... Dissertation Assessment I guarantee that this is my own thesis The data and results presented in this thesis are to the best of my knowledge, true and accurate The work contained in this thesis ... respondents did not know risk factors for breast cancer and the awareness of breast self-examination was low [19] A study on nurses in Singapore has shown an optimistic result on breast cancer awareness ... and simpler but also helps prolong the patient s life considerably - Screening: applies on symptomless and apparently healthy peoples to discover precancerous lesions or cancer at its early stage...
... as statistically significant - Specific knowledge without research activity - Use of QOL assessment in clinical practice - Use of QOL assessment for research purpose The SF-36 is: - Self administered ... participation in studies evaluating QoL andknowledge of journals publishing articles on QoL (Table 1) The SF-36 questionnaire was chosen since it is one of the most used instrument for the assessment ... plan QoL studies in the next future; role of physicians, nurses, psychologists in assessing QoL; barriers to the use of QoL in daily clinical practice (Table 2) Diagnostic strategies may have...
... membership all operatives must be successful in a series of initial gas safety assessments (Nationally Accredited Certification Scheme for Individual Gas Operatives ACS) in the areas of work in which ... talks of ‘strikers’, ‘sweepers’ and ‘back fours’ the gas service man deals with ‘calorific values’, ‘standing pressures’ and ‘secondary aeration’ It is necessary for him to know about these things ... densities they are related to a standard substance For solids and liquids the standard is water For gases the standard is air This relationship between the density of a substance and the density...
... Gas Service’ leads the reader through the knowledgeand understanding required to put into practice the safe installation and servicing procedures described in Volumes and Changes to standards and ... densities they are related to a standard substance For solids and liquids the standard is water For gases the standard is air This relationship between the density of a substance and the density ... vapour so that the liquid formed requires much less storage space The material is therefore normally stored and distributed in the liquid phase, in pressurised containers and systems, and is finally...
... healers after their initial training Such follow-up is essential to support healers in dealing with unfamiliar issues such as condom use and death and dying Masauso Nzima et al [27] carried out a similar ... fight against HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted disease, and other infectious diseases [30] The WHO also supports the integration of Western medicine and traditional healing and Agbor and Naidoo ... 0.004) inknowledge from pre-test to post-test for all the six diseases Tables shows the treatment and materials used for oral lesions The barks of trees, herbs and roots are used to make mouth washes...
... respondents** Clinical No improvement/worsening of symptoms Persistent cough Persistent fever Weight loss Persistent sputum production Radiologic No improvement/worsening of infiltrates Persistent/increase ... cough is its most common symptom In the presence of symptoms of prolonged duration, tuberculosis is almost always one of the considerations Apart from respiratory symptoms, tuberculosis may also ... Philippines Phil J Microbiol Infect Dis 2000; 29(2): 104-111 Task Force on Tuberculosis, Philippine Practice Guidelines Group in Infectious Diseases Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines...
... gene, both in transient expression studies using tobacco protoplasts, andin transgenic Arabidopsis plants (Figs and 4) Transient assays with the monopartite gene switch constructs containing the ... on a glass slide and viewed under a Zeiss Stemi SV11 stereo microscope attached to a transilluminating base (Diagnostic Instruments, Sterling Heights, MI, USA) Photographs were taken using an ... synthesized using the StrataScript First Strand synthesis system (Stratagene, Cedar Creek, TX, USA) DNase-treated RNA samples were tested for genomic DNA contamination by using the minus reverse transcriptase...
... and other include generalist clinics in hospitals In some cases the HPU nurse may 2006 clinics alongside such as specialist new entrant and screening clinics It may coordinate all TB services, ... Plan, Stopping tuberculosis in England,{2} set out essential tasks for reversing the increase in tuberculosis incidence and ensuring high-quality care and public health The very first task in the ... health and nutrition because of lifestyle problems such as homelessness, drug abuse or alcoholism those living in poor or crowded housing conditions, including those living in hostels What...
... workers providing care for prisoners and remand centre detainees should be aware of the signs and symptoms of active TB TB services should ensure that awareness of these signs and symptoms is also ... regimen (see sections 1.2 and 1.3) should be continued even if subsequent culture results are negative D(GPP) Table Suggested site-specific investigations in the diagnosis and assessment of non-respiratory ... smear-positive TB, the pupils in his or her classes during the preceding months should be assessed as part of contact tracing C 1.8.4.4 Clinicians conducting contact tracing in a school should consider...
