... several nations, indeed many nations in Europe, have now surpassed the US in terms of average stature, particularly the Netherlands, andthe Scandinavian nations Most markedly is the Netherlands where ... location, geography, and climate: The marked difference ofthe location, geography, and climate between Korea and Vietnam, we believed that these different conditions have effect on human variation ... indexes of human as height, weight index and so onThe effects of climate on human variation in body size and shape conform to ecological ‘ruler’ of mammalian biological adaptation to the thermal...
... arm ofthe RESILIENCE study The Isaan region, with a population of 19 million, is the largest of four regions in Thailand The majority ofthe population are of Lao descent and ethnicity, and ... 39) The pattern of quite strong correlations among the subscales is supportive ofthe construct validity ofthe PIPP, given the expected relationship among the various aspects assessed None ofthe ... health and disability research places increasing emphasis onthe social construction of disability, andonthe individual's subjective experience of his or her health condition The second gap in the...
... arm ofthe RESILIENCE study The Isaan region, with a population of 19 million, is the largest of four regions in Thailand The majority ofthe population are of Lao descent and ethnicity, and ... 39) The pattern of quite strong correlations among the subscales is supportive ofthe construct validity ofthe PIPP, given the expected relationship among the various aspects assessed None ofthe ... health and disability research places increasing emphasis onthe social construction of disability, andonthe individual's subjective experience of his or her health condition The second gap in the...
... including the promotion of international cooperation on education and training In the continued implementation ofthe 1998 Law on Education andthe improvement ofthe quality and efficiency of international ... countries on education and training Along with the international economic integration process andthe accession to the AFTA andthe WTO, regional and international cooperation on education and training ... Practice: The rationale of this thesis is based onthe theory of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh ideology on international cooperation on education and training, the views ofthe Party and State...
... completely operationalise the concept of guideline implementability To better understand the concept of implementability andthe relationship between characteristics of guidelines and their uptake ... facilitate the careful examination and understanding ofthe attributes of guidelines (e.g., its text, content, and presentation) and how changing these attributes might impact clinical decision making ... Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2Continuing Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3Department of Epidemiology and Community...
... subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company Authors’ contributions VLS conceived the study and contributed to the design and coordination JLS and JG performed the statistical analysis KWP wrote the initial and ... time to discontinuation and PANSS Total score between white, black, and Hispanic subgroups Another study looked at theimpactof race onthe efficacy and safety of long-acting risperidone compared ... subsequent drafts ofthe manuscript SKW coordinated the development ofthe initial and final drafts All authors participated in the analysis and interpretation ofthe data, and revising the manuscript...
... based on individual performanceandthe guidelines ofthe specified grids For the bonus pay plan, the company set targets, which were based onthe pay band ofthe employee at the beginning ofthe ... characteristics ofthe pay plan Therefore, based onthe precepts of expectancy theory, we expect the following: 10 Hypothesis 1: The strength ofthe connection between pay andperformance will ... percent) as a function of performance, control variables, andthe interaction ofperformance with those control variables They then used the first derivative ofthe results as a measure of each individual’s...
... about half ofthe expert responses were anonymous responses The respondents’ remarks reflect their personal positions onthe issues and are not the positions of their employers; however, their leadership ... Alcaine, head ofthe International Telecommunication Union’s area office in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, noted, “A big issue is the relevance ofthe education to the professional future of a person Universities ... author and consultant, and writer for Wired, Discover, and other tech and science publications, said, The key challenge ofthe next five years—I say the because ofthe importance of education...
... for the introduction ofthe Internet in the 90s.13 Review of Business and Economics 2009 / 186 Federico Etro and expand new business, onthe market structure andonthe level of competition in their ... bonds and in the creation of new firms through the stock market The number of firms follows the equation of motion: where N E , t is the number of new firms and is the exogenous rate of exit The ... we report the results of our experiment onthe introduction and diffusion of cloud computing in the European economy We focus ontheimpacton GDP, business creation and employment in the short...
... through communication, transportation, and trade The term is most closely associated with the term economic globalization: the integration of national economies into the international economy through ... flows, migration, the spread of technology, and military presence.”8 In other definition, globalization is considered as the expansion of global linkages, the organization of social life on a global ... reviewed onthe general look at financial statement, the general approach applied in analysis of financial statements, the nature of globalization, andtheimpactof globalization onthe financial...
