Principles of Copula Theory Fabrizio Durante and Carlo Sempi CRC Press, 2015, 332 pages, £72.99, hardcover ISBN: 978‐1‐439‐88442‐3

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Semiparametric profile likelihood estimation for continuous outcomes with excess zeros in a random‐threshold damage‐resistance model

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Prostate Cancers Detected During 5α-Reductase Inhibitor Use Are Smaller, De-Differentiated, But Confined when Compared To Controls

Rationale: To compare cancers detected during use of 5α-reductase inhibitors (5αRI) with cancers detected in untreated controls stratified for tumor size

Self‐Acupressure for Older Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Dr. Andrei Yakovlev: Visionary, Leader, Iconoclast

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Feasibility of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Self-Administered Acupressure for Symptom Management in Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis

Objectives: To assess the feasibility of a study to evaluate the efficacy of self-administered acupressure in pain and related symptom management for older people with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Feasibility with regard to (1) sample recruitment and retention, (2) treatment fidelity and adherence, and (3) tolerability and adverse events was examined. Methods: The study was a randomized controlled trial. Community-living older adults were recruited and randomly assigned to one of three groups: verum acupressure, sham acupressure, and usual care. Participants in the first two groups learned their respective acupressure protocol during their first center visit and from a set of materials. They were asked to practice the protocol at home once daily, 5 days a week, for 8 weeks. Participants attended three center visits and received weekly phone calls from a research assistant in an 8-week study period. Both quantitative and qualitative data collected from center visits and weekly phone calls were used to examine study feasibility. Results: A total of 150 participants (mean age, 73 years; 38% men) were enrolled; 83% completed all three center visits. Among those assigned to verum and sham acupressure groups, 94% passed a fidelity check at the second visit, more than 80% reported performing self-administered acupressure as instructed most of the time, and about 10% reported discomfort from performing the acupressure. Thirty adverse events were reported; most were related to pre-existing health conditions. Conclusions: It is feasible to conduct a study of self-administered acupressure for symptom management in community-living older adults with knee osteoarthritis, although sample recruitment may be challenging.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/140088/1/acm.2015.0231.pd

Characteristics of Fibromyalgia Independently Predict Poorer Long‐Term Analgesic Outcomes Following Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty

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SRM targeted proteomics in search for biomarkers of HCV ‐induced progression of fibrosis to cirrhosis in HALT ‐ C patients

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