... addressed inthe Hankins' paper, and there is no explanation for howthe use of Ferguson's Delta would enhance interpretability Although the use of Ferguson's Delta may someday improve our understanding ... look forward to seeing relevant demonstration ofthe usefulness of this novel psychometric method in HRQOL research that fully encompasses the intent ofthe taxonomy, integrates the relevant properties ... Journal of clinical epidemiology 1992, 45(12):1353-1355 The second property of a discriminative instrument is a cross sectional relationship with a theoretical criterion or prediction, and again, in...
... Delta then indexes the degree to which the instrument makes valid discriminations Wyrwich suggests that the results of another study [6], in which the dichotomous scoring method ofthe GHQ-12 was ... 'UnderstandingtheRoleof Discriminative Instruments in HRQoL Research: Can Ferguson's Delta Help?' to which the answer is a definitive yes, subject to the constraints previously discussed Finally, ... establish the consistency with which discriminations are made Both Norman and Wyrwich raise the interesting issue of what constitutes a meaningful discrimination, and whether Delta is an index of such...
... critically reading the manuscript and Dr Wojciechowski, clinical psychologist, for the interesting discussion Competing interests The author declares that they have no competing interests Published: ... understanding of, and insight into, health outcomes Identification of a core set of psychological variables from the increasingly large number on offer, and consensus on the instruments used to measure them, ... emerging from the manuscript of Brionez and colleagues is how to deal with theroleof psychological variables in self-reported outcomes in ankylosing spondylitis and likely in rheumatology in...
... raising the profile of women in management However, during this period of research, there was an emerging recognition ofthe importance of a concern for people inthe behavioural theories as being ... ofthe skills and attributes of women in management or leadership roles Contemporary theories The beginning ofthe gender difference theories marked a shift inthe leadership literature, as the ... enabling of others to help achieve the goals ofthe organisation Furthermore, the ability to control others is given no prominence in this recent definition of leadership A brief review of early...
... relies on the securities booking system ofthe CGSDTC and the bond trading system ofthe inter-bank lending centre The trading system ofthe national inter-bank lending centre provides pricing information, ... source of financing for enterprises, if their own capital is excluded In summary, the deepening process ofthe financial markets has rendered the dominance ofthe banking sector inthe financial ... in turn contributed to the financial stability not only in Asia but also inthe whole world Roleofthe international financial institutions ( IFIs ) The IFIs have played an active rolein financial...
... adults (39 ) The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination inthe United States included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine efficacies determined by clinical trials ... explore the sources ofthe heterogeneity inthe efficacy ofthe BCG vaccine reported inthe individual studies Using a model that included the geographic latitude ofthe study site and the data ... efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy ofthe vaccine strain administered Vol 45 / No RR-4 MMWR and the vaccinee’s age at the time of vaccination The protective efficacy of BCG...
... understanding issues facing community banks I THE CURRENT ROLEOF COMMUNITY BANKS The banking system inthe United States has always been unique inthe sense of containing large numbers of small ... community banks still comprise the vast majority of banks, the question arises whether their roleinthe banking system has declined to the point of insignificance This section shows that community banks ... were not there, other financial services providers might readily step in to take their place This article examines theroleof community banks inthe U.S economy The first section ofthe article...
... through the exchange between subunits of either their N-terminal, or their C-terminal ends [33–35] We found that the behavior with the model membrane ofthe dimer in which the C-terminal ends ... geometry ofthe hinge loop after ligation Also in this case no clashes were detected at Electrostatic interactions and antitumor RNases the dimer interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings ofthe ... region, and (b) their cytotoxic action This finding strongly suggests that the electrostatic surface potential of a defined 3D district of these proteins has a rolein determining their cytotoxic...
... assist the folding of newly synthesized proteinsinthe ER If N-glycosylation is inhibited, some glycoproteins fail to fold or assemble efficiently, resulting in a prolonged retention inthe ER ... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chains are important for the GABA transport activity 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleofthe ... a misfolding of this protein, resulting in its partial retention inthe ER and its rapid digestion thereafter [16,19] Accordingly, our results indicate that the intracellular trafficking of N-glycosylation...
... form the basis ofthe discussion I t is thein interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined 4.1 The processes are independent ofthe ... results Because ofthe parallel activation of a l l meanings of each recognized word in HOPE, the determination ofthe phonetic representation of a recognized word determines the breadth of active ... questions in pointing out the value of applying a C methodology to crossN l i n g u i s t i c study Because ofthe import of articles in language processing, as b r i e f l y mentioned, how they are...
