... elderly and others) who suffer from economic and social deprivation, assisting in preventing and resolving of various problems and improving their life standards.” In Item (d) of Article of the ... established in accordance with Paragraph (f) of Article 10 of the Law is assigned with the following duties and functions: - Arranging, monitoring, coordinating and inspecting the services pertaining ... caring for and protection of the elderly people who suffer from social and economic deprivation, - Planning, implementing and monitoring and coordinating the performance of activities pertaining...
... fucose and galactose can prevent binding of PA lectins I and II (8, 15) In those studies inhibition of ciliary beats due to PA lectins was quantified as well as restoration by adding fucose and/ or ... aeruginosa lectins PA-I and PA-II that bind to fucose and galactose contribute to the vilrulence of this bacterium (10) Therefore blocking of these lectins may prevent ongoing colonization and inflammation ... alone and combined therapy of inhalation and antibiotics decreased P aeruginosa load in sputum Previous studies used hypertonic saline solution or mannitol as inhalation treatment in CF (11-14) Inhalation...
... of PC1-axio, suggest that 18:2n6c and LCFAs were contained in greater amounts in the roots and rhizomes than in the leaves and stems, and 18:3n3 was contained in lesser amounts in the roots and ... structure in Z japonica We found about 30 kinds of fatty acids in the leaves and stems and about 36 kinds of fatty acids in the roots and rhizomes of Z japonica We focused on the fatty acid content of ... Table Sampling conditions and cooperating institutions during sampling Table - Sampling conditions and cooperating institutions during sampling Site Z japonica Code Sampling Month-Year Water Water...
... Methods of making casts and models; taking squeezes, rubbings, copies, and photographs Drawing, shading, and coloring ethnographic charts Practice in preserving, mounting, arranging, and classifying ... Arts.—Theory of the sense of the beautiful Decorative designs in line and color Skin-painting Tattooing Sculpture and modeling Music and musical instruments Scents and flowers Games and festivals ... So likewise in hygiene and medicine, in ethics and religion, in language and arts, in painting, architecture, sculpture and music, the full import and often unconscious intention of human activity...
... and has total 31 DOF The head of it has DOF, each leg consists of a thigh, shank and foot and has total DOF, and each arm consists of an upper arm, forearm and hand, and has total DOF All joints ... purpose of services and entertainments, both in Chinese universities and academic institutions, e.g the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese ... micro-cutting experiments of the chromosome, and so on (As shown in fig.5-1 and fig.5-2) -4- CURRENT R&D OF ADVANCED ROBOTS IN CHINA REPORT TO JCF 200 2 OF IARP Fig.5-2 Micro-injection to oocyte of small...
... 3.3 PARKING DATA In order to understand the effects of removing one lane of on‐street parking, the researchers needed to know the current supply of public on‐street and off‐street parking in the area, and the ... think drive to visit their business; and their opinions on the business impacts of losing one lane Bike Lanes, On-Street Parking and Business of on‐street parking in order to install a bike lane or widen the sidewalk. Merchants were asked ... acceptability and economic impact of reallocating road space. The study – conducted in July of 200 8 – surveyed the opinions and preferences of 61 merchants and 538 patrons on Bloor Street and analyzed parking usage data in the area. Among the study’s findings: •...
... last finding should be of interest because in terms of function, the fish intestine is highly regionalized both in the larva andin the adult [38] The posterior segment of the fish intestine is the ... al depends in part on the homology between the donor pathogen protein and the natural physiological protein present in the receiver, both in the amino acid sequence of the protein andin its tridimensional ... system [41,42], andin epithelial cells lining the digestive tract lumen [43,44] Considering the importance of the intestinal barrier in the process of oral prion infection, this finding might help...
... reflected in the increased frequency of total number of atoms, charged amino acids and hydrogen bonds Another feature appears to be the increase in the number of residues in the b-strands This indicates ... higher protein density and lower void volumes indicating better packing In the comparison of PDB structures, Karshikoff and Ladenstein [51] have observed that proteins from thermophilic and mesophilic ... Kallio-Ratilainen and Johanna Aura for their technical assistance and Dr Xiaoyan Wu for assistance in protein purification The Academy of Finland and the National Technology Agency of Finland, TEKES,...
... activity detected in individual bacterial strains andin faecal extracts from normal individuals, which can facilitate the action of sialidase and thus the degradation of mucin oligosaccharides, ... described in Shen et al [11] Briefly, OAT activity measured using endogenous substrates was performed by incubating 50 lg of protein in 30 lL of 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, containing ... of colorectal carcinoma (Table 2) Interestingly, the level of Neu5,9Ac2 in the resection margin obtained from two Stage IV patients was dramatically reduced in comparison with that observed in...
