... CITATION Centers for Disease Controland Prevention The role of BCG vaccine in the prevention andcontrolof tuberculosis in the United States: a joint statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination ... RR-4 MMWR The Role of BCG Vaccine in the Prevention andControlof Tuberculosis in the United States A Joint Statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis andthe Advisory ... variable and equivocal The concern ofthe public health community about the resurgence and changing nature of TB in the United States prompted a re-evaluation ofthe role of BCG vaccination in the...
... tributaries ofthe Mekong drain the uplands of Lao PDR, which contribute 35% ofthe runoff Other major tributaries rise in Thailand and Cambodia, which each contribute 18% ofthe runoff There are ... Policies for Their Control xi The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control xii The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic ... Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control xiii The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control xiv The Impacts of Introductions...
... Nurses and midwives are the key health care providers and constitute the largest proportion ofthe health workforce globally In most countries, they are the first, and often the only, point of contact ... and wrote the study proposal, designed the questionnaires and initiated and participated in discussions, data analysis and writing ofthe article LB participated in the conceptualization ofthe ... monitoring and evaluation) andthe same proportion was involved in AFP surveillance On the other hand, in Zambia, nurses and midwives were involved in the full range of functions for SIAs and AFP...
... Specifically, the table presents the average andthe standard deviation values ofthe biomarkers across the analyzed brain lobes, for the epileptics and controls, respectively Results for each ofthe six ... of 10 features, from the WT approach (FL, FR, CR, OL from the theta band and FL, PL, OL from the alpha band) and features from the MS-COH approach (FTR, OPL from the Theta band Table 1: Average ... spectral differences within the frontal left lobes of Alpha and Gamma2 band and central lobes ofthe Alpha band Alterations in the Alpha band are also expected since they are generally associated...
... representative of those in the organization Moreover, we compared the job and demographic profiles ofthe participants to those of all employees in the organizations and found that they were very ... test this hypothesis, we entered the controls, support measures, CPS, and interactions ofthe CPS with work supportand nonwork support into a regression equation predicting creativity The coefficients ... also explored the possibility that positive mood mediated the effects ofthe nonwork supportby-CPS interaction on creativity The controls, CPS, nonwork support, andthe nonwork support- CPS interaction...
... and three of them presented their data as mean hours or days We wrote to the authors ofthe two papers that presented their data as a median and range, and asked if they could provide their data ... in the atria, predisposing the tissue to the development of fibrillation Due to the lack of understanding ofthe basic mechanisms of AF following cardiac surgery, it is difficult to propose a theory ... between studies: the proportion of diabetic and non-diabetic patients; definitions of “tight” and “normal” glycaemic control during and/ or after surgery; andthe method of measuring the outcome measures...
... to the design ofthe study and coauthored the article BT contributed to the design ofthe study, participated in the training of GPs, and coauthored this article CM contributed to the design of ... ofthe economic evaluation and coauthored the article DV coauthored the article GF contributed to the design ofthe study and coauthored the article HS contributed to the design ofthe study and ... ZonMW, the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development Author details Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos-institute), Utrecht, the Netherlands 2The EMGO...
... both AP and CP, to assess the anxiety and depression status in both types of periodontitis using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale and to explore the association of CP and AP with ... population of this case -control study consisted of 262 individuals and included 100 CP cases, 81 AP cases and 81 controls There were 125 males and 137 females with an age range of 14-71 years and a ... asked whether they often experienced any ofthe following systemic symptoms: fatigue (without an obvious cause), loss of appetite, weight loss and depressive mood The emotional status was further...
... the portal vein andthe inferior vena cava ofthe in vivo rabbit model Figure Diagram of silastic H-shaped prosthesis inserted into the portal vein andthe inferior vena cava ofthe in vivo rabbit ... Alexander B: The action of ATP on the hepatic arterial and portal venous vascular networks ofthe rabbit liver: the role of adenosine Eur J Pharmacol 1997, 320:139-144 Mathie RT, Alexander B: The ... occlusion in the dog: the effect of hepatic denervation Pflugers Arch 1980, 386:77-83 R Burton-Opitz: The vascularity ofthe liver :the influence ofthe portal blood flow upon the fllow in the hepatic...
