... Whatever his first reaction, however, with time the smoker (and the eater too) learns to expect the sensations that the heroin user of today is accustomed to. The cares and distractions of daily ... SomniferumOn the banks ofthe Ganges some distance east of Benares, in the most wretched and neglected part of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, lies the little town of Ghazipur. It is not much of ... wait for the rains ofthe summer monsoon to sweep up from the Bay of Bengal. But in fact there is activity here even at this time ofthe year. For Ghazipur is one ofthe few places in the world...
... analysis. The most interest-ing characteristic of this instrument isthe availability of a"utility index score" which for the decision makers follow-ing the principles of utilitarism ... applicability. The primary goal of our study was to assess the applicabil-ity, internal consistency, and construct validity ofthe Ital-ian version ofthe EQ-5D in a random sample of the citizens of Bologna ... sample) from the Registry of the North and South Health Authorities ofthe city of Bolo-gna, Italy. The adopted exclusion criteria were: peopleaged < 18 years, non residents ofthe two Health...
... permitted to give loans tothe microfinance sector, which in the aggregate exceed 10% of its total assets. 6 Areas of Concern The advent of MFIs in the Microfinance sector appears to have resulted ... NABARD is also a regulator. If therefore, NABARD isto act as a regulator, it may be required not to participate in the financing ofthe sector. ii) If NABARD isto remain the regulator as ... entered the sector. On the one hand, there was a huge unsatisfied demand for microfinance credit and on the other, there was a limitation on the capacity of not-for-profit entities to meet this...
... requires a secondphotoexcitation ofthe RC and is coupled tothe uptake of two protons from the cytoplasmic space. The formedubiquinol dissociates from the RC and is released into the membrane lipid ... ability f or photosynthetic growth, the insertion of PufX in the core LH1–RC complex, the stability of the dimers and the kinetics of flash-induced reduction of cytochrome b561 of the cytochrome bc1complex. ... irreversible dissociation of the dimeric tothe monomeric form ofthe complex from the wild-type exists: the dimer dissociates gradually into the monomer when the octyl-glucoside concentration is increased...
... that the inhabitants ofthe territory of Louisiana should be admitted to all the rights and immunities of citizens ofthe United States, the State legislation, subsequent tothe transfer of jurisdiction, ... colonists, tothe mutual aid resulting from the proximity of the communities, and tothe coöperation ofthe Canadians. The previous experience of most of theseadventurers as sojourners in thefree ... southerners. Not a few of these reformers,therefore, favored the extermination ofthe institution. Others advocated the expansion of slavery not to extend the influence ofthe South, but to disperse...
... from the others, the pos-sible peer discrimination because ofthe presence of ascar o n the chest in the usual period of starting to go to kindergarten or school may cause hidden distress.Another ... computed as the sum ofthe items divided by the number of items answered (this accounts for missingdata). If more than 50% ofthe items in the scale aremissing, the Scale Score is not computed ... selection from the general Hun-garian population through the Population RegisterOffice ofthe Ministry ofthe Interior, with distributionalmatching tothe populatio n treated at the pediatric...
... that the combined use of anchor-based and distribution-based approaches tend to expand the range of MIDs compared to using eitherapproach. The MID derived from the distribution-basedapproach is ... burden of diabe-tes treatment and symptoms of glycemic control. We alsohypothesized that, compared tothe RAND-12 the DQOLand the D-39S would discriminate better between the known groups of retinopathy, ... establish a range of MID isto demonstrate variabilityamong estimates. The main purposeof this study was to validate and inter-pret a Taiwanese version ofthe DQOL [24]. We evaluated the psychometric...
... deficiencies attributed to the toxicity of chemotherapy or the isolation to which the individual is subjected [9,15]. The analysis ofthe correlation between the scores the chil-dren/adolescents ... question ofthe instrument to measure the degree of agreementof each pair of observations. The criteriadescribed by Landis & Koch [12] were considered in the interpretation of agreement: -1.0 to ... utilized for the analysis of thishypothesis.Construct validity was assessed by means of correlationanalysis between the subscale scores ofthe PedsQL™ 3.0Cancer Module and the scores ofthe PedsQL™...
... computed as the sum ofthe items divided by the number of itemsanswered (this accounts for missing data). The physicalhealth summary score isthe same as the physical func-tioning subscale. To create ... Windows.Factor structure ofthe PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scalesacross age group was examined by a confirmatory factoranalysis (CFA) of items with missing data, using the soft-ware Mplus [22]. The missing ... chi-square test sta-tistic (WLSMV). WLSMV is one ofthe estimators that arerobust to non-normality and involves the analysis of amatrix of polychoric correlations. The PedsQL™ four-fac-tor model was...
... completion of the decerebration, anesthesia was removed. Piglets werechemically paralyzed for the rest ofthe experiment. Aminimum of one hour was allowed to elapse betweenremoval of anesthesia ... showed that the time-frequency patterns at the early and late phases ofthe phrenic neurogram were the same for the 3–6 days old age group. As maturation pro-ceeds, the early phase ofthe phrenic ... gasping for the first week of postnatal age in piglets. After the first week of postnatalage, the duration ofthe phrenic neurogram burst significantly increases and the patterns during the early...
... Accord-ing tothe pilot testing, the time required to complete the questionnaires was estimated to be 5 to 10 minutesTable 2 Multivariable analysis ofthe total score of the PedsQL Cancer ModuleFactor ... when waiting to see the Table 7 Exploratory factor analysis ofthe PedsQL Cancer Module in parent proxy-reportsSubscale Item Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4 Factor 5 Factor 6 Factor 7Pain ... Forfatal diseases, we have to balance the benefit and toxi-city of anti-cancer treatment to maximize the quality of life remaining for the patients. To achieve both mis-sions, we need to be able to...
... in the children report, the first factor consisted of items 1 to 4 and the second factor consisted of items 5 to 8. Similarly, the school functioning scale was split into two factors; in the ... loaded to other factors. One possible explanation for the discrepancy between physical functioning factor of children and their parents is their different perception ofthe construction ofthe ... different factor for both the child self-reports and the parent proxy-reports. In the parent-report, the first factor consisted of items 1 to 6 and the second factor consisted of items 7 and...
... This gentleman's narrative is freely made use ofto show how the custom ofthe exposure ofthe dead to birds of prey has continued up tothe present time. The Dakhmas, or Parsee towers of ... A further contribution tothe study of the by H. C. Yarrow The Project Gutenberg EBook of A further contribution tothe study of the mortuary customs oftheNorthAmerican Indians, ... lodge of the friends ofthe dead person, except to be buried in the grave of one of them. Much ofthe property of the deceased person is buried with the body, a portion being placed under the body...