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Viceversa order sucralfate 1000 mg amex, foreignization is “an ethno-deviant pressure on those (cultural) values to register the linguistic and cultural difference of the foreign text discount sucralfate 1000 mg overnight delivery, sending the reader abroad” (Venuti 1995: 20) sucralfate 1000mg on line. Accordingly, the translated text does not feign to be an original (as happens with domestication), so that “the crucial role of the source culture is stressed, foreign identity highlighted and the influence of the target culture minimised” (Szarkowska 2005). In brief, translational choices move along the two opposite ends of the domestication-foreignization continuum, according to the intended audience’s needs and identities. In the present case, since both the needs of the test practitioners and the potential end-users’ identities must be kept in full view, domestication has to be the main thrust. Metaphors are both 112 Lucia Abbamonte / Flavia Cavaliere grounded in our bodily experience, or embodied cognition (Varela/ Thompson/Rosch 1991; Pfeifer/Bongard 2006), and imaginatively structured. Indeed, the physical environment, cultural context and communicative situation play a foreground role for a given (sub-)culture or cultural group by permeating general domains of their experience, thus generating cultu- rally-bound ways of conceptualizing experience, which are referred to as ‘cultural conceptualizations’ (Sharifian 2003). A common and feasible taxonomy for classifying culture-bound metaphors can be found in Kövecses’ classification in congruent metaphors, alternative 4 For example, the similarity between the English and Iraqi Arabic metaphorical expressions show that the universality of orientational metaphors (i. The most comprehensive explanation of ‘embodiment’ and ‘embodied mind’ in Cognitive Linguistics can be found in Lakoff/Johnson (1999: 4): “Reason is not disembodied, as the tradition has largely held, but arises from the nature of our brains, bodies, and bodily experience: […] the very structure of reason itself comes from the details of our embodiment. Instead, it is shaped crucially by the peculiarities of our human bodies, by the remarkable details of the neural structure of our brains, and the specifics of our everyday functioning in the world. Translating Tests of Pragmatic Language 113 metaphors and metaphors unique to a given culture (2006:155-158), which are the most challenging for translators, as will be illustrated in our examples. To translate most verbally expressed humour, the abili- ty to switch frames of reference is required, which implies that careful attention must be paid to the ‘cultural turn’ (Attardo 2002; Cavaliere 2008; Bassnett 2014). In particular, the evaluation focuses on the students’ ability to monitor and appraise the effectiveness of the response to resolve the social problem situation. Translating Tests of Pragmatic Language 115 The time needed to administer the test amounts to 60-70 minutes ap- proximately, and the procedure is as follows: each item is slowly read by the counselor/special educator to the perspective patient/student: if s/he does not respond in 15 seconds, the item may be repeated but not altered, nor abbreviated. Linguistic data For some of the items to be effectively translated in a different language, some shifts at the lexical level are required, and different strategies will be necessary, corresponding to higher-lower degrees of complexity. Lexical shifts In the following item, we note that a lexical shift for ‘skateboard’ would not be necessary in current translations, since skateboards can now be found in every Italian playground, and they are designated with the original English term, whereas 20 years ago translators would have used monopattino. Item Stimulus Correct Response Guidelines 9 Picture Book Page 9 – ‘Talking to the The response must indicate that Teacher’ topic maintenance and Matt was telling his teacher a story appropriate topic change are about the beach and a sailboat. In translating the following item, lexical shifts are deemed necessary: Item Stimulus Correct Response Guidelines 16 Picture Book Page 16 – ‘The Slumber The response must reflect a Party’ consideration of her father’s Cindy was having a slumber party with tired, frustrated or angry mood 2 of her friends. The ‘slumber party’ situation is a recent one in Italy, where it is the traditional cultural practice for children to sleep in their home, and inferior distances between the Italian homes (usually flats/apartments) make ‘sleep overs’ less necessary. So, for a 2014 rendering, the items could be translated with a light ‘domestica- tion’ process: one lexical