... certain items during the second, less intensive year of treatment, might be related to an increasing cumulative dose of corticosteroids This underscores the importance of continuing close monitoring ... Health-related qualityof life during post-induction chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission: An influence of corticosteroid therapy International journal of oncology ... causing bias Although parents were instructed to assess both periods on and off dexamethasone independently, the response may have been flawed by sending the questionnaires in one single mailing...
... certain items during the second, less intensive year of treatment, might be related to an increasing cumulative dose of corticosteroids This underscores the importance of continuing close monitoring ... Health-related qualityof life during post-induction chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission: An influence of corticosteroid therapy International journal of oncology ... causing bias Although parents were instructed to assess both periods on and off dexamethasone independently, the response may have been flawed by sending the questionnaires in one single mailing...
... exacerbations Second, concerning the definition of an exacerbation, we selected the definition of an acute exacerbation of COPD similar to that utilized in the ISOLDE trial [14,28] However, definitions ... definitions of an acute exacerbation in the literature vary [2,19,28-30], indicating that there is no clear consensus on the definition of an exacerbation The application of a different definition of ... exacerbations in terms of age, arterial blood gas tension, or the proportion of subjects currently smoking Figures and showed the changesin the health status of each group of subjects In subjects...
... exacerbations Second, concerning the definition of an exacerbation, we selected the definition of an acute exacerbation of COPD similar to that utilized in the ISOLDE trial [14,28] However, definitions ... definitions of an acute exacerbation in the literature vary [2,19,28-30], indicating that there is no clear consensus on the definition of an exacerbation The application of a different definition of ... exacerbations in terms of age, arterial blood gas tension, or the proportion of subjects currently smoking Figures and showed the changesin the health status of each group of subjects In subjects...
... targets of anti-TNF-α activity in RA, and may provide an insight into a new and interesting mechanism of action of anti-TNF-α mAbs in the control of inflammatory arthritis Competing interests ... for infection during TNF-α neutralization [13] Few data have been reported on the effectof anti-TNF-α therapy on neutrophil function ex vivo Decreased influx of neutrophils in inflamed joints ... glucocorticoid effects on neutrophils in chronic inflammation Inflamm Res 1998:S158-S165 33 Kraan MC, de Koster BM, Elferink JG, Post WJ, Breedveld FC, Tak PP: Inhibition of neutrophil migration soon after...
... formation of edema in these cells This may be due to the anti-inflammatory effectof α-TOL by inhibiting PGE2 production [43] The inhibitory effectof α-TOL on PGE2 production in the presence of ... responses of the spinal cord in IRI but also its clinical neurological impacts [14] Interruption of aortic blood flow in IRI may not only induce spinal cord injury, but also induce injury of the ... prolonged depletion of glutathione in the brain is associated with oxidative neuronal death Ischemia induces oxidative stress, leading to induction and expression of various genes in a variety of...
... personal motivation on continuance and affective commitment: 66 5.2 Effectof idealized influence on continuance and affective commitment: 67 5.3 Effectof contingent reward on continuance and ... Continuance commitment is a commitment situation originating from the needs of employees to stay in the organization considering the costs of leaving In continuance commitment, the employees consider ... collection addressed issues of cost, time and geographical constraints After each days in one week, there is a reminding email The respondents are instructed during the administration of the questionnaires...
... recommendation In addition, one summary score is generated from six domains (physical functioning, role functioning, energy/fatigue, social functioning, pain and emotional well-being) on the basis of ... estimates of HAART effects on QOL in WIHS by minimizing indication bias and further adjusting for the effectof informative drop-outs using several innovative statistical methods By balancing the ... transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) in combination with at least one protease inhibitor (PI) or one non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI); (b) one NRTI in combination with at least one PI...
... 1) in the proximal part of the vein in out of animals In addition, there was inflammatory cell infiltration (Grades 1-3) in the proximal part of the vein in all animals and in the distal part of ... body mass index correlates with increased risk of venous irritation by vinorelbine infusion Jpn J Clin Oncol 2004; 34: 206-209 Polak A Hydrocortisone in the prevention of transfusion thrombophlebitis ... significant Effectof PSL on DXR-induced phlebitis Figure shows representative photomicrograph of an ear vein after DXR infusion Table summarizes the histopathological findings obtained after infusion of...
... end-diastolic volume increase during exercise, may bring the failing ventricle onto the descending limb of its function curve In this situation a prolongation of left ventricular ejection was demonstrated ... ventricular ejection and total LV systole (10,11) This effectof loading conditions on the duration of LV systole is a well documented finding in cardiac disease states with considerable afterload-mismatch ... duration (19) Similarily, Valzania et al reported a lack of increase in LV dyssynchrony during dobutamine stress in patients with wide QRS duration (20) In contrast, Kurita et al reported on an increased...
... an increase in the inflow of domestic and industrial wastewater associated with the increase in urbanization and industrialization in these watersheds, resulting in increased eutrophication in ... Verification of effects of nitrate addition on phosphorus release The effectof nitrate in overlying water on DIP release from the bottom sediments was investigated The experiments were performed using ... Part of this study was conducted in cooperation with “The restoration of coastal ecosystems with ecological functions of marine macrophyte beds” Project of the National Institute for Environmental...
