... and the contents are the responsibility ofthe authors. They do not necessarily reflect the official policies of WHO/Europe. The reports were subjected to international review, managed by the ... in consumption of that food, then the own-price elasticity of pork is -0.5. Cross-price elasticities reflect how the change in the price of a food affects the consumption of another food, such ... while others covered studies of various types of interventions, including economic, for obesity. However, none of them presents specific findings about a set of studies ofthe impact of economic...
... are thesounds made with the back ofthe tongue and the soft palate. Glottal /h/ is made at the epiglottis. Retroflex /post alveolar /r/ are thesounds made with the tip ofthe tongue and the ... vowels) are sounds in the production of which there is no obstruction to the flow of air as it passes from the larynx to the lips .They are usually pronounced with the vibration ofthe vocal ... TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements PART I: INTRODUCTION Page 1. Rationale ofthe study 1 2. Aims ofthe study 2 3. Scope ofthe study 2 4. Methods ofthe study 2 5. Design of the...
... ratio. The numerator of the Sharpe ratio is the return over the risk-free rate. The risk ofthe port-folio is measured by the standard deviation ofthe portfolio. The Sharperatio is thus: The ... the company in case of liquidation ofthe company. The same is true ofthe common stock of Toyota Motor Corporation.DEBT VERSUS EQUITY INSTRUMENTS Financial instruments can be classified by the ... matures, then at the maturity date repay the amountborrowed. The same is true for the bonds issued by Ford Motor Company, the city of Philadelphia, and the government of France. In the case of FordMotor...
... examined the content of these instruments to determine how participation has been operationalized. The purpose of this study was to compare the content of participation instruments using the ICFclassification.Methods: ... interpretation ofthe results and wrote the manuscript. JAK, LN conceived the idea, providedguidance on the data coding, assisted in the interpretation of the results and commented on the manuscript. ... these instruments were included in the content analysis.Linking the Meaningful Concepts to the ICFA total of 1351 meaningful concepts were identified in the eight instruments. In the P-Scale there...
... I read Matthew Hankins' paper on the use of Ferguson'sDelta [1] as an index of discriminate validity, the smelland fond memories ofthe Lewis Annex swept over me likea soft cloud. ... trigger areflection on the psychometric masters ofthe mid 20thcentury, it caused me to contemplate the debt of gratitudeI and other health outcomes researchers have to the late20th and 21st ... taken the knowledge written and storedin the bowels ofthe Lewis Annex to applications featuredin the center of all brightly-lit health science libraries, and,indeed, informing and changing the...
... points.Delta then indexes the degree to which the instrumentmakes valid discriminations.Wyrwich suggests that the results of another study [6], inwhich the dichotomous scoring method ofthe GHQ-12was ... make much of the examples and their (apparent) shortcomings in thisregard. This seems to me to miss the point: the examplesare to illustrate the utility of Delta as an additional index of an instrument's ... anargument against the use of Delta.It is possible, however, to incorporate these elements into the computation of a coefficient of discrimination ifrequired. As Thurlow [4] pointed out, the only discrimina-tions...
... repulsionbetween them, and hence help to disperse the CNTs [5].Dispersion of CNTs depends upon a number of factors,such as the type of CNTs, their geometry, the relative ratio of CNTs, and the type of surfactant ... presence ofthe attached groupson the outer walls of MWCNTs. The presence of the different chemical groups (-COOH, -SO3H, and-PO3H2) on the walls ofthe MWCNTs and their quanti-tative amounts ... cm-1is due to the disorder or structural defects(D band) in the graphene sheet. The ratio ofthe intensi-ties ofthe D and G bands (ID/IG) is generally taken as ameasure ofthe defect concentration....
... years with the advent ofthe completegenome sequencing of some strains (Barber et al. 2011).Methanogenesis is the final step ofthe anaerobic diges-tion process in the reactor. Other microorganisms, ... onTable5.InFigure2,theMethanosarcina loads were dif-ferentiated in relation to the pre-treatment ofthe inputmaterial (A and B). The difference between the mean of the Methanosarcina levels, during the digestion ... VSadded. The num-ber of msar copies in the sample can be explained by the relevant level of acetate, the substrate of this group, and the high biogas production rate recorded from the reac-tor....
... certainly out of balance with nature. But as the sound ofthe motorcycle recedes into the distance, They can be heard. The clicking of a gecko lizard, the patter of rain on the roof, the roar of thunder, ... soundsof nature cannot be heard any more. But I do hear them. The sounds of nature are sweet and gentle, quite the opposite of man-made sounds. To hear thesoundsof nature in the midst of ... roof, the roar of thunder, the howl of the wind, the rustling of leaves – all are as alive as the ears that can hear them. I have ears that can hear the sweet soundsof nature and I am glad for...
... with herbivory) at the end of the experiments, and n is the number of planted seedlings at the begin-ning ofthe experiment. Where significant F values occurred, the anal-ysis of variance was ... distances in the laboratoryand in the present study thedifferent tree species were notplanted closer than 1.5 m from each other. The pine weevil is one ofthe most serious pests of planta-tions ... blocks at the end of June and in the two remainingblocks at the end of August, 2003. On each occasion, the sky was clearand the measurements were made between 11.00 h and 13.00 h. The seedling...