... g/m2) were prepared ina laboratory sheet mould according to standard SCAN-C 26:76 Deionized water was used in the mould and NaHCO3 was added to maintain a constant salinity of 0.5 mM Handsheets were ... havaittiin, kun kitosaani adsorboitui pysyvästi selluloosamallipinnalle ilman elektrostaattisen attraktion vaikutusta Märän paperin lujuuden parantuminen korkeassa pH:ssa adsorboidun kitosaanin ... paper are of prime importance in regard to paper manufacturing and the end-uses of paper products as well as in paper recycling Almost as long as man has made paper, first by hand and then industrially,...
... de Janeiro Karachi Japan Mexico Brazil USA India USA India China Bangladesh India Argentina Indonesia Japan Brazil Pakistan Source: UN Habitat: Global Urban Observatory Nairobi 2003 Population ... APracticalApproachto Water Conservation for Commercial and Industrial Facilities APracticalApproachto Water Conservation for Commercial and Industrial Facilities Mohan Seneviratne ... Buenos Aires APracticalApproachto Water Conservation urbanisation and water stress in regions around mega-cities as a ratio of total water withdrawals divided by estimated total availability...
... Planning and Development Collaboration International and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, African Data Sampler: An Internationally Comparable Map and Georeferenced Data Base (WRI, Washington, ... are aggregated first under each attribute and then into a single Approximated Sustainability Index But the indicators of each attribute appear to be assigned somewhat arbitrarily and the attributes ... Conservation and Protection - Corporate Policy Cjroup Health and Welfare Canada National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Climate Moniloring and Diagnostic Laboratory, Boulder Colorado,...
... Backward Translation A qualified professional translator (affiliated with a commercial translating service in Canada) performed a single backward translation into the original language, for each of ... meetings After forward and back translations After pre-testing Between forward and back translations After difficulty ratings After back translation Between forward and back translations After back ... local PI and translators Translators anda facilitator synthesize a translated version of the questionnaire from the forward translations Not part of the process Back translation(final language...
... Backward Translation A qualified professional translator (affiliated with a commercial translating service in Canada) performed a single backward translation into the original language, for each of ... meetings After forward and back translations After pre-testing Between forward and back translations After difficulty ratings After back translation Between forward and back translations After back ... local PI and translators Translators anda facilitator synthesize a translated version of the questionnaire from the forward translations Not part of the process Back translation(final language...
... Maruyama-Nakashita A, Nakabayashi K, Li W, Ogawa M, Yamauchi Y, Preston J, Aoki K, Kiba T, Takatsuto S, Fujioka S, Asami T, Nakano T, Kato H, Mizuno T, Sakakibara H, Yamaguchi S, Nambara E, Kamiya ... interpretation and taking into account that during both early and late development ABA ST pathways and ABA-target responses are more active in the mesocarp, the hormone may play a more relevant role in the ... Kamiya Y, Takahashi H, Hirai MY, Sakurai T, Shinozaki K, Saito K, Yoshida S, Shimada Y: The AtGenExpress hormone and chemical treatment data set: experimental design, data evaluation, model data analysis...
... almost all variables that we can measure Usually this is assessed ina table (usually the first table ina paper, and thus often referred to as “Table One”) comparing clinical and demographic characteristics ... A Clinician’s Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health A Clinician’s Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health Measuring Truth and Uncertainty S Nassir Ghaemi MD ... way that a simple one -to- one comparison (as in univariate analyses) gives us a valid picture of what is really happening in observational experience Both confounding bias and EM occur a lot, and...
... Hadziyannis SJ, Sette H Jr., Morgan TR, et al Peginterferon-alpha 2a and ribavirin combination therapy in chronic hepatitis C: a randomized study of treatment duration and ribavirin dose Ann Intern ... hepatitis C virus infection Am J Gastroenterol 1998;93(1):44-8 29 Giannini E, Risso D, Botta F, et al Validity and clinical utility of the aspartate aminotransferase-alanine aminotransferase ratio ... et al in the separated article in this issue 3) Available Antiviral Therapy The current standard of therapy includes the combination of weekly pegylated interferon and daily ribavirin The treatment...
... is aimed to provide a step-wise updated andpractical clinical approachto management of CHB Clinical Presentation of Chronic HBV Infection As discussed by Drs Zhang and Pan in this special issue, ... treatment Overall, LAM and ADV are probably more favorable due to convenient administration, better tolerance, and less cost When planning a LAM treatment, medical adherence and regular follow-up ... years, ALT has been used as a standard surrogate for the activity of CHB Thus, ALT level in combination with HBV DNA level and histological activity has been used as a determinant for HBV treatment...
... up to now C .A plays an important role in learning a foreign language as a main subject at most language universals According to C James (1980;19), C .A is a form of inter-language study anda central ... like to introduce some features of contrastive analysis in learning a foreign language which has particular effect on analyzing a language and its equivalents in other languages and then the author ... 2.2.2 Gradable and non- gradable adjectives According to L G Alexander (1988, 108) adjectives can be also divided into gradable and non- gradable Gradable adjectives mean a large class of words...
