... regarding PrEP in discordant couples who wish to conceive Discussion includes information on counseling, laboratory testing, and monitoring of individuals on PrEP and importance of reporting uninfected ... to elimination of perinatal transmission in the United States include the continued increase in HIV infection in women of childbearing age;12 absent or delayed prenatal care, particularly in women ... zidovudine or zidovudine/lamivudine.3-12 In general, combination regimens are more effective than single-drug regimens in reducing perinatal transmission In addition, for prevention of perinatal...
... WAD may be an expression of pain inhibition from soft tissue injury and painful muscle spasm without pathology of the spine Thus, injections of Botox® to trigger points in superficial neck muscles ... controlled clinical trial Spine 2003, 28:2491-2498 Rauschning W, Jónsson H: Injuries of the cervical spine in automobile accidents: pathoanatomical and clinical aspects In Whiplash injuries Current ... E, Sandrini G, Nappi G: 3D kinematic analysis and clinicalevaluationof neck movements in patients with whiplash injury Cephalalgia 2002, 22:533-542 Juan FJ: Use of botulinum toxin-A for musculoskeletal...
... dealing with the tracking of off-shore clinicaltrials was telling It reported that the number of foreign clinical investigators conducting clinical research under an IND increased 16fold from ... http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/8/1/65 tute training program could be established on the NIH campus to train personnel involved at all levels of the clinical research infrastructure The running ofclinicaltrials ... but it offers an important vision and applauds it as a step forward However, that said we note an absence of attention to creating and maintaining infrastructures fortrials and training trialists...
... include sensing and interpreting new evidence, integrating it with existing evidence; reinforcement (or not) by professional networks, which in turn is mediated by local context [23], including the ... provide information with which Page of 12 to further contextualise findings, provide insight into influences of implementation, and help explanation building Evaluation team reflection and monitoring ... hold a joint interpretative forum-an opportunity for different communities to reflect on and interpret information from data collection effortsenabling the surfacing of different viewpoints and...
... ready for testing inclinical settings Inclinical settings the PLA could be used to lead discussions designed to motivate behavioral change in child and adolescent management of asthma Having ... 0-3 Figure of the Participation in scores before summing the indicator Life Activities Scale is completed by computing the mean scores for each of the three indicators Scoring Scoring of the Participation ... motivate changes in self management Indicators Planning for Participation The amount of thinking about the condition required before engaging in desired activities With proper treatment and management,...
... parameters for which no information is available Coping with uncertainty Parameters taken from the field for use in a population model include some degree of variability and uncertainty resulting from ... Approaches for addressing this type of uncertainty are discussed in detail in the study of Hart [19] Often, however, it will be difficult to distinguish between natural variability and uncertainty For ... addressing uncertainty in a population model, a high uncertainty of a parameter does not necessarily result also in a high uncertainty of the output of the model, since some parameters have little influence...
... parameters for which no information is available Coping with uncertainty Parameters taken from the field for use in a population model include some degree of variability and uncertainty resulting from ... Approaches for addressing this type of uncertainty are discussed in detail in the study of Hart [19] Often, however, it will be difficult to distinguish between natural variability and uncertainty For ... addressing uncertainty in a population model, a high uncertainty of a parameter does not necessarily result also in a high uncertainty of the output of the model, since some parameters have little influence...
... parameters for which no information is available Coping with uncertainty Parameters taken from the field for use in a population model include some degree of variability and uncertainty resulting from ... Approaches for addressing this type of uncertainty are discussed in detail in the study of Hart [19] Often, however, it will be difficult to distinguish between natural variability and uncertainty For ... addressing uncertainty in a population model, a high uncertainty of a parameter does not necessarily result also in a high uncertainty of the output of the model, since some parameters have little influence...
... comparison of 11 soft lining materials as a function of accelerated aging J Prosthetic Dentistry, 69, 114–119 Sanders, J.L, Levin, B & Reitz, P.V (1991) Comparison of the adaptation of acrylic resins ... trends to that of tensile strength, with a decrease in stiffness and increase in ductility after a period of immersion in distilled water After analyzing the results obtained in the present study, ... attributed to the differences in curing methods and the brands of resin The results indicated a small statistically significant difference in favor of the water bath cure but clinically there were no...
