... conception and design of the study,
the analysis and the drafting and revision of the manu-
script. MJ participated in the conception and design of the
study and the drafting and revision of the manuscript. ... size of the sample
and the nature and number of items as well as having
other limitations.
IRT can overcome many of the problems of CTT but is
more difficult to perform and understand [20] and ... PD
and DD contributed to the interpretation of the data and
revision of the manuscript. All authors read and approved
the final manuscript.
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Health and...
... Coordination and planning with local community and
law enforcement agencies, which typically handle identification and disposal of human remains, are
important aspects of managing an MCE.
Interim Planning ... patients and lessen
demands on the health care system. This
communication planning should be a joint
effort of key stakeholders.
Develop Connected Emergency Plans
Preparedness andresponse plans ... because of stress that contributes to
overtriage and failure to alter the balance between quantity of patients and quality of care.
11
Interim Planning Guidance for Preparednessand Response...
... types of
attacks. The most important preparation is gaining
an understanding of what you must do and why.
Beyond this, you can make specific plans for yourself
and your family. These plans should ... Terrorist
Attacks, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, MR-1731-SF,
2003.
This study was conducted within RAND’s Public
Safety and Justice program. RAND Public Safety and
Justice conducts research and analysis ... characteristics; understand the response actions.
2. Facilitate response actions by making plans and gathering
information in advance: develop family communications
plan; plan for long-term...
... the cost of the plan?
• Demographic assumptions about the participant group make-up and expected behavior and life
expectancy. How will participant behavior affect the cost of the plan?
Several ... each participant in the plan using the
company’s participant data andplan provisions. These future benefit payments consider the individual’s
compensation and service history, and when that ... paid from the plan to current
plan participants. If assumptions are correct (and if it were allowed), the company could theoretically set
aside that amount of money in a plan today and it would...
... of PERS is a complex
process of investigating and testing many tools and algo-
rithms. The modularity of the code andof the compo-
nents used in this study will facilitate the optimisation of
the ... background research,
analysis and interpretation of the results and drafting of
the article. AM conceived of the study and participated in
the concept development, testing and literature survey. ... drafting of the
article and is performing the next phase of the research. JB
assisted with the system design and testing, data analysis,
and drafting the article. All authors have read and
approved...
... inter-
ests.
Authors' contributions
CLJ and PJS both contributed substantially to the concep-
tion, writing and editing of the manuscript. Both authors
read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements
Written ... prevalence of gout in the
USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in
women [2]. The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8%
of women over the age of 65 [4]. A two-fold increase in
incidence of ... disease, and diabetes. Awareness of prescribed
medications and any dosage changes is important due to
the effects they may have on serum urate levels. Patients
should be made aware that dosage changes...
... single-centre before -and- after studies [5-9]. A
ANZ = Australia and New Zealand; ANZICS = Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society; ANZICS-APD = Australian and New Zealand
Intensive Care ... Medical Emergency Team; SD, standard deviation.
*Data from the 12 months before and after introduction ofan MET service into 29 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand
Table 5
Characteristics of ICU ... Australian and New Zealand with intensive care units. The
diagram does not include hospitals participating in the Medical Emer-
gency Responseand Intervention Trial. ANZICS-APD, Australian and...
... made substantial contributions to conception and design, and to the analysis and
interpretation of the data. TRM and GWC handled acquisition of data. All authors contributed
to the manuscript ... van Gestel AM, Prevoo ML, van 't Hof MA, van Rijswijk MH, van de Putte LB, van Riel PL:
Development and validation of the European League Against Rheumatism response
criteria for rheumatoid ...
Clinically stable or improved
and patient/physician
satisfied, but DAS and DAS
change did not meet gold
standard effectiveness
criteria
4 -
Physician recognized
inadequate response, but
chose...
... tyramine and caffeine. So African Med
J. 2008; 98: 372-373.
22. Sander LC, Putzbach K, Nelson BC, et al. Certification of
standard reference materials containing bitter orange. Analyt
Bioanalyt ... promote thermogenesis and increase me-
tabolism, suppress appetite, and/ or slow the absorp-
tion of fats and carbohydrates [5].
In spite of their widespread use and the lack of
credible reports ... decongestants and is not
a constituent of C. aurantium.
Because of the known cardiovascular effects of
nor-epinephrine and ephedrine, it has generally been
assumed that consumption of p-synephrine...
... coefficient (0.53) and low
difficulty and discriminability index and is not valid enough with many weak items and
unbalanced parts. These shortcomings can be improved through some changes as
recommended ... agree that reliability
and validity are essential to the interpretation and use of measures of language abilities and
are the primary qualities to be considered in developing and using tests. For ... coefficient, N: number of items, X: Mean of all scores,
sd: standard deviation of the test)
Rt is expressed as a number ranging between 0 and 1.00, with r = 0 revealing no
reliability and r = 1.00 indicating...
... ratio and no reflections in
the vicinity of the direct path. Along the angular axis, the main lobe and side lobes of the
antenna are visible, and along the time axis, the effects of windowing and ... collect narrowband angle of arrival data and wideband time of arrival data, but did
not collect any data in which the two were measured simultaneously. Wang, et al [14], used
a rectangular array ... 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz ranges. At this time some commercially
available wireless products are available that use primarily the 900 MHz band, and in some
cases the 2.4 GHz band. Both of these bands,...
... similarities of various types of
questions in English and Vietnamese and thus, suggest some application for
language teachers and learners.
Nguyễn Thanh Thảo
Nguyen 12
questions. Instead, intonation and ... century, studies on comparing and contrasting
linguistics became popular thanks to the emergence of new lands, new
communities, and new languages. Sine 1970s, comparing and contrasting
linguistics ... semantics refers to the close and
intense relationship between the form and the meaning of a sentence (Thiêm,
2004). Comparing and contrasting questions in terms of their semantics enable us
to point...
... peaceful
and quiet in the garden.
5. They took pictures, played games, talked
together, sang and danced…
IV. Post-listening (10’)
- Gives instructions and ask Ss to discuss to plan
a picnic ... and read the
questions fast.
- Listen and discuss with a
partner to answer the
questions.
- Practice asking and
answering the questions
- Give comments
-Destination: Sapa, Dalat,
Nha Trang, ... feedback
answers: 1.a 2.e 3.b 4.c 5.f 6.d.
* Task 2:
- Give instructions and have Ss read the
sentences quickly and guess the answers.
- Lets Ss listen once and ask them to fill in the
banks with...