... shown in Fig In the anaerobic phase, PO4-P concentration increased to a certain value and remained constant in each run In Run1-1, PO4-P concentration in the anaerobic phase was higher than that in ... equation (1), the Fe addition of the Fe/P molar ratio of 0.2 could remove a maximum of mg/L of phosphorus from the influent phosphorus concentration of mg/L However, the phosphorus concentration in ... mg/L in Run2-2 On the other hand, Fe content in the SBR tank was about 22 mg/g in Run2-2 In this case, the Fe/P molar ratio of the Fe concentration in the SBR tank to the phosphorus concentration...
... 4: Effectof KNO3 Spraying on yield and yield Component of rice on Alluvial Soie in Nam Dinh- Spring Rice – 2009 ( Quinal/ha) Number of paricals/m2 Number of grain/pan 1A 1B 12 LS DO5 % of ... umfiiied grain 1000 grain weight(g) Grain yield Tab 5: Effectof KNO3 Spraying on yield and yield Component of rice on Alluvial Soie in Nam Dinh- Summer rice – 2009 ( Quinal/ha) Number of paricals/m2 ... DO5 Number of grain/pan % of umfiiied grain 1000 grain weight(g) Grain yield Tab 6: Effectof KNO3 Spraying on rice yield on degraded Soie in Bac Giang 2009 ( Quinal/ha) Treat Spring Rice Summer...
... Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific RAP Publication 2004/10, pp 1-12 Christopher Edward Mace, 2008 Evaluation Of Ground Water From The Lajas Valley For Low salinity ... Aquaculture Siciety The Oceanic Institute Briggs, M., S Funge-Smith, R Subasinghe and Phillips, M 2004 Introduction and movement of Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus stylirostris in Asia and the Pacific Food ... freshwater at three densities: Condition state based on length and weight Aquaculture 283, 13–18 Brock J.A and Main K.L., 1994 A Guide To Common Problems And Diseases Of Cultured Penaeus vannamei...
... stimulation Effectof PI3-kinase and ARF inhibitors on O2 À and PLD activation Selective pharmacological inhibitors were used to assess the role of PI3-kinase and ARF proteins on the activation of ... levels of expression of PLD2 (Fig 5A) Identical data were obtained using eosinophil-depleted neutrophils, confirming that these signals were not consequent on the 1–5% eosinophil contamination present ... by digitonin-stimulated guinea pig granulocytes A basis for a continuous assay for monitoring superoxide production and for the study of the activation of the generating system J Clin Invest 61,...
... defined over consumption (C), housing consumption, and the health of the child Using hedonic price methods, we can replace housing consumption in the utility function with the attributes of the ... whether changesin pollution are linked to changesin asthma within a zip code If smoking either doesn't change with changesin pollution, or if it changesin a way that is unrelated to changesin ... Determining the benefits from reduced emissions requires finding the reduction in pollution from LEV II, its effecton asthma admissions, and the monetary savings from reduced admissions To find...
... mineralization of NOM, which reduced the sorption capacity of NOM The conversion of particulate matter to dissolved matter by chlorination should contribute to an increase of carbon content in ... that of PAC at different adsorbent doses In particular, the in uence of prechlorination on IOP/UF was evaluated in terms of NOM removal and membrane permeability, since chlorine was often dosed into ... functionalities Analyses of the effects of chlorination of raw water during adsorption and UF could also establish some correlation of NOM removal and membrane permeability with alteration of the...
... Risk Sharing among the Rural Population in Vietnam - An Experimental Approach In Proceedings of the Conference of the German Economics Association 2013 - Session: Risk Sharing in Developing Countries ... well as on lifetime earning capacity due to both delays in schooling and declines in total schooling, including years of education and delay in enrollment This paper provides new estimates on the ... exploiting only variations in rain shortfall and thus only considering when rainfall deviates negatively from the historic mean, this drought severity indicator has more variation than existing rainfall...
... education Using conventional methods of computing the marginal effectof a continuous 28 variable and its interaction effect with a categorical variable in a logit equation, we find that the combined ... distribution of There are four equations in the model; therefore, k consists of four vectors each representing the set of heterogeneity 14 parameters in one of the equations Conditional on mass ... third term of the effectof childcare in our model consists of the effectof any change in goods inputs that the mother chooses because of working and consequently using childcare This effect for...
... Creatinine continued to increase following acyclovir discontinuation Creatinine returned to normal within week Elevated urea Mild proteinuria High urea Urinary a1-microglobulin and albumin Creatinine ... successively inhibit renal secretion of creatinine, resulting in elevations in plasma creatinine that may be disproportional to the degree of renal dysfunction Employing plasma creatinine levels ... decrease in the concentration of [2-14C] creatinine in the apical compartment in the presence of quinidine or cimetidine, compared to the concentration Gunness et al Journal of Translational Medicine...