... occur at nearly the same time The angular direction ofa phasor indicates the phase relationship between light and activity for an individual Greater amounts of activity near the onset of circadian ... exposure The phasor analysis based upon the Daysimeter data captures the association between the natural and continuously varying stimuli and responses Conversely, caged animals have many fewer options ... into parametric studies using animal models as surrogates for particular human diseases or maladies if we are to gain any detailed insight into theroleof circadian disruption onhuman health...
... whether the child has seen a doctor in the last year, whether they have a regular place for sick and health care, whether they have a regular bedtime and whether they wear a seat belt The parental health ... from the authors These three measures of mother’s health are associated but correlations between them are all below 0.17 The data also contain information on alcohol and substance abuse The numbers ... association between current financial hardship and child health, allowing for these measures of mother health and her behaviours It is clear that these variables account fora large part of the...
... respiratory infection or cough We create a binary indicator forthe occurrence of any one of these conditions, as well as an indicator for whether any medication was obtained to treat these health ... immunization In addition, disasters may also compromise other infrastructure that can have an impacton child health, such as disruption of clean water supply or appropriate disposal of waste The ... regional disparities in economic and human development exist in India with Southern states (Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu) having more favorable socioeconomic and child health...
... abortion legalization on several children-related outcomes and on child abandonment Our first aim is to use the lift ofthe abortion ban in Romania to assess the causal impactof abortion legalization ... Institute of Statistics and the World Bank for making the data available The usual disclaimer applies † Corresponding author Department of Economics, Uppsala University and UCLS, Uppsala Center for Labor ... understand its impacton children‟s health at birth and during early childhood and whether the lift ofthe ban had an immediate impacton child abandonment We find insignificant estimates for health...
... Smoothed Activity for individuals as black solid curves and overall mean as red curves 3.2 Smoothed Functional Actigraphy Data Raw actigraphy data were read into the R statistical software for analysis ... Results We apply FLM to measure theimpactof apnea and BMI on subject circadian activity patterns and test the null hypothesis that circadian activity patterns are the same regardless of apnea and ... circadian activity patterns measured are the same in the four apnea × BMI groups versus the alternative that apnea and/or BMI and/or their interaction impacts circadian activity patterns in a statistically...
... rate for Belgium, Sweden and the US, and a three-month commercial paper rate for Australia, Canada and Japan.13 All interest rates are from the OECD's MEI For Finland and Denmark missing data ... data over the whole sample period are available for Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the US For, Belgium we link an older series for ... (2004), “Asset Prices, Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: A Central Banker's View,” Speech given at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, available at www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/speeches/...
... reading and to gather information onthe amount and the reading materials to which learners have ready access Before the pre-test, students read a consent form that explained the purpose ofthe ... with an average of 205 pages To measure rate, the participants read an entire text, measured the time they spent, and calculated their wpm They read the passage times, and their rate was measured ... recycle of skills over texts and tasks II.2.4 Types of reading There are a great deal of ways to classify reading such as the classification according to manners of reading and the classification according...
... because the radius of curvature ofthe spherical wavefront is so large in the far field that the phase front is nearly planar over a local region [8] All ofthe following antenna parameters are ... quantify the power radiated from a source and reported as antenna parameters For communication engineers, these parameters are the primary means to address radiation Classically, antennas are ... to the notion ofa gap between the theory of wave propagation and channel characterizations with immediate application to system design Traditionally, this gap has been bridged by simulation,...
... attention ontheroleof ICTs and their ability to disseminate information The emergence ofa knowledge economy, where effective information transfer and the decentralization of organizational ... across divisions of an organization (Gardner, Paulsen, Gallois, Callan, & Monaghan, 2000) We present change as a process that impacts on an organization in at least two ways First, there is the ... of modular organizational forms: An industry-level analysis Academy of Management Journal, 44, 1149-1168 Schwarz, G.M (2002) Organizational hierarchy adaptation and information technology Information...
... parasitology, for instance, may draw on part ofthe CD-ROM, while a course on organic farming may also draw on other parts ofthe same CD-ROM, and in some cases may share some ofthe same images ... kinds of interaction The first is the interaction ofthe learner with the machine As the sophistication of multimedia design has increased, so have the types and forms of interaction, although they ... understand, and hence what we know and understand In other words, a learner may have an image or a mental "construction" that is far richer than an abstract verbal understanding From an educational...
... regulatory mandates) Bank regulation, capital and credit supply: Measuringtheimpactof prudential standards In a review ofthe literature ontheimpactof Basel I capital regulations, Jackson ... is calculated as the ratio of regulatory capital to total balance sheet assets Bank regulation, capital and credit supply: Measuringtheimpactof prudential standards capital ratios of UK banks ... Bank regulation, capital and credit supply: Measuringtheimpactof prudential standards FSA OCCASIONAL PAPERS IN FINANCIAL REGULATION Foreword We are committed to encouraging debate among academics,...
... and is also contemplating the adoption ofa draft constitution that has far reaching implications for land rights and land administration This monograph is adapted from the final report fora ... Kagera Region in north-western Tanzania, relied principally on information provided by district officials and a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Walio Katika Mapambano na AIDS Tanzania (WAMATA, ... ideal solution to these challenges but rather a partially satisfactory one Onthe one hand, there was no concealment ofthe fact that HIV/AIDS was an important part ofthe team’s research brief,...
... address the second part of my essay, which concerns the function of imagination in art and aesthetic nature II IMAGINATION AS A LINK BETWEEN NATURE AND ART Seel states that nature can speak to us on ... imagination has generally been used in two different ways On one hand, imagination has been considered as a valuable tool forhuman reason (productive imagination) Onthe other hand it has been ... understanding the meaning ofthe term of imagination According to him, the concept of fantasy is nowadays often related to 'caprice' and is generally used as a synonym for spiritual freedom and...
... develop agriculture?: The case of Ghana Shashidhara Kolavalli, Kathleen Flaherty, Ramatu Al-Hassan, and Kwaku Owusu Baah, 2010 1005 The new Nicaraguan water law in context: Institutions and challenges ... governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations, most of which are members ofthe Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) PARTNERS AND CONTRIBUTORS ... effect of these shocks are localized and case study-based (that is, based on one area or region ofa study country) and therefore cannot be treated as generalizable In addition, the datasets that we...
... Given that social media applications and services have only recently become available, these high usage rates indicate a surprisingly rapid take up among large parts ofthe European population These ... surveyed said they had used the Internet to look for advice and information for themselves, and 60% stated they had looked for information for someone else TheImpact and Potential of Learning 2.0 ... work of DG EAC consists of techno-economic research and prospective analyses onthe use of ICT for creativity, innovation and lifelong learning for all Studies ontheimpactof social computing on...
... Japan Impacton Japan’s economy and society Japan is an island nation situated in East Asia, with an area of approximately 380,000 square kilometres In April 2009, Japan had a population of approximately ... org/education/apeid/news/news-details/article/consultation-meeting -on -the- impact- of- theeconomic-crisis -on- higher-education-in-asia-and -the- pacific UNESCO Bangkok 2010 Information Note Regional Seminar ontheImpactofthe ... education, health care and culture accounted for merely per cent ofthe package, so the amount allocated for education was only a small fraction ofthe total Investments in education were mainly for basic...
... related to theimpactof accounting information on decision making of manager The accounting information includes information applied to make ready financial statements that report the effects and ... president for Toyota sale Wagner use the performance ofa region as a measure of performance ofa regional and general manager is checked through various means that includes the balance scorecard The ... organization, this is the main functions and actions of management Decision-making and management are usually regarded as belonging together as management in the company often makes the main decisions...