... influence of fatness and fitness individually and then together on the differences in HRQOL associated with type diabetes in the general health, role physical and vitality scales, and the physical ... diabetes-specific symptoms and aspects of life [24,25] The SF-36 was used as it is both reliable and valid in these populations, and allowed for comparisons between groups with and without type diabetes ... recruited between 7/1/99 and 11/30/03 for the study in people without type diabetes and between 5/1/04 and 12/28/07 for the study in people with type diabetes Study design and sample This study...
... the United Kingdom and Great Britain As many as 30% of its doctors have been trained outside the Europe [1] In some regions, overseas doctors comprise up to 50% of all junior doctors [2] General ... Results We received one thousand six hundred and nineteen completed responses from doctors of 26 different nationalities This represents 2.96% of all non-European Union doctors registered with the ... United Kingdom and Great Britain Other Reason for migration to United Kingdom and Great Britain Number of respondents: 1615 Total number of responses: 2150 (multiple responses were allowed and hence...
... participation, perceived neighborhood safety, and individual cognitions: how they interact? Mariëlle A Beenackers1*, Carlijn B.M Kamphuis1, Alex Burdorf1, Johan P Mackenbach1, Frank J van Lenthe1 ... References Beenackers MA, Kamphuis CBM, Burdorf A, Mackenbach JP, van Lenthe FJ: Sports participation, perceived neighborhood safety, and individual cognitions: how they interact? Int J Behav Nutr Phys ... realized that formula and formula in the Statistical Analysis section of the Methods were incorrectly listed Since the formulas were correctly used in the analysis, this correction does not affect...
... Pros and Cons • Cap -and- trade – If permits are freely allocated there are no lost profits – Tradeable permits might lead to additional profits (but overall less than if not regulated) – Politically ... the number of polluting firms – Might lead to an overall increase in pollution! Pros and Cons • Emissions taxes – Double-dividend: tax generates revenue (that can be used to reduce the budget ... www.whitehouse.gov $ Command and Control MAC MD Pollution Economic Incentives • Abatement subsidies • Emissions taxes (e.g., carbon tax) • Tradeable emissions permits (i.e., capand-trade) • All three can...
... [11] In the study of Liaw and colleagues [8], from the 32 patients with severe sepsis studied, 20 patients had APC levels that paralleled thrombin markers and 12 patients did not, indicating ... basis of that level and to analyze the APC and PC levels and ratios On the other hand, we need these kinds of studies to determine the exact role of APC and PC in severe sepsis and the possible ... following infusion of protein C concentrate in children with severe meningococcal sepsis and purpura fulminans: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, dose-finding study Crit Care Med 2003,...
... technology strategically help determine the difference in terms of product quality, brand and price There is a team of highly skilled labor, talent Improving labor productivity and employee ... technology, human resources, management Financial Strategy is one of the strategies the most important functions to perform overall competitive strategy of the business Technology is a key competitive ... strategy is one of the most important functional strategies to implement a comprehensive competitive strategy of business Technology is a key competitive tool Technological innovation is a strategic...
... wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and orphan—to all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations." —Abraham Lincoln, ... letters and prospectuses And who among us doesn't write resumes, cover letters, memos, faxes, and business letters? We all need to develop good writing style Chapter : What Is Style, and How Do I ... episodes of a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help develop it 258 P a r t S : Style: All the Write Stuff They require that the personages in a tale shall be alive, except...
... • • • Tariffs and quotas Domestic product standards, product regulations, and other NTBs Subsidies for R&D, investments, production, labor training education, etc what we often call industrial ... Institutions and impact Lecture Policy conclusions: neoclassical theory Free trade and specialization is optimal pattern of comparative advantages is given by nature all industries are equally “desirable” ... Program 2006-2007 Trade: Institutions and impact Lecture Course outline • First part: WTO and “traditional” trade policy Global trade institutions GATT and WTO WTO and developing countries Trade policy...
... numbers of pre -and post-menopausal women not indicated; 1,610 women are under 49 years of age and 6,470 are 50 and over Hispanic Non Hispanic Convincing evidence exists for the overall role of age ... height, weight, menstrual and reproductive events with breast cancer: results from two prospective studies on the island of Guernsey (United Kingdom) Cancer Causes and Control 4:331-40, 1993 ... transformation and/ or proliferation The multi-step process of carcinogenesis [31] that is initiation, promotion, tumour and progression, sheds light on how these factors modify the risk differentially...
