... the development ofthe meaning of “land”, the history ofthe land concessions, from the first beginnings to the present, rights and powers in the management and use of land, andthe process of ... context ofthe management and use of forest and land resources in the midst ofthe transition process of economic development ofthe country Changes in the meaning of “land” in Laos “Land ofthe ... crops and it is one ofthe ten top export commodities of Thailand The area of rubber production has expanded from the South to the Eastern region, the Northeast andthe North In the Northeast,...
... on the duration of life of one’s mother and father and grandmothers and grandfathers If someone’s grandmothers and grandfathers had lived 80 years, it gives him the chance to live years over the ... have lost the halo of wisdom and their social prestige has been degraded These socialand ethical deformations are the darker side of our civilization Differentiation ofthe degree of mental ... sequence ofsocial interventions for the management ofthe elderly These measures among other things may involve the work ofthe gerontological and geriatric centers, advisory offices and services...
... directive in the Netherlands Furthermore, we investigated the content validity ofthe PDI by assessing the relevance andthe comprehensiveness ofthe PDI items with the COSMIN Page of checklist ... phase of their life?’ The other randomly selected half ofthe cohort received the PDI, in which they were asked to rate the extent to which they though the items could influence their sense of dignity ... one or more ofthe most common standard advance directives in the Netherlands provided by the Right to Die-NL andthe Dutch Patient Association During the first data-collection cycle the cohort...
... Tasting the durian has become a sort of rite of passage through which the newcomer approaches the colonial‟s Other But the risk of becoming the Other, the risk of hybridisation, is high And so the ... Certainly, officers and clerks could not feast on durians as coolies did The durian was diverted from the office, another central arena ofthe colonial social life But the officers, clerks, and other ... here: the jungle andthe dining room These two contexts were among the main tropes ofthe late colonial imagination Between them the colonials negotiated part of their relationship with their Other,...
... conditions that the author is using to specify the selection of pieces of text The right-hand portion ofthe screen contains a window on the text ofthe master document Each box in the view contains ... presentation of information are persuasive to thepatient For more discussion, see DiMarco, et al (1995) other parts ofthe system—i.e., the user interface for the clinician, the software interface to the ... in their behaviour (The present state ofthe art is represented by Kreps and Kunimoto, 1994,; and Maibach and Parrott, 1995.) In the next stage ofthe project, identifying critical examples of...
... AM 129 The Art and Practice of Court Administration, Alexander B Aikman 130 Handbook of Globalization, Governance, and Public Administration, Ali Farazmand and Jack Pinkowski 131 Handbook of Globalization ... California and Illinois Raymond W Cox III is a professor in the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies at the University of Akron He is the author of some fortyfive academic and professional ... auditing of warehouses, and outlet limits are among the types of laws that impact the three tiers The framework for the post-Prohibition control of alcohol consumption began with the repeal of the...
... policies they have on palm oil, whether they are enforced, and whether they can identify the source of their palm oil d) To the Indonesian Government Friends ofthe Earth demands that the Indonesian ... used the land in the way they stated they would (e.g in the case of logging/ oil palm companies, whether the companies did develop oil palm plantations as they said they would, or whether they ... with the parent estate, which is appointed as the manager ofthe land The parent still guarantees the repayment ofthe development loan from the bank.124 However, from another point of view, the...
... Prognosis and Followup The prognosis for thepatient with a retinal break andthe need for followup by the optometrist depend on the type and severity ofthe break The frequency and composition of evaluation ... educate patients and other health care practitioners about the complications and prevention of retinal disease andthe availability of treatment Statement ofthe Problem I STATEMENT OFTHE PROBLEM ... inflammation of blood vessels Visual acuity The clearness of vision that depends upon the sharpness of focus ofthe retinal image andthe integrity ofthe retina and visual pathway Visual field The area...
... install the canal’s floor, walls, and edges, andthe walk- called Triple Cross, and near I-95, way the length ofthe funded section This portion ofthethe modern highway artery along the east ... of developable enues, in addition to the civic pride realized that the abandoned James River and link between the historic City Dock land and 3.3 million square feet of in revitalization ofthe ... their studies Montpelier to the Center and is of westward expansion The Center’s Allinger Community thriving as a result During the first Theatre was built in the style of an 1860s theatre, and...
... affect the daily lives of all Californians – from the quality of our public schools to the roads we drive on andthe air we breathe Many ofthe decisions made as part of budget deliberations ... spending, and a structural imbalance between the cost of programs and services andthe revenues raised by the state’s tax system The budget agreement included $41.6 billion in “solutions” to close the ... of corporate profits If corporations had paid the same share of their profits in taxes in 2006 as they did in 1981, corporate tax collections would have been $8.4 billion higher – The yield of...
