... changes of mean volume of non-treated and treated tumors at early and follow-up MRIcompared to baseline MRI. Boxplot shows changes of mean tumorvolume (TV) of non-treated (*: p = 0.027) and ... Boxplot depicting changes of mean ADC of non-treated and treated tumors at early and follow-up MRIcompared to baseline MRI. Boxplot illustrates changes of meanADC of non-treated and treated colorectal ... theassessment of TV and 0.89 for ADC values.At baseline, mean TV of treated colorectal livermetastases was 62.2 c m3(range: 0.5 - 786.2 cm3)whilemean tumor ADC was 1.75 ì 10-3mm2s-1(range:...
... development plans, annual and quarterly reports of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), aide mémoire for the joint review mission of the Government of Ghana and partners in the health sector, annual health ... arrangement, the Ministry ofHealth determines the policies and priorities for the health sector and communicates them to the Ghana Health Service and other relevant Partners. The Ghana Health ... Postnatal care Caesarian section Postnatal care Management of emergency obstetric and gynecological conditions Breast cancer and cervical cancer management Management of STI/HIV/AIDS (excluding...
... rather than a random language sample;Demberg and Keller (2008) reported effects thatwere only significant for POS but not word-basedsurprisal; and Smith and Levy (2008) found an effect of lexicalized ... accounts for RT, and canthus serve as a measure of the psychological ac-curacy of each model.However, this kind of analysis assumes that RTfor a word reflects processing of only that word,3The ... 2012.c2012 Association for Computational LinguisticsLexical surprisal as a general predictorof reading timeIrene Fernandez Monsalve, Stefan L. Frank and Gabriella ViglioccoDivision of Psychology and...
... Healthy Human Development, Washington, DC: PanAmerican Health Organisation. 152. UNDERSTANDING SKILLS-BASED HEALTH EDUCATION & LIFE SKILLSSKILLS FOR HEALTH Studies of approaches to health ... skills-based health education goals and achieve the objectives of skill-based health education, teaching and learning methods must be relevant and effective.Effective skills-based health education ... impor-tance of personalising information and probability of risks, increasing motivation and readi-ness for change/action, understanding and influencing peers and social norms, enhancingpersonal...
... percentage of cells in G1-phase increased to 54%,whereas scramble ASO-treated cells had only 40% of cells in G1-phase. The percentage of miR-373 ASO-treated cells in S-phase decreased to 18%, as ... miR-373ASO group, and the fraction of cells inS-phase was significantly decreased in themiR-373 ASO group. (B) In the pri-373group, the fraction of cells in G1-phase wassignificantly decreased. The ... used to quan-tify band intensities. Antibodies were purchased from Tian-jin Saier Biotech and Sigma-Aldrich.Statistical analysisData are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD),and P <...
... and disease severity interms of either CCS Angina class or NYHA heart failureclass at baseline. Fixed and random effects meta-ana-lyses of heart failure patients stratified by NYHA classand ... Thediverse range of index and VAS s cores was also relatedto stage of illness or treatment (for example baselineversus post-treatment measurements) as well as non-dis-ease-related factors such as o ... analogue scale; VascuQol: VascularQuality of Life Questionnaire; -ve/+ve: Deteriorati on/Improvement in condition; WHO-ICD: World Health Organisation - International Classification of Diseases;W-list:...
... Cronbach’s alphas of all six SMAS-S subscales. In addition, we assessed correlations between three subscales of the SMAS and SMAS-S at T0 and between three subscales of the SMAS-S at T0 and T1. ... committee of the Erasmus University Medical Centre of Rotterdam and informed consent was obtained from all participants. Measures At T0 we measured three subscales of the SMAS and SMAS-S (taking ... behavior and self-efficacy). At T1 we measured the full SMAS-S. Analyses Internal consistency of the three subscales (SMAS and SMAS-S) at T0 was assessed by calculating Cronbach’s alphas. At...
... coding, synthesis and analysis of data andcritically revised drafts of the manuscript. BO critically revised drafts of themanuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.Competing ... criteria, measurement selec-tion and baseline data collection point, and use of multi-variate techniques for data analysis. The least commonfeat ure of the articles was the reporting of a representa-tive ... severity of MI, and physical functioning were allimpl icated as strong moderators of RTW after a cardiacevent. The latter was often used as a means by which tomeasure one’s capacity and readiness...
