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Reevaluating the Management of Chronic Temporomandibular Pain Are We Treating PTSD with Debridement and Lavage?
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Venus/Mercury swingby with Venus capsule. Preliminary science objectives and experiments for use in advanced mission studies
Venus/Mercury swingby with Venus capsule - preliminary science objectives and experiments for use in advanced mission studie
Scientific questions for the exploration of the terrestrial planets and Jupiter - Advanced planetary missions technology program Progress report
Scientific questions and experimental design for planetary exploration of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Venu
Venus - Preliminary science objectives and experiments for use in advanced mission studies
Mission planning and experiment design for future Mariner-type Venus space probe
Investment and Abandonment Decisions in the Presence of Imperfect Aggregation of Information
Sublimation Pressures of Refractory Fluorides
Vapor species identification, absolute vapor pressures and heats of sublimation of refractory metal fluoride
Determinants of medication adherence to antihypertensive medications among a Chinese population using Morisky medication adherence scale
<b>Background and objectives</b> Poor adherence to medications is one of the major public health challenges. Only one-third of the population reported successful control of blood pressure, mostly caused by poor drug adherence. However, there are relatively few reports studying the adherence levels and their associated factors among Chinese patients. This study aimed to study the adherence profiles and the factors associated with antihypertensive drug adherence among Chinese patients.<p></p>
<b>Methods</b> A cross-sectional study was conducted in an outpatient clinic located in the New Territories Region of Hong Kong. Adult patients who were currently taking at least one antihypertensive drug were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire, consisting of basic socio-demographic profile, self-perceived health status, and self-reported medication adherence. The outcome measure was the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8). Good adherence was defined as MMAS scores greater than 6 points (out of a total score of 8 points).<p></p>
<b>Results</b> From 1114 patients, 725 (65.1%) had good adherence to antihypertensive agents. Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted. Younger age, shorter duration of antihypertensive agents used, job status being employed, and poor or very poor self-perceived health status were negatively associated with drug adherence.<p></p>
<b>Conclusion</b> This study reported a high proportion of poor medication adherence among hypertensive subjects. Patients with factors associated with poor adherence should be more closely monitored to optimize their drug taking behavior
Transverse and longitudinal correlation functions in the Intergalactic Medium from 32 close pairs of high-redshift quasars
We present the transverse flux correlation function of the Lyman-alpha forest
in quasar absorption spectra at z~2.1 from VLT-FORS and VLT-UVES observations
of a total of 32 pairs of quasars; 26 pairs with separations in the range
0.6<theta<4 arcmin and 6 pairs with 4<theta<10 arcmin. Correlation is detected
at the 3sigma level up to separations of the order of ~4 arcmin (or ~4.4 h^{-1}
Mpc comoving at z=2.1 for Omega_{m}=0.3 and Omega_{Lambda}=0.7). We have,
furthermore, measured the longitudinal correlation function at a somewhat
higher mean redshift (z=2.39) from 20 lines of sight observed with high
spectral resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio with VLT-UVES. We compare
the observed transverse and longitudinal correlation functions to that obtained
from numerical simulations and illustrate the effect of spectral resolution,
thermal broadening and peculiar motions. The shape and correlation length of
the correlation functions are in good agreement with those expected from
absorption by the filamentary and sheet-like structures in the photoionized
warm intergalactic medium predicted in CDM-like models for structures
formation. Using a sample of 139 C_{iv} systems detected along the lines of
sight toward the pairs of quasars we also investigate the transverse
correlation of metals on the same scales. The observed transverse correlation
function of intervening C_{iv} absorption systems is consistent with that of a
randomly distributed population of absorbers. This is likely due to the small
number of pairs with separation less than 2 arcmin. We detect, however, a
significant overdensity of systems in the sightlines towards the quartet
Q0103-294A&B, Q0102-2931 and Q0102-293 which extends over the redshift range
1.5<z<2.2 and an angular scale larger than 10 arcmin.Comment: accepted for publication in MNRAS, Appendix B and C will be published
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