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?Low fertility and the State: The efficacy of policy?
2008-04-17 04:57:00 by Peter McDonald(this article from "Population and development review 32(3):485-510 (sept 2006)In this article, Peter McDonald:o reviews the causes of low fertility rate in many developed countries o how these countries, in different institution setting, tried to booster up the fertility o What is the possible solution for low fertility rate?The author contends that people do have desire to have family and children, however, the desire was unsatisfied at individual level, mainly due to the unintended consequence of economic and social development. It is not mainly because the people are more materialistic than before, but rather that people use controlled family planning as risk averse strategies.The two waves of social changes are associated with low fertility rate in many developed countries.1. Social liberalism or reflexive modernization, beginning in the 1960s and consolidated in the 1970s.Reflexive modernization is modernization of the principles of industrial society involvi...
Request recommendations on testing efficacy of electrical power cable insul
2008-04-07 18:03:00 I am looking for recommendations on "next steps" to more thoroughly investigate the insulating integrity of electrical power cables feeding one of our industrial facilities. Specifically, I would appreciate recommendations from this group on what types of further testing I might undertake and/or ref
Efficacy of Prenatal Care
2008-03-18 06:29:00 The recommendation for early initiation of care is based on the belief that early prenatal care will increase the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, an outcome that most families now take for granted. In the past, such an outcome was far from guaranteed. In the United States, the maternal ...
Cliff Thornton will tour four countries while in Europe
2008-03-01 14:45:00 DRUG PEACE DAYS IN VIENNAThe new version of the programme of the Drug Peace Days that are organised by ENCOD on 7, 8 and 9 March in Vienna is now available on http://www.encod.org/info/VIENN-A-2008-TEN-YEARS-AFTER.htmlThe- days will include a Drug Peace March on 7 March to the Vienna International Centre, seat of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, where from Monday 10 March onwards, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs will have its 51. annual meeting. In this meeting, the CND will start its "year of reflection" on the results of the 10 global strategy to "significantly reduce the supply and demand for illicit drugs", agreed upon in 1998 in New York. We intend to give them something to reflect about.In the Conference that will be held in Vienna University on 8 & 9 March prominent US drug policy reformers such as Clifford Thornton, and Peter Webster will intervene, next to drug policy experts and activists from Europe and South America.. Cliff Thornton will also journey to Germany, ...
Determining the Efficacy of Diet Pills
2008-02-29 10:06:00 Tip! People with kidney disorders, pregnancy, and diabetes are advised not to follow Atkins diet meal plans. Diet pills are of a recent origin. The preceding generation was unaware of products such as these. In fact, back then the problem of obesity was not as widespread. If you talked to them about a product such as ...
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More on the efficacy of prayer
2008-02-27 12:53:00 Like I wrote before, Christians don’t pray for truly impossible things, because, I’d guess, deep inside they know that “magic doesn’t work”. They pray for possible things, and, if they happen, they feel good about it, call it a “miracle”, feel blessed (after all, the supreme being of the universe just took a personal interest ...
By: Way of the Mind
VIENNA 2008: TEN YEARS AFTER
2008-02-21 07:11:00 6 MARCHPublic Meeting on the Evaluation of the implementation of the 1998 UN Plan "Towards a drug-free world by 2008 - we can do it", organised by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe From 9 to 12.30, room ASP 3 G 3, European Parliament, Brussels 7-9 MARCH, DRUG PEACE MARCH Upon the initiative of ENCOD (European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies) a counterevent to the UN Summit takes place from 7 to 9 March 2008. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness on the need to end the "war on drugs" and start new approaches in drug policy. Current prohibition of drugs creates more problems than it solves. This is a reality that most governments are not willing to face. (featuring fellow MildGreenie Clifford Thornton USA)10 -14 MARCH UN COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGSpublished Friday 15 February 2008 13:47, by encod . In June 1998, the United Nations announced a 10-year strategy to achieve ?measurable results? in the fight against drugs, including a ?significant r...
insightful.courageous.elegant.erudite.com(entary)
2008-02-07 13:22:00 This extract is highly relevent to New Zealand citizens who have been subject to Waitangi Day (and Bob Marley's birthday) 'helicopter' cannabis overhead spray regimes predicated on, according to police spokespersons, 'the association between cannabis cultivation and organised crime'.As the drug debate progresses in the UK with the AMCD review, there is also the Vancouver Forum on internatiopnal drug policy this week. A pity that the Law Commission didnt have anyone there. The MildGreens were represented by way of USA Greens champion Clifford Wallace Thornton jr. and LEAP, now with 10,000 'law enforcement' membership.Forum organizers noted that "over-reliance on law enforcement" criminalizes drug users unnecessarily, "fuels the drug economy and the black market, aids organized crime and terrorists [dependent on income from drug crops] and disproportionately targets poor people of colour."He [Former Vancouver mayor Philip Owen] noted that 220 U.S. mayors at a conference last Ju...
