... sensi-
tivity analyses of the benefits of increased physical activ-
ity in an Australian cost -of- illness study. Similarly,
Katzmarcyk et al aimed for a reduction of 10% in inactiv-
ity levels in Can ada ... benefits of reducing
physical inactivity: an Australian example. International Journal of
Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2011 8:99.
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nants of bed day costs is the hospital bed occupancy rate;
the higher the occupancy rate, the lower the costs per bed
day. Occupancy rates of the studied ... records.
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(by type of department), the quantity of pharmaceuticals
and supplies used by each patient, and...
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Meltzer of CDC for his review of the manuscript, and Dr. Scott Royal of Abt
Associates, Inc. for his role coordinating the completion of data analysis and
manuscript ... conception and design. JML
and CJS contributed to the primary analyses. SCR, CJS, AJ and DJB were
involved in the analysis plan and interpretation of the data. SK...
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with CFS and those with exclusionary medical conditions
from the suspected CFS group. Table 1 summarizes the
descriptive statistics for the study groups.
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negative shock, which may potentially negatively affect an
individuals' ability to achieve returns on their human cap-
ital, given the severity of the i...
... frequently developed for the
purpose of assessing the quality of healthcare, often for a
specific disease or within a specific healthcare delivery
system. In the field of critical care medicine, there ... addition, the development of the
APACHE score, the Simplified Acute Physiology Score and
the Mortality Probability Model have permitted determination
of risk-adjusted...
... forms of surveillance have yielded higher rates
of adverse events [4,5]. All of these detection methods
require substantial investments of time and money. Moreover,
especially in the case of chart ... fill out the
standardized MET form on each patient and a weekly 1-hour
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The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality
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the zygomatic bone, and the zygomatic arch consti-
tute superior, anterior, and inferior borders of the ...
branch is the terminal branch of the superficial tem-
poral artery. The frontal and parietal branches are
similar in size and frontal branch is less variable than
parietal...
... HCV antibodies.[20]
In the Dionysos study from Italy, residents between the
ages of 12 and 25 years had a chronicity rate of 56%,
compared with 87% for those above the age of 25
years.[21] The ... of HCV infection,
clinicians may identify the patients at risk for HCV-related
complications, and offer treatments to prevent further
morbidity and mortality.
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... the primary prevention is better than the termination of pregnancy after the antenatal diagnosis of
fetal defects (i.e. the so-called “secondary prevention”, namely the prevention of birth of ... among others, medicine intakes, pregnancy complications, and maternal diseases during pregnancy
according to gestational month, and any family history of CAs. In order to standa...
... troponin C, and in the
presence of tropomyosin the inhibition of the MgATPase
of actomyosin by the peptide is markedly increased [7].
The inhibitory peptide in the presence of tropomyosin is
about ... F-actin the affinity
of which is enhanced by tropomyosin.
Interaction of the myosin light chain N-terminal peptide
with actin and reversal by the TnI inhibitory pept...