... software on the computer that their child used at home, compared to only 5% ofthe parents in Romania and Bulgaria In Romania – and in Lithuania and Portugal – approximately six out of 10 parents ... Romania and Malta thought that their child accessed the Internet from a public place In only two countries did at least one-fifth ofthe parents say that their child, as far as they were aware, ... of fathers said their child usedthe Internet, compared to 74% ofthe mothers 82% ofthe over 54 year-olds and 79% ofthe 40-54 year-olds said their child usedthe Internet, compared to 68% of...
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... internal vertices and i colored leaves ofthe first class, we attach β leaves to its candidate leaf and erase the color ofthe candidate leaf (now an internal vertex) Thus we obtain a β-ary tree with ... in a very recent paper of Bajunaid et al [1, 2005] They claimed that they did not find their result in the literature and they did not know any obvious combinatorial proof for their special case, ... derived from theorems in Sprugnoli et al [5] Also we refine the formula for Cβ,γ (n) with aids ofa Gould classes of inverse relation and obtain an implicit formula forthe generating function of Cβ,γ...
... could be usedfor further evaluations ofthe sustainability of CLAHRC-like approaches Theoretical framework Implementation research has tended to lack a theoretical basis [32,55,56] and has been ... related to a tracer issue [81] These cases represent a natural sample ofthe CLAHRCs as each has planned a different approach to implementation Sampling is based on a theoretical replication argument; ... useful formative information for CLAHRCs and summative data for this evaluation We anticipate that at least one ofthe tracer issues will be common to all three CLAHRCs to enable greater comparison...
... interpretation of data, critical revisions ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements We thank the clinicians and patients of "Mais Carandá" Family Health ... longitudinal assessment ofthe case and all data from medical records were evaluated to form a diagnosis of Clinical Somatizers (CS), taking into account the number of validated unexplained symptoms ... period all symptoms for which a medical explanation was in doubt were further discussed with the participant's GP The history of somatoform complaints was made for each subject As a standard procedure,...
... care Intracoronary thrombolysis was used in 42% of patients later randomized to IABP therapy compared to 46% of patients in the standard therapy arm Intravenous heparin was usedfora mean of ... was not broad since data for this economic analysis was only based on inhospital billings It may be argued that from an economic standpoint, the advantages or disadvantages of IABP therapy may ... reperfusion ofthe IRA Rescue angioplasty was not attempted in any of these patients This study randomized patients at the end of initial coronary angiography to 48 h of prophylactic IABP therapy (n...
... Location A, Wildlife Liquefaction Array (WLA) 393 Figure 10-9 Relative locations ofthe liquefaction sensor array at Test Location A and the area where a separate crosshole P-wave ... directly evaluate the liquefaction resistance of soils in place Thetest is based on the premise of dynamically loading a native soil deposit in a manner similar to an earthquake while simultaneously ... daughters, Kayla and Savannah They have been understanding and extremely patient with me during the writing of this dissertation and my research related travels I love them with all of my heart and cannot...
... Corina, D & Akhtar, M (1996) The mechanism ofthe acyl-carbon bond cleavage reaction catalyzed by recombinant sterol 1 4a- demethylase of Candida albicans (other names are: lanosterol 1 4a- demethylase, ... radical rearrangements [98,312] On the other hand, the timing of radical rearrangement (radical clocks) may depend critically on the tightness ofthe radical cage and the ensemble of steric and ... dismutase or catalase, implicating the involvement ofa peroxo adduct in catalysis [243] In fact, reactivity was enhanced when H2O2 was the oxidant in place of reductant and air [243], and the putative...
... Klabin and Aracruz that present data for years 2003, 2004 and 2005 and Cenibra which data are available only for 2005 ** The companies not have this value calculated All plants, excepting Aracruz and ... lower than Cenibra in all parameters Votorantim, Suzano Bahia Sul, Ripasa and International paper are integrated producers ofthe writing and printing paper By calculating the average ofthe three ... Brazilian companies and comparing with the international Paper performance, the Brazilian group reaches an average lower than foreign subsidiary in five ofthe six parameters The values reached...
... FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency INEEL Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NIST National Institute of Standards and ... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the DOE, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and several universities to gather wind data, measure structural loading, and ... testing • the value of large-scale testing data (as compared to observational data) in the development and validation of computer simulations as a vehicle for (1) public education, (2) the validation...
... synchronize the inflation and deflation of pressure suits adaptively to gain an increase in the level of gravitational accelerations that an airman is capable of tolerating Additional applications, such as ... have a dc resistance greater than GΩ and a capacitance of 5000 pF at Figure 1.10 Block diagram ofa typical capacitive active bioelectrode A highly dielectric material is used to form a capacitive ... amplifier is the result ofa series of transformations among the parameters of voltage, impedance, and current at each stage ofthe signal transfer As shown in the figure, the electrophysiological activity...
... between qualification and years These variables were therefore retained in all models where they were antecedent to the dependent variable of interest Therefore in themodelfor nursing at years we ... satisfaction data at and 18 months using principal component analysis with varimax rotation and Kaiser normalization to ascertain whether the eight factors (Care, Staffing, Development, Relationships, ... to statistical significance in the full model (Table 3) The global testofthe five first-order factors loading on SF1 was statistically significant The OR for Staffing was less than one again...
... instruction as well as the lingua franca for social interaction (Adamson & Feng 2009) English is taught from Primary as a means to facilitate the international economic modernization of China The linguistic ... Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong Beibei Xia is an Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Languages for International Business at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, and a doctoral ... for analyzing language in education policies in terms ofthe impact on the language rights of minority groups: What are the major forces affecting language policies in education and how these forces...
... stress-coping model Based on the model, other life events, disease characteristics, disease-related events, and demographic characteristics are linked to the appraisal of demands and goals Furthermore, all ... multivariate associations A path analysis was conducted to testthe fit of our data on the specified model (Figure 3) A good fit is indicated by a non-significant chi squared statistic, a Comparative ... Garcia-Marcos L, Carvajal Uruena I, Escribano Montaner A, fernadez Benitez M, de la Garcia Rubia S, Tauler Toro E, Perez Fernandez V, Barcina Sancez C: Seasons and other factors affecting the quality...
... healthrelated quality of life; ARIA: Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma; mCSA: minimum cross-sectional area; ROC: receiver operating characteristic; ANOVA: analysis of variance Page of ... Verjee-Lorenz A, ISPOR Task Force for Translation and Cultural Adaptation, et al: Principles of Good Practice forthe Translation and Cultural Adaptation Process for PatientReported Outcomes (PRO) Measures: ... Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Mª Teresa Audicana, Allergy Service, Hospital de Santiago, Vitoria, Spain; Ana Mar a Navarro, Allergy Unit, Hospital el Tomillar, Sevilla, Spain 10 11 12 13...
... occasions to review the items forthe following: 1) appropriateness of difficulty and relevancy for patients as examinees, 2) concise, clear language at the appropriate level (Grade 9) and was as ... conceived ofthe study and participated in its design and coordination AG administered the instruments and collected the data CV directed and oversaw the statistical analysis which was conducted ... at least two occasions for standard treatment and standard psycho-education as a part of standard clinical care prior to recruitment Patients with chronic or recent alcohol and illicit drug abuse,...
... Pedro Soares pedromortaguasoares@gmail.com Rute Santos rutemarinasantos@hotmail.com António Oliveira-Tavares oliveiratavares@netvisao.pt Jorge Mota jmota@fade.up.pt Joana Carvalho jcarvalho@fade.up.pt ... that these results are related to the fact that many experts are programme leaders and thus, are more aware of practices that pertain to Leadership Also, experts may have been aware ofthe fact ... editing the manuscript AOT and RS managed the data collection and analysis JC participated in the coordination ofthe study and supervised the drafting and editing of manuscript All authors reviewed...