... may be related to salt and NOC, in enhancing carcinogenesis after the epithelium is damaged[8] The aim of this article is to review and evaluate the available epidemiological evidence about the ... M, Natsukawa S, Shaura K, Koizumi Y, Kasuga Y, Hanaoka T, Tsugane S Association of Helicobacter pylori infection and environmental factors in non-cardia gastric cancer in Japan Gastric Cancer ... population: a 6-year survey Jpn J Cancer Res 1992; 83: 568-575 Inoue M, Tajima K, Kobayashi S, Suzuki T, Matsuura A, Nakamura T, Shirai M, Nakamura S, Inuzuka K, Tominaga S Protective factor against...
... in the parametrial areas [35], whereas Levenback found 9% ofthe sentinel nodes in the paraaortic area, 11% in the common iliac, 71% in the external iliac, and 9% in the parametrial area in a ... Ofthe cases, 90% are squamous cell carcinomas, while the rest are melanoma, adenocarcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and sarcoma [7] Nodal metastasis in vulva cancer is the main prognostic factor, ... Although majority ofthe nodes are located in internal iliac and external iliac areas, nodes have been found in also presacral, parametrial and pararectal areas [33] In a sentinel node study carried...
... risk of developing OA in their near future Appendix Comparative discussion on the value ofthe Jadad and OA scores to evaluate the quality ofclinical trials on OA To evaluate the quality ofthe ... (LPS)-induced GAG release [69] It also affected the activities of lysosomal enzymes, decreasing the activities of arylsulfatase A and arysulfatase B, an N-acetylgalactosaminidase-4-sulfatase, but increasing ... the Jadad score in discriminating the quality ofthe trials Indeed, several trials, despite a maximal Jadad score and point allocated to the three criteria ofthe OA score evaluated in the Jadad...
... developed from the transformation are retained and transferred to other problems and parts ofthe healthcare organization The two exceptions to the question of sustainability are Furman and Caplan's report ... and Management in the School of Rural Public Health at the Texas A& M Health Science Center in College Station, Texas Additional material Additional file Table S1 Summaries of organizational transformation ... Backoff RW: Organizational Transformation Journal of Management Inquiry 1997, 6:235-254 Van Tonder C: 'Organisational transformation': wavering on the edge of ambiguity SA Journal of Industrial...
... developed from the transformation are retained and transferred to other problems and parts ofthe healthcare organization The two exceptions to the question of sustainability are Furman and Caplan's report ... and Management in the School of Rural Public Health at the Texas A& M Health Science Center in College Station, Texas Additional material Additional file Table S1 Summaries of organizational transformation ... Backoff RW: Organizational Transformation Journal of Management Inquiry 1997, 6:235-254 Van Tonder C: 'Organisational transformation': wavering on the edge of ambiguity SA Journal of Industrial...
... they are generally downplayed and not affect the decisiveness ofthe conclusions Interpretation ofthe findings is often biased and obvious caveats and alternative explanations for the data are ... asked them, among other aspects of their experience, about addiction and loss of autonomy The claim that participants could validly report physical addiction to nicotine was based on the observation ... that “When asked what exactly it was they were addicted to, participants readily answered that it is the nicotine in cigarettes.” Clearly, the responders had no way of knowing this for a fact and...
... most ofthe triage scales developed in the 1990s and 2000s being designed as 5-level scales Of these, the Australian Triage Scale (ATS), Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS), ... clear, internal validity is good while sample size is of uncertain adequacy ATS = Australasian Triage Scale; CTAS = Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale; MTS = Manchester Triage ... but many patients All studies are observational triage levels, we could not evaluate the validity ofthe triage scales across all triage levels as regards the risk of early death To estimate the...
... from an efficiency perspective Critical appraisal ofthe economic analysis of IABP therapy in AMI patients The factors which we consider when critically appraising an economic analysis are summarized ... care Intracoronary thrombolysis was used in 42% of patients later randomized to IABP therapy compared to 46% of patients in the standard therapy arm Intravenous heparin was used for a mean of ... intervals In determining theclinical application of an article on therapy, we ascertain if the results are useful in practice The results ofthe Randomized IABP Trial [10] are applicable to patients...
... Because ofthe relatively poor quality ofthe available data and the lack of other important information, the question of preferred treatment still remains unanswered, and there is clearly a need ... Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial 1997; 35: 230-6 Talwar RM, Ellis III E, Throckmorton GS Adaptations ofthe masticatory system after bilateral fractures ofthe mandibular condylar process J Oral ... recent advances in prevention, diagnosis and management Int J Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2005; 34: 823-33 27 Banks P A pragmatic approach to the management of condylar fractures Int J Oral Maxillofac...
... Ichikawa S, Kasama S, Takahashi T, Sakamoto H, Kumakura H, Takayama Y, Kanda T, Murakami M, Kurabayashi M: Relationship between brachial arterial endothelial function and lumbar spine bone mineral ... H, Ichikawa S, Kasama S, Takahashi T, Sakamoto H, Kumakura H, Takayama Y, Kanda T, Murakami M, Kurabayashi M: Relationship between carotid atherosclerosis and lumbar spine bone mineral density ... Sumino H, Ichikawa S, Kasama S, Takahashi T, Kumakura H, Takayama Y, Kanda T, Sakamaki T, Kurabayashi M: Elevated arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis Maturitas 2006, 55:212-218...
