Late Commencement of Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs in Three Directly Observed Treatment Short Course Centres in Benue State Nigeria: A Neglected Correlate of Tuberculosis Management

Background: Most researches on the correlate of Tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes place emphasis on sociodemographic characteristics of the patients, Human Immunodeficiency Virus status and CD4+ count of patients and nutrition among others. This study assessed the effect of delay in commencement of anti-TB regimen on the treatment outcomes of all Tuberculosis patients treated between 2011 and 2014 in three directly observed treatment short course centres in Benue State, Nigeria. Methodology: A retrospective cohort study with convenient sampling technique was used for all registered Tuberculosis patients enrolled for treatment within the reviewed period. Chi-square (χ2) test was used for test of association between the independent variables and the main outcomes of the study, with statistical significance set at p-value of 5%. Results: Of the total 1711 cases reviewed, the males to females ratio was 3.9:1. The mean age for the males’ patients was 39.0 ± 15.3 years and the females 33.7 ± 14.2 years. Majority of the patients were new pulmonary Tuberculosis cases and they commenced their treatment after 3 weeks of diagnosis. Higher failure and death rate were reported amongst the patients who commenced their treatment late (78.7% and 42.5% respectively). The relationship between the treatment outcome and the time of commencement of anti-TB drug regimen was statistically significant (p Conclusions: Commencement of anti-TB drugs in all diagnosed Tuberculosis patients is an important correlate that must be addressed in order to achieve the global goal of reducing Tuberculosis prevalence to the level at which it will no longer constitute a public health problem in Nigeria.

A Case Study of Commencement Speech from the Perspective of Thematic Progression Pattern

As a unique discourse genre,public speaking plays an important role in conveying the speaker’s position,gaining consensus of public opinion,even initiating a call and arousing the audience’s actions.Based on a commencement speech from the School of Medicine of Tsinghua university,this paper identifies four types of thematic progression pattern,their use and discourse features,the speech purpose and its gist,the distribution of different types of thematic progression pattern within the framework of the Theme-Rheme progression pattern of Systemic Functional Linguistics.By doing so,the speaker’s state position,alma mater position and her individual position are conveyed respectively and it is of significance to provide reference for the organization method of speech discourse during the special epidemic period.

A Comparative Study on Rhetoric of University Commencement Speech⁃es Between China and America

The commencement speech becomes pivotal because it inspires,educates,and enlightens the graduates.Therefore,it is of great value to make a study on the speeches.This article analyzes two commencement speeches between China and America from the perspective of rhetoric,namely Aristotle’s appeals as the well as deductive and inductive method of reasoning and finds out that the similarities and differences of those two speeches concerning Aristotle’s appeals as the well as deductive and inductive method of reasoning.

COMMENCE(SAVR)研究五年随访结果给中国主动脉瓣膜外科带来的思考

对于重度主动脉瓣病变的患者而言,经导管主动脉瓣置换术(TAVR)的诞生为之带来了全新治疗选择。然而,在手术适应证范围不断拓展的同时,生物瓣带来的结构性瓣膜衰败等问题逐渐凸显。最新公布的COMMENCE(SAVR)研究5年随访结果中,使用新型RESILIA生物组织材料的主动脉瓣生物瓣膜以零结构性瓣膜衰败、优异的血流动力学评估结果,展现了非凡的临床安全性、有效性和耐久性。瓣膜性心脏病患者因此拥有了更加多样化的治疗选择。然而,选择外科主动脉瓣置换术(SAVR)还是TAVR、生物瓣还是机械瓣等问题亦愈发突出,给临床医师带来了较多困扰。本文就COMMENCE研究背景、研究5年随访结果以及该研究给中国主动脉瓣膜外科带来的思考进行阐述。

2009 Graduate Student Spring Commencement Ceremony

About 1700 graduate students received degrees at Tsinghua University＇s 2009 Spring Graduate Commencement Ceremony on the morning of January 19, 2009. Among the graduates, 408 received doctorates and 1299 received masters degrees. Tsinghua President and Degree Conferral Committee Chairman Gu Binglin along with senior of- ricers Professor Hu Heping, Professor Chen Jining, Professor Wang Jinsong, Professor Xie Weihe, and Professor Chen Xu awarded the diplomas to the students. The other senior officers attending the ceremony included Professor Zhang Fengchang, Professor Han Jingyang, Professor Cheng Jianping, and Professor Yuan Si.

