... gravitational changes upon the cervical spine postural reflexes and resultant postural adaptations Specifically, details of postural adaptation, musculoskeletal morphological changes, and clinical symptoms ... information regarding eye alignment and stabilization [44] This is an important part of the visual postural control pathway, as this pathway may compensate for visual deprivation such as in darkness ... Ikeda T, Watanuki K, Hakuta S, Takeoka H: Effect of microgravity on spatial orientation and posture regulation during coriolis stimulation Acta Otolaryngol 2004, 124:495-501 177 Amblard B, Assaiante...
... 40-50% of trabecular mass by 90 years of age [58] This results in a decline in the loadbearing capacity of the vertebral body For example, load bearing capacity in a lumbar vertebra can decrease from ... end plate The disc facilitates intersegmental movement while maintaining alignment of the vertebral column and has a primary role in attenuating and dispersing axial load With aging, the water ... osteoporosis and are associated with back pain, functional disability, reduced health-related quality of life and increased mortality These associations become more significant with increasing numbers of...
... situations, availability of alternative transport and changing health are major reasons for driving reduction and cessation (e.g., Raitanen et al., 2003; Charlton et al., 2006; Ragland et al., ... rates based on US Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data for 1997, National Highway Transport Safety Administration (NHTSA) (see Table 1.) Table 1: Number of driver fatalities and fatality ... especially for older drivers Casualty crash analyses, even those encompassing casualties of all severity, have a sampling bias: the so-called ‘frailty bias’, which exaggerates any apparent age-related...
... Predicting bank performance with financial forecasts: A case of Taiwan commercial banks Journal of Banking and Finance, 28, 2353—2368 Karels, G V — Prakash, A J (1987) Multivariate normality and forecasting ... stochastic DEA Kao and Liu (2004) formulate a DEA model of interval data for use in evaluating the performance of banks Their study makes advance predictions of the performance of 24 Taiwan banks ... combination of linear programming (LP) and DA Using data from the National Bank of Belgium, they find that MSD, DEA and C5.0 obtain the correct classification rates of failure for 78.9%, 86.4% and 85.5% of...
... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] OCEAN, COASTAL, AND MARINE EDUCATION CAN: • Enhance public awareness of the ocean and increase scientific literacy • Ensure that present and future ... thematic areas for clarity and appropriateness of thematic research priorities (Task 3a) ; balance among substantive research areas as well as among research activities such as observations, modeling, ... knowledge and understanding of factors contributing to the maintenance and restoration of ecosystem health Enhancing Human Health This theme addresses a broad array of human health issues that relate...
... concentration of radon and its metabolites is increased in concrete single-family homes.129) Nano-particles and Nano-materials The health effects of nano-particles and nano-materials have been reviewed.117–121) ... (in Japanese) IPCS (1989) Environmental Health Criteria 89 Formaldehyde, World Health Organization, Geneva Takeda, M., Saijo, Y., Yuasa, M., Kanazawa, A. , Araki, Aand Kishi, R (2009) Relationship ... Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environ., 1, 27–34 (in Japanese) 126) Kishi, R., Saijo, Y., Kanazawa, A. , Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, T., Chikara, H., Takigawa, T., Morimoto, K., Nakayama, K and Shibata, E (2009)...
... performance benefits of experience, training, and innate ability and also as a summary of the research already completed in this area The report will be of particular interest to policymakers and ... Comments are welcome and may be addressed to Jennifer Kavanagh, RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90407, or Jennifer_Kavanagh@rand.org For more information on RAND's Forces ... Table 2.2 Number of Flights and Marginal Products of Yearof-Service Groups .8 Table 2.3 Mission Capable Rate and Marginal Products of Pay Grade Groups Table 2.4 Mission Capable Rate...
... meals, breakfast cereals, candy, snacks, and beverages, as well as fruits and vegetables and dairy products, and the campaigns generally were integrated across promotional formats The focus of ... meals, frozen waffles, fruit and fruit snacks, breakfast cereals, popcorn, lunch kits, candy, carbonated and non-carbonated drinks, pasta, snack chips, and milk Superman and the Pirates characters ... Disney characters appeared on packages and store displays for fruit snacks, breakfast cereals, candy, yogurt, frozen waffles, toaster pastries, macaroni and cheese, and fruits and vegetables Multi-brand...
... www.arpnjournal.com Arias, J.L., D .A Carrino, M.S Fernandez, J.E Rodrigues, J.E Denis and A. I Capln, 1992 Partial biochemical and immunological characterization of avian eggshell extracellular matrices Arch ... associated with the increased activity of carbonic anhydrase, improving the quality of egg shell and the presence of manganese has an activator influence on the calcification and resistance of ... Posstlethwaite, A. E, J.M Seyer and A. H Kang, 1978 Chemotactic attraction of human fibroblasts to type I, II and III collagen and collagen derived peptides Proc Natl Acad Sci USA., 75: 871-875 Romanoff,...
