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... perioperative data, consisting of surgical procedure, pathologic stage, and operative morbidity and mortality, were entered into the database The overall and disease free survival were calculated, as ... detection of distant metastases In patients with subsequently confirmed brain or bome metastases, the appearance of first specific symptoms was accepted asthe time ofthe relapse onset Cancer relapse ... samples was used to assess the influence ofthe Tu diameter tothe length ofthe interval operation-relapse andtothe pattern of relapse occurrence (inside the first postoperative year or later)...
... performance of extended AI therapy after 5-year administration of TAM, andasa first-line agent as postoperative adjuvant therapy [3-8] On the other hand, it has been reported that ovarian function ... results of large-scale clinical studies have demonstrated that AI therapy is more useful than TAM, and today AIs are widely employed as standard therapy such as by switching from TAM to an AI, performance ... initiated and co-wrote the paper with TN, MK and AT MT, JH, and HT took part in the care of patients ZH and YN helped in preparation ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the manuscript...
... performance was as natural as possible Participants were never given performancerelated feedback in between trials Each trial was marked a pass or fail for the performance and safety components The ... toa bar at the back ofthe wheelchair For the expert group, the joystick was the same model asthe hand-controlled joystick normally used by each participant Any specialized handle (e.g., ball) ... the participant was transferred tothe joystick used for the experiment The tablet PC was mounted at the rear ofthe wheelchair and another tablet PC was remotely synchronized so thatthe evaluator...
... laws that clearly guarantee the right of all individuals to ascertain in an intelligible form whether, and if so what, personal data is stored in automatic data files, and for what purposes, and ... cultural rights, such asthe right to education andthe right to take part in cultural life andto enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, as well as civil and political rights, ... on the basis of broad and ambiguous laws, without justifying the purpose of such actions; and/ or in a manner that is clearly unnecessary and/ or disproportionate to achieving the intended aim, as...
... social isolation of residents, thepercentageof residents who go tothe emergency room, and increases vaccination against influenza andthepercentageof women who havea mammography screening as ... Benedict Han Nhan Huynh-Thi Nguyen Dr Donna Johnson Kara Martin AJ Yang Bo Zhao City of Seattle, Aging and Disability Services Martha Berry Andy Chan Heidi Grant Masako Komiyama Margaret Kramer Tom ... prolonged nature of illness and disability from chronic disease results in pain and suffering and decreased quality of life for those afflicted Cardiovascular disease (heart disease), cancer, and diabetes...
... expect the enactment of laws to raise the price of farm products, andto lower the price of all thatthe farmer has to buy But the farmers vote asthe manufacturers and other active classes ofthe ... purchases of imported and manufactured goods and all outfit needed for the farmers' land and family can be made at low and owing tothe competition that always arises to supply a steady and natural ... Juglar himself states thata commercial panic is always a financial panic, asa falling away ofthe metallic reserve indicates its breaking out; and I have only translated that portion dealing...
... (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Lesotho Libya Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mongolia Namibia Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Panama ... Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Qatar Rwanda Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Seychelles Sierra Leone Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Thailand Tonga Uganda United Arab Emirates ... (hereinafter designated astheClassification ) (2) TheClassification consists of: (i) a list of classes, together with, asthe case may be, explanatory notes; (ii) an alphabetical list of goods and...
... Honduras India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Kenya Kuwait Lesotho Libya Madagascar Malta Mauritius Namibia Nepal Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Panama Paraguay ... obliged to apply the Nice Classification in connection with the registration of marks, either asthe principal classification or asasubsidiary classification, and has to include in the official ... Paraguay Peru Philippines Qatar Rwanda Saint Vincent andthe Grenadines Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Seychelles Sierra Leone Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Thailand Tonga...
... and result in acapital market advantage (Francis et al 2004) I expect there to be an increase in accounting conservatism asa response tothe anticipation and consequence of fraud andthatthe ... investor confidence (Geiger et al 2006) Lee and Mande (2003) maintain thatthe PSLRA decreased audit quality as evidenced by an increase in income-increasing discretionary accruals after the passage ... capital is of interest to regulators, investors, accountants, academicians, and management for capital budgeting decisions, equity valuation, capital structure, and firm profitability (Easley and...
