... discourse grammar of an 'information-gathering' dialogue can be used while reporting an accident as well as while ordering a pizza In the first case the police officer wants to know all about the accident ... This data is used to infer a mean- I 1For a discussion about discourse grammars in general see e.g Taylor et al (1989) 254 ingful reaction to the input sentence Additionally this base contains ... learner does not provide interpretable input even after a repeated question (INQUIRE - THANK.END) The dialogue knowledge base contains the data Proceedings of EACL '99 necessary to lead a dialogue...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 23:20
... [41] After 6OHDA intrastriatal infusion, there is an acute increase in TNF-α in the striatum [49] Pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α activate the p38MAPK cascade and NFkB translocation ... hemiparkinsonian rats Brain Res 2004, 996:237-245 Adams FS, LaRosa FG, Kumar S, Edwards-Prasad J, Kentroti S, Vernadakis A, Freed CR, Prasad KN: Characterization and transplantation of two neuronal ... degeneration of rat nigral dopaminergic neurons: relevance to Parkinson's disease J Neurochem 2002, 81:1285-1297 Castano A, Herrera AJ, Cano J, Machado A: Lipopolysaccharide intranigral injection induces...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20
Multithreaded Programming in a Microsoft Win32* Environment
... doing something, the other threads can handle the user inputs and perform the tasks For example, if a user wants to cancel bringing in a large amount of data from a web page, a single threaded ... running at a higher priority can immediately react and cancel the operation When Not to Use Threads… Using multiple threads in an application does not guarantee any kind of a performance gain ... constantly interacting with the program, are independent activities The performance of an application can be improved by creating a separate thread for performing each of these activities rather...
Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2012, 14:40
Báo cáo y học: "Emergency intraosseous access in a helicopter emergency medical service: a retrospective study"
... and coordination, and in drafting the manuscript BEH participated in the design of the study and the statistical analysis, and participated in drafting the manuscript BHV participated in the design ... HEMS training programme, intraosseous training was given using manual needles, Bone Injection Guns, and EZ-IO® on both manikins and cadavers All HEMS physicians have used the technique on patients ... study, and the drafting of the manuscript and tables and figures All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:02
Báo cáo y học: "Management of chest pain: exploring the views and experiences of chiropractors and medical practitioners in a focus group interview"
... 'diagnosis' and 'treatment' whether in managing a given patient in actual practice or in attempting to define an appropriate evidence-based professional 'standard of care' This is perhaps particularly ... chest pain In order for chiropractors to have a role in managing chest pain from the point of entry, they must acquire and demonstrate competence in diagnosing the complaint Chest pain can have a ... chest pain, whether as a main presenting complaint or as a co-morbid condition The prevalence and clinical management, both diagnosis and treatment, of musculoskeletal chest pain in ambulatory...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06
Báo cáo y học: "Strict glycaemic control in patients hospitalised in a mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit: a randomised clinical trial"
... data analysis and interpretation, and drafting of the manuscript, NS, MB, JT, JV, JV, CA, PA, EV, JCH, AY, WP and CC participated in the study design, data acquisition and drafting of the manuscript ... peak plasma creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl, Peak plasma urea nitrogen > 60 mg/dl, dialysis or continuous venovenous haemofiltration Table Causes of mortality in the patient group Variable Standard treatment ... manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Available online http://ccforum.com/content/12/5/R120 Additional files The following Additional files are available online: Additional file...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35
Báo cáo khoa học: "The clinical value of daily routine chest radiographs in a mixed medical–surgical intensive care unit is low"
... clinically relevant and irrelevant findings, and simply reported on all abnormalities [12] At present, in many ICUs CXRs are still routinely obtained on a daily basis, at least in The Netherlands ... design and statistical analysis of the study MS conceived and coordinated the study and was involved in the interpretation of the data and manuscript revision All authors read and approved the final ... journal on the utility of daily routine CXRs in clinical decision making in the ICU In that study, a questionnaire was completed for each radiograph, addressing the indication for the radiograph and...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39
Báo cáo y học: " High blood pressure, antihypertensive medication and lung function in a general adult population"
... medication within the last seven days before the examination was ascertained by an instrument for database-assisted online collection of medication data (IDOM) [19] The following substance classes ... Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany 7Central Hospital of Augsburg, MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Augsburg, Germany 8Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Institute of Medical Data Management, ... Germany Authors’ contributions ES was responsible for the data analysis, interpretation of data and manuscript preparation JH and ES developed the statistical analysis plan SK, HS, SG, CM, MH, AP,...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45
