... center sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... center sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... fleet of 260 ships by the year 2035 rather than the nearly 290 it now has (CBO, 2005) To better understand the magnitude of ship cost escalation and its implications, the Office ofthe Chief of Naval...
... centers sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... rate The regression approach fits the natural logarithm of cost (the dependent variable) as a function ofthe fiscal year (the independent variable) The annual rate is the exponential ofthe coefficient ... measures of inflation Even the rate of increase for electronic warfare aircraft, with the lowest rate of increase ofthe types listed above, was above that of other inflation indices The ordering of...
... will then remain the specifying of Arabia as the home ofthe Magi, the phrase [Greek: kathezomenos] used of John on the banks ofthe Jordan, the two unparallelled sentences, and the cave ofthe ... be the adoration ofthe Magi, the slaughter ofthe innocents, the flight into Egypt, the conjunction ofthe foal with the ass in the entry into Jerusalem All these are strong evidence for the ... notices ofthe miracles in general, the healing ofthe lame and the paralytic, ofthe maimed and the dumb, and the raising ofthe dead not only did they include several discourses, such as the reply...
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... discussion on the construct of self-efficacy (SE), which is one ofthe five component beliefs ofthe social cognitive theory (SCT); SE is considered one ofthe most influential elements ofthe cognitive ... and loss of time are removed (Giannakoudi, 1999) EB’s history began in the early 1970s with the implementation of ATMs which followed the introduction ofthe credit card and the use ofthe telephone ... be the essential components ofthe TAM (Davis, 1989; Venkatesh and Davis, 2000) The TAM model is grounded in the theory of reasoned action (TRA), but also contains traces ofthe expectancy theory...
... return ofthe collateral is much lower than the standard deviation ofthe remainder ofthe assets ofthe firm If the standard deviation ofthe existing assets ofthe firm is higher than the standard ... default The riskiness ofthe new asset may be analyzed in terms of value under conditions of default, and in terms of variance of cash flows that the asset produces An examinationofthe impact of these ... redeployers In the event ofthe bad state ofthe world occurring, these asset redeployers change the use ofthe asset and generate cash thereby creating value Debt therefore acts as a means of transferring...
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... improvement of population eye health [3] Theeye care workforce has been identified as the bedrock of "VISION 2020: The right to sight", the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable ... and the rural population of Enugu State This is a fundamental departure from the principle of equal/universal access to eye care as enshrined in the VISION charter The apparent sufficiency ofeye ... Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance ofthe staffs of all theeye care centres in Enugu Urban, National Population Commission Enugu, Enugu State Ministry of Health and the Health...
... Screening ofthe cervical spine For theexaminationofthe cervical spine, the patient sits on theexamination couch with the back of his (or her) knees at the edge ofthe couch During screening the ... pressure ofthe examiner's hand on the side ofthe head in the direction of movement with the other hand positioned on the trapezius muscle on the other side to register evasive movements • The maximum ... cervical spine by the examining physician (additional file 1) One hand ofthe physician fixes the axis of rotation on top ofthe head, the other hand pulls the chin in the direction of movement (figure...
... degrees of clinician-reported symptom severity These findings demonstrate the clinical validity ofthe EAPIQ The EAPIQ scales correlated higher with the scales ofthe miniRQLQ than with the items of ... frequency as the more pertinent index of severity, whereas patients consider intensity of bother to be of greater salience Consequently, instead of deleting either the 'intensity of bother' or 'frequency ... rate the frequency with which they were bothered by their eye allergies while carrying out activities, in addition to their level of bother, proved confusing for some subjects Furthermore the...
... đánh giá tất khía cạnh Liên tục theo dõi tiến độ Xây dựng mối quan hệ mật thiết lâu bền với khách hàng Cảm ơn thầy bạn lắng nghe!!! Nhóm - PPNCKH AN EXAMINATIONOFTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERVICE ... quan hệ chặt chẽ ba yếu tố nghiên cứu I GIỚI THIỆU CHUNG VỀ NGHIÊN CỨU Nhận xét - Bố cục: đầy đủ theo yêu cầu nghiên cứu khoa học - Mục tiêu: tương đối rõ ràng II TỔNG QUAN LÝ THUYẾT Cơ sở lý thuyết ... Nhận xét - Giả thiết: dựa vào nghiên cứu trước định tính - Cách xây dựng giả thiết nghiên cứu theo mối liên hệ nhân - Cách dẫn dắt vấn đề thiếu tính logic m ẫu Ch ọn Th an g đo III PHƯƠNG PHÁP...
