... to explain the appearance of CSI Darwinists concede that neither chance alone nor necessity alone is capable of generating CSI, but they argue that the Darwinian interaction of chance and necessity ... 82949 March 9, 2004 Who’s Afraid of ID? 21:55 37 appearance of life via naturalistic chemical evolution and finds all of them wanting The idea that life resulted from random reactions in a primeval ... that secular humanism is also a kind of religion and that Barbara Forrest is a member ofthe board of directors ofthe New Orleans Secular Humanist Association.3 One could then note that Forrest...
... contemplating the hardships ofthe colored races But Azurara was more than a moralizing annalist He acutely observed ofthe first cargo of captives brought from southward ofthe Sahara, less than a ... volume ofthe trade, there are few statistics As early as 1734 one ofthe captains engaged in it estimated that a maximum of seventy thousand slaves a year had already been attained.[42] For the ... much the paucity of population as the character ofthe land and the prevalent industry The sandy expanses, and the occasional belts of clay likewise, had but a surface fertility, and the cheapness...
... than a true economic rate of return and ignores many ofthe externa lities that theory recommends to include -often simply because the data are not available The main limitation may be that there ... of auditing and the limits of creativity in financial designs when financial accountability is limited (see Legros and Iossa 2004) The final area of research reflects the fact that a large part ... Third, there are significant differences in the quality ofthe data available for urban and rural areas The World Bank has started working on standardized questionnaires, but there is still a long...
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... re-evaluated as part ofa closer examination of these and contemporary works of Mead & Requa, his erstwhile collaborators Since the plain surfaces, prismatic volumes, and functional spaces of Mead ... occupancy by his future wife, Marie Russak Russak at the time was married to Frank Russak, a banker living in Paris Being a close associate of Annie Besant and the international lecturer for the Theosophical ... meditations.” 25 Born into a family with extensive agricultural holdings on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Knudsen had been drawn to the occult at a young age as a result of contacts with native kahunas...
... information is the large number of panel data analyses linking aggregate health expenditures, per capita income, indicators of ageing, and other relevant variables available from the OECD (Organization ... is the rate of growth of total population, ru is the rate of growth of utilization per capita, rp is the rate of growth ofthe general price level, rr is the rate of growth ofthe ratio ofthe ... in age-group a in year ‘t’ conditional on health status, and na(t) is the proportion of total population in age-category a in year ‘t’ and ha(t) is the average health status of age group a ...
... testing capacity in appendix The ratio ofthe maximum capacity to the average capacity available is about 2.5 Again, this indicates that the average capacity is a good indicator for the available testing ... size ofthe small labs might be related to comparative advantage E.g the price advantages ofthe small labs might be due to advantages of specialization Small labs generally offer a limited package ... understood and it incorporates all the relevant data However, there is no general standard for an acceptable level of price variability Thus, we had to fix a reasonable boundary The ratio mean to median...
... in Kazakhstan are provided by the Almaty branch of Dechert Kazakhstan Limited A list ofthe names ofthe directors of Dechert Kazakhstan Limited is available for inspection at its registered office: ... the meaning ofthe draft ofthe GIC In contrast, in the scope of application ofthe Regulation on European venture capital funds (still in the draft phase), what are known as ‘semiprofessional’ ... requirements already given in the InvA (e.g., verification ofthe legality ofthe AIF management company’s instructions) Impact on Taxation According to the reasoning ofthe draft ofthe GIC, the revision...
... predictions are available in a searchable database online at the site Imagining the Internet: A History and Forecast and they are also the basis for a book by Anderson titled Imagining the Internet: ... policy advocate, agreed that the issue of interface construction plays a role “English has already become the mandated standard language … most keyboards around the world are the ASCII character ... Microsoft and Google facing off against the major telecommunications corporations such as AT&T that provide the data pipelines) and in the appearance ofa newly formed world organization that grew...
... development of individuals with management potential as part ofa broader career management and succession planning initiative The fact that public sector managers have rated themselves as at least "reasonably ... ofthe summed items for that variable This allows one to treat the data as interval data measuring a latent variable, to which parametric statistical tests can be applied Reliability of scales ... years (p 0.001) The Cronbach's alpha and the mean total scores for the management competency subscales are presented in Table below The Cronbach's alphas for all the scales are at an acceptable...