Cell death suppression increases efficacy of M2 vaccines (News-Medical-Net)
2008-01-18 00:00:00 Significant public attention has recently been focused on the development of new anti-influenza (flu) vaccines that provide protection against a broad spectrum of viral strains.
New GAO Report Questions Efficacy of Sanctions Measures on Iran
2008-01-17 06:14:00 A new GAO report, released January 16, 2008, seriously challenges the efficacy of current US sanctions on Iran and calls for a re-evaluation of our overall sanctions measures vis a vis Iran. The report is particularly critical of the Administration’s failure to develop and collect baseline information and criteria to assess the effectiveness of the measures adopted and the adequacy of the overall enforcement effort behind these measures. The report, “IRAN SANCTIONS: Impact in Furthering...(read more)
Language efficacy
2008-01-16 23:57:00 I have always been amazed by how English compared to Italian language can be much more direct and tell the same thing in less words by keeping, at the same time, the same meaning and transferring the...Leggi ancora | Pubblicato da pgagliar | Commenti Tags: variable text messages, m25 , heavy rain, be smart &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -;
Cell death suppression increases efficacy of M2 vaccines (EurekAlert!)
2008-01-16 00:00:00 Significant public attention has recently been focused on the development of new anti-influenza (flu) vaccines that provide protection against a broad spectrum of viral strains.
Shire plc?s ADHD drug Vyvanse shows significant efficacy in children (Pharm
2007-12-08 00:00:00 Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, said the Biological Psychiatry published the results of Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), the first prodrug stimulant for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), provided significant efficacy in children for up to 12 hours.
Slow-speed fans could improve CIPC efficacy
2007-11-29 13:00:00 Using slow-speed fans to distribute CIPC sprout suppressant in long-term bulk potato stores could significantly cut the amount of active ingredient required, latest trials suggest.
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Helpdesk Efficacy...!
2007-11-07 21:45:00 Sorry to the other "computer" team members...couldn't resist the joke!
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STUDY ANALYZES EFFICACY OF PDT AND AMINOLEVULINIC ACID ON ACNE
2007-10-15 15:56:00 Dr. Amy Taub of Advanced Dermatology in Lincolnshire, IL has publicised a investigate think analyzing the personalty of Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with ingest of topical 5-aminolevulinic acid.
EFFICACY - The Power To Make Things Happen
2007-09-15 19:00:00 By George Chingarande The first lesson that each one of us, and that all infants learn is the most profound of all. When the infant kicks out and the cot shakes, when she cries and adults respond immediately; when she pushes and the toy moves that instant she learns the most important lesson on winning and ...
AIDS Vaccine Field Moves Toward Larger-scale Efficacy Trials: Volunteers?
2007-08-22 01:08:00 Researchers report final results from a collection of independent studies reexamining the medical criteria for including African volunteers in AIDS vaccine trials. The findings suggest that many healthy Southern and East Africans have, in the past, been excluded from participating in trials based on laboratory reference ranges that were developed for Western populations and may ...
Traditional Chinese Exercises May Increase Efficacy Of Flu Vaccine
2007-08-14 05:08:00 Preliminary research suggests that older adults who adopt an exercise regimen combining Taiji and Qigong may get an extra boost from their annual flu shot. Although the study had certain limitations ? including its small subject sample and the fact that it was not a purely randomized controlled trial ? the researcher is confident that ...
BPH therapy even Optional principles and efficacy standards
2007-08-09 09:24:00 1. BPH treatment options principles and standards (1) choice of benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment principles should be the first to reduce as soon as possible, to ease or lift bladder outlet obstruction, the protection of the bladder detrusor function to significantly reduce symptoms of renal function. (2) Most patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia more advanced age, some patients may have serious complications (such as cardiovascular diseases, etc.), so the treatment can be tolerated by patients, but it is also effective. In recent years, the ongoing use. - Receptor blockers, 5a-reductase inhibitors and other drugs and balloon dilatation prostate, prostate hyperthermia (microwave, RF), laser, metal spiral prostatic urethral stent, Chinese medicine treatment conservative therapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia, and made certain effect, but these methods Yang Long-term efficacy and complications still needs further evaluation. Nevertheless, these conservative therapy broadc...
