... is yet to be tested for strokespecific outcomemeasuresand the extent of any additional error when transforming from descriptive stroke-specific measures to preference-based measures has yet to ... feasibility and value of regression-based transformations for deriving QALY-weights from generic descriptive measures of health and HRQoL [6-10] For example, a number of generic to generic transformations ... condition-specific outcome measures, there is no preference-based alternative with comparable sensitivity and coverage It is therefore possible that the evidence for generic to generic transformations...
... construction of warning and forecasting systems, information systems and response and rescue device; train and improve the capacity and awareness about climate change and its impacts in order ... resort, and should have the support and insurance policy for the sector The city now has got the organizational structure and facilities to prevent and reduce natural disasters as well as search and ... 0.002 standard for surface water quality type B with the maximum of 40mg/l and 74mg/l, respectively Up to 2020 and 2050, surface water quality of downstream Kone-Ha Thanh in general and of Quy...
... service o Number born, and date o Number scouring, (duration of treatment, and a record of any samples collected for NIVR) o Age and speculative cause of death o Number weaned and date o Date of ... farmers to improve their production and therefore their bottom line Our aim is for our selected farmers to become community leaders and produce breeding stock for neighbouring farmers (highly lucrative) ... the flooring is removable for cleaning and there are two openings and a light bulb, which provides warmth Straw is commonly added as bedding • Group housing in pens for dry sows with feeding...
... carcinoid tumor tested positive for SSTR types 2A and 2B and negative for SSTR types 1, 3, 4, and The samples taken from the lymph node metastases were inadequate for SSTR immunohistochemistry ... hospital He also drafted and edited the manuscript and obtained the patient’s consent and perspective AZ searched for previous relevant cases in the literature and reviewed and edited the manuscript ... gain and paroxysmal myopathy, and paranoiac thoughts of rape and sexual intimidation Her physical examination revealed pronounced facial acne and hirsutism, oily skin, moon face, buffalo hump, and...
... and river ecosystems, ecosystem lake, wetland ecosystems (= dress), grassland ecosystems, cave ecosystems, ecosystem dams, stream ecosystems, mountain ecosystems and high-mountain evergreen forest ... ● rainforest monsoon evergreen broadleaf trees grow in the mountain valleys and limestone ● Rainforest monsoon evergreen broadleaf trees growing on limestone slopes ● Young forest, scrub and small ... 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3.1 The natural conditions of Hanoi 3.1.1 Topography The topography is lower in the direction from north to south and from west to east, and by accounting for three quarters,...
... resources; formation of networks and forums Formal, informal and social institutions created for managing resources – natural, human, common property resources; networks and forums formed for maximising ... creating formal, informal and societal structures for managing resources, networks and forums; managing such institutions, networks and forums 48 Number of formal, informal and social institutions ... start with and in actual Contributions to creating Activities undertaken with formal, informal and societal support from stakeholders for structures for managing creating formal, informal and resources,...
... demand-management and Training and capacity building may be prerequisites for decision-making related to climate change andfor formulating appropriate policies andmeasures to address this issue Training and ... ton kilometre for goods vehicles and rail, marine and air freight; and energy per passen- ger kilometre for buses, air and rail transport 22 Technologies, Policies andMeasuresfor Mitigating ... and laboratories, and the initial investment costs) are the same as those for mandatory standards The increased investment for more efficient products, however, will be lower than that for mandatory...
... selling and marketing and the manipulation that they required I struggled to find a different way, and after 12 years this is it.” The Presenter kneed down, and he spoke with a force of purpose and ... the same way, your business needs to understand what you stand forand talk about that in all your communications People need to know who you are and what you believe in Be concise in your examples ... $1.50, and that’s the price they want to charge me So, I pay for a more expensive drink and that doesn’t qualify me for the same advantage as a lesser priced beverage? This is absurd And honestly...
... needed for monitoring and evaluation, including exposure assessment, indicators and systems for data collection at national level andfor poor rural and urban communities where the need for information ... carefully targeted financial support for technical development and production of appliances, andfor infrastructure for marketing and transport may be justified For example in the case of the improved ... indoor air pollution and affect the household economy, women’s time and activities, gender roles and relations, safety and hygiene, as well as the local and global environment For example, it is...
... Surveillance in England, Wales and Northern Ireland 297 14.4 Treatment outcome monitoring in England, Wales and Northern Ireland297 14.5 MycobNet (UK) 298 15 Priorities for future research ... guidance updates and replaces ‘Tuberculosis: clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, andmeasuresfor its prevention and control’ (developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic ... management of both latent and active TB, andmeasuresfor its prevention and control indicates areas suitable for clinical audit provides a choice of guideline versions for differing audiences...
