CONTEXT Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (DF) is a once-daily nucleotide analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of tenofovir DF compared with stavudine in antiretroviral-naive patients. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A prospective, randomized, double-blind study conducted at 81 centers in the United States, South America, and Europe from June...

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between cognitive function and employment in Japanese schizophrenia patients. Subjects were 61 outpatients. Cognitive function was assessed using the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia. Clinical symptoms were also evaluated with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale and the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia...

This study investigated the effects of disodium fumarate (DF) on methane emission, ruminal fermentation and microbial abundance in goats under different forage (F) : concentrate (C) ratios and fed according to maintenance requirements. Four ruminally fistulated, castrated male goats were used in a 4 × 4 Latin square design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments and the main factors be...

We analyzed 18 high-quality waveform doublets with time separations of up to 35 years in the South Sandwich Islands region, for which the seismic signals have traversed the inner core as PKP(DF). The doublets show a consistent temporal change of travel times at up to 58 stations in and near Alaska, and they show a dissimilarity of PKP(DF) coda. Using waveform doublets avoids artifacts of earthq...

PURPOSE To compare and contrast postoperative complications in the geriatric population following open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for (DF) fractures relative to femoral neck (FN) fractures. METHODS Patients aged 65 years and older in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database who underwent ORIF for FN fractures or DF fractures from 2005...

Objetivo: Avaliar a relação do risco de síndrome realimentação com desfechos clínicos (tempo internação e óbito) em pacientes admitidos nos prontos socorros dois hospitais públicos Distrito Federal (DF). Método: Trata-se um estudo caráter longitudinal, prospectivo, observacional analítico, o qual foi realizado DF no período agosto 2018 2019. Resultados: A amostra composta por 478 prontos-socorr...

BACKGROUND Obtaining an accurate and complete medication list (i.e., the best possible medication history [BPMH]) is the first step in completing medication reconciliation. The ability of pharmacy technicians to obtain medication histories, relative to that of pharmacists, has not been formally assessed. OBJECTIVES To determine whether pharmacy technicians at the authors' institution could ob...

The effective and sustainable treatment of high-water-content waste dredged clay (WDC) remains a significant challenge in water conservancy engineering. In this study, we focused on the WDC produced by Kumamoto Ohkirihata Reservoir. study examined effect two types cement-based solidifiers, namely, ordinary Portland cement (OPC) cement–fly ash agent (DF), three samples collected from different l...