... Promoting Innovation in Education and Training The research undertaken indicates that Learning 2.0 strategies can contribute to innovating and modernising Education and Training in Europe It contributes ... variety of (often freely available) learning content, which supports learning and professional development in a lifelong learning continuum; contributes to equity and inclusion and puts pressure on ... the Internet for seeking health- related information (ranging from 10% in Bulgaria to 56% in Finland); and 31% use the Internet for reading online newspapers and magazines (ranging from 18% in...
... production will move along the transformation curve to point C, with a higher budget line, representing a higher value of production The value of production has increased while the level of inputs ... progress and R&D activities in one industry help to expand variety of that industry, leading to the increase of the competitiveness, which in turn increases productivity of the industry R&D data is ... the growth in TFP in one industry µi is the effect of the interaction between stagnation and variety on TFP, whereas ηi is the estimated effect of R&D expenditure on TFP Variety and R&D indices...
... the impactof air pollution on health; – To monitor on an ongoing basis the changes inhealth risks related to air pollution in Europe by monitoring the trends in the exposure-response relationships ... citizens concerning the impactof air pollution on their healthIn particular, APHEIS will continue to analyse the short-term effects of air pollution onhealthin Europe and update the findings in ... collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of epidemiological information in the process of describing and monitoring a health event related to a risk factor This information is used...
... air in the vicinity of point sources, or indoor air in housing and building containing asbestos materials [74] Although, in many countries the production and utilization of asbestos-containing ... Hansen et al., 1994, Konety et al., 2001) Impact of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status and Related Health Consequences 25 Inhibition of interleukin gene expression (via interaction of 1,25(OH)2D3 with ... regarding the benefits of vitamin D intake should result soon in the novel guidelines regarding vitamin D supplementation Impact of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status and Related Health Consequences...
... point of government leadership and a clear delineation of responsibilities between different institutions Several government ministries are involved in the management of TB in mining, including ... among miners But the clear healthimpactof mining on TB, and the emergency-level of TB in the region, indicate that the Department ofHealth must be principal in taking a leadership role on this ... effects of mining have been disproportionately placed upon the poorest of communities The effects of migration to and from mineral mines, health and safety conditions within mines, and limitations...
... time of initiation of continuous RRT (CRRT) to be associated with lower survival, independent of severity of illness This finding was further confirmed in two additional investigations (one retrospective ... encourage speculation that one benefit of early RRT, when defined by the duration of time after ICU admission (independent of the severity of AKI), may be early prevention or control of fluid overload ... early initiation of CRRT to prevent fluid accumulation and overload in critically ill children, once initial fluid resuscitative management has been accomplished Few clinical investigations, until...
... is actively preparing the necessary conditions to participate in the process of international economic integration, gradually raise the position of Vietnam in the international market, this creates ... process of integration, the expansion of international relations of the agent bank will facilitate the development activities of international payments, trade finance, contribute to promote investment ... commercial banking system Integration will increase the prestige and position of Vietnam's commercial banking system, especially on the regional financial market International integration will create...
... then institutionalizing part-time jobs for women CONCLUSIONS New contributions of the thesis By analyzing of factual situation of GI, its impacts and the factors affecting GI in education and ... employment on economic growth 2.2.1 Theories relating to the impactof gender inequality in education and employment on EG 2.2.1.1 Theories relating to the impactof GI in education on EG The ... in Section 1.2.3 are accepted 3.4 Impactof GI in education and employment on HD in Vietnam 3.4.1 Macro analysis Macro analysis of the impactof GI on HD is done with province being unit of analysis...
... stress hormones can impact the brain and impair functioning in a variety of ways • Toxic stress can impair the connection of brain circuits and, in the extreme, result in the development of a smaller ... be found on- line at www.developingchild.net The Effects of Childhood Stress onHealth Across the Lifespan The Effects of Toxic Stress on Adult Health and Well-Being Research findings demonstrate ... The Effects of Childhood Stress onHealth Across the Lifespan is a publication of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers...
... were involved in the study The Faculty ofHealth Sciences was tasked with studying the impactof the pension on access to food and health Introduction The world has recently experienced a rapid increase ... alone or having to take care of very young, orphaned grandchildren.4,5 This demographic transformation has profound implications on the continued social integration and the provision ofhealth and ... blind peer reviewers report no conflicts of interest Recommendations • More studies need to be done to determine whether the pension money has contributed to better quality oflife and nutritional...
