... non-parametric correlations A P value of less than 0.05 was regarded as significant Software package STATA 9.0 (USA) was used for the analysis Materials and Methods Results Hospital setting and antibiotic ... financial cost and resistance patterns of leading nosocomial pathogens (gram) and number of boxes were calculated from two databases, 1) Hospital pharmacy computer databases, and 2) International ... NARP was initiated in Turkey in February 2003 by a central regulation of Ministry of Health and was announced nation-wide via official newspaper ofthe state [11] This is a quasi-experimental...
... undergraduate students The goal of each volume is to encapsulate the current state of knowledge in a particular area of finance so that the reader can quickly achieve a mastery of that special area ... describe the current state of financial research and practice in a particular area of finance The essays in each volume are intended for practicing finance professionals, graduate students, and advanced ... by the downfall of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998 All of these events raised fears ofa global economic meltdown Also notable at the end of 1998 was the creation ofthe financial...
... TA, Mensah GA, Alexander RW, Anderson JL, Cannon RO, Criqui M: Markers of inflammation and cardiovascular disease: application to clinical and public health practice: A statement for healthcare ... factors and disease, than actual physical activity level [25,26] As a consequence it has been shown that it is only those individuals who increase their VO2 max, rather than their actual physical activity ... design, carried out the testing, performed statistical testing and drafted the manuscript MM carried out the immunoassays GPW participated in the coordination ofthe study and drafting ofthe manuscript...
... that simulate the conductivity ofthe positive active material and the diffusion of sulfate ions Researchers w15,16x have found that after a certain amount ofthe active material has reacted the ... remaining material becomes isolated and cannot react The amount of active material that can be discharged before the remaining material becomes isolated is termed the critical volume fraction Values ... Fig shows the profiles ofthe reacted material every 2000 s for the 2-h discharge rate The active material is reacted up to the critical volume fraction at the edge of both the negative and positive...
... only patients on antimicrobial and other therapies that can alter the balance ofthe gut microbiota (for example, antacid/proton pump inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), but also ... with a loop and inoculated into the top to mm of BHI agar in the glass vial These were then left overnight in the anaerobe chamber; the vials were then removed from the anaerobe chamber and photographed ... manuscript Additional data files The following additional data are available with the online version of this paper: CDSs specific to PCR-ribotype 027 isolates (Additional data file 1); CDSs that have...
... with the management of data, participated in the analysis and interpretation of data, and provided revisions on the content ofthe manuscript TE coordinated the original data collection and was ... interests Authors' contributions BAR carried out data management, analysis ofthe data including multilevel modeling, interpretation of data, and created the first draft ofthe manuscript EN was involved ... using parallel statistical methods, and the two years' data were treated as replicate studies Multilevel analysis was chosen to account for the hierarchical nature ofthe data (lifeguards nested...
... and outcome of septic shock patients in the absence of early goal directed therapy Crit Care 2006, 10:R80 The ARISE Investigators and the ANZICS Adult Patient Database Management Committee: The ... Critical Care Vol 12 No Bellomo et al mortality rate There is an elephant in the room: the baseline mortality of severe sepsis/septic shock with standard care in the Netherlands and ANZ is substantially ... and Medical Research Council-funded randomised controlled trial, the Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation (ARISE) This trial will randomize 1,500 patients and compare EGDT with standard...
... not available At the onset of my thesis, I assessed what is known based on the available data The reconstruction of phylogenies of large groups like the Calyptratae can be approached by either ... molecular markers Chapter 2: Sensitivity analysis, molecular systematics, and natural history evolutionof Scathophagidae (Diptera:Calyptrate: Musocidea) Chapter 3: The Muscoidea (Diptera:Calyptratae) ... Streblidae, are all genuine ectoparasites (i.e species with a trophic and a spatial association to a host) spending all or most of their adult life within the fur or among the feathers of their mammal and...
... modes of interactivity and collaboration The landscape ofthe workplace has changed dramatically, even in the past year The same forces that have shifted the barriers to remote work the ubiquity of ... performance areas? Please rate on a scale from “Well above average” to “Well below average” (% respondents) Well above average Somewhat above average Average/on par with peers Somewhat below average ... IT and technology 11 Singapore, Switzerland Healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain Manufacturing Belgium, Bulgaria,...
... Also, Anderson(1984) states that the reason the students can not read adequately in English is that they can not read adequately in the native language Sharing the same view, Bernhardt and Kamil ... reading, the readers know most ofthe words in the text already, and they can also determine the meaning of many ofthe unfamiliar words from the contexts Therefore, the best way to acquire a large ... teacher has 12 years of teaching experience and the youngest has got two years All of them are enthusiastic with their career Each teacher has to teach at least 12 periods a week Each has the...
