... consumption of fats, free sugars and salt, of increasing the intake of fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains and nuts, andof performing moderate physical activity during at least 30 minutes a day ... hypertension, cancer and osteoporosis36 The underlying determinants of the riskfactors for the major chronicdiseases portrayed above are largely the same Dietary riskfactors include shifts in ... Commission, in view of identifying best practices, invites contributions include: – How can employers succeed in offering healthy choices at workplace canteens, andin improving the nutritional value of...
... facilities and residential settings which could explain this trend [8] This conclusion reinforces the importance of preventing initial MRSA colonisation in this high riskgroupby judicious use of prophylactic ... ageof patients with diabetes and MRSA isolation Other Interesting and Negative Findings No significant association was found between ageand outcome This contradicts research suggesting an increase ... Deep wound/intraoperative swabs Figure Classification of MRSA Infections/Colonisation Past studies have suggesting a higher incidence of postoperative MRSA infections in males [4] 38% of our cohort...
... [8,9] Vascular riskfactors such as diabetes, smoking, obesity, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia are well established as riskfactorsin the development of dementia [10,11] and MCI [12-15] ... demographic information, vascular riskfactorsand psychological distress Age was grouped into five-year intervals (i.e 45-49 years, 50-54 years, 55-59 years, 60-64 years) and education was grouped into ... and vascular riskfactors The final model, Model 4, included demographic variables, vascular riskfactorsand a measure of psychological distress Finally, based on sound statistical results and...
... aim of this paper is to reconsider the gene order in the linkage group, especially of the Phi and Po2 loci and to establish the haplotypes (including Hal genotypes) in a population of Swiss Landrace ... conduc- Haplotyping The method used in the present study to determine the haplotypes was based on deducing linkage phases involving Hal and marker loci of both the parents and their offspring A detailed ... recombinant (offspring 9925) resulting in an unexpected halothane negative reaction of this offspring This recombinant could be explained as being a result of double crossover However, incomplete...
... substantial, andin most cases larger than the corresponding loss in lean mass According to our data, the average percentage loss of lean mass was 5.7±4.7 and the average change in body fat was ... cells, including populations of CD34 positive cells presented in peripheral blood, in the maintenance of the vasculature and neovascularization [39, 40] In several studies, the number of circulating ... used in the study [46] showed that the combination of the 500 calorie per day diet and hCG injections offered a significant benefit to dieters, offering increased weight loss and a decrease in...
... risk, using data from the Study to Help Improve Early evaluation and management ofriskfactors Leading to Diabetes (SHIELD) This investigation will ascertain whether the burden of having riskfactors ... in identifying determinants of health states [15-17] The following sociodemographic factors were included: age, gender, race, geographic region, household income and size, BMI category, andgroup ... using the Medical Expenditure Panel survey (MEPS) examined individual riskfactorsand a cluster of similar cardiometabolic riskfactors (BMI ≥25 or ≥30 kg/m2, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and...
... Behaviour noted prior to convulsions included "staring, not answering, chewing, swallowing heavily, moving both hands in a swimming motion or picking at things." Following the four witnessed seizures, ... psychosis (PIP) is common and may be associated with profound morbidity PIP occurs after a cluster of seizures and often after an episode of insomnia Riskfactors include longstanding generalized tonic-clonic ... features of PIP, and calling on studies of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, speculative models of the neurobiology of PIP may be constructed, and thereby tested in future studies In schizophrenia,...
... differences inageand exercise habits R639 might have contributed to these findings, features of the metabolic syndrome also cluster in RA because of inflammationinduced insulin resistance [5,30] In ... risk factor profiles than healthy control individuals The younger ageof the healthy control individuals included reflects the difficulties in recruiting healthy aged persons who are not taking ... pathophysiologic roles of interleukin-6 in human disease Ann Intern Med 1998, 128:127-137 35 Duff GW: Cytokines and acute phase proteins in rheumatoid arthritis Scand J Rheumatol Suppl 1994, 100: 9-19 36...
... http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/85 Page of Figure Period prevalences of arrhythmias The period prevalences of all arrhythmias as well as of the individual types of arrhythmias preoperatively, continuously during the first ... priming solution within the extracorporeal circuit and the circulating blood volume using a heat exchanger Aortic cross clamping was undertaken and cardioplegia induced by a single aortic injection ... vasodilatation during rewarming (0.5 to μg/kg/minute) If necessary, catecholamines (epinephrine, dobutamine) were administered while weaning the patient from CPB All patients left the operating theatre...
... disease in newborns and infants – riskfactorsand efficacy of MCT-diet Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:127 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • ... incidence of chylothorax in the high -risk newborn and infant population Based on our study different reasons for chylothorax may exist, i.e surgical damage of the thoracic duct, but also damage of minor ... methodically analyze the impact of the loss of pro- and anti-coagulation factors, total protein and immunoglobulins on infections, thromboses and on the outcome (Table 2) In our study, patients who...
