... analyses were performed to assess the effect of both the smoking variables (current smoking and past smoking) on the riskfor RA Forward or backward stepwise selections were not used, and all clinically ... District of Finland were obtained from the organization Statistics of Finland (with the permission from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland) Statistics of Finland obtains the majority ... 1495 candidate patients with RA and to 2000 candidate control individuals in June 2000 A reminder letter was sent weeks later to nonresponders The response rate for questionnaires among candidate...
... 0.47 for total protein, 0.55 for total iron [20], and 0.38 for meat [21] In this analysis, we examined associations between riskfor RA and intakes of the following individual nutrients and components: ... [15] that reported increased risk of IP with greater consumption of protein and red meat Pattison and coworkers [15] studied dietary intake andriskfor IP between 1993 and 2002, within a prospective ... concept and design, and to the manuscript writing and editing LAM contributed to data collection and manuscript writing and editing EWK obtained the funding and contributed to the concept and design,...
... PTPN22 risk allele and heavy smoking for both seropositive and seronegative RA We did not observe similar gene-smoking interactions for CTLA-4 or PADI-4, for the overall riskfor RA, or for RF-positive ... were followed for many years, in great detail, before the onset on their RA, and environmental and reproductive risk factors for RA have been well studied in this cohort [35,41] This has allowed ... ratio (OR) for RA of approximately 1.8 [9], and it appears to carry greater riskfor autoantibody-positive RA [12,24,25] Homozygotes for the variant T allele are at greatest riskfor RA (OR =...
... costs were as follows: 1) materials for posters and flyers, approximately $10; 2) travel and time for research staff preparing materials, making presentations at senior centers and talking with ... may be a risk factor for balance impairment One study found an increased riskfor balance impairment for people who used 3–4 medications per day (OR 1.72)[28] Providing some support for this, ... Dominguez, for her research coordination skills and her unflagging attention to details; Anjum Odhwani, MD, MPH, for her assistance in recruitment and training; and Harold Mayfield, for his generous...
... ten-fold higher riskfor traumatic intracranial hemorrhages and more than a doubled riskfor non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhages, whereas infants delivered by CS had no increased riskfor either ... described association between VE-assisted birth and increased riskfor neonatal intracranial hemorrhages, and provides robust data on incidence andrisk factors for this complication The finding that ... intra-cranial lacerations and haemorrhage due to birth injury and, intracranial non-traumatic haemorrhage of foetus and newborn After adjustment for indication for operative delivery and other co-variates,...
... above-BTL) Significant group differences were observed for LSS and CFS above-BTL, andfor LSS at-BTL Symbols for p (or adjusted) values: ** b 0.01, * b 0.05, and ? b 0.10 78 W.-N Bair et al / Clinical ... fallers and non-fallers for any step type except for MS at-BTL Fig Mean single stance duration (standard error) Post-hoc analyses for significant group by step type interactions above- and at-BTL ... group variance, and Kenward–Roger adjustment Each mixed ANOVA model was first tested for main effects (i.e., main group, step type and perturbation magnitude), and then tested for group by step...
... microbiology and clinical data Source control Stress-dose steroids for septic shock DrotAA for patients with severe sepsis and high riskfor death Data from 2,613 patients were available for analysis ... the United States and European drug regulatory agencies approved DrotAA for use in adult patients with severe sepsis and high risk of death, as defined by an Acute Physiology andChronic Health ... colleagues assessed the role of DrotAA in patients with severe sepsis andlowrisk of death Subjects had a known or suspected infection and an APACHE II score of less than 25 or single organ system failure...
... any form of health care forlow back pain, and that the purpose of the follow- Figure Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2006, 14:19 http://www.chiroandosteo.com/content/14/1/19 ... follow-up time period were similarly assessed for differences Descriptive data were calculated for the percent of participants receiving various forms of care forlow back pain during the follow-up ... restoration forchroniclow back pain: two year follow-up of two randomized clinical trials Spine 1998, 23:717-25 Bendix A, Bendix T, Haestrup C, Busch E: A prospective, randomized 5-year follow-up...
... excursion questions - Goes through these questions and make sure Ss understand them - Asks some pairs to act this activity before class - Corrects and gives suggested answers member from each previous ... exact information Language: Listen to a short talk about a picnic Some words: glorious, destination, spacious, left-over, Botanical Garden Skills: Listening for main ideas and listening for specific ... the tape for the first time - play the tape for the second time - Gives feedback answers: 1.a 2.e 3.b 4.c 5.f 6.d * Task 2: - Give instructions and have Ss read the sentences quickly and guess...
... gastrocnemius and soleus muscles were dissected and separately prepared for the isolation of microsomal membranes [17] Chronic low- frequency stimulated muscles were produced by tele-stimulation for 0, and ... to the fast SERCA1 isoform of the Ca2+-ATPase (B), the slow SERCA2 isoform of the Ca2+-ATPase (C), the fast CSQ isoform (E), the slow/cardiac CSQ isoform (F), the RyR1 isoform of the Ca2+release ... intensity of the apparent 94 and 560 kDa bands after days of electro-stimulation, and a drastic decrease in the decoration of the 63, 94 and 560 kDa bands after 78 days of chronic low- frequency stimulation...
