These methods were used in previous work in the South Bronx with an attrition rate of 8.6% over 12 months [23]. Prior experience indicates that virtually all respondents will have a cell phone or access to a phone. However, as part of the consent process, we will obtain permission to ...
The Effects of Alendronate Treatment in Osteoporotic Patients Affected by Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance In patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) the increase of bone turnover rate can increase the risk of fracture. Thus, a tr... J Pepe,MT Petrucci...
Outcome measures were assessed at baseline and following a 22-week resistance training intervention (3 day week−1), including: muscle cross-sectional area (CSA), vertical jump performance, isometric and isokinetic peak torque, isometric rate of force development (RFD), and muscle activation. ...
The response rates varied between 45 and 71% in different universities, resulting in a total response rate of 55.9%. The participants represented five different teacher education programmes: early childhood teacher education (n = 245), primary teacher education (n = 224), special teacher...
The observed rate of the primary outcome was lower than assumed in the power calculations. However, a lower rate would result in a smaller required sample size (or, alternatively, would increase the power of the study). Similarly, deviations from other assumptions in sample-size calculations (...
Objective: To determine, using the method of adjusted indirect comparisons, whether there are differences in efficacy of tumour necrosis factor (TNFα) blocking agents, as measured by the rate ratios for American College of Rheumatology ... MC Hochberg,JK Tracy,M Hawkins-Holt,... - 《Annals ...
Intraoperative and postoperative complications, average hospital stay, mortality rate, and follow-up observation indicators, including the visual analogue scale (VAS) score for pain, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status, Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score, negative psychological...
less for acquiring a given reward (low efficacy (dashed line))—here, simulated by having reward be unrelated to performance on most trials (instead, occurring at a fixed high rate; see Fig.2)— the relative payoff for high vs. low control intensities decreases....
The annual mortality rate of stable angina is as high as 3.2% in Europe [4]. The aims of treatment for angina include controlling the clinical symptoms and preventing cardiovascular events. Western medicine treatments include antiplatelet therapy (APT), angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) ...
Thus, this intensive management in farms may have entailed closer contact among animals, with the exception of farm 1, in which the vaccine showed the highest protection rate and the management was extensive. Even though BCG vaccination does not provide full protection against TB, it reduces the...