... evolution ofthe same type of variables; their judgement on their actual and future behavior, including the type of constraints they face Some sets of answers are strongly cardinal, as for the current ... access-to-input for the worst in this sub-pool Conversely, the overbearing influence ofthe financial constraints inthe lower half is statistically associated with a rather low occurrence of real ... where indebted enterprises represent a much larger proportion ofthe total than inthe other half ofthe pool Table 6C shows that the demand for credit is here only inertial The results of the...
... many of them have been pioneers inthe Latin American microfinance industry As of today, out of 15 Latin American members are active in microfinance These members are involved in different ways in ... unrivalled in scale, and outreach continues to grow in terms ofthe number of microborrowers Institutions providing microfinance in Asia play a critical rolein increasing the access to finance for ... very helpful in bringing microfinance into the spotlight not only in developing countries but also inthe developed world The awareness by policy makers about theroleof microfinance as a major...
... ambiguous the meaning ofthe visual image, the more influence is exerted by the musical score inthe process of interpreting the scene Music can convey the scope of a film, effectively communicating ... meaning through sound (including music), taking into account the director’s – and, therefore, the composer’s – intentions, the narrative content ofthe film, and the overall strategy ofthe director ... the relationship is invertible without changing the perceived meaning (i.e., it is equally valid to say that the music projects the meaning ofthe image or the image projects the meaning of the...
... [20,26–31] However, the mechanistic roles of several of these residues are not described well and there is no example of mutational analysis of all of these residues inthe same enzyme To obtain an insight ... positioned inthe ÔupÕ position rows and shows that inthe presence ofthe substrate, rotation of Asp142 towards Glu144 lowers the pKa ofthe latter by 0.8 pH units The calculated effects ofthe D140N ... enzyme inthe preceding run Some ofthe pH profiles differed strongly from the wildtype profile, however, the profiles for the amide and corresponding alanine mutants were similar in all cases Together...
... properties ofthe document containing the sentence and properties ofthe sentence itself Regarding the former type, two features come into play: the relevance score ofthe document (from the IR engine) ... evaluating answers to definition questions In HLT/EMNLP 2005 J Lin and D Demner-Fushman 2006a Theroleof knowledge in conceptual retrieval: A study inthe domain of clinical medicine In SIGIR ... the findings of Monz (2003), who made the same observation inthe factoid QA task There are a few caveats to consider when interpreting these results First, the test set of 25 questions is rather...
... additional schooling, the estimated schooling effect could include both the impacts of schooling and the fact that those continuing in school could earn more inthe absence of schooling.2 For the most ... income levels mainly though speeding up technological progress, rather than shifting the level ofthe production function or increasing the impact of an additional year of schooling In sum, the ... student in a school in Ghana or Peru would gain the same amount of knowledge in any year of schooling as the average student in a school in Finland or Korea? Still, using the quantitative measure of...
... trees The largest plant height was obtained using linings of stone and marble During the first year ofthe study, when the lining served only as mulch due to lack of rainfall, an increase of 33.3 ... crop yields in rainfed areas, even inthe more marginal rainfed environments The continued application of conventional breeding and the recent developments in non-conventional breeding offer considerable ... showed an increase of farmers’ income of 23 percent for wheat inthe 1:1 ratio plots, and a decrease in income variation of 19 percent The income of barley farmers was different, however, with the...
... as Points of Access into the Financial System TheRoleof African Post Offices in Payments TheRoleof Post Offices in International Remittances TheRoleof Post Offices in Savings TheRoleof ... agreed between the ministries of finance, the IMF, and World Bank Inthe recent past in Africa, no distinction was made ofthe roles ofthe post as the mail provider, as owner ofthe post office network, ... Services TheRoleof Post Offices in International Remittances TheRoleof Post Offices in Savings TheRoleof Post Offices in Credit 5—Conclusion 16 17 17 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 Worldwide Landscape of...
... for theroleof bank capital inthe transmission of shocks Inthe model, investors provide the bulk of loanable funds but not monitor firms receiving loans: this activity is fulfilled by banks However, ... lending Figure illustrates the sequence of events that unfold in each period 2.2 Final good production Final Good Assembly Competitive firms produce the final good by combining a continuum of intermediate ... after the onset ofthe shock, reaching a low point inthe fourth period, at −0.45% below steady-state Overall, Figure shows that the various propagation mechanisms present inthe model, in which the...
... important rolein ‘cycling’ the pKa of catalytic Glu during catalysis [24,38] The mutation ofthe D1 residue to Asn (D140N) in SmChiB caused a 500 -fold decrease in activity [39] On the other hand, in ... substrate show that a number of amino acid residues contribute to the binding ofthe substrate by hydrogen bonding and ⁄ or hydrophobic interactions Using the ligplot program [31], we investigated the ... almost identical, but the D524A mutation resulted in a remarkable change inthe conformation ofthe Glu526 side-chain The 2Fobs ) Fcalc electron density ofthe Glu526 side-chain inthe D524A–substrate...