... particularly in Guangdong province and in the northern parts of Africa and Inuits of Alaska[1] Till date radiotherapy remains the mainstay treatment of NPC[2] A definitive radiation dose between 66 Gy and ... polyamine Due to an increase in these activities, in cases of malignancy, an increase uptake of this tracer is observed in such patients [36] Since the uptake of amino acid is low in normal brain ... debilitating late-stage complication after radiation therapy in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) The bilateral temporal lobes are inevitably encompassed in the radiation field and are thus...
... Mano A, Falcao A, Godinho I, Santos J, Leitao F, de Oliveira C, Caramona M: CA-125 AUC as a predictor for epithelial ovarian cancer relapse Cancer Biomark 2008, 4:73-81 Mano A, Falcao A, Godinho ... paclitaxel/cisplatin as primary treatment for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: a National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group Study J Clin Oncol 2000, 18:4038-4044 Jacobs IJ, Skates SJ, MacDonald ... included in this review Also studies evaluating the relationship between a new kinetic parameter AUC (Area under the Curve) as well as the longitudinal studies on CA125 and survival in ovarian cancer...
... India: a sixteen year review Journal of Family Welfare 1997, 43:1-4 13 Rajaram P, Agrawal A, Swain S: Determinants of maternal mortality: a hospital-based study from South India Indian Journal ... interventions (Table 2) The developing countries included in the studies were in Asia (Nepal, India, Pakistan, Thailand), Africa (Egypt, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa) and South America (Argentina and ... supplies and sub standard clinical practices These falling standards of care may include deteriorating infection control practices, resulting in an increased risk of institutionally acquired puerperal...
... scale, intensity, form, cost, and legality of these classes In particular, the paper offers a comparative analysis of the trends in private tutoring between 1998 and 2006 where data are available ... poor quality of lessons taught in schools The large difference between taking tutoring classes to prepare for examinations and other reasons indicates again the importance of examinations in the ... province of Jinan, China See also Dang and Rogers (2008) for a discussion of other studies that not find statistically significant impacts of private tutoring on student performance, and Dang...
... India; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Karachi, Pakistan; Delhi, India; Manila, the Philippines; Jakarta, Indonesia; Istanbul, Turkey; Hyderabad, India; Lahore, Pakistan; Madras, India; and Bangalore, India Two ... slum areas requires an awareness of how data are commonly presented For example, infant, neonatal, and under-five mortality rates in DHS data sets are presented as national averages and are also ... International, January 2001, Report on the Baseline Knowledge, Practice, Coverage Survey, Jeevan Daan Child Survival Program, Ahmedabad, India, India: Sanchetana, Counterpart International, Ahmedabad...
... concentration of radon and its metabolites is increased in concrete single-family homes.129) Nano-particles and Nano-materials The health effectsof nano-particles and nano-materials have been reviewed.117–121) ... ochraceus Wilhelm ina House in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Indoor Environ., 9, 37–43 (in Japanese) Yamasaki, Y., Wang, B., Sakano, N., Wang, D and Takigawa, T (2006) Relationship between indoor ... Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environ., 1, 27–34 (in Japanese) 126) Kishi, R., Saijo, Y., Kanazawa, A. , Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, T., Chikara, H., Takigawa, T., Morimoto, K., Nakayama, K and Shibata, E (2009)...
... the introduction of resource accounting and budgeting In Australia the main driver for change was the introduction of Accruals-based Outcome and Output Budgeting In Canada, the Office of the Auditor ... more information on types of quantitative and qualitative indicators, and examples of each 28 Box 7: Examples of Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators Qualitative Indicators: Illustrative Examples ... organizational units that are responsible for, and capable of, taking action to improve performance • Organisationally acceptable – valued by all levels in the organization, used as a management...
... is general agreement that a woman’s increasing number of pregnancies, increasing length of oral contraceptive use, and increasing duration of lactation are protective against ovarian cancer 34 ... Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, American Indians, and Alaskan Natives The homeless and residents of correctional facilities are at greatest risk Transmission of the bacillus is usually by inhalation ... Paediatrica Scandinavica 351(Suppl.):122–125 Pisacane A, Graziano L, Zona G, Dolezalova H, Cafiero M, Coppola A, Scarpellino B, Ummarino M, Mazzarella G 1994 Breast feeding and acute lower respiratory...
