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Infections respiratoires virales chez le patient transplanté pulmonaire: revue et analyse critique des études cliniques

Les patients transplantes pulmonaires sont a haut risque de complications liees aux infections respiratoires. Ce travail est une revue de la litterature dont le but est d’identifier un lien de causalite entre les infections respiratoires virales et les complications de la transplantation. Trente-quatre etudes cliniques portant sur les virus influenza, virus respiratoire syncytial, parainfluenza, metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, enterovirus, coronavirus, bocavirus et adenovirus ont ete retenues. L’incidence des infections respiratoires est de 1.4% a 60%. La presence d’un virus est cinq fois plus frequente en presence de symptomes (OR=4.97, CI=2.11-11.68). En revanche, sur la base des donnees disponibles, nous ne pouvons retenir d’association entre les infections respiratoires virales et le rejet de greffe aigu (OR=1.35, CI=0.41-4.43). Nous retrouvons une incidence de 18% versus 11.6% de syndrome de bronchiolite obliterante (BOS) chez les patients avec et sans infection respiratoire virale respectivement. Cependant, le nombre limite de BOS ne permet pas de confirmer d’association
Skeletal muscle structure and metabolism in chronic heart failure

Chronic heart failure (CHF) patients have poor exercise tolerance, which does not correlate with impaired central function. Consequently factors other than impaired cardiac function must contribute to the exercise intolerance. Maladaptations in skeletal muscle appear to be a likely reason for the limited exercise tolerance. In study I, exercise tolerance and skeletal muscle metabolism and morphology were examined in 17 CHF patients and eight healthy similarly aged sedentary control subjects. In Study II, thirteen CHF patients participated in a study on the effects of resistance training on exercise tolerance and skeletal muscle morphology and metabolism.
Clinical decision support : distance-based, and subgroup-discovery methods in intensive care

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Implementing a Family Centered Program for Physically Impaired/Developmentally Delayed Preschool Children To Bridge the Therapeutic Gap between School and Home.

This practicum addresses the problem of limited interaction between physical therapists and families of developmentally delayed/physically impaired preschool-age children. A program was developed in which the physical therapist was videotaped handling and exercising a child, while explaining the purpose of the movements and instructing the parent on how to perform the particular therapeutic exercises. At weekly home visits, the videotape was shown to the parent, and the parent was videotaped performing the prescribed exercises. The videotape was then shown to the therapist for evaluation. Results indicated that with step-by-step instruction by a licensed physical therapist, 2nd through the use of videotape and a home trainer who has some knowledge of physical therapy, parents of physically impaired/developmentally delayed preschool-age children can successfully implement a prescribed home therapy program and feel more confident when physically handling their child. The response to the project from both staff and parents was very favorable, and incorporation into future agency services was being explored. Appendixes include parent questionnaires, transcripts of interviews with a physical therapist, and a parent participation statement. (11 references) (Author/MD) *************************1 ':***************************** iscpLuLiu,Lluas suppileo oy LOKJ are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U $ Dt,'ARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office or Ectocatmnai Research and trnotovement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC/ /Thts oocoment has been reproduced as teceweo from tne owson or otgarotabon onomatmb0 Mno, changes have oeen made to . rnotove reproduction duality Pooms of vien, or cso,OnS slat eon tn.s trent do not necessarily ,eoresent otfic.a. °El.ttoOsdonotOohcr Implementing a Family Centered Program for Physically Impaired/Developmentally Delayed Preschool Children to Bridge the Therapeutic Gap Between School and Home
SCREENING FOR HR-HPV AMONGST SUDANESE WOMEN VISITING GYNECOLOGIC CLINIC BY ISH AND PAP.TEST

BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is widely accepted as the primary agent involved in the development of squamous intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical carcinoma. Several methods are available for detecting HPV DNA or its cytological evidences (koilocytosis). OBJECTIVE: To screen for HR-HPV among Sudanese women with gynecologic complains using Pap. Test and In-Situ Hybridization (ISH) methods. RESULTS: A total of 130 sequential Pap smears determined by cytologic examination to be either atypical squamous cells or cells showing koilocytes were tested by ISH HR-HPV. HR-HPV-status was determined in 29/106 (27.3%) samples of cervical scrapes by ISH and in 6/106 (5.7%) by conventional Pap. Test. CONCLUSION: The overall sensitivity and specificity of Pap test were 20.7% and 98.7% respectively. ISH HPV is more predictive of cervical cytology in patients with non-detectable cervical lesions than is cytological evidence in conventional Pap test. Key words: HPV, Pap. Smear, ISH, Sudanese
An Unusual Case of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated With HIV: An Autopsy Report

