globalization and Health 2011 ... Hospital, Johannesburg African Journal of AIDS Research 2009, 8(1):93-106 Van As M, Myezwa H, Stewart A, Maleka D, Musenge E: The International Classification of Function Disability and Health (ICF) ... HIV-related disability ART has the potential to change HIV from a terminal disease toa chronic, albeit very serious, illness This shift toward chronicity has significant implications for health and...
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... with footwear being a major cause of traumatic ulcers [8] Lack of awareness of risk factors associated with diabetic foot ulcer by health care professionals and patients adds to unnecessary morbidity ... 282:1458-1465 Davis DA, Taylor-Vaisey A: Translating guidelines into practice: A systematic review of theoretic concepts, practical experience and research evidence in the adoption of clinical practice ... educational sessions for staff related tothe clinical application of practice recommendations Senior administrators estimated that approximately 70 percent of staff typically attend 'usual' strategies...
... position The CA-6000 linkage measures head position relative tothe base affixed at the first thoracic vertebra Matching Lucite blocks, one attached tothe headband ofthe CA-6000, and the other attached ... the projection ofthe laser light on a large screen located 6' in front ofthe participant The inclination ofthe headpiece with respect to vertical was recorded and MVC was determined separately ... that might serve asa global measure of neuromuscular function and reveal differences between normal subjects and those who respond to spinal manipulation Asa first step toward this goal and as...
... Transactions, vol 92, 1983, p 3.1086 [29] Arash Nemati, Shahram Khalilarya, Samad Jafarmadar, Hassan Khatamnejhad, Vahid Fathi Numerical parametric investigation ofa gasoline fuelled partially-premixed ... temperature regions for baseline and adiabatic with EGR cases are the same Also at adiabatic case for 400°CA and 420°CA, these regions more spread out in the main chamber and the values of local ... respectively in adiabatic case than baseline and it is the best result of insulation of an IDI diesel engine The indicated power increased at the adiabatic case 30% and 22.5% in part and full loads respectively...
... existing data management offices and databases that could support ocean acidification observational and research data The FOARAM Act also calls for an “Ocean Acidification Information Exchange” that ... surface waters has already been observed in the Canada Basin ofthe Arctic Ocean (Bates et al., 2009; Yamamoto-Kawai et al., 2009) Persistent undersaturation of surface waters with respect to aragonite ... work The Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring (FOARAM) Act of 2009 was passed as part ofthe Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (P.L 111-11) and signed into law on March...
... The IOF Allocator as Part ofa Suite of Analytical Tools xii Internetting of Fires Is the Dynamic Pooling of Resources Enabled by C4ISR The IOF Allocator as Part ofthe WMT Suite of Analytical ... preventing the shooters from attacking dead targets (which also may lead to an overestimation ofthe damage to targeted systems) This too was not a limitation tothe IOF Allocator but rather ofthe ... is at least one collateral target in every cell that there is a positive target Tanks are assigned a value of 10, and collateral targets are assigned a value equal tothe negative of one tank...
... supervised the data collection AS collected the data with the help ofa research team Data was analyzed by JN and AS RS, SS and AS drafted the manuscript All authors contributed tothe final version of ... context the aim of medical care should be to narrow the gap between a patient's hope and aspirations and what actually happens Quality of life measurement methods have been seen as an advance in health ... that are not captured in the first five areas In step 2, she was asked to give herself a score out of 10 for each of these areas The average of these scores gave the primary index score (PIS) (max...
... invest in the infrastructure and to maintain their own gateways, the WAP clients also have to be configured to switch gateways to access various secure WAP applications The latter, like having to switch ... realistic networks using real WAP traffic Also, since WAP 2.0 has been newly released, there has not been any comparison ofthe performance of WAP 2.0 stack against WAP 1.x stack in the literature ... configurations are evaluated by comparing the ATDiffs, which are the WATs of other configurations minus the WAT of uncompressed WAP 2.0 ATDiff = ATotherconf − ATnocomp WAP = WATotherconf − WATnocomp WAP 3.3...
... significant (p = ns) We faced problems using Caspase-3 toevaluatethe apoptotic index, as this terminal enzyme ofthe apoptotic cascade is cytoplasmic in location This led toa diffuse staining of ... statistically Non-parametric tests were applied to assess the other variables Patient baseline characteristics, the treatment regimen, and molecular markers were each assessed for an association ... to travel great distances to seek medical care We chose toevaluate three biomarkers, namely Ki-67 (marker of proliferation), Bcl-2 and Caspase-3 (anti- and pro-apoptotic markers) as data exist...
... ofthe MMP family is the hallmark of several inflammatory disorders, including arthritis MMP-9, in particular, has been implicated in the degradation and damage of articular cartilage in RA and ... proteases tothe NPA in various diseases We used the ability ofthe flow cytometer to accurately detect different classes of particles, such as microspheres, based upon a physical characteristic ... metalloproteinase (96-kd gelatinase B) in human rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 1996, 39:1576-1587 Yoshihara Y, Nakamura H, Obata K, Yamada H, Hayakawa T, Fujikawa K, Okada Y: Matrix metalloproteinases...
... occur at nearly the same time The angular direction ofa phasor indicates the phase relationship between light and activity for an individual Greater amounts of activity near the onset of circadian ... however, to compare phasor magnitudes (Figure 9) and IS values by using the same sets of activity data as estimates of circadian entrainment The distribution ofthe IS statistic was calculated from the ... by humans Daysimeter The Daysimeter was developed asa head-worn lightdosimeter and activity monitor to address measurements ofthe spectral and spatial response ofthe human circadian system...