BACKGROUND Resistance testing is considered standard of care in HIV medicine, but there is no standard interpretation system for genotype tests. We sought to determine how much agreement exists within a group of experts in the interpretation of complex genotypes. METHODS Genotypes from clinical specimens were sent to an international panel of 12 resistance experts. Phenotypic susceptibility t...

The Food Allergen and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-282) requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to convene an ad hoc panel of experts in allergy and immunology to review current basic and clinical research efforts related to food allergies, and requires that the panel make recommendations to ...

The introduction of new oral therapies has completely changed the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to erectile dysfunction. A panel of experts in this field have developed guidelines for clinical evaluation and treatment based on the review of available scientific information.

RATIONALE This Report was developed by the Feline Vaccination Advisory Panel of the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) to provide practical recommendations to help clinicians select appropriate vaccination schedules for their feline patients based on risk assessment. The recommendations rely on published data as much as possible, as well as consensus of a multidisciplinary pane...

The panel will share global technology research initiatives in aged care. Panel objectives: 1) Describe international informatics research initiatives by experts addressing health needs of the aged, 2) Contrast health technologies used to manage aging patients, and 3) Explain challenges and opportunities to improve healthcare informatics for aging patients. Intended audience: researchers, consu...

During the 2004 International Congress of Immunology in Montreal, a panel of experts gathered for an "Ideashop" discussion on the potential role of innate immunity in autoimmunity and the ways in which this might be targeted in future therapies.

the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived organizational support and the trait emotional intelligence with the entrepreneurial behavior of employees in jihad-e keshavarzi organization of fars province. the research method used was a survey and descriptive- correlation techniques. statistical population of this study consisted of 110 experts in jihad-e- agri...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the recently developed (statistically derived) "ASsessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis Working Group" improvement criteria (ASAS-IC) for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) reflect clinically relevant improvement according to the opinion of an expert panel. METHODS The ASAS-IC consist of four domains: physical function, spinal pain, patient global assessment, and inflam...

The objectjve of the panel is to provide a forum for domain experts in the area of Digital Sky to present some of their recent research work and point out some of the critical challenges that need to be addressed by Computer and Information Scientists focusing on the area of Digital Libraries. Each panelist will be allocated 20 minutes to present his/her recent related research work followed by...

Personal networks are not always diverse or large enough to reach those with the right information. This problem increases when assembling a group of experts from around the world, something which is a challenge in Future-oriented Technology Analysis (FTA). In this work, we address the formation of a panel of experts, specifically how to select a group of experts from a huge group of people. We...