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Pediatric cancer patients often become anxious, agitated, combative, and uncooperative due to the pain or fear of pain during invasive procedures. Generally, it is not the actual administration of medicines that produces this reaction, but the fear of the needle stick itself. Increased education and implementation of c... |
Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) image coregistration is a nontrivial task for its skew and distorted image pair, especially in severe decorrelated areas. In this letter, a new InSAR coregistration method, which considers both the coherence of the reference points and their topographical distribution, i... |
This paper outlines the design of an integrated research test bed for 21st century wireless networks applications. This test bed has been designed to facilitate research activities currently carried out in Anglia Ruskin University. The test bed design has incorporated mobile networks satellite navigation and location b... |
After a review of asynchronous code division multiple access (A-CDMA) systems, quasi-synchronous CDMA (QS-CDMA) systems are introduced and its performance is determined based on the calculation of the bit error rate (BER). The two systems are compared with numerical examples and the superior performance of the latter i... |
In this paper we describe the realization and performances of an high granularity calorimeter. The calorimeter is a spaghetti like calorimeter built with lead and scintillating fibers. The lead foils are 0.5 mm thick shaped with grooves to accommodate the scintillating fibers. A single prototype has been built. The rea... |
The studies reported here were undertaken to assess the ability of the outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Salmonella typhi to induce a humoral immune response in humans with typhoid fever. OMPs were isolated with the nonionic detergent Triton X-100 and were found to be contaminated with approximately 4% lipopolysacchari... |
Objective: The purpose of this randomized-controlled pilot study was to explore the effectiveness of a home-based computerized cognitive training intervention in improving cognitive function in a population of older adults with mild cognitive impairment who are living with HIV. Methods: In all, 24 participants were enr... |
Normal iron stores in healthy men are about 1000 mg, whereas in healthy females only about 300 mg. A whole‐blood donation depletes the donor of approximately 225–250 mg of iron. For females, this means that often her iron stores are completely depleted after only one donation. Dietary absorption of iron can be up to 3·... |
Cooperative Communication enables a system to achieve a significant gain in coverage and capacity. In coded cooperation, channel coding is embedded in the cooperation strategy, and the optimal level of the cooperation between the nodes needs to be determined according to the channel conditions. Using RCPC codes, we pro... |
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS |
Trans-esophageal real-time endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) has emerged as an important technique for sampling perigastrointestinal lymph nodes. The purpose of this study was to compare the yield of EUS-guided FNA of mediastinal lymph nodes using different techniques. |
MATERIALS AND METHODS |
A 2 cm mediastinal lymph node was dissected at autopsy. FNA was performed on this lymph node with a 21 gauge needle which is used clinically for EUS-guided FNA (GIP-Mediglobe). FNA of the lymph node was performed for 60 sec, while continuous or intermittent suction was applied with a 10 ml, 20 ml and 30 ml syringe. The... |
RESULTS |
Pathologic examination revealed metastatic transitional cell bladder carcinoma in the first lymph node, and metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma in the second lymph node. The cellularity and quality of FNA performed with the 10 ml syringe was better than with the 20 ml or 30 ml syringe. With the 10 ml syringe, cont... |
CONCLUSIONS |
Our study reveals that continuous rather than intermittent suction with smaller syringes (5-10 ml) provides optimal cellularity in EUS-guided FNA of mediastinal lymph nodes and that use of larger (20-30 ml) syringes does not improve the rate of obtaining a diagnostic specimen.[Analysis of the therapeutic modalities whe... |
Vasospasm is the principal cause of a poor outcome in patients with SAH. The aim of the study is to establish the effect of the therapeutic modalities on vasospasm, to establish morbidity and mortality of patients with SAH, as well as the causes of the poor outcome. The study is prospective and analyzes 192 patients tr... |
Hundreds of millions of cases and millions of deaths have occurred worldwide due to COVID-19. The fight against this pandemic is on-going on multiple fronts. While vaccinations are picking up speed, there are still billions of unvaccinated people. In this fight diagnosis of the disease and isolation of the patients to ... |
Glycoproteins and their mimics are challenging to produce because of their large number of polysaccharide side chains that form a densely grafted protein-polysaccharide brush architecture. Herein a new approach to protein bioconjugate synthesis is demonstrated that can approach the functionalization densities of natura... |
Efficacy of diamphenethide ("Coriban", Burroughs Wellcome) and rafoxanide ("Ranide", Merck Sharpe & Dohme, Ltd.) was evaluated in lambs against 8-week old experimentally induced Fasciola gigantica infection. Results were assessed by the reduction in worm counts at post-mortem examination 8 weeks after treatment. Diamph... |
n this article, we look at state arts agencies and their selective perceptions of, and managerial responses to, widespread budget reductions in recent years. The creation and growth of state arts agencies is well documented elsewhere.1 In 1974 the Nevada legislature created the last of the state agencies— with a budget... |
Objective: To investigate the formation of bacterial biofilms on the surface of the electrode array of cochlear implants (CI) explanted because of device failure, without evidence of infection, by use of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Study Design: Prospective study. S... |
