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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Pct"”.
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Oxford City PCG and PCT : a case study of collaboration
… which subsequently became Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). These were local statutory governance bodies with responsibility to deliver and develop primary care and to improve the health of their local population: complex functions requiring collaboration with a range of organisations and agencies. …
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Verlauf der PCT-Blutkonzentrationen während und nach Herzoperationen mit extrakorporaler Zirkulation bei Kindern
… the surgical intervention with EKK we examined PCT, CRP, leukocyte count and interleukin IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 levels in the plasma of the children. Our results show that heart operations with EKK lead to a systemic inflammatory reaction with leukocyte activation, cytokine synthesis and induction …
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Effects of matrix constitutive behavior and inclusions on ductility and ductile fracture of Fe-42 pct Ni alloy, The
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171).
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Rotavirusine infekcija sergančių vaikų slauga /
… and Conclusions. 1. Most respondents (80,7 pct) indicated that personal and hand hygiene compliance is a major risk factor for developing rotavirus infection. Only small part (13,6 pct) thought, that rotavirus infection can be caught while sneezing and coughing. Most parents (63,6 pct) …
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Procalcitonin in der Frühdiagnose der bakteriellen Meningitis
… nicht bakteriellen Infekten ist Procalcitonin (PCT) eingeführt, dessen Bestimmung jetzt auch am Krankenbett möglich ist. PCT hat bisher seine Nützlichkeit v. a. in der Sepsiserkennung und –therapie gezeigt. Erste Fragestellung dieser retrospektiven Analyse von Meningoencephalitispatienten war, …
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The Prevalence and Operational Feasibility of Utilizing Pre-commercially Thinned Pine as a Woody Biomass Energy Source
… of the southeastern US. Pre-commercial thinning (PCT) is a commonly used silvicultural practice to mitigate and prevent SPB spread in young southern pine stands. Typically, PCT represents an added management cost to landowners and thinned material is not utilized for forest products. Increased …
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Erythropoietin for the Treatment of Porphyria Cutanea Tarda in End Stage Renal Disease
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT) is an iron-related disease that results from acquired inhibition of hepatic uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD), the fifth enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway. Clinically, PCT presents with chronic photosensitive vesiculo-bullous skin lesions that are painful and …
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Der prognostische Wert von S-100-Protein und Procalcitonin nach präklinischer Reanimation
The time course of Procalcitonin (PCT) serum levels was assessed in cardiac arrest survivors and compared with S-100 serum levels concerning their predictive values for neurological outcome. PCT and S-100 serum levels were serially analyzed on admission and during the following 3 days after …
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Robust and efficient methods for proton computed tomography.
Proton computed tomography (pCT) is a recent promising imaging modality with the goal of generating accurate 3D maps of relative stopping power (RSP) with respect to water. Since the early developments of this imaging technique in 1970's, there have been significant improvements regarding the …
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Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Dental Structures using Multispectral Photothermal Diagnostic Techniques
… Photothermal Coherence Tomography (eTC-PCT) is a dynamic frequency-domain imaging modality for non-invasive imaging of samples. The original embodiment of eTC-PCT uses an 808-nm diode laser to generate 3D photothermal images of samples. In order to obtain molecular specificity in …
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Procalcitonin- ein diagnostischer Parameter bei Infektionen chronisch Nierenkranker
… Entzündungszustand abzugrenzen. Procalcitonin (PCT), ein neuer Parameter zur Diagnostik bakterieller Infektionen, zeigte sich in der vorliegenden Studie durch eine eingeschränkte Nierenfunkton nicht beeinfliusst. Lediglich die Hämodialyse bewirkte einen leichten Anstieg des Parametes. Bei …
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Proton Computed Tomography: Matrix Data Generation Through General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit Reconstruction
<p>Proton computed tomography (pCT) is an image modality that will improve treatment planning for patients receiving proton radiation therapy compared with the current techniques, which are based on X-ray CT. Images are reconstructed in pCT by solving a large and sparse system of linear equations. …
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Cost share payment and willingness to participate in Virginia's Pine Bark Beetle Prevention Program
… management practice is pre-commercial thinning (PCT), which is particularly unattractive to non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners because of the substantial costs and delayed financial returns involved. Since the benefits to society generated by PCT are not fully realized by the …
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Development of liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry method for measurement of sepsis biomarkers
… C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) for quantitation. Two different tandem MS modes: multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) and parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) were developed using triple quadrupole (QqQ) and Orbitrap mass spectrometer, respectively, for measurement of fragment …
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Transitioning to a low carbon future : is Pacific Carbon Trust an effective policy instrument?
… the effectiveness of Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT). This British Columbia Crown corporation, created to establish a carbon offset market and facilitate a carbon-neutral government, successfully met its ambitious first year target to offset the provincial government’s operating emissions. …
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Undergraduates' personal constructs : Classroom teaching and the role of the teacher.
… study shows how Personal Construct Theory (PCT) can be used to investigate the bipolar constructs of teaching and the role of the teacher held by five university undergraduates from a range of subject disciplines. The approach adopted was developed from that devised by George Kelly (1905 …
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Everything in di Dark Muss Come to Light: A Postcolonial Investigation of the Practice of Extra Lessons at the Secondary Level in Jamaica's Education System
… Jamaica. The following postcolonial theoretical (PCT) tenets in education were contextualized from a review of the literature: (a) PCT in education uses colonial discourse analysis to critically deconstruct and decolonize imperialistic and colonial representations of knowledge throughout history; …
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