... children using the same PedsQL scale Using parental responses to questions about toilet training and bedwetting, they cate- gorized children ages to 12 years into three categories: toilet trained ... recruiting sites to ensure timely follow-up visits To increase the scientific output of the study, clinical site investigators participate in working groups and are encouraged to lead abstract and manuscript ... status at birth, might also increase the subsequent risk of developing poor weight gain and glomerular diseases such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis Conclusion As the CKiD study continues to...
... vertebrates, using zebrafish as a model system Although a similar distribution of the transcripts for these two genes has been observed in adult tissues from Antarctic fishes by northern blot analysis, we ... RT-PCR in RNA extracted from adult tissues RT-PCR products were generated from total RNA extracted from various adult zebrafish tissues (indicated below the panel showing stained agarose gels), using ... hybridization signal for fabp4 mRNA was observed in any of the adult tissues using the method of tissue section in situ hybridization (data not shown), suggesting the presence of low levels of fabp4 transcripts...
... helping to explain fundamental issues such as how organisms behave in response to their environments and how information is used to sustain life. Using the knowledge gained in these and other studies, ... of outstanding questions at this intersection, it hopes to intrigue some of its fellow scientists to venture into this area and perhaps find interesting questions to address Of the report s explicit ... entitled “Interactions within Cells” discusses some of the strategies under way to explore how to synthesize such structures There is no reason, in principle, why self-reproducing, evolving systems cannot...
... pancreas Effects of oral glucose on serum insulin and glucose responses to choline To determine whether oral glucose administration alters the increases in serum insulin and glucose evoked by choline ... receptors on choline-induced increases in serum insulin To determine the involvement of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes inthe increase in serum insulin elicited by choline, rats were pretreated ... the increase in serum insulin to i.p choline was not due tothe increase in serum glucose Choline elevates serum insulin and glucose through different mechanisms We demonstrated that the choline-induced...
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... also be deemed necessary to use these mapping functions in future studies In these circumstances, the performance of the mapping function in estimating utility values needs to be assessed and the ... disability DAS28† Disease activity 10 28 Tender joint count† 28 Swollen joint count† Physician assessment of tenderness in 28 joints Physician assessment of swelling in 28 joints 28 28 0 ESR ... range of VAS scales) and responsiveness to change assessed against clinical anchors (in this case change on a range of 100 mm visual analogue scales ≥ 10 mm) However the assessment did not included...
... thus there is a real possibility that percubator companies will become highly successful businesses, facilitating growth of the biotech sector and returning significant funds tothe public to support ... resource support to go from start to finish, alone or in a later-stage, de-risked partnership with other companies - down into the valley of death, across the basin, and up the steep grade of the ... motivations in themselves, but are not always sufficient for this arduous undertaking The percubator also harnesses the clarion call tothe entrepreneur, one of the most potent forces of the human psyche...
... its resulting disablement Strategies included seeking interactions with others, maintaining a sense of control over life and the illness, 'blocking HIV out of the mind', and adopting attitudes ... 172(2):130-133 Brashers D, Neidig J, Reynolds N, Haas S: Uncertainty in illness across the HIV/AIDS trajectory J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 1998, 9(1):66-77 Mishel MH: Uncertainty in illness Image J Nurs Sch 1988, ... serious illness; and suffering a loss of others (Table 2) sented within existing disablement frameworks Symptoms and impairments are analogous to disablement at the level of the body part, structure...
... thus there is a real possibility that percubator companies will become highly successful businesses, facilitating growth of the biotech sector and returning significant funds tothe public to support ... resource support to go from start to finish, alone or in a later-stage, de-risked partnership with other companies - down into the valley of death, across the basin, and up the steep grade of the ... motivations in themselves, but are not always sufficient for this arduous undertaking The percubator also harnesses the clarion call tothe entrepreneur, one of the most potent forces of the human psyche...
... Eating SCI will have missing values for stroke and TBI patients This approach is sustainable since the Rasch model allows missing values [26-28] This means in this study that the item blocks for ... have to state which version of the manual was used, however the manuals are quite similar Rasch analysis The Rasch model [12] was used as the methodological basis for examining the internal construct ... unidimensionality [18] Analytical strategy and procedure The first step in analysing the psychometric quality of the FIM™ motor items inthe present study was to examine the use of the rating scale in...
