... examinations are inpatient assessments lasting six weeks on average in Finland, and two months in Austria They comprise data gathered from various sources (medical, educational, and social services ... records as well as family and other informants), psychiatric assessment, standardised psychological tests, and continuous observation by hospital staff In Finland they also include interviews by a ... and strangling in Austria, suffocation and shooting in Finland Other crime scene information is presented in Table Table 2: Filicide in Austria and Finland 1995 2005, victim and perpetrator information...
... gels (A, C) and 1% agarose gels (B,D), and proteins were visualized by Coomassie stain Lanes HS and LS are molecular mass standards, with the molecular mass in kDa given on the left (E) 1% agarose ... employing standard Edman chemistry, and MS analysis was undertaken using an LCQDECA LC ⁄ MS system (ThermoFinnigan, San Jose, CA, USA) The MS system consisted of a Surveyor HPLC system with a diphenyl ... urea, and the sample was eluted with a gradient of 0–300 mm NaCl in buffer A containing m urea Mass spectrometry, amino acid analysis and sequencing Amino acid analysis was performed at the Amino...
... Trajectories and Pavitt s Taxonomy Services and Organisational Innovation Radical Creativity versus Incremental Accumulation Innovation and Dynamic Capabilities Distributed Innovation and Imbalances ... average managers and senior officials earn twice as much as process, plant and machine operatives, andon average those working in financial services earn a third more than those in manufacturing ... Becker saw human capital as analogous to physical capital, and thus one can invest in human capital through education, training and even medical treatments Ina ‘free market’, an individual s income...
... observed countries As in Germany, management and financial accounting are separated to a high degree (as stated above), and the systems of management and financial accounting are also separated ... external constituencies” In Germany, the benefits of separating management and financial accounting data and hence having an autonomous data base for internal calculations is regarded as more ... interpretation, and communication of financial information used by management to plan, evaluate, and control within an organization and to assure appropriate use of and accountability for its resources...
... accurately and safely interpret radiographic studies Trained EM physicians can safely and effectively manage trauma patients and perform advanced airway management Trained EM physicians can safely ... 14:790-794 237 Kessler CS, Stallings LA, Gonzales AA, Templeman TA: Combines residency training in emergency medicine and internal medicine: an update on career outcomes and job satisfaction Acad Emerg ... physicians be accurate and fast? Acad Emerg Med 2000, 7:120-126 146 Salen P, Melanson S, Heller M: The focused abdominal sonography for trauma (fast) examination: considerations and recommendations...
... non -disease specific and based upon CTT, of them non -disease specific and based upon IRT; one was juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disease- specific and based upon CTT; and one was RA disease- specific ... cognitive and usability standards Such standards can be evaluated during the pre-testing phase via expert reviews, focus group discussions, cognitive interviews and field pre-testing [63] Although many ... emphasis on structure and function Biomedical models, such as the International Classification for Impairments, Disability and Handicaps [54], assume a linear progression from a health condition to...
... from Scandinavia, and 7% from Canada Another 2% originated from Australia and New Zealand, and 1.3% from Asia Approximately 5% came from miscellaneous countries such as Israel, United Arab Emirates, ... Health Organization U .S Department of Health and Human Services Australia U .S Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Australia Health and Aging U .S Dept HHS National Institutes of Health Australian ... compared or validated data sources, and the most common comparisons were made between administrative data and clinical data Patient surveys also were validated and compared against administrative...
... versus 26%, P = 0.001) after in- vitro fertilisation at a Korean hospital The prayer was long-distance, as it was carried out in USA, Canada and Australia All of those who prayed were Christians, ... patients come to life again In fact, all the randomisation did was to divide the living and the dead into two groups that were then compared statistically This is meaningless[4], also because ... contributions We are all doctors; AH also has a degree in philosophy, and PCG is also a biologist, with bugs as his specialty KJJ wrote the first draft, PCG wrote the following ones and searched the literature...
... from Scandinavia, and 7% from Canada Another 2% originated from Australia and New Zealand, and 1.3% from Asia Approximately 5% came from miscellaneous countries such as Israel, United Arab Emirates, ... Health Organization U .S Department of Health and Human Services Australia U .S Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Australia Health and Aging U .S Dept HHS National Institutes of Health Australian ... compared or validated data sources, and the most common comparisons were made between administrative data and clinical data Patient surveys also were validated and compared against administrative...
... SF, ET, AP and GA-D, have made substantial contributions to conception, design and interpretation; ET has been involved in drafting and revising the manuscript; SF and GA-D gave final approval ... submitted version AP and GA-D carried out the acquisition and analysis of data, whereas SF also tailored and made numerous revisions of the intellectual and scientific content of this paper All ... nutritional status, dimensional assessment of personality (TCI or other similar instruments), Axis I and II comorbidity evaluation, eating and general psychopathology assessment with widely used psychometric...
