... The main emphasis was put on strengthening research and highquality education The Commission proposed a standardisation and streamlining of teaching programmes, a large increase in doctoral programmes, ... innovation are increasingly being framed within an international arena The links between sub-regional, regional, national and international systems of innovations imply hat analyses should include ... strengthen the technical learning ability ofthe economy ina period of radical technical change They concluded that the capability of national economies to learn abou, adapt and change their instiutional...
... study of 3260 enrollees ina national managed care organization inthe United States, that 23% ofthe English-speaking and 34% ofthe Spanish-speaking respondents could not adequately read and ... than words alone However, words are still important in explaining the implications ofthe pictures and in explaining what is happening inthe pictures This hypothesis includes the same qualification ... Koplan JP Health literacy among medicare enrollees ina managed care organization JAMA 1999; 281:545–51 [10] International Reading Association, Special Interest group on reading and readability...
... Ethical approvals The formative research was approved by the Institutional Review Boards at the Kinshasa School of Public Health inthe DRC and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in ... should be a component ofthe research, being mindful that the minors participating inthe research may in fact want to know that they have HIV Participation inthe research could serve as a first ... be told at the beginning ofthe research Their reasons focused on reducing the children being taken aback upon learning their status during the course ofthe research and for enhancing the children's...
... preparation and toxin quantification RV participated in animal experimentation AA was involved in histopathological studies and image analysis FV participated in coordination of experiments and manuscript ... BAL are related to thebacterial burden The significant decrease in number of bacteria after 12 h of infection is probably due to the host response, and was also observed in another intranasal ... in alveolar macrophages has been associated with bacterial internalization [40], programmed cell death directly induced by PLY has been described in alveolar macrophages and nasopharyngeal epithelium...
... by inhalation of Gramnegative bacteria, simultaneous intravenous administration of recombinant human antithrombin caused histologic damage, injury to the alveolar capillary barrier and increased ... that if administration of heparin concomitantly with antithrombin is withheld, then the antiinflammatory potential ofthe latter can be improved Disseminated intravascular coagulation and antithrombin-dependent ... Both of these inhibit serine proteases and cofactors/activated coagulation factors [1] Antithrombin is a 58 kDa glycoprotein that is composed ofa single amino acid chain with a plasma concentration...
... to have migrated to Xinjiang along a northern drug trafficking route [26,28] CRF08 is a predominant subtype among intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Guangxi and the east part ofthe Yunnan province ... from India, but not Africa as India has (Additional file 1, Fig S2B) Finally, the dominant South American C epidemic appears to have derived from a single introduction from Africa ([45,46] and Additional ... cover a full HIV-1 genome of each subtype, meaning that there was a potential to form any BF recombinants in Argentina and that there was no need to assume that already-recombined genomes came...
... the variability in intra-trial reporting, this was not feasible As the hazard ratio may be approximated from the OR [23], we chose the OR as an appropriate metric [24] Bayesian parameter estimates, ... Central Register of Controlled trials, Cochrane database of systematic reviews, American College of Physicians Journal Club, Health Technology Assessment Database and Database of Abstracts of Reviews ... colleagues Annane and Table Trial patient data by outcome (Continued) #, mortality statistics for Chawla and colleagues [47] were abstracted from the Annane and colleagues meta-analysis[6] ##, data...
... hierarchical governance rather than market governance On the other hand, another kind of causal ambiguity, causal ambiguity within the firm, explains why firms may avoid hierarchical governance in ... resources and capabilities that the individual cannot create or obtain through the market because the resources and capabilities are causally ambiguous, the individual may have to make a firm to get access ... ‘causal ambiguity within the firm’ as a type of uncertainty inthe context of resourcebased theory When a target firm has causally ambiguous resources and capabilities that ii a bidding firm cannot...
... List of Symbols Aelec Electrical contact area Agb Area of grain boundaries Ageo Geometrical contact area Agr Grain size BV Bearing volume CSAM SAM capacitance d Thickness ofthe SAMs dgb Grain ... complicate the interpretation ofthe data that generated in physical-organic studies of charge transport All of these methods have their own advantages and -1- disadvantages and contain defects inherent ... temperature dependent measurement of Fc based SAMs in EGaIn array devices The current density changed as a function of temperature indicated a thermal active charge transport mechanism inthe Fc based...
