... collected data directly from the patients or that described the impact of disease on the patients' HRQoL We describe each study identified in the literature search that incorporated PRO data in characterizing ... team and expert consultants and clinicians reviewed the categories and the proposed relationships to refine the interrelationships among the categories The categories and relationships were then ... rarely fatal, if appropriately managed [4,7] The physical signs and symptoms of ITP can vary by patient Some patients suffer from major bleeding that requires immediate attention [8], while other...
... read literally and historically as a true and accurate account of God's acts in real historical events It was assumed that the realism of the biblical narratives was in fact an indication that ... cosmic map From that point the Bible begins to define what is real and what is not real, what is true and what is false, what is good and what is evil Like the lexicon and grammar of a language, the ... to have what was called a "prophecy chart" hanging in the front of the sanctuary That prophecy chart was one of my first "cosmic maps." It was a rather conspicuous one at that It was a large...
... gender-based analyses The authors of individual chapters have made use of population data from large Canadian surveys and administrative databases Data chosen for analysis depended largely on the availability ... happiness, and the belief that what awoman really wants is a home and children Data Gaps and Recommendations The author identified the following data gaps and made the following recommendations: • There ... indicating that women not appear to have a large biological survival advantage but, rather, are at lower risk of preventable deaths 17 MORTALITY, Life and Health Expectancy of Canadian Women • Health...
... GraP was prepared from the water insuluble barium salt of D ,L -glyceraldehyde3-phosphate diethylacetal and the amount of GraP present was measured enzymatically [10] The enzyme was also assayed ... incubation, the enzyme activity in an aliquot of the incubation mixture was measured, which indicated that the enzyme activity was inactivated to the extent of 80 –90% From the residual part of the ... indicated concentrations of TNBS or PP was added in the respective tubes and incubated for 30 Then equal aliquots were taken from each tube and assayed for the enzymatic activity The enzymatic activity...
... green) and TAA (in black) The superimpositioning was guided by the catalytic acids (D179AMY2, E204AMY2, and D289AMY2 and D206TAA, E230TAA, and D297TAA) The invariant Y51AMY2 and Y82TAA are at subsite ... Superpositioning of AMY2 and TAA guided by the catalytic acids was excellent for Tyr51AMY2 and Tyr82TAA (Fig 1A) and mutation in Saccharomycopsis buligera a- amylase (closely related to TAA) conrmed the corresponding ... might accommodate larger parts of the substrate Thus porcine pancreatic a- amylase like TAA had a larger loop segment with the location of Gln63 resembling that of Trp83TAA [18] This holds true also...
... g/I, a low value, close to that found for a (0.6 g/I) Allele a D -Cn si F -Cn S1 is thus the fourth out of a total of alleles associated with a decreased synthesis rate atthe goat ag locus The ... Material and Methods Individual milk samples were obtained from the &dquo;Station de Testage Caprin&dquo; near MoisFrangaise, France or from private farms located in west central France All ... in Saanen Because in their data a was not distinD -Cn S1 guished from a these values in fact apply to the combined frequencies of , O ,-Cn s o -Cn S1 a and aThe frequencies of each of these alleles...
... process was again observed in seeds that were well into their maturation phase, at and around the time of maximum fresh weight and started atthe midpoint where the counterpalisade layer was inconspicuous ... of the plants, harvested materials, carried out the structural examination and drafted the manuscript YKL participated in designing the experiments, structural analysis and the drafting of the ... marginal growing regions has stimulated the evaluation of a mutation atthe def locus into breeding programmes and a limited number of released varieties The spontaneous def mutation in pea was...
... prime-boost strategies were evaluated Materials and methods 2.1 Mice BALB/c mice were bred in the Animal Facility of Sóo Paulo State University (UNESP) atthe Biosciences Institute and used at (neonates), ... at 0,5 g/ ml 2.7 Statistical analysis Results are expressed as the mean +/- SEM for each variable Statistical analysis was performed using Minitab Version 1996 (Minitab Inc, State College, PA, ... days) in these tissues and also in muscle samples This analysis demonstrated that pVAXhsp65 did not integrate into the DNA at any time analyzed (data not shown), confirming our previous observations...
... management on technological innovation characteristics, I deal with subsidiary-level innovation management behavior rather than investigating atthe national or headquarter level The central thesis ... studying global innovative activities among the management scholarship Considerable attention has been paid to innovation management atthe national level, for example, national innovation systems ... management practices Besides, Japanese companies are usually viewed as clans rather than contractual organizations (Asakawa, 2001; Kagono et al., 1985; Ouchi, 1980), because “numerous comparative...
