... (DCE) questionnaire, an approach that facilitates MDCA, and distributed this among 24 national health policymakers, 55 health professionals, and 163 general populations Third, our DCE analyses resulted ... 22:178-185 Vargas V, Poblete S: Health prioritization: The case of Chile Health Affairs 2008, 27:782-792 Jehu-Appiah C, Baltussen R, Acquah C, Aikins M, Amah d’Almeida S, Bosu W, Koolman X, Lauer J, ... Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand 3School of Public Health and Social SciencesMuhimbili, University of Health and Social Sciences, Tanzania...
... Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand School of Public Health and Social Sciences-Muhimbili, University of Health and Social Sciences, Tanzania *Corresponding author ... and its usefulness for priority setting acrossa broad range of health interventions Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2011 9: p Daniels, N., Accountability for reasonableness: Establishing ... framework and its usefulness for priority setting acrossa broad range of health interventions Sitaporn Youngkong1,2,*, Noor Tromp1, and Dereck Chitama1,3 Nijmegen International Center for Health...
... authorities to an abnormal increase in the number of cases of malaria, diarrhea and measles ؠCommunity awareness campaign about the NGOs activities Unlike other areas of epidemiology, for example, ... Transitions (SMART) initiative aims to ensure standardization of planning, training, analysis and reporting [13], and advocates for the systematic use of mortality and nutrition indicators The evaluation ... manuscript Authors' contributions RFG, FJL, HP, and EG had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis All authors...
... 269) Table Glycosaminoglycan analysis and calcium measurements of the water-soluble matrix, the EDTA-soluble matrix and the EDTA-insoluble matrix of Pinctada maxima nacre Sulfated and nonsulfated ... Almeida, M.J., Milet, C., Lopez, E & Giraud, M (2001) Characterization and quantification of chitosan extracted from nacre of the abalone Haliotis tuberculata and the oyster Pinctada maxima Mar ... chondroitin sulfate as standard The assay was adapted to the estimation of GAG in more dilute samples by increasing the aliquot size, as proposed by Gold [30] Calcium analysis Calcium analyses were...
... influence of laser parameters on saturated values of mode photon densities, we vary one of parameters in table and remain invariable all the rest of parameters The obtained results are shown ... Discussion and conclusion In the stationary operation of two-mode random microlaser, the variation of laser parameters influences clearly on the transformation of mode photon densities With each parameter, ... photon densities of mode and These equations (1), (2) have been solved numerically by the Matlab language with chosen values of parameters shown in Table (as seen in [12]) Table α1 = 1.1 β1 =...
... consequence has oxygen and nitrate available) into the plume impacted with leachate from a landfill As a result, the only microbial processes that are generally available for biodegradation of hazardous ... entitled “Anaerobic Biodegradation of Organic Chemicals in Groundwater: A Summary ofField and Laboratory Studies” was prepared for the American Petroleum Institute (API) and others by the Syracuse ... conducted at a site, a simple average was computed for the biodegradation rate and the average was used The average was computed so that one site may not unduly bias the distribution of rate constants...
... Unlike the anaerobic biodegradation rate constant database previously compiled (Aronson and Howard, 1997), the aerobic biodegradation rate constant database includes rate constant information from ... soil, surface water, and sediment as well as aquifer environments This project has been completed to demonstrate that in many cases, a large amount of data is available from a variety of studies ... evidence of biodegradation at a specific location and can provide an “absolute mass balance” on a particular contaminant In addition, the formation and measurement of metabolites can definitively...
... to transform framed VOAs into other framed VOAs An advantage of our ways is that we can construct many framed VOAs from smaller pieces As basic pieces, we will use a rational Virasoro VOA L( ... particular, a | a ∈ L2 is an elementary abelian 2-subgroup of Aut(VL ) If a, b is odd for a, b ∈ L2 , then τb (e± (a) ) = e∓ (a) Proof Since a, L ∈ Z and a, a = 4, L ⊆ Za ⊕ a ⊥ In particular, ... framed VOA As applications, we study the five framed VOA structures on VE8 and construct many framed VOAs including V from a small VOA One of the advantages of our construction is that we are able...
... (Experimental mittee of Board of Trade on Submarine Cables), and may be classed under the name of discharged completely, it gradually acquires a "Electric Absorption." We shall take (86) the case ofa ... ELECTEOMAGNETIC FIELD 491 By the same demonstration as was used in the case of the mechanical action on a magnet, it may be shown that the mechanical force on a small body containing a quantity e2 of free ... will be and A this will and B be an attraction if x and y are of the same sign, and if M is increased as approach It appears, therefore, that if goes on as long as it acts, we admit that the unresisted...
... Radwan, AE: Electrogravitational instability of an annular fluid jet coaxial with a very dense fluid cylinder under radial varying fields J Plasma phys 44, 455–465 (1991) Radwan, AE, Hasan, AA: ... universe is made of plasma, including stars, the interplanetary medium, nebulae and jets, stability of spiral arm of galaxy, etc Many astrophysical systems are not in local thermal equilibrium, and therefore ... AA: Axisymmetric electrogravitational stability of fluid cylinder ambient with transverse varying oscillating field, (IAENG) Int J Appl Math 38(3):113–120 (2008) Radwan, AE, Hasan, AA: Magnetohydrodynamic...