... medication given for such conditions is defined as the previous month, including the month of interview All other outcomes are predicted based on disaster exposure in the past 11 months, including ... immunization regimen by four months of age, only children up to 15 months of age at the time of survey would have been “at risk” of not receiving the vaccination during the prior 11 months For assessing ... population healthIn this paper, we present one of the first investigations of the impactof small and moderate disasters on childhood morbidity, physical growth, and immunizations by combining household...
... comprehensive health care to a population of 16803 living in twelve villages in Pondicherry in South India Considerable emphasis has been put on provision of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services ... clinic and outreach activities In 1967 a health survey was conducted to record the baseline health status of the population of JIRHC service area Census enumeration was done and data regarding ... attendants(6) The present investigation, undertaken two decades after the institution of this health center, was an evaluation of the impactof the MCH services on child survival in this community Subjects...
... questionnaires that were not included in the analysis only contained information regarding the category of HCW and the area they worked in, the rest of the questionnaire was not filled inOf the ... and/or interruption or discontinuation (44%) of ART The most common reasons for medicines to be interrupted or discontinued were adverse events (33%), treatment failure (11%) or drug interactions ... than one action Discussion The National HIV HCW Hotline was established in March 2008, in response to the roll-out of ART in the public sector of South Africa, to provide information and decision...
... Stratification and the Question of Caste 92 95 CHAPTER 4: THE ORGANIZATION OFRELIGIOUSLIFE 102 Introduction 102 The Administration of Islam in Singapore – Historical Overview The Administration of Islam ... relationship of ‘race’ and religion in the Singaporean context is far from facile Thus, Arumugam raises the question of how non-Hindu Indians relate to the Hindu majority among the Indians in Singapore, ... its basis in the investigation of actual practices, which can be of different kinds, such as the organization ofreligiouslife or the use of language inreligious contexts Secondly, in order...
... wavefront in the direction of propagation [3] as shown in Figure 2.1 Consideration of wavelets originating from all points on XX’ leads to an expression for the field at any point on YY’ in the form of ... Direction of Arrival Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Equal Gain Combining Frequency Division Multiple Access Line -Of- Sight Maximal Ratio Combining Non-Line -Of- Sight Orthogonal Frequency Division ... characterizing and mitigating the unwanted effect of multipath in the propagation channel has been one of the most challenging tasks facing communication engineers A complete discussion of propagation...
... Epidemic: Impactof Tobacco Use on Women’s Health greater among the offspring of women who smoke In addition, it appears that breastfeeding is less common or of shorter duration among women who ... proportion of all deaths attributed to smoking in these populations increased over time among persons of both sexes In 1955, the proportion of all deaths resulting from smoking by persons 35 to ... lung function decline occurs during the first year following cessation, and the rate of decline slows in comparison with that of continuing smokers.188 A number of years after quitting, former...
... Mojon (2001) tests for the impactof banking competition on the transmission process related to euro area bank lending rates, using an index of deregulation, constructed by Gual (1999) He finds ... equilibrium.12 Using a panel-econometric approach, we test for the impactof banking competition (measured by the Boone indicator) on the long-run bank interest rate passthrough 4.1 Estimation of the long-run ... For convenience’s sake, the Boone indicator is redefined in positive terms, so that an increase in the Boone indicator reflects stronger competition (hence BI = – ) In all estimations, we include...
... l a lloca tion of public clinics a nd interviews PROVINCE TOTAL CLINICS CLINICS IN SAMPLE INTERVIEWS Professional Non-professional health workers health workers n TOTAL Patients INTERVIEWS n ... The provincia l a lloca tion of public hospita ls a nd interviews PROVINCE NO OF NO IN HOSPITALS THE INTERVIEWS Doctors SAMPLE Nursing staff Prof TOTAL Non-prof Patients INTERVIEWS healthhealth ... Sa mpling fra me of public clinics A random sample of 000 patients, 500 nursing personnel and 111 non-professional health workers was obtained A nationwide representative sample of 167 clinics...
... information is available on the costs of culling, diagnostic testing of samples, cleaning and disinfection, and other administrative costs (Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008) Regarding the impacts of HPAI ... additional bird raised The Poisson regression model is the development of the Poisson distribution presented in Equation to a nonlinear regression model of the effect of independent variables x i on ... RESULTS Role of Poultry in Household Livelihoods Estimating the Determinants of Participation in Poultry Production As explained in Section 3, in order to understand the impactof HPAI on livelihoods,...