... heathenism.These inventions were the spinning jenny, the steam engine, the power loom, the wool-combing machine, and the cotton gin. They augmented the output of spinning mills, and in cheapening ... moresuccessful. These educators adopted the threefold policy of instructing Negroes inthe principles of the Christian religion, giving them the fundamentals ofthe common branches, and teaching them the ... ofthe moral and intellectual training of such asthey held in servitude."[2] To elevate their slaves to the plane of men, southern Quakers early hit upon the scheme of establishing in the...
... repayable within 12 months irrespective ofthe amount ofthe loan. However, the larger the loan, the larger the amount ofthe repayment installment, and a large installment may strain the repayment ... entities inthe financial system. Incidentally even the Act does not make any mention of interest rates except that the total interest cannot exceed the principal amount ofthe loan. On the other ... size ofthe loan per borrower has increased by 43.28%. This suggests that there is either an increase inthe size ofthe average individual loan given to the borrower or is an indication of...
... eG19L strains were incubated in the presence or absence of CuCl2. The controlexperiment (in the absence of CuCl2)wasperformed inthe presence of NEM instead of CuCl2. Cross-linking conditions ... eHis6)were incubated inthe presence or absence of CuCl2as described inthe experimental pro-cedure. The control experiment (in the absence of CuCl2) was performed in the presence of NEM instead of ... absent in a mutant devoid of Cys28 (not shown), thus indicating the involvement of Cys28 inthe formation ofthe adduct. The 21.4-kDa bandcorresponded to a homodimer of subunit e resulting fromthe...
... and 42 (8%) of unknown gender.It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample.Distribution ... written information about the methods, aims, and the voluntary nature of partici-pation inthe study. Subjects ofthe patient group filled in the questionnaires in a room inside the outpatientclinic, ... anxiety.Perceptions of being different from the others, the pos-sible peer discrimination because ofthe presence of ascar o n the chest inthe usual period of starting to go tokindergarten or school...
... approaches, the range of MIDs were 3–5 points for the satisfaction domain, 4–5 points for the impactdomain, 6–8 points for the worry domain, and 3–4 pointsfor the overall HRQOL.DiscussionAlthough the ... cognitive debriefing tests to assess the level of comprehension and cognitive equivalence ofthe items. The finding from cognitive debriefing tests suggests aminor revision inthe wordings for some ... func-tioning and general health) ofthe SF-36 than with the psychosocial domains (e.g., social functioning) [25].Taken together, these findings might suggest that the con-cepts captured by the DQOL,...
... adequate sta-bility ofthe instrument. The 7-day interval between inter-views was important in diminishing the probability of systemic alterations inthe clinical condition of the patient. It is ... self-administered mode of administration needs further investigation. Finally,there was no report by the patients or guardians of anylack of comprehension regarding the questions. The lack of validation ... 9 of 11(page number not for citation purposes)among the individuals who participated inthe presentstudy, the option was made to administer the question-naire inthe form of an interview in...
... a ratingscale inthe manner the test constructor intended [35].Because it is always uncertain how a rating scale was usedby a sample, an investigation ofthe functioning ofthe rat-ing scale ... the way it wasintended by the developer ofthe scale [15]. Thus, the assumptions about both the quality ofthe measures andutility ofthe rating scale in facilitating interpretable meas-ures ... Comparisons to the mean scores of the other subscales within the present study to those of the previous PedsQL™ school study [3], the mean scoreson the social functioning scale of both healthy...
... by the clinical condition weobtained a 600% increased odds of reporting impairment in the mobility domain (OR = 7.0, 95% C.I. 4.7–10.4), a690% increased odds of reporting impairment inthe ... < 0.001).Discussion In this study we investigated the construct validity of the Italian version ofthe EQ-5D administering the instru-ment to a sample of citizens living in Bologna (NorthItaly). ... utilized in non-Italian set-tings, it lacks of empirical evaluations in Italy. The lack of information on the construct validity and reliability of the instrument as well as the absence of utilities...
... of the guardians rated their economic level as ‘lo w’ becausemost mothers had to quit their job to take care of theirchildren.There was no statistically significant difference in the ratio of ... (worryingabout whether the medical treatments were working andworrying about reoccurrence or relapse) loaded on the ‘commun ication’ factor inthe child self-report. More-over, the first item of ... something bothers him/her)loaded on the ‘perceived physical appearance’ factor. In the parent-proxy report, the first and the second items of ‘wo rry’ loaded on the ‘ nausea’ factor, and the thirditem...
... Hence, the loading ofthe first four items including, walking more than one block, running, doing sports activities or exercise and lifting something heavy, either in children or in their parents, ... The unavailability of information on nonrespondents and investigation of only a sample from Tehran, the capital city of Iran, may limit the generalizability of the findings to other parts of ... Conclusions: The findings support the initial reliability and validity ofthe Iranian version ofthe PedsQLTM 4.0 as a generic instrument to measure health-related quality of life of children in Iran....
... continuing injunction against the continuation or reconstruction of the bridge the ongoing validity ofthe injunctive relief depended on ‘whether ornot the bridge interferes with the right of navigation.’ ... how-ever, that the breadth ofthe zone of interests varies according to the provisions of law at issue,so that what comes within the zone of interests of a statute for purposes of obtaining judicialreview ... but rather an indis-pensable part ofthe plaintiff’s case, each element [of standing] must be supported inthe sameway as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof, i.e.,...
... role in viral infection. There are differing reports about the role of MHBs inthe generation of HBV inthe transfected cells and in mediating HBV infection [8, 26]. MHBs seem to be absent in ... medium and inthe cytosol were examined. By 3 days after the inoculation, the amount of HBsAg inthe culture medium fell below the level of detection. However, the level of HBsAg inthe culture ... this binding resulted inthe internalization ofthe gold labeled sub viral particles [25]. However, despite the literature about HBV surface proteins, determination of which ofthe proteins is...