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... became feasible and affordable, there appears to be increasing demand, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.75 It is usually provided in three main ways, often depending on the prevalence rates inthe ... genital area, and a higher incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and advanced cervical disease, and at younger ages, than women inthe general population, a risk which increases ... Mwanza, Rakai and Masaka,6,98–102 all of these attempts at reducing the global STI epidemic can serve as signposts of how to move forward in ways that are beneficial in themselves and have an impact...
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... onto HAART and increasing survival among these patients, there is a growing need to understand the impact of HAART use on the quality of lives of HIVinfected individuals [4-8] There is a sizeable ... antiretroviral (ARV) therapy progressed to AIDS and died of their disease The rollout of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) through national and provincial programmes has dramatically altered ... [21] In South Africa, there is an ongoing debate about whether or not the side-effect profile of HAART may adversely affect the HRQoL of HIVpositive individuals More data about the impact of HAART...
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... for the estimated age The distribution ofthe age ofthe dominant strata and the site index within the forest area can be seen in Figure The classification ofthe forest area in function ofthe ... shown in Table III can be used to calculate the most likely ofthe four rot risk classes as a function, for each fixed basal area, ofthe age and the dominant height ofthe stand, obtaining for each ... is the number of pairs of samples ua and ua + d which distance from each other is within the distance lag centred at d, and z(ua ) and z(ua +d) are the values that the variable z takes at samplesua...
... 0, j The number of matchings ina tree In this section, we turn tothe number of matchings ina graph This is also known as the Hosoya index, or the Z-index in mathematical chemistry For a rooted ... the electronic journal of combinatorics 17 (2010), #N18 Consider (T, r) obtained from T1 by joining a new vertex r to r1 Then ϕ(T, r) = (b, b + a) Hence, µ (a, b) ∈ D Inductively adding a leaf ... set as a matching as well Applying the previous technique, we will show the following the electronic journal of combinatorics 17 (2010), #N18 Theorem For m ∈ N, B(m) = Z2 m There are formulae...
... are maintained The main objective of this research was to examine the effect of harvesting and slash management on mineralization of soil organic matterina forest soil intensively managed In ... Microbial biomass C and N, and mineralizable-N, in litter and mineral soil under Pinus radiata on a coastal sand: influence of stand age and harvest management, Plant Soil 175 (1995) 167–177 [35] Salonius ... given are means and standard errors of three measurements 3.5 N mineralization Inthe uncut soil, net N mineralization showed a seasonal pattern Most of annual net mineralization took place during...
... crises that began with the collapse ofthe Thai baht and Malaysian ringgit inthe summer of 1997 and grew into a threat tothe world economy Almost immediately, Thailand and Malaysia plunged into recession ... said, referring tothe Fed, the Congress willing, we will remain as the guardian ofthe purchasing power ofthe dollar But one factor that will continue to complicate that task is the increasing ... it ina capsule history of U.S central banking I reached all the way back to Alexander Hamilton and William Jennings Bryan and worked my way up tothe present and the future (A more general audience...
... origins and workings of capitalism—Marx thought Smith had missed the main point, that capitalism was but a step Marx saw it as a historical stage in an inevitable progression tothe revolution ofthe ... than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." The ambivalence toward accumulation of material wealth has a long cultural history that pervades society to this day It has had a profound influence ... heavily invested in loans backed by real estate as collateral, as real estate prices soared When the turn came and prices cascaded downward, the collateral became inadequate But instead of calling...
... stock, the fairly dramatic decline inthe average age ofthe stock, and the creation as a consequence ofa high degree of insecurity for those individuals inthe labor markets who have to deal ... reflects the opening up of international markets as well as major gains in communication capabilities that inspired the Economist a few years ago to proclaim "the death of distance." In order to facilitate ... net means of financing these investments Every asset must have an owner The market value of "paper" claims against newly created capital assets must equal the market value of those assets Ina sense,...
... implicit in one's current undertaking and pay a royalty tothe originator of each one Rather than adopting that obviously unworkable approach, Americans have chosen instead to follow the lead of British ... central planning throughout the world, with China and India inthe vanguard The evidence of increasing property rights, and the rule of law more generally leading to increasing levels of material well-being ... acceptance of capitalist practice inthe United States for years to come It is not an accident that human beings persevere and advance inthe face of adversity Adaptation is in our nature, a fact...
... discharge, his bradycardia had reversed and his heart rate had increased to 85 beats/minute, which suggests that the initial bradycardia was likely related tothe infusion of aminocaproic acid ... etiology of acquired hemophilia A remains unclear In approximately half of cases, factor VIII autoantibodies occur in patients without any identifiable cause, while the remaining cases may be associated ... with a ratio of patient’s plasma to normal plasma of 1:1) (Figure 1) Quantitative assays revealed a reduced level of factor VIII activity (1%) and the presence of factor VIII inhibitor measured at...
... discharge, his bradycardia had reversed and his heart rate had increased to 85 beats/minute, which suggests that the initial bradycardia was likely related tothe infusion of aminocaproic acid ... etiology of acquired hemophilia A remains unclear In approximately half of cases, factor VIII autoantibodies occur in patients without any identifiable cause, while the remaining cases may be associated ... with a ratio of patient’s plasma to normal plasma of 1:1) (Figure 1) Quantitative assays revealed a reduced level of factor VIII activity (1%) and the presence of factor VIII inhibitor measured at...
... rs4578621 F : CAAGCTGGGTGCACTGGC 185 R : GAGAAATAGAGGAATTAACC rs6496589 F : CTGCCAACACTCG AGCTG 110 R : ACCTGACTCTTCCTTGTCT rs894160 F1 : GCTGAGACTGAGTCACATGC 403 R1 : GCTGAGACTGAGTCACATGC F2 : CTGTTTGTGGGGCTCCCTCG ... Lipid and lipoprotein levels were measured ina central laboratory Purpan Hospital Biochemical Laboratory (Toulouse) The quality of biological measures was assessed within the framework ofthe ... et al reported that theA allele was associated with enhanced basal and noradrenaline-induced lipolysis in human subcutaneous fat cells [7], it does not seem to have a major impact in human French...
... (NO) and the prostacycline mediated vasodilating pathways [5] Activation of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) is a major contributor to both vasodilatation and resistance tothe catecholamine vasopressor ... effects of administered catecholamines [6] Epinephrine has been widely accepted to be the standard medical therapy to reverse cardiovascular collapse in anaphylaxis Because of its α and β adrenergic ... available experiences [12], the above described pharmacological rationale and the choice of avoiding escalating therapy with alpha agonists This pharmacological approach allowed us to titrate the...