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... participants represented a sample of healthcare professionals and managers from various settings and types of practice (in health and social services, hospitals, and community-based organizations) ... needs assessment process within primary care • Medical-centered Lack of multidimensional needs assessment • Dichotomy between medical needs assessment/other assessments Inadequate coordination ... intervention inthe sense thatit responded tothe characteristics of the context andtothe professionals' expectations Several factors can explain these results First, the individual interview phase allowed...
... products In addition, Microchip squalitysystem for the design and manufacture of development systems is ISO 9001:2000 certified DS0147 6A- page Worldwide Sales and Service AMERICAS ASIA/PACIFIC ASIA/PACIFIC ... applications is entirely at the buyer s risk, andthe buyer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Microchip from anyand all damages, claims, suits, or expenses resulting from such use ... India The Company squalitysystem processes and procedures are for its PIC® MCUs and dsPIC® DSCs, KEELOQ® code hopping devices, Serial EEPROMs, microperipherals, nonvolatile memory and analog...
... Modules Procurement General Ledger Manages storage, access, and reporting of financial data Manages purchases of goods and services Central Data Base Maintains transaction details and structural data ... financial management systems At the time we completed this audit USAID was preparing to undertake an independent assessment of GoI needs, and had initiated discussions withthe Ministry of Finance ... regard to evaluating GoI management- system requirements and capabilities, USAID is preparing to undertake an independent, third-party assessment And according to USAID, with regard to securing the...
... replacement a- galactosidase is phosphomannosylated to promote such uptake [8] Withinthe Fabry mouse tissues, liver Gb3 is most susceptible to a- galactosidase therapy Although some lowering of spleen ... primary pathology is inthe kidney [1], the major site of Gb3 synthesis in man [11], andinthe heart, possibly due tothe association of Gb3 synthesis withthe microvasculature GSL synthesis in ... glycosyl transferase required for the synthesis of most GSLs, including Gb3 (in Fabry disease) and of course, GlcCer (in Gaucher disease) By inhibiting this enzyme, the synthesis of most GSLs (and...
... microbial elicitors Quantitative RT-PCR was used to assess the transcript level of Spatzle-1, with ribosomal protein S3 (rpS3) as ¨ an internal standard to indicate aconsistent total mRNA amount Day ... proteinase called BAEEase as a candidate proSpatzle-1 ¨ activator, because it is activated by upstream serine proteinase cascade components inthe presence of peptidoglycan and b-1,3-glucan, and ... was used as an internal standard to normalize the amount of RNA template The primer pairs used are listed in Table S2 The thermal cycling conditions and calculations were as described previously...
... FEBS 3427 BMP/activin pathway in Crassostrea gigas A Herpin et al A Crassostrea gigas C2 domain ALK-6 E fluviatilis C2 domain 77 Crassostrea gigas C1 domain 76 88 Wit D melanogaster ActR-2b H sapiens ... Cg-TGFbsfR2 mRNA, when the truncated protein was expressed tbx6 was repressed even if in some cases its expression at the margin of the blastoderm was expanded (Fig 9B1,B2) In all cases gsc expression ... originally identified through genetic screens in flies (mad Drosophila mutants) and worms (sma Caenorhabditis mutants) These move tothe nucleus to associate with transcriptional coactivators and...
... a secondary standard O3 analyzer maintained by the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division This secondary standard is calibrated against a standard reference O3 photometer ... sampled aerosol plumes from Alaskan and maybe also Siberian forest fires (Shipham et al., 1992), anda PhD thesis suggests that BC observations at Arctic sites are linked to boreal forest fires ... of an Aitken mode, an increase inthe number of accumulation mode particles, anda shift towards larger sizes The later suggests a large increase in particle mass Aerosol mass and size distribution...
... sections to be analyzed, performed a classical histological analysis, and diagnosed the ovarian cancer All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that ... analysed, and serous papillary adenocarcinoma was diagnosed After hematoxylin-eosin staining some corpora albicans, atretic follicles, small inclusion cysts, and rete ovarii were observed Randomly, a ... Women witha personal/family history of ovarian or other cancers are at the highest risk of having ovarian serous carcinoma, especially if their mother or sister had ovarian cancer Other risk factors...
... mania and agitation in highly agitated patients with bipolar I disorder and showed significant antimanic activity in patients with low levels of agitation without increasing agitation These findings ... tachycardia, allergic reaction (such as swelling inthe mouth or throat, itching, rash), speech disorder, agitation, fainting, transaminasaemia, pancreatitis, muscle pain, stiffness, or cramps and ... Mallikaarjun S, Komoroski B, Sharma A, Kovalick LJ, Reeves RA: Pharmacokinetics and tolerability of intramuscular, oral and intravenous aripiprazole in healthy subjects andin patients with schizophrenia...
