... quality of life inchildrenwithsicklecelldisease J Behav Med 2002, 25:269-283 15 Palermo TM, Riley CA, Mitchell BA: Daily functioning and quality of life inchildrenwithsicklecelldisease pain: ... Proportions ofchildrenwith SCD and healthy siblings with impaired HRQoL (≥1 SD below the mean ofthe Dutch norm population ofthe KIDSCREEN-52) The dotted line represents the 16% ofchildreninthe ... examine whether reduced HRQoL inchildrenwith SCD is related to consequences ofthedisease or to the low SES of most patients Therefore, we investigated self-reported HRQoL ofchildren with...
... complications ofsicklecelldisease including acute chest syndrome and cerebral vascular accidents compared to childrenwithsicklecelldisease alone The significance of these findings relates to the ... sicklecell anemia In this study, we examined hospitalized childrenwithsicklecelldiseasewith concomitant asthma establishing whether there was an increased rate ofacute chest syndrome or other ... the hypothesis that appropriately aggressive treatment of asthma inchildrenwithsicklecelldisease may diminish the frequency of pulmonary complications Patients withsicklecelldisease and...
... or cells into the pulmonary microcirculation To test this hypothesis, several investigators have tied off the bronchial artery of sheep and then exposed the animals to smoke In these studies the ... lungs of sheep have a special feature, a single bronchial artery, and a single lymphatic draining ofthe lung A 10-fold increase in bronchial blood flow could be shown within 20 minutes of smoke inhalation ... neutrophils and determine how this affected the response to inhalation injury In these studies of sheep depleted of their leukocytes, a high percentage ofthe response to smoke inhalation was blocked...
... considered This interesting approach was successful inthe experimental setting ofacute lung injury and needs to be verified in clinical indications other than lung transplantation Competing interests ... solution The remaining grafts were perfused with low potassium dextran (LPD) solution the hypothesis that this combination prevents intrapulmonary shunt more effectively than does either intervention ... transplantation Inthe cases of graft failure, brain death and infection ofthe donor lung, reduced surfactant function is aggravated by preservation ofthe graft, ischaemia and reperfusion Therefore,...
... by smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index - contribute to explaining the gradient The size of this contribution is larger when we consider the entire history of behaviors rather ... three binary indicators: whether the mother died early, whether the father died early and whether the mother and the father where present when the individual was aged 10 The extracted principal ... males) While the precision ofthe estimates ofthe effects of behaviors declines with respect to the micro data, we cannot reject the null hypothesis that these effects are jointly statistically significant...
... to a stringent homeostasis model assessment of IR (HOMA) cut-off (>or = 1.95 as insulin resistant) [16] Exclusion criteria were a history of infectious chronic diseases including hepatitis B and ... VAT using a 3.5 MHz probe, cm above the umbilicus The SAAT was defined as the thickness between the skin-fat interface and the linea alba, and the VAT was defined as the distance between the anterior ... for future interventions in NAFLD and indeed in all the metabolic diseases [20] On the other hand, a recent observation has highlighted theroleof spleen as further non invasive marker of chronic...
... since infectious diseases are rising, pathologists fear the risk of infection [10] Finally, autopsies now contribute little to the scientific output ofthe pathology department, with only 6% ofthe ... growing list of potentially lethal and difficult to diagnose opportunistic infections Patients with these uncommon infections often present in an advanced state of their disease, the conditions of ... this diagnosis is missed [35] The availability of new diagnostic techniques can also give misleading information The frequency of a false-positive diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (when the clinician...
... in determining discriminant validity ofthe PedsQL™ Family Impact Module in our population ofchildrenwithsicklecell disease, we collected data on thedisease status ofthechildrenwithsickle ... childrenwith and without sicklecelldiseaseIn addition, we also compared parents ofchildrenwithsicklecelldisease to parents ofchildren without sicklecelldisease and without other co-morbidities ... sample of parents ofchildrenwith and without sicklecelldisease at both clinics as part of a larger study ofthe HRQL ofchildren [13,25] There were 145 parents ofchildrenwithsicklecell disease...
... knowledge about the cause(s) ofsicklecelldiseaseofthe participants and their attitude towards their childrenwithsicklecelldisease Knowledge ofthe impact ofsicklecelldisease will not ... ATTITUDE TO CHILDRENWITHSICKLECELLDISEASE DISCUSSION The findings showed that sex correlates withthe attitude ofthe parents to thechildrenwithsicklecelldisease although most ofthe participants ... and the attitude of parents towards their childrenwithsicklecelldisease Hypothesis 4: Knowledge ofthe impact ofsicklecelldisease will not make significant difference inthe attitude of...
