... over-optimistic analyst forecasts We examine the forecast error of FAF forthe misstated period to investigate whether analyst forecasts reveal information ofthe true financial performance ofthe restatement ... firms and non-restatement firms Specifically we examine three properties ofthe analyst forecasts: the forecast error, the forecast dispersion andthe skewness ofthe forecast distribution The ... non-restatement firms in the year prior to the restatement announcement Three properties ofthe FAF are evaluated: the forecast error, the forecast dispersion andthe skewness ofthe forecast distribution...
... determine the goals and plans ofthe novice user and, indirectly, the dialogue structure This is because the novice user does not have a good model ofthe task and is in the process of building one and ... phrases throughout the dialogue The coder also noted words and phrases occurring at the boundaries ofthe subdialogues and mapped the distribution ofthe antecedents of pronominal and non-pronominal ... dialogue structure on the basis ofthe task structure andthe users' and adviser's plans and goals This analysis supports the value ofthe concept of a dialogue structure and also support our...
... taken in the weeks around the time of each dose (vaccine or chemotherapy), and then used to identify the position on the oscillating Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Translational ... exploring some of these exciting avenues of investigation Chemotherapy We have investigated this hypothesis further by examining the timing of chemotherapy doses with respect to the LCRP immune oscillatory ... What is emerging appears to be an association between the timing of delivery ofthe therapeutic agent(s) and improved outcome This may open the possibility that in the future, vaccines and other...
... (BPI), andthe Symptom Distress Scale (SDS) Therefore the information given in the tables was simply to reflect the variance that existed in the instruments used and neither to convey their psychometric ... may contribute to the initiation of morbidity, thebiologyofthe disease appears to predominate, overriding the potential influence of life-style and psychosocial variables once the disease process ... exclusion of duplicates, the abstracts of all citations were reviewed Of these, 104 citations concerning the relationship between quality of life and survival were found to be relevant and were further...
... highlighted the lack ofandthe need for new empirical evidence about the epidemiology andthe effectiveness of available therapeutic strategies, and called for a prospective program of research ... conduct and supervision In order to be able to conduct and monitor the progress ofthe trial forthe patients' safety and according to the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki andthe ... according to the usual practice (standard of care) and followed over time using standardized methods and forms to make possible a valid and reliable description of case-mix, pattern of care and outcomes...
... allowed the completion ofthe therapeutic program for 1,930/ 1,978 (97.6%) ofthe catheters inserted The absence of pneumotorax and other major complications indicates that US guidance should be mandatory ... assistant to hold the probe, while the operator controls the needle and performs the procedure under real-time guidance, andthe nurse helps the two physicians during the maneuver The central vein ... practice [43], the American College of Emergency Physicians andthe American College of Surgeons support the use of ultrasound by members of their societies and address ways to obtain and maintain...
... 2000 and April 2002 The experimental protocol was approved by the Research Committee of National Kochi Hospital All patients were informed ofthe nature and risk of this study, and written informed ... interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions MI was involved in the design ofthe study and writing ofthe manuscript MN and NH assembled the data TM and ... cells were not seen other than the reduction on POD in the hepatic resection group found On the other hand, there were also no significant differences in the percentage of CD4+IL-6+ T cells among...
... available for all 104 samples but mutation screening ofthe ATM gene was only performed for 44 ofthe patients experiencing IBCT and 51 ofthe matched controls This was done to fit into a 96 well format ... evaluation study andthe same assessments of damage were performed as forthe treatment A group During the survey, the clinical examinations and overall pain evaluation were performed by three ... Figure illustration ofthe ATM gene Schematic Schematic illustration ofthe ATM gene The distribution ofthe variations detected in the studied materials along the gene is shown in the upper panel...
... The principal role ofthe antithrombotics in surgical patients is to provide effective anticoagulation over the course ofthe increased risk of VTE (during and postsurgery) with the minimum of ... assessed in terms of three main properties; their efficacy and safety profiles, practicality of use, and cost-effectiveness The relative merits ofthe major anticoagulants according to these criteria, ... understand this effect, andthe potential role ofthe LMWHs as antineoplastic therapy Acknowledgements The author received editorial support in the preparation of this manuscript, funded by sanofi-aventis,...
... interests The funding agencies (The Oak Foundation andThe Danish Rheumatism Association) had no role in writing the report or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication Neither ofthe ... from the analyses Although the authors performed their analyses according to the intention-totreat principle on what they claim is the correct sample size, we worry about the fact that the attrition ... of risk of bias, the use of random assignment, and subsequent concealment of allocation would qualify as adequate (that is, low risk of selection bias); it seems reasonable that at baseline the...
... compare the performances ofthe CMM andofthe general prognostic scores, all scheduled surgical patients were excluded, and therefore 542 (43.1%) patients were included in this analysis A total of ... identified during assessment ofthe extent of their cancer and/ or consideration ofthe therapeutic options This assessment is conducted as soon as is possible, and end -of- life care is started if ... applicable) Validation ofthe prognostic scores was performed using standard tests to measure discrimination and calibration for each ofthe predictive models The area under the receiver operating...
