... years of education, income, occupation, smoking or alcohol consumption, and various other health risks or conditions Frone26 runs two sets of regressions, the first of which excludes nonweight ... health conditions, in order to test whether the addition of those conditions mediates the effect of obesity on absenteeism; he finds that it does The result most consistently identified across the ... representativeness ofthe sample, and scope of measurement Differences in findings may be due to a confluence of factors inthe design ofthe studies, rather than simply differences in econometric specifications...
... analysis ofthe surgical margins in these two regions did not support this hypothesis (data not shown) Another explanation could be the uneven distribution of patients with a tumour inthe abdominal ... knowledge this finding concerning the fraction size for radiotherapy of aggressive fibromatosis has not been reported inthe literature Conclusion Wide resection remains the primary therapy, but, ... three-dimensional radiotherapy treatment planning and the use of functional imaging may give a better indication ofthe incidence of recurrences and side effects Competing interests The author(s)...
... recession Indian economy is presently operating in a very challenging environment partly 3-Why is the Fed considering rising interest rates now? The current performance of US economy The Real ... percent year -on- year inthe third quarter of 2015 The recent economic performance in EMEs India Expanded 7.4 percent year -on- year inthe three months to September of 2015 The recent economic performance ... country inthe world and the 5th largest economy In 2014, following military intervention in Ukraine, prospects for economic growth declined further The recent economic performance in EMEs South...
... are the intensities ofthe band of intact protein at the beginning of trypsinolysis and at the fixed time of trypsinolysis) against the time of incubation (Fig 8D) The apparent rate constants of ... [12,18,19], as well as inthe binding of protein substrates to sHsp [17] The importance of this part of molecule ofthe sHsp is supported by the fact that mutations inthe loop connecting the b5 and b7 ... lower than the 5638 probability of crosslinking ofthe wild-type protein (Fig 4) The data available inthe literature indicate that the b5–b7 loop can be involved inthe interaction ofthe sHsp...
... Program of Immunization (EPI) in Cameroon in February 2009, alongside the other traditional vaccines BCG, OPV, Measles and yellow fever (YF) vaccines The Ngong health district inthe North region of ... population is hard to master and vaccine wastage in excess ofthe national norm drastically increases the risk of vaccine stock-outs This study aimed to assess theimpactofthe introduction of 2-dose ... and then adding to it any collation paid them The activities considered include vaccination sessions, transportation of vaccines, reporting (immunization and disease surveillance), coordination...
... to the size ofthe overall imbalance itself Smith and Edmonston (1997) contains another detailed evaluation ofthe future fiscal impactof immigrants inthe US along the lines ofthe generational ... presented inthe previous sections were derived under certain assumptions regarding the projected population, the interest rate and the growth rateIn order to test for the robustness ofthe findings ... underlying the derivation of generational accounts Section presents the results and the ensuing inter-temporal state of Austrian public finances inthe base year In Section 6, we focus onthe fiscal...
... respectively; the positions ofthe mutated amino acids are indicated in red; and the position ofthe last amino acid before the frameshift is shown in black The interacting partners ofthe mutated ... [25] Thus, the effect of a mutation can be evaluated by observing the function ofthe residue conserved inthe structure and by assessing its conservation inthe sequence in relation to structure ... side chains is well understood The position ofthe observed mutations inthe 3D structure is shown in Fig The structure ofthe E coli homolog [14] and the mode of interaction with the cofactor...
... production [47] The starting point of each scenario is a change in diet among the population of Austria in line with the DGE recommendations This change in diet between the baseline situation and the ... to consider the different conditions of production specific to various farming regions Despite these uncertainties, thepositive effects of reducing meat consumption and basing nutrition on plants ... ‘notional’ farm level Methodology of energy accounting Definition ofthe goal and scope for energy accounting in conventional agriculture in Austria In line with the goal definition and principles...
... assisted inthe analysis and drafted the manuscript MH and TC assisted inthe design ofthe study and inthe drafting ofthe manuscript SL assisted inthe conducting of interviews, analysis ofthe ... regarding the treatment impactof inhaled and pump delivered insulin This data was then combined with the information gained from the TRIAD measure interviews and a preliminary conceptual model of ... understand these impacts, the patient's perceptions oftheimpactof treatment on functioning and well-being must be identified and accurately assessed Defining these impacts should cross traditional...
