... strategies include identifying and documenting smoking status in all patients, referral for consultation and counseling, prescription of appropriate drugs in accordance with clinical guidelines, and ... their smoking behavior and/ or underestimate their frequency of smoking As a result of second-hand smoking, women's smoking exposure almost certainly exceeds that reflected in their own smoking behaviour ... boys and girls Nearly in boys reported current use of other forms of tobacco during 2007 and roughly 17% of girls reporting current use of other forms Smoking among Adults The prevalence of tobacco...
... team training is an invaluable part of trauma care in any trauma organisation The retroperitoneal packing training sessions have aided in developing professional multidisciplinary teamwork in real ... Bilateral packing can be done in one to two minutes To date, there are no randomized studies that report the value ofdamagecontrol surgery including retroperitoneal packing Still, most non-randomized ... non-randomized studies and clinical guidelines support damagecontrol surgery Retroperitoneal packing is being increasingly recommended as a lifesaving procedure to be used in the hyper acute phase...
... policies and principles for the prevention and care of STIs, to offer guidance to ministry of health officials who have the responsibility of developing and implementing interventions for the control ... (for instance swabs, transport media and candle jars) • training laboratory technicians and building capacity for performing culture and AMR testing • increasing the availability of routine laboratory ... producing and disseminating standards for performing N. gonorrhoeae culture and AMR testing • working with WHO collaborating centres and other international and national reference centres to maintain...
... Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies ... Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control ix The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies ... Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control xvi The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and...
... The aim of this article is to give a general overviewof oaks in France, and to clarify their distribution and importance, both ecological and economic, by integrating various types of information ... organs) Of all the indigenous species in French forests, Q petraea and Q robur are the most resistant (-30 °C) and reach the highest altitudes in the mountains: up to 300 m in southerly aspects in ... stanless affected by the role of fruitas coppice are or ing and the importance of seedlings, even though these phenomena are essential to maintain long-term viability of the stands CONCLUSION With their...
... early definitions Common types of business groups include keiretsu in Japan, chaebol in Korea, grupos economicos in Latin America, and business houses in India In my dataset, the oldest business ... structure can insulate the involvement of professional managers in strategic and tactical decision making (Pugh, Hickson, Hinings, and Turner, 1968; Palmer, Friedland, Jennings, and Powers, 1987; ... opportunistic business behaviors This process delineates the mainstream model that business groups in Korea and Taiwan come into being As a result, most business groups in Korea and Taiwan operate in diverse...
... accounting for 71% of the area in mainland China), and includes eleven provinces and one municipality, but the population is relatively sparse (360 million, accounting for only 28% of the total China ... results of epidemiological studies from China [8, 9, 10] and the prevalence of myopia is higher in China, indicating that differences in ethnicity, regional and economical differences and development ... gender and school type affecting the prevalence of refractive errors Quality Assurance All investigators and staff involved in this research participated in an intensive two-day training Demographic...
... ven bi^n t ınh Tra Vinh _ _ (Final report in 1999 and developing plans in 2000 of aquaculture in marsh areas of coastal zone in Tra Vinh province) Department of Fishery, Tra Vinh 20 pp unpublished ... Assessment of mangrove forest deterioration in Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines, using Landsat MSS data In: Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment Macintosh, ... mangrove distribution in Tra Vinh indicate significant changes in mangrove forest coverage in Tra Vinh (Fig and Tables and 3) In 1965 rice paddy was the most use of land in Tra Vinh The mangrove forests...
... the beginning of leaching, decreased after a peak, and then increased and decreased again This behavior indicates that the initial leaching is like Na+ leaching, and the surplus Ca2+ is drained ... transport of salts such as cations (Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and K+) and Cl- in a column were investigated by using a tensiometer and a four-electrode sensor, and the amounts of these salts in soil and leachate ... runoff rate of salts The four-electrode sensor consisted of four stainless steel rods inserted in parallel into an acrylic column with an inner diameter of 50 mm, outer diameter of 60 mm, and...
... in computer graphics and related fields It is defined by a set ofcontrol points, and uses them as coefficients of a certain polynomial to describe continuous curves [13] The control points of ... migration of CO2 [7], and (3) injection of brine into the aquifer with or after CO2 injection can accelerate the dissolution of CO2 and enhance its residual trapping by the enhanced convective mixing ... will increase in a semi-exponential fashion Therefore, during intermediate and late stage of CO2 injection, it is expected that CO2 injectivity should greatly improve, resulting in low injection...
