... physical data for a variety of air pollutants and weather indicators and, more importantly, for a variety of averaging times and tested the correlation with indicators of perceived and desired air ... technical terms and jargons made the information seem irrelevant to people The issue of spatial scale is important too – people cannot relate to regional or national statistics, but demand local statistics ... Saksena Sumeet Saksena is a Fellow in the Research Program at the East-West Center He is also Affiliate Faculty at the Department of Urban And Regional Planning, University of Hawai`i at Manoa...
... investigate further the link between lack of information and feelings of professional isolation and general dissatisfaction among rural health workers How important is lack of information as acontributing ... churchowned primary health care facilities in Dar Es Salaam and other Tanzanian coast regions East Afr Med J 2001, 78(10):510-514 Ratanawijitrasin S, Soumerai SB, Weerasuriya K: Do national medicinal drug ... problems with understanding and/or implementation of international and/or national guidelines The South Africa study, mentioned above, looked at national guidelines Also a review on India and diabetes,...
... organizations There are many organizations to list under this heading, including: • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and ... environmental change in general and to climate change in particular by the application of appropriate agricultural, land use, water conservation and/or watershed management practices among others and through ... environmental conditions, planning may also include the anticipation of environmental conditions and emergency scenarios, such as climate change, man-made and natural disasters 4) Environmental management...
... for the treatment of patients with BC CML or Ph+ ALL and who are resistant or intolerant to imatinib It is importantto note there are no direct comparisons of efficacy of nilotinib and dasatinib ... years) and/ or patients with advanced CML diseaseThe CML Program is sponsored by a grant from the Norris Foundation The authors take full responsibility for the content ofthe paper but thank ... GG, DM, and AY contributed equally tothe content and focusofthe manuscript from its earliest conception All authors read and approved the final edition 10 11 12 13 14 15 National Cancer Institute...
... has high chances of have a effect onthe overall environmental contamination with MAP, which would mean a significant advance in the fight against paratuberculosis, both in the animal and in the ... general? Answers to these questions are not readily available because we lack accurate information onthe actual distribution of MAP and its potential impact on Bastida and Juste Journal of Immune Based ... commercial vaccine or because they are an easier to handle and a less costly animal model, there is a relation between the type of animal used in the study and the main livestock in the country Half...
... resources to meet the cost of health care The measures towards expanding insurance coverage ofthe elderly can help to ameliorate the financing problems that an ageing population poses One way forward ... Singaporeans aged 75 years and below; and the coverage is up to age of 85 It operates ona co-payment and deductible system to curb moral hazard associated withthe first dollar insurance coverage Total ... is an opt-out scheme and premiums are deducted from Medisave The insurance scheme is only available to Singaporeans aged 40-69 years As with any insurance plan, a person with pre-existing disability...
... The Herpetofauna ofthe Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley ofthe Marañón River and its tributaries, withafocuson endemic iguanians, geckos and tegus Squamata: Iguanidae, Phyllodactylidae, ... Brack 2004) The Huancabamba Depression in the Piura, Cajamarca, Amazonas and San Martin Regions is the major structural and physiographic break ofthe Andes consisting ofa complex system of ... (Puma concolor), the jaguar (Panthera onca), the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) the tayra (Eira barbara), the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), and the northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) The...
... American Journal of Civil Engineering 2016; 4(6): 306-313 assessment ofthe influence level of these factorstothe dynamic response ofthe mentioned shell The results ofthe paper can be used as a ... However, the shell uses the elastic seat connection, so when the stiffness ofthe shell increases making more load transfers tothe elastic seating which leads tothe increase ofthe total displacement ... in the middle position, witha = 0.3 m; Case 2: The shell has no hole (a = 0) Acting load: the shock waves act uniformly tothe direction of normal onthe shell surface according tothe law:...
... acid on aluminium toxicity in corn plants Soil Sci Tan K, 141, 20-25 Tanaka A, Tadano T, Yamamoto K, Kanamura N (1987) Comparison of toxicity to plants , + 3+ among Al AlSO and Al-F complex ions ... depending onthe concentration and the ionic strength The existence of both toxic (Bartlett and Riego, 197 2a; Wagatsuma and Ezoe, 1985; Wagatsuma and Kaneko, 1987; Parker et al, 198 8a) and non-toxic ... biological factors and soil chemical conditions, such as total base cation concentration and the identity ofthe particular Al species in soil solutions Biological factors It was hypothesized that,...
... organizational aspects of language withthe pragmatic • Language techniques are designed to engage learners in the pragmatic, authentic, functional use of language for meaningful purposes Organizational ... implementing CLT as in the situations in Korean, Indonesian and Japanese context HaUI teachers' opinions about the traditional grammar based exams as a difficulty and their priority of training in assessing ... the information gap between the speaker and the hearer; making a choice from his repertoire of language of what to say and how to say it; and evaluating feedback from what he has done Information...
