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The aim of this study was to assess adherence in people on hemodialysis and determine the factors of poor adherence. |
MATERIAL AND METHODS |
This cross-sectional study took place throughout the month of September, 2012, in the hemodialysis center of the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital, the only such center in Togo. |
RESULTS |
The study included 65 patients, with a mean age of 49.5 years (range: 22 to 77 years), more often men (sex ratio: 1.82) and married (74 %). More than half (58%) had completed secondary education, while 73% belonged to the least advantaged socioeconomic class; 61 (94%) had health insurance, and 57% had been on dialysis ... |
CONCLUSION |
Adherence in hemodialysis patients in Togo is very poor.Seasonal Prevalence of Mosquitoes Collected from Light Traps in the Republic of Korea, 2001 |
ABSTRACT Adult mosquito surveillance was conducted during 2001 at 28 US military installations and training sites located in five provinces in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Adult mosquitoes were collected in New Jersey and dry ice‐baited CDC‐type light traps from 1 May through 15 October. Mosquito surveillance was condu... |
The tibial components in 143 patients with total knee replacements performed before 1988 were assessed for micromotion using roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (RSA) over a period of 13 years. The fixation of the prostheses remained clinically sound in all cases, although revision had been required for other reaso... |
The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of illegal abortion in Libreville and to describe abortive methods used. It is a cross sectional and descriptive survey carried out at the maternity hospital of Libreville (MHL) during one year, from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008. 750 abortions were per... |
Both rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes have been associated with the development of abnormally high pressures under the feet, and ulceration has been considered to be a problem in both conditions. In order to examine further the relationship between high foot pressure, neurological abnormalities, and ulceration, we hav... |
The aim of research is determine the feasibility of using the methodology for calculating availability and mean delay time to demand fulfilling for spare part by local package of electronic means (EM)with a compound structure of spare parts, tools and accessories(SPTA)kit. Methodology is based on the usage of the analy... |
2-Triethoxysilyl-substituted 1,3-butadiene has been prepared in 30-g quantities from chloroprene via a simple synthetic procedure. Silatrane- and catechol-substituted analogues of this main group element substituted diene were then prepared on a 10-g scale by ligand exchange and characterized by X-ray crystallography i... |
ALTHOUGH historians of Cistercian monasticism in medieval England have seen their subject almost exclusively in terms of the activities of men, it has long been known that there was a sizable number of houses of women who professed that way of life: two abbeys and twenty-seven priories, most of which were concentrated ... |
As a potential way to dramatically save energy and live in a green planet, the Internet of Things (IoT) aims to utilize energy-efficient enabling technologies such as the RFID systems in our daily life applications. In this paper, we consider RFID reader scheduling problem which is NP hard. We propose a localized reade... |
Calcification is the leading cause of failure of a wide spectrum of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular medical devices. In this study our aim was to immobilize polyethylene glycol (PEG) and heparin on multiple crosslinked bovine pericardium with Glutaraldehyde (GA) and carbodiimide. Grafting of PEG and heparin throu... |
This study examines empowerment as a communicative process among teachers and students at a Midwestern Montessori school. The Montessori method, developed by Maria Montessori in the early twentieth century, is attentive to the tension individuals experience as they attempt to balance their individual freedom with the g... |
For the downsizing of gas insulated power apparatus, we have proposed the electric field grading technique by “functionally graded materials” with spatial distribution of permittivity (<tex>$\varepsilon$</tex> -FGM). In this paper, we fabricated post-type and truncated cone-type <tex>$\varepsilon$</tex> -FGM by a novel... |
The issue of user privacy is constantly brought to the spotlight since an ever increasing number of online services collects and processes personal information from users, in the context of personalized service provision. Although technology makes the collection of data easy, their protection against abuse is left to d... |
OBJECTIVE |
To set up a platform for phenotype-based primary screening of drug candidates promoting neuronal subtype differentiation in embryonic stem cells (ES) with light microscope. |
METHODS |
Hanging drop culture 4-/4+ method was employed to harvest the cells around embryoid body (EB) at differentiation endpoint. Morphological evaluation for neuron-like cells was performed with light microscope. Axons for more than three times of the length of the cell body were considered as neuron-like cells. The compound... |
RESULTS |
The cells treated with IBA showed neuron-like phenotype, but the cells treated with ICA did not exhibit the morphological changes. ES cells treated with IBA was further confirmed to be cholinergic and GABAergic neurons. |
CONCLUSION |
Phenotypic screening with light microscope for molecules promoting neuronal differentiation is an effective method with advantages of less labor and material consuming and time saving, and false-positive results derived from immunofluorescence can be avoided. The method confirms that IBA is able to facilitate ES cells ... |
Organic photopolymerizable resins increasingly used in printing make it possible to produce flexible, lighter plates. A certain number of skin lesions and general symptoms appeared upon manipulation of plates made by the Letterflex® process. In the workshop where this study was carried out, 12 out of 15 people suffered... |
