OBJECTIVE Recent studies have suggested that circulating levels of the tumor necrosis factor-α receptor 1 (sTNFαR1) may be a useful predictor for the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in patients with diabetes. However, its potential utility as a biomarker has not been formally quantified. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Circulating levels of sTNFαR1 were assessed in 429 patients with type 1...

Since the introduction of the Rubella vaccine in 1969, prevalence of congenital Rubella syndrome (CRS) has greatly declined in the United States. However, reports of sporadic adult cases of the disease and frequent identification of non-Rubella immune (NRI) women in prenatal units may result in outbreak of CRS in susceptible communities. Identifying populations with high rates of NRI will assis...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to determine the extent of malnutrition in patients waiting for a liver transplant. The agreement among the methods of nutritional assessment and their diagnostic validity were evaluated. METHODS Patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation (n = 110) were studied. The variables were: body mass index, analytical parameters, liver disease et...

Abstract Background Among high cardiovascular (CV) risk patients, there is emerging need to recognize those who will benefit from new treatments targeting residual risk. Readily available modalities providing reclassification value would be clinically useful in this setting. Preliminary data suggest that carotid ultrasonography using plaque burden but not intima-media thickness (IMT) associated...

In the context of development information technologies, concerns about assessing effects digital transformation have increased. Although it is intuitively accepted that has a favourable impact on macroeconomic variables (based interdependencies between micro- and performance), there little scientific research providing evidence this. Building this identified problem, study aims to bridge gap th...

The goal of this paper is to identify the readiness of supply chain collaboration and design a measurement system to quantify them. The framework is first designed for a general IOS for supply chain collaboration. To further verify it, we apply the generic model to a specific case of implementing RosettaNet standards in high-tech industries. By calculating our proposed readiness index, each fir...

Abstract Background The aim of this study is to determine the incidence trends urothelial cancer bladder (UCB) and develop a nomogram for predicting cancer-specific survival (CSS) postsurgery UCB at population-based level based on SEER database. Methods age-adjusted diagnosed from 1975 2016 was extracted, its annual percentage change calculated joinpoint regression analysis performed. A constru...

Background The nutritional situation in prisons of developing countries and the health status inmates remain a major human rights concern. objective study was to assess jailed prison Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). Methods This cross-sectional conducted over 4-month period Central Prison Mbuji-Mayi, DRC. Three hundred were selected according Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST). Severe...

Air Force (AF)-certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) play an important role in the support of the global war on terror. The purpose of the investigation was to use an AF CRNA-specific modification of the Readiness Estimate and Deployability Index Revised for AF Nurses to assess readiness for deployment. Dimensions included clinical competency, operational competency, soldier/survival ...