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Severe community-acquired pneumonia
… antibiotic therapy and report my experience with severe community-acquired pneumonia in patients requiring admission to our respiratory intensive care unit. The original research in this thesis comprises a prospective, descriptive analysis of 196 cases of severe community-acquired pneumonia …
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Long-term outcome following severe and very severe closed head injury during childhood
… of nineteen Coloured subjects who sustained severe and very severe closed head injury in motor vehicle accidents while under the age of 15 years was carried out at a mean of 6,1 years post-injury. Each subject was neuropsychologically assessed using a battery of tests including those of …
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Neurocognitive Functioning in Severe Depression
… functioning and depressive characteristics in severe unipolar major depressive disorder. Baseline socio-demographic, clinical, and neuropsychological information was examined in 145 inpatients enrolled in a large electroconvulsive therapy study (the Consortium for Research in ECT). Results …
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Severe head injuries in children
… is to review the current literature on severe head injuries in children, with particular respect to epidemiology, clinical features and investigation, pathophysiology, management and outcome. In addition a retrospective study was carried out on severe head injuries at Red Cross War …
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Severe convective mesosystems in New England.
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Meteorology, 1974.
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Wood Material Behavior in Severe Environments
An improved knowledge of wood material behavior in hot-pressing environments can provide the benefit of an increased understanding of material properties during the manufacture of wood-based composites as well as insight into the development of new processes and products which manipulate the …
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Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Severe Intensity Exercise
… of intensity on the kinetic responses within the severe domain. Sixteen volunteers performed a series of exercise tests at a range of intensities selected to elicit fatigue in ~3 to 10 min. A simple mono-exponential model effectively described the response across all intensities. There was a …
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The role of cough in severe asthma
… of cough burden within asthma with those with severe asthma being more affected by cough than those with mild/moderate asthma. Measures of cough-related quality of life are associated with measures of asthma control and can identify patients with inadequate asthma control. Cough measurement …
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Biomarkers in sepsis and other severe infections
… with phenotypical assays, in patients with severe infections with focus on sepsis. We assessed if our findings could serve as biomarkers and provide valuable diagnostic and possible also therapeutic information. In the first part (paper I) we examined surface markers on white blood cells …
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Investigation of Severe Abrasive Truck Tyre Wear
… tyres of multi-axle suspensions are subjected to severe abrasive wear caused by large slip angles resulted from the turning geometry. In Chapter 1, studies about tyre wear are reviewed. Most of the studies focused on car tyre wear. No systematic study of severe abrasive truck tyre wear has been …
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Intracranial Monitoring after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Intracranial monitoring after severe traumatic brain injury offers the possibility for early detection and amelioration of physiological insults. In this thesis, I explore cerebral insults due raised intracranial pressure, decreased cerebral perfusion pressure and impaired cerebral pressure …
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Mechanical Behavior of Magnesium Experienced Severe Plastic Deformation
… of 11.2 μm. The hardness was higher with more severe deformation, more passes, and lower pressing temperature, which has been increased more than 20% from 7.5HV right after pressing.
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Nutrition interventions in people experiencing severe mental illness
People experiencing severe mental illness (SMI) have a reduced life expectancy of 15-years when compared to the general population, primarily driven by preventable cardiovascular disease and other cardiometabolic complications. There is a large body of literature describing poor physical health in …
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Treatment Trajectories of Preschoolers with Severe Trauma Exposure
Children who have experienced severe trauma during early development are at increased risk for a variety of mental and behavioral health symptoms. Early intervention is commonly recommended to support healing, yet little is known about the effectiveness of early intervention efforts in community …
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Computer gesture therapy for adults with severe aphasia
… levels of aphasia. Outcomes for those with severe aphasia however, are less well documented and - where reported - present less consistent gains for measures of spoken output. In light of this issue for existing approaches, and due to the fact that non-speech focused interventions might …
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Some Psychological Correlates of Severe Reading Disability (Dyslexia)
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