Iowa Department of Elder Affairs Legislative Update, February 11, 2005, Vol. 1, no. 6

Iowa Department of Elder Affairs provides a brief summation of a Departmental program or other important Departmental information in each Legislative Update. The Legislative Update is produced for informational and educational purposes only.

Iowa Department of Elder Affairs Legislative Update with Attachments, February 17, 2006, Vol. 2, no. 6

Iowa Department of Elder Affairs provides a brief summation of a Departmental program or other important Departmental information in each Legislative Update. The Legislative Update is produced for informational and educational purposes only.

A non-interventional phase IV Belgian survey to assess the antiviral effectiveness of pegylated interferon-alpha-2b and ribavirin treatment according to the stage of liver fibrosis in previously untreated patients with genotype 1/4/5/6 chronic hepatitis C (PRACTICE).

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: This was an observational, non-interventional, multicenter, phase IV study, in patients with genotype 1/4/5/6 chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The primary objectives were to evaluate SVR in patients with no or minimal fibrosis (METAVIR F0-F1) versus well established fibrosis (F2-F4), and to estimate response on Weeks 12, 24 and 48 on treatment in previously untreated patients with genotypes 1/4/5/6 CHC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 538 patients treated with pegylated interferon alfa 2b 1.5 mcg/kg in combination with ribavirin 800-1200 mg/day were enrolled in 55 sites in Belgium and Luxembourg, 505 being considered for the analysis. 40% of the patients were female and 60% male, the average age was 47.5 years, 10.5% were 65 or older. RESULTS: SVR was observed in 35% of the patients, EVR in 68%, of which pEVR in 33% and cEVR in 35%. SVR was observed in 43% of the low fibrosis group (F0, F1) and 30% of the high fibrosis group (F2, F3, F4) (p = 0.005). SVR rates were 34% for genotype 1, 37% for genotype 4, and 47% for genotype 5 (NS). Multivariate analysis showed that EVR and baseline METAVIR score are independent prognostic factors for SVR. CONCLUSIONS: This trial confirms that fibrosis stage and early viral response are the most important key-factors to predict sustained response, suggesting that the earlier patients are treated, the better the outcome. Non-invasive techniques enable us to closely monitor progression of fibrosis, allowing a better selection of patients for antiviral treatment in the DAA-era.

Iowa Lottery Action, March 20-April 2, Vol. 13, no. 6

Iowa Lottery newsletter for retailers

Iowa Lottery Action, March 6-19, 2006, vol. 13, no. 5

Iowa Lottery newsletter for Lottery retailers.

Executive Order Number Twelve, September 6, 1984

To establish the iowa Literacy council.

5-6-vuotiaan lapsen leikkauksen jälkeinen kipukokemus

Opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena oli kuvata 5-6-vuotiaan lapsen leikkauksen jälkeistä kipukokemusta lapsen itsensä kertomana. Opinnäytetyömme kuuluu Helsingin ammattikorkeakoulun, HUS-piirin Lasten ja nuorten sairaalan ja Turun yliopiston yhteistyöprojektiin. Hankkeen tavoitteena on taiteen ja koulutuksen keinoin kehittää lasten kivun hoitotyötä. Tiedonkeruu toteutettiin Lasten ja nuorten sairaalan kahdella eri kirurgisella osastolla keväällä 2005. Aineisto (n=11) kerättiin puolistrukturoidulla teemahaastattelulla. Teemahaastattelussa käytettiin sairaala-aiheista kuvamateriaalia. Haastattelut nauhoitettiin, litteroitiin ja analysoitiin induktiivisella sisällönanalyysillä. Tulosten mukaan lasten leikkauksen jälkeinen kipu liittyi kipupaikkaan, liikkumiseen ja pistämiseen. Lapset kuvasivat leikkauksen jälkeistä kivuntunnetta voimakkaasti epämiellyttävänä, jännityksenä, pelkona, puristavana ja nipistävänä. Tuloksissa kävi ilmi, että lapset eivät aina osanneet kuvata kivuntunnetta tai kuvasivat sitä kivun voimakkuutta ilmaisevilla sanoilla. Leikkauksen jälkeistä kivun voimakkuutta kuvattiin monella erilaisella kivun määrää kuvaavalla sanalla. Kivun voimakkuus oli kovaa, kohtalaista tai lievää kipua. Kipua ilmaistiin esimerkiksi sanoilla kovasti, tosi paljon, aika kipee, jonkun verran, vähäsen ja pikkasen. Opinnäytetyömme tulokset yhdessä hankkeen muiden töiden kanssa tuottivat tietoa lapsen pelon ja kivun kokemuksista. Hoitotyössä tarvitaan tutkittua tietoa lapsen kokemuksesta, jotta osataan paremmin ymmärtää, huomioida ja hoitaa lapsen kipua kokonaisvaltaisesti.

Executive Order Number Forty One, November 6, 1990

Empowers the Governor to accept retrocession of Federal jurisdiction if offered by appropriate federal authorities.

LA PAIX FAICTE A || CHAMBRAY en || tre lempereur || [et] le tres crestiẽ || Roy de france auec || leurs aliez. — [A la fin :] ¶ Imprime a paris pour philipot le cocq li- || brayre demourãt a chãbray en la rue taueau. S. d. [1508], in-4 goth. de 10 f., dont la page la plus pleine contient 36 lignes, sign. a par 6, b par 4, mar. v., fil., comp., dos orné, tr. dor. (Petit, successeur de Simier.)

Ladam (Nicaise). La Paix faicte a Chambray (1508)

Report on the Special Investigation of the City of Hamburg, For the period January 1, 2004 through October 6, 2005

City Audit Report - Special Investigation

Controlled dynamic generation of standard 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate aerosols

A procedure for the dynamic generation of 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) aerosol atmospheres of 70 micrograms m-3 (0.01 ppm) to 1.75 mg m-3 (0.25 ppm), based on the precise control of the evaporation of pure liquid HDI and subsequent dilution with air, was developed. The apparatus consisted of a home-made glass nebulizer coupled with a separation stage to exclude non-respirable droplets (greater than 10 microns). The aerosol concentrations were achieved by passing air through the nebulizer at 1.5-4.5 l. min-1 to generate dynamically 0.01-0.25 ppm of diisocyanate in an experimental chamber of 8.55 m3. The distribution of the liquid aerosol was established with an optical counter and the diisocyanate concentration was determined from samples collected in impingers by a high-pressure liquid chromatographic method. The atmospheres generated were suitable for the evaluation both of sampling procedures full scale, and of analytical methods: at 140 micrograms m-3 (0.02 ppm) they remained stable for 15-min provocation tests in clinical asthma, as verified by breath-zone sampling of exposed patients.

Footnotes, June, July, August 2006, Vol. 31, no. 6-7-8

Monthly newsletter of the State Library

Hki 19/6 1945

Kirje 19.6.1945

M. Tullius Cicero, Somnium Scipionis (2-5v). - Macrobius, Commentarius in somnium Scipionis (6-77v).

Les ff. 78-87v, en papier, contiennent des notes mss. sur l'ouvrage de Macrobe, du XVIIe s."

Professori V. Merikoski 12/6 1966

Kirje