The Inter Lingual Index ILI in the EuroWordNet architecture is an initially unstructured fund of con cepts which functions as the link between the vari ous language wordnets The ILI concepts originate fromWordNet and have been restructured on the basis of aspects of the internal structure of Word Net links between WordNet and other resources and multilingual mapping between the wordnets This le...

Influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) are caused by several respiratory pathogens. These pathogens show weak to strong seasonal activity implying seasonality in ILI consultations. In this paper, the contribution of pathogens to seasonality of ILI consultations was statistically modelled. Virological count data were first smoothed using modulation models for seasonal time series. Second, Poisson regre...

To assess the attack and incidence rates for influenza virus infections, during October 2006-October 2007 we prospectively studied 1,190 adult short-term travelers from the Netherlands to tropical and subtropical countries. Participants donated blood samples before and after travel and kept a travel diary. The samples were serologically tested for the epidemic strains during the study period. T...

BACKGROUND GPs play a major role in influenza epidemics, and most patients with influenza-like-illness (ILI) are treated in general practice or by primary care doctors on duty in out-of-hours services (OOH). Little is known about the surge capacity in primary care services during an influenza pandemic, and how the relationship between them changes. AIM To investigate how general practice and ...

Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) is a randomized trial determining whether intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) aimed at long-term weight loss and increased physical fitness reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in overweight and obese individuals with type 2 diabetes compared to control (diabetes support and education, DSE). We investigated the correlates of N-terminal pro...

A number of studies have reported that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with alterations in resting-state activity and connectivity in the brain. There is also evidence that interventions involving physical activity and weight loss may affect brain functional connectivity. In this study, we examined the effects of nearly 10 years of an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI), design...

RATIONALE Medical masks are commonly used by sick individuals with influenza-like illness (ILI) to prevent spread of infections to others, but clinical efficacy data are absent. OBJECTIVE Determine whether medical mask use by sick individuals with ILI protects well contacts from related respiratory infections. SETTING 6 major hospitals in 2 districts of Beijing, China. DESIGN Cluster rand...

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of influenza vaccinations among the elderly in Bangkok in reducing influenza-like illness (ILI) and influenza-related complications. Using a non-randomized, controlled, prospective methodology, healthy, active people aged 60 years or more, living in the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) area, were studied. The two study cohorts comprised 5...

Belalcazar et al exploited a genetic variant (L446P) in the glucokinase regulatory (GCKR) gene, known to have inverse cardiometabolic effects, to investigate whether the effect of the 446L allele can be attenuated by an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) in the Look Action for Health in Diabetes (AHEAD) trial. Participants of Look AHEAD exhibited high adherence to the ILI, which demonstrate...

Zahvaljujući razvoju medicine produžen je životni vijek ljudi i zbog toga se povećava broj starijih osoba te je sve više djelomice ili potpuno bezubih pacijenata, unatoč nastojanjima da se sačuva što veći broj zuba (1,2). Zato je protetička rehabilitacija pomičnim protezama (djelomičnim ili potpunim) nužna kod mnogih pacijenata, a vjerojatno će tako biti i u budućnosti (3). Stabilnost proteze j...