background after treatment cessation, a high prevalence of relapse was reported in chronic hepatitis b (chb) patients in china, especially in nucleot(s)ide analogues (nucs)-experienced patients. re-treatment for these patients remains unsolved. objectives this study aims to evaluate the efficacy of pegylated interferon in hbeag positive patients with exposure to antiviral therapy. patients and ...

Loan records and lender credit risk classifications are used to examine agricultural credit risk migration. The results include estimates of the likelihood of borrowers transitioning among five credit risk tiers. The paper also examines factors that influence or predict credit risk migration and its impact on loan pricing.

Treatment experienced patients had limited treatment options during the past decade. The situation has changed with the arrival of the new antiretrovirals. We describe the case of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patient with previous therapeutic failures, low levels of T CD4+ cell count and high viral load, three-drug class resistant virus. Undetectable viral load lasting for more...

Ten years ago, when our firm was asked to recruit a CEO or executive vice president and we asked the search committee if they would consider a physician, the answer was generally, “Sure, we’ll consider a physician, but we really need someone with a lot of experience in strategy, finance and operations.” The unsaid ending of that sentence was, “We don’t think physicians have those skills.” Five ...

To examine whether gambling cue reactivity is cue-specific, 47 scratch-off lottery players and 47 horse race gamblers were presented with video clips of their preferred and nonpreferred modes of gambling, and two control stimuli including an exciting car race and a mental stressor task while heart rates, excitement, and urge to gamble were being measured. Heart rates for both groups of gamblers...

BACKGROUND While much is now known about how to assess the competence of medical practitioners in a controlled environment, less is known about how to measure the performance in practice of experienced doctors working in their own environments. The performance of doctors depends increasingly on how well they function in teams and how well the health care system around them functions. METHODS ...