... for three days of speeches and fundraising in Nevada, California and New Mexico g: The president left for three days of speeches and fundraising in Nevada, California and New Mexico can corpus ... written text and spontaneous speech as it has been scripted beforehand and is usually read off an autocue One stumbling block to performing a comparative study between written data and speech data ... left for a busy three days of speeches and fundraising in Nevada, California and New Mexico d: As you said, the president has just left for a busy three days w: You said, the president has left for...
... use in CE and ATR) because it has been shown to be the best-performing statisticsonly measure for CE (cf Evert and Krenn (2001) and Krenn and Evert (2001)) and also for ATR (see Wermter and Hahn ... Recently, more linguistically informed algorithms have been introduced both for CE (Wermter and Hahn, 2004) andfor ATR (Wermter and Hahn, 2005), which have been shown to outperform several of the statisticsonly ... various measures are employed in the literature for grading the termhood / collocativity of collected candidates Among the most widespread ones, both for ATR and CE, are statistical and information-theoretic...
... www.hpa.org.uk and search for ‘TB rate bands’ Household contacts People sharing a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom or sitting room with the index case ‘Inform and advise’ information Advice on the risks and symptoms ... ward, for which no particular engineering standards are required 1.2.2.1 All patients with TB should have risk assessmentsfor drug resistance (see section 1.5) andfor HIV If risk factors for ... of BCG for unvaccinated people who are Mantoux negative (see section 1.7.4) • ‘Inform and advise’ information for people who not have active TB and are not being offered BCG or treatment for latent...
... and pathological features of the disease; using Kit for detection of trypanosomes and recommendation of preventive and control measures of trypanosomiasis in cattle and buffaloes Scientific and ... scientific informations of epidemiological and pathological features and effects of detection kits for diagnosis of trypanosomiasis,preventive and control measures of this disease in cattle and buffaloes ... and safety to cattle and buffaloes - First recommendation of preventive and control measures of trypanosomiasis in cattle and buffaloes is thorough treatment of trypanosomiasis in buffaloes and...
... the VSP-A and KINDL-R, and reported chronic condition (data not shown), the AUC were lower and similar for both questionnaires (AUC = 0.63 and 0.64 for VSP-A and KINDL-R, respectively) For global ... 80% and 20% respectively) On the other hand, global HRQL scores near 80 reflect a low probability (11% for VSPA and 16% for KINDL-R) of presenting any of these health problems Figures 1, 2, and ... "Family", "Friends" and "School" and additional modules for children and adolescents with chronic conditions (not assessed in this study) and allows creating a global HRQL score Both HRQL measures include...
... collected information regarding inhaled and pump delivered insulin and thereby forming the basis for the TRIM-Diabetes/ Device development project Information regarding the methodology for the collection ... separate measure Therefore, all reliability and validity tests were performed on both the total scores andfor each domain Item Characteristics and Measurement Model (Scaling) For item reduction ... experts and patients received an honorarium for their participation in the interviews Data from all interviews were coded and hand sorted and qualitatively analyzed to identify common themes and...
... lifestyle interventionsand independence for elders pilot (LIFE-P) study Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:115 Authors’ contributions FCH, WJR, EHI, and AMJ: study concept and design, ... et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:115 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/115 Figure IRT analysis for social role factor Page of 10 Hsu et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, ... investigators: Effects of a physical activity intervention on measures of physical performance: results of the Lifestyle Interventionsand Independence for Elders Pilot (LIFE-P) Study J Gerontol A Biol Sci...
... years), Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of between and 5.5 and neurologically stable for at least 30 days prior to randomization Twiss et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, ... Reliability and Validity The distributional properties of the PRIMUS and U-FIS were explored through descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, median and inter-quartile range [IQR]) and floor and ... anchor-based estimates for the RD for those improving and deteriorating are shown in Table The results showed that for the PRIMUS Activities and QoL scales the RD estimates were similar for patients who...
... ‘others’, ‘sport and school’ and ‘treatment’ Age groups II and III have in addition the domains ‘perceived support’ and ‘dealing with haemophilia’ andfor adolescents the domains ‘future’ and ‘relationship’ ... Comparison of Haemophilia measuresfor children and adults One questionnaire for children (Haemo-QoL) and four instruments (Haem-A-QoL, Medtap, Hemo-Sat A and the HEP-Test-Q) for adult patients were ... linking process and provides a common language for clinical practice, teaching and research, it will probably become the essential reference for existing PRO measures, as well as for PRO measures to...
... Table Purposes for using outcomemeasuresand factors influencing the choice of an outcome measure in research (multiple answers possible) Europe n (%) Purpose of using outcomemeasures in research ... other using comments, fora, and sharing content (i.e advice, syntax for analysis) This need for communication and sharing information is not met by current websites focussing on outcome measurement ... clinical cases and training examples in addition to detailed information about specific PROMs and related references (see see Table 6) The need for guidance on how to use an outcome measure and analyse...