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To what degree does cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease predict dependence of patients on caregivers?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Patients with Alzheimer's disease experience a progressive loss of cognitive function, and the ability to independently perform activities of daily life.... -
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Risk factors for hospitalization among adults with asthma: the influence of sociodemographic factors and asthma severity
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The morbidity and mortality from asthma have markedly increased since the late 1970s. The hospitalization rate, an important marker of asthma severity,... -
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Are proton pump inhibitors the first choice for acute treatment of gastric ulcers? A meta analysis of randomized clinical trials
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Gastric ulcers are a frequent problem in the United States. Proton pump inhibitors have been shown to increase healing rates and improve clinical symptoms.... -
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Subjective response to antipsychotic treatment and compliance in schizophrenia. A naturalistic study comparing olanzapine, risperidone and haloperidol (EFESO Study)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In order to compare the effectiveness of different antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of schizophrenia it is very important to evaluate subjective... -
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Policy mapping for establishing a national emergency health policy for Nigeria
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The number of potential life years lost due to accidents and injuries though poorly studied has resulted in tremendous economic and social loss to Nigeria.... -
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Linkage analysis of HLA and candidate genes for celiac disease in a North American family-based study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Celiac disease has a strong genetic association with HLA. However, this association only explains approximately half of the sibling risk for celiac... -
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Practice and professional development plans (PPDPs): results of a feasibility study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Dissatisfaction with uniprofessional education structures as a means of improving the quality of healthcare has led to proposals to develop ways of... -
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A new direction in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A recent review article suggested that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease that is associated more with abnormal wound healing than with inflammation.... -
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Patent AT-E399672-T1: [Translated] DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE WHEEL TORQUE OF A VEHICLE
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A motor vehicle power train control device capable of furnishing set signals of torque applied to wheels of the motor vehicle. The control device includes a mechanism... -
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Enhanced immunogenicity of a functional enzyme by T cell epitope modification
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background T helper epitopes are necessary for the induction of high titers of antigen-specific IgG antibodies. We are interested in the epitope modification of... -
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Patent AT-E400006-T1: [Translated] CASCADED CONTROL OF AN AVERAGE VALUE OF A PROCESS PARAMETER TO A DESIRED VALUE
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
At least one of the multiple process parameters (MPPs) is a controllable process parameter (CTPP) and one is a targeted process parameter (TPP). The process also has... -
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Astroglial expression of the P-glycoprotein is controlled by intracellular CNTF
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The P-glycoprotein (P-gp), an ATP binding cassette transmembrane transporter, is expressed by astrocytes in the adult brain, and is positively modulated... -
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Patent AT-E399916-T1: [Translated] LOCK CYLINDER
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
At least two core pins (12, 13) and their corresponding casing pins (19, 20) are offset at an angle of 180 deg. relative to each other, have parallel length axes (25)... -
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Long-term experience with implanted intrathecal drug administration systems for failed back syndrome and chronic mechanical low back pain
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Continuous intrathecal drug delivery has been shown in open studies to improve pain and quality of life in those with intractable back pain who have had... -
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Patent AT-E400868-T1: [Translated] CONVERSION FROM NOTE BASED SOUND FORMAT TO PCM BASED SOUND FORMAT
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A system and method for converting a note-based audio object to a Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) audio format is disclosed. An electronic communication device (10)... -
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Food intakes and preferences of hospitalised geriatric patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A cross sectional survey was carried out on 120 hospitalised geriatric patients aged 60 and above in Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur... -
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Cloning and characterisation of hAps1 and hAps2, human diadenosine polyphosphate-metabolising Nudix hydrolases
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The human genome contains at least 18 genes for Nudix hydrolase enzymes. Many have similar functions to one another. In order to understand their roles in... -
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On the probability of cost-effectiveness using data from randomized clinical trials
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Acceptability curves have been proposed for quantifying the probability that a treatment under investigation in a clinical trial is cost-effective. Various... -
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Comparative risk judgements for oral health hazards among Norwegian adults: a cross sectional study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This study identified optimistic biases in health and oral health hazards, and explored whether comparative risk judgements for oral health hazards vary... -
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Patent AT-E399739-T1: [Translated] MICROMECHANICAL SENSOR
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A micromechanical sensor and a method for manufacturing same are described. A secure diaphragm restraint, independent of fluctuations in the cavern etching process...