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Designing and synthesis of shape memory polymers for biomedical application

Designing and synthesis of shape memory polymers for biomedical application

Ngày tải lên : 11/09/2015, 09:58
... extracts of PCTOPD films Figure 6.8 Photographs for the self- expansion of stent from PCTOPD-27 in PBS buffer at 37 oC Figure 6.9 The influence of PCL weight content on the self- expandability of PCTOPD ... have been applied in preventing in- stent restenosis in the treatment of coronary arteries disease.41 By combining self- expandability and biodegradability in drug-eluting stents, they can be not ... cross-linking of linear or branched polymers in the presence of ionizing radiation or radical initiator; Strategy B: UV radiation of methacrylated oligomers; Strategy C; cross-linking of hydroxy-terminated...
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PET in the Evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders docx

PET in the Evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders docx

Ngày tải lên : 05/03/2014, 23:20
... quantifying information present in clinical PET scans Visual Assessment Systematic visual examination of a clinical brain PET scan involves a number of key elements that are important to include in every ... detectable with PET in monitoring the course of cognitive decline, beginning before the emergence of the first neurologic symptoms, in people who are predisposed to developing problems, in some cases ... to successfully bringing to life reams of clinical data and images into cogent clinical cases Finally, I wish to express my appreciation to those who have played roles less directly related to...
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báo cáo hóa học: " White fat, factitious hyperglycemia, and the role of FDG PET to enhance understanding of adipocyte metabolism" ppt

báo cáo hóa học: " White fat, factitious hyperglycemia, and the role of FDG PET to enhance understanding of adipocyte metabolism" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 02:20
... PET scan, provides sufficient evidence to indicate that the patient was injected with FDG during a period of iatrogenic hypoglycemia induced by administration of insulin in the setting of a falsely ... limitations of standardized insulin protocols [6,7], especially when relying on point -of- care glucometers Intravenous ascorbic acid may result in substantial error in glucometer readings [4,5] This is of ... not to tell their doctors about concomitant use of alternative medicines [9] Clinicians should also be aware of other potential causes of error resulting in factitious hyperglycemia including...
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báo cáo khoa học: "The role of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in the preoperative staging and posttherapy follow up of gastriccancer:Comparison with spiral CT" docx

báo cáo khoa học: "The role of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in the preoperative staging and posttherapy follow up of gastriccancer:Comparison with spiral CT" docx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 02:20
... get from this study is that the complementary role of FDG PET/CT in the clinical follow up of gastric cancer patients cannot be ignored, keeping in mind its ability to provide a whole body imaging ... medical examinations of of these patients (a total of PET/CT scans) who were referred only for PET/CT scan to our centre They were omitted from the study As a result, 36 gastric cancer patients ... response and to make the decision of continuing the ongoing therapy or stopping and redirecting the patient to other salvage therapies Our study also supports the idea of routine use of PET or preferably...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "The efficacy of preoperative PET/CT for prediction of curability in surgery for locally advanced gastric carcinoma" ppsx

Báo cáo khoa học: "The efficacy of preoperative PET/CT for prediction of curability in surgery for locally advanced gastric carcinoma" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 03:22
... confirmed to have blood sugar levels below 130 mg/mL and rested for approximately 45 minutes before receiving an intravenous injection of 440 MBq of 18F-FDG Scanning began 60 minutes later A combined ... uptake in studies with PET, and can be calculated from the radioactivity of tumors following injection of fluorine 18F-FDG according to body weight and physical decay [12] The possibility of applying ... retroperitoneal lymph nodes or seeding into the peritoneum A non-resectable primary tumor is indicated by pancreatic or duodenal invasion requiring pancreaticoduodenectomy, or invasion into the root of...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " Correlating metabolic and anatomic responses of primary lung cancers to radiotherapy by combined F-18 FDG PET-CT imaging" ppsx

Báo cáo khoa học: " Correlating metabolic and anatomic responses of primary lung cancers to radiotherapy by combined F-18 FDG PET-CT imaging" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 10:21
... Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma ... Treatment of Cancer, National Cancer Institute of the United States, National Cancer Institute of Canada J Natl Cancer Inst 2000, 92:205-216 Black QC, Grills IS, Kestin LL, Wong CY, Wong JW, Martinez ... The authors would like to thank Dr Howard Dworkin for his years of mentorship in the Department of Nuclear Medicine and his instrumental role in the initial establishment of Positron Diagnostic...
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An Evaluation of the book Target Pet for the first year non-English majors at Vinh University from the perspective of teachers and students

An Evaluation of the book Target Pet for the first year non-English majors at Vinh University from the perspective of teachers and students

Ngày tải lên : 19/07/2015, 18:52
... instead of using their initiatives; they may find themselves functioning merely as mediators of its content instead of as teachers in their own right In practice, the teacher should take into consideration ... from it, whether or not an assessment of worth or merit results From the above definitions of evaluation, it can be seen that material evaluation involves the determination of what needs to be ... not been involved in the program such as consultants, inspectors and administrators Accordingly, they may not fully understand the teaching and learning situation in which the evaluation is being...
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Reported Speech_Xem để thấy hay như thế nào

