... considered This interesting approach was successful inthe experimental setting of acute lung injury and needs to be verified in clinical indications other than lung transplantation Competing interests ... transplantation Inthe cases of graft failure, brain death and infectionofthe donor lung, reduced surfactant function is aggravated by preservation ofthe graft, ischaemia and reperfusion Therefore, ... solution The remaining grafts were perfused with low potassium dextran (LPD) solution the hypothesis that this combination prevents intrapulmonary shunt more effectively than does either intervention...
... into the pulmonary microcirculation To test this hypothesis, several investigators have tied off the bronchial artery of sheep and then exposed the animals to smoke In these studies the hypothesis ... lungs of sheep have a special feature, a single bronchial artery, and a single lymphatic draining ofthe lung A 10-fold increase in bronchial blood flow could be shown within 20 minutes of smoke inhalation ... neutrophils and determine how this affected the response to inhalation injury In these studies of sheep depleted of their leukocytes, a high percentage ofthe response to smoke inhalation was blocked...
... by smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index - contribute to explaining the gradient The size of this contribution is larger when we consider the entire history of behaviors rather ... three binary indicators: whether the mother died early, whether the father died early and whether the mother and the father where present when the individual was aged 10 The extracted principal ... males) While the precision ofthe estimates ofthe effects of behaviors declines with respect to the micro data, we cannot reject the null hypothesis that these effects are jointly statistically significant...
... VAT using a 3.5 MHz probe, cm above the umbilicus The SAAT was defined as the thickness between the skin-fat interface and the linea alba, and the VAT was defined as the distance between the anterior ... the moment of study Discussing possible mechanisms and explanations for our findings, we can argue that IR presence isthe most important factor in determining the fat deposition in organs (in ... and NAFLD, liver disease almost characteristic of young obese patients [15] Protocol was consistent withthe principles ofthe Declaration of Helsinki and participants gave their informed consent...
... inpatientswith pneumonia or other already known infections This finding emphasises the difficulty of diagnosing unexpected or new pathogens inpatientswith existing infections Pulmonary embolism ... growing list of potentially lethal and difficult to diagnose opportunistic infections Patientswith these uncommon infections often present in an advanced state of their disease, the conditions of ... since infectious diseases are rising, pathologists fear the risk ofinfection [10] Finally, autopsies now contribute little to the scientific output ofthe pathology department, with only 6% of the...
... managers The objective of this skill is to enhance mutual understanding and respect on the basis of identification and recognition ofthe values and needs ofthe communication object This isthe basis ... to the person you are talking to • 4.Take into account that you can be wrong • 5.Leave the space for others to think • 6.Timing isthe key • 7 .What you send iswhat you get • 8 .What kind of rules ... practices 7)Information processing and thinking capacity • The power of your brain is incalculably large The manager have an enormous potential for creativity, innovation and invention They knowing how...
... serial PCI ofthe remaining diseased coronary arteries according to hemodynamic relevance and morphology ofthe stenosis during the further clinical course Basic clinical data are listed in Table ... analysis for the detection of previous segmental myocardial infarction by strain, sSR, dSR or S´ after AMI The main finding of this study isthe significant difference of strain, SRe and tissue ... considering a control group In our opinion, as the infarct is a regional process, there is no better match than the non-infarcted segment ofthe same patient for an infarcted segment Otherwise there...
... productivity, finance, travel, the Internet just about anything you could think of "There are only two places you will find answers," the old man said "One is within yourself The other isin these blogs ... a nice ring to them They roll off the tongue and flow withthe blog." "I see And what about this one? This one is long, has five words, and they're even misspelled Is this a bad domain name?" ... heavily influenced by The Zen of Juggling by Dave Finnigan Additional inspiration came from The Matrix by The Wachowski Brothers, The Lord ofthe Rings by J R R Tolkien, The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo,...
... paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally and the remainder augmented with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and rent the peak’ Conclusion The customer’s overall ... starts with an assessment of value The assessment of value of cloud services can only include a comparison against other cloud providers The comparison of cost between traditional IT investment ... Outsourcing pain Sourcing’s Five Critical Governance Processes The Five Dimensions of Sourcing Value The relationship between the five dimensions of sourcing value Connect with Me Online: My...
... microfinance Appendix 3.2: Details of 35 studies included inthe map Appendix 4.1: Further details of 15 studies included inthe in- depth synthesis Appendix 4.2: Narrative synthesis of findings ... synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the wealth ofthe poor Appendix 4.3: Narrative synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the non-wealth outcomes ... microfinance Invest inthe future Lift out of poverty Increase education, health etc 1.2.1 Whatis microfinance? The term ‘micro-credit’ was first coined inthe 1970s to indicate the provision of...
