... precursor
markers as Sox2 and Nestin, and can differentiate in
vitro into cells expres sing markers of hair cells and sup-
porting cells in vitro[18,31].
Culturing organ o f Corti progenitor cells under non-
adherent ... Retention of progenitor cell phenotype
in otospheres from guinea pig and mouse cochlea. Journal of
Translational Medicine 2010 8:119.
Su...
... cytotoxic T -cell activation. Consisting of an α- and a
β-chain in most of the cases, diversity is generated during
T -cell evolution by recombinations of the gene segments
V (variable), in case of the ... key
role in the surveillance of and in the defense against
tumor cells [1]. In fact, spontaneous T -cell responses
against TAAs have been described in periphera...
... for
self care and routine activities; feelings of being a burden
to family; and feeling sad, hopeless, and helpless.
Table 1 includes the description of the transfusion inde-
pendent state and transfusion ... Debilitating symptoms of MDS
include fatigue, pallor, infection, and bleeding; with com-
monly associated laboratory findings of anemia, neutro-
penia, and thrombocyt...
... population.
Measures
Nine of the 21 predefined chronic condition indicator
variables were used in this study. Four types of cancer were
combined into one variable, including female breast,
colorectal, prostate, and ... number due to changes in eligibility status).
This linkage strategy simplifies examination of the full
continuum of care as well as longitudinal studies. Mini-
ma...
... continuous variables age, years since living
in Germany, and years of schooling, analysis of variance
(ANOVA) showed that life style was significantly influ-
enced by years of schooling in both ... Voss U, Kolling T, Heidenreich T: Role of Monitoring and Blunt-
ing Coping Styles in Primary Insomnia. Psychosom Med 2006,
68:110-115.
12. Miller S: Monitoring and blunting: val...
... large improvement
and moderate and large deterioration.
Discussion
An increasing number of clinical trials is investigating the
effectiveness of follow-up strategies and psychosocial
interventions ... and EQ-5D Index were close to zero in the subgroup reporting no change and
increased and decreased adequately in the subgroups reporting small and moderate changes.
Additio...
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clinical trials in oncology are increasingly incorporating
generic ... assessing the ability of an
instrument to capture meaningful differences. In this
study, we followed criteria established in previous investi-
gations of MIDs [13-15]. We fou...
... performing wrist-
orienting motions in the following activities: pouring
from a bottle, brushing teeth, or stirring a pot.
“REACH” mode: locking joints I and III and releasing
joint II results in ... holding on the handle
bar can perform movements in wrist as shown in Figure
2(C). By setting the offset orientation of the handle bar
in the horizontal or vertical position, mov...
... calculated using the SD of the baseline during
the first 2 s of standing, multiplied a factor (F).
The end of the APA was calculated for each signal
and each combination of factors and cut-off frequencies.
The ... the
consistency of our method in detecting APAs.
Duration of APAs
In previous studies measuring APAs using acceler-
ometers, the beginning of the APA was deter...