... the timing of the evaluationof tumor response after the start oftreatment is a key issue For the present study, we chose to perform MRI including DWI very early at a median of days following HDRBT ... for time effects in each of the two groups Paired t test with Bonferroni correction for multiple testing was applied to test the significance of the differences oftreatment induced changes of ... risk such as stomach or intestine [11] Early response evaluationin such patients would be of major clinical significance to allow for prompt modification of anticancer treatment, e.g repeated...
... recommended for each of the two tests in baseline period Dissemination of guidelines alone rarely brings about improvements inclinical practice [2], and even an multifaceted implementation of guidelines ... for frequently performed clinical biochemistry and clinical microbiological tests in general practice [Kvalitetskrav og kvalitetsvurderingssystem for hyppigt udførte klinisk biokemiske og klinisk ... Concurrent, the occurrence of split tests on the specific POCT analyses and for practices participating in an intervention arm–the number of ComRem or postal reminders sent in each of the follow-up periods...
... factor (BDNF) in different psychiatric diseases, again resulting in evidence of association but also with many non specific or conflicting findings The finding of an HPA dysfunction in depressed ... being part of a specific category (e.g animals) in minutes The measure of performance is the number of correct words given in minutes The RWT consists of five Page of 10 alternate forms Each of ... conducted in cooperation with the BMBF funded Interdisciplinary Centre forClinicalTrials (IZKS) at the University Medical Centre Mainz and at six clinical trial sites in Germany In order to...
... important not only in the evaluationof dysphagia but also of odynophagia and in the differential diagnosis in cases of compulsive water drinking, excessive water drinking, the malingering of dysphagia ... accommodation) Instructions given: "Swallow this water in one gulp" One trial of continuous drinking of 100 ml of tap water Instruction given: "Drink this water as normal" The main test is a single water ... Surface SEMG of swallowing is a simple and reliable method for screening and initial evaluationof dysphagia and odynophagia complaints of various origins This noninvasive radiation-free examination...
... required for quantification of DNA in cell lysates [18] Recently, a real-time PCR assay of a conserved region in UL54 was performed in cell lysates four days following infection and treatment ... Inoue N: Establishment of a cell-based assay for screening of compounds inhibiting very early events in the cytomegalovirus replication cycle and characterization of a compound identified using ... titration of infectious virus by the plaque assay Y-axis on the left indicates growth of progeny viruses in log scale, Y-axis on the right indicated relative virus kinetics of the recombinant viruses...
... length of cm, for the in vivo administration of incompatible solutions, phenytoin and TPN, using a swine model, did not lead to precipitates large enough to cause adverse clinical effects in our ... precipitation of particles large enough to be ofclinical significance Conclusion Using previously published methodology for the study of the simultaneous administration of incompatible drugs via ... administration of incompatible drugs via a double-lumen peripheral catheter Crit Care Med 1990, 18:1164–1166 Collins JL, Lutz RJ: In vitro study of simultaneous infusion of incompatible drugsin multilumen...
... brain injury coincide with the greatest incidence of intracranial hypertension; the appropriate timing for tracheostomy in these patients must be considered in view of the risk for severe intracranial ... tracheostomy was performed in brain-injured patients Nowak and coworkers [8] identified an increased risk for severe tracheal complications in brain-injured patients who had been intubated for more than ... utility in other patients with simple decreased level of consciousness is much less certain For example, evidence-based guidelines for discontinuing ventilatory support not include brain-injured...
... and bracing, tightness of joints 2.4.3.2 Tie interval for stripping 2.4.3.3 Method of finish or cleanup of unformed surfaces 2.4.4 Preparation and condition of construction joints 2.4.5 Mixing operation ... evaluationof existing operating records and past inspection reports, condition surveys, maintenance reports, determination of in- situ conditions, instrumentation, identification of damage, and final evaluation ... terms include such visual cracking terminology as pattern cracking, surface checking, hairline cracking, and D-cracking, foundationrelated displacement cracking, and thermal cracking An offset of...
... additional information in Carino (1992) Fig 2.5.2 is a schematic of a continuous eddy-current covermeter In the absence of a reinforcing bar, the magnitude of the alternating current in the coil ... Carino, 1992): (a) small current induced in sensing coil when no bar is present, and (b) presence of bar increases flux and increases current in sensing coil concrete, and the reinforcing bar For ... time of testing In addition, because the reflections from reinforcing bars are much stronger than from a delamination, it is difficult to detect the delamination in the presence of reinforcing...