... than for axial (spherical) deformation was provided by Abdalla et al (1969) and Hettiaratchi & Ferguson (1973) For any given (elastic) strain ina cylinder of soil ahead of the root tip, it was ... bed of aggregates by relating root growth rates to penetrometer resistance within individual aggregates, and combining this with information on the probability of roots penetrating the aggregates ... only and unsealed at one end into an unpressurized cell of ballotini An external confining pressure was then applied to the cell, causing the tube partly to deflate The Mechanical impedance to...
... for Canada Winnipeg: Manitoba Health; 1991 Romanow RJ: Building on Values: The Futureof Health Care in Canada Saskatoon: Commission on the Futureof Health Care in Canada; 2002 Laven GA, Beilby ... outreach: Bringing services to areas where they are not locally available Patient travel assistance: Providing financial assistance to patients who have to travel long distances to access medical ... Rural medical education/training: Training physicians in rural or northern areas Medical practice support: Making northern practice less onerous in order to enhance its attractiveness have a long...
... appropriate, as the basic mechanisms and modelling approaches are similar in all kinds of plants WITHIN -TREE ALLOCATION: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND MECHANISM In the last 50 years assimilate allocation in trees ... source-sink distances and the further assumption that N allocation is ruled by a process similar to C allocation 530 A Lacointe As another example, a number ofmodels belonging toa particular class ... root allocation [28] In order to take the seasonal variation of the partitioning pattern into account, several authors [50, 78] interpolated allocation coefficients that had been measured at different...
... Baker RW, Tohen M: Effects of olanzapine alone and olanzapine/fluoxetine combination on health-related quality of life in patients with bipolar depression: secondary analyses ofa double-blind, ... olanzapine and placebo group are shown in Table During acute-phase treatment, a significant improvement was observed in the physical functioning domain of the SF-36 in the olanzapine group During ... results of studies using the SF-36 were amalgamated in Table Inspection of these data indicates that, in general, physical functioning appears to be relatively good in patients with BD (range 63.8...
... had reactive arthritis or PsA MRI of the wrist and finger joints (metacarpophalangeal [MCP], proximal interphalangeal [PIP] and distal interphalangeal [DIP] joints) was performed using 0.2 T and ... found examples of PsA bone oedema involving distal, middle and proximal phalanges of the fingers as well as carpal bones, radius and ulna, and described that in various cases it either appeared ... inflammatory arthritis (RA and SpA); MRI of wrists and fingers, at baseline and after year Not stated 0.2 and 1.5 1997 PsA patient with enthesitis of elbow; MRI evaluation Not stated Tehranzadeh...
... provision in this manner From a pharmacy perspective, a lack of private area and training have been identified as being barriers to greater involvement in information provision [10] Training is an essential ... Retailer Manual, introductory pamphlet and an opportunity to view the NEP Pharmacy Training Video at a time that is acceptable for the NEST Coordinator and the pharmacy staff In the year preceding ... support and training, and ways of improving the service Pharmacists in this study had been qualified for a number of years and had been involved in the Needle Exchange programme for a mean of years,...
... the ability to obtain high vaccination coverage and increase mortality Outbreaks of measles continue to occur in humanitarian emergencies and while routine programs are crucial, additional vaccination ... catch-up and follow-up campaigns in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003 Disasters 2006, 30(2):256-69 Puvimanasinghe JP, Arambepola CK, Abeysinghe NM, Rajapaksa LC, Kulatilaka TA: Measles outbreak in ... focusing on the target age range for mass vaccination campaigns either in response toa humanitarian emergency or in response to an outbreak of measles ina humanitarian context to determine whether...
... not ruining the system overall Cost 15 Warrant officers are managed according to the Warrant Officer Management Act, which was passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for ... than the usual level of effort Thus, an organization must ensure that enough positions are vacated in each grade of the organization each particular year In private-sector organizations, vacancies ... were evaluated relative to their colleagues Those portfolio managers who had a bad midyear evaluation were more likely to invest in more risky assets to increase the probability of gaining a better...
... mite allergens in most Japanese dwellings.65) Dermatophagoides pteronyssiums, and Dermatophagoides farinae are important allergens causing allergies in Japan.66) Chemical Factors VOCs are organic ... Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environ., 1, 27–34 (in Japanese) 126) Kishi, R., Saijo, Y., Kanazawa, A. , Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, T., Chikara, H., Takigawa, T., Morimoto, K., Nakayama, K and Shibata, E (2009) ... K., Sata, F., Katakura, F., Urashima, Y., Hatakeyama, A. , Kobayashi, S., Jin, K., Kurahashi, N., Kondo, T., Gong, Y Y and Umemura, T (2004) Symptoms in relation to chemicals and dampness in newly...
