... Introduction The most important elements in development ofthe nursing profession both onthe Arabic andthe international levels are the university nursing education andthe proper training of nursing ... to assist inthemanagementand processing of nursing data, information, and knowledge to support the practice of nursing andthe delivery of health care in all parts ofthe world Inthe time ... bridged to the bachelor program and giving them the opportunity for career promotion, and consequently increasing the enrollment rate inthe nursing profession and increasing the number of nurses...
... flood water regulator for the downstream deltaic environments, storing water during the wet season and releasing it during the dry season, providing water for irrigation inthe Mekong Delta and inhibiting ... onthe studies conducted inthe Mekong Delta, the Mekong Delta can be divided into hydraulic zones: ol • Flooded Zone: mainly affected by inundation, consisting ofthe northern Mekong Delta including ... destruction), the major impacts arise from the construction and operation ofthe large dams used in power generation These include flooding ofthe dam site and surrounds and alteration to the downstream...
... system and other measures The fluctuation ofwater consumption in this period reflects the people’s consideration onthe WCP introduced The people are still wondering whether to change their water ... consumption style according to the mentioned policy or not Thus, this phase Period of Increasing Water Consumption Period of Stabilizing Water Consumption Period of Decreasing Water Consumption ... basis Onthe other hand, this paper focuses onthe overall Tokyo Metropolitan region The reduction of per capita water consumption in Tokyo is likely due to the effects ofthe introduction of several...
... CHAPTER The Rural Economy and Microfinance The Rural Economy and Institutions in Malawi Microfinance Institutions in Malawi T his chapter briefly outlines the main features ofthe rural economy and ... further spent inthe field andinthe office checking the consistency of answers to these questions and their relation to answers given on other parts ofthe questionnaire As a result of these ... sustainability, are determined by a range of characteristics of both its financial andits nonfinancial services The main findings ofthe study regarding theimpactof access to credit on household...
... reduction in lending at banks acquired in mergers (National Federation of Independent Business) Impactof Internet banking As inthe case of consumers, the main benefit of online banking to small ... SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The banking industry is undergoing three major changes the consolidation ofthe industry, the spread of Internet banking, andthe increased freedom to combine banking with other ... small and large banks for their banking services The first section ofthe article reviews the three major changes inthe banking system—consolidation, Internet banking, and financial integration The...
... the Ministry of Natural Resourcesand Environment (MONRE) of Vietnam Due to the effects of predominating wind direction (north-east inthe rainy season) and topography, rainfall inthe basin is ... north-east wind lasts from September to December, coinciding with the rainy season onthe basins Although the rainy season only lasts just for months, it contributes 70% ofthe annual rainfall Furthermore, ... Penman-Monteith model Table and Fig show the calculation results of monthly potential evapotranspiration From the land cover data and vegetationrelated parameters inthe Nong Son catchment, and the...
... inthe earth, it is calculated that 52% ofthe 14 billion tones of carbon dioxide is being retained inthe atmosphere per year; and 37% sinks into the oceans, whereas the depositional locations ... outgoing radiation The net effect ofthe carbon dioxide inthe atmosphere is to prevent some ofthe thermal energy from escaping from the earth; hence, it leads to a heating ofthe atmosphere In ... wavelengths ofthe terrestrial radiation are now inthe infrared (l=4-20 mm) Carbon dioxide strongly absorbs radiation inthe to 14-mm wavelength region, which overlaps with the peak of intensity of the...
... Partly traditions and partly the nearness of a particular store explain the continued patronization of small stores by consumers The product category and income of consumers also influence their purchase ... reach the consumers Inthe United States, the spread of large-format retail institutions started inthe late19th Century and intensified inthe 1950s The retail revolution that started inthe US in ... To understand the process of tradeconcentration, andthe consequent retail restructuring, one has to take into account the phenomenon of globalization The proliferation of supermarkets into nascent...
... began inthe early 1970s and followed 1980s and 1990s There are smaller communities scattered around Britain but the majority of them live inand around London They are working and living inthe ... community living in London has a moderate level of health related QoL The good thing is the indifference ofthe physical and social well-being scores ofthe Turkey originated and Cyprus originated ... integration on perceived overall Quality of Life (WHOQOL) ofthe participants Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate how the health and well-being of members ofthe Turkish speaking community...
... message andits approximation In each iteration, the relation is used for the evaluation ofthe approximated message which is then inserted into the run ofthe reference model instead ofthe original ... inthe FG/SPA The FG cont-ains both discrete and continuous messages The discrete messages are presented inthe coder There is no need for the investigation of their representation, because they ... shift in our case) The next point is also a consequence ofthe phenomenon that the KLT analysis ofthe message leads to the harmonic functions The harmonic functions based linear basis optimizes the...
