OBJECTIVE The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on diabetes recommends at least annual monitoring of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for proteinuria. To date, little has been published on the frequency of proteinuria monitoring in T2DM, and its association with risk factors for renal complications. We aimed to describe proteinuria monitoring in ...

Biomarker testing is recommended for advanced gastric cancer/gastric esophageal junction cancer (aGC/GEJC) patients to inform treatment decisions. This study aimed examine biomarker patterns among aGC/GEJC in U.S community oncology practices. Structured data within the iKnowMed electronic health record database of The US Oncology Network were analyzed identify adult diagnosed with between 1/201...

Abstract Dual-phase steels suffer from low edge ductility, which limits their formability. In this study, an in-plane bending test is used to investigate the initiation and evolution of cracks. The edges samples were prepared by shear cutting afterwards further deformed test. Void distribution non-uniform plastic deformation explored with help scanning electron microscope (SEM) backscatter diff...

Coarse structural nested mean models are tools to estimate treatment effects from longitudinal observational data with time-dependent confounding. There is, however, no guidance on how to specify the treatment effect model, and model misspecification can lead to bias. We derive a goodness-of-fit test based on modified overidentification restrictions tests for evaluating a treatment effect model...

interactive effect of plant growth regulators6-benzylaminopurine (bap) (0, 2, 4 and 8 µm) and1-naphtalene acetic acid (naa) (0, 0.05, 0.25 and 0.5µm) in van der salm (vs) medium was used to optimize in vitro propagation of rosa hybrida cv. iceberg.shoot proliferation and number of new leaves weremeasured as growth indicators. as the concentrationof bap was raised, growth rate increased with all...

Initiation of engagement between humans is a rich and complex process. Providing a humanoid robot with the ability to participate adequately in initiating engagement with a human offers some exciting challenges in designing the robot’s behaviors and in designing the evaluation experiments to test initiation.

context: insomnia is one of the most prevalent sleep disorders characterized by sleep difficulty that impairs daily functioning and reduces quality of life. the burden of medical, psychiatric, interpersonal, and societal consequences of insomnia expresses the importance of diagnosing and treatment of insomnia. the aim of study was to investigate causes of insomnia from the viewpoint of iranian ...

BACKGROUND In March 2012, the Xpert MTB/RIF assay (Xpert) was introduced in three provincial public hospitals in Indonesia as a novel diagnostic to detect tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance among high risk individuals. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the effects of using Xpert in place of conventional solid and liquid culture and drug-susceptibility testing on case detection rates, treatmen...

The desiccation cracking of soil occurs when shrinkage is restricted during the drying process and induced tensile stress equals strength. Thus far, experimental estimations have not been realized, although such estimates are important for predicting crack initiation. This study presents development a laboratory-based test to measure generated until In this proposed test, in longitudinal direct...