Reported Speech_Xem để thấy hay như thế nào

Ngày tải lên : 30/10/2013, 07:11
... continuous Past perfect continuous They complained, "We have been waiting for hours" They complained that they had been waiting for hours Past continuous Past perfect continuous "We were living in ... Paris", they told me They told me that they had been living in Paris Future Present conditional "I will be in Geneva on Monday", he said He said that he would be in Geneva on Monday Future continuous ... enquired whether I had come by train "Have you been to Bristol before?" She asked if I had been to Bristol before Question words: This type of question is reported by using 'ask' (or another verb like...
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The impact of a cancer Survivorship Care Plan on gynecological cancer patient and health car provider reported outcomes (ROGY Care): study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial potx

The impact of a cancer Survivorship Care Plan on gynecological cancer patient and health car provider reported outcomes (ROGY Care): study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial potx

Ngày tải lên : 05/03/2014, 15:20
... quality of life, psychosocial well-being, and health care needs of the increasing cohort of longterm cancer survivors [3] There is a need for optimizing the transition from cancer patient to cancer ... number of cancer survivors is rapidly increasing in the Western world In 2000, there were about 400,000 cancer survivors in The Netherlands, and this number is expected to increase to 700,000 in ... to experience negative emotions in general (e.g., ‘I am often down in the dumps or I often find myself worrying about something’) The remaining items refer to the patient’s level of ‘Social Inhibition’,...
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Estimating the Percentage of Students Who Were Tested on Cognitively Demanding Items Through the State Achievement Tests pdf

Estimating the Percentage of Students Who Were Tested on Cognitively Demanding Items Through the State Achievement Tests pdf

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 02:20
... of Subdistricts Providing SBM-Related Training to Principals, by Type of Training, 2010 104 5.4 Percentage of Principals Receiving Training, by Number of Training Days, 2009–2010 ... Bank The findings of this study should be of interest to the government of Indonesia, its Ministry of National Education, education administrators, principals, teachers, and all those in Indonesia ... who, in turn, provided training and in- school mentoring Each school received 23  days of training and 23  days of mentoring visits over a three-year period.14 Training focused on improving leadership...
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The Book of Were-Wolves pdf

The Book of Were-Wolves pdf

Ngày tải lên : 08/03/2014, 00:20
... than in human forms In Scandinavian mythology, Odin changed himself into the shape of an eagle, Loki into that of a salmon Eastern religions abound in stories of transformation The line of demarcation ... brother of the Duke of Bourbon, Condộ, Count of Charlois, who, from infancy, had an inveterate pleasure in torturing animals: growing older, he lived to shed the blood of human beings, and to exercise ... labouring under monomania will imagine himself to be a king; a covetous man will be plunged in despair, believing himself to be penniless, or exult at the vastness of the treasure which he imagines...
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Historical and current predictors of self-reported health status among elderly persons in Barbados pot

Historical and current predictors of self-reported health status among elderly persons in Barbados pot

Ngày tải lên : 14/03/2014, 20:20
... determinants of health and well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean (Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe (Health, WellBeing, and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean), ... compared to 4.1% from current SEIs, 7.1% from lifestyle risk factors, and 33.6% from disease indicators As other predictor groups are added to the model, the percentage of the variation explained ... RESULTS We were interested in the individual and joint effects of variables from each predictor group (historical SEIs, current SEIs, lifestyle risk factors, disease indicators) on self- reported...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Dermaseptin DA4, although closely related to dermaseptin B2, presents chemotactic and Gram-negative selective bactericidal activities doc

Báo cáo khoa học: Dermaseptin DA4, although closely related to dermaseptin B2, presents chemotactic and Gram-negative selective bactericidal activities doc

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 00:20
... binding of agonists to A1-adenosine receptors [9], and was further shown to enhance the binding potency of several GPCR agonists [10] Frog skin insulintropic peptide (FSIP), also a member of this ... barrier, it can be cleaved by the cytoplasmic b-galactosidase, resulting in a color change from clear to yellow, reflecting membrane damage As shown in Fig 5A, the time needed to obtain the maximum ... Frog skin is a rich source of antimicrobial peptides, with more than half of the peptides described to date having been isolated from South American Hylidae or European, Asian or North American...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Cognitive interviewing methodology in the development of a pediatric item bank: a patient reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) study" docx

báo cáo hóa học: " Cognitive interviewing methodology in the development of a pediatric item bank: a patient reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) study" docx