This paper presents a critical appraisal of developments in research and application in the field of industrial ecology. On its inception around a decade ago, the concept derived great strength from drawing on the metaphor of the natural ecosystem, building on the work of theoretical ecologists, which this paper discus... |
Sphingolipids are a ubiquitous class of lipids present in a variety of organisms including eukaryotes and bacteria. In the last two decades, research has focused on characterizing the individual species of this complex family of lipids, which has led to a new field of research called 'sphingolipidomics'. There are at l... |
Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common condition affecting 20 – 30% of women of reproductive age. 1 In England and Wales, nearly 80 000 women a year are referred to secondary care, with one-third of those subsequently undergoing surgical interventions. 1 It is not uncommon for HMB to be associated with fibroid uteru... |
Specific RNA synthesis induced in VERO cells by the infection with western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus or Chikungunya virus was studied by autoradiography in the presence of chromomycin A3 or actinomycin D allowing the viruses to propagate despite the suppression of cellular RNA synthesis. It was revealed that such... |
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Body composition analysis, also referred to as analytic morphomics, morphomics, or morphometry, describes the measurement of imaging biomarkers of body composition such as muscle and adipose tissue, most commonly on computed tomography (CT) images. A growing body o... |
This paper discusses the 3A recommender system that targets CSCL (computer-supported collaborative learning) and CSCW (computer-supported collaborative work) environments. The proposed system models user interactions in a heterogeneous graph. Then, it applies a personalized, contextual, and multi-relational ranking alg... |
Using different specification formalisms together is necessary to leverage better reliability on component-based systems. The ConFract system provides a contracting system for hierarchical software components, but currently, only executable assertions are supported. In this paper, we describe how to integrate other kin... |
ABSTRACT In the present study we comparatively evaluated the first- and second-generation Digene Hybrid Capture assays for detection of human papillomaviruses (HPV) associated with high or intermediate risk for cervical cancer in cervical specimens. Concordant results were obtained with 468 of 483 (96.8%) specimens. Al... |
The British Menopause Society Council aims to aid health professionals to inform and advise women about the menopause. The oestrogen plus progestogen arm of the Women's Health Initiative was stopped in July 2002. This guidance regarding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use responds to the results and analysis that hav... |
One application of harmonic Ritz values is to approximate, with a projection method, the interior eigenvalues of a matrix A while avoiding the explicit use of the inverse A. In this context, harmonic Ritz values are commonly derived from a Petrov-Galerkin condition for the residual of a vector from the test space. In t... |
Coordinating the schedules of muliple agents is a problem domain that naturally motivates the need for privacy preserving constraint optimization algorithms. In this domain, a number of agents wish to schedule events subject to individual constraints, which they wish to keep private. Their calendars may contain the int... |
Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms experienced by patients receiving dialysis. When patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease are admitted to acute care settings, they require management of their often profound fatigue. CKD, renal pathology, and renal fatigue are examined in relatio... |
Smiles are one of the most ubiquitous facial expressions. They are often interpreted as a signalling cue of positive emotion. However, as any other facial expression, smiles can also be voluntarily fabricated, masked or inhibited with different communication goals. This review discusses automatic identification of smil... |
OBJECTIVE |
To examine the extent to which stress, coping, and temperament accounted for variability in adjustment among children with cancer. |
METHODS |
Seventy-five mothers of children with cancer (ages 5-17) completed questionnaires regarding their child's cancer-related stress; coping; temperament characteristics including positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA), and effortful control (EC); and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Assessments occurred within one y... |
RESULTS |
Cancer-related stress was positively associated with symptoms of depression in children. NA was positively associated with symptoms of anxiety and depression. Primary control coping moderated the association between NA and depression, and primary and secondary control coping mediated this association. |
CONCLUSION |
Results partially support the utility of an integrated model including cancer-related stress, coping, and NA in identifying children at risk for internalizing symptoms during treatment. Additional research is needed to inform interventions for this population.Elucidating the Origin of Conformational Energy Differences ... |
13C NMR spectroscopy, ab initio quantum mechanics, and molecular mechanics have been used to investigate the trans-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,2,6-trimethyl-1,3-dioxane chair/twist-boat equilibrium. The molecular mechanics calculations were based upon the MM3 and AMBER force fields. A 6-31G basis set was used for the ab init... |
In this paper, a triple active bridge converter is proposed. The topology is capable of achieving ZVS across the full load range with wide input voltage while minimizing heavy load conduction losses to increase overall efficiency. This topology comprises three full bridges coupled by a three-winding transformer. At lig... |
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