The efficacy of blogging
2007-08-04 12:13:00 Recently I was told that a company I’d written about, Damosa Land (Davao’s first IT park developer), had my blog post in question printed out and disseminated among their staff. I’m not sure if it was as a matter of a directive by management or just the initiative of some employees, but the fact remains ...
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Phase II Study Of Therapeutic Vaccine Shows Efficacy In Patients With Metas
2007-08-02 02:08:00 A therapeutic cancer vaccine has shown effectiveness when given alongside chemotherapy to patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in a phase II trial, according to new research. The study found that six of the 17 metastatic colorectal cancer patients in the study showed tumor shrinkage. More: continued here
The efficacy of buying mortgage leads
2007-07-31 01:12:00 Mortgage brokers all understand the efficacy of purchasing mortgage loan leads. There are several methods used to generate leads, and some are more effective than others. Direct mail is one way to accomplish this.
The efficacy of buying mortgage leads
2007-07-31 01:12:00 Mortgage brokers all understand the efficacy of purchasing mortgage loan leads. There are several methods used to generate leads, and some are more effective than others. Direct mail is one way to accomplish this.
Boosted Invirase Has Similar Efficacy To Boosted Lopinavir In HIV Patients
2007-07-23 13:34:00 HIV patients treated with the protease inhibitor Invirase 500 (saquinavir mesylate boosted with ritonavir) achieved similar efficacy, in terms of viral suppression and increases in CD4 cells, to those treated with lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra), while being less likely to develop elevated lipid levels.These results, from a planned 24-week interim analysis of all 337 patients enrolled in the Roche-sponsored Gemini study, were presented today at the 4th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Sydney, Australia.Current treatment guidelines for highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) include a boosted protease inhibitor (PI) as an option for first-line treatment of HIV-infected patients. However, PI-based regimens can be associated with varying degrees of lipid abnormalities, potentially increasing the long-term risk of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease. As people with HIV are living longer due to advances in treatment, i...
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Breast ill treatment and efficacy of what is the standard?
2007-07-16 12:56:00 Generally speaking, when the growth of breast disease symptoms and only mild premenstrual breast pain and breast scattered in small granular nodules, His condition does not affect life and work, can be picked up bra breast to alleviate breast pain and not taking any drugs, only on the conduct of clinical observation, but, if there are no significant changes, every six months to a year to a specialist for examination. When the symptoms become more serious and affect the work or living, the situation should be different each treatment. Common methods of treatment : the treatment of Chinese medicine, such as traditional Chinese medicine within the administration, foreign rule, acupuncture; Western medicine treatment, such as oral estrogen drugs Iodine tablets and other symptomatic treatment drugs; surgical treatment, such as breast tumor resection, breast simple resection. Breast Disease Clinical criteria : (1) clinical cure : mass disappeared, milk pain disappeared after the withdrawa...
Alternative medicine quacks deny efficacy of conventional medicine [deniali
2007-07-12 08:00:00 Make no mistake about it, the promoters of alternative medicine are denialists. One of the more stunning examples of their denial of the efficacy of evidence-based medicine appeared in Newsmax with the headline The false gods of scientific medicine revealed: It’s a cult, not a science by Mike Adams. Promoters of conventional medicine claim that all the drug marketing, FDA approvals, surgical procedures, chemotherapy and all other treatments are based on “hard science.” The term “science” is invoked with hilarious frequency: Science journals, science-based medicine, proven medical science and so on. As you might have guessed, however, there’s surprisingly little genuine science to be found in the common practice of conventional medicine. Rather, what passes for “science” today is a collection of health myths, half-truths, intellectual dishonesty, self delusion, fraudulent reporting and wishful thinking. … This is how doctors h...
Imugene avian influenza poultry vaccine reaches 100% efficacy in us trials
2007-05-23 05:05:00 Imugene Limited (IMU) has received results from further trials of its avian influenza vaccine for chickens showing efficacy levels reaching 100%. This follows refinements to the dosage and method of administration of the Imugene bird flu vaccine for broiler chickens. The trial group with 100% protection received the first dose of Imugene’s vaccine injected directly ...
A randomized trial on the efficacy of a 2-month tube feeding regimen in ano
2007-05-18 20:05:00 Related Articles A randomized trial on the efficacy of a 2-month tube feeding regimen in anorexia nervosa: A 1-year follow-up study. Clin Nutr. 2007 May 11; Authors: Rigaud D, Brondel L, Poupard AT, Talonneau I, Brun JM BACKGROUND & AIMS: Despite the high mortality rate in malnourished anorexia nervosa (AN) patients, very few trials have prospectively studied the ...