shift (slumber → pigiama), and one name change (Cindy →Martina). Matt polite apology and an explanation gave her a cheese sandwich and forgot that he forgot to tell her that they to tell her that they were out of peanut were out of peanut butter. Picture Book Page 11 – ‘The The response must gauge the Baseball Game’ welcoming, positive mood of the Brad was watching some older kids two waiting boys or the group as a start to play a baseball game. He whole, making some reference to wanted to play too, but he was not one or both, and use a polite sure they would let him play with request to play with them. Among the cultural elements which are specific to given societies, irony and humorous allusions can be the most difficult to render, as we will presently see. Picture Book Page 6 – ‘Picking Up The response must address that Kate’ Mom introduced her message by Mom was supposed to pick up Kate at using indirect language and 4:00. Apart from insights from scientific lin- guistic literature, in our increasingly multi-cultural societies, practical suggestions as to how to handle and gauge humour come from popular manuals for cross-cultural training for educators, such as, for example: Humour in the classroom lightens things up, but it takes care and practice to get it right. While situational humour translates well, word plays often use a high level of language; using words with more than one meaning, playing with homophones or complex constructions. Picture Book Page 20 – ‘Talking to The response must indicate that the Counselor’ the given-new (shared informa- Cindy was telling the counselor about tion) base is ignored and that the a problem with another girl. Picture Book Page 24 – ‘Talking The response must include some about a Friend’ indication that the given-new Matt talked and talked about his (shared information) base is friend. Picture Book Page 24 – ‘Talking The response must make about Summer Vacation’ reference to the fact that given- Chad started talking about his summer new base has been ignored (more vacation. As explained in the ‘Correct Response Guidelines’ above, a physiological English- speaking communicator should be able to understand and explain that the ‘given-new base’ is ignored. Picture Book Page 21- ‘The Sailboat The response must indicate Race’ that the topic content is far Brad told Matt about the sailboat races he too detailed and tedious and had seen. Interestingly enough, some recent research in the domain of comparative translation studies (Morini/Zacchi 2002) seems to under- mine the ‘universality’ of such ‘verbosity-opposing’ prescriptions, typically labelled as ‘appropriate telling’. English source texts and their translations in Italian, highlight systemic differences, including Translating Tests of Pragmatic Language 123 the lower sentence and word number and the inferior mean sentence length of the English source texts (Ianich 2006: 8-9). It could be inferred that the greater ‘conciseness’ of the English texts as compared to the over-detailed explicitation of the Italian texts can be mainly explained in terms of the Italian preference for more complex syntactic formulations. However, relatively little is known about culture-specific variation, though differences are found across the languages, especially from the anthropological perspective.

Poor overall aspects of qual- of 144 below knee amputees using various supports for mobilization ity of life following lower limb amputation is much secondary to were included in this study of which 63 were diabetics and 81 non restricted mobility buy sucralfate 1000mg with mastercard. On mance with a prosthesis is associated with its increased use fol- follow up they were observed for the type of support used for mobi- lowing rehabilitation sucralfate 1000 mg discount. Results: Of 144 amputees buy cheap sucralfate 1000 mg on-line, 92 patients initially used crutches would involve self donning and doffng, the amputees need to have for mobilization. This research aimed to study the association remained bed ridden before they died. Of 92 patients using crutches, between hand muscle strength and hand function with ability to 22 were in diabetic group and 70 in non diabetic group. Results: Mean hand grip strength in this group J Rehabil Med Suppl 55 Poster Abstracts 225 was 24. Increasing K- an underlying congenital limb defciency (right transverse defect at level was associated with increasing hand grip strength (p<0. Prosthesis use was found to be signifcantly associated age of 8 years, as he initially walked without any customised foot- with hand grip strength in multivariate analysis. Conclusion: Hand grip weakness present signifcantly in the lower Results: The ulcer had measured 2 