... biomedical and behavioral research; the increased interaction among Government, research Institutions, and the private sector in attaining common public health goals while meeting public expectations ... applicant Institutions and 80 hours per Institution for formulating and maintaining the policy. Also assumes that most Institu-tions already maintain a public Web site. Therefore, posting the ... applicant Institutions and 80 hours per Institution for formulating and maintaining the policy. Also assumes that most Institu-tions already maintain a public Web site. Therefore, posting the...
... play a role in social inquiry, which theoretical traditions and paradigms are influential in determining, or at least influencing, research choices and agendas. Methodological and theoretical ... methodological and theoretical developments and innovations in a discipline or collection of disciplines important and, perhaps, even useful? We would argue that an interest in methodology and theorizing ... the mining complex such as Duncan Innes’ Anglo (Innes, 1984) and the American William Minter’s King Solomon’s Mines Revisited (Minter, 1986), largely consists of privately sponsored and necessarily...
... demonstrating various forms of femininity and masculinity. In examining constructions of masculinity andhealth within a relational context, this theory proposes that health behaviors are used in ... associated with such health -promoting behaviors as abstaining from smoking, maintaining healthy drinking habits, wearing safety belts, controlling one’s weight, 14 Dying to Be Menleast likely ... exam-ine and understand the environments and social contexts within which health behaviors occur. In recent years, other health scientists and orga-nizations have increasingly joined in this...
... loved ones in combat, chal-lenges communicating) interfere with spouses’ efforts to maintain their relationships, damaging marriages that would have remained satisfying and fulfilling in the absence ... is steady and unchanging (Karney, Bradbury, and Johnson, 1999). In the context of marital research, these connotations can affect interpretations of results in unintended and misleading ways ... involving service members and on military marriage in particular, con-sistent with current concerns about rising divorce rates since the begin-ning of military operations in Afghanistan and...
... discovering and dis-cussing new relationships to resolve existing conflicts about meaning and definitions), and concept analysis (defining relevant attributes/empiricalindicators and ... design will include recording baseline measures of the de-pendent variable, introducing the treatment/intervention, subsequentrecording of the dependent variable, and comparing findings from ... (labeling, identifying major components/dimensions, and establishing why development of the concept should be pursued),concept clarification (refining existing definitions, considering interrela-tionships...
... actors,including consumers, have ‘perfect information’ about the nature and value of commodities traded. In reality, we know that consumers canface difficulties in obtaining and using information ... second-hand cars and home improvements. See Hadfield, Howse, and Trebilcock, ‘Information-Based Principles’, p. 153.x Prefacelargely in the regulatory field that the increase in criminalisation ... is perhaps in the area of economic interests thatadministrative sanctions could have an increasingly important role, and the role of such sanctions in fair trading law is considered in this context.Consumer...
... staining plays an important role in case detection in RNTCP, while culture on LJ medium is the gold standard. With the emergence of MDR and XDR TB, case detection and identification retains ... An increase in sensitivity can be misleading as it may be accompanied by a decrease in the true positivity, and an increase in the relative number of false positives. This can be explained ... Research Article Biology and Medicine, 4 (1): 32-36, 2012 33 BMID: AR93-BM12 Sputum samples were decontaminated using N – acetyl – L – cysteine + 2 % NaOH and concentrated...
... major and Barker disease categories and a small (but again statistically significant) female excess for minor diseases in England. In terms of our main interest in country differences, we find ... Berkman, and J.P. Smith (2011). Do cross country variations in social integration and social interactions explain differences in life expectancy in industrialized countries? In E. Crimmins, S. ... arthritis and cancer, and emotional and mental illness including depression), disability and functioning status, and several salient health behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical...
... still gaining increasing worldwide importance.22 2 Differing Views on the Environmentpanels and wind turbines. Total renewable power capacity in China, including hydropower, reached 226 GW in 2009. ... technologies. In fact, Chinese companies are exporting solarproducts to Europe and the US, and are gaining increasing market shares at theexpense of US American and European companies. According to ... development in China and India and due to the rapid growth of the population in India, it will be difficult not only tolimit the increase, but indeed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in these...
... writing. Swaffer, Janet “Language Learning Is More than Learning Language: Rethinking Reading and Writing Tasks in Textbooks for Beginning Language Study.” Foreign Language Acquisition: Research ... facilitating the process of writing. These include invention strategies (i.e., pre-writing strategies such as brainstorming, clustering, free-writing, mapping), syntactic analysis and sentence combining, ... Kreeft, and Jana Staton, eds. “Dialogue Journals in the Multilingual Classroom: Building Language Fluency and Writing Skills through Written Interaction.” Writing Research: Multidisciplinary Inquiries...
... ◾excellenceTeam building ◾Increasing and enhancing communication ◾Professional and leadership development ◾ Promoting comparisons and benchmarking ◾Identifying and creating a shared sense of ... provide input and contribute information; (3) those involved in imple-menting the resulting improvement opportunities; and (4) those simply interested in the process and its results. Using a ... is becoming increasingly more sophisticated in iden-tifying constituents and beneficiaries and figuring out how to incorporate them into the process.Considering these opportunities and challenges...
... result in higher health care utilization.Foulke and Siepler (1990) demonstrated that switching from theanti-ulcer drug ranitidine to cimetidine resulted in dramatic costsavings while maintaining ... de-signed and well executed; the data and assumptions are sound; thefindings are useful and advance knowledge; the implications and rec-ommendations follow logically from the findings and are explainedthoroughly; ... accurate, understandable, cogent, and temperate in tone; the research demonstrates understanding ofrelated previous studies; and the research is relevant, objective, inde-pendent, and balanced....