... standards of living.”1 Many growth models include education and offer predictions as to the implications of education policy changes on macroeconomic performance Some empirical analyses ofthe ... model It captures the effect of existing knowledge onthe production of new knowledge There is no constraint onthe range of θ If past knowledge offers the necessary foundation upon which to discover ... 1278-1286 13 their contemporaries, supports the notion that the true return to education may be twice that found through OLS estimation ofthe Mincerian wage equation.24 An ongoing examination of the...
... Assumptions: Revisionism Defined 15 Traditionalist Views andthe Emergence of Revisionism 24 Traditionalist Assumptions Defined The Early Roots of Revisionism: The 1960s and 1970s Revisionism in the ... relations First, the Framework led to a sea change in terms ofthe tone and substance ofthe relationship A growing level of confrontation and distrust between the two countries marked the two ... administration these assumptions had clearly replaced traditional thinking The institutionalization of these assumptions led to a fundamentally different conception ofthe Japanese economy, and ushered...
... The interviews started with a general discussion regarding theimpactof FM on participants' lives and then moved to a discussion about theimpactof FM onthe participants' sleep Following these ... in the FM patient population Both of these PRO measures were developed prior to the current emphasis onthe involvement of patients at the concept elicitation and item generation phases [25], and ... assessment oftheimpactof FM on their sleep Nineteen ofthe participants said that the instrument captured all of their sleep-related symptoms, indicating likely concept saturation of these symptoms...
... The interviews started with a general discussion regarding theimpactof FM on participants' lives and then moved to a discussion about theimpactof FM onthe participants' sleep Following these ... in the FM patient population Both of these PRO measures were developed prior to the current emphasis onthe involvement of patients at the concept elicitation and item generation phases [25], and ... assessment oftheimpactof FM on their sleep Nineteen ofthe participants said that the instrument captured all of their sleep-related symptoms, indicating likely concept saturation of these symptoms...
... Notwithstanding, the introduction ofthe Flying Squad programme has resulted in significant improvements in theperformanceof obstetric and neonatal incidents The strategy The process adopted in the ... resource is then utilised from the general ambulance operations in order to service the second call This is part ofthe operating procedures for the Flying Squad, and a measure of its impactonthe level ... measure ofthe time expended during the execution ofthe call Particular focus was placed on what are regarded by METRO EMS as the most important indicators: dispatch, response and mission times The...
... that the age of maximum response depends onthe age ofthe stand at time of thinning (At ) and k Details ofthe characteristics of this T RF can be found in Liu et al [7] Equation (5) has all the ... under the integral and hence is evaluated upon integration Onthe other hand, Equation (5) alone is interpreted without any further evaluation The positive sign ofthe thinning response rate parameter, ... Table I At the end ofthe sixth remeasurement, only 84 stands out of 186 (41 once thinned andthe rest twice thinned) remained andthe rest were damaged by flood, fire, disease and/ or other activities...
... the user The purpose of our study was to analyse theimpactof different DR and LV onthe "actual fluence maps" using the same "optimal fluence map" and thereby theimpactonthe number of monitor ... of different energies onthe number of monitor units applied Influence of different energies onthe number of monitor units applied Mean ofthe number of monitor units of all fields against the ... independent ofthe LV Paying attention to the optimal protection ofthe OAR the use of a high LV would be the best choice Onthe other hand a high LV implicates mechanical problems during application of...
... days Therefore, the genes of cyclin D1 and collagen were quantified by Real Time RT-PCR The nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates zoledronate and ibandronate were compared to the non-nitrogen-containing ... maturation stage The lower proliferation but higher bone density through differentiation could explain the missing regeneration potential of BONJs In contrast, the non-nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate ... Effect of bisphosphonates on cyclin D1 gene expression Time-course experiments were performed to determine the effects of zoledronate, ibandronate and clodronate on cyclin D1 gene expression As...
... Richardson and colleagues [27], after examining theimpactof earplugs and eye masks onthe critical care patients’ sleep, found that 58.8% ofthe patients in the intervention group and 25% ofthe ... surgical ICU, and neuro ICU Available online http://ccforum.com/content/13/2/208 Conclusion Based on a number of original papers, theimpactof noise on patients’ sleep andthe effectiveness of noise ... patients and duration of stay Theimpactof sleep disturbance on patients Jones and colleagues [17], according to their questionnaire outcome, indicated that the inability to lie comfortably was the...