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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Treatment selection"”.
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Pancreatic fluid collections : towards a classification to facilitate treatment selection
… to review the management outcome, via different treatment modalities, of pancreatic fluid collections according to a locally derived classification. Patients with symptomatic and unresolved PFCs treated during a nine year period were reviewed, assessing clinical features and anatomical location …
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District Level Preventive Maintenance Treatment Selection Tool for Use in Virginia
… that will receive maintenance and the types of treatments that will be applied. Each district has a different approach to preventive maintenance. There was a need for more consistent preventive maintenance practices across the state. This thesis outlines guidelines for the implementation of a …
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Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Depression in Children: The Impact of Case Formulation on Treatment Selection
Cognitive-behavioral treatments are the most well-documented, and apparently most effective, treatments for childhood depression. Efforts to translate these findings to clinical practice are thwarted by the large number of strategies (and sessions) included in empirically supported treatment …
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Investigating the molecular underpinnings of major depressive disorder and the utility of biomarkers in the inflammatory cytokine pathway as aids for clinical diagnosis and treatment selection
… is that antidepressants, the first line of treatment for<br/>MDD, are ineffective in a significant proportion of patients. The projects in this<br/>thesis address four aims: (i) the identification of novel gene-environment<br/>interactions which may increase risk for MDD; (ii) the …
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Contributions to statistical learning and its applications in personalized medicine
… chapter deals with the problem of Individualized Treatment Rule (ITR) and analyzes the solution of it through Discriminant Analysis. In the ITR problem, the treatment assignment is done based on the particular patient's prognosis covariates in order to maximizes some reward function. Data …
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The determinants of off-farm employment and the impact of off-farm employment on food consumption in rural Ethiopia
… consumption controlling for possible endogenous treatment selection bias.
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Integration of food consumption and nutrition considerations into the RIARS farming systems research and extension project in the Bicol region of the Philippines
… focus to problem identification, grouping and treatment selection compared with an agricultural focus. A multidisciplinary team integrated the nutrition/consumption perspective into the rapid community assessment for planning (RCAP) by incorporating topic areas, observational items and …
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Assessment of Constructs Related to Childhood Aggression
… to the overall functioning of children requiring treatment for aggression. Results are discussed in terms of child development issues, treatment selection, and intervention considerations.
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Network-Level Structural Condition Data for Sustainable Pavement Asset Management
… as cracking, rutting, and roughness to trigger treatments and allocate resources. While surface condition measures provide valuable insight into the functional performance of pavements, they do not directly capture the structural capacity that influences long-term performance. As a result, …
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Network Level Decision-Making Using Pavement Structural Condition Information From The Traffic Speed Deflectometer
… matrix was then developed to augment the treatment selection process currently used by VDOT. Application of the augmented matrix on the tested Interstate network resulted in reducing the percentage of the network requiring CM and increasing the percentage requiring PM and RM. The second …
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Comprehensive Analysis of Lung Cancer Prognostic Factors
… factor is anticipated to guide clinicians for treatment selection, enhance patient care, and help understanding biological mechanism of tumor progression. To extend current knowledge about lung cancer prognosis, this dissertation analyzed lung cancer prognostic factors in three levels. First, …
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Who Gets Better and Why? Predicting the Development of a Working Alliance and its Subsequent Role in Pharmacotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
… leave many patients symptomatic at the end of treatment, and little is known about predictors of treatment response or the mechanisms by which these variables exert their influence on treatment outcome. This study investigated whether levels of depression, social anxiety, submissive behavior, …
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Evaluation of TP53 and IGHV clinical molecular prognostic testing for patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia at Tygerberg Hospital
… malignancy with variable clinical outcomes and treatment responses, largely influenced by genetic and molecular factors. Among these, genomic DNA sequence variants in the tumour suppressor gene p53 (TP53) and mutational status of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IGHV) gene have …
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Clinical Applications of Genomic Analyses in Prostate Cancer
… ranging from indolent cancers for which no treatment is needed to aggressive disease that impacts quality of life and survival. Additional biomarkers that predict clinical course and refine therapeutic decision-making to avoid over- and under-treatment and improve outcomes in men with …
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Uplift modeling with multiple treatments
… many areas. They help people select the optimal treatment for the test population with certain statistical guarantee. However, subjects can show significant heterogeneity in response to treatments. The problem of customizing treatment assignment based on subject characteristics is known as Uplift …
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The systematic study of corrosion and oxygen control by chemical scavenging agents
… and idle boiler systems. Numerous products and treatment schemes have been developed that have provided reliable means to help reduce corrosion due to dissolved oxygen attack. An unanswered question, however, is to what degree these treatment methods control corrosion and which method offers the …
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Identifying the Relationship Between the Angry Impulsive Social Anxiety Subtype and Vulnerable Narcissism Utilizing Latent Profile Analysis
… traits. These findings have implications for treatment selection among affected individuals and may further clarify why prior work evaluating interventions for adults with SAD and angry impulsive features has been met with only limited success.
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Matching treatment with recurrent abdominal pain symptoms: an evaluation of dietary fiber and relaxation treatments
… symptom presentation may provide a basis for treatment selection. Two etiological models were tested in the present study: the constipation model and the operant learning model. Subjects were assigned to either model based upon whether or not they presented with symptoms of constipation. The …
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A guideline for future preservation, management & interpretation of Brownsville Plantation circa 1652 Northampton County, Virginia
… & Documentation; Site Analysis & Evaluation; and Treatment Selection & Recommendations. Each places the site within an historic and current context while determining stewardship strategies and priorities based on the property's retained overall integrity. As a comprehensive plan of action, this …
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Analyzing Extracellular Vesicles for Disease Monitoring in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients
… CRC tumor specimens, is a predictive factor for treatment outcomes of standard chemotherapies for mCRCs. The practicality of repeated tumor biopsies for disease monitoring in mCRC patients is often limited. Liquid biopsy utilizing extracellular vesicles (EVs) is an alternative approach for …
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