... of non-smoked tobacco were found to be risk factors of hypertension BMI more than 25 was risk factor for hypertension and diabetes On the other hand risk of respiratory diseases and cataract increased ... ready Auto backup Store/Link photos, X-ray, ECG, Videos; Change Header/Footer; Diet advisor-autocalory calculator EDUCATIVE : Disease guidelines and Journal reference; Medical photographs and graphs; ... of social factor like educational attainment and other well-established NCD risk factors like tobacco use (smoked and non-smoked), alcohol consumption, BMI on some selected diseases and disability...
... sent to them A sample of 577 adolescents completed a self-administered survey at home and sent it back to research team by post The fieldwork was carried out between April 2003andNovember2003 ... highest value for both estimators In this study the optimal SE and SP values were associated to a global score close to 65.0 in the VSPA and close to 70.0 in the KINDL-R and imply that adolescents ... instruments and variables The Spanish versions of the VSP-A and KINDL-R were administered together with other demographic and health status variables The VSP-A and the KINDL-R are two generic...
... 5.38 %; systolic SR (sSR) -0.65 ± 0.27 s-1; early diastolic SR (Sre) 0.60 ± 0.35 s-1 The analysis of tissue velocities demonstrated a gradient of systolic (S´) and diastolic (early E´ and late ... Magnetom Sonata system (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) we scanned the heart and surrounding structures of 32 patients ECG-triggered in endexspiration and produced the standard views of the long and ... myocardial function, and a differentiation between infarcted and non-infarcted segments Further research for the definition of cut-off values and technical standards will be needed to fully integrate...
... fairly well what we need to out here We are here not just to sell our products but to build our market, our customers That means to help develop our customers (distributors and retailers) business ... recognition is a cheap and effective motivator to employees Reps and managers in JVs and even reps in SOEs highly value recognition as a motivator JVs try to utilise this effective motivator by training ... Monitoring and facilitating implementation of such programs, and ⇒ Evaluating, reinforcing and improving the programs • To try to recommend applicable models for sales management in Vietnam to...
... Approaches toPopulation Growth," in H Chenery and T.N Srinivasan, eds., Handbook of Development Economics, Vol (Amsterdam: North Holland) Birdsall, N and D Jamison (1983), "Income and Other Factors ... population leads to an increase in the demand for goods and services An expansion in the demand and supply of ideas implies that in the long run, equilibrium output per head can be expected to ... Conference in Cairo on Populationand Development and are today the two pillars upon which public discussion on population is based.24 Later in this article I show that the "population problem"...
... retirement, and the flexibility of capitalist economies to adapt to changes in labor supply and demand andto alter management and labor practices in light of changing market conditions) suggests that population ... consumers and that benefits from extraordinary demand for its exports, the forces of supply and demand will tend to raise wages in sectors where labor is in greater demand Such increases will tend to ... were contributors and 50 million were retirees 18 What medical costs are covered, and whether any family members are covered partly or at all, varies from city to city and town to town The 150...
... after toxicity weighting For kidney disease, non-carcinogenic discharges were not related to death rates in Sets and 2, but when discharges were both toxicity weighted and area weighted to account ... areas (codes 3,4,5,6,7,9 and 10), and non-metropolitan areas not adjacent to metropolitan areas (codes 8,11 and1 2) Data sources and variables The EPA’s Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) database, ... conceived the study and contributed to the design, analysis, interpretation of results, and writing the manuscript JC led the spatial analysis and contributed to interpretation of results and writing...
... Socioeconomic and cultural factors are classified into individual factors (e.g., age, education); household factors (e,g., income and wealth, social networks); and community factors (prices of goods and ... is two- pronged going back to basic research to assure that the data and theories make sense, and going down to the people to see how they are affected when data are translated into policies and ... hysterectomy not appear too old, finding husbands Opposition to be major reasons it difficult who to get pregnant, are away to family for nonuse most planning as only infrequent of the time and religious...
... were adjusted to 100 lM free Ca2+ (Ca2+, lanes and 2) followed by the addition of F-actin Samples were centrifuged and separated into supernatants (S) and pellets (P) Myo1d-IQ1 and associated ... of free Ca2+ (EGTA, lanes and 5) To determine the amount of calmodulin bound to Myo1d-IQ2, F-actin was added to the samples and they were centrifuged Supernatants (S) and pellets (P) were analyzed ... Ca2+ (EGTA, lanes and 4) or in the presence of 100 lM free Ca2+ (Ca2+, lanes and 6) To determine the amount of calmodulin bound to Myo1dDLV-IQ2, F-actin was added to the samples and they were centrifuged...
... 7, and without using advanced mathematics I would like to take this opportunity to express my indebtedness to Motoo Kimura, whose writing and advice not only introduced me into the field of population ... andto relate these to the theory, classical and new, that can provide understanding and coherence It is appropriate that such a book be written by one who is himself a leader in developing and ... refer to the monographs 'Chemical Evolution' by Calvin (1969) and 'Molecular Evolution and the Origin of Life' by Fox and Dose (1972) Go to CONTENTS Go to CONTENTS CHAPTER Evolutionary history...
