... permitted to give loans tothe microfinance
sector, which in the aggregate exceed 10% of its total assets.
6 Areas of Concern
The advent of MFIs in the Microfinance sector appears to have resulted ...
irrespective ofthe amount ofthe loan. However, the larger the
loan, the larger the amount ofthe repayment installment, and a
large installment may strain the repayment capacity ofthe
borrower ... lend tothe same borrower.
d) there must be a minimum period of moratorium between the
grant ofthe loan and the commencement of its repayment.
e) recovery of loan given in violation of the...
... to give them such practical training as their peculiar needs demanded. In the
agricultural sections the first duty ofthe teacher ofthe blacks was to show them howto get their living from
the ... colonists, tothe mutual aid resulting from the proximity of
the communities, and tothe coöperation ofthe Canadians. The previous experience of most of these
adventurers as sojourners in the free ... unfortunates by the spiritual cultivation of their minds. He aimed,
too, not to take into his scheme the solution ofthe whole problem but to appeal to a special class of slaves,
those ofthe plantations...
... (Q
B
). Thefull reduction of
the quinone m olecule at Q
B
to quinol requires a second
photoexcitation ofthe RC and is coupled tothe uptake of
two protons from the cytoplasmic space. The formed
ubiquinol ... PufXD
2)7
neither affects the photo-
synthetic capability ofthe bacteria nor the efficiency of
exchange ofthe ubiq uinol molecules between th e RC and
the bc
1
, a s judged from the reduction kinetics of ... monitoring the reduction of the
cytochrome b
561
induced by a short actinic light fl ash in the
presence ofthe inhibitor a ntimycin A [ 29]. Reduction of
the cytochrome b
561
typically shows...
... first reaction, however, with time the smoker (and the eater too) learns to expect the
sensations that the heroin user of today is accustomed to. The cares and distractions of daily life drop ... containing the
drug. But working mothers paid no attention to such warnings. They had to leave their infants in the
care of old women or very young children when they went off tothe mills; there ... Indian plain had lowered the water content to 30 percent. Then it and the
poppy petal sheets went together tothe caking room.
Down the sides ofthe caking room sat the cake-makers. Beside each...
... and 42 (8%) of unknown gender.
It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in
89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the
sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample.
Distribution ... Mogyorósy
1
Abstract
Objectives: The aim ofthe study was to investigate the psychometric properties ofthe Hungarian version of the
Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) Generic Core Scales ... children is known from the literature [4,11,21,25].
Thepsychosocialsupportofthefamilyshouldbethe
part of health care of chronically ill children. In light of
the apparent limitations of parents’ assessments...
... Compared to the
RAND-12, both diabetes-specific HRQOL instruments
showed slightly better discrimination by using laboratory
indicators. No specific domains ofthe DQOL, the D-39S,
and the RAND-12 showed ... diabe-
tes treatment and symptoms of glycemic control. We also
hypothesized that, compared tothe RAND-12 the DQOL
and the D-39S would discriminate better between the
known groups of retinopathy, neuropathy, ... [23] suggest that the combined use of
anchor-based and distribution-based approaches tend to
expand the range of MIDs compared to using either
approach. The MID derived from the distribution-based
approach...
... deficiencies attributed to
the toxicity of chemotherapy or the isolation to which the
individual is subjected [9,15].
The analysis ofthe correlation between the scores the chil-
dren/adolescents ... Alpha
Coefficient regarding the total scale and the different sub-
scales according tothe age group ofthe individuals. The
analysis ofthe results revealed values greater than 0.70 for
the total scale in ... Hematology /the
Education Program ofthe American Society of Hematology American Soci-
ety of Hematology 2004:118-145.
3. Bowden A, Fox-Rushby JA: A systematic and critical review of
the process of...
... home, then
returned them to school via students. Parents were asked
to return the surveys even if they chose not to consent to
participate. The students completed their questionnaire
after the ... estimate ofthe replicability of
item placement within a hierarchy of items along the
measured variable if these same items were to be given to
another sample of comparable ability. Analogous to
Cronbach's ... school to go to doctor or hospital .853 .832 .860 .892 .898 .879
Numbers in parentheses are factor loadings of subscale on psychosocial health of second-order factor.
Table 4: Covariances of factors...
... completion of the
decerebration, anesthesia was removed. Piglets were
chemically paralyzed for the rest ofthe experiment. A
minimum of one hour was allowed to elapse between
removal of anesthesia ... silences the
neural activity in the early phase of phrenic neurogram
regardless of maturation.
Although we do not know the exact mechanism underly-
ing these changes in the patterns ofthe phrenic ... gasping for the first week of postnatal age in piglets. After the first week of postnatal
age, the duration ofthe phrenic neurogram burst significantly increases and the patterns during the
early...
... applicability.
The primary goal of our study was to assess the applicabil-
ity, internal consistency, and construct validity ofthe Ital-
ian version ofthe EQ-5D in a random sample of the
citizens of Bologna ... randomly
selected from the Registry ofthe Health Authorities ofthe city of Bologna, Italy. The primary care
physician of each subject was contacted to report on the subject's health status.
Results: ... respondents
reporting impairment in the 5 EQ domains. The magni-
tude and significance ofthe ORs for the EQ-5D domains,
as well as the sign and significance ofthe regression coef-
ficients for the EQ-5D Index,...
... Accord-
ing tothe pilot testing, the time required to complete
the questionnaires was estimated to be 5 to 10 minutes
Table 2 Multivariable analysis ofthe total score of the
PedsQL Cancer Module
Factor ... looked at the responses on each
questionnaire, checked how long it took to complete,
and asked the subjects how well they understood the
questions.
A f inal version ofthe Japanese version ofthe PedsQL
Cancer ... when waiting to see the
Table 7 Exploratory factor analysis ofthe PedsQL Cancer Module in parent proxy-reports
Subscale Item Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4 Factor 5 Factor 6 Factor 7
Pain...
... In the
parent-report, the first factor consisted of items 1 to 6 and the second factor consisted of items 7
and 8; however in the children report, the first factor consisted of items 1 to 4 ... loaded to
other factors. One possible explanation for the discrepancy between physical functioning factor
of children and their parents is their different perception ofthe construction ofthe ... and the second
factor consisted of items 5 to 8. Similarly, the school functioning scale was split into two factors;
in the parent and child reports, the first factor consisted of items 1 to...