cm × 2 cm ×1 cm. Hand function and demographic fac- patient on the effcacy of casting and the duration of non-weight tors had no signifcant association with ability to ambulate. Yasuy- Turkey oshi2 1University of Tsukuba Hospital, Department of Rehabilitation Introduction/Background: Pressure ulcer is defned as a localised 2 injury to the skin or underlying tissue, frequently occurring over Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan, Ibaraki Prefectural University of bony prominences. It remains a signifcant healthcare concern today Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ami, Ja- pan, 3Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Depart- for the clinicians. The heel and the sacrum are the most common ment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ami, Japan, 4Ibaraki Prefectural areas affected. Numerous papers have reported that heel wounds in particular are associated with poorer outcomes when compared with University of Health Sciences, Department of Physical Therapy, other parts of the foot. Herein, we present a case who had pressure Ami, Japan, 5Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, ulcer on his heel and successfully treated with medical honey dress- Department of Occupational Therapy, Ami, Japan, 6Meiji Yasuda ing. Material and Methods: We summarize the case of a 33-year- Life Foundation of Health and Welfare, Physical Fitness Research old man who had sustained complete paraplegia at T11 level for Institute, Hachioji, Japan, 7Tsukuba International University, De- 2 months and pressure ulcer. Medical grade honey wound dressing was applied every other 9 pan, University of Tsukuba, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, day. Conclusion: Various dressing materials have Introduction/Background: In adaptive sports, the risk of secondary been used for dressing the pressure ulcers. This study aimed to investigate ing is a cheap and practical material using in developing countries. Despite good clinical outcomes, the practice of applica- lower serum creatinine level (p=0. Material and Methods: A 38 year-old gentleman with is necessary for players to maintain a sporting life. Therefore, we additionally applied the pre-ischial shelf Further analyses and long-term follow-up are indicated to evaluate between the wheelchair seat and the cushion. A total 77 patients with spinal cord injury underwent in- terface pressure mapping during period were included in this study. The interface pressure was subsequently obtained with the pre-ischial shelf inserted under the seat cushion. With the pre-ischial shelf, the average 1University Science Malaysia, Department of Orthopaedic, Kota and peak pressure was signifcantly reduced to 44. The contact area was signifcantly Bharu, Malaysia, University of Malaya, Department of Internal 2 Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3University of Malaya, De- increased to 1,216. Conclusion: For spinal cord injury patient, pre-ischial shelves will help to reduce pressure partment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during sitting. Our most signifcant fnding was that 1 45% of those clients reporting deterioration identifed mood prob- Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sci- ences, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 2University of Malaya Medical lems as a factor. This compared to reported mood problems in only 10% of the clients who were the same or improved after discharge. Exercise training remains the mainstay of intervention for now, however the appropriate training 784 duration still remains unclear. Each session began with 10 minutes stretching followed by 30 minutes of aerobic exercises with major upper and Introduction/Background: Current guideline based physical ac- lower limbs strengthening exercises and subsequent 10 minutes tivity prescription and exercise training for outpatient cardiac cool down period. The results Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, of the multivariable analysis using a logistic regression are shown in 3Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Neurology, 4 table 3. Cognitive tasks, such as spatial memory, stroops, and calculation, have been commonly used during dual-walking tests but the relia- 788 bility have not be established. Material and Methods: Nine healthy individuals were participated with informed consent. During dual-walking and single walking tests, subjects walked on a instrumented gait mat with and without 1Sanno Rehab. Clinic, Rehabilitation Medicine, Ota-ku, Japan, added cognitive tasks, respectively. No priority instructions were 2Kyorin University Hospital, Rehabilitation Medicine, Mitaka City, given during dual-walking tests.

