background: pemphigus is an autoimmune bullous disease and it is unclear what triggers and deteriorates it. the current study aimed to evaluate whether increasing the igg antibody titer represents a good indicator of the pemphigus recurrence. objectives: the current study aimed to evaluate whether increasing igg titer is an indicator of the expected recurrence. patients and methods: the current...

results one-, three-, five-, and ten-year graft survival was 93.8%, 86.8%, 76.6%, and 37.4%, respectively. the results of the joint model showed that risk indicators, such as serum creatinine level (p < 0.0001, hr = 1.82), patient’s age (p = 0.006, hr = 1.03), and anti-thymocytes globulin (p = 0.019, hr = 2.57) had a significant relationship to graft survival. conclusions in general, our study ...

conclusions where there is a relationship between two longitudinal and survival responses, joint modeling can estimate it. background admission to the icu (intensive care unit) is frequently complicated by early aki (acute kidney injury). the development of aki following cardiac surgery is particularly associated with increased mortality and morbidity. according to akin (acute kidney injury net...

results of velocity structure modeling in the earth&apos;s crust using a comparison approach of receiver function analysis and joint inversion of receiver functions with surface wave dispersion data are presented in this paper. seismograms of the teleseismic events that have been recorded on a broadband seismic station in the central alborz were used for data processing. velocity models that we...

the use of structural adhesives in automotive structures has been increased recently for their role in noise, vibration and harshness (nvh). therefore, the dynamic behavior of structures containing bonded joints has become an area with numerous investigations over the past decades. development of accurate formulations capable of representing adhesively bonded joint dynamics is a step forward in...

conclusions graft failure is more likely to occur in patients with higher serum creatinine levels. results there was a positive association between the serum creatinine level and graft failure (hr = 5.13, p < 0.001). a one unit increase in the serum creatinine level suggests an increased risk of graft failure of up to 5.13 times. the serum creatinine level significantly decreased over time (95%...

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empirical studies show that there is stronger dependency between large losses than large profit in financial market, which undermine the performance of using symmetric distribution for modeling these asymmetric. that is why the assuming normal joint distribution of returns is not suitable because of considering the linier dependence, and can be lead to inappropriate estimate of var. copula theo...

Objective(s): Osteoarthritis (OA), as a known degenerative joint disease, is the most common form of arthritis. In this study, we aimed to elucidate unclear pathogenesis of OA. Materials and Methods: Rabbit models of OA were established by the transection of the anterior cruciate ligament. Rabbits were randomly divided into three equal groups: the experimental group (OA modeling, treated with e...

conclusions the major finding of this study is that one unit increase in serum creatinine level suggests an increased risk of graft failure of up to four times. patients and methods this study was carried out at the department of nephrology, baqiyatallah hospital, baqiyatallah university, tehran, iran, between april 2005 and december 2008. during that time period, 461 patients who had undergone...