... be primarily vasopressors (e.g norepinephrine, arginine vasopressin and phenylephrine) and mechanical support (e.g intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation and assist devices) are not considered ... These agents also cause potent vasodilation, with reductions in preload, afterload and PVR Acute tolerance is not a feature Amrinone Amrinone (known as inamrinone in North America) is a bipyridine ... observation period was only hours and the outcomes were only physiological This is disappointing because there are several theoretical advantages of PDIs over catecholamines: less tachycardia and...
... with atelectasis), extraalveolar vessels become narrow, and smooth muscle and elastic fibers in these collapsed vessels increase PVR At high lung volumes, as alveolar volumes are increased and walls ... performance in some patients with pulmonary vascular dysfunction, and vasoactive agents may be required Vasopressors Management of volume and use of vasopressors Systemic hypotension may relate to sepsis, ... in assessing RV function in many ICU settings [63-65] and provides essential information about RV geometry and function PA pressures may be assessed by estimating the systolic-pressure gradient...
... Paradise AEAP: As Early As Possible AFAICR: As far as I can recall / remember AFAICS: As far as I can see AFAICT: As far as I can tell AFAIK: As far as I know AFAIR: As far as I remember AFAP: As ... common place on Instant Messenger and e-mails There are various Internet slangs on forums, in chat rooms, emails, blogs and instant message which use acronyms and some fancy abbreviations to bring ... bring across certain messages Internet slangs is a very casual speech in writing that uses certain words, phrases or expressions in the form of abbreviations and characters to convey a message...
... stimulation using Swiss 3T3 cells In conclusion, the characteristic that PtdIns contains abundant arachidonate and is composed mainly of 1-stearoyl-2-arachidonoyl species also applies to tissues of ... abundant arachidonate and is composed mainly of 1-stearoyl2-arachidonoyl species in mammals [1–12] We have confirmed this characteristic in rat tissues in this study This was also the case for tissues ... docosahexaenoic acid and that several acyltransferase activities are involved in the process in yellowtail Materials and methods Materials Yellowtails (S quinqueradiata) were obtained from a local...
... complex skills like using the telephone, shopping, Page of 10 preparing meals, housekeeping, doing laundry, taking medications, managing transportation and handling money [36] When any fall and any ... participants, functional and physical status, comorbidity, frailty status and QOL It was carried out during the visit by a geriatrician anda professional nurse The data collected by the CGA and ... depression and previous admissions to the ED Finally, some discussion must be devoted to a few methodological issues When taking falls, ED admissions and hospitalisation as adverse health outcomes we...
... relationships and participation" and "financial circumstances" (Table and Additional file 1) Page of 10 Correlates of QOL according to frailty status In the total sample several variables, including ... criterion - and dependence in two BADLs - transferring and bathing andina specific IADL - management of money - The secondary analyses showed that among "frail" participants both a better emotional ... the manuscript AB contributed to the literature review, statistical analyses and discussion section AC, PN, SM and MC were involved in data collection CV was responsible for the data and contributed...
... education The questionnaire is obtained with 20 Vietnamese participants (10 males and 10 females) and 20 English participants (10 males and 10 females) including American, Australian, Canadian and ... Vietnamese participants and 20 English participants including American, Australian, Canadian and English The interview is also delivered to 20 English participants and 20 Vietnamese participants ... how many native English speakers and Vietnamese people have similar answers and how many of them have different answers From making statistic, it is easier to compare and contrast 5.2 Compare and...
... establish this by presenting a class of permutations πk where f (πk ) exceeds 2(k−1) We examined certain properties of all permutations up to length 10 and many beyond A pleasantly surprising ... the base of each segment of πk to be included in q and r, so any descent will immediately precede a base Therefore, each base occupies the same position in q as in r This, in turn, implies that ... n, one could find a permutation of length n + that contains π as well as at least 2f (π) patterns This, with the upper bound, would be a clean proof that h(n) grows asymptotically as 2n and allow...
... within the first m − columns, as all its 0-critical cells It is also natural to consider the sand bi s as general indeterminates rather than as the special expressions given after Equation (13) ... corresponds the diagram To every superpartition Λ, we can associate a unique partition Λ∗ obtained by deleting the semicolon and reordering the parts in non-increasing order The diagram associated ... that it is First, we use a sign reversing involution Ψ ona certain subset of these extended [k+1] partitions We say that an extended partitions λ ∈ EPj,i associated to λ (and whose arrow is in...