Báo cáo y học: "Utility of routine chest radiographs in a medical–surgical intensive care unit: a quality assurance survey"
... arrest) Gastrointestinal complications* Other Sepsis Cardiovascular Gastrointestinal Gastrointestinal bleeding Liver failure/cirrhosis review Acute COPD exacerbation Gastrointestinal commentary Respiratory ... determine the percentage of routine and non-routine radiographs that change management in our medical–surgical ICU, and to determine the specific resultant management changes Materials and methods ... changed management In surgical patients with ICU stays shorter than 48 hours, a smaller percentage of routine CXRs (17%) resulted in a change in management In both the medical and surgical patients,...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45
Báo cáo khoa học: "Circadian pattern of activation of the medical emergency team in a teaching hospita"
... loudspeakers and paging system, and a detailed log of all calls is maintained Criteria for medical emergency team activation Calling criteria for our MET service are based on acute changes in heart ... drugs and defibrillators Outcome measures Information on the activation of all MET calls is maintained on a hospital switchboard logbook that includes the date and time of the call, as well as the ... period and related this to aspects of nursing and medical daily routine Materials and methods The hospital Austin Health is a university-affiliated teaching hospital with three hospital campuses...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45
Báo cáo y học: "Mirror-Image Arachnoid Cysts in a Pair of Monozygotic Twins: A Case Report and Review of the Literature"
... 16 Minamitani M, Tanaka J, Hasumura M, et al Cerebral malformations associated with probable intrauterine infection No To Hattatsu 1993; 25: 359-63 17 Singleton WG, Lawrence T, Green AL, et al ... that MZ with discordant handedness showed opposite brain activity patterns in language and a mental rotation task Sommer et al 14 have suggested that late splitting of the egg may play a role in ... head surgery17 In our case, the lack of a previous history of trauma, infection and head surgery leads us to believe that the AC was due to a congenital anomaly Mirror images in MZ and AC are...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00
Báo cáo y học: " Experimental ablation of the pancreas with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in a porcine model"
... intervening tissues Anatomically the pancreas lies in deep abdomen and is surrounded by many important anatomic structures The gas-containing organs such as the gastrointestinal (GI) tracts are poor ... ear veins and ketamine was infused (50 mg/h) for anesthesia Diazepam was administered as needed The HIFU ablation procedure complies with the guidance of the National Standard of China and was described ... control, the imaging probe was placed either against the skin or at a distance from the skin in water for pre-treatment imaging The integrated transducer was mounted in a degassed water reservoir...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:18
Báo cáo y học: "Prevalence of Overactive Bladder, its Under-Diagnosis, and Risk Factors in a Male Urologic Veterans Population"
... demographic data Mean age was 68 years old (quartile range: 59-77) The major ethnicities were European American (44%), African American (37%) and Hispanic American (11%) Table Demographics Characteristics, ... medications (p=0.91) The risk of OAB increased with age: 49% in men aged 40-49 years to 79% in men aged 70-79 years (p
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:35
Báo cáo y học: "A severe coarctation of aorta in a 52-year-old male: a case report"
... surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta in patients older than 50 years Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 72: 2060– 2064 Discussion Aortic coarctation is a congenital vascular lesion typically diagnosed in ... 2004:1866 Campbell M Natural history of coarctation of the aorta Br Heart J 1970, 32:633-640 Jenkins NP, Ward AR Coarctation of the aorta: natural history and outcome after surgical treatment QJM ... treatment for coarctation lesions with a high gradient8 In this case report, we present aortic coarctation with bicuspid aortic valve in a 52-year-old male Our patient was relatively asymptomatic...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40
Báo cáo y học: " Non-syndromic multiple supernumerary teeth in a family unit with a normal karyotype: case report"
... hematological investigation and after the assessment of 380 radiographic exams, such as X-Ray Dental Panoramic Tomogram and Denta-Scan (Fig 6) of the inferior maxillary bone Exodontia led to remission ... such as cleidocranial dysplasia and Gardner’s syndrome 23 However, multiple supernumerary teeth in non-syndromic patients is a rare condition 25 After a careful examination of the international ... if in varying degrees, makes the Authors believe in an autosomic dominant transmission of the character, in consideration of the vertical and gender-independent transmission The present case also...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40
Báo cáo y học: "Intrathecal siRNA against Toll-like receptor 4 reduces nociception in a rat model of neuropathic pain"
... cDNA sequence of rat TLR4 (GenBank accession NM_019178) were: 5’-CUACCAACAGAGAGGAUAU-3” (siRNA1), 5’-GUCUCAGAUAUCUAGAUCU-3’ (siRNA2), 5’-GAGCCGGAAAGUUAUUGUG-3’ (siRNA3) All siRNAs were chemically ... stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK) (37) MAPKs are important for intracellular signal transduction and play critical roles in regulating neural plasticity and inflammatory ... system (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Uppsala, Sweden) Histone3 (Sigma, St Louis, MO, USA, 1:500) was used as an internal control Statistical analyses Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48