Sentence examples for * eapc in from inspiring English sources

Additionally, experts had to be able to communicate in English (both verbally and non-verbally) and were planning to attend the 2012 Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) in Trondheim, Norway.

This decrease in incidence was mainly caused by a decrease in the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma cases, as the EAPC in ESR for squamous cell carcinomas was −3.2% (P<0.001).

The net drift parameter is a one-degree-of-freedom linear term for time that represents the estimated annual percent change (EAPC) in the rates over the passage of time that is common to calendar period and birth cohort (Clayton and Schifflers, 1987a).

The model used was: where E[ M it ] is the expected mortality rate of the cancer in age group i and year t, α i is the baseline age-specific mortality rate (when t=0 e.g. 1991) and β i is the observed EAPC in the CHIS data for the age group i (Hakulinen and Dyba, 1994).

The estimated annual percent changes (EAPCs) in the rate for these cancers, as well as all other cancers combined, for this 9-year period were calculated by area (rural/urban), sex and age group (0 4, 5 14, 15 44, 45 54, 55 64, 65 74, 75+ years), based on a Poisson regression model.

An improvement in diagnosis and classification likely affected liver cancer trend [ 2]; even the joinpoint detected in males, with an EAPC changing in 1991 from 5.14 to -3.10, could be due to this change.

Secondly, by organising our consensus meeting during the EAPC Congress in Trondheim, Norway, key persons active in the fields of palliative care and dementia care were able to contribute extensively to the discussion of the Delphi procedure.

According to the EAPC framework, in the absence of refractory symptoms, the use of palliative sedation in the end of life is characterised as "abuse": "This [abuse of palliative sedation] may occur by the deliberate use of deep sedation in patients who have no refractory symptoms" (p. 582) [ 4].

Since the mid 1980s a decline in mortality was observed in both races, however higher EAPC was noted in African Americans (-2.8%) compared with whites (-1.6%) (Table 1).

Thirdly, the resolve to fight terrorism was reaffirmed and some initiatives aimed at increasing the EAPC's contribution in this fight were taken, thereby endorsing the further implementation of the Partnership Action Plan against Terrorism.

A consensus meeting was organised during the EAPC Congress June 7 , 2012in Trondheim, Norway.