... British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Eagleton, Terry, 1943– The meaning of life: a very short introduction / Terry Eagleton ... What some see as hopeless fragmentation, then, others regard as exhilarating liberation The Meaning of Life maintain that it lies in bullying as many sick, defenceless creatures as I can lay ... from the fact that the parts have meaning that the whole has a meaning over and above them, any more than it follows that a lot of little things add up to one big thing simply because they are all...
... imports Cereal trade has a moderating impact on the demand for irrigation water, because the major grain e xporters the United States, Canada, France, Australia, and Argentina—produce grain in highly ... aggravating water deprivation and poverty Tradable water rights The other aspect of pricing that has attracted attention is related to water markets In countries where water rights exist and are separate ... Economic water scarcity (human, institutional, and financial capital limit access to water even though water in nature is available locally to meet human demands) Water resources are abundant relative...
... same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available ISBN 978–0–19–922632–0 10 Typeset by ... Julia Annas ANCIENT WARFARE Harry Sidebottom ANGLICANISM Mark Chapman THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE John Blair ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia Antisemitism Steven Beller ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn ARCHITECTURE Andrew ... normal oxygen content of the waters, if, for example, there is a dramatic growth of algae and other floating plants atthe surface, a so-called algal bloom These occur in warm conditions, and the...
... Smeaton and Mckay’s (2003) analysis of British Household Survey Panel Data (BHPS) data indicates that for men and women, working past SPA is associated with a superior post-SPA financial situation ... that of their partners However, they go on to report that: ‘ the participation rates of married women are exceeded by the participation rates of married women who are separated or divorced These ... (see, also, Bardasi and Jenkins, 2002) 2.2.3 Educational status Higher educational qualifications have been associated in a number of studies with either working or anticipating working past SPA...
... known as the molecular mass.2 Here, briefly, is what that means Molecules are made up of atoms Each type of atom has a characteristic atomic mass If you add up the atomic masses for all the atoms ... of archaeans, the Eubacteria, the domain of bacteria, and the Eukarya, the domain of eukaryotes The Archaea and Eubacteria, both unicellular organisms, were differentiated from each other largely ... organization or information The other half of the story is the organization or information part Here is the basic idea At craft fairs, my wife and I have seen the work of a goldsmith who generates...
... design and patients RANGE (AstraZeneca study code: D9612L00114) was a multinational, observational programme that was conducted as a series of parallel, locally managed studies at 134 primary care ... has received speaker fees from AstraZeneca; JN is an employee of AstraZeneca Authors' contributions All authors were involved in data interpretation and manuscript preparation Data analysis was ... Cooper A, Karagiannis D, Hatlebakk J, Agréus L, Jablonowski H, Zapardiel J: Impact of gastroesophageal reflux disease on patients' daily lives: a European observational study in the primary care setting...
... 5:67 Table 3: Reported Physical and Emotional/Psychological Symptoms of Abuse Physical symptoms Addiction relapse Asthma Fatigue Graying hair Headaches (migraines) Heart attack Heart palpitations ... and caregiver health-related quality of life in Alzheimer disease Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 15(3):129-136 Yamazaki S, Sokejima S, Mizoue T, Eboshida A, Fukahara S: Healthrelated quality of life ... should take care to choose measures that encapsulate the entirely of impact of a condition on health, and define health in an appropriate way for the condition under consideration[26] The domains...
... examine the associations between the variables, followed by different regression analyses to explore possible multivariate associations A path analysis was conducted to test the fit of our data ... -.412**(78) The parameter estimates showed the same pattern as in the regression analyses 'Limitations' was best predicted by 'severity of the disease' and 'treatment' Again, the relationship between ... decides what can be done to deal with the situation (secondary appraisal) An event is appraised as stressful when primary appraisals exceed secondary appraisals, and by using coping processes a person...
... study was conducted in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and with permission from the Data Inspectorate of Norway Statistical analysis GLM univariate analyses ... family life might ameliorate any potentially negative impact in these areas It is fairly well established that, whether or not actual control is available and can be executed, the belief that ... invitation to participate in the research project through the internal mail at their workplace The invitation consisted of general information regarding the purpose of the study and their personal...