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The combination and activation of this complement systemb) range of complement proteins forms the membrane-attack complex, which is able to insert into bacterial cell walls and causes cell lysis with ensuing death. Thrombin (produced by Cleaves the soluble plasma protein fibrinogen to produce the coagulation system) insoluble fibrin, which aggregates to form a blood clot. Kinins are small peptides produced from kininogen by kallikrein, which are subsequently degraded by kininases. Histamine, vasoactive amine from mast Stored in preformed granules and released in cells, basophils and platelets response to a number of stimuli; causes arteriole dilation and increased venous permeability. Leukotriene B4, eicosanoid from Mediates leukocyte adhesion and activation, leukocytes allowing them to bind to the endothelium and migrate across it. In neutrophils, a potent chemoattractant and able to induce the formation of reactive oxygen species and the release of lysosomal enzymes by these cells. Nitric oxide, soluble gas from Potent vasodilator, relaxes smooth muscle, macrophages, endothelial cells reduces platelet aggregation, aids in leukocyte recruitment, has direct antimicrobial activity in high concentrations. Prostaglandins, eicosanoid from mast cells A group of lipids which can cause vasodilation, fever and pain. Responsible for the systemic effects of inflammation, such as loss of appetite and increased heart rate. At the same time, the production of a number of other proteins is reduced (negative acute-phase reactants). Positive acute-phase proteins serve different physiological functions for the immune sys- tem. Some act to destroy or inhibit growth of microbes, for example C-reactive protein, mannose-binding protein, complement factors, ferritin, ceruloplasmin, serum amyloid A and haptoglobulin. Others give negative feedback on the inflammatory response, for example ser- pins; α2-macroglobulin and coagulation factors affect coagulation. Measurement of acute-phase proteins, especially C-reactive protein, is a useful marker of inflammation in both medical and veterinary clinical pathology. Fibrinous inflammation Formation of a fibrinous exudate, which can be converted to a scar. Purulent inflammation Inflammation which results in a large amount of pus (pyogenic bacteria such as staphylococci is characteristic of this kind of inflammation). Large, localised collections of pus enclosed by surrounding tissues are called abscesses. Serous inflammation Effusion of non-viscous serous fluid; skin blisters exemplify this pattern of inflammation. Ulcerative inflammation Inflammation occurring near an epithelium can result in the necrotic loss of tissue from the surface, exposing lower layers. The immune system is often involved with inflammatory disorders, demonstrated in both allergic reactions and some myopathies. Non-immune diseases with aetiological origins in inflammatory processes are thought to include cancer, atherosclerosis (Chapter 5) and ischaemic heart disease. The incidence of asthma in the United States (as well as in many other developed countries) has reached epidemic proportions. In an asthmatic attack, the bronchi become constricted, making it difficult to breathe, especially to breathe out. An attack of asthma begins when an allergen is inhaled; the allergen binds to IgE antibodies on mast cells in the lungs, triggering degranulation (exocytosis) of the mast cells and the release of a variety of substances, but in particular histamine and leukotrienes, leading to: • Smooth-muscle-cell contraction of the bronchi, narrowing the lumen of the bronchi. Although asthma begins as an allergic response, subsequent attacks can be triggered by a variety of nonspecific factors (cold air, exercise, tobacco smoke). For reasons not fully understood, some individuals have a predisposition to respond to antigens by making antibodies of the IgE class; the trait tends to run in families, suggesting a genetic component. T-helper cells of atopic people are largely of the Th2 type rather than the Th1; that is, they will induce IgE class switching in B-cells (Th2) rather than IgG class switching (Th1). The reason for this is uncertain, but it might be that sanitation and widespread childhood immunisation have enabled children to avoid the infections, especially viral, that stimulate the immune system to respond with Th1 helper cells, rather than Th2 cells.

