AIMS To investigate patterns of delays among patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and to identify reasons for the delays. METHODS This prospective study included 101 patients with non-small-cell lung carcinoma. Clinical files of the patients were analyzed and a questionnaire was created to obtain data. Several time intervals and delays were determined for each patient. The reasons for the...

BACKGROUND Identifying reasons for delay in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis is important for the health system to find ways to treat patients as early as possible, and hence reduce the suffering of patients and transmission of the disease. The objectives of this study was to assess the duration of delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and to investigate its determinants. METHODS A cr...

In this treatise oral carcinogenesis is briefly discussed, particularly with regard to the number of cell divisions that is required before cancer reaches a measurable size. At that stage, metastatic spread may have already taken place. Therefore, the term "early diagnosis" is somewhat misleading. The delay in diagnosis of oral cancer is caused both by patients' delay and doctors' delay. The to...

Background: Delay in start of tuberculosis (TB) treatment has an impact at both the individual level, by increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality, and at the community level, by increasing the risk of transmission. The aims of this study were to assess the delays in the start of treatment for TB patients in Oslo / Akershus region, Norway and to analyze risk factors for the delays. Methods...

BACKGROUND Early detection and treatment of TB is essential for the success of TB control program performance. The aim of this study was to determine the length and analyze predictors of patients', health systems' and total delays among patients attending a referral hospital in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among newly diagnosed TB cases ≥ 15 years of age....

The objective of this work is to investigate the spray ignition characteristics of diesel and canola-derived biodiesel in a rapid compression machine at the low temperatures (676 816 K) and reduced oxygen concentrations (12 and 18%) that are used in low-temperature combustion strategies of advanced diesel engines. A method for testing ignition delay times and apparent heat release rates at a se...

propagation of radio waves through the troposphere is based on minimum travel time between transmitter and receiver. the troposphere layer affects the propagation of gnss signals and causes errors in point positioning due to (1) delay of the signal, and (2) change of the curvature of the signal path. for this reason gnss users apply models for tropospheric error corrections. one of the commonly...