... however, form a useful basis for research If theories about syndromes are refuted, consideration may be given to abandoning them In medicine we generally reject theories, of aetiology and so on, before ... organising the clinical information for the purposes of research There is current debate about whether we have reached this stage with schizophrenia One of the difficulties for a biomedical approach ... migrating for other reasons to a new region or country (Cantor-Graae and Selten, 2005; McGrath, 2006), or forming part of an ethnic or cultural minority (Fearon et al., 2006) (see Chapter 10) In...
... Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, Declaration and Platform for Action, Beijing, 4±5 September 1995 10 Alcala MJ Action for the ... the context of health sector reform and must be further analysed and reversed Of concern is the dearth of critical information on the impact of health reform efforts on the reproductive health ... to operationalize support for national health sector reform strategies with reproductive health as a priority Donors and social development banks can undermine reform efforts by refusing to follow...
... Sunderam, and Viceira (2 010) , Christensen, Lopez, and Rudebusch (2 010) and Evans (2003) for formal models of the term Treasury bonds numerous times, but previous tests for inflation-indexed bonds ... yields The expectations hypothesis is usually stated for nominal bonds We formulate expectations hypotheses for nominal bonds, real bonds and for inflation expectations We show that these different ... returns for short nominal bonds and long nominal bonds are equalized The log EH (3) is less constraining in that it allows for a non-zero bond risk premium For a detailed discussion of equivalent formulations...
... although structurally related, have different objectives and enforcement mechanisms Authority for the Air Pollution Index, and for the control measures associated with it, is contained in O.Reg ... ppb are expected, based on current and forecast information from the provincial Air Quality Index program Advisories will include an Action Statement informing the public what they can to help, ... transport, none of which can be subject to immediate control In general, therefore, the AQI cannot be used as a tool for the immediate prevention of air pollution However, on occasions when the...
... carried out on about 100 0 male students and 100 0 female Korean students aged 20-25 years old volunteered to be the research objects All of them haven’t suffered from malformation or chronic diseases ... Vietnamese’ biology in ’90th century XX” by Ministry of Health, Vietnam [9] Objectives Form and physical force are the important indexes from to assess health status They show a part of actual ... calculated based on the Button’s formula Findings Result The reality of basic anthropometric indexes of Korean students This description is based on 916 males and 910 females Table Average basic...
... 2001-05-26 EXAMPLE OF FORMAL NOTATION This date has been written using the YYYY-MM-DD format, also known as W3CDTF (W3 Consortium Date and Time Formats) Thus, if you follow this format, the metadata ... standards for the web: practical applications – page Namespaces As more and more information becomes available on the web, it becomes important to provide easy access to that information It is, therefore, ... is by providing specific guidelines on their format For example, the name of the Author (if it is a person), should be in the form of: “surname, forename initial(s), prefixes, particles, role,...
... (3.18 for VAS score and 0.009 for index score; p = 0.008) reported higher EQ-5D scores The model F statistic was 94.0 for VAS score and 83.6 for index score, and the model r-square was 0.16 for ... 0.792, respectively) than for those with type diabetes (0.778, p < 0.001 for each) The mean index score for low-risk respondents was significantly higher than the mean for the high-risk group (p ... rate: 80.2%) Complete responses for the EQ-5D were available from >75% of each cohort (5,639 of 7,403 for low risk, 5,370 of 6,742 for high risk, and 3,849 of 5,000 for type diabetes) The sociodemographic...
... effectiveness of a patient selfmanagement program for basic foot care in the elderly J Clin Epidemiol 2003, 56 :109 2 -109 9 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life ... Munteanu SE: Radiographic validation of the Manchester scale for the classification of hallux valgus deformity Rheumatology 2005, 44 :106 1 -106 6 Menz HB, Lord SR: The contribution of foot problems ... possible I avoid standing for a long time I catch the bus or use the car more often I need help with housework/shopping 10 I still everything but with more pain or discomfort 11 I get irritable...
... But the substitution of planted forests for natural forests is a net loss for Earth’s biodiversity Replanted forests often consist of few tree species, making forests more vulnerable to disease, ... regained due to reforestation efforts and natural regrowth South America and Africa experienced the greatest total deforestation; the substantial deforestation in Asia was offset by reforestation In ... moratorium on national deforestation, which caused Chinese loggers to cross into Myanmar and Russia and cause widespread deforestation.62 Deforestation can have a range of consequences for both people...
