... Supported by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense Approved for public release, distribution unlimited The research described in this report was sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense ... conflict of interest Operation Joint Force Sustainment Operations and Maintenance Army Office of Federal Procurement Policy Office of Management and Budget Office ofthe Secretary of Defense performance-based ... (FFRDC) sponsored by the iii iv Recent Large Service Acquisitions in the Department of Defense Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, and the defense agencies...
... B11 How you evaluate the impact ofthe four elements of Action recalled below on the level of compliance, safety of products and functioning ofthe internal market fortheproduct categories you ... appropriate in the light ofthe risks presented by a product to the health and safety of consumers If necessary, they must also keep a register of complaints, nonconforming products and product recalls ... (43.4%) - C25 How you evaluate the impacts ofthe three elements of Action recalled below on the performance of Notified Bodies, safety of products, functioning ofthe internal market and operational...
... The objective ofthe Platform is to catalyse voluntary action across the EU by business, civil society and the public sector Members ofthe Platform include the key EU-level representatives of ... maintain cardiovascular health, the recommended daily amount of exercise is at least 30 minutes for most ofthe days ofthe week There is no general agreement on the level of physical activity needed ... the Commission services will assume that they not object to having their responses, or parts thereof, published on the Commission’s website and/or quoted in reports analysing the outcome of the...
... delegated involves informing them of their responsibilities and the objectives of procedures they are to perform It also involves informing them of matters such as the nature ofthe entity’s business ... that they will perform their duties honestly, and that the audits they perform are free from any conflicts of interest or other impediments to the fair and objective appraisal ofthe subject ofthe ... October In conclusion, the Contact Committee of Heads ofthe Supreme Audit Institutions ofthe Member States oftheEuropean Union and theEuropean Court of Auditors, during the Meeting on 6-7 December...
... recommend the wearing of a lumbar support forthe treatment of nonspecific chronic low back pain C4 (D) Shortwave diathermy Summary of evidence • There is no evidence forthe effectiveness of shortwave ... Summary of evidence • There is no evidence forthe effectiveness of thermotherapy compared with sham/placebo treatments in the treatment of chronic low back pain (level D) • There is no evidence for ... can define the presence of these lesions (Fisher 2002) The value of these studies is limited by the fact that only motor fibers are monitored, the specificity (for radiculopathy) ofthe physiological...
... density at the beginning of continuous culture b The amplitude was estimated by subtracting the DO concentration (%) ofthe valley from that ofthe peak ofthe next wave c The number of experiments ... similar to the case of gts1D [16] The growth of tdh2D was disturbed, but the cell density reached 90% of that ofthe wild-type at the beginning ofthe continuous culture (Table 2) The culture ... metabolic oscillation Deletion of GTS1 resulted in the loss ofthe fluctuations in the synthesis of trehalose and cAMP [26], leading to the disappearance ofthe oscillations These results suggested that...
... haplotypes ofthe KIAA1109/Tenr/IL2/IL21 gene region These seven haplotypes ofthe combined five SNPs ofthe block have a pooled frequency of 96% We observed a nonsignificant undertransmission ofthe ... observed With the aim to further substantiate the association at the KIAA1109/Tenr/ IL2/IL21 gene region, we therefore took advantage of one ofthe largest reported European family resources dedicated ... to the rheumatologist in charge ofthe patient Each family consisted of one RA patient and both parents, with the ethnicity as determined by grandparental origin Characteristics ofthe 434 RA European...
... ‘stage -of- change’ theories used in the field of implementation research [66] The main strength ofthe CoP theory is that it is able to provide a basis forthe development and delivery of theoryinformed ... communities within the CLAHRCs The paper will start with a brief discussion ofthe structure and purposes ofthe CLAHRCs and the main premises ofthe CoP approach It will then explore the following ... enhance the transition from a team to a CoP Second, in spite ofthe reports describing the deliberate formation of ‘genuine’ multiprofessional CoPs from scratch, their description is often not informative...
... markers of recovery tests whether it can deliver a proxy-measure ofthe service users' experiences of care and the institution's promotion of their human rights and recovery The ability ofthe toolkit ... Acknowledgements The study is funded by the Sixth Framework oftheEuropean Commission and the authors gratefully acknowledge this support The authors would also like to acknowledge the contributions ofthe ... rights such as the right to privacy, choice and dignity TheEuropean Commission's Green Paper "Improving the mental health ofthe population Towards a strategy on mental health fortheEuropean Union"...