... clones remains a minor part of the total LA of the tree, until the end of the growing season These clonal differences in leaf area distribution and leaf area density help explain the substantial ... terminal andthe remainder of the stem were determined, as well as DW and leaf area (LA) of leaves of current terminal, proleptic and sylleptic branches Leaf areas of large, representative samples were ... measured witha Lambda (LiCor Inc., U .S .A. ) leaf area meter Results and Discussion Significant clor!al differences in number of branches, branch length and diameter, and branch angles caused striking...
... Figures and examples of treatment plan for medulloblastoma and perineal rhabdomyosarcoma with metastases to inguinal nodes are presented On the univariate analysis, total dose and craniospinal irradiation ... without severe side-effects and was associated with fast recovery after treatment General anesthesia with intubation was not necessary Acute toxicity data is summarized in Table In 81% of cases grade ... Laskar S, Bahl G, Muckaden M, Pai SK, Gupta T, Banavali S, Arora B, Sharma D, Kurkure PA, Ramadwar M, Viswanathan S, Rangarajan V, Qureshi S, Deshpande DD, Shrivastava SK, Dinshaw KA: Nasopharyngeal...
... comparison The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the Iowa Cityand Minneapolis VAMCs andthe respective VA Research and Development Committees Analysis Coding analysis consisted ... appeal to non-VA populations as well The second issue is thatthe sense of obligation to participate inthe intervention appeared to have increased because it was also a research study This issue ... consisted of three stages: data collection and thematic content analysis occurring simultaneously; detailed analysis of the thematic codes; and matrix analysis of codes The first stage was an iterative...
... variation in reporting Statistical analysis Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 14.0 (SPSS, Chicago Ill) Patients' demographics and clinical characteristics were expressed as proportions and ... whereas four were available for the second analysis This paucity of studies underlines the difficulty inherent in systemically comparing response rates in patients with indolent diseases treated with ... compared across treatments using 2-tailed Chi-squared tests Treatment efficacy was expressed as proportions of CR, PR and CR+PR, and compared across treatments using 2-tailed Chi-squared tests and...
... distant metastasis, completely asymptomatic and very satisfied withthe result of the operation solitary metastasis as well as primary tumors of the spine [2,23,26-30] Chemotherapy is without any ... thorax, abdomen and retroperitoneal space Paragangliomas arising from carotid bodies appear to have the highest propensity for metastatic spread tothe spine [1] The retroperitoneal extra-adrenal ... Hamilton and Tait [21], who described metastatic retroperitoneal paraganglioma associated with spinal cord compression in two young men One was metastatic at presentation, andthe other became...
... comparison The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the Iowa Cityand Minneapolis VAMCs andthe respective VA Research and Development Committees Analysis Coding analysis consisted ... appeal to non-VA populations as well The second issue is thatthe sense of obligation to participate inthe intervention appeared to have increased because it was also a research study This issue ... consisted of three stages: data collection and thematic content analysis occurring simultaneously; detailed analysis of the thematic codes; and matrix analysis of codes The first stage was an iterative...
... visits The total scores were used for analysis • The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM -A) [47] The Ham -A is a 14 item clinician-rated measure, which assesses symptoms of anxiety The Ham -A was ... was administered at all study visits The total scores were used for analysis • The Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) [48] The PDSS is a seven-item, clinician-rated assessment of the symptoms ... measure with itself, rendering such an analysis meaningless Indeed, when the subjects' baseline Ham-D scores were entered as covariates inthe statistical analysis, treatment effects for all subjects...
... pneumothorax was produced by high ventilatory pressure or volume, and if it was associated with an increased mortality rate at 30 days after mechanical ventilation Materials and methods This study included ... patients with SARS who were admitted to an isolation ICU at Taipei Veterans General Hospital All patients satisfied the WHO case definition for SARS [16] The research ethics board approved the ... 0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance We used SPSS software (v10.0) for all analyses Results Demographic and clinical characteristics are shown in Table Of the 41 patients, the...
... most of the planning and performance of the study BK handled the primary data and did most of the statistical work, and also collaborated with GM, BJ and AL to prepare and finalise the manuscript ... resistant strains What is even more alarming is that bacteria strains that are not susceptible to common antibiotics, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) also often carry ... Statistical methods were chosen after consulting a biostatistician, andthe statistical analyses were performed using Statistica 6.0 (StatSoft, Tulsa, OK, USA) Student 's t-test was used for the daily...
... involved in study design and data analysis BE was involved in study design and data collection UM was involved in data management, statistical analysis and data interpretation RS was involved in study ... in study design, data analysis and interpretation, and writing of the manuscript DF, MS and FW were involved in data analysis and interpretation, and writing of the manuscript WK was involved in ... survivors and non-survivors The relevance of PC plasma levels at admission on the probability to survive the disease was assessed by a logistic regression and an odds ratio was calculated to quantify...