... +···+λk−1 +2 < · · · < πn For example, for λ = (4, 3, 3, 1), π = 10 11 is an element of W4331 We will use the definition of Wλ for λ any combination of n, not just for λ a partition of n Note ... charge of the newly formed σ Thus for each π ∈ Wλ with a in the λi block and σ formed in this manner, ch(π) = ch(σ) + (λ1 + λ2 + · · · + λi−1 ) which gives the desired result Theorem For λ = (λ1 , ... [2] has recently given such an injection for λ a two part partition, but the given injection does not hold for general λ and finding such an injection for all partitions λ is left as an open question...
... productivity, Ann Sci For 48 (1991) 389–416 (in French with English summary) [10] Dhôte J.-F., Definition of thinning scenarios for beech and oaks, Rev For Fr (Nancy) XLVII (1995) 106 – 110 (in French with ... Models for Pure and Mixed Forests, Universität München, Forstliche Forschungsberichte München, Schriftenreihe der Forstwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität München und der Bayerischen Forstlichen ... area increment model for individual conifers in the northern Rocky Mountains, For Sci 36 (1990) 107 7– 1104 [49] Reineke L.H., Perfecting a stand-density index for even-aged forests, J Agric Res...
... toric h-vector for cd-words uc and ud with that of cd-word u, and these correspond precisely to the formulas for the operators c and d defined above For any cd-polynomial Φ write Φ∗ for the polynomial ... developed explicit formulas for computing the toric h-vector from the cd-index (Theorem 4.2) in which the contribution for each cd-word is determined Their Lemma 7.9 and Proposition 7 .10 relate the ... contribution of Bv (P ) to Φ(P ) is taken into account in the formula for Φv (P ) stated in the theorem This is is easy to check for d = 0: if P is a 0-polytope with vertex v, then B(P ) = Bv...
... its original form Figure Item characteristic curve for Item 14 (constant pain in feet) Item characteristic curve for Item 14 (constant pain in feet) Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) ... to the significance levels for the chi-square and F-tests, based on the number of items in the scale, to account for multiple testing Therefore the critical values for each of the scales were: ... scores, 131 people were available for the derivation of the function subscale score, 133 for the pain subscale and 36 for the appearance subscale This sample size for the appear- http://www.jfootankleres.com/content/2/1/29...
... n = 60 ICC = 0.92 for intra-rater de Graaff, et al (2001) [29] n = 54 ICC = 0.92 for intra-rater Cloete, et al (2009) [30] n = 50 ICC = 0.85 for inter-rater ICC = 0.77-0.99 for intra-rater Scanlon, ... reliability ICCs for Toe Systolic Pressure ranged between 0.83 and 0.89, and the mean 95% LOAs ± 26 mmHg for all three raters (Table 3) For inter-rater reliability, the ICC for session was higher ... have no competing interests Page of Received: 19 June 2 010 Accepted: 22 December 2 010 Published: 22 December 2 010 References Mokdad AH, Ford ES, Bowman BA, Dietz WH, Vinicor F, Bales VS, Marks...
... not extend to copying for general distribution, for promotion, for creating new works, or for resale Specific permission must be obtained in writing from CRC Press LLC for such copying Direct ... focal point for discussion on the prospects of oil drilling on the GBR, and conservationists heightened their demands for protection of the GBR and for the complete exclusion of drilling for oil, ... Queensland 4 810, Australia E-mail: edrew@ultra.net.au Miles Furnas Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB Townsville MC, Queensland 4 810, Australia and Cooperative Research Centre for the Great...
... of the GBR, down 50 to 80% in 10 years Trawling for prawns may devastate the “inter reef” area (Animation 4) and ultimately turn it into a human-generated pasture for target species, as apparently ... tidally inundated forest except for a few minutes near slack high tide As a result the fine sediment from the rivers and the muddy coast spreads all through the mangroves without forming natural ... science and the need for science in planning the future of the GBR The book emphasises multi-disciplinary processes, i.e., physics–biology links, as these emerge as the dominant forces shaping and...
... Eucalyptus-dominated patterns), and forestry (i.e., plantation forestry or natural rainforest) This was done to simplify the attribution of water quality differences, given that for the majority of sites, ... Includes clearing for grazing, rural residential, future urban land use, native forestry on private land, privately owned plantations cleared to pasture c Cleared for growing crops d State forest clearing ... land use, native forestry on private land, privately owned plantations cleared to pasture c Cleared for growing crops d State forest clearing including plantation and native forest Includes cleared...