... involve co-contraction ofthe agonist and antagonists Simultaneous contraction of agonist and antagonist muscles is a normal motor phenomenon and is required for the smooth movement ofthe limb ... planning, careful monitoring and above all the input and involvement not only Michael P Barnes ofthe physician, physiotherapist and orthotist but also ofthe person with the spasticity and his or her ... contracture In practical terms there is often a mixture of neural and biomechanical hypertonia, and it is very difficult clinically to determine the relative contribution of each ofthe components...
... w, and r monotone functions in some of their variables The first case covers the periodic case andthe second one separated boundary conditions In the proofs, a more general definition of lower and ... In the classical books of Bernfeld and Lakshmikantham and Ladde et al the classical theory ofthe method of lower and upper solutions andthe monotone iterative technique are given This gives the ... studied The monotonicity assumptions u b z u a and g u a , u a , u b on z and g cover the periodic conditions The proof follows from a truncated problem on f as in the nonlinear part of 1.19 and...
... special education and one on inclusive education in Danang and Vinh Long respectively Data collection The survey was conducted with qualitative and quantitative approaches The quantitative approach ... managers on education sector, andthe decision maker at the national level (ministry level) Three surveyed provinces of Hanoi, Quang Tri and Vinh Long were chosen for the need assessment of PWD and ... pursuant to the Disability Law, Decrees and Circulars are developed and enacted to provide guidance onthe implementation ofthe Law However, the gap between policies andthe implementation of...
... process at the FASB is part ofthe mission ofthe organization, which is, ―to establish and improve standardsof financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education ofthe public, ... country and ultimately the world, especially in light ofthe globalization of financial accounting standards by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) The number of organizations and ... preserve the integrity ofthe selection, an outside third party handled the random selection process A lottery method was utilized in the random selection ofthe financial accounting standards The...
... data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity ofthe data andthe accuracy ofthe data analyses Study concept and design: CA and OB Acquisition of data: CA and OB Analysis and interpretation ... influences the occurrence and mechanism ofthe fall andits consequences due to its action on postural balance system - i.e., CNS and muscles - would then be feasible Evidence ofthe effectiveness of ... translations [35] Selection of these strategies depends, apart from the nature ofthe disturbance, onthe subject’s state of attention and previous experience [31,36] Maintenance of posture and...
... [21] Cost of intensive care provision and advance decisions Intensive care is an expensive and limited resource, consuming up to 20% ofthe entire hospital budget and 1% ofthe nation’s gross ... weight to the value and importance placed on a surrogate by the patient, but questions their accuracy and detracts from the value ofthe AD in the first place There are other significant practical ... physicians [20] This conflict can be related to the different interpretations that different relatives and physicians have ofthe patient’s AD andthe progress and prognosis ofthe acute illness...
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... and delivery, which in the French mainland and Corsica amounts to 5.5% and in the overseas departments and regions of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion amounts to 2.1% In Italy, the fiscal and ... section Finally, the conclusions are summarized in section The EU RES directive The EU policy on RES is set out in the relevant Directive [3] ofthe European parliament andofthe Council The ... needs As a fiscal and financial measure, the government decided that RES systems must have an exemption from the consumption tax of electricity In the Netherlands, the consumption of electricity...
... telephone company cannot use this bandwidth for any other purpose and must bill the parties for consuming its resources Data networking, onthe other hand, has the capability to use bandwidth only ... office switch.) 13 I can now talk to Grandma until I hang up the phone (on- hook indication) If Grandma's phone was busy, I could use an IN feature by which I could park on her line and have the ... got off the phone Now that you have a basic understanding of how the PSTN functions, the next section discusses services and applications that are common in the PSTN If you want more information...
... collection, treatment and distribution Depending onthe mean, place and time for water quality and quantity, the Mekong people have many ways for collection and treatment (See figure 2) Concerning the ... high concentration of salinity and/ or acidity and/ or pollution In An Giang and Kien Giang, building reservoirs in high lands for keeping stream water is one ofthe water collection ways Commonly, ... international organisations such as WB, ADB, UNICEF, UNDP and donor nations such as Finland, Denmark, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, South Korea and Germany Looking at urban markets...