... understand the text andthe reading tasks if the teachers did not give them the meaning ofthe new words and explain the sentences If, the teachers did not give them the meaning ofthe new words, their ... background to the study and statement ofthe problem, the aims, the research question, the significance ofthe study as well as the research methodology It also outlines the organization ofthe thesis ... the activities and steps of procedure they applied in the lessons I took notes during the interview Then, the data gathered from the observation and interview were synthesized and used as basis...
... describes the methodology ofthe thesis Specifically, the data for this research was collected in the forms of survey questionnaires andThe participants ofthe survey questionnaires were teachers and ... operation, The COFI has been closely guided by the Party Committee, Managing Board, the active supportofthe offices, faculties, departments and staffs in CMCC The generation of managers and staffs ... one ofthe difficulties by 12% ofthe teachers and 13% ofthe students The number of teachers and students which accounts for 12% and 12% respectively complains that it is so hard to express themselves...
... networks andthe condition ofthe accuracy ofthe approximation is given 1.3 Objectives and Scope ofthe Thesis This thesis attempts to improve and characterize several issues of MPC control law: the ... where F∞ is the minimal d-invariant set of system (2.31) Remark 3.1.1 It is well known that the size ofthe domain of attraction XN (3.14) depends on the size of X f andthe length ofthe horizon ... approaches are proposed under the time optimal control (TOC) and MPC frameworks Both approaches require the proper handling ofthe piecewise nature of PWL systems andthe effect of disturbances under...
... reactor temperature profile Thermocouple diameter is about 0.5 mm in the case of reactor temperature measurement The reactor is positioned at thecenterofthe furnace andthe 0.5 mm thermocouple is ... spectrum ofthe surface The mix of elemental and cluster ions in the spectrum can generate a rich store of information regarding the chemistry ofthe surface layer Hence static SIMS is a technique of ... hints the forming of hydroxide or hydrated oxide for the deposition onto the surface of - 29 - the metal oxide support, while precipitation involves a nucleation by thesupportand all the active...
... system Even for the same oxide support, preparation method may affect the Au particle sizes, the oxide support morphology and structure, andthe presence of impurities in the system, all of which would ... species ofthesupport reacting with CO adsorbed on gold particles and/ or at the metal support interface This also agrees with the fact that in the absence of oxygen in the feed we observed that the ... time and then the activity drops to zero Iron oxide support being proposed as responsible for the activation of oxygen It is important to stress the fact that the role ofthe iron oxide support...
... band ofthe Au/TiO2 catalysts However the CO+O2 adsorption 121 results in evident observation of Ti-O-H as well as the enhanced intensity ofthe 3300cm-1 band, indicating the participation ofthe ... assumption of non-competitive adsorption, i.e the adsorption of carbon monoxide was not affected by the presence of oxygen Though it is rather weak the IR band at 2141 cm-1 appears in the spectra, and ... Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide in the Presence of Hhydrogen (PROX) Figure 4.9 and Figure 4.10 show the CO conversion andthe O2 selectivity as a function of reaction temperature over the Au/TiO2 (NT) and...
... is the most active among these four samples The area ofthe TPR peak of CuO (CB) is much smaller than that of other three samples, suggesting smaller amount of movable oxide ions The presence of ... enhances the reducibility of CuO(CB) Under similar experimental conditions (amount ofthe sample etc) the peak area ofthe Au/CuO (CB) catalyst is several times that of CuO(CB) Nevertheless the oxide ... Other than the bands at 1033, 1125 and 1285 cm-1, the CuO (NP) sample also showed bands at 1431 and 1492 cm-1 The band at 1492 cm-1 is assigned to the νas(CO2) of carbonites.30,31 The CuO (NP) DRIFT...
... oxide – one ofthe earliest and most investigated support for gold nano particles is chosen as thesupport Although both experimental and theoretical researches concerning the effect of gold nanoparticle’s ... conventional co-precipitation and depositionprecipitation methods in controlling the Au dispersion and introducing more OH and COO groups Hydrothermal processing of catalyst support could result in ... morphology and different crystalline structure of support, were carefully studied By comparing these results, it is found that the properties of oxide support significantly affect the catalytic...