... defense of the neonate and the intestinal flora Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica 351(Suppl.):122–125 Pisacane A, Graziano L, Zona G, Dolezalova H, Cafiero M, Coppola A, Scarpellino B, Ummarino M, Mazzarella ... Nagata I, Shiraki K, Tanimoto K, Harada Y, Tanaka Y, Okada T 1992 Mother-to-infant transmission of Hepatitis C virus Journal of Pediatrics 120:432–434 78 Ogasawara S, Kage M, Kosai K, Shimamatsu ... well-being of children and families by leading a national effort to collect, develop, and disseminate information and educational materials on maternal and child health, and by collaborating with...
... Washback indicates “an intended or unintended (accidental) direction and function of curriculum change on aspects of teaching and learning by means ofa change of public examinations” Similar ... effect of teaching and learning Types of Washback Generally, washback can be analysed according to two major types: positive and negative, depending on whether it has a beneficial or harmful impact ... Tests are used as a “lever” for change To present a clear view of positive and negative washback at both micro-level (classroom settings) and at macro-level (educational and societal system), Tables...
... paper and wood pulp.29 Any one of several types of particles and rays given off by radioactive material, high-voltage equipment, nuclear reactions and stars Alpha and beta particles, X-rays and ... lymphoma; tetrachloroethylene and bladder cancer; and trichloroethylene and Hodgkin’s disease, leukemia, and kidney and liver cancers Environmental tobacco smoke and cancers of the breast and lung ... contrast, Landrigan and co-authors maintained that Doll and Peto’s estimate of the contribution of cancer deaths due to occupation was too low and that it failed to take into account limitations...
... had a colon polyp removed, Japanese-Hawaiians, North American Caucasians, native rural Japanese, and rural native Africans Lactobacillus species and Eubacterium aerofaciens, both producers of ... to a standardized amount of carbohydrate in a food The glycemic load takes into account the amount of food eaten An international table of the glycemic index and glycemic load ofa wide variety ... MD, Balmes J, Cullen MR, Glass A, Keogh JP, Meyskens FL, Valanis B, Williams JH, Barnhart S, Hammar S: Effects ofa combination of beta carotene and vitamin A on lung cancer and cardiovascular...
... and editorial tasks The panel also appreciates the assistance of Jon Herrmann and Alan Hais, EPA Office of Research and Development and Hiba Shukairy and Grace Robiou, EPA Office of Water who were ... Action Plan also includes a description of the plan’s implementation Although the Action Plan consists ofa large array of drinking water and wastewater research and technical support needs and ... (3.6 .a) • Databases - Development ofa list of contaminants and threat scenarios (3.2 .a) - Development ofa database of important information on the contaminants (3.2.b) - Development ofa surrogate/simulants...
... countries in east and southern Africa (ESA): Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe There ... Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODS 2.1 Conceptual framework Areview ... countries (Botswana, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland) and low-income countries (Angola, DRC, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) (HDR,...
... Korea Iceland Netherlands Denmark Japan Norway Sweden Canada Finland Luxembourg United Kingdom Belgium Switzerland United States Germany Austria Australia France Spain New Zealand Hungary Ireland ... United Austria Germany Finland Denmark Ireland Sweden Netherlands Slovak Slovak Republic Norway Hungary Switzerland Poland Spain Iceland New Zealand Australia Belgium South Korea France United States ... Berkman Center analysis of Eurostat data The National Broadband Task Force has provided a broad reviewof the uses and benefits of broadband, from quantifiable measures of jobs created or health outcomes...
... Public health and social wellbeing is at the heart of health and social care The 12 Review team is aware that there is a separate piece of work being undertaken by the Department of Health Social Services ... by Cancer Research UK and the Department of Health, England was carried out by researchers from a number of institutions in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the UK that were the focus of ... population in England.28 Appleby29 stated that indicative data suggests Northern Ireland produces between 17% and 30% less inpatient, outpatient, day case and A& E activity per head of hospital and...
... costs variation in health services and to assess outputs of rural health facilities The aim of this study was to evaluate and analyse the nature, performance and costs ofa sample of periurban and ... India, AWARE in Andhra Pradesh, CINI in Kolkata, CRHP in Jamked, RUHSA in Tamil Nadu, and SEARCH in Maharashtra (Antia & Bhatia, 1993) Pakistan Impression drawn from interview with various officials ... abbots and ecclesiastical heads A sample of 1600 Buddhist abbots and 400 ecclesiastical heads were selected and interviewed Peter A Berman (Berman, 1984) Indonesia An evaluation of coverage and...
... patients are in a stressful environment where there is a power imbalance, educational imbalance, and where they are fearful of appearing stupid and fearful of rejection or abandonment As a result, ... Subjects were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups and asked to read a medicine label and an accompanying patient information leaflet The experimental group’s label and leaflet included ... [6] and Carney and Levin [25] in making generalizations that relate to the needs of health educators All of these reviews agree that the weight of evidence indicates that pictures can facilitate...
... Non-DAC (Czech Republic, Iceland, Korea, Poland, Slovak Republic and Turkey), Arab countries (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates) and other donors (Israel and others) China and India also ... in particular countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as in the Caribbean and Pacific islands, Central America or Caucasus and Central Asian countries The transaction costs for international ... 4700 kiosks across six states (Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan) Source: Excerpted from http://itcportal.com/ Smaller and micro scale ICT businesses,...