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... celebrate adequately I would also like at this moment to thank Sonya Melcher for her excellent management of the journal Sonya has always been diligent and impartial, two requisite characteristics ... can most appreciate and find use for published information The mix of basic science and clinical materials submitted for review has been excellent and encouraging Our reviewers are all voluntary ... Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2007, 2:20 Three of our articles have been designated as "Highly Accessed" [6-8] and one, by Professor Marianna Papadopoulou and colleagues...
... 2012 and 31 March 2013; and (d) Local companies registered under the One-stop Registration, which make incorporation applications between August 2011 and 31 March 2012 and hold a 1 -year or 3 -year ... a 3 -year registration certificate with a commencement date before April 2012 and an expiry date on or after 31 March 2013; (b) Ceased businesses or branches, which last hold a 1 -year registration ... the Waiver Period Besides, local companies registered under the One-stop Registration, which make incorporation applications between August 2011 and 31 March 2012 and hold a 1 -year or 3 -year business...
... small, moderate and large, respectively [19] For each measure and weight change category, mean change in domain scores from baseline to one -year were calculated and compared to a reference group ... final approval for the current version RLK, RDC, and AMN conceived of the analysis design RDC, JMN and AMN did the statistical analyses and had the primary role in drafting the results, tables, and ... comorbidities, stable weight for three months prior to screening, and the ability to read and understand questionnaires All participants providing baseline and year- one HRQOL data were included...
... Atlanta: American Cancer Society, Inc 2008 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (AACR): Cancer in Australia: An overview, 2006 Canberra: ... Queensland, 4004, Australia Authors’ contributions TD carried out data collection and analysis SH, BN, and MJ supervised TD and contributed to data interpretation and manuscript writing JA supervised ... Australian women often have to travel in excess of 100 kilometers (i.e., 62 miles) to receive adjuvant treatment and are away from home for approximately 20 to 43 days for chemotherapy and radiotherapy...
... the sample available at T1 only and the sample available at both T1 and T2 Sample T-test (T1 and T2) sample vs sample (n = 784-821) Dependent variables measured at T1 and T2 Job satisfaction at ... accounted for by the other predictors Results Table provides the means and standard deviations (median and range for categorical variables) for the study variables for respondents at T1 only (sample ... 18:1151-1156 Mahony KL: Management and the creation of occupational stressors in an Australian anda UK ambulance service Aust Health Rev 2001, 24:135-145 Boudreaux E, Mandry C: Sources of stress among...
... study and participated in the acquisition and interpretation of data HEG and FHS participated in the design of the study, the acquisition and interpretation of data All authors read and approved ... life Table reveals associations between individual characteristics of the patients, medical variables, and TACQOL scales at weeks and one year At both time points, socioeconomic status was not associated ... life measurement in pediatric clinical practice: an appraisal and precept for future research and application Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005, 3:34 Koopman HM, Koetsier JA, Taminiau AHM,...
... home and neighbourhood, psychological and emotional well-being, financial circumstances, leisure, activities and religion One -year follow -up At a one year follow -up each participant or his/ her caregiver ... the main socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, functional andphysical status, comorbidity, frailty status and QOL It was carried out during the visit by a geriatrician anda professional ... that a poor QOL and HRQOL are independently associated with a greater risk of falls at one year is also a novel one A possible explanation could be that a poor QOL at the baseline visit actually...
... variance J FOR SCI., 53, 2007 (10) : 445–451 Before the statistical analysis the data were log-transformed Then, shoot diameter data were processed by the factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) assuming ... shoot fall, the age of shoots with separation into current growth and one -year- old shoots, and the percentage of multiple attacks were determined for stands Aand B in the respective years A multiple ... 2003) Characteristics of the investigated stands: Stand A: 90-years -old Scots pine stand, growing on a fresh coniferous forest site, of a moderate crown closure, mean dbh of 17.4 cm and mean height...
... tomography demonstrating a large tumour with partial blood flow(arrow) in abdominal cavity This tumor may be asymptomatic fora long time Abdominal pain and awareness of abdominal mass are the most ... the case reported by Banchini [4] had a slight increase in alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transferase Serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and CA19-9 are within normal limits Imaging ... recurrence PD, pancreatoduodenectomy; PG, partial gastrectomy; BTP, body and tail pancreatectomy giant mass in abdominal cavity and epigastric discomfort At laparotomy tumor infiltrated the transverse...
... cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007, 69:662-70 References 10 11 Canadian Cancer Society/National Cancer Institute of Canada: Canadian Cancer Statistics 2008 Toronto, Canada 2008 Jemal A, ... Q, Daya D, Dayes IS, Lukka HR, Levine M: Randomized trial comparing iridium implant plus external-beam radiation therapy with external-beam radiation therapy alone in nodenegative locally advanced ... Gottschalk AR, Roach M 3rd, Shinohara K: Combined modality treatment with highdose-rate brachytherapy boost for locally advanced prostate cancer Brachytherapy 2005, 4:202-206 Al-Salihi O, Mitra A, Payne...
... Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009, 2:31 and postgraduate levels Education in Australasian and British podiatry has not always been at graduate level, and it is, perhaps, easy to forget that ... Frescos Adam Garrow Mark Gilheany Jill Halstead Farina Hashmi Katarina Hjelm Sara Jones Anne-Maree Keenan Tim Kilmartin Michael Kinchington Alberto Leardini Chris MacLean Xavier Martin Ian Mathieson ... that graduate status in UK and Australian podiatry was introduced in the 1980s, and only fully replacing a vocational, clinically orientated, professional award by the early 1990s A similar picture...
... Nordestgaard AG, Hunding A, Laursen Bjaeldager PA: High mortality by natural and unnatural causes: A10year follow up study of patients admitted to a poisoning treatment centre after suicide attempts ... 0.21% Data collection Physicians obtained data by completing a standardized registration form as soon as the patient was ready for an interview Verbal informed consent was obtained For patients ... involuntarily), other arrangements and no plans for aftercare More than one category could be recorded for each patient Some patients left the hospital against medical advice, and they were treated as...
... At baseline, respondents were on average 45.7 years old (sd 11.9 years), with the youngest participant being 18 years of age and the oldest 65 Page of 10 Participants had an average of 12.0 years ... Geestkracht program of the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw, grant number 10- 000 -100 2) and is supported by participating universities and mental health care organizations ... NESDA, by using c2 analyses (for categorical variables) and t-tests (for continuous variables) Secondly, we examined the one -year course of anxiety and depression in untreated and treated patients...
... covariates, and gave equal share of the categorical covariates, and then calculated the log mean of the fitted gamma distribution based on these covariate values and the parameter estimates and ... post-index Because the dataset in this study was derived from an insurance claim database and the data conform to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 confidentiality requirements, ... days was much more conservative To allow for meaningful comparative analysis of the cost data, intent-to-treat analysis was conducted for the cost analysis and patients were followed upfor year...
... Inzitari R, Cabras T, Pisano E, Fanali C, Manconi B, Scarano E, Fiorita A, Paludetti G, Manni A, Nemolato S, Faa G, Castagnola M, Messana I: HPLCESI-MS analysis of oral human fluids reveals that ... coordinated the groups, gave substantial contribution to acquisition of data, performed statistical analysis and wrote the study; RI and SLB gave substantial contribution to acquisition of data, analysis ... is an antiinflammatory agent generated by monocytes in the presence of glucocorticoids Nat Med 1999, 5(12):1424-7 12 Badamchian M, Damavandy AA, Damavandy H, Wadhwa SD, Katz B, Goldstein AL:...
... this secondary study, performed statistical analyses and interpreted data, and drafted the manuscript SC interpreted data and drafted the manuscript MO and JHL performed statistical analyses and ... Mortality (cumulative) Discharge disposition Status at year Location of death Ventilator days before Values are expressed as n (%), mean (standard deviation), or median (interquartile range) Statistical ... In-hospital and one -year mortality appeared higher for those ventilated for ≥ 21 days than for DRG 541/542 patients (statistical comparison not performed because of overlap between the groups) Mortality...
... patient triggered an alphanumeric page to ancillary staff (ED and ICU charge nurses, respiratory therapist, pharmacy, bed management) and both the protocol quality assurance nurse and physician ... MTS, and JAK designed the study AEJ, MAP, JAK, MRM, and MTS collected the data and performed the statistical analysis AEJ drafted the manuscript and all authors contributed significantly in revisions ... ICU was available for patient transfer At the time of patient transfer from the ED to ICU, clinical care was transferred from the ED physicians to the admitting physicians Data analysis and outcomes...
... Central Hospital - Dr Vesa Lund, Päivi Tuominen, Pauliina Perkola; East Savo Central Hospital- Dr Markku Suvela, Sirpa Kauppinen, Anne-Marja Turkulainen; Central Finland Central Hospital- Dr Raili ... Tiainen, Sanna Asikainen; Päijät-Häme Central Hospital - Dr Pekka Loisa; Vaasa Central Hospital, Dr Pentti Kairi; KantaHäme Central Hospital - Dr Risto Puolakka, Piia Laitinen, Tarja Heikkilä; Lappi ... and drafted the manuscript SK, RSY, TV and ER participated in drafting and revision of the manuscript All authors were involved in data acquisition and read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements...
... data were replaced with the patients’ mean value for each subscale Data on categorical variables are presented as numbers and percentages, and those with ordinal scale as median Continuous data ... after trauma and hospital stay and compare it with scores from the Norwegian general population • Compare health-related quality of life in trauma patients who required intensive care and trauma ... entire sample are presented in Figure The majority of patients were men (66%) and the mean age was 42.3 years (CI, 40.4-44.3 years) Demographic and clinical variables are shown in Tables andA significantly...
... spelling and grammar skills, and having a more active imagination … are to the fullest To sum up, reading comprehension plays a very important part in teaching and learning a foreign language in ... in this game At while-reading stage, the students were asked to read separate paragraphs of an article and give the headings for these parts in pairs And the students had chance to play the game ... Therefore, reading comprehension is an important part in teaching and learning a foreign language in general and teaching reading in particular And it is a need to improve reading skills so that...