... the reinfection of 2.6% for EP and 0.1% for APP In breeding farms the incidence was 1.7% (20 farms), in mixed breedingfinishing farms 2.4% (n=17) andin finishing farms 3.4% (n=70) A total of 71% ... overview of the location of the Cantons and the ratio of case and control farms per district A total of 103 farms were infected with EP and farms with APP This resulted in an annual incidence of the ... significance in the final model Incidence of reinfection in pig farms Results Case-control study Out of a total of 3,983 farms at risk, 107 farms were reinfected in the selected areas of the Cantons during...
... management guidelines and specialty care: a health maintenance organization experience Arch Intern Med 1998, 158:457–464 reports Although the morbidity and mortality from asthma are increasing in ... medication subscale incorporates current use of inhaled corticosteroids, inhaled non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, inhaled bronchodilators, oral beta agonists and theophylline-containing medications, ... greater riskof hospitalization, controlling for other demographic, clinical, and health care access factors Our findings differ from previous studies that found female gender and current smoking...
... surprising that the on-going evolution of the understanding of the non-physical aspects of pain has been applied to the areas of screening for, intervening inand predicting those at riskof developing ... respondent pain may eventually evolve into operant and persisting pain if the environment offers pain contingent reinforcement Pain behaviour may also be learned by observing "pain models" i.e., individuals ... self-efficacy, personal control, attention to pain stimuli, problem solving, coping self-statements and imagery Pain studies investigated the effects of these thought processes on the experience of pain and...
... prevalence of pain complaints in a general population (a) Pain complaints within weeks preceding the survey by sex andage groups (b) Pain complaints within weeks preceding the survey by injury within ... months andage groups (c) Pain complaints within weeks preceding the survey by lifetime experience of violence-related injury andage groups (d) Pain complaints within weeks preceding the survey by ... kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity It does not include...
... concept of variation in business performance Variations in business performance refer to difference between actual and expected business performance, caused byriskfactors 2.4 Risk management: ... and hypotheses: The impact ofriskfactors to production and business performance in Vietnam 2.6.1 Conceptual framework and hypotheses: The impact ofriskfactors to production and business performance ... production to distribution stage CONCLUSION Findings and contributions + Findings: Determine riskfactors which impact on coffee production and business performance in Vietnam + Measurement model:...
... cleaning and transactions outside home are classified as instrumental ADLs (IADL) and eating, washing, dressing and undressing, getting inand out of the bed, use of bathroom and problems in urine ... AGE for the linear age, DAGEXX for the agegroup dummy XX indicating the lower limit of the 5 -age range (e.g DAGE75 equal to for the respondents between 75 and 79) The simple dummy grouping of ... functional ability of the elderly will by 2030 increase the average starting -age for using home and community care by three or five years and delay the admission into institutional care by three years...
... focusing on ensuring minimum standards are effectively upheld in new projects, and another focusing on raising standards in existing projects To better understand to how pulp projects obtain funding, ... data stands in the way of an objective observation of operating standards of projects once they are in operation The Equator Principles (and multilateral development bank lending guidelines) apply ... are resulting in a significant increase in their presence in financing projects in this sector, and export credit agencies remain keen financiers of the sector We are thus entering a period of ample...
... There are two main types of senior debt, bank financing and bond financing.36 Bank financing is provided directly by a bank Bond financing is provided by institutional or individual investors who ... drop in their margins and fees.98 The main risks in the original NATS PPP were demand, credit and insolvency risk There is no baseline data to show the monetary value and allocation of these risks ... premiums in terms of inequalities in bargaining power Tight deadlines, high contract break and re-tendering costs, and legal uncertainties over intellectual property rights, led the Inland Revenue...
... dramatically reduce these kinds of offensive experiences Does filtering and blocking appear effective? The study findings about filtering and blocking software appear both encouraging and at the same time ... be kept in mind in interpreting the findings Research about the Internet, and even more so, children and the Internet, is a very new undertaking Procedures for inquiring about this realm of activity ... online and if they engaged in what we labeled “online risk behavior,” a list of activities that included playing jokes on or harassing someone online, or going to x-rated sites intentionally Personal...
... an average of one and a half days in the application of pesticide The activities performed by the farmers while working with pesticides were loading, applying, and mixing (76.4%, 77.4% and 76.4% ... exposure to varying organophosphates Cholinesterase levels are also affected by inter- and intraindividual variability (Tinoco-Ojanguren and Halperin, 1998) [24] Therefore, pre-exposure baseline levels ... hematologic indicators in sheep during acute and subchronic poisoning Veterinary Medicine (Praha) 1995, 40(2):49-52 Parent-Massin D, Thouvenot D: In vitro study of pesticide hematotoxicity in human and...