... substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data RR, and JMK have made substantial contributions to conception and design All authors have ... Clinical Rehabilitation 2005, 19:725-736 Wee HL, Cheung YB, Li SC, Fong KY, Thumboo J: The impactof diabetes mellitus and other chronic medical conditions on health-related Quality of Life: Is the ... depends on each pharmacist General issues are for example dispensing medicine, giving advice on medicine, and information about side effects and druginteractions The steps taken over 12 months of...
... decisionmaking? This question required consideration of the choice of cutoffs, definition of categories, and combinations (or lack thereof) with other predictors What was the strength of the ... benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy In addition to the conclusions above, a series of other observations were made on the basis of what was learned in this investigation Assay Validation In general, ... decision analyses examined the cost-effectiveness of breast cancer gene expression assays, and overall were inconclusive Conclusions: Oncotype DX is furthest along the validation pathway, with strong...
... based on 1000 replications number of impulse responses generated by the estimation process, we focus on the general features of the results As a preliminary, note that the impulse responses are ... specific information Since a number of authors have asserted that the transmission mechanism of monetary policy depends on the institutional characteristics of the financial system, we go on to split ... Lowe (2002), not seem concerned by the impactof such a policy on economic activity By contrast, opponents, such as Kohn (2006), worry about the effects on output and inflation Interestingly, experimental...
... question 45 CHAPTER V: IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION This final chapter includes three sections The first section provides readers some discussion of the major implications The limitations of the ... deal of different contexts However, one may wonder if extensive reading does have effect on learners' reading proficiency in the context of ULSA where the language teaching and learning conditions ... rich networks of associations Equally important, stories can have a deep impacton a person’s construction of knowledge and self Stories, a form of narrative, help us to make sense of our world...
... parameter considered is polarization The polarization of an antenna is the polarization of the EM wave radiated in a given direction when transmitting In general, the polarization of a radiated ... new wavefront in the direction of propagation [3] as shown in Figure 2.1 Consideration of wavelets originating from all points on XX’ leads to an expression for the field at any point on YY’ in ... and propagation were considered separately However, any practical communication system will make use of all of these concepts to facilitate the transfer of information from one location to another...
... aviation industry has not only helped man to fly but it has also facilitated economic growth, international relations, as well as international trade and tourism In short, aviation is one of the ... DeVaro, 2006) Frontline employees should have positive interaction with customers as it will have impacton overall evaluation of the service quality It is suggested that interaction of frontline employees ... influence of work environment on customer satisfaction H 1b: There is a positive influence of pay and benefits on customer satisfaction H 1c: There is a positive influence of management systems on customer...
... the communication culture of the organization If the organization is one that relies on face-to-face and one -on- one communication, HR practitioners must not only address the impactof the new technology, ... Effective Communication Health professionals expressed concern about the effects of new technology on communication For example, an allied health professional was of the opinion that the new PACS ... implementation of new information technology The impactof information technology improvements on the workforce needs careful evaluation beyond a simple assessment of technology outcomes or organizational...
... communications These courses are also offered as on- line electives (optional courses) to UBC on- campus students taking a conventional, classroom-based Masters of Education In addition, those ... legitimate alternative explanations or answers not previously considered by the designer of the multiple choice questions Consequently, a more common form of response is the use of words or phrases, usually ... dangers) for education of virtual reality Human-machine interaction though is only the basement or foundation of interaction for learning What matters to educators is the development of intellectual...
... Epidemic: Impactof Tobacco Use on Women’s Health greater among the offspring of women who smoke In addition, it appears that breastfeeding is less common or of shorter duration among women who ... association between smoking and depression is important for women’s health and needs further study Risk of a number of other conditions is higher among women who smoke than among non-smokers These conditions ... implication for prevention and control Rockville, MD, National Cancer Institute, 1997, 477–499 Reducing the health consequences of smoking: 25 years of progress A report of the Surgeon General...
... competition Where the traditional interpretation is that concentration erodes competition, concentration and competition may instead increase simultaneously when competition forces consolidation For ... panel-econometric approach, we test for the impactof banking competition (measured by the Boone indicator) on the long-run bank interest rate passthrough 4.1 Estimation of the long-run relationship ... rates on mortgage loans, rates on consumer loans, rates on short-term loans to non-financial corporations ( year), rates on long-term loans to non-financial corporations (>1 year), rates on current...
... Alcaine, head of the International Telecommunication Union’s area office in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, noted, “A big issue is the relevance of the education to the professional future of a person Universities ... programs.” Seth Finkelstein, professional programmer and consultant and 2001 winner of a Pioneer of the Electronic Frontier Award from Electronic Frontier Foundation, agreed “It's possible that ... director of the Neurofeedback Foundation, pointed out, “The era of superspecialized education is upon us All learning will soon be online Guided learning by talented professionals will be part of this...
... hair conditioner (consumer survey) Another side effect of UK consumers being increasingly careful about their money is the large number now taking advantage of trade promotions The amount of volume ... trademarks of Information Resources, Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners 13 [ The Impactof the recession on Value and Premium Goods ] SUMMARY Don’t think of the ... trademarks of Information Resources, Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners [ The Impactof the recession on Value and Premium Goods ] SPAIN Spain's economic plight...
... Epicurus The concept of imagination has generally been used in two different ways On one hand, imagination has been considered as a valuable tool for human reason (productive imagination) On the other ... leads me now to my conclusion on the ethical impactof aesthetic experience on a moral attitude towards nature CONCLUSION Even if the aesthetic autonomy of nature can be considered as an irreversible ... intervention will give us the occasion for a critical discussion I DEFINITIONS I a What is imagination: The theoretical integration of emotions and sensations in our understanding of art, as...
... facilitate the implementation of control measures, is a function of the effect of HPAI on livelihoods This link rationalizes the system of compensation for the loss of poultry from control measures (a ... additional bird raised The Poisson regression model is the development of the Poisson distribution presented in Equation to a nonlinear regression model of the effect of independent variables x i on ... M Barron, and D Roy 2008 Animal source foods and nutrition of young children: An ex ante analysis ofimpactof HPAI on nutrition in Indonesia HPAI Research Brief Washington, DC: International...
... collaboration with DG Education and Culture, Directorate A, Unit A1 (Lifelong Learning: contribution to the Lisbon process) The IPTS contribution to the strategic policy work of DG EAC consists of techno-economic ... techno-economic research and prospective analyses on the use of ICT for creativity, innovation and lifelong learning for all Studies on the impactof social computing on (1) formal Education and ... variety of (often freely available) learning content, which supports learning and professional development in a lifelong learning continuum; contributes to equity and inclusion and puts pressure on...
... evapotranspiration (%) relative to the period 1980-1999 at selected stations Impacts of climate change on river flow In order to assess impacts of climate change on water resources, the rainfall-runoff model ... Average low flow on overall basin has a decreasing trend, with greater reducing on right side of Ca basin Average flow in last month of dry season and transition month to flood season reduces the ... middle months of dry season, although rainfall downs but low flow still rise because the recharge of ground water which is cumulated in rainy season At the end of dry season, starting transition to...
... interventions that consider the impactof disease on the different dimensions of health-related quality of life, with special attention to elderly people with comorbidities The impactof disease on ... number of chronic diseases in this sample was 2.1 (+0.04) Only 13.6% of the elderly individuals reported no chronic condition, while 45.7% reported three or more The prevalence of chronic conditions ... possibility of the patients being able to count on some form of support from family and society (33, 34) One of the limitations of the present study was that it used self-reported information on chronic...