Manual Ability Classification System provides a systematic method to classify how children with cerebral palsy use their hands when handling objects in daily activities. MACS is a subjective classification system and is based upon self-initiated manual abilities, with a particular emphasis on handling objects in a individual's personal space. MACS is designed for children with cerebral palsy, a...

OBJECTIVES To assess the care of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and/or HIV patients enrolled into Medication Adherence Clubs (MACs). METHODS Retrospective descriptive study was carried out using routinely collected programme data from a primary healthcare clinic at informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. All patients enrolled into MACs were selected for the study. MACs are nurse-facilitated m...

xiv Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2.1 Communication Medium for UWSN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2.2 The Vision of UWSN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2.3 Acoustic Propagation and Sensornet Protocols . . . . . ....

Background: Generation of an effective dendritic cell (DC) based cancer vaccine depends on appropriate differentiation of monocytes in vitro. Objective: To compare the effects of monocyte separation methods, flask adherence (Flask-DC) and magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS-DC), on phenotypic and functional characteristics of resultant DCs. Methods: DCs from healthy volunteers were generated ...

In this correspondence, the optimality of LAttice Space-Time (LAST) coding and decoding in the high signal-to-noise ratio regime of outage-limited multiple access channels (MACs) is established. More specifically, it is shown that mod-Λ LAST coding and minimum-mean-square-error generalized-decisionfeedback-equalizer (MMSE-GDFE) decoding achieve the optimal diversity-multiplexing tradeoff of MAC...

Our purpose in this study was to evaluate performance and capacity as defined by Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) from the 'activity limitation' perspective of International Classification of Functioning,Disability, and Health (ICF) and to investigate the relationship between the two classification systems in different subtypes o...

BACKGROUND The Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) has become an important tool to describe motor function in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). The Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) was developed recently as a corresponding classification of manual ability. The aim of this study was to describe the association between gross motor function and manual ability in a total ...

INTRODUCTION Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most efficient antigen presenting cells, which are considered a central component of the immune system for their extraordinary capacity to initiate and modulate the immune responses elicited upon recognition of infectious agents. This has made them a major focus of interest in the conception of immunotherapeutic vaccine strategies. AIM OF THE STUDY T...

background: generation of an effective dendritic cell (dc) based cancer vaccine depends on appropriate differentiation of monocytes in vitro. objective: to compare the effects of monocyte separation methods, flask adherence (flask-dc) and magnetic activated cell sorting (macs-dc), on phenotypic and functional characteristics of resultant dcs. methods: dcs from healthy volunteers were generated ...

objective: it is believed that monocyte isolation methods and maturation factors affect the phenotypic and functional characteristics of resultant dendritic cells (dc). in the present study, we compared two monocyte isolation methods, including plastic adherence-dendritic cells (adh-dc) and magnetic activated cell sorting- dendritic cells (macs-dc), and their effects on phagocytic activity of d...