... contribution of other factors involved in speaking 1.3 Cultural factors in the teaching and learning of speaking skills in classrooms 1.3.1 What cultural factors influence on the teaching and the learning ... pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both.” Skills can be classified in two main types: domain-general and domain-specific For example, in the domain of studying, ... group; it is that part of learned behavior shared with others The concept include a group’s way of thinking, feeling, and acting, and fixed patterns for doing certain things According to Thompson (1990:132),...
... teachers and learners’ profile and their methods and strategies in teaching and learning writing skill On the whole, the teaching and writing at non- major class is not as effective and interesting ... will investigate their preference of methods and strategies in teaching and learning writing skill 4.3.1.2 Findings and Discussions about Teachers’ and Learners’ Methods and Strategies in Teaching ... teaching and learning English in general and teaching and learning of writing skill particularly in Viet Nam still reveals some weaknesses Among the solutions suggested by most of the studies in...
... any • Condition and appraisal ratings of structure • Traffic data Material Usage and Condition of Existing Bridges in the U.S The coding guide assists bridge inspectors in preparing data for identification ... that of Reference The main purpose for creating and maintaining the NBI is to monitor the condition of bridges carrying public highways Therefore, for funding and reporting purposes, the FHWA ... Bridge Inventory (NBI) as of December 2003 The NBI is maintained by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Tables and figures present information on both the number and deck area of existing...
... fG( The analysis of robustness of an M-estimator is based on the concept of an in uence function, IF ( ^) Intuitively speaking, the in uence function measures the in uence of single observations ... Scientific, Singapore.) Error for increasing number of components We also made a short investigation on how the statistical performances of the algorithms change with increasing number of components In ... connection between infomax and likelihood was shown in [363, 64], and the connection between mutual information and likelihood has been explicitly discussed in [69] The interpretation of nonlinear PCA...
... working this, who is he involving?) In customer teams, roles of CBD people in consumer and customer and centre of expertise teams and to a lesser extent role of marketing people in consumer and ... explicit It is working in Asda andin Boots In net, We want to have people excited about winning and delighted about what is in it for them They will then believe they should stay working for P&G because ... Have a training programme This is often why people joined P&G in the first place and this is currently perceived as missing Have a plan for each team and each function focused towards building capability...
... analysis of the sample Each cleanup step is intended to eliminate interfering compounds by using physical or chemical properties that differ between interfering compounds and the analyte of interest ... used in the model, the more representative the model output can be of land application at field scales The intent of introducing this approach is to encourage all involved in sustainable land ... affecting the USEPA’s interpretation of the results Exposure point concentration distributions were determined using source partition modeling of constituent releases, fate and transport modeling,...
... group of people as part of its ways, aids in the cohesion of this group, helps that particular group maintain its identity in the face of others, and therefore creates a feeling of "belonging" ... considered important and understanding the age dynamics and consumption of organics will go a long way in influencing the target market and marketing approach to drive the demand of organics The second ... While most sales are in North America and Europe, production is global with developing countries producing and exporting ever-increasing shares Due to expanding markets and attractive price premiums,...
... quality monitoring and forecasting will combine satellite and model information, using data assimilation In addition, there are also interesting several interesting stand-alone applications of satellite ... Monitoring of Environment and Security (GMES), are exploring the potential of spatial data and information provided by remote sensing Potentials definitely exist in using remote sensing information ... feasibility of utilising remote sensing techniques in the implementation of existing legislation, and describe opportunities for realistic streamlining of monitoring in air quality and emissions,...
... Addressing the Objectives and Goals of Monitoring 5.0 Addressing the Objectives and Goals of Monitoring The principal goal of DOE’s Carbon Sequestration Program is to gain scientific understanding of ... understanding of CO2 reaction products in the sandstone reservoir Understanding the kinetics of reaction with certain mineral formations (Dawsonite) is critical for sequestration in sandstone ... knowledge-base of CO2 storage in saline formations and increase public confidence and awareness of GS The CO2SINK field site is located in Ketzin, Germany, approximately 20 km west of Berlin at the site of...
... guidelines The Compliance Officer shall apply to the Head of the AMC(s) The decision of the Compliance Officer shall be final and binding on the employee b In these Guidelines, in the case of the ... Compliance Officer: a Details of each of their transactions for purchase or sale of securities including allotment in public and rights issues within calendar days in tandem with SEBI (Insider Trading) ... shall also be included in the reporting form on the lines of clause 6.4.5.2 (f) and 6.4.5.2 (g) regarding Front Running and Self Dealing 6.4.8 Review by the Board of Directors of AMC and the Trustee(s)...