... case studies were included in the review and most of the selected studies coveredseveral governance dimensions. The dimension ‘performance’ covered several elements at the core of governance of HRH, ... improved account ability both from a point of view of the donor and that of the government. However,there was a certain amount of resistance in the form of a lack of commitment from certain civil serviceadministrators, ... results of the lit-erature review regarding the influence of the differentdimensions of governance on the respective HRH situa-tion or on HRH policy development. As most of theselected studies...
... and M iz umoto, Y. (2006)Estimation of Intake Level of Di (2-ethylhecyl) ph-thalate (DEHP) of Japanese pregnant woman basedon measurement of concentrations of three urinarymetabolites. Jpn. ... andArashidani, K. (2008) Investigation of Air Pollutionin aShopping Center and Employees’ Personal Ex- 488 Journal of Health Science, 56(5) 488–501 (2010)— Review —AReview of Indoor Air Pollution and ... Pollution and Health Problems fromthe Viewpoint of Environmental Hygiene: Focusing on the Studies of Indoor Air Environment in Japan Compared toThose of Foreign CountriesKoichi Harada,∗ , aAsako...
... proportion of case-control studies found a positive association with meat intake for both tumours (11 of 16 studies on GC and 11 of 18 studies on OC). A relatively large number of case-control studies ... association between processed meat intake and GC and OC risk (10 of 14 studies on GC and 8 of 9 studiesof OC), which were SS in most of them, particularly regarding OC.Preserved fi sh intakeRegarding ... the majority ofstudies support a not signifi cantly positive association with GC. Limitation of evidenceOnly 2 cohort[11,12] and 9 case-control studies [16,21,22-28] of 65 studies included...
... concentration of total PBDEs in serum of WEEEdismantling workers of Guiyu was twice as high than that of a controlgroup (from a village located 50 km away of Guiyu). Although studies like the one of the ... Publ. United StatesEnvironmental Protection Agency Of ce of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Of ce of Air and Radiation; 1997.USEPA. Release of guidance for developing Ecological Soil Screening ... 8 orders of magnitude higher than the range of PBDE concentrations in the dissolved phase of coastal waters of Hong Kong (3.1ì10 51.2 ì 10 4gl 1, Wurl et al., 2006) and 7orders of magnitude...
... and on Biofuels.”135 On May 17th 2003, the “European Directive for the Promotion of the Use of Biofuels” was published, which is setting goals for reaching market shares of biofuels sold ... majority of the country reports in chapter 4 of this thesis serve as a basis for a report by the Liquid Biofuels Task of IEA Bioenergy85. This report, an update of the 1997 “Report of the commercial ... Index of Figures III INDEX OF FIGURES Fig. 1: The three stages of Biodiesel industry development 2 Fig. 2: Chemical reaction of transesterification 6 Fig. 3: Reaction- equilibria of transesterification...
... 8:9http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/9Page 7 of 10 REVIEW Open AccessType D personality in the general population: asystematic reviewof health status, mechanisms of disease, and work -related problemsFloortje ... that of traditio nal car-diovascular risk factors [7].Some studies that are included in this review exploredthe behavioral and biological mechanisms of disease as aTable 3 Outcomes of studies: ... quality’. Studies scoring lower then 50% (i.e. <6 points) were consideredto be of ‘low quality’.ResultsMethodological quality of the studies The evaluation of the methodological quality of the...
... I2indices of between 82-96%, suggesting a highlevel of statistical heterogeneity between studies [34].Such a degree of heterogeneity between studies ruledout any further estimation of pooled ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:13http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/13Page 5 of 12 RESEA R C H Open AccessA reviewof health utilities using the EQ-5D in studies of cardiovascular ... treatment of CVD in three instances: 1)when results of clinical trials show little evidence of amajor improvement in survival so that choice of therapywill be determined on the basis of quality of...
... Quality of Life Outcomes 2011, 9:83http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/83Page 9 of 9 REVIEW Open AccessA reviewof methods used in assessing non-serious adverse drug events in observational studies ... in 19% of the studies. Less than one third of the studies exceeded pre-approval regulatory requirements for sample size andduration of follow-up. We conclude that the current assessment of ADEs ... interquartile range (IQR) of different ADE categories identified for studies using differentassessment methodsNumber of studies* median number of ADE categories (IQR) ReferencesMethod of ADE assessmentMedical...
... some of the studies included inthis review table had strong educational and cognitivebehavioral components, which may have influenced out-comes.Results of the evidence review Results of the review ... BioMed CentralPage 1 of 6(page number not for citation purposes)Health and Quality of Life OutcomesOpen Access Review A comprehensive reviewof 46 exercise treatment studies in fibromyalgia ... AbstractThe purpose of this review was to: (1) locate all exercise treatment studiesof fibromyalgia (FM)patients from 1988 through 2005, (2) present in tabular format the key details of each study...
... pump: literature reviewof riskfactors related to complications of the intraaorticballoon pumpHaralabos Parissis*, Alan Soo and Bassel Al-AlaoAbstractThe increasing use of the intra aortic ... com-plications. The high occurrence of ischemia in certainstudiesispossiblyrelatedtothelowermortalityrate.On the contrary, the low occurrence of ischemia insome other studies, may be possibly linked ... Parissis et al.: Intra aortic balloon pump: literature review of risk factors related to complications of the intraaortic balloonpump. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011 6:147.Submit your next...
... BioMed CentralPage 1 of 8(page number not for citation purposes)Journal of Foot and Ankle ResearchOpen Access Review Tibialis posterior in health and disease: a reviewof structure and function ... those of Ringleb and col-leagues [11] in a TPTD population, further work isrequired from a larger sample size.Audit of placement of intramuscular electrodeFigure 3Audit of placement of intramuscular ... posterior: a reviewof anatomy andbiomechanics in relation to support of the medial longitudi-nal arch. Foot Ankle 1991, 11:244.3. Myerson M: Adult acquired flatfoot deformity: treatment of dysfunction...