... Republican War on Science, journalist Chris Mooney made the case that, again and again, even overwhelming scientific consensus has met immovable political obstacles And, again and again, those obstacles ... and printed on acid-free paper Parlor Press, LLC isan independent publisher of scholarly and trade titles in print and multimedia formats This book is available in paper and Adobe eBook formats ... of Machiavellianism, zealotry, andin foreign policy matters—hubris That last ingredient may presently be evaporating upon contact with reality At any rate, let’s consider Machiavellianism and...
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... usually within physics and mathematics ˙ i hψ=Hψ Quantum Mechanics S = k log W Statistical Mechanics Computational Chemistry Computational chemistry isa branch of chemistry that uses principles ... dynamics Summary • Computational Quantum Chemistry is still a rapidly growing field • Standard applications are done by "non-experts" on small and mid-range computers • Applications on High-Performance ... levels important for charge localization andfor electron injection dynamics I− Distribution at Interface I− Distribution at Interface • Solvent near interface cannot be described by single dielectric...
... of the UK population is 60 years or older Increasing age is associated with changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, affecting the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of ... 16 years, andis lead clinician at Chase Farm Hospital and honorary senior lecturer at University College London Medical School David Mbamalu isa consultant in emergency medicine at Chase Farm ... readmission rates and mortality rate Associated problems include medication administration errors and poor compliance Adverse drug reactions can either singly or in combination precipitate an emergency...
... nodes in the infra or supraclavicular fossa or in the internal mammary chain was considered as a regional recurrence Any recurrence outside these areas was defined as DM Statistical Analysis LRR and ... DMe Alive DM Death DM Death DM Death DM Death DM Alive Out-come a Lateral, bMedial, cInvasive ductal carcinoma, dInvasive Paget’s disease, eDistance metastasis patients had lung metastasis and ... an advanced primary tumor At this time, the role of PMRT for women with to positive lymph nodes remains uncertain andis being examined ina randomized clinical trial” Many surgeons and radiation...
... TNF-α and IL-6 and reduced the mortality rate in premature infants with sepsis [13] NAC in animal experimental and human sepsis NAC increases nitric oxide synthesis and cGMP Several studies have ... microcirculation and thus oxygen extraction, while at the same time attenuating inflammatory responses Prostacyclin, a prostaglandin synthesized in endothelial cells, isa potent vasodilator andan inhibitor ... platelet and leukocyte activationIn septic pigs, pretreatment with iloprost, an analog of prostacyclin, increased the cardiac output, increased splanchnic blood flow and increased gastric pH In...
... correlating an increase in MAP with an increase in cardiac index [6] Using epinephrine as a first line agent, Moran et al [7] reported a linear relationship between epinephrine dosage and heart rate, ... epinephrine (MAP and cardiac index increase) were obtained without the adjunction of dobutamine This may prove to be important from a practical standpoint in situations such as transportation Arrhythmia ... does adrenaline have a role as a first-line inotropic agent? Anaesth Intensive Care 1992, 20: 470-474 Moran JL, O’Fathartaigh MS, Peisach AR, Chapman MJ, Leppard P: Epinephrine as an inotropic agent...
... IIT, intensive insulin therapy study reported the mean and median of all BGLs as well as the mean and median of BGL during each intensive insulin therapy run [9] 'Mean BGL' was also calculated as ... log-normal rather than normal [39], and hence nonparametric measures such as the median and interquartile range are likely to be more appropriate for summarizing the data and inference [40] Page of ... the analysis andin outcome measures The latter was the focus of this paper The ambiguity and variability in the definitions of indicators and the threshold values for reporting an event as hypoglycaemia...
... of aprotinin versus tranexamic acid in cardiac surgery Anesth Analg 2009, 110:21-29 Fodstad H, Forssell A, Liliequist B, Schannong M: Antifibrinolysis with tranexamic acid in aneurysmal subarachnoid ... the past years DR has acted as a paid consultant to Bayer Schering, Cubist and Curacyte, the pharmaceutical companies who have the potential blood-sparing agents aprotinin under review and Eccallentide ... Antifibrinolytics in cardiac surgical patients receiving aspirin: a systematic review and meta-analysis Br J Anaesth 2009, 102:168-178 Henry D, Carless P, Fergusson D, Laupacis A: The safety of aprotinin and...
... D-Dimer for DVT, Troponin I and Creatin kinase(CK-MB) for ACS (Troponin T at the central laboratory), and CRP for AA and ABI The POCT- analysis was performed in the AQT-90 (Radiometer) The AQT-90 is ... et al.: Point of care technology or standard laboratory service inan emergency department: istherea difference in time to action? A randomised trial Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation ... the study assistant was called and performed the randomisation to POCT-analysis (intervention group) or to the standard central laboratory (control group) When the laboratory assistant draw the...