... expectations, monetary and fiscal policies and the value of the U.S dollar Other interest rates, including bank prime lending rates, home mortgage rates and corporate and municipal bond rates, tend to ... interest rates rise, prices on outstanding Treasury securities fall Whenever interest rates decline, prices on outstanding Treasury securities rise To see why prices must fall when interest rates ... Options on interest rates and listed stock and stock index options have similar benefits and risks They are standardized contracts traded on an exchange regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
... Central government Central government Securities Securities Liabilities Liabilities Liabilities Bonds Securities Bonds Bonds Liabilities Securities Bonds Securities Nominal value Market value Nominal ... securities investment trusts and securities companies, and excludes Japan Post Bank 16/ Excludes Japan Post Insurance and public pensions 24.1 11.5 19.7 10.0 Intragovernmental holdings 18/ Domestic ... funds, revolving funds, and special funds; and Federal Financing Bank securities 23/ Refers to domestic depository institutions 7.8 1.7 Domestic banks 25/ Insurance companies and pension funds 26/...
... pollution for the cities downstream By doing this, the cities’ authorities pass the pollution problem to the cities downstream and avoid real policy compliance Water has reached high rates of pollution ... development They are usually based on rural activities for economic growth, such as farming and livestock raising, which generally suffer from low-productivity Some scholars argue that historically ... industrial activities, chemical, organic, and thermal wastes; urban centres, sewage consisting of human wastes, and detergents; and rural activities, pesticides, fertilizers, and animal wastes...
... practitioners and research professionals, and supporting documentation; or deliver preliminary findings All RAND reports undergo rigorous peer review to ensure that they meet high standards for ... research documenting substantive discrepancies between survey and administrative data include Goldman and Smith (2001), Denmead and Turek (2005), Hurd and Rohwedder (2006), Kapteyn and Ypma (2007), and ... component members and DoD civilian employees They are designed to track the opinions, attitudes, and experiences of DoD military and civilian personnel The SOFS-R is conducted online and is designed...
... Antonucci and Pianta, 2002) generally confirm the association between technological unemployment and process innovation, and employment growth and product innovation in markets where demand is expanding ... professional and managerial jobs) but also allow for an exogenous increase in the demand for non-routine, least-skilled and low-paid jobs.47 3.52 Goos and Manning (2003) elaborate and test this ... each of these countries worked, and especially if the average Briton, French and German worker all worked for the same number of hours and had the same amount and quality of equipment available...
... decisions and also walk through some of the difficult times, and under stress and duress, it has really been God giving me my strength and refuge Twenty-one out of 25 public sector doctors described ... four trips to Fiji and three trips within Australia between April 2004 and September 2006 The interviews were semistructured and lasted for half an hour to an hour -and- a-half Doctors were purposively ... countries and had no intention of returning to work in Fiji in the short term or medium term ("overseas migrants") were interviewed, of whom four were Indo-Fijians and three were Fijians All seven doctors...
... A, et al: North of England and Scotland Study of Tonsillectomy and Adeno-tonsillectomy in Children (NESSTAC): a pragmatic randomisedcontrolled trial with a parallel nonrandomised preference study ... for each grade, and by 5.9, 5.0 and 4.7 for a problem reported in “Doing usual activities”, “Pain or discomfort” and “Worried, sad or unhappy” respectively Comparison of children and adult scores ... in all domains of life and that respondents with a severe disability of adult onset showed incomplete adaptation in only the health and income domains [8] The inclusion of people with disabilities...
... diabetes and has been documented in autopsy studies of CF-related diabetes: pancreatic ductal blockage and dilatation, fatty and fibrotic replacement of tissue, severe loss of β cells, and significant ... islet amyloidosis J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996, 81:1267–1272 Conway SP, Morton AM, Oldroyd B, Truscott JG, White H, Smith AH, Haigh I: Osteoporosis and osteopenia in adults and adolescents with ... Tsongalis GJ, Faber G, Dalldorf FG, Friedman KJ, Silverman LM, Yankaskas JR: Association of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, mild lung disease, and delta F508 mutation in a cystic fibrosis patient Clin Chem...
... survival rate of only 0.2% in severely injured patients who could be intubated without anaesthetics [4] is indeed very discouraging and appears to suggest that endotracheal intubation should be abandoned ... of questions on the overall role of endotracheal intubation in out-of-hospital advanced trauma life support Is intubation actually beneficial, and what are the risks and benefits associated with ... severely but not fatally injured patient, who will fight laryngoscopy and gag or cough on passage of the endotracheal tube These situations not only require additional skills and experience but...
... infections occur in ICUs, why they occur (especially in long-term ventilated patients), andall that is done to control and contain these infections (in accordance with published and local guidelines) ... support The patient’s children overhear that the fatal infection had been due to a multiresistant staphylococcus called MRSA and may have been catheter-related They now say that they remember ... nurse leaving the next patient, who was infected with that pathogen (it was written in red on the door), and then entering their father’s room without washing her hands They remember having seen...