... [18] As the annealing temperature increases, the grain surface also increases, leading to enhanced interfacial adhesion between buffer layer and active layer phases It is observed in typical organic ... solution (Baytron P VP A1 4083;1.3 wt.%) as a buffer -layer material was purchased from H C Starck (Goslar, Germany) 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinine [NMP] as a solvent, pentacene as a doping material, and 1,2-dichlorobenzene ... interfaces of grains As the annealing temperature was increased, the root-mean-square [RMS] surface roughness of pentacene-doped PEDOT:PSS films increased as well because the grain size has increased...
... areas where modifications had been made to the surface (a special type of paper was attached to the wall after preparation of the paintings) This a ected the transducer-wall coupling in such a ... 2) In any case, this is not a critical parameter and a raw estimate of the pulse duration suffices A different matter is the capability for measuring an appropriate waveform for implementing matched ... Gos´ lbez, A Salazar, I Bosch, R Miralles, and L Vergara, a “Application of ultrasonic nondestructive testing to the diagnosis of consolidation ofa restored dome,” Materials Evaluation, vol...
... 2.3 Advantages of swarms of UAVs In this section, we describe the advantages of small UAVs It is shown using example applications how swarms can increase the capabilities of such UAVs Small inexpensive ... unloading of circuits on an FPGA using an operating system Checkpointing has been used as a means to allow simulated partial dynamic reconfiguration in the absence ofa practical partial dynamic ... network and memory arbiter This has been implemented and it has been shown capable of executing practical UAV applications SHARING FPGA COMPUTING AND POWER RESOURCES ACROSSA SWARM OF UAVs Sharing a...
... Phenological data are a certain expression of the climate character ofa given region Thus, they can contribute to assess the variability of weather and also to evaluate the impacts of potential climatic ... temperature and radiation were monitored in the open area To evaluate phenological data for the characterized period, arithmetic mean, maximum and minimum value, variation range and standard deviation ... 2004 Larix decidua Mill 2004 Fagus sylvatica L 2007 Fagus sylvatica L 2007 Fagus sylvatica L 2006 Fagus sylvatica L 2006 Fagus sylvatica L 2005 Fagus sylvatica L 2005 Fagus sylvatica L 2004 Fagus...
... conditional stationary probability of finding the M-PASEP chain, C, in a state Y given that it is in an unmarked state is related to the stationary distribution of PASEP chain by C P∞ (Y given that ... successfully analysed using a matrix product Ansatz [10, 16] In this paper we give a combinatorial derivation and interpretation of the stationary distribution of the PASEP which is independent of the matrix ... M-PASEP, which we use to study the stationary distribution of the original PASEP In particular we show that the stationary distributions of the M-PASEP and the PASEP are simply related 5.1 Marked...
... pine needles acrossa chronosequence composed of four stands aged of 10-, 32-, 54- and 91-yr respectively Maximal carboxylation capacity, maximal electron transport rate and apparent quantum use ... four stands of different age Figure Relationship between maximum carboxylation rate, Vcmax, and phosphorus concentration on a leaf area basis, Pa, across the chronosequence For each stand, value ... explained by the higher values of photosynthetic capacity and intermediate level of stomatal conductance measured in the trees of this stand Leaf nitrogen concentration on an area basis appeared...
... Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, 145 p Martín A (1995) Reciclado de bioelementos a través de la hojarasca en ecosistemas forestales de la Sierra de Gata (Sistema Central español) Tesis Doctoral, ... Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, 356 p Martín A, Ciallardo JF, Santa Regina I ( 1993) Dinámica dc la descomposición de hojas de rebollo en cuatro ecosistemas foreatales de la Sierra de Gata (provincia ... over slates and greywackes at Navasfrías and Villasrubias and over Ca-alkaline granite at El Payo and Fuenteguinaldo (Gallardo et al, 1980) METHODS To follow the dynamics of leaf-litter decomposition...
... Bioinformatics 2009, 25:167-174 Yoshida-Hata N, Mitamura Y, Oshitari T, Namekata K, Harada C, Harada T, Yamamoto S: Transcription factor, SP1, in epiretinal membranes of patients with proliferative ... To be called a SNP, a locus had to have a coverage of at least eight reads, and a ratio between 0.5 and 0.6 for the major allele For each gene we calculated the probability that the major and minor ... Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals Nat Rev Genet 2010, 11:204-220 Athanasiadou R, de Sousa D, Myant K, Merusi C, Stancheva I, Bird A: Targeting of de...
... cleavage and DNA fragmentation Exposure of WSU-FSCCL cells to TW-37 induced activation of caspase and caspase activity and PARP cleavage Page of 13 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of ... associated with activation of caspase and 9, cleavage of the polyadenosine ribose polymerase (PARP) into active fragments and DNA fragmentation (Fig 3) These are the hallmarks of mitochondrial dependent ... overall project direction; YS technical work; ASG data interpretation; ASA technical work; BC data interpretation; AA technical work; RMM design of research experiments, data analysis All authors...
... a pattern of progressive adenocarcinoma with similar genetic changes and pathophysiology as seen in human breast cancers associated with BRCA1-mutations [11,12] Additionally, as in human BRCA1-associated ... University of Maryland, Baltimore animal facility and maintained in accordance with institutional guidelines approved by the University of Maryland, Baltimore Animal Care and Use Committee To compare ... enlarged view ofa cell indicating the contact surfaces of the source and the drain is shown to the right of the wafer Gate voltage is applied at the back of the wafer Also indicated are the aligning...