... tumefaciens, termed metA, appears to function as a riboswitch that senses S- adenosylmethionine (SAM) This SAM-II riboswitch class has a consensus sequence and conserved structure that is distinct ... precise genetic control and discriminates against closely related compounds at least as well as the SAMI aptamer In- line probing assays RNA preparation, radiolabeling, and in- line probing assays ... enzymes convert 3-phosphoglycerate into 3-phosphoserine during the first two steps of serine biosynthesis SerC can also catalyze a related step in pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) biosynthesis involving...
... this research is discussed in section whereas in section 4, we discuses our data and findings and finally our conclusions are presented in final section of the paper 100 International Business ... debt-default status and serious financial distress variable Both variables are strong determinants of auditor s decision in issuing going concern inMalaysia These findings also contribute to high pseudo ... whether in the main results or in the sensitivity analyses There are several explanations First is the auditor may investigate the quality of the assets and not just “any assets” It is quite possible,...
... 2.2 discusses the different roles and uses of English in these different contexts This study focuses on examining the uses and users of English in a Malaysian context where English has existed ... as the needs of its users Thus to maintain that the same standards of use and functions of English in Inner Circle countries should be applied in the Outer and Expanding Circles seems to disregard ... time and has evolved into a variety that has its own norms and standards The three features examined in this study, i.e consonantal features, aspiration of voiceless plosives in initial positions...
... blanks, asking for main idea and asking comprehension questions As a result, only some strategies are necessary including scanning, skimming, guessing new words.” Teacher said she chose to instruct ... attitudes towardsand practices in cognitive reading strategies instruction Aims and Objectives of the study The main aim of this study was to explore teacher s attitudes towardsand practices in instructing ... difficulty in understanding texts The study aimed to find out teachers‟ understanding of reading process and their teaching of reading strategies in secondary schools in Scotland The results showed...
... questions, setting, instrumentation, and data collection techniques This chapter also presents and discusses the results and findings of the study, Chapter is Results and Discussions In this chapter, ... The last stage consisted of data analyzing and reporting results Chapter3: Results and discussions This chapter presents the results of questionnaires This chapter includes the following section: ... writing lesson, they would need the teachers assistance at early stages Using a text as a model has both sides, advantages and disadvantages To begin with its advantages, Master (1997) finds that...
... using SPSS version 11.5 The analysis involved calculation of summary statistics used in comparing grouped districts Independent t-tests were used to assess differences between means The chi-squared ... directed to informal situations such as market places and tea stalls in order to reach as many men as possible In response to these findings multimedia messages through television and radio could ... Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions Washington, D.C: National Academy Press; 1997 11 Bloom SS, Tsui AO, Plotkin M, Bassett S: What husbands in northern India...
... excess demand for US dollars persists, it will be difficult for the SBV to continue its role as a major supplier of dollars while its stock of foreign reserves continues to dwindle 18 4.4 Risks ... transactions Local transactions only Indonesia Both cross-border and local transactions Local transactions only Malaysia Both cross-border and local transactions Local transactions only Philippines ... participants It is not surprising that Vietnam has considered the USD a key nominal anchor Some of its most important trading partners, such as China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, have generally...
... recording and compatibility of systems will involve successful standardisation at several levels This is why the research is in part about developing terminologies, in part about ontologies andin ... patient has given consent for his or her data to be used in this way? A clearer assessment of the potential benefits of such a system, as well as of the difficulties and risks involved inits creation, ... systems discussed in this book attempt to represent information, either about patients or about medicine Some of these representations use sets of symbols to represent facts and the relationships...
... Shaft Inits passage through this loop of old workings, the water tends to lose all suspended sediment which it was carrying in suspension as it arrived at the Doctor 's Shaft The process of settling ... (which is always present at high concentrations in mine waters), neutralising acidity in the process and trapping ecotoxic metals in the substrate as sulphide minerals Local residents persuaded ... flow (so-called Reducing and Alkalinity Producing Systems (RAPS)) (iv) Subsurface reactive barriers treating acidic, metalliferous ground waters (v) Closed-system limestone dissolution systems for...