... and bidding being done in the Ministry of Healthas measured in terms of openness and transparency?3) How can the ILL and the LLT be harmonized in the Ministry of Health using transparency and ... terms of openness and transparency; to analyze how can the ILL and theLLT be harmonized in the Ministry ofHealth using transparency and openness as factors of harmonization; and to formulate ... AnalysisThe results of the survey were analyzed in two parts. The first part was theprofiling of the respondents in terms of individual and profile. The second part was theassessment of the procuring...
... antibodiesAbstractProteinase-3 (PR-3) is a neutral serine proteinase present in azurophil granules of humanpolymorphonuclear leukocytes and serves as the major target antigen of antineutrophil cytoplasmicantibodies ... autoantigen of c-ANCA is stronglyexpressed in lung tissue of patients with Wegener’sgranulomatosisHolger Brockmann1, Andreas Schwarting1, Jörg Kriegsmann2, Peter Petrow2, Andreas Gaumann2,Klaus-Michael ... Galle1and Werner Mayet41Department of Medicine, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany2Institute of Pathology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany3Institute of Pathology, Professional Associations...
... revealed a soft, fluc-tuant, nontender left thigh lesion with no overlying skinchanges. Laboratory tests revealed a WBC count of 16.8ì109/L and an ESR of 13 mm/h. An ultrasound of hisleft ... skinredness and no hotness. Laboratory tests revealed a WBCcount of 31.1 ì 109/L and an erythrocyte sedimentationrate (ESR) of 20 mm/h. MRI of his left thigh revealed an abscess. Needle aspiration of ... thighabscess asan unusual cause of thigh swelling ininfants following BCG vaccine administration:a case seriesMohammad Al Namshan1*, Omar Oda1, Jameela Almaary1, Saud Al Jadaan1, Stanley Crankson1,...
... showed lobules and nests of nevi cells, hair follicles,sweat glands, and sebaceous glands. There was diffusedeposition of melanin pigment and the presence of mel-anocytes around and within the ... melanocytic nevi and the risk for development of malignantmelanoma and neurocutaneous melanocytosis. Pediatrics 2000,106:736-741.14. Quaba AA, Wallace AF: The incidence of malignant melanoma ... article as: Rai et al.: An unusual case of congenital melanocyticnevus presenting as neurocutaneous melanoma coexisting withTuberous Sclerosis complex: A case report. Journal of Medical CaseReports...
... palate, and atony of the trapezius muscle and sternocleidomastoid, as well as anesthesia of the larynx, pharynx and soft palate. It is asso-ciated with various etiologies of tumoral and other ... occipital condyle and part of the right side of the basilar bone. On the basis of differential diagnosis, a fibrous dysplasia, Paget’s disease or metastasis was considered. Finally, and after otherstudies ... of the diagnosis of bone metastasis secondary to prostate cancer.Case presentation: We present the case of a 70-year-old Caucasian man with a three-week history of headacheand maxillary pain...
... rmsteroid therapy and said he had no associated complica-tions. He had no history of any other medical condition.He was right-hand-dominant and was unemployed atthe time of presentation.His ... rupture of the extensor tendons of the hand.ConsentWritten informed consent was obtained from the patientfor publication of this case report and any accompany-ing images. A copy of the written ... tolongstanding Kienböck’s disease. J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2007, 32:231.doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-325Cite this article as: Mazhar and Rambani: Vaughan-Jackson-likesyndrome asan unusual presentation of...
... of a chest radio-graph were normal, and an MRI scan of the brainshowed left greater than right ventriculitis, basal menin-gitis, and encephalitis of the peri-ventricular and rightbasal ganglia ... 5:59http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/59Page 6 of 7 initial illness was anearly manifestation of MS withasymptomatic HSV-1 colonization in the CNS, and thather initial improvement could be attributable to receiv-ing dexamethasone ... article as: Singhal and Corman: Subacute herpes simplex virustype 1 encephalitis asan initial presentation of chronic lymphocyticleukemia and multiple sclerosis: a case report. Journal of Medical...