... to undergo MRI and the practicalities of intubated patients need to be considered Obesity: doesit matter? Obesity, a preventable risk of morbidity and mortality, is increasing internationally ... Morabito A: Stroke-unit care for acute stroke patients Lancet 2007, 369:299-305 Compared with conventional ward based care, the stroke units were associated with reduced mortality and disability ... obesity rather than obesity per se are risk factors They suggest a high BMI may provide a nutritional reserve in times of stress but admit that although BMI is widely used, itdoes not distinguish...
... life with or without disability, when to be without disability is not an option, suVers from the same logical problems as the argument that attempts to compare non-existence with existence It makes ... knowingly produced with disabilities If I am born with a condition that for me was unavoidable because congenital, say, and I suVer from that condition, then someone suVers and it is me Of course ... happier and more successful than mine (if it is) Itdoes not follow from such judgements either that my life is more worth saving if its quality improves than it was before, or that Bennett’s life...
... transparent - Liquidity is not high - Securities law is not perfect Part 02: How doesit influence on the economics of Viet Nam? Positive influence: - To motivate the capital amassment and collection ... market The situation of Viet Nam‘s stock market today Limitation of Viet Nam‘s stock market II How doesit influence on the economics of Viet Nam? - Part 02 includes 02 subjects: Positive influence ... development 1 Positive influence: - To give the government opportunities to mobilize the financal resources without inflation - To be a tool of government to execute the monetary policies 1 Positive influence:...
... nd collection to suit the request of buiding the substance and technique basis If a individuality only uses capital fund by itseft or mobilzes capital by traditionnal method, it can’t be satisfied ... sensitive with the economics activities and is measure of the economics ‘s effect -To give the government opportunities to mobilize the financal resources without inflation Besides, the security ... market develop towards a positive and sustainable way +About individual securities offers, the Securities Law has not been adjusted to current offering of securities activities separately, while...
... possibility for conformational ¯exibility of a protein to achieve optimal conditions for interaction with other proteins An alternative state with a high potential for structural adaptability is ... many proteins This includes low sequence complexity, with aminoacid compositional bias and high predicted ¯exibility [28,29] Furthermore, the majority of the intrinsically disordered proteins, ... the hydrodynamic dimensions It was noted long ago that hydrodynamic techniques may help to recognize when a protein has lost all of its noncovalent structure, i.e whenit became unfolded [2] This...
... all sites (~30–38 Mg C ha–1 in the surface 0–15cm across all sites and rotation phases) with no significant change during the potato phase or relative to the reference fields Despite these positive ... input/output ratios per unit of product, but variable results for energy use and GHG emissions per unit of product With some variability in results for field crops, hogs and some fruits and vegetables, ... (see Table 8) Table Relative availability of literature Sector Literature Availability** Field crops √√√√ Beef √√ Dairy √√√ Hogs √√ Poultry √ Vegetables √√√ Fruit √√√ Greenhouse √ **From all sources/locations...
... must be a supply of energy A ball which is given an initial push will roll until all its energy is consumed by friction, at which point it will roll to a stop The smaller the forces Friction ... mutual contact of irregularities between the touching surfaces The irregularities act as obstructions to motion Even surfaces that appear to be very smooth are irregular when viewed microscopically ... the heavier brick pushes into the ground with more force or weight Friction Minimizing surface friction on a mouse-trap car allows its wheels to spin with less resistance, resulting in a car that...
... interview results It also provides answers – in addition to what product differentiation is within the printing paper industry - to the questions: why doesit take place, when and how doesit happen, ... potential competitor A firm is said to have a sustainable competitive advantage when other existing or potential competitors are unable to duplicate it or it proves to be too costly to imitate (Porter, ... Competitive advantage Ainomaija Haarla: Product Differentiation: doesit provide competitive advantage for a printing paper company? A firm is said to have a competitive advantage whenit is...
... review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity The Civil-Military Gap in the United States DoesIt Exist, Why, and DoesIt Matter? Thomas S Szayna, Kevin F McCarthy, Jerry ... paper) Civil-military relations—United States United States—Armed Forces— Public opinion United States—Military policy Sociology, Military—United States I Szayna, Thomas S., date II Title UA23.C555 ... or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S Government Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The civil-military gap in the United States : doesit exist, why, and doesit matter?...
... format Total (2,336 visits) Interview (458 visits) Self (1,878 visits) Adjusted difference* (95% CI) Large (170 visits) Standard (1,708 visits) Adjusted difference* (95% CI) Composite visual functioning, ... doi:10.1186/1477-7525-9-30 Cite this article as: Puhan et al.: Interviewer versus self-administered health-related quality of life questionnaires - Doesit matter? Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:30 Submit ... switched intermittently Of the 1,096 participants who completed the VFQ-25 989 (90%) never switched administration format, 93 (9%) switched permanently and 14 (1%) switched intermittently Interviewer-...