... assisted inthe analysis and drafted the manuscript MH and TC assisted inthe design ofthe study and inthe drafting ofthe manuscript SL assisted inthe conducting of interviews, analysis ofthe ... regarding the treatment impactof inhaled and pump delivered insulin This data was then combined with the information gained from the TRIAD measure interviews and a preliminary conceptual model of ... understand these impacts, the patient's perceptions oftheimpactof treatment on functioning and well-being must be identified and accurately assessed Defining these impacts should cross traditional...
... all the scenarios the impacts onthe existing conventional agricultural system of changing nutritional habits among the population of Austria are examined The scenarios have been developed onthe ... ‘notional’ farm level Methodology of energy accounting Definition ofthe goal and scope for energy accounting in conventional agriculture in Austria In line with the goal definition and principles ... population with the recommendations ofthe DGE Today, meat consumption in Austria exceeds the levels recommended in healthy eating guidelines According to the DGE recommendations, meat consumption of...
... defined as the complete removal of at least Couinaud's segment containing the tumor together with the related portal vein and the corresponding hepatic territory The appropriate segment margins ... the shortage of donors [21] Hepatic resection remains the treatment of choice offering the possibility of cure, but the long-term prognosis remains unsatisfactory due to the high recurrence rate ... considered one ofthe most important factors that impactthe prognosis of HCC patients [25] The present study attempts to determine theimpactofthe type of liver resection (anatomical vs non-anatomical)...
... also increase the average costs by an average of £2,066 per patient To determine theimpactofthe nateglinide-metformin combination onthe cost of managing complications, the difference in mean ... and economic impactof adding nateglinide to metformin in order to improve glycemic control and thereby reduce complication rates Together with the clinical data onthe therapeutic efficacy of combination ... metformin alone and the combination group was determined (Table 3) Thus, savings of £464 were estimated regarding the lifetime cost of managing complications These arise mainly from a reduction in the...
... nutritional support without concomitant adjustment to insulin administration, use of vasoactive medications, and use of continuous renal replacement therapy [31] Observational data and findings ... http://ccforum.com/content/13/3/R91 Additional files The following Additional files are available online: Additional file A Word file containing the operational definitions for preexisting co-morbidities and primary ... R, Rosa G: The effect of intensive insulin therapy on infection rate, vasospasm, neurologic outcome, and mortality in neurointensive care unit after intracranial aneurysm clipping in patients...
... (e.g., the Bonferoni multiple testing correction) Benjamini and Hochberg [1] and Tusher et al [15] suggest the control ofthefalse discovery rate (FDR), i.e the proportion of rejected null- hypotheses ... verification, an empirical estimate ofthe FDR was obtained by counting how many ofthe significant effects fail to be inthe same direction when estimated inthe INDEPEND set Under the null- hypothesisof ... checking the direction ofthe effect in TRAIN However, this second estimate ofthe FDRe is not independent ofthe first, i.e its information content is lower than that of an independent second estimate...
... 2006a) Once these hard information customers are separated from the pool of other borrowers, the remaining soft information clients are left in a worse pool of borrowers, which causes them to either ... reject thenull that at least one ofthe instruments is valid Finally, after addressing concerns about the validity ofthe instruments, the Hausman test fails to reject thenullof 29 Bank concentration ... then computed as the sum ofthe assets of all governmentcontrolled banks using this definition divided by the sum ofthe assets ofthe top ten banks inthe country GC20, GC50, and GC90 are constructed...
... teacher training and continues for as long as a teacher remains inthe profession The fact that teaching is a public profession places teachers inthe spotlight of societal expectations of continually ... questions guide my investigation: What are teachers‟ opinions oftheimpactof summer in- service workshops on their teaching? What are teachers‟ opinions ofthe limitations ofthe summer in- service ... a contributing factor in teacher unwillingness was due to the must of recovery ofthe intended lessons and some outside inconvenience ofthe classroom 4.2.4 Discussion ofthe findings Findings...
... assumption, if the same proportion of IB and non-IB students took the ACT examination, then the inclusion ofthe ACT scores ofthe non-IB students who would not otherwise have taken the ACT test ... around the distribution of my estimate ofthe IB impacton a given outcome at a given level of T By examining whether the upper bound /7-value indicates that I can or cannot reject thenullhypothesis ... probability of taking the ACT examination may affect the composition of unobserved characteristics among the subsample of IB and non-IB students who took the ACT examination and may contribute to biasing...