... crystalline state as they contain saturated and unsaturated acyl chains of variable length in which the acyl chains are fluid and disordered Inthe absence of other lipids, membranes containing ... 1.8) The lipid moiety can vary in terms of chain length ofthe fatty acids and inthe degree of saturation and hydroxylation ofthe sphingoid base Also, variations inthe type, number and linkage ... particle The receptor-ligand interaction activates signal transduction pathways that result inthe internalization ofthe target particle The internalized particle is contained ina plasma membrane...
... ofthe Sino-Japanese relation in regards to politics, the economy, and cultural communication 2.4.1 Japan in China’s Media To examine the propaganda about Japan in China’s media, an investigation ... China and Japan has developed actively since the 1980s In particular, Japan’s investment has increased dramatically Entering the Chinese market has become a popular issue among Japanese businessmen ... in china serving as a social key towards achieving various goals There is a large body of literature evaluating the nature and roleof guanxi in Chinese society The importance of guanxi relationship...
... minimization of tissue damage and promotion of healing (Baranova et al., 2010; Sandri et al., 2008) Inthe event ofa tissue injury, the acute phase response initiates the activation ofa cascade, ... Receptor Interacting Protein (RIP1) instead of with Fas associated death domain (FADD) and caspase would activate the NFκB survival mechanism (Oeckinghaus et al., 2011) As the absence of TRAF2 would ... SAA-LDL complex have also been reported (Kotani et al., 2009; Ogasawara et al., 2004) At elevated level, SAA is able to replace apoA-I in HDL, taking over as the predominant apolipoprotein of...
... further assess the riskiness ofthe bank Finally, the inadequacy ofthe static accounting framework, underpinning the capital ratios approach, in tracing the dynamics ofthe bank’ trading strategy; ... is offered in India by the non-banking financial companies sector (Pahwa, 1998) Another important advantage of any informal-formal link is that formal financial institutions would have an incentive ... capital of others, and that sound financial infrastructures that strengthen 21 trust and prudence increase the return to all participants Thus, producing and maintaining financial infrastructures...
... colorectal carcinoma [33] There was also a focal expression of MUC6 inthe colonic epithelium inthe teratoma (Table 1), a finding we have also made ina study on colorectal carcinoma [34] The tissue ... feature of various cancers including cancer ofthe colon [33] The amino acid analysis ofthe purified mucin gave high amounts of ‘mucin-like amino acids, serine, threonine and proline Serine and ... acid analysis of purified mucin from a mature ovarian cyst teratoma Amino acid Aspartic acid (D) Threonine (T) Serine (S) Glutamic acid (E) Proline (P) Glycine (G) Alanine (A) Cysteine (C) Valine...
... the other languages that exist inthe country, the adult language programin Botswana maintains the hegemony and the gap between the poor and the rich, the major and minority groups In order to ... practice in Botswana is that illiterates inthe adult education program are taught in Setswana even in environments where it is not the native language Setswana is not the native language for at least ... the teaching of local languages, Setswana and English By involving the local languages theprogram would not only reach the poor and marginalized communities but it would also instill the qualities...
... need of more Inthe absence ofthe massive and artful persuasion that accompanies the management of demand, increasing abundance might well have reduced the interest of people in acquiring more ... vital tools in Marketing The appearance and theroleof advertising is increasingly higher inthe market economy Advertising shows the rapid growth in technology and lifestyle, in people’s tastes ... ina marketing program will vary depending on the situation facing the organization and what information needs to be communicated Part II : theroleof advertising in society Economic effects of...
... // Add table mappings da.TableMappings.Add("Table", "Orders"); da.TableMappings.Add("Table1", "Order Details"); // Create the DataSet DataSet ds = new DataSet( ); // Fill the schema and data da.FillSchema(ds, ... Microsoft SQL Server Books Online The GetSchemaTable( ) method ofthe DataReader also returns all column lengths The method returns a DataTable containing column metadata for a DataReader, where the ... name The code then iterates over the collection of columns inthe table and displays the length, precision, and scale for each from the Hashtable Information from the FillSchema( ) method of the...