... as part ofthe action plan. The analysis report consists in a detailed description of the wetland forest site; the inventory ofthe biodiversity values and environmental issues; policy issues ... 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 is ... percent ofthe total fish production. The MD is confirmed as a part ofthe international biodiversity conservation Mekong basin. Fig.1: The Mekong River Basin and Land forms ofthe MD in...
... regressions using the number of employees as the basis of discussion ofthe results. When conducting cross-sectional analysis, heteroskedasticity is often an issue to be addressed. Statistics suggested ... by other companies. The cost of sales of most physical dot coms consists ofthe cost of merchandise sold and inbound/outbound shipping. There are other important distinctions between these ... gross profit as output measure. The results of regressions show thatthe null hypothesis of Cobb-Douglas functional form cannot be rejected for physical dot coms (F-test ofthe null hypothesis...
... . is the fundamental characteristic” of ecosystems, and thatthe order of stability of all of the chemical elements isof course immensely higher than thatof an ecosys-tem, which consists of ... but rather to acknowledge that their value is bundled into, and thusdependent on, the value ofthe nonservice benefit thatis being enjoyed. The demand for the services, in other words, is a ... structure. It isthe structure ofthe ColoradoRiver the lawyer envisions in her office (nonuse), the structure of a mountaintrail hikers use (recreational use), and the structure of trees that timber...
... alder strip while this habitat isthe main habitat of the food plant ofthe larvae of Clouded Apollo, while this habitat isthe main feeding andmating place of adult and while this habitat provides ... credence to the hypothesis that, unlessanthropogenic change is mitigated, the world is indeed approaching the sixth major ‘extinctionevent’ in the history of life on this planet. The conference ... 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 of the...
... mean ofthe readings of the horizontal circle. I t must be remembered thatthe reading ofthe compass needle, when the sight line ofthe instrument is in the meridian, is not necessarily the magnetic ... side ofthe plane of projection any or all ofthe branches are situated. We know the real shape of each branch, but we do not know whether it lies on the hither or on the farther side of the plane ... gift.Resolved, That on the ac ceptance ofthe gift by the Society, Mr. Donohoe’s name be placedon the roll of Life-Members; thatthe Donohoe Fund for the maintenance ofthe Comet Medal of the Astronomical...
... conduct ofthe office of district attorney ofthe United States for the southern district of Alabama." The incumbent of this office on the 1st day of January, 1885, and until the 17th day 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...
... assumption isthat since the filler ofthe role Queen of England is not likely to change within the time ofthe conversation and the speaker, the hearer, and Nadia are all aware of who fills that ... of England is a lovely lady. (33) Nadia thinks that Queen Elizabeth is a lovely lady. (34) Nadia thinks thatthe titular head ofthe Church of England is a lovely lady. The assumption is ... knowledge of them is also attributed to Nadia. When the beliefs of agents (other than the listener) are not involved, the following rule licenses certain substitutions of equivalents: ã If the...
... Translational research that bridges the laboratory and the clinic is still underdevelopment, and this new section ofthe JTM is espe-cially interested in the publication of discoveries in fourareas:1) ... models that allow the characterization of the molecular profile of non-cancer cells in the TME and of their soluble products, and how these cells can be regu-lated at different stages of cancer ... target the TME and exert beneficial influ-ences on cancer patients. The focus of this new section ofthe JTM is on studies that bridge the laboratory and the clinic. We intend topublish original...
... characteristics) on the mediating factors, the second part (2) contains the direct effects ofthe back-ground characteristics on HRQoL, and the third part (3)contains the effects ofthe mediating ... 2).Model fit The conceptual model (Figure 1) was fitted to the correla-tion matrix. The CHISQ measure of overall goodness -of- fit was 36.92 (CHISQ(18), p = 0.0054) and the hypothe-ses of exact ... 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...
... [19]. The SF-12 is scored from 0 to 100 so that, the higher the score, the bet-ter the health condition.Statistical analysis The analysis ofthe data was carried out through the statis-tical ... reduction of their HRQoL, even in mild stages ofthe disease. The factors determining the HRQoL include sex, FEV1, use of oxygen therapy, and number of visits to emergencyrooms and hospital admissions.Published: ... [7]. One of them isthe Short Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire [8], that has an abbreviated version (SF-12) [9,10]. Since one ofthe main objectives ofthe treat-ment of COPD is to improve the general...
... the Hochberg method in order to address the multipletesting problem. The decision rule is to reject the null hypothesis when the adjusted p-value is les s thana = 0.05[39].To investigate the ... 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 ... 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...
... regain their walking ability post stroke, which is approximately 70% of all individuals post stroke [44].A limitation ofthe accelerometers isthatthe type of movements performed by the subject is ... 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 ... not the Mental Com-positeScoreoftheSF-36(Table2).Duetothisfact,linear regression models for the Mental CompositeScore ofthe SF-36 were not carried out. In addition,age and gender of the...
... explanation of variance by the characteristics of the disease. The relevance of this block of variables is mainly due to the doctor facilitation scale ofthe PICS:patients who experienced the physician ... characteristics ofthe CHD, and risk factors.Cynicism also proves to be a relevant risk factor for one of the HRQOL constructs - the physical limitation mea-sured by the SAQ is less favorable if the ... sociodemographiccharacteristics, characteristics ofthe CHD (including riskfactors), the HRQOL at the beginning of inpatient rehabili-tation, and the personality traits cyn icism und anger,aspects ofthe physicianpatient...