... promising, the authors did not discuss the correlation between the reduction of well pressure and effective stress resulting in reduction of permeability The investigation ofthe influence ofthe ... gently folded in some areas and contain a succession of extensive sandstone formations that serve as oil reservoirs and regional aquifers The majority of oil producing reservoirs inthe Eromanga-Cooper ... The selections of fault models, fault friction, friction internal angle and Poisson’s ratio are very important to assess the influence of discontinuity onthe reservoir compaction and subsidence...
... 12 Conclusion The primary finding from this investigation is that while pain does increase with age in subjects in all study groups, there was no progressive increase in musculoskeletal pain in ... added If the patient affirmed they had pain, then they rated their amount of pain onthe VAS If they responded "No", then their pain score was assigned a value of zero Statistical analysis Differences ... with community controls or Never-Runners The dip in scores between 1987 and 1991 is a result ofthe rephrasing and coding ofthe pain question as described earlier Pain scores were consistently about...
... Limitations in basic function in RA patients can undermine well-being and contribute to poor QoL, perpetuating limitations in important social roles and functions of daily life and increasing disability ... being in a well-adjusted or nondistressed marriage is linked with less pain and better functioning [11] In fact, the associations between spinsterhood and disease progression and severity in ... importance of considering not only disease parameters but also social status particularly in our context and may inform clinical interventions of RA Large studies seem to be necessary in order to confirm...
... 1), andthe following combinations: 2.2 (shRNA #3.8) {the combination name representing a shRNA combination (2.×), andthe second variant made inthe original study (x.2), followed by its component ... modeled different amounts of deletion for combinations of shRNAs In scenario 4, 90% of transduced cells contained an intact combination of shRNAs, andthe remaining 10% of cells were evenly distributed ... The proportion of cells containing each shRNA profile within the marked population (which constitutes 20% ofthe total number of cells inthe model) Page 10 of 15 (page number not for citation...
... may indirectly induce galectin-1 expression by maintaining a chronic activation of infected cells In HTLV-Iinfected cells, the constitutive expression ofthe LTR allows a weak expression of Tax ... inthe modulation of galectin-1 mRNA levels in HTLV-I-infected cell lines Tax induces transcription from the galectin-1 promoter To determine whether the effect of Tax on galectin-1 expression ... 2C, Tax expression indeed increased the expression of galectin-1 in both T cell lines As the data suggest that HTLV-I Tax induces the expression of galectin-1 in non-T and T cell lines, it is likely...
... Discussion The purpose of this work was to analyze the causes ofthe increasing number of hospital-related incidents in Region Västra Götaland of Sweden and their impacts onthe prehospital and hospital ... and ED-overcrowding and consume huge regional resourcesThe aim of this paper was to identify the causes of these incidents inthe Region Västra Götaland (western region of Sweden) by reviewing ... involved However the number of hospitals reporting such incidents inthe region increased during 2007 and 2008; with the highest increase in number of incidents inthe smaller hospitals Among hospitals...
... examining and monitoring the actions of senior managementIn addition, there are also other stakeholders that can influence a company, including employees and unions, suppliers, clients, andthe ... The Law on Foreign Investment in 1987, its amendments in 2000 andits later unification with the Law on Domestic Investment in 2005; (ii) The Law on Enterprises in 1999, andits replacement in ... (iii) The Law onthe State Bank in 1997 andthe Law on Credit Institutions of 1997, amendments to both laws in 2003 and 2004 respectively; the new Law onthe State Bank of Vietnam 2010; and the...
... examining and monitoring the actions of senior managementIn addition, there are also other stakeholders that can influence a company, including employees and unions, suppliers, clients, andthe ... The Law on Foreign Investment in 1987, its amendments in 2000 andits later unification with the Law on Domestic Investment in 2005; (ii) The Law on Enterprises in 1999, andits replacement in ... (iii) The Law onthe State Bank in 1997 andthe Law on Credit Institutions of 1997, amendments to both laws in 2003 and 2004 respectively; the new Law onthe State Bank of Vietnam 2010; and the...
... participate inthe inclusive education need to have individual education plan (personal information and monitoing progress of students) 5.4 The gaps between the policies and practices in education for ... coordination of services, financial resources, and timely planning 6.1 Resourcesand capacity Resourcesand capacity ofthe disability support system depend onthe key factors including: finance, ... society The Law has one chapter regulating the conditions to ensure the rights of PWD to education The policies to support PWD reflect the commitment ofthe GVN in supporting PWD and this was done...