Results Among the 1315 reported cases of anaphylaxis, 541 could be classified as food anaphylaxis, with level 1 (38%), level 2 (59%), and level 3 (3%) of probability. 212 patients were children (< 18yrs, age 7.4±5.4 yrs, M/ F=2.0), and 329 were adults (age 35.5±12.9 yrs, M/F= 0.5). The main implicated food allergens were nuts (31%), egg (16%), milk (15%), fish (8%) and sesame (7%) in children a...

1 Médico Otorrinolaringologista. Residência Médica e Fellowship pelo Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço da UNIFESP/Escola Paulista de Medicina. 2 Médico Otorrinolaringologista. Doutor em Otorrinolaringologia pelo Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço da UNIFESP/Escola Paulista de Medicina. Setor Interdepartamental de Laringologia e ...

This paper provides early evidence on the impact of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014 on the decision to be self-employed. Using data from the Current Population Survey, we utilize pre-reform variation in state individual market health insurance regulations, and find that the ACA did not have a differential impact on self-employment rates in states for which the ACA wa...

0360-1315/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2008.05.008 * Corresponding author. Address: ISISTAN Researc Aires, Argentina. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (S. Sc In this paper we present eTeacher, an intelligent agent that provides personalized assistance to e-learning students. eTeacher observes a student’s behavior while he/she is taking online courses and ...

0360-1315/$ see front matter 2008 Published by doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2008.09.005 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 904 620 3573; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (A.C. Carle). Can modern, computer-based technology engage college students and improve their academic achievement in college? Although numerous examples detail technology’s classroom uses, few studies empirically examine whether ...

Results of measurement of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate PEFR made on 1315 healthy persons ranging in age from 7-67 who attended a Medical Exhibition in the city of Coimbatore is analysed. Wide variation in parameters in Indian subjects observed, is attributed to regional variation in population and climate. Also, data collected on highly selected groups like students, sportsmen may not be truly rep...

In this paper, several resampling schemes to estimate the sampling distributions of median estimators of the inter-event time of a recurrent event are introduced and studied through simulations. Two types of recurrent event models are considered: first is a model where the inter-event times are independent and identically distributed, and second is a model where the inter-event times are associ...

The effects of timolol, epinephrine, and acetazolamide on the rate of flow of aqueous humor through the anterior chamber of awake and sleeping human subjects was studied. Timolol reduced the rate in awake subjects but not sleeping subjects. Epinephrine increased the rate in sleeping subjects to a greater extent than in awake subjects. Acetazolamide reduced the rate of flow in awake subjects or ...

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