The vertical electric field-driven transflective nematic liquid crystal display with dual orientation has a problem that the voltage-dependent transmittance and reflectance curves do not match each other. Thus a dual driving circuit is required. This study shows that optimization of the surface pretilt angle in the tra... |
Ultrasonographic examination is a readily available, inexpensive diagnostic technique for investigating osseous and soft tissue abnormalities of the equine head, is complementary to radiography, and may elucidate bony abnormalities not initially apparent on skull radiographs. Ultrasound may provide enough information t... |
† Combined with practical engineering, using finite difference method of numerical analysis software, pile-anchor combined support model was established. Through the excavation different stages studies of crown beam top horizontal displacement, vertical displacement and horizontal displacement of pile body and bending ... |
OBJECTIVE |
To investigate the status of the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors and hypertension control among hypertensive patients in the outpatient setting in China. |
METHODS |
This multi-center cross-sectional study was carried out from June to December 2009. Study patients were consecutively recruited from 46 hypertension outpatient clinics in 22 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities of China according to identical inclusion criteria. More than 100 consecutive patients should be... |
RESULTS |
In this patient cohort, dyslipidemia was found in 61.5% (3203/5206), obesity in 56.0% (2917/5206), and impaired glucose regulation in 27.8% (1449/5206) patients. The prevalence of smoking was 34.9% (910/2605) in male hypertensive patients, 88.9% (4630/5206) hypertensive patients had at least one of the above-mentioned ... |
CONCLUSION |
Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors, especially dyslipidemia and obesity, is common, and cardiovascular risk is high while blood pressure control rate is low among hypertensive outpatients in China.Improving the applicability of (Q)SARs for percutaneous penetration in regulatory risk assessment |
The new regulatory framework REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals) foresees the use of non-testing approaches, such as read-across, chemical categories, structure–activity relationships (SARs) and quantitative structure–activity relationships (QSARs). Although information on skin absorption d... |
A technique for deriving the camera response function using the image blur information is presented. One or more defocused images captured by a camera are used for the parameter estimation. The proposed method takes the linear brightness change of a single captured image to estimate the camera response. Using the infor... |
The recurring attacks on Latin-Americans by United States' citizens in the California mines after 1848 have been ascribed to an alleged "nativism" on the part of the North-Americans. The meaning of this term, however, has still to be determined, for there is no generally accepted definition and U.S. historians differ a... |
Interpretation of complex effects and models can be one of the most challenging and important aspects of quantitative data analysis. The present study tackles this issue for moderation effects, including random slope effects, for multilevel models. To demonstrate the generalization of these procedures beyond the basic ... |
Public health initiatives in community and school settings are complementary to clinical medicine and are necessary in times of health crisis, such as the current epidemic of obesity. In addition to providing health care for individuals, physicians need to regard their community as their patient and participate in mult... |
OBJECTIVES |
Ginseng saponin is known to have biological activities in maintaining homeostasis and enhancing vital energy. Enzyme-modified ginseng extract (EMGE) was designed to increase the content of its active constituents and to intensify biological activity. The present study investigated the anti-fatigue effects of EMGE in he... |
DESIGN |
Fifty-two healthy subjects met the diagnostic criteria and were randomly allocated into one of two groups: EMGE (2,000 mg/day) or placebo. EMGE or placebo were administered to each group for 4 weeks. Fatigue scores using the Visual Analogue Fatigue Scale (VAFS) and Revised Piper Fatigue Scale (RPFS) were considered as ... |
RESULTS |
A repeated-measures analysis of variance showed that there was a significant difference in the VAFS scores VAFS between the treatment and placebo groups after 4 weeks. The treatment group's score decreased more than that of the placebo group. There was no difference in the RPFS and SF-36 scores between the two groups. ... |
CONCLUSION |
EMGE treatment for 4 weeks decreased fatigue severity in a healthy population. Adverse effects were rare, and EMGE was generally well tolerated. Randomized, placebo-controlled trials of EMGE are justified in order to elucidate the underlying mechanism of EMGE in combating fatigue.Correlation: Parametric and Nonparametr... |
Ch 1. Introduction Characteristics of a Relationship Correlation and Causation Correlation and Causation Correlation and Correlational Methods Choice of Correlation Indexes Ch 2. The Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Interpretation of Pearson r Assumptions of Pearson r in Inferential Statistics Sampling Distributions ... |
This article concerns what may be regarded as the final step in the Christianization of Europe. In a short 15-year period in the mid-18th century the vast majority of the animist peoples of the Volga region, as well as a portion of its Muslims, were converted to Orthodox Christianity. Most historians of these conversio... |
Background Pneumococcal serotype identification is essential to monitor pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness and serotype replacement. Serotyping by conventional serological methods are costly, labour-intensive, and require significant technical expertise. We compared two different molecular methods to serotype pneumococ... |
Abstract Several debates have recently addressed complementarities and/or (in)compatibilities between two lines of research concerned with second language interactions: Focus on Form research and conversation analytic work on repair in second language interactions. While our expertise primarily lies in the latter, we f... |
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