A most important gether with the emergent chemists and druggists buy cheap sucralfate 1000mg online, passage is contained in the second leechbook and founded the Pharmaceutical Society and became concerns King Alfred purchase 1000 mg sucralfate with visa. It was not until 1607 quality 1000mg sucralfate, how- Greek and Roman medical writers again became ever, that James I was to grant a Charter to the available in Italy, possibly via Spain or through the Grocers, who recognized the Apothecaries as a university at Salerno. The manufacture inspect the shops and their colleagues and bring of these theriacs took place in public, with much any who offended in the quality of their wares pomp and ceremony. In the reign of Elizabeth I, the making of of the Apothecaries and the defective wares were to theriac was entrusted to William Besse, an apoth- be burnt or otherwise destroyed. In 1625, three apothecaries made respect- and was corrected later in the reign of Queen Mary ively 160 lb, 50 lb and 40 lb of mithridatium when by an Act of 1553 (1 Mary sess 2 c. The official and of Poticarye Wares, Drugges and Compositions obligatory guide for the apothecaries of Florence according to the tenour of a Statue made in the was published in 1498 and is generally regarded as Two and Thirtieth yeare of the Reigne of the said late King Henry Eighth That it shall be lawfull for the first official pharmacopoeia in Europe in the Wardeins of the Grocers or one of them to go the modern sense, i. Other cities soon followed in the publication of obligatory formularies: Barcelona in 1535 (Concor- It is revealing that, whereas the penalty for refus- dia Pharmacolorum Barcinonesium); Nuremberg in ing to have wares examined was 100 shillings in 1546 (Dispensatorium Valerii Cordis). Henry was also deter- times that it became obvious that there was a need mined that the 1540 Statute would be obeyed and for such a pharmacopoeia or formulary. The streets were to be kept clean and 1767 and in the first three volumes, 1768±1785, he flushed with water, in order to purify the air, fires published 16 papers. Special physicians, attended by point that they had no connection with gout, apothecaries and surgeons, were appointed to which was the main and highly fashionable arth- carry this out. Heberden died in 1801 and plague that were recommended were London was buried in Windsor Parish Church, where there treacle, mithridatium, galene and diascordium, a is a memorial plaque to him and his son William confection prepared from water germander. The 1746 London Pharmacopoeia was the last in Doubts as to whether theriac and mithridatium which mithridatium and galene appear; they were were the universal panacea had been voiced by absent from the 1788 edition. These concerns to maintain the quality of investigate the efficacy of the compulsory system, mithridatium and theriac led to the introduction of was concerned by a report by Dr Jonathan Hutch- strict controls over the quality of ingredients and inson, who gave an account of the transmission of blending. For example, the manufacture had to be syphilis in two patients by arm-to-arm inoculation done in public in Venice and the ingredients had to of the material from the pustule of one patient to be open to inspection. The use of calf lymph vaccine duced, which laid down standards, not only for did not become standard until 1893, when a com- mithridatium and theriac, but for other therapeutic mercially available preparation was introduced. Perhaps, in the final analysis, the con- Prior to this it had been impossible to standardize tribution of mithridatium and theriac to modern the material used for vaccination. The first British work in medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, and nat- Pharmacopoeia was published in 1864 (the 1958 ural history, suggested in its first volume in 1799: and 1993 editions were published by the Health Ministers on the recommendations of the Medi-... Compulsory vaccination against smallpox was es- Chloroform was first used as an anesthetic in tablished by the Vaccination Act of 1853 after the 1847 and, as its use increased, it was found that report compiled by the Epidemiological Society on occasionally people died unexpectedly during the the state of vaccination following the first Vaccin- induction of anesthesia. The 1840 Act had provided free pointed a committee to investigate this and the vaccination for the poor to be administered by the final report was published in 1880. This Select Committee reported in 1914, but Substances Act), but it may be noted here that World War I intervened and all the proposed legis- this was a foretaste of control of advertisement lation was shelved. That the administration of the law of the product was known, highly toxic impurities governing the advertisement and sale of patent, could only be detected by biological testing. That there be established at the Depart- proper standardization of such preparations and of ment concerned a register of manufacturers, the competence of manufacturers. That a special Court or Commission be as the purity and the potency of these substances constituted with power to permit or prohi- could not be measured by chemical means. The Venereal Disease Act of the competence of the employees of the manufac- 1917 and the Cancer Act of 1939 prevented the turer and the conditions