... Houdini-like in its contortions in its findings on whether or not the Keck conditions for removing measures from the scope ofthe Dassonville basic principle are satisfied.10 The issue of whether ... is therefore, in my view, preferable to examine measures of that kind inthe light ofthe Treaty rules rather than to remove them from the scope ofthe Treaty.79 Inthe light of these three reasons, ... rules relating to the use of goods fall within the scope of article 34 TFEU Fortunately, the judgments mark a firm rejection of siren calls in favor ofthe importance ofthe unity ofthe internal...
... organization of outstanding engineers It is autonomous in its administration and inthe selection of its members, sharing withthe National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal ... Wulf is president ofthe National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate ... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine...
... number of deaths e Using the two graphs, you can compare the rate of population growth withthe growth ofthe population The growth rate is decreasing, while the population is increasing None ofthe ... Korean printers invented movable copper type about 1392 48 187 Whatisthe purpose ofthe paragraph? a to praise the advances of printing technology b to connect the early advances in printing with ... to the profit from the sale of property or other financial assets 59 b The second highest in ation rate listed on the chart is 13.5% in 1980, the year following the oil crisis of 1979 60 a The...
... values in groups ofpatientswith inflammatory arthritis with varying arthritis states and degrees of disease severity Methods Patients and Setting Data were taken from three cohorts ofpatientsThe ... duration) The trial follow-up finished in late 2007 [11] At the time of this analysis, the STIVEA trial remained blinded The trial analysis has since shown that although treatment with intramuscular ... estimation of utility values from the HAQ in studies ofpatientswith inflammatory arthritis should be undertaken with caution, particularly in those with active disease On the basis ofthe difference...
... the final product isthe result of ‘wetting’ by the liquid present upon sintering The extent of this ‘wetting’ during liquid-phase sintering, being dependent upon molten binder metal dissolving ... (Fig 8a) This contained tooling within the reactor, is heated in an inert atmosphere until the coating temperature is reached and the coating cycle is initiated by the introduction of titanium ... inserts consist of: • ‘Pure’ ceramic – this isthe traditional tooling insert material, consisting of aluminium oxide The alumina is white in colour and is produced by cold pressing powder inthe desired...
... strategy ofthe business Staff are not trained or not trained fit isthe main cause leading to the current state enterprises are not competitive enough inthe market 2 Conflict resolution Resolving ... to maintain working excellence atmosphere Because the performance of an individual in a large organization where the air is due to work or the work culture ofthe organization that brings Increase ... order in which it needs to be completed • • Organisational skills are sequences of routines in every single area of everyday living or working Organisational skills are sequences of routines in...
... lower for the platelet lysate, which contains mainly the cGSN isoform This indicates the specificity ofthe α-pGSN antibody for the pGSN isoform and shows that the main isoform in SF is pGSN (n ... purposes) cyclosporine A (5 patients: in combination with MTX, in combination with leflunomide, in combination with azathioprine, and with sulfasalazine), and azathioprine (2 patients) Nine patients received ... Vitamin D binding protein (Gc-globulin) Endocr Rev 1989, 10:294-307 18 Lind SE, Smith DB, Janmey PA, Stossel TP: Roleof plasma gelsolin and the vitamin D-binding protein in clearing actin from the...
... and minimises the impact of observer-subject interaction on the measurement of blood pressure inthe clinical setting [33] Theroleofthe observer in recording the systolic pressure is eliminated ... sclerosis, causes the hardening and incompressibility of arteries which can affect the accuracy of ABIs [17,18] The hardening ofthe artery is due to to the stiffening ofthe elastic layer ofthe ... [34-36] The aim of this study was to determine both the intra and inter-rater reliability ofthe measurement of toe systolic pressure and the Toe Brachial Index inpatientswith diabetes using a...
... higher in our study group The mortality ofpatientswith pneumonia was 43.3% and the mortality ofpatients without pneumonia was 29.6% The baseline lung conditions of these patients was a Page of ... Our finding showed the 60-day mortality inthe control group was significantly increased compared withthe 28-day mortality We could not explain whether this finding was associated withthe protective ... determining the appropriate level of PEEP requires maintaining PEEP-induced reopening of atelectatic areas and avoiding PEEP-induced lung overinflation Higher than traditional PEEP levels together...