... cells The hardness oftheeye to touch is not determined by the toughness ofthe fabric ofthe eye, but by the fluid pressure inside theeye When the pressure is high, theeye is hard When the pressure ... decrease, and theeye would collapse The flow of aqueous humor out oftheeye is driven by the pressure inside theeyeThe resistance to the flow of aqueous out oftheeye determines the intraocular ... theeye In glaucoma, the pressure increase in the aqueous humor in the front oftheeye is transmitted to the back oftheeye Although the pressure increase is caused by events in the front of the...
... The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Critical ExaminationOfThe Position Of Mr Darwin's Work, "On The Origin Of Species," In Relation To The Complete Theory OfThe Causes OfThe Phenomena Of ... Critical ExaminationOfThe Position Of Mr Darwin's Work, "On The Origin Of Species," In Relation To The Complete Theory OfThe Causes OfThe Phenomena Of Organic Nature Lecture VI (of VI.), ... examined, of two kinds of sea-weed, of which the male element ofthe one, which we may call A, fertilizes the female element ofthe other, B; while the male element of B will not fertilize the female...
... people of northern European descent Their diagnosis is obvious when they are visible as glittering particles upon the surface ofthe optic disc However, in many patients they are hidden beneath the ... fulminant papilledema Optic Disc Drusen These are refractile deposits within the substance ofthe optic nerve head (Fig 29-13) They are unrelated to drusen ofthe retina, which occur in age-related ... insidious fashion while the optic nerve develops atrophy In this setting, reduction of optic disc swelling is an ominous sign of a dying nerve rather than an encouraging indication of resolving papilledema...
... viewing light reflected from the fundus with an ophthalmoscope or by examining the dilated eye using the slit lamp The only treatment for cataract is surgical extraction ofthe opacified lens Over ... with chronic elevation of intraocular pressure In Americans of African descent it is the leading cause of blindness The mechanism whereby raised intraocular pressure injures the optic nerve is not ... serial examinations is helpful In the patient with physiologic cupping, the large cup remains stable, whereas in the patient with glaucoma it expands relentlessly over the years Detection of visual...
... by administration of panretinal laser photocoagulation at the appropriate point in the evolution ofthe disease For further discussion ofthe manifestations and management of diabetic retinopathy, ... pigmentosa with black clumps of pigment in the retinal periphery known as "bone spicules." There is also atrophy ofthe retinal pigment epithelium, making the vasculature ofthe choroid easily visible ... deposits of clumped pigment in the peripheral retina, called bone spicules because of their vague resemblance to the spicules of cancellous bone, give the disease its name (Fig 29-17) The name...
... be considered if the cause remains unknown after careful review ofthe history and thorough examinationoftheeye Figure 29-18 Proptosis When the globes appear asymmetric, the clinician must ... the appearance of enophthalmos True enophthalmos occurs commonly after trauma, from atrophy of retrobulbar fat, or fracture ofthe orbital floor The position ofthe eyes within the orbits is measured ... decide which eye is abnormal Is one eye recessed within the orbit (enophthalmos) or is the other eye protuberant (exophthalmos, or proptosis)? A small globe or a Horner's syndrome can give the appearance...
... limitation of motility The width ofthe palpebral fissures is measured in primary gaze to quantitate the degree of ptosis The ptosis will be underestimated if the patient compensates by lifting the ... drooping ofthe eyelid Unilateral or bilateral ptosis can be congenital, from dysgenesis ofthe levator palpebrae superioris, or from abnormal insertion of its aponeurosis into the eyelid Acquired ... dehiscence or stretching ofthe aponeurotic tendon, which connects the levator muscle to the tarsal plate ofthe eyelid It occurs commonly in older patients, presumably from loss of connective tissue...