... officials within the Ministry of Education regarding the selection of schools Because ofthe high interest inthe findings ofthe study, the Ministry of Education requested that all schools in ... researchers a strong interest inthe findings The opinions of many ofthe participants had never been explored in research and the topic was of great interest and concern to them As such, many ... researcher selected the schools based on discussions with officials ofthe Ministry of Education of St Vincent regarding the specific types of schools required for the research sample The Ministry suggested...
... ofthe instruments used The PROFAD-SSI is comprised of eight domain scores that reflect different manifestations of fatigue and sicca The domain scores, including somatic and mental fatigue domains, ... [http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/supplementary/14777525-7-46-S2.doc] 10 Additional file 12 Validation ofthe PROFAD-SSI among Sjogren's syndrome patients inthe United States The data provided represent the statistical validation ofthe PROFAD-SSI among ... participated inthe design ofthe study NM participated inthe design ofthe methodology, managed data collection, conducted some ofthe analyses, and drafted sections of this manuscript JCB conducted the...
... beneficial in monitoring the progression of active inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis [13] and inthe monitoring of biologic therapy [14-16] The aim of this study was to evaluate by means of US, the ... period of TNF inhibition; however further evidence over a longer time period is required to confirm that this is sustained The findings further indicate that the use of US imaging ofthe foot ... anti-TNF therapy, participated inthe clinical assessment of foot status and drafted the manuscript CE participated inthe design ofthe study, carried out the assessment of eligibility of RA patients...
... PD: The role of allergy inthe development of asthma Nature 1999, 402:B12-17 37 Keskinoglu P, Cimrin D, Aksakoglu G: The impact of passive smoking on the development of lower respiratory tract infections ... analysis, obtaining funding, and supervision ofthe study 19 20 Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Received: 15 October 2009 Accepted: 29 January2010 Published: ... wheezing in children American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2001, 163:429-436 Martinez FD, Cline M, Burrows B: Increased incidence of asthma in children of smoking mothers...
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... 'all the present of earth vanished into the future of Heaven, and the Kingdom ofthe Infinite arose upon the ruins ofthe finite.' The beauty of earth was looked upon as an enchantment ofthe ... Octavius of Minucius Felix, a writing full of genuine human feeling ofthe time of Commodus, the mixture ofthe heathen culture and opinions of antiquity with the Christian way of thinking has ... old All these thousands of charming beings raised their voices together and competed with the birds in song, swaying up and down in charming lines, singing and laughing inthe cool shade They were...
... not examine indicators of social-emotional well-being and mental health.5 We find evidence of disparities between poor and nonpoor children within each of these five domains These findings are ... status .12 Health Insurance Coverage Over the course ofthe twentieth century health insurance has become the principal means of paying for medical care, and lack of health insurance remains the ... promising efforts within three of these five domains Environmental health: Efforts to reduce parental smoking Two ofthe most troubling findings of this report are that more than one-quarter of...
... gradient inthe levels of rat FABP1 mRNA is established inthe intestine during the late fetal stage The mRNA concentration inthe intestine increases sharply by three- to four-fold within 24 h of ... FABP1 during zebrafish embryogenesis The distinct patterns of expression for the fabp1b (in the intestine) and fabp10 (in the liver) genes inthe developing zebrafish combined represent the expression ... that the insertion inthe 5¢-UTR ofthe fabp1a gene occurred in zebrafish independent of other fish lineages Analysis of fabp1a and fabp1b genes in various fish species would likely resolve the timing...
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... with varying degrees of severity Some affected individuals lack enzymes that break down amino acids, the building blocks of protein In others, there are deficiencies in enzymes that help the body ... Marina L Weiss ofthe Office of Government Affairs Rebecca Russell, Todd Dias, Hui Zheng, and Vani Bettegowda ofthe March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center prepared much ofthe data Don Komai of ... in 2006); therefore, national estimates of prenatal care utilization are not available n Inthe United States in 2006, the rate of early prenatal care (beginning inthe first trimester) for the...
... finger imaging was introduced The goals of these interviews were to determine the reasons that these clients left the program, as well as to find out their opinions about finger imaging In their ... multiple-case fraud All ofthe confirmed instances involved one case within the county and another outside ofthe county (DHHS, OIG, 1996) In addition, in 31 ofthe 39 matches involving cases in San Francisco ... because there may be errors inthe assignment of images to bins or filter categories, use of binning or filtering increases the likelihood of a false non-match.5 Most ofthe States with finger imaging...
... reduction in replication in either the mean peak virus titer or the mean sum ofthe daily virus titers (a measure ofthe total amount of virus shed over the duration ofthe infection) in either the ... mutations in a vaccine candidate Indeed, since this deletion occurs in an ORF (in which the triplet nature ofthe codons must be maintained) and in a virus that conforms to the rule of six (in which the ... AE at codon positions 1710–11 ofthe L gene of HPIV1 (Table 1) The mutations in Table were introduced into the HPIV1 antigenomic cDNA individually or in combinations to yield the panel of rHPIV1...
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... training, are mained similar in magnitude and close to the associated with significant increases in risk range of our original confidence intervals Final Supported in part by grants from the ... day, a breakdown ofthe types of incidents involved in fire and nonfire emergency responses, the average time spent per incident and the average response time, and the estimated number of hours ... physically inactive persons.32-35 Also consistent with the triggering hypothesis and with research documenting increased heart rates among firefighters responding to alarms8,9 was our finding that the...
... called joint fact finding Joint Fact Finding Joint fact finding (JFF) refers to a procedure or set of best practices that have evolved over the past decade or so JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2007 for ensuring ... worked with the stakeholders building process to explain their findings The JFF process informed stakeholdFigure Key steps inthe ers, balanced technijoint fact-finding process cal and financial ... concerns facing Interior underscores the complexity and imporance of meeting the two challenges A few examples of what the department is grappling with includes the questions of • how to continue to...
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... B! the fixed effect ofthe kth room, the fixed effect of inbreeding (with two classes: progeny from full-sib mating or not), G ijklm the random effect ofthe mth pair, R2!x!!&dquo;! the random ... animal inthe ijklth class, p , ijkl the overall mean, A the fixed effect ofthe ith year, UB the fixed effect of i j unilateral/bilateral laying-pair, GZ!k the random effect ofthe kth pair, R the ... where Yij was the trait measured ofthe pth animal inthe ijklmnoth class, p klmno i ! the overall mean, A the fixed effect ofthe ith year, UB the fixed effect of j unilateral/bilateral laying-pair,...
... decreased pain and regional osteoporotic findings inthe foot or ankle Also, since the discontinuation ofthe bisphosphonate treatment, our patients have not complained of bone pain, and normal ... reports have indicated that administration of bisphosphonate results in a significant reduction in pain [8-11,13,14] However, in these studies, the method of administration was intravenous or in high ... without any trigger events Although treatment, including physiotherapy and NSAID administration, was initiated in another clinic, the pain and swelling of his right foot progressively worsened, and...