– Tom Smith Hackdays: "I see hackdays as a great accelerated brainstorming/prototyping tool.
If any of the following conditions are discovered during study, enrolment participants are withdrawn and treated: (1) increases in ABP of 20/10 mm Hg or greater, (2) accelerated HTN with an office reading of 160/100 mm Hg or greater, (3) macrovascular target organ damage, (4) diabetes mellitus or (5) chronic kidney disease (GFR<60 ml/min).
Our principal finding is that among the 722 MS subjects with MRI data, those bearing the PCK1 allele associated with AD susceptibility may have greater or accelerated brain atrophy.
Metaphyseal bone volume fraction (17%, p = 0.003), connectivity density (33%, p = 0.004), and trabecular number (5%, p = 0.04) were greater in accelerated bones while the structural model index and trabecular separation were 11% (p = 0.01) and 5% (p = 0.04) less (Fig. 3).
IKT was thought to enhance the efficiency of conducting research, and the quality and relevance of research leading to greater and accelerated use of research that improved the decision-making process, and subsequent policy, practice and health care outcomes.
The Great Recession accelerated trends that started three decades ago: outsourcing abroad, automating work, converting full-time employees to temps and contractors, undermining unions and getting wage and benefit concessions from remaining workers.
The shared cultural experience of the Great Recession accelerated trends toward a more cohesive society that were already underway.
Research shows that inequality hinders growth while greater inclusion accelerates it.
During the boom years, the trend was towards greater international integration, accelerated cross-border trade and pan-European labour mobility.
As body armour became all-enveloping, a means of distinguishing men in full armour acquired greater importance and accelerated the spread of heraldry.
