... more often than males to having had wheezing inthe previous 12 months, nocturnal coughing without respiratory infection, symptoms of rhinitis inthe previous 12 months, and symptoms of rhinoconjunctivitis ... who attended the public and private schools of Passo Fundo Information regarding the number of schools and students was obtained from the records at the Secretariat of Education Inthe year 2002, ... were female and 48.7% were male; 55.5% were 13 years of age and 44.5% were 14 years of age Tables and respectively show theprevalenceandseverityof asthma, rhinitis, and eczema The prevalence...
... W2 * f1 * f2 *f3 *f4 Where W1 = the inverse ofthe probability of selecting the school, W2 = the inverse ofthe probability of selecting the classroom within the school, fl = a school-level non ... bullying was defined Bullying comprises different forms including verbal (such as being made fun of, and teasing) and physical forms (such as hitting, kicking, pushing, and being locked indoors) ... ofthe manuscript SS conducted a re-analysis of data, participated inthe interpretation of results, and drafting ofthe manuscript ASM participated inthe interpretation ofthe results, and...
... conducted in hospital settings [12] The aim ofthe present study was to determine theprevalenceand types of patient safety incidents occurring in general practice inthe Netherlands Page of Table ... undertaken to investigate theprevalenceof patient safety incidents in general practice inthe Netherlands All procedures and measures were tested in a pilot study and found to be both feasible and reliable ... reported in other studies The large gap between the present data andthe numbers published by Sandars in 2003 can be explained in several ways Sandars’ review ofthe literature mostly included...
... Boxtel, The Netherlands) according to the manufacturer's instruction, and eluted in 55 μl Detection of influenza A virus was performed using primers and probe targeting part ofthe 5'-end ofthe ... (Figure 2) The subtype H5 was found in 22 birds, and further sequencing ofthe cleavage site ofthe HA gene identified all of them as low-pathogenic strains (LPAI) Seventeen of these samples were ... [13,14] Theprevalenceof influenza A virus in wild birds varied between the two years of study In Mallards theprevalence was similar, 13.9% (50/359) in 2006 and 14.9% (79/ 527) in 2007 In Common...
... plan, participated inthe interpretation and drafting of manuscript ER participated inthe interpretation and drafting of manuscript All the authors agreed to the final draft ofthe manuscript Acknowledgements ... that interventions which included increasing social workers in school and promoted mentoring of students were successful in reducing theprevalenceof bullying Also these authors found that interventions ... * f2 * f3 * f4 where W1 = the inverse ofthe probability of selecting the school W2 = the inverse ofthe probability of selecting the classroom within the school f1 = a school-level non response...
... Randall and others, 1988; Melvin and others, 1992; Tiedeman and others, 1997; Lyford and others, 2003; Kontis and others, in press), with the thin till at the upper end ofthe reported range The ... streamflow in September inthe Assabet River about doubled at the outlet ofthe Main Stem Headwaters subbasin and increased by about percent at the outlet ofthe Main Stem Upper subbasin These increases ... components of average A, March; and B, September nonstorm streamflow in subbasins ofthe Assabet River Main Stem, in a hypothetical scenario of increased withdrawals and discharges inthe Assabet...
... ofthe Indias The Company next acquired the privilege of farming all the taxes andthe whole revenue ofthe kingdom; and presently bought out the mint, andthe right of coinage, lor a sum of money ... of effecting payments by the transfer of these credits from the account ofthe payer to that ofthe receiver In this way the trouble of counting large sums of coin, andof transporting it from ... the Bank of England Chapter V Scotch Banks Two banks were established in Scotland by charter from the king; one the Bank of Scotland, in 1695; the other, the Royal Bank of Scotland, in 1727 These...
... human fucokinase cDNA is similar to the long splice variant of mouse fucokinase cDNA at the 3¢ splice region The first and third methionines inthe murine sequence, inthe upstream end ofthe CDS, ... neither is the splice junction between exon 23a or 23b, and exon 24 In conclusion, the alternative splicing maintains the reading frame along the entire protein, therefore the protein variants ... variants ofthe murine fucokinase genes were expressed in COS-7 cells in frame with a 10-amino acid E2Tag present inthe pQM vector The molecular masses of fucokinase proteins were determined by...
... performance of BMPs in addressing social and environmental issues and overall sustainability ofthe catfish farming sector inthe Mekong Delta On the basis of this study andthe key findings and conclusions, ... each other and others inthe community The diversity and complexity ofthe catfish farming industry Broadly speaking there are three categories of different farmers represented inthe survey sample, ... suffuse the industry and highlight the implicit and explicit roles of farmer associations in accessing and sharing information (and therefore likely role in BMP adoption and implementation going...
... the analysis of living trees, this procedure indirectly evaluates the variability ofthe dying-off of trees within individual developmental stages Inthe advanced phase ofthe growth stage, the ... starts to dominate from the aspect of yield and function at this stage Because ofthe dying-off of trees ofthe upper layer and damage to the lower layer by falling trees the correlation index for ... were found inthe processes ofthe formation and structure of dead wood A significant increase inthe necromass volume inthe optimum stage, confirming the observations of Saniga and Schütz (2002),...