... response mean to assess an instrument s responsiveness for several reasons It represents an intuitive estimate of the “signal -to- noise ratio” defining responsiveness [30] In addition, it has ... life over time (that is the responsiveness of the questionnaires) This was primarily tested as the ability of the questionnaires to detect statistically significant differences in scores inthe ... items in an instrument are measuring the same construct) was determined for each domain using Cronbach s alpha statistics [25] Discriminative properties In this analysis, we examined the extent to...
... synthesizes the population s capacity to purchase goods and services, thus tending to represent the access to other dimensions not covered by the HDI The process of HDI determination consists ... [34,36] In this sense, physical activities can be considered the best way to improve the psychosocial indicators, quality of life and stress levels in people with physical limitations, bringing about ... differences inphysical activity level and inthe quality of life of stroke survivors in two cities differing in economic aspects of the human development index The main findings of the present study...
... impairment in HRQL) for subjects requiring supplemental oxygen Statistical Issues Winsteps version 3.69.1.14 http://www.Winsteps.com was used to perform the Rasch analyses SAS version 9.2 (SAS, Inc.; ... (6) Sleep Results Baseline characteristics Table displays baseline demographic and disease parameters (including ATAQ-IPF scores) for the study sample The mean time from diagnosis to questionnaire ... response options The numbers in parentheses connote the adjacent response options Thus, consider “Ask for help(1-2)” at the lowest (easiest) location on the map: this is the location where the...
... includes studies on the management system of many famous authors directly related tothe subject of this dissertation Administrative Theory This section includes studies on the administrative management ... respondents in terms of individual and profile The second part was the assessment of the procuring procedure applied of the respondents 10 CHAPTER IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Provisions in ILT and LLT in ... openness, harmonizing Primary data were processed by Statistical Analysis for Social Sciences (SPSS) software The harmonizing variable is dependent and it is indicated by using the following formula:...
... distinct strains Clade 2.2.2.1.2 consists of the ISAVs fromthe ISA outbreaks in Chile (48 isolates in total) To further explore the evolutionary relationships among these Chile isolates and find ... between the ISAV F and PB1 genes in ISAV strains associated with the ISA outbreaks in Chile Demonstration of the ISAV quasispecies HE protein sequence diversity inthe present study was only possible ... together with influenza viruses [2] However, the virus is sufficiently different from influenza viruses to be assigned to its own genus, Isavirus Sequence analysis of several ISAV isolates on the...
... Industries Investing in IoT Sensors for Their Businesses Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers For example, Verizon placed hundreds of wireless sensors across 24 of its data centers The result has been an electricity ... IoT) software, Predix, to improve asset management The company believes a 1% increase in Industrial Internet efficiency will equal billions of dollars in saving for companies Savings from Industrial ... Industrial Internet Efficiencies (in billions of dollars) Source: GE GE says the savings comes from making assets more reliable, longer lasting, safer, and better performing And Cisco agrees The company...
... processed by Statistical Analysis for Social Sciences (SPSS) software The analysis was mainly based on the outputs of data processing and the information collected fromthe personal interviews It ... aimed at selecting from a number of business entities participating inthe tendering (referred to as the tenderers) the business entity which best satisfies the requirements stipulated by the party ... of to variables The results obtained fromthe questionnaire were entered into SPSS spreadsheet There are four groups of variables made from 18 factors as shown in Table 34 Table Factors affecting...
... opportunities may still exist As a study of prehistory anchored in Southeast Asian studies, this thesis contributes tothe research of the region in several ways While ―Southeast Asia‖ as a regional ... online as well as those retrievable in Singapore14 Some Basics Facts As was mentioned inthe previous chapter, the Hoabinhian is a cobble stone tool industry that is associated with sites fromthe ... at the First Congress of Prehistorians of the Far East, was the first to use and define the term to describe her findings after working in rockshelters inthe Hoa Binh province of Vietnam, in the...