... that are the root of hospital acquired hyperglycaemia and in the long term lead to developmentof diabetes Although the incidence of hospital acquired hyperglycaemia differed between thethree subgroups ... is the cut-off value in the Recommendations ofthe American Heart Association [35] andthe trigger for initiation of insulin treatment for ICU patients recommended by the American College of ... results and wrote the manuscript AVB and VG participated in patients' inclusion and follow-up IPR was involved in the analysis of results and writing the manuscript All the authors read and approved...
... 193 47 IGF / IFG 33 DM 113 normoglycaemic Figure Flow diagram showing the loss of patients from initial screening to the end of five-year follow-up ... Critical Care 2010, 14:444 http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/444 Page of 2207 patients admitted to medical ICU 385 with a history of DM, IFG or IGT 1822 274 died in hospital 1548 screened 443 excluded...
... Despite the importance ofthe findings from the ARDSNet study, the trial did not address the following question, “Does the benefit of low tidal volume ventilation extend to patients without ALI at the ... poor outcome Even so, the apparent dose-response relationship andthe consistency ofthe findings with those of other animal and human studies are reassuring As noted in the accompanying editorial ... interests The current study by Gadjic and colleagues begins to address this important issue In a retrospective cohort study of 332 subjects without ALI at the initiation of mechanical ventilation, the...
... function, andthe jouissance ofthe Other, to illustrate the theory and clinic of psychosis In the cases of John, Mr Owens, and Mr T., the reader gets a powerful sense ofthe pathos andthe anguished ... between the Other andthesubject that is not captured by the notion of intersubjectivity More specifically, the intricate Lacanian understanding ofthe function ofthe Other in relation to the advent ... to offer perfect and complete satisfaction of its own And if, in our subjection to language, “father” becomes the name of this necessity of loss under the law ofthe signifier andthe law of...
... population of France MSY was the main investigator and analysed the data and wrote the first draft AI and CR contributed to the study design andthe analysis AM contributed to the analysis and wrote the ... available, including the GHQ-30, the GHQ-28, the GHQ-20 andthe GHQ-12 The shortest version ofthe questionnaire (GHQ-12) has been extensively validated and used in a number of countries and in different ... assess the structures ofthe two instruments The intention was to ascertain which model fits the data better There are different suggestions in the literature about the number, type and cut-off...
... manner of contrasting the hypotheses r andthe conclusion about the value of r is subjective the rules =- r ; - OPTIMUM ESTIMATION We shall now examine another aspect ofthe question ofthe rule of ... because the history of scientific theories is the history ofthe abandonment of old hypotheses andofthe keeping ofthe newly formulated ones For example, when a law f (x, B) derived from theoretical ... posing the rule ofthe most probable value: choose the hypothesis i B having the largest posterior probability, with the risk of error given by the sum ofthe probabilities ofthe hypotheses...
... in the field, of mental health to contribute to the further developmentof CAPMH! Acknowledgements The opinions and assertions contained in this report are the private views ofthe authors and ... not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views ofthe Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, or the National Institute of Mental Health References ... backgrounds and respective mental health systems and would like to encourage relevant submissions from all countries ofthe world We remain aware that one ofthe challenges for authors is the publication...
... investigators ofthe ARIC study and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views ofthe ARIC study or the NHLBI The coauthors had full access to all ofthe data in the study and take responsibility ... of follow-up was used as the underlying time metric For deaths, the exit date was the date of death reported on the death certificate and, for survivors, the exit date was the date on which the ... or other key variables, resulting in 15,408 subjects in our analytic cohort Outcome variables The primary outcomes of interest were the risk ofthedevelopmentof acute organ failure within three...
... to think about the appropriate mix of different levels and types of education On the one hand, there is the need to provide everyone with good basic education, while on the other hand a minority ... education, official training and informal on -the- job training Informal on-thejob training is likely to correlate with the skill content ofthe job, and hence MNEs offer more of this when they are ... 1, the trade agreement between Vietnam andthe US: “ company means any entity that is established and organized following the law with the goal of profit or non-profit” 2.4.1.2 The impact of...
... techniques The report then describes the recent status of each ofthe issues RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT IN INCREASING OZONE CONCENTRATION Ozone generation Method and scale of use Table summarizes the ... concentration and decomposition RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT IN OZONATION TECHNOLOGY Objectives of ozonation The main objectives of ozonation are to reduce trihalomethane and to remove taste and odor These ... instead of air High concentration ozonizer The original principles of ozone generation have not changed As a result of a wide spectrum of research and development, ozone concentrations of ozonizers...