... December 1981 This screening identified 552 cases with SCD, 315 childrenwith homozygous sicklecell (SS) disease, 178 withsickle cell- haemoglobin C (SC) disease, 33 withsickle cell- beta + thalassaemia ... frequent painful crises and lower prevalence of leg ulceration (results not shown) This finding may point to lower coping mechanisms in those withthe less severe form of disease; past findings have ... after adjusting for genotype (see Table 6) Discussion The primary aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of depression and loneliness in adult patients withSickleCellDiseasein Jamaica...
... extubated during the first days of ALI (35% vs 42%, p = 0.42) Other studies, including the Kings County Lung Injury Project and the ARDSNet trial of steroids for persistent ARDS, reported surprisingly ... this difference could have driven the statistical significance ofthe PaO2/FiO2 ratio on the third day of ALI in prior studies [23,24] The major finding of this study was that a low or decreasing ... compliance on the 6th day of mechanical ventilation was associated with an increased risk of death This finding is novel because few other studies have identified pulmonary predictors of mortality in ALI...
... managers The objective of this skill is to enhance mutual understanding and respect on the basis of identification and recognition ofthe values and needs ofthe communication object This isthe basis ... to the person you are talking to • 4.Take into account that you can be wrong • 5.Leave the space for others to think • 6.Timing isthe key • 7 .What you send iswhat you get • 8 .What kind of rules ... practices 7)Information processing and thinking capacity • The power of your brain is incalculably large The manager have an enormous potential for creativity, innovation and invention They knowing how...
... profitability is declining The internalization of information within the same institution may thus enhance intra-circuit and inter-circuit stability by reducing the incentive to overfinancing The ... searching, inspecting, testing, evaluating, interpreting and judging are parts ofthe production process of information; disseminating information to the general public through reports or advertising ... Creating a stronger investor base amounts to strengthening the circuit by completing the financial market structure ofthe economy, thus eliminating discontinuities inthe transmission of information...
... English at the expense ofthe other languages that exist inthe country, the adult language program in Botswana maintains the hegemony and the gap between the poor and the rich, the major and minority ... the learners to be confident to participate inthe discussions and activities of their education and economy This involves the teaching of local languages, Setswana and English By involving the ... only and there is very little material in other languages Literacy can be established and maintained if only there is a wider coverage of languages and there is an adequate supply of reading material...
... HUYEN MINH who all supported me much during finishing this thesis Part I : General knowledge of advertising Some typical concepts of advertising Advertising is any of indirect appearance of goods, ... from his fingers They are advertising for a nutritious milk which noone should dismiss any of its drops But is it the real quality ofthe milk tin? Another advertising which make offense isof DHL ... advertising industry Since the opening policy and law of foreign investment, advertising industry has seen remarkable changes The growth rate of advertising service isthe highest in economy, in...
... the Folketing, on theroleofthe University as the principal shareholder in Cheminova The listing of Cheminova on the Stock Exchange in 1986 and the establishment ofthe first science park in ... define the system of innovation a priori Our point of departure isthe universities inthe selected regions The issue is to explore theroleofthe universities inthe economic transformation of ... functio ofthe university in addition to teaching and research The new requirements reflect the growing of complexity of society It is increasingly difficult to distinguish between the domains of the...
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... WORKING WITH A COMBINATION OF ICTS 41 This paper is part of a study commissioned by the infoDev program Grant no 1254 – page Using the framework paper 1.1 The aims ofthe paper The aim of ... critical in ensuring the effective use of ICTs inthe health sector Programme designs should consider theroleofthe intermediary at the same time as, if not before, theroleofthe technology The ... learning that this feeds into scale-up potential Withthe knowledge that the application of ICT strategies inthe developing world context is contingent on a minimum of enabling conditions being in...
... both the under- and the overuse of this type of expensive therapy The registered dietitian is an integral member ofthe multidisciplinary team and should be involved inthe transition of feeding ... Wulf is president ofthe National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate ... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine...
... in decision making in compliance to the natural protectorate law and the decision ofthe Prime Minister regulating to activities inside the protectorates in addition to the inefficiency ofthe ... Allah investigating the physical, chemical and microbiological properties of groundwater in Saint Katherine, South Sinai, Egypt and exploring the diversity, occurrence and distribution of fungal ... and the fresh water problem is desperately needed but not gained yet, despite ofthe all the floral promises, media announcements, conferences and posters(according to the reports ofthe Ministry...