... 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 ... the hypothesis that appropriately aggressive treatment of asthma inchildrenwithsicklecelldisease may diminish the frequency of pulmonary complications Patients withsicklecelldisease and ... affect the African American population, there is paucity of research investigating patients with concomitant asthma and sicklecelldisease Table 2: Results inchildrenwithsicklecelldisease with...
... considered This interesting approach was successful inthe experimental setting of acute 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,...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
... will find answers," the old man said "One is within yourself The other isin these blogs For now, you have no answers within yourself, so we must start by observing these blogs For the rest ofthe ... heavily influenced by The Zen of Juggling by Dave Finnigan Additional inspiration came from The Matrix by The Wachowski Brothers, The Lord ofthe Rings by J R R Tolkien, The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo, ... domain name," the old man said "While the words don't make sense, they have a nice ring to them They roll off the tongue and flow withthe blog." "I see And what about this one? This one is long,...
... paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally and the remainder augmented with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and rent the peak’ Conclusion The customer’s overall ... starts with an assessment of value The assessment of value of cloud services can only include a comparison against other cloud providers The comparison of cost between traditional IT investment ... deal? Ordering IT Services: Would you like CHIPS with that? Sourcing's Three Fates The IT Outsourcing RFP COW is too FAT AMS - The next stage inthe evolution of IT Outsourcing Outsourcing’s Two...
... microfinance Appendix 3.2: Details of 35 studies included inthe map Appendix 4.1: Further details of 15 studies included inthe in- depth synthesis Appendix 4.2: Narrative synthesis of findings ... synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the wealth ofthe poor Appendix 4.3: Narrative synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the non-wealth outcomes ... microfinance Invest inthe future Lift out of poverty Increase education, health etc 1.2.1 Whatis microfinance? The term ‘micro-credit’ was first coined inthe 1970s to indicate the provision of...
... Houdini-like in its contortions in its findings on whether or not the Keck conditions for removing measures from the scope ofthe Dassonville basic principle are satisfied.10 The issue of whether ... is therefore, in my view, preferable to examine measures of that kind inthe light ofthe Treaty rules rather than to remove them from the scope ofthe Treaty.79 Inthe light of these three reasons, ... rules relating to the use of goods fall within the scope of article 34 TFEU Fortunately, the judgments mark a firm rejection of siren calls in favor ofthe importance ofthe unity ofthe internal...
... organization of outstanding engineers It is autonomous in its administration and inthe selection of its members, sharing withthe National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal ... 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...
... number of deaths e Using the two graphs, you can compare the rate of population growth withthe growth ofthe population The growth rate is decreasing, while the population is increasing None ofthe ... Korean printers invented movable copper type about 1392 48 187 Whatisthe purpose ofthe paragraph? a to praise the advances of printing technology b to connect the early advances in printing with ... to the profit from the sale of property or other financial assets 59 b The second highest in ation rate listed on the chart is 13.5% in 1980, the year following the oil crisis of 1979 60 a The...
... the final product isthe result of ‘wetting’ by the liquid present upon sintering The extent of this ‘wetting’ during liquid-phase sintering, being dependent upon molten binder metal dissolving ... (Fig 8a) This contained tooling within the reactor, is heated in an inert atmosphere until the coating temperature is reached and the coating cycle is initiated by the introduction of titanium ... inserts consist of: • ‘Pure’ ceramic – this isthe traditional tooling insert material, consisting of aluminium oxide The alumina is white in colour and is produced by cold pressing powder inthe desired...
... to maintain working excellence atmosphere Because the performance of an individual in a large organization where the air is due to work or the work culture ofthe organization that brings Increase ... strategy ofthe business Staff are not trained or not trained fit isthe main cause leading to the current state enterprises are not competitive enough inthe market 2 Conflict resolution Resolving ... order in which it needs to be completed • • Organisational skills are sequences of routines in every single area of everyday living or working Organisational skills are sequences of routines in...