... leaders Managing power, politics and conflict Leading organizational and cultural change Innovation and organizational learning 10 Managing employee knowledge and intellectual capital 11 Leadership ... important to address the innate/learnt debate, a more practicalapproachto understanding leadership is to think about the behaviours and functions of real-life leaders and understand what leaders ... exploitation and propaganda, and the judicious use of the physical trappings and patronage that accompany power Stalin was a seething, paranoid and introverted man when he grabbed power in Russia in the...
... Package Manager 547 Querying Packages and Files 548 Installing, Upgrading, and Removing Packages 550 Installing a Linux Kernel Binary 551 Installing Non-rpm Software 551 The /opt and /usr/local ... Command Line 231 Standard Input and Standard Output 232 The Screen as a File 232 The Keyboard and Screen as Standard Input and Standard Output 233 Redirection 234 Pipes 239 Running a Command in ... Stoffo Machine and Process Designer to pharmaceutical industry “I am currently reading APractical Guide to Red Hat® Linux® and am finally understanding the true power of the command line I am...
... mandates and directives, has been to translate them into comprehensive strategies and measurable changes in policies and programmes while maintaining a gender perspective In addition to noting ... suffering, and are an indirect way to request assistance, as well as indicating the potential for backlash in advocacy efforts against gender-based violence 132 What Men Said about Violence against ... B Shepard, “Masculinity and the Male Role in Sexual Health” 19 Partnering: A New ApproachTo Sexual And Reproductive Health terized by aggressiveness and intransigence in male -to- male interpersonal...
... whereas harsher, more angular forms are masculine Masculine and Feminine Culturally defined masculine qualities may enhance the appearance of a woman ( many feminine fashions include a modification ... well as direct/indirect) composite restorations -laboratory processed inlays/onlays and veneers Indirect ceramic restorations and alloys that are to be resin-bonded- inlays/onlays Amalgam restorations-if ... providing a higher level of care LABORATORY COMMUNICATIONS Many practical methods are available to enhance communication with the dental laboratory Shape and texture can be communicated by intraoral...
... integrating information about an area, and analyzing that data to answer questions A GIS can be used to ask, What is the total area of parks and preserves within 100 meters of a stream or lake? ... general features of GIS data that are relevant to nearly any type of GIS program Spatial Data and Attribute Data A GIS deals with the representation of both spatial data and attribute data Spatial ... CHAPTER SIMULATING CHANGES LANDSCAPE PATTERN IN 49 Eric J Gustafson CHAPTER CREATING LANDSCAPE PATTERN 62 Hazel R Delcourt SECTION QUANTIFYING LANDSCAPE PATTERN CHAPTER UNDERSTANDING LANDSCAPE...
... assign ameliorate improve anticipate expect, await apparent clear apprise tell articulate explain ascertain find out attain reach, meet, achieve attributable due to caveat warning cease add, gain ... Clarence Emslie APractical Guide to BUSINESS WRITING ix Preface x APractical Guide to BUSINESS WRITING This book contains a wealth of practical information for any person who aims to ... Guide to BUSINESS WRITING v About the Author vi APractical Guide to BUSINESS WRITING Khaled Mohamed Al Maskari is an Emirati author based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates With over 16 years...
... many operators and built -in functions that can be used in interactive expressions 1.1 GETTING INTO MATLAB MATLAB is a mathematical and graphical software package with numerical, graphical, and ... of MATLAB Create two variables to store a weight in pounds and ounces Use who and whos to see the variables Clear one of them and then use who and whos again Use intmin and intmax to determine ... be interpreted as a variable name Characters are put in an order using what is called a character encoding In the character encoding, all characters in the computer’s character set are placed in...
... Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA List of Abbreviations 6MWT AAA ABG ABI ABPM ACC ACE-I ACR ACS ADA AF AHA AI AIVR AMR AR ARB ARVC ARVD 6-min walk test abdominal ... Anurag Gupta and Amin Al-Ahmad Chapter 22 ECG Interpretation, 272 Marco Perez and Victor F Froelicher Chapter 23 Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography, 283 Shahriar Heidary and Ingela ... Roham T Zamanian Chapter Heart Transplantation, 94 Jesus Almendral, Robert Maranda, and Sharon Hunt Section IV Valvular and Vascular Disease Chapter 10 Valvular Heart Disease, 119 Reza Ardehali...
... presence in all major markets They all have certain regional areas of strength and weakness On a global scale, overcapacity exists in manufacturing of standard dosage forms (tablets and capsules) Together ... tragedy was caused by a mislabeled ingredient: through a chain of traders in Beijing, China; Barcelona, Spain; and Colón, Panama, a supplier from the Yangtze delta in China had shipped cheap, toxic ... APAPP_i-xxii.qxd 5/21/10 11:45 AM Page i APracticalApproachto Pharmaceutical Policy APAPP_i-xxii.qxd 5/21/10 11:45 AM Page ii APAPP_i-xxii.qxd 5/21/10 11:45 AM Page iii APractical Approach...