... The exploratory (traditional form) the descriptive and the explanatory. A further description ofthe latter two follows. 3.1 Traditional criticisms ofthecasestudy Criticism ofthecase ... will look briefly at the epistemological basis of the case study. Many ofthe criticisms ofthecasestudymethod relate to the highly labour intensive nature of this research strategy. Miles ... supporting the validity of a research strategy. Quantitative researchis routinely depicted as linked to the positivist tradition ofthe natural sciences, with an objectivist, atomistic view of the...
... 70percent ofthe total outstanding loans, they become the dominant providers of indirectfinancing and the most important source of financing for enterprises, if their owncapital is excluded.In ... financial institutions, the establishment of several insurance companies, the fast growth of securities industry, the start-up of Shenzhen and Shanghai StockExchanges and the grant of market access ... of bank deposits and loans, stocks, bondsand insurance premiums. With the rapid growth ofthe money market and capitalmarket, deposits and lending of financial institutions continued to be the...
... galacto-oligosaccharides.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors thank Simon Flitter for the identification and isolation of the galA containing phage clones and Matthew Illsley for the analysis of a-L-1,5-arabinofuranosidase activity in the ... detected against any of the transgalactooligosaccharides listed in Materials andmethods.Hydrolysis of arabinogalactans The sugar composition ofthe arabinogalactans frompotato, onion and soy was ... with the arabinanolyticgenes [1]. The absence of expression of galA in the presence of pectic galactan indicates that galactose is not an inducer of galA expression. This is in agreement with...
... reflected in the social security data. Only 8% of woman over the age of 60 receive a pension, in comparison with 17% of men. If social security coverage is to be expanded on an equitable basis, it would ... distribution of income. It is conceivable that a high proportion ofthe elderly in the lowest quintile is consistent with a high standard of living where income distribution is narrow and average ... The benefits of real output growth can therefore quickly dissipate where the level of economic dependency continues to rise, or more accurately where it rises in excess ofthe growth of output....
... characteristics of particular characteristics ofthe Mother. The characteristics ofthe Mother is manifest in grades god, as the Au Co Mother ofthe Vietnamese, the Trung sisters, Y Lan Under the ... Mother of Rice, Mother ofthe tree …With spiritual faith in the power of Mother - the Creator, sponsor for the survival and growth ofthe universe, human nature and worship Mother belief is ... 1.1.2.3. The Pantheon ofthe Mother Goddess Religion It might be called the dawn ofthe Holy of Mother is separate natural worship Goddess. The goddesses isthe god of nature and no human characteristics...
... about by the weight of clinical evidence for and against an interven-tion. This involves assessment ofthe quality ofthe evi-dence, the risks and benefits of treatments, and the impact of implementation ... through the translationalpathway.Within the UK, the Cooksey report resulted in the reor-ganisation ofresearch funding and the creation of severalnew funding programmes, with the aim of producing ... studies with the aim of establishingproof of concept in humans. The efficacy categoryincludes all research which aims to establish definitiveproof of efficacy for an intervention (where proof of...
... fourmonths after the initial presentation. To the best of ourknowledge, the delay that can occur between the first presen-tation ofan acute clavicular fracture and recognition thatit is in fact ... fractureclinic by an orthopaedic registrar who attributed the pain,swelling and the fracture ofthe clavicle to the mechanism of injury and advised follow-up in one month's time. The patient ... conceived the idea and wrote the paper.SA and SM analysed the notes and contributed to the dis-cussion.CBH was responsible for editing and approving the finalmanuscript.All authors read and approved...
... rare combination ofan endocrine tumour of the common bile duct and a follicular lymphoma of the ampulla of Vater: a case report and review of the literaturePanagiotis G Athanasopoulos1*, ... follicularlymphomas ofthe ampulla of Vater constitute an infrequent neoplasia. Herein, we report the first caseof asynchronous development of a carcinoid tumour ofthe common bile duct and an ampullary ... (chro-mogranin A) and NSE (neuron-specific enolase) werefound within normal range. Because ofthe small sizeand histology ofthe carcinoid, no other imaging modal-ities such as Octreoscan or MIBG...
... hours. An MRI of herhead reported a single cystic enhanced lesion in the par-ietal lobe ofthe brain (Figure 1). A diagnosis of neuro-cysticercosis was made on the basis ofthe MRI,convulsion and ... nervous system disorders.Neurocysticercosis is a rare, but an important, cause of first-time convulsions in pregnancy. Case presentations: We report the cases of two Indian women, aged 20 and 24 years ... diagnosis and fo llow-upstudies [2]. The signs and symptoms range from a singleseizure to coma and death. It can be treated with mini-mal interruption to the course ofthe pregnancy andmedical...
... and human intuitionmore ofthe essence than in these situations. The demands on the therapistare huge, but so are the rewards, and itis difficult to imagine encountersbeing more giving than ... therapy andas long as thatisthe case, and probably even after that, itis advisable for the therapist to be guided by the proverbial Rogerian triad of Warmth–Empathy–Genuineness. THE ROLE OF SUPERVISION ... and the client would be attentive and willing.This couldn’t have been further from reality.Medication managementAfter years of visiting Janet it was important to me thatthe benefits of thisnew...
... and the Isle of Wight, initially as part ofthe randomised community field study and nowin the dissemination ofthe programme.This casestudyisan example ofthe structure of this brief intervention,although, ... of being the voice of the devil, this was really the part of her that had never managed to copewith that terrifying and punishing event in the distant past. The therapy: An Interacting CognitiveSubsystems ... individualare then shared with the keyworker, with permission, and so employed by the team.Another feature of this caseisthat breakdown occurred in middle life,and involved the reactivation of childhood...