... cheapen the production of all goods and services, permit the development of new products and self-assembly modes of production, and allow the further miniaturisation of control systems They see these ... operation of DNA is much simpler to understand Attached to the backbone of a single strand ofthe DNA molecule is a sequence of ‘bases’, 12 thesocialand economic challenges of nanotechnology each of ... by the Department of Trade and Industry to investigate the current state of nanotechnology research and development in the UK, and produced under the chairmanship ofthe Director General of the...
... in the German study The objective ofthe study was to test the hypothesis of an association between exposure to trichloroethylene and VHL mutations andthe subsequent risk for RCC Materials and ... amplified and sequenced, compared to 71% (12 of 17) ofthe formalin-fixed samples, and 38% (10 of 26) ofthe Bouin's fixed tissues Thus, the VHL gene was entirely sequenced (ie 100% ofthe coding ... identify the histological subtype and then focus on clear cell RCC Fortyone samples were paraffin-embedded tissue fixed in Bouin's and 23 in formalin solution The majority ofthe tumours were of the...
... in the areas that are of greatest importance to the patients themselves Authors' contributions PB, JW CB and LA conceived the study and participated in the design ofthe study MA, WB, PB and ... frequency as the more pertinent index of severity, whereas patients consider intensity of bother to be of greater salience Consequently, instead of deleting either the 'intensity of bother' or 'frequency ... for the EAPIQ is warranted Use ofthe EAPIQ in future research may contribute to a greater understanding ofthe impact of ocular allergies on patients' lives and ultimately lead to the use of...
... compute the responsiveness ofthe questionnaire Patients in the Stable group showed no change in the amount of clearing, and patients who Worsened showed negative change, or decrease in the amount of ... when a patient' s clinical state changes The analysis of responsiveness included patients who completed the OnyCOE-t™ questionnaire at baseline and at the end ofthe study and who had measures of ... performed the statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript SDM assisted in the design ofthe validation study, participated in the design ofthe statistical analysis, and helped to draft the manuscript...
... continence and stadium of disease No valid analysis ofthe status of continence could be performed with respect to the histologic stage ofthe disease because ofthe small study population The shown ... independence ofthe continence status andthe histologic stadium of disease This finding coincides with another recent published study There the status of continence was compared to the expansion of prostate ... to the published data of other studies This represents a reliable and comparable status of continence in our patients after retropubic prostatectomy Loss of blood, body-mass index, age ofthe patient...
... counted The histological evaluation ofthe number of foci, the presence of IL-18 in inflammatory foci and ducts, the degree of organization ofthe mononuclear aggregates, andthe presence of germinal ... at RT The sections were rinsed in TBS and stained for anti-IL-18 as described above To verify the specificity ofthe staining, sections with omission ofthe first, the second, or both ofthe primary ... the salivary glands leads to the local production of autoantibodies and cell-mediated mechanisms of tissue damage Although the presence of Th2 cytokines in salivary glands of patients with SS...
... compare them to our generated DLHs: in general, the volume percentage in the DVH refers to the contoured volume ofthe CT-scanned part ofthe body (aortic bifurcation to the thigh) The data was standardized ... the SSIMRT compared to the 3D At the same time, a lower distribution of 30%-90% ofthe applied dose can be reported for the SSIMRT The advantage of this method is an easy and fast access to the ... by the ethics committee ofthe University hospital of Heidelberg The patients’ treatment was not influenced by the study and indications for the different modalities were made clinically Further...
... intensity, patient' s global assessment of disease activity, and WOMAC™ Function subscale score in patients with OA ofthe knee (defined as the 75th percentile ofthe change in score among patients ... pain, patient' s global assessment of disease activity, and functional impairment We present data on patient satisfaction according to PASS during and at the end ofthe study period and on patient ... baseline, patients achieving the MCII threshold, and patients achieving the PASS threshold for OA pain (Table 2; Figure 2a), thepatient' s global assessment of disease activity (Table 3; Figure 3a), and...
... and PF ideated this case report after observation ofthe GRT results, and did most ofthe writing, supported by FS and EM; LC and EP performed RNA sequencing and sequence interpretation; AS and ... 1996 Therefore, it is more likely that exposure to EFV monotherapy at the time of therapy interruption selected the K103N mutation, which persisted as the prevalent quasispecies for over years of ... replication, in the absence of selective pressure Our experience is therefore very similar to the observed scenario of HIV-infected women exposed to a single dose of NVP for prevention of mother-to-child...
... participated in the design ofthe study, and helped in writing the manuscript; FP participated in the design ofthe study, and helped in writing the manuscript All the authors have read and approved the ... one factor and items and load on the other factor, and a onefactor model with items to 10 (having removed items and 2) Comparison ofthe fit indices for the two -factor model andthe eight-item ... adequately, the parameters from the IRT model can be used to explore and describe the measurement properties ofthe questionnaire and its constituent items One ofthe valuable features of IRT modeling...