AIM: To identify risk factors to help predict which patients are likely to fail to appear for an endoscopic procedure. METHODS: This was a retrospective, chart review, cohort study in a Canadian, tertiary care, academ...AIM: To identify risk factors to help predict which patients are likely to fail to appear for an endoscopic procedure. METHODS: This was a retrospective, chart review, cohort study in a Canadian, tertiary care, academic, hospital-based endoscopy clinic. Patients included were: those undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy and patients who failed to appear were compared to a control group. The main outcome measure was a multivariate analysis of factors associated with truancy from scheduled endoscopic procedures. Factors analyzed included gender, age, waiting time, type of procedure, referring physician, distance to hospital, first or subsequent endoscopic procedure or encounter with gastroenterologist, and urgency of the procedure. RESULTS: Two hundred and thirty-four patients did not show up for their scheduled appointment. Compared to a control group, factors statistically significantly associated with truancy in the multivariate analysis were: non-urgent vs urgent procedure (OR 1.62, 95% CI 1.06, 2.450), referred by a specialist vs a family doctor (OR 2.76, 95% CI 1.31, 5.52) and office-based consult prior to endoscopy vs consult and endoscopic procedure during the same appointment (OR 2.24, 95% CI 1.33, 3.78). CONCLUSION: Identifying patients who are not scheduled for same-day consult and endoscopy, those referred by a specialist, and those with non-urgent referrals may help reduce patient truancy.展开更多
The applicability of the density rule of Pathwardhan and Kumer and the rule based on the linear isopiestic relation is studied by comparison with experimental density data in the literature. Predicted and measured val...The applicability of the density rule of Pathwardhan and Kumer and the rule based on the linear isopiestic relation is studied by comparison with experimental density data in the literature. Predicted and measured values for 18 electrolyte mixtures are compared. The two rules are good for mixtures with and without common ions, including those containing associating ions. The deviations of the rule based on the linear isopiestic relation are slightly higher for the mixtures involving very strong ion complexes, but the predictions are still quite satisfactory.The density rule of Pathwardhan and Kumer is more accurate for these mixtures. However, it is not applicable for mixtures containing non-electrolytes. The rule based on the linear isopiestic relation is extended to mixtures involving non-electrolytes. The predictions for the mixtures containing both electrolytes and non-electrolytes and the non-electrolyte mixtures are accurate. All these results indicate that this rule is a widely applicable approach.展开更多
Chinese martial arts have a long history, profound, which is an integral part of Chinese traditional culture of grandeur. China joined the WTO and the Beijing Olympic Games ＂has a rich cultural heritage of thousands ...Chinese martial arts have a long history, profound, which is an integral part of Chinese traditional culture of grandeur. China joined the WTO and the Beijing Olympic Games ＂has a rich cultural heritage of thousands of years of Chinese martial arts with its unique charm and much of the world＇ s attention.＂ In the face of opportunities and challenges, the international spread of martial arts has become an irresistible trend. ＂First of propagation, the spread of the concept of martial arts and martial arts were defined international spread, and it were explains martial international spread of cultural level societal level and significance of the economic level, dialectical judge the outcome of the international transmission acquired with the problems.＂ Secondly, the traditional martial arts culture for martial international dissemination presented aphasia phenomenon, by means of the analysis of the advanced nature of martial arts culture, the martial arts and cultural heritage considered as the center of gravity advantages, not only to absorb the multicultural essence of martial arts culture useful, but also highlight the ethnic characteristics of martial arts culture, martial arts culture to enhance capacity external radiation, the Chinese martial arts as a complete all- round cultural forms, multi-level, multi-an^le display, promote the Chinese martial arts to the world in a more in-depth. ＂展开更多
As the major component of the art of visual communication, modern graphic design art has gone from an industrialized society to the information society. The Chinese art of graphic design is much affected by eastern an...As the major component of the art of visual communication, modern graphic design art has gone from an industrialized society to the information society. The Chinese art of graphic design is much affected by eastern and western cultural trends and artistic styles in concept, function and in the form of semantic and performance. Under the trend of the diversified development of the modern design, new concepts intervened in our lifestyle, in the guided thinking and emotional expression, we find that laws used in the graphic design are gradually being broken, inherent symbol phenomenon is deconstrncted, and people try to find the rational visual space in the mileage crossing the centuries.展开更多
