DAS28, disease activity score using 28 joint counts; DMARD, disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; GDP, gross domestic product; HAQ, Health Assessment Questionnaire NSS, not significant; QUEST-RA, Quantitative Standard Monitoring of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis; SJC, swollen joint count; TJC, tender joint count; USD, US dollars; VAS, visual analog scale.
What was significant about this quest for resources was that it occurred in a context in which survival was a permanent challenge, and where livelihood opportunities have always varied according to seasons.
Knowledge of genetic variations and their roles in disease pathology and for treatment outcome is significant in the quest to reduce health disparities.
However, despite these significant successes the quest for new immobilization procedures that provide further improved performance of the carrier-bound TvDAO catalyst with respect to both activity and stability is actively continued in both academia and industry.
It marks the end of the ban on same-sex marriage and is another hugely significant milestone in the quest for lesbian and gay equality.
For Basil Hero, the release of "Death of a Salesman" is a significant marker in his quest to find Broadway productions that were adapted for television and to restore the aging films and tapes using digital technology.
Wax deposition had demonstrated a significant concern in the quest to increase oil recovery from producing reservoirs.
Studying these individually, and in combination, should reveal significant insights in the quest for higher power output MFCs.
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Cornell University animal scientist Xingen Lei says the findings make a "significant" contribution to the quest for environmentally friendly livestock.