... Mohanram (2003), Gebhardt et al (2001), and Claus and Thomas (2001) 8 examine the relationship between auditor size andthe cost ofcapital is based on the approach of measuring the cost ofcapital ... Abnormal accruals provide a metric for assessing the degree of bias infused into the financial statements by management and tolerated by the auditor (Hay and Davis 2004) Abnormal accruals have ... capital used in Easton (2004) and Khurana and Raman (2004) In the last section ofthe study, cumulative abnormal security returns measures are used as indicators of backdating of ESOs Two groups of...
... that individuals with diabetes at an early stage ofthe disease process when they not yet have peripheral neuropathy may have impaired balance, which may place them at risk for a fall Acknowledgements ... collection, aided in data analysis and drafting Page of 10 and revising the manuscript SM performed data analysis and aided in drafting and revising the manuscript CMS performed data acquisition, aided ... here, AP and ML Centers -of Pressure data, bilateral foot pressure data, head tri-axial acceleration, kinematic and lower limb EMG data were collected The link between and among these data and detection...
... balance of nitrogen and phosphorus than thatof other sites CLASSIFICATIONOF SITES AND PHYSIOGRAPHICAL AND NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS BY MEANS OF CORRELATION ANALYSIS AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS ... Murueta sites, located in the same position asthe healthy parameters At the negative end ofthe axis are situated the Cruceta, Olaeta and Urkiola sites, located in the same position asthe un- healthy ... location of urban and industrial areas, symptoms of damage, age of trees and their geographical situation The physiographical and tree growth data corresponding tothe sites studI ied can be seen...
... anthracycline- and taxanes-including regimens as well as new hormonal and biologic agents have significantly increased disease-free and overall survival in early breast cancer patients potentially ... Tago M, Nakagawa K, Toyoda T, Hatano K, Kenjyo M, Oya N, Hirota S, Shioura H, Kunieda E, Inomata T, Hayakawa K, Katoh N, Kobashi G: Stereotactic radiosurgery plus whole-brain radiation therapy ... several reasons Firstly, nearly all patients of our series had active systemic disease at the time of diagnosis of brain metastases Secondly, about half of patients had no neurological symptoms,...
... MIP-2 mRNA tothe internal standard, β-actin mRNA Statistical analysis The values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation The factors were compared using one-way ANOVA A p value of < 0.05 was considered ... added tothe aqueous phase After centrifugation, 75% ethanol was added tothe RNA pellet Again, the sample was centrifuged, the supernatant discarded, andthe RNA pellet was placed in DEPC water The ... can be the result of ventilation perfusion mismatch [25] This can develop asa result of an imbalance ofthe effect of vasodilators and vasoconstrictors on the pulmonary vascular endothelium...
... mid-, and distolingual/palatal) Inter-examiner reliability was calculated using alpha statistics with regard to probing depth and CAL on 16 quadrants Diagnosis of CP and AP was based on CAL values ... (AHT, MSA and KTA) The periodontal examination included measurement of Clinical Attachment Level (CAL) andthe plaque index (PI) of Silness and Löe [21] For measurement of CAL, each tooth was ... radiographic examination ofthe participants in this study We thank Mrs Sumayya Khamaiseh and Mrs Yasmin Jaradat for their assistance during data collection Author details Division of Periodontology,...
... nonsurvivors and two survivors), plasma was not sampled Statistical analysis Data are presented as mean values with ranges Prior to analysis, Bartlett's test for equal variance was used, and if significant ... increased luminal L-lactate may result in increased luminal D-lactate and subsequently elevated plasma values, because D-lactate is not readily metabolised in the liver Plasma D-lactate may therefore ... Plasma L-lactated (mmol/l) Arterial pH Values are given as means (ranges) aSurvival analysis based on data at day 28 after study bP < 0.05 compared with baseline values in survivors cNine patients...
... rather, was a categorical designation that encompassed the various native war dances found in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao From both Barrantes and Retana we also get the idea that moro-moro war ... character Aladin fought and killed the lions: cong ipamilantic ang canang pamatay, at saca isalag ang pang-adyang camay he thrust his right dagger and blocked with his other hand The term arnés ... ofthe broader scope covered by the term comedia, it was not as readily associated with native theater alone, and was thus not used asa pejorative term in the way the moro-moro was Another association...