... beneficial use of catecholamines in the stabilisation of septic patients we need hard data concerning the effects of patient outcome In the light of this, it is good to know that there is an increasing ... [6,7] There is no doubt that well-performed studies such as that by Seguin and colleagues enable us to gain deeper insight into the regional effects of catecholamines Nevertheless, for the safe ... flow in the critically III Chest 1995, 108:1648-1654 Smithies M, Yee TH, Jackson L, Beale R, Bihari D: Protecting the gut and the liver in the critically ill: effects of dopexamine Crit Care Med...
... Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Authors’ contributions ER: Participiating in design ofthe study, the sequence alignment and draft ofthe manuscript EV: Participiating in design ofthe study, the sequence ... Author details Department of Surgery, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands Department of Surgery, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Hertogenbosch, ... manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough...
... A four step analysis is then undertaken First the database manager assigns a time and date stamp to the application, to resolve any future time-based conflicts Secondly, an automated interference ... customers If there is an issue with the license application, the user is advised ofthe problem and is requested to manually file a registration with the FCC This further process could take several ... days of receipt Ofcom updates the e-band database on its website every week Ofcom is developing a permanent web-based tool to automate this entire process Besides the currently manual process, the...
... rate proxy was the ratio ofthe amount of interest paid on total deposits to the amount of total deposits He found that this ratio ranged from zero to percent, with the ratio of threequarters of ... Securities other than those ofthe U.S government to earning assets • Interest received to earning assets The presumption was—and still is—that the higher these ratios, the lower the quality ofthe ... deposits will thus obviously affect the deposit rate proxy, the ratio of total interest to total deposits Within these four classifications, Cox estimated correlations between the deposit rate proxy...
... both the domestic country and the US for bonds Standard errors are reported in parenthesis J-Stat denotes the p-value ofthe Jstatistic to test the null hypothesis that the overidentifying restrictions ... J-stat The results refer to the estimation of system (14) by one stage GMM estimation with the optimal weighting matrix being the unity matrix The estimated coefficients ofthe system of equations ... reported in parenthesis J-Stat denotes the p-value ofthe Jstatistic to test the null hypothesis that the overidentifying restrictions are satisfied Excess returns are expressed vis-à-vis the US The...
... variables that economic freedom can be expected to affect; and a continuing development of economic theory that puts the role of institutions and politics at the center ofthe analysis—all of these ... relationships detected They imply that the smaller the size of government and the more freedom to trade with foreigners, the slower the growth rate One difficulty with aggregated measurements of ... determined in large part by the institutions in place, which, as Douglass C North (1990) points out, can be inefficient or efficient To the extent that the institutions stimulate actions that...
... Thus even the thematic role ofthe subject NP remains unresolved until the very end ASLC is too circumspect for interactive semantics HSLC on the other hand, attempts to make attachments at the ... node T~ to the current forest of trees {Ti} for each category for the word in the lexicon mark T~ as a complete subtree Repeat until there are no more complete trees that can be attached to other ... evaluate it against known selectional preferences for that role filler Thus AELC is too eager for interactive semantics ASLC, on the other hand, does not attempt to attach the VP to the S until the...
... part ofthe work other than for the purposes above is not permitted without written permission Requests and inquiries should be directed to The Australia Institute The Australia Institute iii Table ... meet much ofthe costs of children, over the last few decades the state has taken greater responsibility for the health and care costs ofthe elderly through the tax/transfer system Will the ... incomes than was the case with previous retirees Thus they will be in a better position than the current older generation to contribute to funding their own retirement rather than relying on the...
... molecular methods are more specific, users of these methods will be more certain about the traits they introduce into the plants.”24 14 • TheBenefitsof Biotechnology TheBenefitsof Biotechnology ... important concept related to the safety of biotech foods In this method, the new plant variety is compared to its traditional counterpart because the counterpart has a history of safe use as a food The ... potential safety and nutritional issues and is considered the most appropriate strategy The Consultation was ofthe view that there were presently no alternative strategies that would provide better assurance...