... Spanish, Polish, German and Italian) We anticipated that most of these journal editors would either speak English as a second language or have access to a translator Non-respondents were approached ... approached again months later then months later The editors were informed that thesurvey was confidential and that their responses would be anonymised The questionnaire design was based on a validated ... [16,17] A Scandinavian study used a sham paper with either male or female authors to assess gender bias in a 1637 randomly selected Swedish physicians Female authors were ranked higher than male authors...
... Spanish, Polish, German and Italian) We anticipated that most of these journal editors would either speak English as a second language or have access to a translator Non-respondents were approached ... approached again months later then months later The editors were informed that thesurvey was confidential and that their responses would be anonymised The questionnaire design was based on a validated ... [16,17] A Scandinavian study used a sham paper with either male or female authors to assess gender bias in a 1637 randomly selected Swedish physicians Female authors were ranked higher than male authors...
... ari.joffe@albertahealthservices.ca NRA: Natalie.anton@albertahealthservices.ca JPD: Jon.duff@albertahealthservices.ca AdC: allan.decaen@albertahealthservices.ca Abstract Background: Neurologists often ... Acknowledgments There was no source of funding for this project AJ had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity ofthe data and the accuracy ofthe data analysis ... Asurveyof American neurologists about brain death: understanding the conceptual basis and diagnostic tests for brain death Ari R Joffe*1,2, Natalie R Anton1, Jonathan P Duff1 and Allan deCaen1...
... Jablunkov Pass area The results can be used as the basis for the next treatment of affected stands METHODS Study site The NFR of Moravskoslezské Beskydy is a part ofthe outer Carpathian Arc The ... ICP-AES as the technique of detection (Zbíral 1994) Methods of statistical analysis Exploratory statistical analysis involves the examination of mean values, coefficients of variation, maximum and ... area of NFR The supposed value ofthe critical pollution 150 mg/kg (Tyler 1992) is exceeded in 40% of samples in the area ofthe Pass while in the area of NFR 40 except the area of Jablunkov Pass...
... a recurrence in the univariate analysis This analysis revealed radiotherapy at recurrence as a significantly worse prognostic factor compared with adjuvant radiotherapy The addition of radiotherapy ... following factors: additional irradiation, a fraction size of ≥ Gy with a hazard rate of 60%, a total dose > 50 Gy with a hazard rate of 59% (p = 0.028, Table 4) In multivariate analysis radiotherapy ... radiotherapy at recurrence The addition of radiotherapy at an earlier time point ofthe disease may be advisable We looked at the fraction size under the hypothesis that as desmoid tumours are...
... Professor Anna-Mari Aalto from the National Institute for Health and Welfare, who participated in designing the questionnaire; to assistants Tiina Tala, Saara Ojala, and Heidi Korhonen from the ... content validity ofthe questionnaire Similarly, the internal consistency ofthe sum variables was analysed as being adequate (Cronbach's alpha coefficient over Page of 10 0.8 for each variable) ... dummy variables related to respondents (age and gender) and profession in the overall model, and organisation characteristics (healthcare level and hospital district) In the analyses, the variables...
... dissemination of research and to capture descriptions of their practices generally The second part ofthe questionnaire asked respondents to think about a particular grant rather than just their activities ... disseminating the findings of their research Although we are aware of studies that explore the nature of dissemination activity in other countries [13,14], we are unaware of any previous survey that ... stated that their research had, or was likely to have, influence on the acceptability and or availability ofa health intervention(s) or on the organisation and delivery of health services Around...
... courses, an average of five courses were planned with a mean budget of £9,000 They have an average of three active tutors, and Leads dedicate an average of 21% of their working week to the Programme ... collection, analysis and interpretation, and drafted the manuscript AK contributed to the design, analysis and interpretation of data, and revised the manuscript AR contributed to the design, analysis and ... interpretation of data, and revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements Ms Caroline Gardner Dr David Reeves The Process Evaluation ofthe EPP (PREPP) at...
... exchange was acceptable to a majority of workers in all agencies types There was little acceptance for methadone treatment, with the exceptions of outpatient and assessment/referral staff (the majority ... Data collection took place in two phases A list of outpatient and assessment/referral agencies in Ontario was obtained from the Drug and Alcohol Registry of Treatment (DART) Each agency was assigned ... declined All managers were asked to suggest a therapist from their agency who could also be surveyed Ten therapists were contacted for thesurveyThe remaining nine therapists were either unavailable...