... cells with the dominant function of water and minerals supply The ratio between the fine root length andthe number of root tips is an indicator ofthe intensity ofthe fine root forking A direct ... almost a linear character inthe mineral soil The comparison ofthe amounts of explained variance (r2) andthe parameters ofthe linear and nonlinear (exponential) regression shows that the replacement ... between the specific density of root tips inthe finest diameter class of fine roots andthe soil depth The decrease inthe root tip number is caused rather by the increasing root Table 6 Mean and...
... France [32] there should be a mean temperature increase of oC or oC, more marked inthe summer andinthe south ofthe country, increased precipitation inthe winter but a reduction inthe summer, ... differences inthe range and value ofthe indices, in relation to the size ofthe areas and their altitudes Thus A numidica, A nebrodensis and A pinsapo have high indices due to their positions ... bearing in mind the uncertainty about the real evolution of climatic parameters and also the complexity ofthe phenomena involved: flower induction, fertilization, fruiting, seed dispersal, germination...
... made the development ofthe physical mapping ofthe canine genome possible The objective ofthe present study was the chromosomal localization of NORs inthe dog karyotype andthe analysis of their ... terminal part ofthe q arms of chromosome pairs: and 17 The third chromosome pair, also bearing NORs inthe terminal part ofthe q arm, belongs to a group of small autosomes not yet included inthe ... included inthe canine standard karyotype The banding pattern of this chromosome is shown in figure 1A Inthe male karyotype, a NOR occurred also inthe terminal part ofthe long arm ofthe Y chromosome...
... timepoint considered, the Ct values ofthe samples of interest (CtI) with the appropriate calibrator (CtM) The Ct values of both the calibrator andthe samples of interest are normalized to the ... downstream enzymatic step Indeed the involvement ofthe HQT gene inthe profile of phenolic acids accumulated can influence the kind of response to the UV stress as reported in a previous study on ... diagram of enzymes and major products inthe synthesis of chlorogenic acid in plants A simplified diagram of enzymes and major products inthe synthesis of chlorogenic acid in plants The product...
... Our study therefore strengthens these previous findings by confirming the close association between severityof rhinitis, andseverityof asthma in general, in a random population, and, in addition, ... the number of symptoms of rhinitis andseverityof asthma are closely associated Furthermore, symptoms ofchronic rhinosinusitis, defined as nasal blockage, rhinorrhea, aching sinuses and/ or reduced ... subjects, aged 16-75, living inthe West of Sweden; 15,000 subjects lived inthe urban area of Gothenburg and 15,000 inthe remaining region of West Sweden 29 218 could be traced The total response...
... diagnosis andthe use of interventions aimed at preventing exacerbations and delaying the progression ofthe disease may be the best way to tackle these costs [4] The guidelines ofthe National Institute ... validated in other studies Conclusion The present study represents one ofthe first studies to report the true levels ofseverityof COPD andthe provision of appropriate treatments in primary care The ... with the help of a standardised, guideline-based computer program, the diagnostic registers in primary care are inaccurate in 27% of cases The role of reversibility testing was examined and it...
... CPAP, the optimal levels of pressure when using NPPV and definition ofthe best time to start non-invasive ventilation Competing interests The authors declare that they have no conflicting interests ... physicians, nurses and patients to the intervention by covering the control panel ofthe ventilator Almost none ofthe studies reported or commented on blinding strategies Most of them reported on ... presented in Table There were several different definitions of ACPE (see Table 3), but most of them included the basic criteria considered in our definition (existence of dyspnea of sudden onset, increased...
... EGDT) was still only 1.6% and its non-NFR mortality lower These findings are relevant to other institutions considering the application of EGDT and to the powering of future randomized controlled ... ventilation inthe ICU Of these 52 study patients, 37 (71.2%) survived hospital admission, two (3.8%) died inthe ED, eight (15.3%) died inthe ICU and six (11.5%) died inthe ward Using the lactate ... summarizes their primary sources of infection Available online http://ccforum.com/content/10/3/R80 Table Table Clinical and laboratory findings inthe emergency room Primary source of infection in patients...
... PCO2, and this is a pragmatic issue in modern emergency medicine [12] Also, the use of capnography inthe prehospital setting is interesting: there might be situations in which a rapid and rough ... But the sheer simplicity ofthe technique used by Rumpf and colleagues [1] is appealing and certainly deserves validation in a large-scale prospective study Indeed, it emphasizes the use of expired ... hemodynamic effect of thrombolysis in such patients [13] Finally, the merit ofthe article by Rumpf and colleagues [1] is to remind us that clinical applications of capnography are still growing, especially...
... from the beginning of intron andthe novel microsatellite, which included a tandem repeat of (TC)n is located approximately at 1264 bp from the beginning of intron 3.3 Allele frequencies in different ... for fine QTL mapping of production traits and for the study ofthe expression of porcine CA3 An assessment ofthe relationships between the CA3 functions andthe characterisation of its genomic ... association analyses ofthe three microsatellite markers within the CA3 gene Additionally, the expression patterns ofthe porcine CA3 gene during the porcine skeletal muscle development andin different...