Context: A 31-year-old African American male with “asthma” presented to the George Washington University Hospital with a week-long history of shortness of breath, increasing left-sided chest pressure, and lower extremity edema. Two months prior, he was treated elsewhere for nephrotic syndrome, renal failure, and hypertension and was found to have cardiomegaly and to be HIV-positive. A CD4 T cell count and viral load were not obtained, and treatment was not initiated. On admission to George Washington University Hospital, the patient was found to have pulmonary hypertension confirmed by Swan-Ganz catheter. Methods: Despite medical treatment, the patient developed respiratory failure and expired within 12 hours of admission. A full gross and microscopic autopsy was performed. Results: Pulmonary arterial hypertension was diagnosed on the basis of histology. Pulmonary arterial hypertension occurs in low frequency in patients with HIV/AIDS. The pulmonary findings fell into the less common category of medial hypertrophy and medial and intimal fibrosis, without plexiform changes. Inexplicably, the patient had prominent chronic inflammation involving his lungs, liver, heart, kidneys, and leptomeninges. Despite having a normal CD4 T lymphocyte count, his lymph nodes were atrophic and fibrotic. Conclusions: This case is unusual because the patient was documented to be HIV-positive for less than 10 months, and was only diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension at the time of his death. This is much more rapid than the average of 33 months between HIV diagnosis and the onset of primary pulmonary hypertension and the 6 month average between the diagnosis and death.
Symptoms and signs indicating temporomandibular disorders after cervical acceleration-deceleration trauma in car impacts

A prospective in-depth follow-up study was made on 146 subjects with whiplash-associated disorders after car impacts. Symptoms indicating temporomandibular disorders (TMD) of minor to moderate grade were noted in three men and three women the first month after the accident, and developed in eight women during the following year. Signs indicating TMD, often asymptomatic, were noted initially in one third of the subjects, more often after rear-end impacts, and associated with increased tension in the masticatory muscles before the accident. TMD were also associated with rostral neck symptoms, headache, and post-traumatic stress, but not with the crash severity, expressed as DELTAv, below 30 km/h. For the covering abstract see ITRDE134311.
INVESTIGATING TEACHERS' CONCERNS AND EXPERIENCES IN TEACHING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN BHUTAN

This study investigated Bhutanese teachers' concerns and experiences in teaching children with Special Educational Needs in both inclusive and special schools. A mixed method design, combining quantitative and qualitative methods was used to answer the research questions. The aim of collecting quantitative data was to identify the key concerns. The aim of collecting qualitative data was to find out how teachers were experiencing including students with SEN in the classrooms. In doing so, three major issues were highlighted from this study: lack of classroom and human resources, lack of policy and lack of professional development for teachers.
Demographic socio-economic and medical factors affecting maternal mortality -- an Indian experience.

The crude death rate has declined over recent decades in India but there is no sign of a decline in the rate of maternal mortality. The authors look at factors which affect maternal mortality using a case control approach and subsequent odds ratio analysis. Relevant factors are studies with the goal of gaining insight on how to best plan efficient interventions aimed at reducing the level of maternal mortality. Data were collected through a one-to-one pairwise matched case control study design applied to 252 cases of maternal death occurring during 1983-85 at the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi and an equal number of suitably matched controls for the same period. The following risk factors were identified in the following order of degree of risk: severe anemia assessed by an hemoglobin level below 8.5% the presence of hemorrhage as a complication of pregnancy the presence of toxaemia as a complication of pregnancy a short birth interval of less than two years since last childbirth mothers age below 20 years or 35 years and above and parity 0-5 or greater. Given the role of anemia in maternal mortality women urgently need to be taught how to prevent nutritional anemia and iron and folic acid need to be proved antenatally. The need and importance of antenatal care and routine check-ups should also be emphasized.
Respon Guru dan Siswa SMA Terhadap Penggunaan Quipper School Dalam Blended Learning pada Pembelajaran Biologi

Abstract. The effectiveness of a learning innovation cannot ignore the important aspects of student characteristics. The purpose of this study was to describe the response of high school teachers and students to blended learning (BL) using quipper school. Respondents of this study were 21 teachers and 81 students of class XI MIA 1 SMA Pangkajene Sidrap, Sidrap Regency. The response of teachers and students to the use of quipper school in blended learning in biology learning, measured by the teacher and student response questionnaire. The results showed that teachers and students gave a positive response to the use of quipper shool in BL. This proves that the use of quipper school in BL is effectively used in high school learning by considering various aspects such as student characteristics, availability of supporting facilities and infrastructure, and the ability of teachers to use technology. Keywords: blended learning, online learning, quipper school, teachers' response, students’ response.
Synchronization and concurrency in user-level software systems