... discrepancies between the time used for weaning and time available for weaning and 2) to analyse the patient and systemic factors were associated with the time available for weaning that is actually ... improve and facilitate weaning as a team process in the absence of systemic thinking More interprofessional communication and planning may remedy this situation and streamline the process of weaning ... actually used for weaning The time used versus time available for weaning ratio represents a new way of reporting the weaning status and process at an organisational level Although various patient...
... Central, Manicaland, Masvingo, and Matebeleland North and South, saving them significant transport costs The hammer mills have provided a new source of livelihood in both Zambia and Zimbabwe In ... fills a gap that would otherwise exist in small farmers' access to inputs (including, in this case, information) Hence, the changes have assisted small farmers both through an increase in price and ... illustrate this with two cases deriving from trade and associated reforms over the early nineties in Zimbabwe and Zambia Cotton in Zimbabwe: Despite the hesitant and partial nature of formal liberalization...
... the practical advantage that the courts can understand and accommodate this form of damage, which allows fora distinction to be made between the serious and slight defect’ (Mason and McCall Smith, ... of a situation in which they are aware of the risk that ‘harm’ may arise, but they argue that the disorder isa late-onset disorder, as a consequence not manifesting itself for many years Again, ... couple at risk of bearing a severely handicapped child make the decision to go ahead, then who precisely will bear the cost of care and of medical treatment if the risks attendant upon handicap materialize?...
... St Vincent & the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago; ii the US Virgin islands; iii the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos However, the ever changing nature ... up of Africans, East Indians, Asians, White Europeans and descendants of Native Americans (the Caribs and Arawaks) Furthermore, thereis mixing and inter-marrying among the races giving rise to ... American regions usually come to mind, thereby limiting the diversity of the region For, the Caribbean is also made of the West Indian islands such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Antigua and...
... morphological criteria The murine macrophage cell line RAW264.7, originally from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA, USA) and maintained in our laboratory, was also used For cell ... stimulated with the indicated stimulants Culture supernatant obtained at 24 h was assayed to determine the concentrations of IFN-c and IL-12p70, and culture supernatant obtained at 48 h was assayed ... experiments by incubating with lg of antibodies against NF-jB subunits, such as anti-p50 Ig (lane p50), anti-p65 Ig (lane p65), anti-(c-Rel) Ig, or a combination of anti-p65 and anti-(c-Rel) Igs (lane p65...
... that lenders ask for guarantees when borrowers are more risky and, thus, interest rates are higher Data and summary statistics This paper uses aggregated and individual Italian bank and firm data ... guarantees are guarantees granted by third parties in favor of borrowers Data are drawn from Statistical Return Loans and Bad Loans Data are drawn from Statistical Return Average Loan Life This ... estimated negative coefficient means that larger banks charge lower interest rates, a result found in other studies According to Manove and Padilla (1999), and Manove, Padilla and Pagano (2001) banks...
... creation and finalisation of this report Team Members: Anuradha Sanghavi Arun Swaminathan Avinash Kalia H.Sadhak Gautam Mehra Harsh Bisht Jesal Lakdawala Malvika Singh Nehal D Sampat Nidhi Jain ... would include registering and setting minimum professional standards, including certification of investment advisors, laying down rules and regulations and enforcing those informing and educating ... channel to sell mutual fund products have a relative advantage; this includes AMCs with Indian banks and brokerage houses as sponsors Banks have also been focussing increasingly on earning a...
... expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or as number and percentage where appropriated Statistical analysis was performed with STATA http:// www.stata.com with Student t test for unpaired data or ... population are needed and should be evaluated not only as retrospective analysis This aspect, in fact, may be another relevant topic of research based on recent data from the Literature that are ... design and statistical analysis All authors read and approved the final manuscript References 10 11 12 13 Fumelli P, Romagnoli F, Carlino G, Fumelli C, Boemi M: Diabetes mellitus and chronic heart...
... performance enhancement and/ or health maintenance [10,15,34-37] including: caffeine, ephedrine, creatine, whey protein, antioxidants, ginseng, multivitamins, vitamin C, iron, Echinacea and magnesium ... studies are not suitable for hypothesis testing Results from quantitative analyses, assuming adequate sampling and appropriate statistical analyses are objective and comparable Data from this type ... athletes can be investigated by analyzing quantitative or qualitative data Although qualitative approaches have the advantage of producing deep understanding of athletes' motivations, data from these...