... painting looks different with a different frame) • Find the good in the bad See the story above • Tune into the triggers that cause you to feel bad Interrupt them or turn them off by substituting ... What I learned from Lou Holtz is this: When the team wins, the winning coach gives all his credit to the team On the other hand, when the team loses, the coach will take the hit One ofthe best ... commercials They constantly have to attract new customers because they have yet to figure out how to generate repeat customers Since the car was locked, we walked into the showroom to get the keys The...
... education and other relevant labour market characteristics than the Canadian born, we adjust our estimates to take account of these factors Finally, we attempt to evaluate the possible gains for the ... largest cities, where the majority of immigrants settle Exhibit shows the average wage gap in the three largest Canadian cities, compared to the average for therestof Canada Immigrants in these ... to the full-time employed, we are likely underestimating the extent ofthe earnings gap This is because we might expect the groups left out of our analysis to be those that would experience the...
... Introduction SCOPE OFTHE REPORT This is the interim report ofthe Committee on the Future ofthe Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) (see Appendix A) The charge to the committee in this ... in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to ... the societal benefitsof TRMM against both the additional cost and the risk of an uncontrolled reentry if the remaining fuel is used to maintain the satellite’s orbit rather than to guide the spacecraft...
... customers whether they are passing retail trade, or tenants for an office block • 85 per cent of respondents identified the quality ofthe streetscape as “important” in the ability to attract ... The majority of respondents indicated that what they liked the most about the area is the pleasant atmosphere and the restaurants This indicates that enhancing Columbus Avenue’s sidewalk culture ... with higher rents or the attraction of new tenants/ businesses • The reputation of certain areas and the businesses that are resident in them is based on the quality ofthe public realm • There...
... characterizing and estimating such benefits, then makes preliminary quantitative estimates for the most important benefit categories The quantitative estimates represent gross benefits that not include ... Preface This report documents the results ofthe first phase of a two-phase study conducted for the Office of Electricity Transmission and Distribution ofthe U.S Department of Energy (DOE) and the ... Final Benefits There are often several steps between GridWise-enabled changes and thebenefits they bring to particular stakeholders in the power system It is thus not surprising that the initial...
... to our concern with thebenefitsof learning I then reflect on the use ofthe triangle as a means of coming to grips with the complexities and interactions ofthe issues The aim is not to set ... and then had their mental health improved (shifting them towards the left in the matrix) However, the reference here is not only to the prevention of ill health but also Three capitals 27 to the ... numerous studies that investigate either the outcomes of education (on the one hand) or determinants of health (on the other) and provide a basis for the typology of intermediate factors The findings...
... they would only eat once a day or not at all Often parents deny themselves food so that their children can eat ‘A lot ofthe time mothers won t eat just so that their children eat They dont ... destitute but that they not have the resources to so Therefore, our advocacy work often necessitates the involvement of solicitors and the threat of legal action Our practitioners have found that ... monitoring of their situation is extremely limited Length of destitution Although the lack of central data on destitution means there are no definitive statistics for this, Home Office data29...
... regularly to know that it can also be a part of a healthy lifestyle Another key message from the symposium was that the health benefits described are the result of light to moderate consumption and the ... adding to the cause ofthe obesity epidemic but this has now been shown to be unjust’ 28 thebenefitsof moderate beer consumption The prevalence of obesity in the EU has trebled in the last 20 ... obligations towards your family and friends’ thebenefitsof moderate beer consumption This booklet concentrates on the effects of responsible consumption of beer It must be stressed that the beneficial...
... 2006 The decision ofthe Board of Directors was to reduce the full time staff level ofthe Association from the current to The Board recognised the importance ofthe role ofthe Operations Executive ... excess of £57,000 At the May 2006 meeting ofthe PITA Board of Directors the Chief Executive included within his report a statement to the effect that he did not believe the income stream ofthe ... the winter of 2005/06 At 40p a therm, the UK gas price is in line with the Henry Hub gas index ofthe USA rather than the oil index This shift reflects the rapid growth ofthe international trade...
... information included the prices of substitute inputs, knowledge ofthe rate at which the plant could turn capital into output, and the value ofthe product on the market This underscores an important ... of uncertainty In it, the manager is aware that input has environmental costs, but is uncertain as to the magnitude of those costs Let φ denote the prior, subjective probability that the cost ... without the possibility of substitution to input 2, however, there would still be a value to resolving the uncertainty, due to the firm's ability to optimize the level of capital investment based...