... salt, and sugar Add apple, onion, and raisins; toss lightly to coat Cover and let stand for 10 minutes Just before serving, combine spinach and romaine in a large salad bowl; add dressing and toss ... bowl and mix with herbs for 2-3 hours Heat oil and cook meat until tender and browned Add water and keep on stove top on low to simmer until cooked To make rice: Fry onion, potato, and carrot for ... Manufactured and Processed Foods? Some published low- iodine diets and researchers' presentations allow salty processed foods and other processed foods Some of these foods include potato chips and cured and...
... with chroniclow back pain and nonsymptomatic controls Clin Rehabil 2002, 16(1):16-26 Lamoth CJ, Daffertshofer A, Meijer OG, Beek PJ: How persons with chroniclow back pain speed up and slow down? ... system with cameras (460 VICON, Oxford Metrics Ltd., Oxford, UK) with a sampling rate of 100 Hz, and two force platforms (Kistler, CH) The optoelectronic system performs a real time processing of ... parameters were computed bilaterally for each participant and the mean and standard deviation values of all indexes were calculated for each group Data of the right and the left side were compared...
... llmann and P Vary, “Uniform and warped low delay o filter-banks for speech enhancement,” Speech Communication, vol 49, no 7-8, pp 574–587, 2007 H W L¨ llmann and P Vary, Low delay filter-banks for ... and S y (i, l) denote the short-term DFT coefficients of anechoic and processed speech for frequency index i and frame l The lower threshold δLSD confines the dynamic range of the log-spectrum and ... filters of first order This allows to balance the tradeoff between the amount of interference suppression on the one hand, and musical tones and speech distortions on the other hand Alternatively, it...
... facet joints, and sacroiliac joints have been considered the major sources of pain in the low back and/ or lower extremities Lumbar facet joints have been implicated as the source of chronic pain ... population with chroniclow back pain9-18 utilizing controlled comparative local anesthetic blocks with 80% pain relief and the ability to perform previously painful movements as the criterion standard ... access, and light sedation with midazolam being offered to all patients A response was considered positive if there was 80% pain relief of at least hours for lidocaine and hours for bupivacaine and...
... Project appraisal andrisk management for the public sector A IDEA AND PROJECT DEFINITION KEY QUESTIONS: a Where is the demand? b is this project consistent with company's expertise and strategy? ... Appraisal of Development Expenditures Project appraisal andrisk management for the public sector OUTPUT OF MODULE – Forecast of quantities and prices for life of project – Taxes, tariffs, subsidies, ... andrisk management for the public sector OUTPUT OF MODULE – Technology and life of project – Quantities of inputs by type needed – For investment and operation – Labour required by type and...
... defined and standardized the method for performing literature searches and data extraction, andfor summarizing evidence Throughout the project, ERT offered suggestions for guideline development, and ... andfor PTH, based on baseline level and CKD progression K In CKD stage 4: for serum calcium and phosphorus, every 3–6 months; andfor PTH, every 6–12 months K In CKD stage 5, including 5D: for ... 6–12 months; andfor PTH, once, with subsequent intervals depending on baseline level and CKD progression K In CKD stage 4T, for serum calcium and phosphorus, every 3–6 months; andfor PTH, every...
... Quantitative data is provided for shared risk, risk taken on by Defence Management, and availability fee but not forrisk premiums Post contract data: risk, risk premium and availability fee 57 National ... airlines Public Riskfor Private Gain? and 42 their passengers.96 And the workforce bore risks in the form of support staff and management cuts of 20% The general public assumed risk through the ... transfer the risk of development cost overruns and delivery risk to Accenture In the revised contract development risks were shared61 and the Inland Revenue formally recognised that delivery risk had...
... for administration of surfactant)was blinded to the clinical care team Low threshold for early surfactant administration, including need for CPAP, need for any supplemental oxygen and signs and ... insufficiency followed by surfactant administration and continued mechanical ventilation with extubation from low respiratory support Criteria for initiating mechanical ventilation for both treatment and ... clinical and safety outcomes performed for inclusion in this review The VON trial has completed enrollment and is in data analysis and manuscript preparation The NICHD trial terminated early, and...
... National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) mandates The risk scoring and continuous monitoring capabilities that were studied for this document ... technical and functional requirements and build a detailed design for tools that perform similar functions of automated asset monitoring andsituational awareness The CAESARS reference architecture and ... rule sets for scrubbing data for consistency, the algorithms for computing the risk score of each asset, and the data that identifies, for each asset, the responsible organization, site, and/ or...
... Guidelines, Standards and Health: Assessment of riskandrisk management for water-related infectious disease This page intentionally left blank Water Quality Guidelines, Standards and Health: ... regional strategies and standards and are: • • Guidelines for drinking-water quality Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture2 Guidelines for safe recreational ... an increasing demand for evidence-based decision making There has been an increasing demand for information to support cost-benefit analysis Harmonised assessment of riskandrisk management:...