... understanding is outside the scope of this book Two- dimensional signal processing and image processing cover a large number of topics and areas, and a selection of topics was necessary due to space ... restoration and treats restoration of images degraded by both signal-independent and signal-dependent degradation Chapter 10 is on image coding and related topics One goal of this book is to ... remember how to obtain h(n, - k t , n, - k,) directly from h(n,, n,) One simple way is to first change the variables n, and n, to k, and k,, flip the sequence with respect to the origin, and then...
... had two constructors The first constructor, SaveChanges(), saved all updates to the data store and reset all change tracking The second constructor, SaveChanges(Boolean), saved all updates to ... the EntityCommand has similar properties and events such as the CommandText property and ExecuteReader method The CommandText property points to the Entity SQL statement that is to be executed ... query and a query-expression query? The answer to this lies in the way the CLR processes these two types of queries Visual Basic and C# understand LINQ syntax, but the CLR does not understand it...
... Let’s try factoring into two binomials After trial and error, you will see that the expression can be factored into (2x + 5)(x – 3) = Now, you are multiplying two binomials together and the product ... have to factor this expression accordingly Notice that there are only two terms and there is a subtraction sign between them Sometimes, that is a clue to try to factor using the difference of two ... that comes before it and then adding to that number Hence, to obtain y, the opposite to 22: Subtract and then double the result, getting 38 To obtain x, subtract from 38 and then double the result,...
... rod pusher to bring the vertebra back to the rod Gentle distraction at the level of the fracture followed, restoring tension to the posterior longitudinal ligament (ligamentotaxis) and thereby, ... manuscript and designing of data and revising it critically, KCN has contributed in acquisition of data and analysis and interpretation of data, and JHY has contributed in acquisition and analysis ... fractured vertebra (Figs and 2) All pedicle screws were inserted under C-arm guidance The rod was then fixed two levels above the fracture into the four screws and after that, torque was applied through...
... Using 70 and 43 separately as denominators to create conservative and more liberal estimates of proportion of partners exposed to ARV resistance, the percent of total partners exposed to 3-class ... behavior and events all vaginal, anal, and oral insertive sexual events, protected (condom used) and unprotected; and (3) unprotected sexual behavior and events: unprotected vaginal, anal, and oral ... protease inhibitor; NNRTI-nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; NRTI = reverse transcriptase inhibitor; MSM = man who has sex with men were exposed to 2-class resistance and (1.4%) to 3-class...
... depressive symptoms and was highest for mild, moderate, and severe depressive symptoms (Table 4) For all levels of symptom severity, the positive predictive values of the MHI-3 were similar to those ... versions of the MHI-5 and MHI-3 in detecting depressive symptoms among the general population http://www.hqlo.com/content/3/1/48 presence of severe to extreme depression (56 points and above) These ... Items (i) and (iii) are almost identical to items in the Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale [10] To make a scale that is even shorter than the MHI-5 and is focused on depression we removed those two anxiety-related...
... operator monitoring the temperature (i.e WB and/ or DB) and making a ‘uneducated’ decision to open or close the appropriate valve or vent, which was set and forgot until next time he happened to ... appears to be history and treatment now focuses on the use of boric acid plus borax that is benign from an environmental and human toxicity perspective, although the preservative is still quite toxic ... cluster approach to providing collective information and quality standards and finally, mechanisms to promote the development of value adding industries such as kiln drying and furniture manufacturing...
... Processing Horizontal and Vertical Bandsaws Cheap to purchase Easy to use Made in Vietnam Reliable Bandsaw Logs are held to wooden bearers with steel spikes The saw is moved over the log to cut a board ... susceptible to decay 14 Preservation • Some species are naturally durable • Preservation is required when timber is to be in-ground or out-side • Preservation is the process of adding chemicals to the ... management to obtain the maximum return Pruning Thinning Good genetic stock Sustainable management can lead to FSC certification Advantages of the Australian Species • Fast growing • Good return to growers...
... range and the base station is closer to the femtocells Moreover, due to the higher density of femtocell populations and the fact that the HUEs are more likely to be at the cell edge (refer to Table ... to understand the impacts of femtocells on the existing networks and try to minimize these effects In this paper, we consider a hybrid network with coexisting femto and macrocells, and provide ... macronetwork overlay The motivation for focusing on the uplink is to better understand the noise-rise onto the macro base stations andto understand what improved sensitivity at the femtocell...
... continuity of b1, in and the continuity of Wi and Wi−1 under the notation W1 (0) := Theorem 2.4 In addition to the assumptions (C1 ), (C2 ), and (C3 ), suppose that a(x, y) and di (x, y,s,t) are ... y,s,t) = c(x, y)d(s,t) and n = in (1.4) Suppose that a(x, y) and c(x, y) are continuous, nonnegative, nondecreasing in x and nonincreasing in y; and d(s,t) is nonnegative and continuous We note ... y,s,t) = c(x, y)d(s,t) and n = in (1.5) Suppose that a(x, y) and c(x, y) are continuous, nonnegative, nonincreasing in x, y; and d(s,t) is nonnegative and continuous It is easy to check that b1 (x,...