under which they worked public advertisement and promotion of drugs for were equally as important as the tests applied to the these conditions, to prevent sufferers from inad- end products. Fur- pared for these unforeseen consequences of the ther regulations issued between 1925 and 1956 therapeutic revolution that had been taking place brought more substances under control and kept for 30 years. This complacency was now shattered, standards under review, and many of these became public concern was vocal, and the government was internationally recognized. The Committee consisted of a panel of independent Board operates through the executive arm, the experts from various fields of pharmacy, path- National Institute for Biological Standards and ology, etc. Taking into account the safety and efficacy of rise, in West Germany since 1959, in the incidence each drug, and the purposes for which it is to of a peculiar malformation of the extremities of the be used, to consider whether it may be released newborn. This condition was characterized by the for marketing, with or without precautions or defective long bones of the limbs, which had restrictions on its use; and to convey their normal to rudimentary hands or feet. These advisory committees consist most of the previous legislation on the control of independent experts, such as hospital clinicians, of medicines for human use and for veterinary use. The Secretary of State for Social Services During the period 1971±1981, after the approved the introduction of a new scheme in 1981, implementation of the Medicines Act (1968), the the details of which were announced by Griffin and Licensing Authority granted 204 marketing Long (1981). Marketing authorization holders and member The directive lays down the principles and guide- states are required to provide such information to the Agency. Member states must record and report to the followed in the production of medicines, and Agency within 15 days all suspected serious requirements to ensure that manufacturers and adverse reactions. Establishment and maintenance of a system for collection, evaluation and collation of all suspected adverse reaction information so that Principles and Guidelines it may be accessed at a single point in the Community.

These payer market segments orative process which assesses sucralfate 1000 mg amex, plans sucralfate 1000 mg lowest price, implements discount sucralfate 1000mg, are exerting a greater influence on the scope of their coordinates, monitors, and evaluates options and health plan benefits and treatment decisions. Clearly, the impetus has been the ment programs to provide comprehensive medical ability of managed care plans to reduce healthcare care and improve patient outcomes at a lower cost expenditures, which is accomplished by shifting (Schulman et al 1996). Today, virtually all managed the focus of healthcare away from incident-driven care plans offer a disease management program for delivery to preventive and coordinated care. Consumers pay for healthcare through health plan premiums, deductibles, and In addition to cost-containment strategies, man- benefit-specific co-payments, including prescrip- aged care is impacting the pharmaceutical industry tion drug co-payments. Within the pharmaceutical industry, drug on quality health-related products and services, product managers see increased use of their product including vitamins and supplements, sports and by better-informed consumers. In support of this of South Florida offers members nicotine patches position, a recent Yankelovic patient awareness at a discount through its smoking-cessation pro- survey found that 15% of consumers discussed an gram, Committed Quitters, and bicycle helmets for advertised drug with their physicians, and 8% visited $10 through its bike helmet program for members adoctor specificallytodiscussanadvertised product and non-members (Edlin 1998). Another strategy employed by the pharmaceutical industry is to offer a portfolio of value-added services associated with a product, Managed Care Market Competition rather than promoting the therapeutic benefits of an individual drug, to help managed health plans A managed care market dynamic that has impacted achieve market differentiation and a competitive the pharmaceutical industry is increased competi- advantage. One such strategy is director as key decision makers, with increasing to offer enrollees multiple products and expanded influence on medical decisions, including phar- health plan benefits. Finally, with increased consolidation in the man- In response to consolidations throughout the aged care and pharmaceutical industries, as well as entire healthcare industry, as well as to increasing throughout the healthcare industry, comprehen- drug development costs, the pharmaceutical indus- sive, integrated data management systems will be try has also experienced a series of mergers and needed to enable industry partners to collect, acquisitions in the last decade. These transactions enable economies of scale payers, and providers, because they enable each in research and marketing to better compete with group to evaluate treatment selections or use deci- rival firms. In addition, merging companies claim sions, identify substandard utilization patterns, they will benefit from enhanced research and devel- provide comprehensive