Concurrency in user applications is on the rise. Modern computers contain multiple threads per core and multiple cores per chip, and users multitask routinely. Where traditional scientific and commercial computation assumes dedicated access to hardware, user applications must tolerate preemption. To support legacy applications, most of which use lock-based mutual exclusion, we add timeout capability and preemption tolerance to scalable queue-based locks. This allows in-place updates to scale programs with fine-grained synchronization to large multiprogrammed systems. Unfortunately, fine-grain locking is prone to deadlock, non-composability, priority inversion, convoying, and intolerance of thread failure, preemption, and even page faults. Nonblocking algorithms avoid these limitations by ensuring that the delay or failure of a thread never prevents the system as a whole from making forward progress. We broaden the range of known nonblocking algorithms by adapting linearizability theory to support partial operations. We define dual data structures as concurrent objects that may hold data and requests. We present lock-free dual stacks; dual queues; exchangers, wherein participants swap data pairwise; and synchronous queues, wherein consumers explicitly acknowledge handoffs from producers. Our exchangers and synchronous queues will appear in Java 6. Like fine-grain locks, ad hoc nonblocking algorithms are too difficult for most programmers to write. While highly valuable in libraries, they are not a general approach to simple concurrency. Transactional memory allows mechanical translation from serial algorithms to high-performance concurrent implementations. Central to transactional systems is the need for contention management, which determines, when transactions conflict, which will continue, wait, or abort. We introduce several contention management policies, and evaluate their performance on a variety of benchmarks. We further demonstrate proportional-share prioritizing managers, and identify a candidate default policy that performs well with each benchmark. Finally, we perform a case study analyzing randomization in our "Karma" manager. By furthering the state of the art in locks, nonblocking algorithms, and transactional memory, we expand the options available to programmers for preemption-tolerant synchronization in user-level software applications.
IP telephony: the integration of robust VoIP services

1. Protocols for Voice Over IP and Interactive Applications. IP Telephony fundamentals. SGCP, MGCP and NCS-Overviews. H.323. An Overview of the ITU-T Approach for VoIP Telephony. SIP-Summary of Features of the Session Initiation Protocol. 2. Media Transport in Packet Networks. RTP and RTCP-Definitions for Media Transport in IP Networks. RSVP The Resource Reservation Protocol. A Quick Look at AAL2 for Voice Transport. Edge Bandwidth Management-A Look at AAL2. 3. Basic Call Control for Voice Telephony. An Overview of SS7. The Services of SSCP and TCAP. Call Control in Packet Networks. Heterogeneous Call Setup-Mapping SS7 to IP-Based Call Control. Closing Thoughts on Mixed Network Voice Telephony. 4. Metrics for Voice Quality. Voice Quality in Converging TDM and IP Networks. Auditory Perception and Testing Methodologies. Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement. Voice Quality Test Instrumentation. Echo Measurement and Control. Summary. 5. A Simple Case Study in Measurements. Objectives. From the Big Picture to the Lab. Equipment Setup and Configuration. Baseline Measurements. Testing with Connected Gateways. Observations and Conclusions. 6. Voiceband Call Considerations- A Detailed Look at Fax. A Look at a Real-Time Trace of the T.30 Protocol. Fax over Packet Networks. Real-Time Internet Fax-T.38. Basics of V.34 Fax. Group 3 Fax Error Correction Mode (ECM). Voiceband Data Transport Revisited-AAL2. Summary of the Fax Discussion and Possible Issues. References. Index.
A Place of Healing: Working with Suffering in Living and Dying

Acknowledgements Foreword by Professor Balfour Mount Introduction PART I: CONTEXT Beyond the medical model Ways of seeing PART II: ANCIENT HEALING The myth of Asklepios The rite of Asklepian healing PART III: THE CONTAINMENT OF CARE Towards a therapeutic use of self Working with nature Dreamwork as Earth ascending PART IV: EDUCATION Educating the wounded healer Workshops on the therapeutic use of self An introductory workshop on dreamwork PART V: PRACTICE Rosalinda Bill Conclusion Bibliography Index
Student feedback systems in higher education: a focused literature review and environmental scan

In recent times, higher education institutions have paid increasing attention to the views of students to obtain feedback on their experience of learning and teaching through internal surveys. This article reviews research in the field and reports on practices in other Australian universities. Findings demonstrate that while student feedback is valued and used by all Australian universities, survey practices are idiosyncratic and in the majority of cases, questionnaires lack validity and reliability; data are used inadequately or inappropriately; and they offer limited potential for cross-sector benchmarking. The study confirms the need for institutions to develop an overarching framework for evaluation in which a valid, reliable, multidimensional and useful student feedback survey constitutes just one part. Given external expectations and internal requirements to collect feedback from students on their experience of learning and teaching, the pursuit of sound evaluation practices will continue to be of interest at local, national and international levels.
After the Crash: Citizens' Perceptions of Connective-Tissue Injury Lawsuits