文摘AIM: To identify risk factors to help predict which patients are likely to fail to appear for an endoscopic procedure. METHODS: This was a retrospective, chart review, cohort study in a Canadian, tertiary care, academic, hospital-based endoscopy clinic. Patients included were: those undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy and patients who failed to appear were compared to a control group. The main outcome measure was a multivariate analysis of factors associated with truancy from scheduled endoscopic procedures. Factors analyzed included gender, age, waiting time, type of procedure, referring physician, distance to hospital, first or subsequent endoscopic procedure or encounter with gastroenterologist, and urgency of the procedure. RESULTS: Two hundred and thirty-four patients did not show up for their scheduled appointment. Compared to a control group, factors statistically significantly associated with truancy in the multivariate analysis were: non-urgent vs urgent procedure (OR 1.62, 95% CI 1.06, 2.450), referred by a specialist vs a family doctor (OR 2.76, 95% CI 1.31, 5.52) and office-based consult prior to endoscopy vs consult and endoscopic procedure during the same appointment (OR 2.24, 95% CI 1.33, 3.78). CONCLUSION: Identifying patients who are not scheduled for same-day consult and endoscopy, those referred by a specialist, and those with non-urgent referrals may help reduce patient truancy.
基金Supported by the Science Foundation of University of Petroleum (No. ZX9903), the Open Science Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing (No. 200005), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20006010).
文摘The applicability of the density rule of Pathwardhan and Kumer and the rule based on the linear isopiestic relation is studied by comparison with experimental density data in the literature. Predicted and measured values for 18 electrolyte mixtures are compared. The two rules are good for mixtures with and without common ions, including those containing associating ions. The deviations of the rule based on the linear isopiestic relation are slightly higher for the mixtures involving very strong ion complexes, but the predictions are still quite satisfactory.The density rule of Pathwardhan and Kumer is more accurate for these mixtures. However, it is not applicable for mixtures containing non-electrolytes. The rule based on the linear isopiestic relation is extended to mixtures involving non-electrolytes. The predictions for the mixtures containing both electrolytes and non-electrolytes and the non-electrolyte mixtures are accurate. All these results indicate that this rule is a widely applicable approach.
文摘Chinese martial arts have a long history, profound, which is an integral part of Chinese traditional culture of grandeur. China joined the WTO and the Beijing Olympic Games ＂has a rich cultural heritage of thousands of years of Chinese martial arts with its unique charm and much of the world＇ s attention.＂ In the face of opportunities and challenges, the international spread of martial arts has become an irresistible trend. ＂First of propagation, the spread of the concept of martial arts and martial arts were defined international spread, and it were explains martial international spread of cultural level societal level and significance of the economic level, dialectical judge the outcome of the international transmission acquired with the problems.＂ Secondly, the traditional martial arts culture for martial international dissemination presented aphasia phenomenon, by means of the analysis of the advanced nature of martial arts culture, the martial arts and cultural heritage considered as the center of gravity advantages, not only to absorb the multicultural essence of martial arts culture useful, but also highlight the ethnic characteristics of martial arts culture, martial arts culture to enhance capacity external radiation, the Chinese martial arts as a complete all- round cultural forms, multi-level, multi-an^le display, promote the Chinese martial arts to the world in a more in-depth. ＂
文摘As the major component of the art of visual communication, modern graphic design art has gone from an industrialized society to the information society. The Chinese art of graphic design is much affected by eastern and western cultural trends and artistic styles in concept, function and in the form of semantic and performance. Under the trend of the diversified development of the modern design, new concepts intervened in our lifestyle, in the guided thinking and emotional expression, we find that laws used in the graphic design are gradually being broken, inherent symbol phenomenon is deconstrncted, and people try to find the rational visual space in the mileage crossing the centuries.