and accessible medical opment capacity and better access to global records for plan providers, and identify risk factors markets (Bond and Weissman 1997). Increased global competition has Over the next 30 years, the proportion of the also influenced pharmaceutical industry research population of the United States that is over the and development. Today over one-third of spending for resisting expensive drugs that lack explicit advan- healthcare in the United States is done by and for tages over older, less expensive therapies. They are the elderly, and that proportion will increase forcing the pharmaceutical industry to focus on (Health Insurance Association of America 1996, drug candidates with the largest potential for finan- pp 98±99). Both this growing geriatric popula- search is pharmaceutical industry-sponsored, due tion and managed care plans with significant to concerns of higher patient care costs and litiga- numbers of Medicare enrollees will drive the tion over unexpected adverse events. In addition to the influence of a growing geriatric Many investigators believe that the managed care market segment on pharmaceutical industry setting is ideal for conducting clinical research, be- research and development, each of the other man- cause care is standardized and easier to control, aged care and market influencesÐcost containment potential study patients can be easily identified strategies, multiple payers, and market competi- through centralized databases, and the population tionÐhave collectively impacted pharmaceutical is representative of the real world, especially for research and development. Although rare, some firms grams to foster increased utilization of the preferred will halt development of a compound as early as product over similar, but competitive, products. Conversely, pharmaceutical com- number of strategies to maximize market share of panies with favorable outcomes and pharmacoeco- a newproduct in a managed care environment. Pull-through programs may involve special contracting agreements or compre- In addition to its influence on pharmaceutical in- hensive disease management initiatives to highlight dustry research and development, managed care the clinical and economic value of a specific prod- has significantly impacted product life cycles. In addition to pull-through programs and Drugs identified as preferred products by managed value-added services, such as patient education ma- care health plans have a steeper, or faster, uptake terials, pharmaceutical companies are discounting and initial growth period, as shown in Figure 43. Pharmaceutical companies are developing patent expires, there is a rapid decline in sales, co-marketing partnerships in record numbers to since most health plans routinely switch the formu- achieve maximum global market penetration, by Formulary, preferred product Traditional life cycle Covered, non- formulary product Patent expiration Time Figure 43. Co-marketing partnerships are to optimize consumer healthcare outcomes, while being formed through joint ventures, licensing reducing financial costs, by prolonging the time agreements, strategic alliances, traditional mergers, interval between episodes of acute care and minim- and acquisitions (Kaniecki and Goldberg-Arnold izing the severity of these events. Managed care consumers, care recommendations), which are or can be made payers, and providers will continue to be the key available online and are having a profound effect facilitators of change. Further innovations in informa- distinct, but interconnected market segments will tion technology will continue to revolutionize drive change include the continued integration of disease management (Goldstein 1998; Navarro information technology into disease management 1998). Pharmaceutical com- to disease management applications, and treatment panies should continue to outsource a larger pro- information to improve outcomes and compliance. The authors and the publisher have exercised great care to ensure that drug dosages, formulas, and other informa- tion presented in this book are accurate and in accord with the professional standards in effect at the time of publication. However, readers are advised to always check the manufacturer’s product information sheet packaged with the respective products to be fully informed of changes in recommended dosages, contraindications, etc. All disclosed conflicts of interest are reviewed by the educational activity course director/chair, the Education Com- mittee, or the Conflict of Interest Review Committee to ensure that such situations are properly evaluated and, if necessary, resolved. 