... Financial intermediaries make profits by reducing transactions costs • They reduce transactions costs by developing expertise and taking advantage of economies of scale 2- Function of Financial ... AnOverviewofthe Financial System • Primary function ofthe Financial System is financial Intermediation • The channeling of funds from households, firms and governments who ... time and money spent carrying out financial transactions • Asymmetric information – inequality of information between counterparties 2- Function of Financial Intermediaries II Reduce Transactions...
... beyond customer satisfaction to loyalty? There is a complex relationship between satisfaction and loyalty Satisfaction is the first tier in the relationship between a customer andthe company ... satisfaction • Key Driver Analysis – This method quantifies the relationship between 1) the key drivers and satisfaction and 2) satisfaction and a business outcome This analysis suggests where ... reflect the voice ofthe customer and not just the company line This research can help you: • Learn about your strengths and weaknesses • Allocate resources for optimal impactand satisfaction •...
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... damn the reputation of any very active and powerful medicine? And is it not more than probable that the neglect of adhereing to a certain and regular preparation ofthe nicotiana, andthe want (of ... considered as cases lost to An Account ofthe Foxglove and some ofits by William Withering the common run of practice, and only snatched from destruction, by the efficacy ofthe Digitalis; and ... he had no appetite, and a constant thirst: a fullness and load in the stomach: the thighs, legs and hands, much swell'd, andthe face and throat in a morning; was costive, and made but little...
... damn the reputation of any very active and powerful medicine? And is it not more than probable that the neglect of adhereing to a certain and regular preparation ofthe nicotiana, andthe want (of ... considered as cases lost to An Account ofthe Foxglove and some ofits by William Withering the common run of practice, and only snatched from destruction, by the efficacy ofthe Digitalis; and ... he had no appetite, and a constant thirst: a fullness and load in the stomach: the thighs, legs and hands, much swell'd, andthe face and throat in a morning; was costive, and made but little...
... scheme and suggests two database encryption schemes: one column oriented andthe other row oriented One disadvantage of all the above schemes is that the basic element in the database is a row and ... index over the table plaintext values and then encrypting the table at the row level andthe B-Tree at the node level The indexing scheme in [18] is based on constructing the index onthe plaintext ... addition it enables the construction of standard indexes onthe cipher-text values However, the order of values is sensitive information in most cases and should not be exposed The encryption scheme...
... information onthe hiring and oversight of privileged administrators andthe controls over their access to information Major companies should demand and enforce their own hiring criteria for personnel ... be done by having an in-depth understanding of how cloud computing transmit and handles data ♦ Demand Transparency by making sure that the cloud provider can supply detailed information onits ... and many cloud customers will buy onthe basis ofthe reputation for confidentiality, integrity and resilient ofandthe security services offered by a provider ♦ Large cloud providers will offer...
... and other r tion ofthe data reveals that the information is not complete in all regards and at times contains duplications and ambiguities These omissions and limitations may require users of ... company files of individuals are common to the three national companies, which have adopted common standards for the reporting and coding of information provided by creditors and others Nonetheless, ... or the gap between the date the sample was drawn andthe last date they were reported is larger than any previous gap in their payment history There is another indication that many ofthe nonderogatory...
... interventions related to teacher supply and demand through an analysis and assessment ofthe relationship between research, policy and practice onthe subject and how they impactonthe supply and demand ... need And researchers could try to understand better the tenacity ofthe conception ofthe problem of teacher supply and demand as one of redistribution rather than investment and expansion Until ... Studies onthe supply and demand of teachers have been conducted in an ongoing manner since at least 1994 Underlying the language of ‘supply and demand’ is the concept ofthe market The market analogy...
... agenda, it did not stand alone and was deeply rooted in other transformation plans The fact that the Director of Planning and Environment for the bid was seconded from the city’s Planning Department ... to publication rather than being a keystone idea in the bid Speech by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch at the opening ofthe World Conference on Sport andthe Environment, Lausanne, 12 July ... expectation that the Olympics should make a significant contribution to the housing stock for persons of low or no income, onthe other hand, Olympic requirements and construction finances meant that...