... investigator in the study, and was involved in the design MS, TB, TL, OJ, and JD were involved in the analysis, reporting and writing up of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... translation into Norwegian and Swedish, and that it represents a viable instrument for assessing symptom severity and response to treatment in clinical trials of patients with GERD 10 11 12 Competing interests ... The baseline characteristics and clinical information for patients with data from both a baseline and subsequent visit are provided in Table GERD was proven in 82% of subjects while in 18% the...
... integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis I am also responsible for editing the final draft RF: Involved in the writing of the manuscript including reading the literature and integrating ... literature and integrating the literature with the findings and writing the discussion MA: involved with recruitment of subjects, setting up the design of the study and editing the initial draft of the ... details and included all the references 11 12 13 14 15 TJS: Involved in the writing of the manuscript including reading the literature and integrating the literature with the findings and writing the...
... expressed in a dynamic manner during the progression of the SSc microangiopathy [9] For these reasons, when searching in SSc patients for a possible link between digital blood flow and nailfold ... Page of Published: 24 January 2011 References Correa MJ, Andrade LE, Kayser C: Comparison of laser Doppler imaging, fingertip lacticemy test, and nailfold capillaroscopy forassessmentof digital ... declare that they have no competing interests Author details Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto...
... components of children and adolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy children and adolescents, but also for quality of life assessments ... robust in terms of using non-continuous data and there is evidence of robustness in the terms of the violation of multivariate normality assumption [17,18] However, Bollen-Stine bootstrap and associated ... study of the Serbian KINDL questionnaire for health-related quality of life assessmentin children and adolescents Scand J Caring Sci 2009, 23:361-368 Schreiber JB: Core reporting practices in structural...
... components of children and adolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy children and adolescents, but also for quality of life assessments ... robust in terms of using non-continuous data and there is evidence of robustness in the terms of the violation of multivariate normality assumption [17,18] However, Bollen-Stine bootstrap and associated ... study of the Serbian KINDL questionnaire for health-related quality of life assessmentin children and adolescents Scand J Caring Sci 2009, 23:361-368 Schreiber JB: Core reporting practices in structural...
... recommended for each of the two tests in baseline period Dissemination of guidelines alone rarely brings about improvements in clinical practice [2], and even an multifaceted implementation of guidelines ... Waldorff et al.: The efficacy of computer reminders on external quality assessmentfor point -of- care testing in Danish general practice: rationale andmethodologyfor two randomized trials Implementation ... (SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC) RCT A: Comparing computer reminders with postal reminders Included in RCT A are the practices conducting more than four POCT INR during the four-month baseline period...
... different types of integration within the framework of Integrated Assessment Modelling (IAM) These are integrations of disciplines, of models, of scales, of issues, andof stakeholders Scrase and Sheate ... (Kuhn, 1970) point of view In view of the above investigation, integration is tentatively interpreted as an act or a process of joining or combining something with something else The integrated approach ... is a way of perceiving and solving problems by integrating information, scientific disciplines, tools, interests and other aspects in a systemic way in order to increases the efficiency of our...
... theory of the University-Industry-GRI linkages in the Innovation Triangle (Figure I.2) including linkage type in terms of formal as well as informal Then, a few points toward facilitators and inhibitors ... of the linkage can be categorized according to the degree involvement of institution or individual involvement in the linkage Linkages are also classified into Formal and Informal types Formal ... acquaintance in a local firm and requests an interesting term project for a student Informal meetings of faculty and industrial representatives to exchange information, obtain mutual advice, and...
... Visual processing, and Digital Display, vol 1077 of Proceedings of SPIE, pp 178–187, 1989 [14] R Floyd and L Steinberg, “An adaptive algorithm for spatial grayscale,” in Proceedings of SID International ... values of flicker Index, F for the number of frames indicated in the table The number of frames reported in Table is for 30 fps playback Thus, Table gives F, for 30 fps playback As can be seen in ... total number of pixel rows in each frame of Vc , and let N be the total number of pixel columns in each frame of Vc 3.1 Halftone Dirty-Window-Effect Evaluation It has been explained in the previous...
... number of different combinations of parameters for the regionmerging algorithm was 728 for each image The number of different combinations of parameters for the edge-based algorithm was 144 for each ... C Lopez, and J A Gonz´ lez, ı a “Algorithms for real-time acquisition and segmentation of a stream of thermographic line scans in industrial environments,” Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, ... intervals, a continuous function can be defined, consisting of a plateau of value 1, for input values inside the truly confidence interval, and two smooth slopes, one on each side, modeled as spline curves...