PHASE III DATA HIGHLIGHT EFFICACY AND SAFETY
2007-05-16 04:37:00 More Information about Acomplia (rimonabant)The promising preclinical findings with Acomplia (rimona...
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Efficacy and safety of gemcitabine monotherapy in patients with transitiona
2007-05-02 03:05:00 Background In Japan, the standard chemotherapy for advanced transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urothelium is MVAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin, cisplatin). However, a second-line therapy is still required for patients with recurrent TCC who discontinued MVAC because of toxicity or have MVAC refractory tumors. Methods We evaluated gemcitabine monotherapy in patients with advanced TCC who were previously treated ...
Pneumococcal 9-valent conjugate vaccine: long-term efficacy.
2007-04-28 17:04:00 Page: 7 (Source: Inpharma Weekly) More: continued here
The Efficacy of Sanctions
2007-04-20 15:16:00 Iran is boasting that they’ve developed advanced weaponry in spite of sanctions designed to prevent that, Iran has mastered the most advanced armaments and military technologies despite sanctions by the West banning arm imports to the Islamic Republic, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at an annual military parade. … “Some highbrow powers believed that by imposing sanctions banning ...
Safety and efficacy of vaccination against streptococcus pneumonia in patie
2007-04-08 23:04:00 Safety and efficacy of vaccination against streptococcus pneumonia in patients with rheumatic diseases. Autoimmun Rev. 2007 Apr;6(5):312-314 Authors: Elkayam O, Ablin J, Caspi D Vaccination against streptococcus pneumonia is currently recommended for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Safety and efficacy issues of vaccination in patients suffering from rheumatic diseases are still unresolved. ...
Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the
e. coli
-expressed domain
2007-03-26 09:03:00 Abstract Domain III of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) envelope protein (E-DIII) was synthesized inE. colias a fusion protein containing maltose-binding protein (MBP-E-DIII) or six contiguous histidine residues (His-E-DIII) at its N-terminus. MBP-E-DIII was found both in the soluble as well as the insoluble fraction of the bacterial lysate, while His-E-DIII was found exclusively in the inclusion ...
Verpasep caltespen vaccine shows efficacy against cervical dysplasia
2007-03-15 02:03:00 (Source: Latest Issue of Inpharma) More: continued here
Estimation of vaccine efficacy and the vaccination threshold
2007-03-10 12:51:02 This paper considers the effect of imperfect vaccination in a susceptible-infected-removal (SIR) epidemic model. The minimum proportion of the population that needs to be vaccinated to prevent a major epidemic depends on the vaccine efficacy and the basic reproductive rate for the SIR model, allowing for imperfect and variable vaccination. Martingale theory is used to derive estimates and associated standard errors for these parameters. Asymptotic properties of the resulting estimators are investigated. Data for a mumps outbreak are used as an illustrative example. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Statistics in Medicine) More: continued here
Volume 28, number 2: efficacy of multiple influenza vaccine delivery system
2007-02-08 06:42:01 We retrospectively investigated different inpatient influenza delivery strategies used during 3 consecutive years at a single institution. Vaccination rates were 3% for a physician reminder system, 21% for a manual standing order program, and 43% for a manual standing order program with a provider education program. (Source: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Latest Issue) More: continued here
New analyses reinforce efficacy of remicade(r) in treatment of severe psori
2007-02-03 18:31:03 Findings from an integrated analysis of data from three pivotal, randomized, placebo-controlled trials showed that at week 10 more than three-quarters of patients with severe psoriasis receiving REMICADE(R) (infliximab) 3 mg/kg or 5 mg/kg achieved a 75 percent improvement in the chronic, inflammatory skin disease as measured by the Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI 75). [click link for full article] (Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today) More: continued here
The efficacy of influenza vaccine for healthy children: a meta-analysis eva
2007-01-27 06:14:01 (Source: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal - Current Table Of Contents) More: continued here
Economic Status Influences Efficacy of Antidepressants
1970-01-01 00:59:00 New research suggests African-Americans and Latinos may require an accentuated treatment regimen for depression than what is effective for whites. Drawing from data in the nation?s largest real-world study of treatment-resistant depression, scientists report the study reveals that the lower response rates may stem from differences in socioeconomic background ? rather than race or ethnicity per se. The study, by researchers at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) is reported in November?s Medical Care journal. |
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