... Washback indicates “an intended or unintended (accidental) direction and function of curriculum change on aspects of teaching and learning by means ofa change of public examinations” Similar ... terms of educational setting, the positive washback is that the authority can use the test to attain its goal of teaching and learning However, the negative washback is that the authority uses that ... Messick, Validity and washback in language testing Language Testing 13 (1996) 241 [5] K.M Bailey, Working for washback: Areviewof the washback concept in language testing, Language Testing, 13...
... methods—data processing, data logging, and data forwarding Data processing wearable systems include a processing element such as a PDA10,19 or microcontroller device Data logging and data forwarding ... selecting a therapy The clinician examines the advantages and disadvantages of employing telemonitoring, and also examines the advantages and disadvantages of not employing telemonitoring, which ... and have continuous access to an alarm center An inaccurate system which raises false alarms wastes valuable healthcare resources; can lead to a lack of confidence in the system’s ability; and...
... smoking and, in addition, the International Agency for Research on Cancer states that tobacco smoking can also cause cancers of the following sites: upper aero-digestive tract (oral cavity, nasal cavity, ... Much of the significant management, administrative and overhead efficiency savings potential in health and social care has already been captured through the Reviewof Public Administration (RPA), ... done A study20 funded by Cancer Research UK and the Department of Health, England was carried out by researchers from a number of institutions in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the UK that...
... is largely written at a tenth grade reading level However, each action that a family caregiver should take is accompanied by a drawing showing a person carrying out that action along with a caption ... target population is involved at all stages of design and evaluation 4.3.2 The role of captions in facilitating comprehension Pictures can often be interpreted in multiple ways The text that accompanies ... are large numbers of people with low literacy skills as shown in Table [8] Gazmararian et al [9] reported, ina study of 3260 enrollees ina national managed care organization in the United States,...
... microbiological activity and plant uptake PURIFICATION CAPACITY OF WETLANDS Observations show that both natural and artificial wetlands have a capacity to purify wastewater containing heavy metals (Matagi, ... the ligands are mainly multidentate organic molecules These are natural organic matter, including humic, tannic and fulvic acids (HA, TA, & FA) An understanding of heavy metal organic interactions ... Bryan, G W (1984) Organic Complexation of heavy metals in estuarine and surface water samples In: C J Cramer and J C Duinker, (Ed.) Complexation of trace metals in natural waters Martinus Nijhoff,...
... but in SSA and the Indian Oceanic region East Africa as a region includes three large states – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda – that are relatively well-balanced in terms of their size and population, ... facets of international co-operation that can have an impact on economic diversification Various international assistance programmes aimed at Africa‟s economic development, for example, have increasingly ... that can spur national economic diversification Economies like those of China, India, Japan, the European Union (EU) and USA can act as key partners for African ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION IN AFRICA:...
... aspects of gastroenterology in the clinic and laboratory, including: Pathology, pathophysiology of gastrointestinal disease; Investigation and treatment of gastointestinal disease; Pharmacology of ... and in inducing and maintaining remission in patients with active CD ACCENT I was a multicenter randomized double-blind international trial studying retreatment and remission maintenance in adult ... normal after months of discontinuing infliximab.56 Ina study of 6290 adult patients on maintenance infliximab therapy, there was no increased risk of malignancy in the infliximab group compared...
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... developing countries in ewaste management in Africa, Asia and Latin America Before that he worked in the private sector in the eld of environmental and general business consultancy at national and international ... tolerable daily intake limit and daily intake limits in areas located near medical solid waste incinerators; Nouwen et al., 2001; Domingo et al., 2002; Li et al., 200 7a) , and again children and ... dumping of ashes and wastewater The NS authors also sampled in residential areas Guiyu, China (Lianjiang and Nanyang rivers) Guiyu, China Separation and recovery of metals from circuit boards,...
... Governors and at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand He has a PhD ineconomics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a BA ineconomics from Claremont McKenna College RETIREMENT AND INVESTOR ... of the ETF In the case of an index-based ETF, the sponsor chooses both an index and a method of tracking its target index Indexbased ETFs track their target index in one of two ways A replicate ... for a number of reasons, including minimizing the risk of other market participants front-running their trades (submitting trades in advance of the ETF to take advantage of any predictable changes...