BACKGROUND Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) commonly have unmet information needs. Greater patient participation in healthcare discussions can address these needs and improve health outcomes. We developed a patient-centered question prompt sheet (QPS) to engage CKD patients in healthcare conversations. METHODS We conducted a two phase, mixed-methods, cross-sectional study involving ...

A large-scale preparation of the two-subunit protein complex (QPs) that converts succinate dehydrogenase into succinate-ubiquinone reductase from cytochrome 6-c, particles is achieved by a procedure involving Triton X100 solubilization and calcium phosphate column chromatography at different pH values. The isolated two-subunit QPs contains 25 nmol of cytochrome basofmg of protein and is able to...

A simple and efficient interference method for fabricating highly symmetric two-dimensional (2-D) quasi-periodic structures (QPSs) is theoretically and experimentally demonstrated. With a three-beam interference technique, one can fabricate a periodic 2-D structure having sixfold symmetry. When this structure is multiduplicated into other specific orientations its combination results in a QPS w...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the case of the U.S. Pivot and to suggest an appropriate model including entry strategies and success factors for QPS of Cable TV. The telecommunication companies have been operating QPS including IPTV service, which enables them to cross over broadcasting areas. Due to this circumstance, the Cable TV operators are now concerned and are planning to add QP...

Sleep spindles are essentially non-stationary signals that display time and frequency-varying characteristics within their envelope, which makes it difficult to accurately identify its instantaneous frequency and amplitude. To allow a better parameterization of the structure of spindle, we propose modeling spindles using a Quadratic Parameter Sinusoid (QPS). The QPS is well suited to model spin...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of the three software packages 4DMSPECT (4DM), Emory Cardiac Toolbox (ECTb), and Cedars Quantitative Perfusion SPECT (QPS) for quantification of myocardial perfusion scintigram (MPS) using a large group of consecutive patients. METHODS We studied 1,052 consecutive patients who underwent 2-day stress/rest 99mTc-sestamibi M...

OBJECTIVES To investigate, prior to an oncology consultation, the use of a pre-prepared list of evidence based questions, Question Prompt Sheet (QPS), compared with a Question List (QL), a patient self-generated list of questions. DESIGN Multi-centred, randomised controlled trial. SETTING Secondary-care patients attending three outpatient oncology clinics in Northern Italy. PARTICIPANTS 3...

We demonstrate a method to grow height controlled, dislocation-free InGaAs quantum posts (QPs) on GaAs by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) which is confirmed by structural investigations. The optical properties are compared to realistic 8-band k · p calculations of the electronic structure which fully account for strain and the structural properties of the QP. Using QPs embedded in n-i-p junctions ...