2007 Spring Commencement Ceremony for Graduate Students

Tsinghua University＇s 2007 Spring Graduate Commencement Ceremony was held in the Gymnasium on the morning of January 30th. More than 1800 graduate students received degrees. Among them, 282 were awarded doctorates and 1520 master＇s degrees. President of Tsinghua and Chairman of the Degree Conferral Committee Gu Binglin, Chairman of the University Council Chen Xi, as well as other officers of Tsinghua University attended the ceremony and awarded certificates to the students.

Commencement for Graduate Students

A commencement ceremony to award graduate degrees was held in the Auditorium at Tsinghua University on July 5, 2008. There were 1022 doctorates and 3282 master＇s degrees awarded at the ceremony.

Baise Mining Group's Annual 1-million-ton Deep Aluminum Processing Project Commenced

The Baise Municipal Government held a commencement ceremony for Baise Mining Group’s1-million-ton deep aluminum processing project('Project')at its base in the Poverty Alleviation Industrial Park in Pingguo County.It’s learnt that the Project includes an annual450,000-ton medium and thick plates and plate belts for transportation project,an annual 160。

Construction of China-Kazakhstan Oil Pipeline Phase Ⅱ Commenced

On December 13th,2007 a ceremony for the commencement of the China-Kazakhstan Oil Pipeline Phase Ⅱ was held in Aktobe in Kazakhstan.The Phase Ⅱ from Kenkiyak to Kumkol is scheduled for

Some Tonal and Rhythmical Sequences in the Vocal Language of Dogs as Significant Earthquake Precursors

A monitoring of multiple physical parameters in a moderate seismic area in Western Piedmont (NW Italy) and the simultaneous observation of the behaviour of numerous species of domestic and wild animals gave in a period of over twenty years the possibility to distinguish the unusual animal behaviours due to local earthquake nucleation from other causes. In particular, the observation of the body and vocal language of dogs (Canis familiaris) in the same area has permitted not only to specify the different meanings of vocal language in connection to their body language, but also to classify the minimum elements into a vocal language that is linked together by tonal and rhythmical sequences of sounds that form a semantic lexicon. The usage of the same tonal and rhythmical vocal sequences in similar or identical situations, which are experienced by different groups of dogs, induces us to verify whether it could be possible to link particular vocal sequences to precise physical anomalies before earthquakes. The individuation of physical anomalies due to an earthquake nucleation or due to a hydro-geological destabilization, is possible thanks to a continuous long-term monitoring of some parameters. Moreover, the complexity of the vocal language of dogs increases if the dogs live in an area with a law population density. Then the correlation between some vocal sequences and some seismic precursors is better if dogs live free in yard or on farms, if they are in good health, and if they can establish a strong social relation of group. When dogs live closed in yards of houses that are far apart, they communicate with each other with an amazing vocal language, full of questions and answers, imitations of sequences, and information about situations that may be harmful to them.

FDI in China Grows 12% in First Half of 2007

China＇s foreign direct investment （FDI）grew 12% to 31.9billion U.S dollars in the first half of the year the Ministry of Commerce （MOC）said.

Shrinkage of magnetosphere observed by TC-1 satellite during the high-speed solar wind stream

During the interval 06:14―07:30 UT on August 24, 2005, since the Earth’s magneto- pause was suddenly compressed by the persistent high-speed solar wind stream with the southward component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), the magnetopause moved inward for about 3.1 RE. Meanwhile, TC-1 satellite shifted from northern plasma sheet to the northern lobe/mantle region, although it kept inward flying during the interval 06:00―07:30UT. The shift of TC-1 from the plasma sheet to the lobe/mantle is caused by the simultaneous inward displacements of the plasma sheet and near-Earth lobe/mantle region, and their inward movement velocity is larger than the inward motion velocity of TC-1. The joint inward dis-placements of the magnetopause, the lobe/mantle region and the plasma sheet indicate that the whole magnetosphere shrinks inward due to the magnetospheric compression by the high-speed solar wind stream, and the magnetospheric ions are attached to the magnetic field lines (i.e. ‘frozen’ in magnetic field) and move inward in the shrinking process of magnetosphere. The large shrinkage of magne-tosphere indicates that the near-Earth magnetotail compression caused by the strong solar wind dynamic pressure is much larger than its thickening caused by the southward component of the IMF, and the locations of magnetospheric regions with different plasmas vary remarkably with the variation of the solar wind dynamic pressure.

Guangxi Pinglv Kicked off Its 800000 TPY Recycled Aluminum Project

On the morning of Dec.,20,2018,Guangxi Pinglv Group Co.,Ltd and Guangxi Fudi Finance Investment Group Co.,Ltd.co-held the commencement ceremony of their co-invested800000 TPY recycled aluminum project in Guangxi Pinglv Technology Development Co.,Ltd..This project is another move made by Pinglv Group to promote'second startup of aluminum'.