... making a loud noise whenit is eaten Complete the sentences using the correct adjective My cousin used to eat lemons for breakfast I don't know how, they're so _ sweet bitter I don't like _ ... cake, but that one was so _ I could barely finish it! savoury rich Yuck! This soup is way too _! tasty salty I love pizza, but sometimes it s a bit too _ greasy sugary Yuck! I think this milk ... a lot of butter, cream, or eggs in it Salty - Tastes of salt Tasty - Good flavour and is nice to eat Sugary - Tastes of sugar Greasy - Containing or covered with fat or oil Scrumptious - delicious...
... contrasting with cells from osteoarthritis patients where NFκB expression was normal and TNF sensitivity not observed These authors suggested that a bone marrow stem cell abnormality could underlie ... ultrasonography for assessment of synovitis in the metacarpophalangeal joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with dynamic magnetic resonance imaging Arthritis Rheum 2001, 44:2018-2023 ... A, Vitolo B, Pitzalis C, Montecucco C: Involvement of subchondral bone marrow in rheumatoid arthritis Lymphoid neogenesis and in situ relationship to subchondral bone marrow osteoclast recruitment...
... patients with rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Res Ther 2009; 11:R123 Leandro MJ, Cambridge G, Ehrenstein MR, Edwards JC: Reconstitution of peripheral blood B cells after depletion with rituximab ... rheumatoid arthritis: depletion of memory B cells correlates with clinical response Arthritis Res Ther 2009, 11:R131 Edwards JC, Cambridge G: Sustained improvement in rheumatoid arthritis following ... G, Papadimitraki E, Raptopoulou A, Koutala H, Papadaki HA, Kritikos H, Boumpas DT: Rituximab therapy reduces activated B cells in both the peripheral blood and bone marrow of patients with rheumatoid...
... stress that resulted from it [12] In addition, the ability of the health service to cope with this increased demand declined, because of HIV-related morbidity and mortality and burnout among health ... per capita terms, from US$ 0.31 in 2001 to US$ 0.65 in 2005 [50] In addition, several GHIs with a focus on AIDS invested a significant amount in health-system-strengthening activities It is estimated ... same time it reduces the ability of the health service to supply them Prior to the advent of ARV therapy, half of all medical hospital beds in Sub-Saharan Africa were occupied by people with AIDS...
... the situation appears much different since RT would have to interact with Gag since it is not itself processed as it is in NC-containing retroviruses Moreover, no NC-like chaperoning activity ... contribute to the fidelity of the reverse transcripton reaction by inhibiting self-initiation of cDNA synthesis and providing excision-repair activities to the RT enzyme in vitro [24,39,41-46] After ... NC mutant virions? Within HIV-1 virions with mutations in or deletion of the NC CCHC zinc fingers, the core is formed of mature Gag proteins but it is mostly globular and does not adopt a condensed...
... criteria are based on limited data, it is likely that these diagnostic thresholds will be refined with time However, it is important to stress that the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in critically ... Adrenal insufficiency during septic shock Crit Care Med 2003, 31:141-145 Arafah BM: Hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal function during critical illness: Limitations of current assessment methods J Clin ... This finding suggests that patients with septic shock, and perhaps those with early ARDS and Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Table Diagnostic criteria for adrenal insufficiency Albumin...
... the availability of the different CPB circuits The use and availability of MICPB circuit were homogeneous during the whole study period and without a timerelated bias Closed circuits have been ... with biocompatible coatings, (c) can be primed with a reduced fluid volume, (d) include a centrifugal pump, and (e) are equipped with systems for separation of the shed blood from the circuit ... undergoing isolated CABG operations were admitted to the study Two thou- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) In the control group, an open circuit with a hard-shell reservoir receiving blood...
... significant paradigm shift for North America and a majority of Europe [5,6] In regard to the study results, it is remarkable that the 28 day all-cause mortality rate was 40% in the epinephrine and 34% in ... tissue hypoperfusion [9] Its measurement and prognostic implications have resulted in its incorporation into sepsis bundles which have been widely adopted to guide initial sepsis management [10,11] ... clearance of lactate have been associated with increased mortality rates in septic shock patients [9] However, these results demonstrate a survival benefit irregardless of the early increases in...
... responsibilities and new opportunities The response the chiropractic profession takes to these responsibilities and opportunities will impact its continued maturation and will help to limit suffering ... They found substantially greater associations between visits to both practitioners and VADS when the visits involved neck pain or headache It is commonly assumed that if VADS occurs immediately ... occurring within 24 hours of a visit to a primary care physician was virtually the same as stroke occurring within 24 hours of a visit to a chiropractor [45] Cassidy, et al [45] point out the limitation...