... and Kerstin Krauss for coordinating the ATLAS study activities, Rebecca Hill and Annie Daudumez for coordinating the Canadian study activities, Shafi Huda and Anna Protsenko for programming and ... designing the ATLAS study WPM is the principal investigator and assisted in designing the Canadian M03-606 study RW and HK assisted in designing the ATLAS and Canadian studies and coordinated ... and change from baseline for any of the following clinical measures: BASDAI, BASMI, BASFI, Creactive protein, and SF-36 PCS for all patients and matrix metalloproteinease-3 (MMP-3) (n = 37) and...
... different types of integration within the framework of Integrated Assessment Modelling (IAM) These are integrations of disciplines, of models, of scales, of issues, andof stakeholders Scrase and Sheate ... (Kuhn, 1970) point of view In view of the above investigation, integration is tentatively interpreted as an act or a process of joining or combining something with something else The integrated approach ... is a way of perceiving and solving problems by integrating information, scientific disciplines, tools, interests and other aspects in a systemic way in order to increases the efficiency of our...
... following interventions, defined as events: sedative and analgesic drug bolus, increasing or decreasing continuous sedation and analgesia, intratracheal suctioning, and other potentially painful interventions ... GE, Helsinki, Finland) was used for measurement and storage (via WinCollect® software [Datex-Ohmeda, GE Healthcare, Helsinki, Finland]) of the following parameters: heart rate, arterial blood pressure ... cut-off values for definition of responders to medication (decrease of the BIS-Index or SE/ RE), with the increase in the processed EEG variable between the time points -30 minutes and -2 minutes...
... aeruginosa lectins PA-I and PA-II that bind to fucose and galactose contribute to the vilrulence of this bacterium (10) Therefore blocking of these lectins may prevent ongoing colonization and inflammation ... fucose and galactose can prevent binding of PA lectins I and II (8, 15) In those studies inhibition of ciliary beats due to PA lectins was quantified as well as restoration by adding fucose and/ or ... alone and combined therapy of inhalation and antibiotics decreased P aeruginosa load in sputum Previous studies used hypertonic saline solution or mannitol as inhalation treatment in CF (11-14) Inhalation...
... concentration of DO and temperature every depth in the dam (sampling point is under the machine) concentrati of on di ve oxygen ssol tem perature depth of w ater (m ) The production of high concentrated ... (pressure swing adsorption) used air as resource and produced L-O2/min at most, so air was also supplied to remedy the inadequacy of oxygen In this way, the oxygen accounted for 30 % of the gas ... concentration of DO and temperature every depth in the dam (sampling point is upper buoy) concentrati of on di ve oxygen ssol tem perature depth of w ater (m ) 10 20 30 40 10 15 20 25 concentrati of di...
... on Conditions and Control of Drinking Water (Appendix I: Drinking Water Quality Conditions) Health Ministry of Indonesia (in Indonesian) Regine, MB., Gilles, D., Yannick, D., Alain, B 2006 Mercury ... concentrations in fish muscle tissues Fish constitutes an important source of protein for many people living in the sampling watershed However, at the same time, levelsof contaminants in fish are of considerable ... Sampling Points Main river Tributary Bar columns indicated averages of mercury concentrations; Lines indicated minimum and maximum of mercury concentrations Figure Total mercury concentrations in...
... growing of fruit, harvesting, postharvest handling, washing, and cooling and storage PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN THE ORCHARD Contamination of fruits with feces of animals such as deer,8 seagulls,9 and ... is among the main reasons for contamination in fruit juice Washing and brushing fruit before the juicing step is common in juice processing According to one industry survey, 98% of orchards surveyed ... 90% of their energy at a wavelength of 253.7 nanometers Exposure of bacteria to UV results in cross-linking of the thymine dimers of the DNA in the organism, preventing repair of injury and reproduction...
... potential of the convertible land area in Binh Dinh (in reality, the upstream protection land and the production forest land had been planned for growing forests, so there is no need to take into ... Distribution of flow energy (Y) at river basins in Binh Dinh Province (unit: %) Total in province At Lai River Basin At Kon River Basin At La Tinh River Basin At Ha Thanh River Basin
... Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis published a joint statement on the use of BCG vaccine for the control of TB (2 ) Based on available information concerning the effectiveness of BCG vaccine for ... resurgence in the incidence of TB occurred in the United States and included increases in the number of TB cases among adults and children and outbreaks of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) involving ... tuberculin skin-test results The preferred method of skin testing is the Mantoux tuberculin skin test using 0.1 mL of tuberculin units (TU) of purified protein derivative (PPD) (1 ) BCG vaccination...