Even though automobile accident cases comprise a substantial portion of the state jury trial caseload, the humble automobile case has attracted minimal scholarly attention. However, many members of the public believe that whiplash, a connective-tissue or soft-tissue injury from auto accidents, is oftentimes fraudulent. To explore public perceptions, a national survey included a scenario experiment that varied types of minor injuries from an automobile accident. As predicted, the plaintiff who experienced a bone fracture was seen as more likely to be suffering a real injury than a plaintiff who reported suffering from a connective-tissue injury. The fracture was also viewed as more serious than the connective-tissue injury, despite the fact that the consequences for the plaintiff were described in identical terms. The role of personal experience and demographic and attitudinal characteristics in responses to these injuries was explored.
Sliding mode control with delay compensation for uncertain input-delay systems

The paper is concerned with a sliding mode control for the robust stabilization of uncertain input-delay systems with bounded unknown uncertainty. A sliding surface based on a predictor is proposed to minimize the effects of input delay of the system. Then, a robust control law is derived to ensure the existence of a sliding mode and to overcome the delay and the uncertainty of the system in the sliding mode. Because the control input enters the system with a delayed period, uncertainty given at any time is cancelled respectively by the corresponding switching control law after each period of the delay. So the resulting uncertainty can affect the stability the system in the sliding mode in the delay interval. Hence, there is a maximum delay bound such that the system in the sliding mode is globally asymptotically stable. Delay-dependent stability analysis for reduced order dynamics in the sliding mode is employed to estimate the maximum delay bound. A guideline is given for the design of the sliding surface matrix.
Game theory and strategy

Frequency: The course will be offered annually beginning in the Spring 2011 semester. Points and prerequisites: The course will carry four points. The prerequisites for this course are Economic Principles II (V31.0002) and Calculus I (V63.0121). The lectures will focus mainly on conceptual material and applications. Properties: The course will meet two times each week for one hour and fifteen minutes each. No unusual audiovisual or technological aids will be used. This course serves as an introduction to game theory as the study of incentives and strategic behavior in collective and interdependent decision making. The course will develop the necessary theoretical tools for the study of game theory, while concurrently introducing applications in areas such as bargaining, competition, auction theory and strategic voting. This is a course indicated for any student with interest in learning how to apply game theoretical analysis to a variety of disciplines. The aim of the course is to provide a mostly applied overview of game theoretical concepts and emphasize their use in real world situations. By the end of the course, the student should have developed tools which will allow her/him to formally analyze outcomes in strategic situations. There will be one midterm and one final exam and approximately 8 problem sets for this class. The midterm and final exam scores count for 30%, and 60% respectively, of your course grade. The problem set score will be calculated ignoring your lowest score during the semester and will count for 10% of the final grade.
Students' engagement with Facebook in a university undergraduate policing unit

Web 2.0 technologies are increasingly being used to support teaching in higher education courses. However, preliminary research has shown that students are using such technologies primarily for social purposes, rather than as a means of further engaging with academic content. This study examines a cohort of tertiary students' use of a Facebook page, which was created for a second year university policing unit at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Results from content analysis of the Facebook "wall" and a survey of student users and non-users showed that although students only demonstrated very little active engagement with academic content posted on the site (that is, they were reluctant to interact with unit materials in a way that would leave a digital trace), they reported that Facebook had increased their ability to engage with and critically analyse the unit content. In alignment with other research in this area, students also reported the usefulness of the Facebook page for increasing communication with their peers and with the teaching staff. This paper concludes by offering a number of best practice guidelines for the use of Facebook in tertiary education.
Assessing the Anatomical Variations of Lingual Foramen and its Bony Canals with CBCT

The purpose of this study is to investigate by means of CBCT the presence of lingual foramen and their bony canals in the midline of the mandible and to describe their anatomical characteristics. CBCT examinations of 200 patients were carefully examined in the median region of the mandible in order to detect the lingual foramen and their corresponding vascular canals. Their presence, number, position, diameter, morphology and trajectory were established. Lingual foramen in the midline of the mandible were observed in all 200 subjects. The number of canals varied from one to tree, with the following distribution: one canal in 39.5% of the cases, two canals in 53% and three in 7.5% of the cases. -----------------------------------------------------------------------* Corresponding author. E-mail address: dr.sina_sohanian@yahoo.com.
AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF CANINE NEOPLASMS

The incidence of neoplasms among canines in Thrissur area of Kerala was studied. Samples were obtained from the canine cases presented to the University Veterinary hospitals of Mannuthy and Kokkalai as well as from the carcasses brought for post mortem examination in the Centre of Excellence in Pathology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy during an year. Collected samples were subjected to histopathological studies for diagnosis of tumour type. Age, sex and breed of the affected animals were analyzed. Sixty one tumour cases were obtained. Sixty six per cent of the tumours were benign. Skin and soft tissue tumours were the common type observed. Maximum cases were observed in the 5 to 8 year group. Fifty eight per cent of the affected animals were females. Breed wise analysis revealed that German shepherds were the most affected.