... staging of gynecological malignancies and finally in- depth interview questions regarding knowledge about gynecological malignancies and health care seeking behavior of the patients Data obtained ... Friday and Saturday were chosen According to the previous records (200 2200 3, 200 3 -200 4 and 200 4 -200 5), the total number of gynecological malignancy patients reported annually on Friday and Saturday ... are grateful to Profs R Biswas and A Dasgupta, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, India for their support and valuable suggestions...
... result of the sharp reduction in fertility and increase in life span, the share of elderly in the population of Taiwan is increasing: 8.7 percent of the population were aged 60 and over in 1987, and ... reported of the consequences of health on participation in the labor force of elderly men and women in Taiwan from 1989 to 1996 Three survey indicators of individual health are examined, and two ... improvements in health status or in physical functioning in Activities of Daily Living as an increase in the health index, we subtract this number from 100 Thus, an ADL index of (100) indicates...
... creates an internal demand for using available technology in a more TO-BE manner, resulting in gains in quality and timeliness of information Case Study Findings During both TF04 and AC04, almost ... task-specific Training and education Method of training Amount of training Agile CSC2 requires a support system that integrates combat support stovepipes and relates how options for providing support in uence ... Method of communication Systems and technology Manual or electronic Common system or task-specific Training and education Method of training Amount of training The closed-loop methodology of planning,...
... tolerance and insulin sensitivity of the ApoE) ⁄ ) · Ay ⁄ + mice, and triggered obesity, indicating that circulating ApoE is involved in increased adiposity and obesity-related metabolic disorders Of ... phenotype and insulin and glucose levels became stronger with increasing body mass index [60,61] These findings again raise the interesting possibility that, although hyperplastic types of obesity ... packaged into chylomicrons in the intestine and then secreted into the circulation (step 1) where they are partially lipolysed by plasma lipoprotein lipase and acquire ApoE (step 2) ApoE-containing...
... Maquirriain Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 201 0, 5:30 http://www.occup-med.com/content/5/1/30 Page of Table Descriptive data of control samples and doping offences in the professional ... effects of ethanol, as well as of its facilitating role for marijuana and cocaine misuse The WADA, the world governing body in doping, states that “doping in sport results from a combination of individual, ... drugs in sports Another issue of concern is the increasing number of “non-intentional” doping cases in sports [13,14] Pluim [5] reported that 67.5% of doping cases in tennis at independent hearings...
... competing interests Received: May 201 0 Accepted: 15 March 201 1 Published: 15 March 201 1 References Higginson IJ, Carr AJ: Measuring quality of life: Using quality of life measures in the clinical ... versions of the instrument All parts of the questionnaire are translated, including instructions for completing the questionnaire, original questions, and response items Once the two independent ... different samples of patients completing the two questionnaires Because we were interested in the ultimate usability of health-related quality of life questionnaires in clinical settings, we selected...
... received Both instruments (QLQ-C30 followed by QLQ-CR38 and FACT-C) have subscales measuring physical, emotional, functional, and social aspects; the EORTC QLQC30 has additional subscales and single ... questionnaire (QLQ-CR38) was developed to be used in conjunction with the QLQ-C30 The FACT-C combines the FACT-G with a CRC subscale (CCS) The questionnaires FACT-C, QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CR38 were administrated ... change in state of health is observed in patients receiving chemotherapy but only with the QLQ-C30 Indeed, measurements of functional scales and global QoL scores of the QLQ-C30 questionnaire are...
... efficacy and efficiency (e.g selecting the most appropriate tests for monitoring and reporting needs and achievements related to HRQoL) in the assessment and monitoring of Health Enhancing Physical ... cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 200 9, 7:47 Hakkinen A, Rinne M, Vasankari T, Santtila M, Hakkinen K, Kyrolainen H: Association of physical fitness ... health-related quality of life? Findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study Age Ageing 200 6, 35:409-415 10 Gusi N, Olivares PR, Rajendram R: The EQ-5D health related quality of life questionnaire In Handbook...
... Advances in Difference Equations ii q λ is analytic on C andq λ , λ2 q λ are bounded on C , where H λ , λ − α − iη q λ : 2.29 for each iη ∈ iE iE is the set of half-line spectrum of H λ and α > ... equations,” Mathematical Models & Methods in Applied Sciences, vol 18, no 1, pp 21–45, 200 8 L Pandolfi, “Riesz systems and controllability of heat equations with memory,” Integral Equations and ... “Approximations of Laplace transforms and integrated semigroups,” Journal of Functional Analysis, vol 172, no 1, pp 202 – 220, 200 0 C J K Batty, J van Neerven, and F R¨ biger, “Tauberian theorems and stability...