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... stimulointimallit Foreword The ageing of the population is a major challenge for Finland, where the population is ageing faster than in the other EU countries This means that theneedfor institutional ... costs andthe expenses of the social and health services are increasing The report analyses the factors influencing the use of social and health services by the elderly On the basis of the analysis, ... 3.4 and 4, but includes some further analysis of the results 4 The models for care utilisation The models for care utilisation 2.1 DataThe Ministry of Social Affairs and Health executed the...
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... this information; from 2011 they will be required to provide it Authors' contributions SM conceived the idea forthe paper and led the writing DF, ME and JMG contributed to the writing and commented ... of these guidelines to non-pharmacological trials [36], the TREND Statement forthe transparent reporting of evaluations with non-randomised designs [37] andthe STROBE Statement for strengthening ... science of behaviour Using theory to identify constructs (key concepts in the theory) that are causally related to behaviour, and are therefore appropriate targets forthe intervention, can confer...
... years, there is no way to teach a student every medical fact and relationship Future physicians, more than ever before, must be able to retrieve and interpret dataand to use and understand the ... The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors’ contributions AM and EN drafted and edited the article; AM contributed the genetic and ethics expertise and EN contributed the ... have been describing theneedfor educational reform long enough The genotype has been sequenced but the phenotype of the educational modalities remains minimally expressed The time has come to...
... this information; from 2011 they will be required to provide it Authors' contributions SM conceived the idea forthe paper and led the writing DF, ME and JMG contributed to the writing and commented ... of these guidelines to non-pharmacological trials [36], the TREND Statement forthe transparent reporting of evaluations with non-randomised designs [37] andthe STROBE Statement for strengthening ... science of behaviour Using theory to identify constructs (key concepts in the theory) that are causally related to behaviour, and are therefore appropriate targets forthe intervention, can confer...
... agreement, negotiated at the end of the Uruguay Round of the 'General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade' in 1994, sets forth global minimum standards for protecting and enforcing all forms of IPRs (or ... flexible criteria for novelty and inventiveness are implemented, pharmaceutical companies may apply for patents for different formulations of known drugs and thus expand the duration of the protection ... applications forthe development and approval of a generic product before the patent expiration date In November 1998, the European Commission and their member states requested that the WTO Dispute...
... based on thedata formats that they could handle Because of the problems in using binary protocols, there was a needfor a ubiquitous protocol, and an easily parsable and transformable data encoding ... resource (for example, database connections) had been exhausted ! Theneedfor excessive hardware than is required for typical loads, just to handle the infrequent load spikes Module 1: TheNeedfor ... Web-based protocols anddata formats, let us briefly trace the path that led to the emergence of these standards The Internet andthe Web Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol...
... were then projected to 2010 and 2015, and then finally, based on growth and replacement demand, the total demand for new qualified employees was calculated 32 | Sectors and skills: Theneedfor ... backward and forward linkages with other firms They command vital technologies and they take responsibility for assisting the efficiency of both their suppliers and their customers These value ... demand forthe period 2006–2010 33 Employment demand forthe period 2006–2015 33 Management and professional skills profiles for 2006, 2010 and 2015; total demand calculations for 2006–2010 and...
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... with the foundation for our analysis of the case for patent-policy change: the theory and objectives of the U.S patent system The Utilitarian Purpose of the Patent System The Constitution of the ... involves trade-offs between theneed to provide incentives for invention andtheneed to ensure that inventions andthe knowledge behind them are shared forthe public good The trade-offs inherent ... them in local germplasm; the public channel, which relies on government and other publicly funded Forthe foreseeable future, the R&D to produce the needed innovation, andthe public-private cooperative...
... account forthe force of gravity The Standard Model incorporates the forces of electromagnetism andthe strong and weak forces But when physicists attempt to include gravity as a fourth force in the ... that these impending discoveries may transform our understanding of the origin of matter and energy andthe ongoing evolution of the universe The limitations of the Standard Model are evident, for ... and two less familiar forces known as the strong force andthe weak force They developed a theoretical framework known as the Standard Model, which describes and predicts the behavior of elementary...
... friends for information Less than percent of young men turned to religious figures for information While girls are most comfortable talking to their mothers about puberty and other SRH issues, the ... said another “I agree about sex education for boys and girls, it is protection for them,” said one mother when asked about seminar topics Another mother said, “Topics should be suitable for their ... the adolescents studied and also a marked improvement after they attended the seminars The boys answered 28 percent of questions correctly before the training and 76 percent correctly after the...
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