... men and 0.1–0.6% inwomen [2]. The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8% of women over the age of 65 [4]. A two-fold increase inincidence of gout has been reported in the USA and NewZealand ... isstill ofimportance although these changes are not seen asfrequently as they have been in the past due to better con-trol ofthe disease.Competing interests The author(s) declare that they ... thatthese were most likely due to old trauma. Mild osteoar-thritic changes were noted at the carpal-metacarpal jointat the base ofthe thumb. The report stated that the radio-graphs were otherwise...
... measure the quality ofthe legal system and enforcement (i.e., efficiency ofthe judicial system, rule of law, and corruption index). SIZE is the book value of total assets at the end ofthe fiscal ... we benchmark the variability of operating earnings to the variability ofthe cash flow from operations. Specifically, the measure is computed as the ratio ofthe standard deviation of operating ... the value of one if the observation stems frompublicly traded firms and zero otherwise. LEGAL stands for the mean of three variables in La Porta et al. (1998),which measure the quality of the...
... concept (either for the company or for the customer). It includes all activities from the development of an idea or a concept for a product, to the realization oftheproduct during the production ... al., 2007). By these definitions, and due to theimportanceofthe role of project management in the success of projects, the authors consider related department collaboration on product development ... explanation regarding the purpose ofthe feedback, the purpose ofthe conceptual model, some background of the research that lead to the development ofthe model, and key 11852 Afr. J. Bus. Manage....
... food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison. The tactics of the Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaperdramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... notions of Boer inhumanity towardAfricans, the pro-war argument ofthe ‘‘negrophilists.’’ The other cat-egory into which mentions of Africans fall is praise ofthe loyalty of the Cape Boys andthe ... MafekingNight andthe following day, they were ‘‘everyone’’ and ‘‘London’’ and even ‘‘England.’’ They were created as a group by the newspapers, and this chapter examines the mechanism of their creation and...
... (such as the booby-trapping of temples), the use of poison, the destroying of wells andthe sowing of dissension in the enemy’s ranks.46Thestruggleformoderationinwarhasbeenalongone – and one ... world of inde-pendent political communities bound together by the rule of law ratherthan by the sovereignty of a single emperor. The Chinese can thereforebe said to have been the pioneers ofthe ... the law of war. It tells the story, in narrative form, of the interplay through the centuriesbetween,ontheonehand,legalideasaboutwarand,ontheotherhand,statepracticeinwarfare.Neffcovers the emergence,...
... due to the fact that the products and services of many fast food restaurants are similar and their means of distributions are alike. Price in the form of discount and brand equity is the only ... preference and purchase Intention.Another example of a study which offered a good way of understanding brand equity in the service industry is the study of Prasad and dev. (2000). Their study ... by others plays a vital role in consumer’s decision processes. Consumers have the habit of consulting each other regarding a new product or brand and seeking their advice. The advices of other...
... DevelopmentEconomics, 1996 (Washington, DC: The World Bank).Chernow, Ron, 1997, The Death ofthe Banker. The Decline andthe Fall ofthe Great FinancialDynasties. The Triumph ofthe Small Investor (New York: ... contagion. But the centrality of the issue has to do with a deeper reason, that is, the understanding ofthe crucial role thatfinance plays for the functioning of market monetary economies of production. ... output stabilizes the flow of funds that firms need to re-appropriate at the end ofthe circuit process. In terms ofthe CTF model discussed above, the largerole ofthe state in the financial sector...
... for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected. We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables. Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... countries: the fall of residential property prices is significantly different from zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US. ... significant and shorter-lived than the GDP decline in the other group. The reactions ofthe other variables to a monetary policy shock are essentially the same. A third important characteristic of the...
... indirectly affect ‘dose’, and stress theimportance of physician inclusion in relation to the types of therapy the RRTcan deliver. Finally, we emphasize theimportanceof RRTdose in preventing ... assesswhether RRT dose improves patient outcomes, and to assesswhether there is evidence that inclusion of a physician in the teamimpacts on the effectiveness ofthe team. A review of availableliterature ... duringearly phase of deterioration to reduce patient morbidity and mortality.However, reports ofthe efficacy of these teams are varied. The aims of this article were to explore the concept of RRT dose,...
... professional colleagues on the world. The Association has the role of coordinating the activities ofthe members in order to protect the interests ofthe members and improve the position of ... to be renewed to facilitate export and import. The General Department of Customs, the Ministry of Trade and examining bodies, andthe Bureau of Standards and Measures should have consensus ... transaction standards andthe quality of business activities for enhancing the efficiency of export and import activities, expanding the external economic relations and co-operate with other country...
... question on the amount consumed in lians (50g/lian) per unit of time. A lian is the unit of weight in China equivalent to 50 g. The reproducibility and validity ofthe FFQ was assessed in a random ... of type 2 DM in four prospective studies [3;5-7]. The available data on the association between meat intake andthe risk of type 2 DM are limited to four health professionals cohorts andthe ... cross-sectional study and thus, may not be directly generalizable to the general population. To better understand the relationship between the intake of meat andthe risk of type 2 DM we prospectively...