... permitted to give loans tothe microfinance
sector, which inthe aggregate exceed 10% of its total assets.
6 Areas of Concern
The advent of MFIs inthe Microfinance sector appears to have resulted ... that there is either an
increase inthesizeofthe average individual loan given tothe
borrower or is an indication of multiple lending/over borrowing
resulting from more than one loan being ... proposition and to increase their
penetration inthe microfinance sector.
18.10 We would therefore recommend that bank lending tothe Microfinance
sector both through the SHG-Bank Linkage programme...
... Negroes to heathenism.
These inventions were the spinning jenny, the steam engine, the power loom, the wool-combing machine, and
the cotton gin. They augmented the output of spinning mills, and in ... and
influence tothe injury ofthe laws and peace ofthe country. The elimination ofthe Christian teachers of the
Negro race, and the prevention ofthe immigration of workers from the Northern ... more
successful. These educators adopted the threefold policy of instructing Negroes inthe principles of the
Christian religion, giving them the fundamentals ofthe common branches, and teaching them the...
... anxiety.
Perceptions of being different from the others, the pos-
sible peer discrimination because ofthe presence of a
scar o n the chest inthe usual period of starting to go to
kindergarten or school ... and 42 (8%) of unknown gender.
It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in
89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the
sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample.
Distribution ... in a pedia-
tric population brings mo re difficulty than in adult s:
identifying the relevant quality -of- life components of
these child-patients and howto measure them, showing
sensitivity to...
... to worry
about requiring insulin inthe future (How often do you
worry about requiring insulin inthe future?), death (How
often do you worry about death due to diabetes?), and
eating food (How ... and insulin reactions (How often do you hide from
others the fact that you are having an insulin reaction?).
We replaced them with two new items on eating out (How
often does your diabetes interfere ... cognitive debriefing tests to assess the level of
comprehension and cognitive equivalence ofthe items.
The finding from cognitive debriefing tests suggests a
minor revision inthe wordings for some...
... adequate sta-
bility ofthe instrument. The 7-day interval between inter-
views was important in diminishing the probability of
systemic alterations inthe clinical condition of the
patient. It is ... regarding the total scale and the different sub-
scales according tothe age group ofthe individuals. The
analysis ofthe results revealed values greater than 0.70 for
the total scale in all ... attributed to
the toxicity of chemotherapy or the isolation to which the
individual is subjected [9,15].
The analysis ofthe correlation between the scores the chil-
dren/adolescents obtained and...
... are further away [34].
It is often the case that respondents fail to react to a rating
scale inthe manner the test constructor intended [35].
Because it is always uncertain how a rating scale ... examined by a confirmatory factor
analysis (CFA) of items with missing data, using the soft-
ware Mplus [22]. The missing data option in Mplus was
implemented to avoid list-wise deletion. Factor ... the way it was
intended by the developer ofthe scale [15]. Thus, the
assumptions about both the quality ofthe measures and
utility ofthe rating scale in facilitating interpretable meas-
ures...
... questionnaire including the definition
of each investigated condition based on a review of the
most recent clinical guidelines. References tothe adopted
guidelines were included and the questionnaire ... < 0.001).
Discussion
In this study we investigated the construct validity of the
Italian version ofthe EQ-5D administering the instru-
ment to a sample of citizens living in Bologna (North
Italy). ... associ-
ated with increased odds of reporting impairment in all 5
EQ dimensions. Table 3. Most of them were strongly asso-
ciated to increased odds of reporting impairment in the
mobility domain. In particular...
... waiting to see the
Table 7 Exploratory factor analysis ofthe PedsQL Cancer Module in parent proxy-reports
Subscale Item Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4 Factor 5 Factor 6 Factor 7
Pain and ... reports. Accord-
ing tothe pilot testing, the time required to complete
the questionnaires was estimated to be 5 to 10 minutes
Table 2 Multivariable analysis ofthe total score of the
PedsQL Cancer ... for
the ‘treatment anxiety ’ subscale in 5- to 7-year-olds, the
children gave the same answer for the second item, ‘get-
ting anxious about going tothe doctor.’ However, 2
other items, ‘getting...
... proxy-reports. Inthe
parent-report, the first factor consisted of items 1 to 6 and the second factor consisted of items 7
and 8; however inthe children report, the first factor consisted of items 1 to ... and the second
factor consisted of items 5 to 8. Similarly, the school functioning scale was split into two factors;
in the parent and child reports, the first factor consisted of items 1 to ... The unavailability of information on nonrespondents and
investigation of only a sample from Tehran, the capital city of Iran, may limit the generalizability
of the findings to other parts of...
... PedsQL™ Brain Tumor Module in Japan,
we did not set ceilings on the sample size. Instead, we set
a ceiling of four months on the study duration. Power
analysis using the findings from the original ... lifestyle ofthe child had
changed since responding tothe initial questionnaire. We
therefore analyzed the retest answers ofthe remaining 22
children and 27 parents. On comparison of characteris-
tics ... used to
develop the survey ensures that the Japanese version con-
forms tothe original both conceptually and linguistically
while keeping the Japanese culture in mind.
As the participants in the...
... where c(s) > l
1
is defined by the mini-
max formula (4), belongs to Σ. Moreover, the point (s + c(s), c(s)) is the first nontri-
vial point of Σ on the parallel tothe diagonal through (s, ... ofthe dependence ofthe (principal) first eigen-
value l
1
(Ω) on the domain Ω. The following proposition follows immediately from the
variati onal characterization of l
1
given by (3) and the ... 0.
(11)
The authors of [6] provide a detailed characterization ofthe Fučík spectrum of (11)
by means ofthe analysis ofthe linear equation associated to (11):
v
+
N
− 1
r
v
+ λv =0 in( 0,∞)
.
(12)
The...