... skill and introduce them to the teachers at Thanh liem Ahigh school, the author has found out related researches as the theory background ofthe thesis From that, the researcher has enough reasoning ... CONTENTS Page Statement of authorship i Acknowledgement ii Abstract iii Table of contents iv List of abbreviation vii List of tables and charts viii PART A: INTRODUCTION Rationale Aims ofthe study ... List of abbreviation IT: Information Technology NCLRC: the National Capital Language Resource Center SLA: Second Language Acquisition TLAHS: Thanh Liem AHighSchool VNU: Vietnam National University...
... learning language can intensify the learners to identify themselves with the native speakers of that language and acquire or adopt various aspects of behaviors characterizing the members ofthe ... language learning “In the life ofa language, attitudes to that language appear to be important in language restoration, preservation, decay or death” (Baker, 1992: 9) If a learner does not have the ... that favorable attitudes towards the second language and the speakers of it lead to successful learning of that language, while negative attitudes can upset and disturb the motivation to learn the...
... an approach to teaching and learning reading that uses reading materials that are understandable and meaningful to the learner in order for learners to be able to read large amounts The aim of ... instructions and invaluable advice during the preparation and completion of this graduation paper I also wish to acknowledge my debt to all the teachers of Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at Vietnam National ... are not aware of this importance Consequently, their reading achievement is not high In fact, there are many factors affecting reading results, two of them are pleasure reading habits and attitudes...
... 2 Aims and objectives ofthe research The research is aimed at investigating students‘ attitudes towards the genre-based approach, which was new to them, and examining whether this teaching approach ... Tuyen Quang, Vietnam The research lasted for weeks and the treatment was applied to all students in a classroom The research mainly focused on 11th form students majored in Mathematics The research ... research method was aimed at providing information on students‘ attitudes towards, and opinions about, the genre-based approach that their teacher (also the researcher) used In addition to the...
... membrane-buried negative charges that are essential for binding the ion and also for the rotational mechanism ofthe ring The c ring of I tartaricus has 11 negative charges that are equally distributed ... SDS–PAGE, with an apparent molecular mass of 57–59 kDa, depending on the acrylamide concentration used (Fig 1A) Western blotting analyses ofthe intact as well as the denatured c rings revealed the ... with a total of 22 transmembrane helices This value is identical to the value obtained for the other Na+ F1F0 ATP synthases Additionally, the size oftheA woodii ˚ c rings (approximately 58 A by...
... a work and employment orientated program An alternative to either of these is the International Baccalaureate (IB) and a small number of schools, mainly private, offer the IB diploma Table reports ... schools in Ballarat, that provides the basis for interschool sporting competition Ballarat and Clarendon College; Ballarat and Queens Anglican Grammar School; Ballarat High School; Damascus College; ... Curriculum and assessment Authority (VCAA) manages and awards school qualifications It administers and awards two senior school secondary qualifications known as the Victorian Certificate of education...
... Singapore The Straits of Malacca The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The South China Sea The South China Sea The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The ... Sarawak in the north of Kalimantan Kuala Lumpur, the national capital, Labuan UNEP/SCS – National Report Malaysia and Putra Jaya form the Federal territories The multiracial population of Malaysia ... meters and with a tidal stream of over knots The West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia has an equatorial climate, with an average annual rainfall of more than 2500mm and a daily temperature that ranges...
... microsomal fraction of an extract ofthe resistant insect D melanogaster also displayed a strong binding capacity The determination ofthe characteristics ofthe binding site of these different strains ... stoichiometric amount of toxin and iodine Under these conditions, the specific radioactivity ofthe 125I-labelled PA1b, calculated by the ratio ofthe radioactivity measured by gamma counting and the amount ... point was the mean of triplicates Binding data were analyzed using the RADLIG software (BIOSOFT, Cambridge, UK), and plots were drawn using the ORIGIN software (Microcal, USA) The biological activity...
... suggests that C paradoxa PsbU has a higher homology with the red algal protein than with the cyanobacterial one The C paradoxa thylakoid membranes also contained a band cross-reacted with anti-(R-PsbQ¢), ... Chloroplast DNA Cyanidium caldarium Chloroplast DNA Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) Thalassiosira pseudonana Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Odontella sinensis Chloroplast DNA Prasinophyceae Mesostigma viride ... Chloroplast DNA Euglenophyceae Euglena gracilis Chloroplast DNA Chlorophyceae (green algae) Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Higher plant Oryza sativa Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA...
... study, data triangulation was used to combine the advantages of analyzing data at certain times and with different research analysts Field analysis recorded immediate observations ofthe moderator, ... session The results were coded and entered into a database using Atlas.ti, a qualitative research software package In our analysis, we examined and used the data collected from each round of testing ... consumers about privacy laws and financial institutions’ sharing practices in a factual and neutral way The language could and should not direct a consumer to make any particular decision Through the...