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Associations of near work time, watching TV, outdoors time, and parents' myopia with myopia among school children based on 38-year-old historical dat…
2021
Purpose To study the prevalence and risk factors of myopia with data from a questionnaire study conducted in 1983 among Finnish school children. Methods School children (n = 4 961) from the 1st, 5th and 8th grades of school (7-, 11- and 15-year-olds) in Central Finland were screened for vision followed by a questionnaire, which was returned by 4 352 (87.7%) participants. Myopia was categorized based on the questionnaire. Items concerned daily time spent on near work and outdoor activities, excluding time spent at school, watching TV and parental myopia and the associations of myopia with these factors were studied. Results The prevalence of myopia was 3%, 15% and 27% among the 7-, 11- and 1…
Krievijas Federācijas bruņojuma kontroles politika
2020
Maģistra darba „Krievijas Federācijas bruņojuma kontroles politika” mērķis ir analizēt Krievijas bruņojuma kontroles politiku Eiropas drošības kontekstā. Darbā aplūkoti teorētiskie skaidrojumi drošības konceptam, kā arī uzticību veicinošu mēru nozīme. Darba gaitā tiek skaidrots, kādi ir nosacījumi, kāpēc valstis izvēlas bruņojuma kontroles īstenošanu, kādi ir tās uzdevumi un kā tā ir attīstījusies. Lai aplūkoto Krievijas bruņojuma kontroles politiku, kā gadījumi izpētei ir izvēlēta stratēģiskā bruņojuma samazināšana, kā arī dalība konvencionālā bruņojuma kontroles mēros. Darbā analizēta Krievijas motivācija būt daļai no šiem bruņojuma kontroles mēriem, kā arī analizēta tās saistību ievēroša…
Apoptosis in human unfertilized oocytes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection
2005
Objective To investigate the presence of programmed cell death in unfertilized oocytes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), assuming that previous apoptotic events could be correlated with the fertilization failure. Design Comparison of the rate of DNA fragmentation in human oocytes at different stages of maturation soon after pick-up (control) and in unfertilized oocytes after ICSI treatment. Setting In vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratory with extensive ICSI experience. Patient(s) Sixty-three patients undergoing assisted fertilization by ICSI. Intervention(s) Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated digoxigenin-dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay and anticaspase-3 cleaved…
Monotherapy with indacaterol once daily reduces the rate of exacerbations in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD: Post-hoc pooled analysis of 6 mon…
2014
Summary Background In patients with COPD, exacerbations are associated with poor quality of life and may shorten survival. Prevention of exacerbations is, therefore, a key objective in COPD management. Indacaterol, a once-daily ultra-long-acting β 2 -agonist, has been shown to reduce exacerbations in various studies. This pooled analysis evaluated the effect of indacaterol on exacerbations versus placebo. Methods Six-month data were pooled from three randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled studies: indacaterol 300 μg versus placebo (1 year); indacaterol 150 μg and 300 μg versus placebo (6 months); and indacaterol 150 μg versus placebo (6 months). All treatments were administered on…