The provocation part proved amazingly easy.
In the remaining 22% of non-obstructed subjects the consultants recommended additional diagnostic testing (e.g., bronchial provocation, full pulmonary function testing) and/or further follow-up in order to exclude underlying chronic respiratory morbidity.
The provocation proved provocative.
Her art, which has appeared at the Museum of Modern Art, two Whitney Biennials, the Guggenheim and her New York gallery, Postmasters, can take the shape of fanciful provocations, prototypes for functioning systems or, as often as not, both.
This finding could be of practical importance for the survey of populations at risk of asthma since traditional means of monitoring such as tests of lung function and bronchial provocation tests are not directly related to airway inflammation.
We defined idiopathic cough as a cough that lasted for more than eight weeks in the absence of any abnormality in the clinical examination, chest radiograph, CT sinuses, lung function, negative histamine provocation test, differential cell count of induced sputum and no pathological reflux during a 24 hours pH/impedance monitoring.
For me, focusing on his closing wish for greater humanism is his most valuable provocation: he calls for "a functioning society that truly creates greater prosperity for all," appropriately noting that prosperity should not be confused with the blind accumulation of material goods.
The following measures were administered at baseline (Time 1) and repeated 16 weeks later post group (Time 2) to assess the primary (violent attitudes) and secondary outcomes (coping skills, social problem-solving, reaction to provocation, disruptive behavior and social functioning).
Although the lyrics are pretty anodyne, the song still functions as a form of affectionate provocation; it was born, in part, of the same impulse that leads Paisley to needle his drummer whenever he can.
Among the proposals is a new condition, "temper dysregulation with dysphoria", characterised by "severe, recurrent outbursts of temper" several times a week, that are "grossly out of proportion to the situation or provocation and that interfere significantly with functioning".