... is general agreement that a woman’s increasing number of pregnancies, increasing length of oral contraceptive use, and increasing duration of lactation are protective against ovarian cancer 34 ... Cite as Lawrence RA 1997 AReviewof the Medical Benefits and Contraindications to Breastfeeding in the United States (Maternal and Child Health Technical Information Bulletin) Arlington, VA: National ... recommended as an adjunct to therapy with INH in adults and adolescents and in breastfeeding infants of mothers receiving INH INH has a maternal half-life of about six hours Food decreases the absorption...
... selecting a therapy The clinician examines the advantages and disadvantages of employing telemonitoring, and also examines the advantages and disadvantages of not employing telemonitoring, which ... must be accurate, reliable, and have continuous access to an alarm center An inaccurate system which raises false alarms wastes valuable healthcare resources; can lead toa lack of confidence in the ... into vest Data forwarding Data processing RF within WPAN and Bluetooth from WPAN and RAU RF None (direct transmission to remote centre) RF Data forwarding Data Processing Data Processing Data...
... self-estimation of competence within the sub-areas (data taken from SetC): Tab Competence good Abstracting Methodolo~ Automatic Extracting Automatic Indicative Abstracting Automatic Informative Abstracting ... Improvement of Automatic Indexing by Semantic Approaches Probabilistic Methods of Indexing Indexing Functions Automatic Indexing of Full-texts in2 Automatic Positional Abstracting Graphic Representation ... Information/Documentation Languages Documentation Languages for Non-Textual Data Information/Documentation Languages for Heterogeneous Domains Determination of Linguistic Relations Adaptation of Ordinary Language...
... housing and into the broader financial markets, weekly outflows from stock and bond funds began to accelerate, reaching percent of fund assets in mid-October Policymakers, wanting to stay abreast of ... for a number of reasons, including minimizing the risk of other market participants front-running their trades (submitting trades in advance of the ETF to take advantage of any predictable changes ... shares at NAV at the end of each trading day ETFs contract with third parties (typically market data vendors) to calculate a real-time estimate of an ETF’s current value, often called the Intraday...
... Daily Total Return Stock Index increased at an average annual rate of 20 percent, and shareholders invested over $100 billion on average annually into international equity funds One factor that ... Wisconsin–Madison Industry and Financial Analysis Sean Collins, Senior Director of Industry and Financial Analysis, heads ICI’s research on the structure of the mutual fund industry, industry trends, ... Americans because it replaces a large share of annual labor income for many low- to moderate-income families At the same time, the creation of IRAs in the 1970s and the expansion of 401(k)s and...
... passenger airlines are Alaska Airlines (AS), America West Airlines (HP), American Airlines (AA), Continental Airlines (CO), Delta Airlines (DL), Northwest Airlines (NW), Southwest Airlines (WN), Trans ... leading to increased aircraft emissions around airports Note, however, that these scenarios are subject toa great deal of uncertainty as to what are available technologies and what will happen ... Chapter Historical Trendsin Aircraft Performance and Cost 3.1 Introduction In this chapter, overall historical trendsin aircraft performance and cost are examined, and their driving factors are...
... ICP-AES as the technique of detection (Zbíral 1994) Methods of statistical analysis Exploratory statistical analysis involves the examination of mean values, coefficients of variation, maximum and ... points) in Finnish forests (Tamminen et al 2004) Such contents can be considered as an example of natural background contents The analyses of organic horizon inforest stands of NFR 40 indicate ... contents of zinc are higher in the area of Jablunkov Pass than in the remaining area of NFR (Fig. 3) Its higher contents are evident in the uppermost mineral horizon along the Jablunkov Pass The...
... compartmental approach cannot assign carbon assimilation rates to individual shoots or leaves (table III) Most of the compartmental models reviewed simulate total carbon gain at the individual tree scale ... resulting ina considerable amount of data In particular, the main features of the annual cycle, including reserve deposition in late summer and fall, partial starch-sugar interconversion in winter, and ... relationships In the functional balance approach, carbon allocation is described so as to maintain a balance between the different growing parts ofatree It is assumed that the carbohydrate investment...
... mice, extra copies ofa gene are integrated at random in the genome ofa recipient animal A dramatic example of the application of this technology to the study ofgrowth genes was presented in the ... interval mapping, a pair of markers is analyzed simultaneously and statistical tests determine the most likely position ofa QTL within that interval [114] To perform interval mapping, a fairly dense ... genome and the possibility of automated typing [8,9,79] http://tbase.jax.org/ 110 P.M Corva, J.F Medrano The available mouse inbred lines are a valuable resource to create mapping populations because...
... McKinley BA, Parmley CL, Tonneson AS: Standardized management of intracranial pressure: a preliminary clinical trial J Trauma 1999, 46:271-279 21 Fakhry SM, Trask AL, Waller MA, Watts DD: Management ... EE, Sattin RW: Using a costbenefit analysis to estimate outcomes ofa clinical treatment guideline: testing theBrain Trauma Foundation guidelines for the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury ... reminders must be updated whenever new evidence or new clinical practice guidelines become available [38] According toa survey of trauma coordinators and nurse managers caring for traumatic brain...