The arm subscale consists of four additional items used in conjunction with FACT-B and has been shown to be sensitive to deterioration in arm function associated with the development of lymphoedema, as well as being sensitive to improvement in function associated with effective treatment (Coster et al, 2001).
This may explain why disease activity, although not significantly different at the baseline of the second anti-TNF drug, was slightly lower in the group that developed ADA, because patients are more sensitive to deterioration once they have previously improved, and the switch is performed at lower levels of disease activity.
From the findings of the reviewed literature, it can be concluded that the whole building performance is very sensitive to several deterioration factors, particularly the performance degradation of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system.
Anyone sensitive to the deterioration that has befallen the discipline of art criticism can examine Artnet's history in an effort to understand the current shift in the critical landscape.
A statistical approach that integrates vital signs and captures correlations between them will be sensitive to cardiorespiratory deterioration.
Also, the linguistic subtests of the MMSE were shown to be poorly sensitive to cognitive deterioration in a general dementia population [ 10, 11].
In his book he noted that, because the first people to leave failing institutions were the ones most sensitive to signs of deterioration, and most likely to serve as "creative agents of voice" if they stuck around, their departure could have perverse consequences, accelerating mismanagement and decline.
Furthermore, the six tests of cognitive deterioration, including verbal, visuomotor and memory tests, are sensitive to cognitive impairment, even if the same versions are repeated (Kujala et al, 1997).
However, coins are also test samples of metal very sensitive to the effect of deterioration processes, even more if intensified by polluted environments.
It was found that the sandstone has a low compressive strength with a large scatter on its mechanical properties and is very sensitive to time-dependent mechanical deterioration.
Ch. montanus is sensitive to droughts and habitat deterioration and has shown considerable population decline in the study area (Rohde unpublished observations), whereas Ch. parallelus has stable (or even increasing) populations.