... permission to have personal contacts withthe study population in order to explain the purpose, relevance and the importance ofthe study, as well as to clarify any questions that the students had The ... hopes to achieve triangulation and more reliable, valid data Next chapter, chapter four will present the data analysis and discussion 1 Chapter IV: data analysis and discussion I Questionnaire ... takes place to such of what he or she hears Context and include such things as knowledge ofthe topic at hand, the speaker and the relationship tothe situation, as well as to each other and prior...
... the practical value ofthe research Structure ofthe thesis The thesis consists of three main parts: Part A, B and C Part A is an introduction that gives a rationale behind the study It also presents ... related tothe uses of DO and MAKE collocations in the form of “verb + noun” pattern were taken into consideration Significance ofthe study It is much tothe author’s expectation that the research ... gain a more insightful look into English MAKE and DO collocations And, on account of this, well-formed utterances containing DO and MAKE collocations might be produced And, this constitutes the...
... available that evaluate the effect of various factors as they relate tothe temperature beneath fiberglass and plaster casts [1,4-6] The purpose of this study was to evaluate a number of variables ... Celsius and the ultimate peak temperature beneath both plaster and fiberglass casts The comparison of plaster material revealed an increased in peak temperature of degrees and the comparison of M ... fixed toa table withthe casted end lying beyond with air all around When assessing the maturation ona pillow, the construct was removed and laid ona pillow withthe thermometer lying nearest the...
... precipitation Ona separate date, the diurnal courses of leaf water potential and leaf conductance were also measured in Q gambelii, Q macrocarpa and Q gambelii x macrocarpa to determine if the absence of ... Q gambelii, Q macrocarpa, and their hybrids (table I) Q gambeliix macrocarpa hybrid leaf sizes and leaf mass -to- area ratios were similar to Q gambelii early in the growing season and to Q macrocarpa ... persistance of Q gambelii x regular turbinella, Q gambeliix macrocarpa, and P adequate amounts of summer ona predictable basis disap- deeper rooting capacities that allow them to maintain gas-exchange...
... transactions Banks provide many Automated Transaction Machines (ATM) Customers prefer transacting at banking counters and branches Customers prefer transacting at ATM Customers prefer transacting ... exploratory factor analysis is consistent withthe research data Eigenvalue representing the amount of variation ofthe determinants is used to extract the number offactorsFactorswith eigenvalues ... greater than one are retained in the model, so there are four factors for analysis The 64.3% of total extracted variance shows 64.3% variation of variables EFA states Cronbach's Alpha tests of...
... tothe clinical classification ofthe Medical Scientific Advisory Board ofthe Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) [3] The patient was classified to be in MGFA class IIa, as mild weakness ... Board ofthe Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Neurology 2000, 55(1):16-23 Masaoka A, Monden Y, Nakahara K, Tanioka T: Follow-up study of thymomas with special reference to their clinical ... edited the manuscript and helped with revisions and final submission PB provided expert opinion throughout the study and also operated on this case All authors read and approved the final manuscript...
... by Alliance Against Cancer [23] aimed to set up in Italy the National Service for the Welcoming and information withthe collaboration ofthe Italian Cancer Voluntary Association Federation (FAVO) ... been translated into many languages and have become an international standard for indexing biomedical literature The Italian MeSH translation, carried on by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ... being the key factorsof system capacity to organize, manage and retrieve relevant information As far as the available software that automatically generate bibliography, it would be useful to test...
... in common with other major South Asian economies—particularly India, Bangladesh and Nepal— Pakistan has undertaken concrete and consistent steps toward trade liberalisation and global economic ... Pakistan to increase its major exports Accordingly, there is an abundance of literature—both quantitative and qualitative onthe possible impact ofthe quota abolition on Pakistan’s textile and ... patterns of association among Pakistan’s political and trade regimes, socioeconomic indicators, and regional conflicts and disparities It also makes a case for adding a regional dimension tothe proposed...
... the continuity of care that they can offer, may play animportant role in the diagnosis and the monitoring ofthe long-term impact of lymphedema on physical and emotional or social domains The ... such as vascular surgeons are more familiar withthe management ofthe disorder in the acute phase Although thedisease is rare, primary care physicians as first contact care givers and through the ... dermatologists, may represent an essential issue for an optimal overall management of cases witha congenital primary lymphedema [14] Conclusions Assessing the impact ofthe duration and severity...
... Pan American Health Organization and the Organization of American States -recognized the gravity of gender-based abuse and passed resolutions condemning it A coalition of more than 900 international ... that teaches male mastery and domination over women must be altered" : The changes in Ghanaian culture that I envision can be compared in a way tothe weaving ofthe traditional Ghanaian kente ... deeply appreciative ofa chance simply to talk As Elizabeth Shrader observed, "Sympathetic treatment and a space to talk can facilitate 'healing."' Family planning workers can perform an important...