... Society of Clinical Oncology Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Expert Panel: 2002 update of recommendations forthe use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy protectants: clinical practice guidelines ofthe ... patients, and monitoring of serum methotrexate concentrations are among the measures that may reduce the risk of ARF Few studies have focused on ARF in CICPs and, therefore, supportive care in these ... is the cornerstone of treatment Renal recovery depends on the severity and duration ofthe obstruction [24] Thrombotic microangiopathy The association between thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) and...
... analyzed the data and reviewed and coordinated the study AS and MF collected and analyzed the data J-PB, J-LB, DB, and CF reviewed and coordinated the study All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... factors by the univariate analysis (cutoff p < 0.05) To avoid increasing the risk of collinearity forthe same variables measured at days and (LOD and NT-proBNP), we decided to include only the most ... proBNP) at the cutoff N-terminal pro-brain Kaplan-Meier curve forvalue of 6,624 pg/ml natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP) at the cutoff value of 6,624 pg/ml Kaplan-Meier analysis estimates the rate of death...
... authors read and approved the final version ofthe manuscript 15 Authors’ information PP is coordinator ofthe Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit and president ofthe Antibiotic Commission of São Francisco ... Francisco Xavier Hospital PP is Professor of Medicine ofthe Faculty of Medical Sciences from the New University of Lisbon, Portugal VCSD is assistant physician ofthe ICU ofthe Instituto Nacional de ... Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany) The precision ofthe assay measured by means ofthe intra- and inter-assay coefficient of variation was < 7%, the sensitivity 0.1 mg/dL andthe detection limit 0.3 mg/dL...
... in context with the other exploring the safetyefficacy balance ofthe addition of bevacizumab to chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer strengthen the need of a deep analysis ofthe correlation ... This amount of benefit well compares with the benefits of other important therapeutic choices such as the addition of taxanes forthe st line treatment of metastatic breast cancer, where the advantage ... definition ofthe search strategy, and a detailed description ofthe statistical methods used [17,18] Outcome definition The combination of chemotherapy and Bevacizumab (Beva) was considered as the...
... directing the formation of a complex where VDAC and ANT isoforms may be at least 25 partially redundant and become included in the PTPC depending upon their availability or on the nature ofthe apoptoic ... Accordingly, the great and urgent need presently is to investigate the role of each ofthe plenitude of genes and proteins important in the progression of cancer NUCLEAR RECEPTORS The nuclear ... Pervaiz, Professor, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Their encouragement and guidance and their critique has been of paramount importance in directing the course of the...
... oncogenic potential of loss of Rb is likely to be decided by the expression of each ofthe Rb family members andthe role these family members play in the differentiation ofthe cell type involved ... that in this assay loss ofthe Rb gene family is sufficient to allow oncogenic transformation On the other hand, in view ofthe lack of anchorage-independent growth of these cells, it remains ... functions andinteractionsThe difference in phosphorylation sites and kinases involved in the phosophorylation of these sites between p107 and p130 further support specific functions for p107 and p130...
... Darling G: Phase trial of preoperative irinotecan plus cisplatin and conformal radiotherapy, followed by surgery for esophageal cancer Cancer 2010, 116(17):4023-32 Burmeister BH, Smithers BM, Gebski ... C, Sugarbaker D, Mayer R: Phase III trial of trimodality therapy with cisplatin, fluorouracil, radiotherapy, and surgery compared with surgery alone for esophageal cancer: CALGB 9781 J Clin Oncol ... surgery for resectable cancer ofthe oesophagus: a randomised controlled phase III trial Lancet Oncol 2005, 6:659-668 Pereira B, Gourgou-Bourgade S, Azria D, Ychou M: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy...
... Follow-up The patients were followed with office visits and physical examinations every months forthe first years, every months forthe fourth and fifth years, and annually after years Chest X-ray and ... the benefit of RT is worth ofthe risk of treatment morbidity with accurate selection PMRT for T1-2 and N1-3 positive patients has to be reconsidered according to the prognostic factors andthe ... retrospective study consists of relatively small number of patients and PMRT decision recommended according to the poor prognostic factors ofthe patient at the discrepancy ofthe radiation oncologist...
... the design ofthe study and performed the evaluation ofthe data TT helped to draft the manuscript SI contributed to the HLA-A24-binding assay and CTL induction from PBMCs AM, AY and HH contributed ... patients' samples with the informed consent HH and NS contributed to the design and coordination of this study as well as reviewing the manuscript All authors have read and approved the final manuscript ... Switzerland], and clarified by centrifugation at 15,000 rpm for 20 minutes at 4°C The whole-cell lysates were boiled for minutes in the presence of SDS sample buffer, resolved by 10% SDS-PAGE, and...