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20
... children ages 8–17 can talk about and respond to items asking them about their health and well-being They can also offer unique insight into the understandability of the items These findings are consistent ... something "bad" that was worthy of punishment., and the remaining children defined it as "feeling bad" and "my life has been bad." There was a significant degree of difference in interpretation because ... some of the children factoring the weather into the state of their asthma Another kid interpreted "go out" as going to dinner or doing anything else outside of the house The interpretation was not...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Response shift masks the treatment impact on patient reported outcomes (PROs): the example of individual quality of life in edentulous patients" pdf

báo cáo hóa học:" Response shift masks the treatment impact on patient reported outcomes (PROs): the example of individual quality of life in edentulous patients" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20
... significantly changed their ratings of the cue levels of of cues, on average, indicating a significant degree of re-calibration There was a significant change from baseline at months in level of ... you now think your five life areas were in relation to each other when we first met Once again, I am not asking you to try and remember how important these life areas were in relation to each other, ... and in response to changing circumstances [4] Individualised measures of QoL (IQoL) increase respondents' discretion in selecting the domains most important to their QoL and, in determining the...
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báo cáo hóa học:" The OnyCOE-t™ questionnaire: responsiveness and clinical meaningfulness of a patient-reported outcomes questionnaire for toenail onychomycosis" potx

báo cáo hóa học:" The OnyCOE-t™ questionnaire: responsiveness and clinical meaningfulness of a patient-reported outcomes questionnaire for toenail onychomycosis" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20
... as infected only if ≥ 50% of the area of the segment was affected The amount of clearing was determined by multiplying the number of infected segments by 12.5% and subtracting that percentage from ... "During the past weeks, how much of a problem were the following because of your nail fungal condition: Being embarrassed by the appearance of your nails?" or "Discomfort of pain from wearing ... the protocol to evaluate the percent clearing of mycotic involvement The MCID was also calculated based on a 25% difference in the degree of toenail involvement; increments of 25% were used in analysis...
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báo cáo hóa học:" A promising method for identifying cross-cultural differences in patient perspective: the use of Internet-based focus groups for content validation of new Patient Reported Outcome assessments" potx

báo cáo hóa học:" A promising method for identifying cross-cultural differences in patient perspective: the use of Internet-based focus groups for content validation of new Patient Reported Outcome assessments" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20
... opportunity to refine or clarify responses may result in the use of leading or restrictive lines of inquiry Facilitator Role as Co-investigator - Facilitators' professional role can be expanded to include ... customizable text message formats can be used to express feeling or act in place of non-verbal cues - Redundant information may be generated if the lines of questioning in the Topic Guide are too ... determined that some differences in coding frequency arose from variation in the number and types of probing questions used by the IFG moderators While the moderators used the same Topic Guide to...
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báo cáo hóa học:" The ability of cancer-specific and generic preference-based instruments to discriminate across clinical and self-reported measures of cancer severities" doc

báo cáo hóa học:" The ability of cancer-specific and generic preference-based instruments to discriminate across clinical and self-reported measures of cancer severities" doc

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20
... instruments; instead, focusing on cancer-specific instruments to evaluate outcomes of patients Currently, the validity of QOL instruments to discriminate between different levels of cancer severity ... Socio-Demographic and Clinical Information Data pertaining to the patients’ socio-demographic information were obtained using a self- administered questionnaire The patient’s cancer status, in terms of disease ... well-being increase in the absence of corresponding increase in physical wellbeing, suggesting adaptation to physical limitations [34-36] This process will have an impact on their overall QOL In...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Development and validation of the Impact of Dry Eye on Everyday Life (IDEEL) questionnaire, a patient-reported outcomes (PRO) measure for the assessment of the burden of dry eye on patients" potx

báo cáo hóa học:" Development and validation of the Impact of Dry Eye on Everyday Life (IDEEL) questionnaire, a patient-reported outcomes (PRO) measure for the assessment of the burden of dry eye on patients" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20
... 25/25 Number of patients ranging from 206 to 209 for Dry Eye Symptom-Bother, Impact on Daily Activities and Emotional Impact due to Dry Eye; ranging from 129 to 131 for Impact on Work due to Dry ... this will help in setting realistic expectations and in measuring the degree of improvement in individual patients and the remaining issues From a regulatory perspective, such an instrument will ... (University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis,MN) Timothy Edrington OD, MS (Southern California College of Optometry, Fullerton, CA), Barbara Caffery OD, MS (Toronto, Ontario), Christopher...
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báo cáo hóa học:" How a well-grounded minimal important difference can enhance transparency of labelling claims and improve interpretation of a patient reported outcome measure" pdf

báo cáo hóa học:" How a well-grounded minimal important difference can enhance transparency of labelling claims and improve interpretation of a patient reported outcome measure" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 16:20
... the significance of a particular change in score in an individual patient and a change of the same magnitude in the mean score of a group of patients [18] From the point of view of the individual, ... investigators used to achieve interpretability of PRO instruments The evaluation and use of PRO measures requires detailed understanding of the meaning of the outcome of interest Achieving this ... the score from 40 to 50 indicates that 18% more people state that they can walk without serious limitations, and increasing it from 50 to 60 – that 29% more can walk one block, etc From the group...
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