... Perioral paresthesia, numbness in the hands, weakness, ataxia, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, apnea 6/23 pts renal impairment; 7/23 pts albuminuria Nausea, itching ofthe face, hands, and arms ... facial and peripheral paresthesia, partial deafness, visual disturbances, vertigo, confusion, hallucinations, seizures, ataxia, and neuromuscular blockade The last of these usually produces a myasthenia-like ... (48 cases E coli and 45 cases Shigella spp.) Episodes of ptosis, muscular weakness ofthe face and ofthe extremities Page of 13 Vol 10 No Medical wards 12 Critical Care 1965 [23] 11 Falagas and...
... known about the variation in hemodynamic goals in clinical trials and whether this variation is associated with patient outcomes To better understand the hemodynamic goals in clinical trials in the ... that report hemodynamic goals of therapy, there are wide variations in the measures followed and the goals chosen If hemodynamic goals are related to outcomes and to specific agents, the variation ... ofthe trial, and mortality rates To summarize the hemodynamic goals of each trial, both measure(s) ofthe blood pressure and/or filling pressure used and/ or the cardiac index, and the target...
... be established as follows: A1 A2 An A1 a1 /a1 a1 /a2 a1 /an A2 a2 /a1 a2 /a2 a2 /an An an /a1 an /a2 an/an 149 where ai/aj = aj/ai for all i, j = 1, 2,, n (ai/aj expressed in another ... that matrix The following is a brief summary ofthe mathematical theory ofthe AHP, as reference to Saaty and Vargas (1991) and Harker (1989) The matrix of pair-wise comparisons A = (aij) can ... Underpinning mathematical theory The application ofthe Analytic Hierarchy Process is (1) to establish a matrix of pair-wise comparisons A = (aij), and (2) to establish weights ofa set of criteria (w1,...
... GBC, as expressed in equation (12), include the total site area (Asite), building footprint area (Af), percentage of hard-paved area ofthe site (P), and total net usable area ofthe building (Anet) ... (Af) and the percentage of hard-paved area ofthe site (P) should be kept as low as possible, and the total net usable area ofthe building (Anet) should be as large as possible In Singapore, scarcity ... being the third lowest among the scores of all case studies This is due to the large surface parking area, resulting in small percentage of greenery area in the total site area, and the rather large...
... potential sustainable performance ofthe project, based on the information available at the end ofthe Design phase Because the information available during the Pre-Design and Design phases are likely ... practice into their established ways of designing (Hagan, 2003) The Integrated Framework encourages and facilitates architectural students to engage in a truly interdisciplinary approach as early ... potential sustainable performance ofthe project, based on the information available at the end ofthe Pre-Design phase." The Design phase assessment is intended to indicate the future potential...
... data for further discussions in Part III Part III compiles a set of empirical analyses and discussion in order to substantiate the theoretically criticalreviewofthe practice of BEAMs and the ... discourse (Hagan, 2001) As a result ofthe analysis above and the contestation between the three domains, the approaches towards sustainable built environment from the three domains are often fragmented, ... places, they had easy access to plant food and water Small animals that came to drink and feed there were easy prey The humans had only to protect themselves from attack from predatory animals...
... higher rates than usual radical rearrangements [98,312] On the other hand, the timing of radical rearrangement (radical clocks) may depend critically on the tightness ofthe radical cage and the ... [68], the enzyme variant still mediated N-oxygenation ofthe tertiary arylamine at a rate less than half that ofthe wild-type-catalyzed reaction [142], so that reasonable interpretation ofthe data ... permit the unmasking of radical intermediates that rearrange at a rate faster than that ofthe recombination step [16,93] Despite the apparent predominance ofthe hydrogen transfer mechanism as the...
... Psychiatric Research, USA; Faiza Anwar, Women’s Health Educator, Australia; Victor Aparicio Basauri, WHO Collaborating Centre, Spain; Lara Asuncion Ramon de la Fuente, National Institute of Psychiatry, ... Ahmed G Abou El-Azayem, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Council ofthe World Federation for Mental Health, Egypt; Mlay Akwillina, Reproductive Health Project, Tanzania; Mary Jane Alexander, Nathan ... gather state ofthe art information on reproductive and mental health issues from a variety of researchers and interested parties Valuable data from consultant reports, national programme evaluations...
... INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Fiscal Affairs Department Chart of Accounts: ACritical Element ofthe Public Financial Management Framework Prepared by Julie Cooper and Sailendra Pattanayak Authorized ... Note: Sailendra Pattanayak is a Senior Economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department ofthe International Monetary Fund; Julie Cooper was a Technical Assistance Advisor in the Fiscal Affairs Department ... prepare useful financial reports and even then the accuracy of data may be questionable Account types (also called natural accounts) Revenue and expense accounts are netted off at year-end and the...
... in Kazakhstan are provided by the Almaty branch of Dechert Kazakhstan Limited A list ofthe names ofthe directors of Dechert Kazakhstan Limited is available for inspection at its registered office: ... the meaning ofthe draft ofthe GIC In contrast, in the scope of application ofthe Regulation on European venture capital funds (still in the draft phase), what are known as ‘semiprofessional’ ... requirements already given in the InvA (e.g., verification ofthe legality ofthe AIF management company’s instructions) Impact on Taxation According to the reasoning ofthe draft ofthe GIC, the revision...