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Results: Compared to children in the control enza University of Rome buy sucralfate 1000mg with mastercard, Orthopedics and Traumatology buy sucralfate 1000mg line, Rome discount 1000 mg sucralfate overnight delivery, group, standardized test scores of mathematics (0. Conclusion: Ten weeks of frequency following response improved mathematics per- Introduction/Background: Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic dis- formance and percentile rank of total academic score among school ease of the anterior horn cell with high morbidity rate in childhood. We suggest that school children hear- The Gross Motor Function Measure and Hammersmith functional ing frequency following response improves academic performance scale are measures of motor function successfully used in children and sleep quality among school children. Aquatic therapy is known as an excel- lent way to maintain fexibility,mobility and strength. Izumi (as touching,hearing,contacting the therapist) are included in the 1 aquatic method. Clinical outcomes included measures of mo- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of tor function (Gross Motor Function Measure and Hammersmith Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sendai, Japan Functional Motor Scale) and pulmonary function (forced vital ca- Introduction/Background: We developed two kinds of short-term pacity). The secondary tasks included a verbal gins to work on fundamental movement skills in the water (such as task (using the words of possible verbal labels for the movement walking), there is a decreased fear of falling, which makes children spans) and a movement task. Water also gives children a tasks and the secondary tasks were counterbalanced across partici- sense of freedom and independence. The aquatic protocol described visual short-term memory for movement with two secondary tasks show as combining fundamental motor skills with fun and games is were not signifcantly different. Conclusion: This study was 1 the frst to report descriptive profles on patients with aphasia in Ma- Cheras Rehabilitation Hospital, Rehabilitation Medicine, Kuala laysia. It is important to have more local data on this population so Lumpur, Malaysia that intensive rehabilitation can be given to the patients. Introduction/Background: To date, there is lack of data on children with speech and language disorders in Malaysia especially those 992 who received intensive paediatric rehabilitation service. All data collected were recorded and analysed based on the demographic characteristics and number of attendance. Introduction/Background: Visual perception is the basis for read- Results: There was 1,065 attendance for speech and language therapy ing, writing, and basic learning. The number of attendance was increasing yearly from the correlation of visual perception and hand function in Korean 8. In Results: There was positive correlation between visual perception 2012, 18 new cases were received, 2013 (36 cases) and 2014 (54 and hand function (r=0. There was no signifcant difference of ing number of attendance and new cases was due to the increase in visual perception and hand function according to their gender. Conclusion: This study provides a preliminary descriptive skills and hand function in preschoolers. We confrmed the hand data on patients attending intensive speech and language therapy in function is different according to the age. Mahmud Mar- 3 Management Department, Tainan, Taiwan, Chi Mei Medical Cent- zuki1 er, Pediatrics, Tainan, Taiwan 1Cheras Rehabilitation Hospital, Rehabilitation Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Introduction/Background: Prematurity is a risk factor of develop- mental delay. The earlier the prematurity, the more frequently and Introduction/Background: Aphasia is a disorder that affects the more severe the neurodevelopmental delay. The birth weight of the speech, language and communication skills of people after they premature baby, as expected, were lighter than the term baby, and have experienced brain damage such as stroke, head injury, or brain thus growth retardation and developmental delay occurred more tumour. Our study intend to compare the trend of growth clinical characteristics of patients with aphasia documented in Ma- changes and developmental delayed severity over different ages in laysia. This study reports preliminary data of patients with aphasia term and pre-term children. Material and Methods: 2,125 children attending intensive speech and language rehabilitation at Cheras Re- were enrolled in our study from 2011 to 2013. Material and Methods: Data was col- selected as others had data omissions or error. They were divided lected retrospectively from Jan 2015 to Dec 2015 on the new cases into 7 groups according to age. All patients were referred to 11-month-old) to the 6-year-old (72-month-old to 83-month-old). All data collected were recorded and analysed based on the demo- Developmental evaluation involving motor, language, cognition, J Rehabil Med Suppl 55 Poster Abstracts 291 and social-emotions were also diagnosed and recorded as “nor- disciplinary and scientifc study of the skeletal remains. The subgroup analysis re- He was found to have an abnormal left middle fnger with a bra- vealed that the current weight of the prematurity group was lighter chymesophalangia type 2A. Furthermore, there was no difference in severity of de- which is twice the life expectancy of his time. With his multiple abnormalities, he was prob- lighter than the term children group. However, there is no major dif- ably unable to hunt effectively, yet he was obviously given a better ference in the later body weight, body mass index, and the severity role to play and able to lead a long life of a respected person, being of developmental delay. This indicate that the nutritional status of buried with full honours of his time. Something present society with 994 all its sophistication could think about and learn from.

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