... areas RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Developmentof Quantitative PCR method Specificity ofthe primer set was evaluated based on the melting curve andthe sequencing analysis Melting peaks ofthe PCR product ... shown in Figure The averages of R2 value andthe slope ofthe calibration line were 0.9998 and 3.3955, respectively (n=2) The average of amplification efficiency (E) based on the slope (Smith ... Biosystem) andthe T3 Thermocycler (Biometra) Samples were preincubated at 95 °C for 10 The PCR cycle consisted of 30 sec of denaturation at 94 °C, 30 sec of annealing at 50 °C, andof extension...
... contradiction to the reviewed literature andthe study’s hypotheses However, as the range of values may have an effect on the magnitude ofthe observed relationship, the standard deviation ofthe temporal ... education andthe process of actually performing a job Within the context of a job, experience entails the accumulation of job-specific knowledge from action, practice, and perception ofthe tasks and ... sample, and a longitudinal sample—to test these hypotheses Together, thethree studies provide complementary evidence supporting the hypotheses The set of results has implications for theory,...
... capabilities and approaches APEC andthe MRCWG have a role in liaising with IMO, FAO, NACA to enhance the effectiveness of existing instruments within APEC Institutional arrangements for managing the ... limited and unbalanced Management Framework - Introd uced Marine Pests Priorities and hazards for Economies Variable levels of activity and management capability Ships’ ballast water and hull ... and hull fouling are the most important vectors International shipping, aquaculture and biodiversity are most threatened values Amount of commercial shipping and number of trading partners...
... faltering, and from its faltering to a thinking other than ontology, a thinking in which neither the being ofthesubject nor the being ofthe other is a primary concern and in which the other is ... response to this return ofthe refuted is twofold On the one hand, it attests to the saying ofthe said, to the fact that the self-contradictory nature ofthe thesis (the said) does not exhaust ... speak Can the other have a theodicy? And when I 174 t h e c a m b r i dge comp ani on t o levin a s come to speak ofthe other and others, when it is a question ofthe third, of justice and politics,...
... between the pre-school class andthe school The repercussion of this is that the child care andthe school now have the same responsible authority, i.e., the Ministry of Education andthe Board of ... the purpose of this thesis is to explore the potentials and alternative goals for change anddevelopmentofthe present school pedagogy and classroom practice that integration ofthe school and ... transmission of basic skills and knowledge remains the main mission However, and as the account shows, thedevelopmentofthe school has been ambiguous and filled with tensions and conflict of interest...
... accountants and lawyers in Vietnam in May 2005; and, Discussions with and reviews by officials ofthe World Bank andthe IMF who were well versed in the subjects and/ or the region 1.3 The Structure ofthe ... embrace the concept of “capital markets.” The Prime Minister’s Decision No 163 falls short of referring to possible roles ofthe SBV andthe MOF in the country’s capital market developmentandthe ... suggestions on the draft ofthe Action Plan for Securities Market Development for the period of 2006-2010; and to comment on the Prime Minister’s Decision No 163 on the Strategy for theDevelopmentof Vietnam’s...
... gender equality andthe empowerment of women in national development planning and policy making in light of new challenges and a changing landscape ofdevelopment cooperation CONTEXT AND ISSUES While ... of commitments to gender equality andthe empowerment of women, both nationally and globally There is a broad consensus that the full and effective implementation ofthe Beijing Declaration and ... emphasis on development effectiveness andthe recognition of gender equality andthe empowerment of women as critical to achieving development results, the Busan Partnership for Effective Development...
... examine the endothelial cell biology ofthe mouse, and will accelerate the molecular and cellular analysis of ECs and their heterogeneity in various vascular beds 1994 Construction ofthe transgene ... signal sequence ofthe Pgk gene, and a portion ofthe multiple cloning site of pMCS5 XhoI–EcoRI-digested tsA58T Ag cDNA was blunted and cloned into the SwaI site of pCGX, andthe direction was ... has accelerated the understanding of genetic mechanisms of endothelial developmentand functions However, further analyses of vascular phenotypes in vivo have been hampered by the complicated...
... and Modern Times 'Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, andthe fulness thereof 'Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees ofthe ... covers the mountains.' 'The sky is the fortress ofthe storm, the sun the torch ofthe world, the jewel of splendour.' 'Fire is eager, wild, blind, and raging; the sea is the gray sea, andthe sparkling ... refreshed their eyes Their service was the song ofthe birds, the little brown nightingales, the throstlets andthe merles and other wood birds The siskin andthe ringdove vied with each other to them...