... Sheldon Teperman ofthe Jacobi Medical Center, New York, were part ofthe hospital’s disaster committee and offer some straight-talking criticism ofthe city’s reaction [7] The lack of communication ... disaster of 11 September 2001 They did not hesitate to place themselves in harm's way to rescue the innocent, and without their efforts many more would have perished They will not be forgotten ... than all other factors combined”, they say, going on to suggest that “time, effort, and resources were wasted … because of lack of direction and information” (page 318) At the time of writing,...
... centre In the months before the start ofthe intervention, all centres organised local training(s) forthe research staff being responsible forthe adoption ofthe IDEFICS intervention in the local ... step ofthe IMP, the information from all previous steps was combined with the intervention program as the final result [13] A proposal forthe content ofthe IDEFICS intervention was made by the ... that the community platform developed and implemented a list of obesity preventive actions within the timeframe ofthe IDEFICS adoption period, i.e the first year ofthe intervention (year of the...
... on the prevalence in the population, and more reflective ofthe test itself, lessening the impact of any unique features ofthe VA population Moreover, we might expect that the PPV and NPV ofthe ... NC) Results The characteristics ofthe VARA participants measured at the start of each treatment episode were evaluated Because the characteristics of VARA patients at the start of non-biologic ... contrast to other RA therapies where the drugs are typically discontinued if they are not effective Because of similarities in both the descriptive characteristics ofthe study populations of biologic...
... attempted for three SPT patients in whom the mass was located in the portion of body or tail ofthe pancreas For tumors of SPT located in the neck and body ofthe pancreas, resection ofthe midportion ... midportion ofthe pancreas and the mass with preserving the rim ofthe head and tail portion can be achieved However, forthe patient in whom the mass was located within the head ofthe pancreas, ... 311 Fig The CT scan indicated the typical internal or capsular calcification in the SPT Once the diagnosis of SPT is made, surgery is the first choice of treatment, since other adjuvant therapies,...
... 100% relief of their pain in 86% ofthe patients with a median relief period of months The range of relief varied from zero days to up to 13 months forthe facet injection group None ofthe lumbar ... median period of pain relief being months The range of relief forthe radiofrequency group was from zero days to 16 months for all 26 patients who underwent the radiofrequency procedure Ofthe 14 patients ... that the direct visualization ofthe joint allows better de-innervation ofthe joint and removal ofthe entire end-plate receptors that adhere to the bone and capsular tissue Limitations of the...
... laminoforaminoplasty, should decrease the risk of major adverse events, allow for same day hospital discharge, and decrease the need for postoperative analgesia and immobility [5] [6] In the current ... and neural structures increases the risk of adverse events with invasive approaches Open surgical correction is the current standard of care for foraminal stenosis of cervical and lumbar vertebrae ... follow-up Results The author acknowledges that there are no conflicts of interest or financial benefits with the results ofthe study All twelve patients (10 males, females) completed the surgery without...
... system, in the distal segment ofthe tubule Inhibition of glucose reabsorption in the kidney, mediated by the SGLT cotransport system, represents a promising therapeutic target forthe control of hyperglycemia ... larvae of beetles (Chrysomelidae) Their synthesis has been previously described [31-33] Forthe purpose ofthe present study the thioglycosides used were selected and grouped based on their differences ... IC50 values of 30 µM for hSGLT1 and 10 µM for hSGLT2, while thioglycoside VII showed IC50 values of 15 µM for hSGLT1 and 88 µM for hSGLT2 These data confirm the strong inhibitory effects of thioglycoside...
... large inventory of normalized mathematical indexes of abnormality It is the pattern of these mathematical indexes of abnormality, obtained from analysis of multiple cardiac cycles ofthe resting ... Moreover, to assess the performance ofthe prediction of stenosis independent ofthe prevalence of stenosis, the positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR) were calculated [24] A value of p
... with the supermarkets Along with the actual evaluations ofthe stores’ performance, the research tries to uncover the shoppers’ expectations of this kind of store In addition, the demographic profile ... fundamental and the role of merchandise management is to match theproduct offering ofthe company to the requirements ofthe target customer group This requires an understanding of customer expectations ... level of 90% (app.D, p 84-86) 4.1.10 Demographic profile of supermarkets’ non-users and heavy-users The demographic profile of heavy users in the sample is similar to the profile described for the...
... Step 3: The director ofthe branch will responsible for approving the loan application form or not if the value ofthe loan does not exceed 500 million In case of an exceed, the director ofthe branch ... actually the major activity ofthe bank Therefore, continuing research and offering solutions would bring enormous significance for both theoretical and practical aspects forthe diversification ofthe ... the branch network has been enlarged, expanded the scope and form of lending to customers The orientation ofthe branch: expanding, strengthening and improving the operational efficiency of the...