... livelihood ofthe people;, and management strategies for the exploitation, development and conservationofthe wetland. The multi-level action plan for theconservationof forest wetlands in the MD ... Wetland Bureau, the World Conservation Union, among others on the classification of forest wetlands, the inventory and mapping of wetlands, the mapping, and detailed description ofthe wetland’s ... step in the formulation of sustainable strategies in wetland conservation. The inventories provide information on the type and the location of wetland, the economic and ecological value of the...
... claimed that the gradual attainment of more complete dynamic equilibrium . . . is the fundamental characteristic” of ecosystems, and thatthe order of stability of all of the chemical elements is of ... Use of Ecosystem ServicesOnce the topic of ecosystem service use is opened up, further refinementreveals the complexity ofthe subject. For example, in one ofthe earliest workson the topic of ... nothing in the guidelines requires the Corpsor the parties engaged in the “trade” of wetlands to consider the impact of the transaction on the delivery, location, and possible redistribution of ecosystemservice...
... sites. The presence ofthe burnet depended mainly on the presence of nectar plants and of nutri-ent-poor dry grasslands in close proximity, while thatofthe nymphalid depended on larger areas of ... activities, the biology of butterflies is already better understood than that of any other taxon of non-pest insects. From Wallace and Bates in the 19th century to the ecologicalgeneticists ofthe ... isincreasing at the Northern boundary ofthe population. Results show that there is an overallincrease in the number of Clouded Apollo in Estonia, with 73% of all sighting having been madeduring the last...
... Donohoe Fund for the maintenance ofthe Comet Medal of the Astronomical Society ofthe Pacific be placed under the immediate charge ofthe Finance Committee;and thatthe Committee on the Comet Medal ... remembered thatthe reading ofthe compass needle, when the sight line ofthe instrument is in the meridian, is not necessarily the magnetic declination,since the line of zeros ofthe compass ... Thatthe Publications ofthe Astronomical Society ofthe Pacific beregularly sent to the following Observatories, etc., and thatthe Secretaries ofthe Society be instructedto notify them of...
... the Senate ofthe United States_ :In thematterofthe removal of Horatio C. } Burchard as Director ofthe Mint. }In conformity to section 343 ofthe Revised Statutes ofthe United States, the ... the date ofthe exchange of ratifications ofthe same the provisions of Article VIII ofthe convention of July 29, 1882, between the United States and Mexico, inregard to the resurvey ofthe boundary ... 1886_._To the Senate ofthe United States_ :In response to the resolution ofthe Senate ofthe 17th of February, requesting to be furnished with a copy of the report made by the consul-general of the...
... head ofthe Church of England is a lovely lady. The assumption is that since the filler ofthe role Queen of England is not likely to change within the time ofthe conversation and the speaker, ... in the following order: the intensionality of the descrip- tor, the time of reference of the descriptor, and the agents of the descriptor. We must establish the "level" of each ... application ofthe descrip- tor. The following example shows the representations of the first four readings of (8) (i.e., those with the description applied at the time ofthe utterance),...
... espe-cially interested in the publication of discoveries in fourareas:1) Clinical models that allow the characterization of the molecular profile of non-cancer cells in the TME and of their soluble products, ... andoutcome of therapy.4) Laboratory studies of new drugs and biologicalagents that can target the TME and exert beneficial influ-ences on cancer patients. The focus of this new section ofthe JTM ... announce the new section ofthe Journal of Translational Medicinedevoted to promoting the field of Cancer Microenviron-ment.A new forum on diagnostic and therapeutic implications of molecular...
... its familyshould be the focus ofthe professional. Also, profession-als should be made aware ofthe consequences of care forparents during their training. Furthermore, they should betrained ... ofthe study and asking their participation.Parents decided themselves whether the mother or the father completed the questionnaire. The letter was accom-panied by the questionnaire, an informed ... imputed based on the guidelines ofthe TAAQOL. Incalculation ofthe scale scores one missing combined-itemscore was allowed for, the missing score is replaced by the mean value ofthe non-missing...
... version ofthe SF-36health questionnaire that contains 12 items [9]. These 12items explain more than 90% ofthe variance ofthe phys-ical and mental component scores ofthe SF-36. Fromthem two ... worsening in their health-related quality of life(HRQoL). However, it has been confirmed thatthe evalu-ation alone ofthe severity of COPD, measured by the degree of reduction ofthe forced ... volume of sputum or any combination of thesesymptoms, of acute onset, and requiring a change in the regular medication ofthe patient [18]. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Foundation...
... according to the amount of stress suffered.We calculated both the number of LEs and the Life Change Unit (LCU) score, a summary ofthe amount of stressinherent to the event and the time elapsed ... impact to be part of a risk group. In addition, the combination of these two LEs seems to be usual. Infact,notonlytheLCUssumscoredeterminetheeffect,it’s the undesirab ility of thes e LEs what ... toillustrate the magnitude ofthe effect ofthe coefficients.To do so, the regression coefficients were multiplied bydifferent LCUs values that correspond to selectedamounts of LCUs (i.e....
... in the amount of PA using the PASIPD, after controlling formotor impairment. The dependent variable for the thirdand fourth regression models was the Mental CompositeScore ofthe HRQL. The ... plots ofthe correlations between PA as assessed by the PASIPD (left) and the Accelerometer (right) to the Physical Composite Score ofthe SF-36.Table 3 Linear regression models for determining the ... example),and yet the relationship of this variable to HRQL inindividuals with stroke is unknown. Thus, the aims of our study were 1) to determine the contribution of dailyPA to the HRQL of individuals...
... independent of whether the SF-12, the MacNewquestionnaire, or the SAQ was used.Our data also show the relevance of income for the improvement ofthe psychological quality of life. Afterthebaselinevalue,incomewasthemostimportantTable ... at least for some ofthe sub -dimensions. The relevance ofthe personality variables was shown in par-ticular for the psychosocial aspects ofthe HRQOL,while the aspects ofthe physician-patient ... explanation of variance by the characteristics of the disease. The relevance of this block of variables ismainly due to the doctor facilitation scale ofthe PICS:patients who experienced the physician...
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