... psychopathology correspond to improvements in quality of life and, conversely, to investigate the effectof a deterioration or persistence of mental problems in terms of their impact on burden of disease ... health on HRQOL in a longitudinal design and it provides some indication of directionality Future studies should consider more, and more frequent study contacts One further major limitation of this ... questionnaires A third reminder was sent after twenty weeks and any remaining non-respondents were contacted by phone Additionally, the proxy respondent who responded to the postal questionnaire...
... second group The 3rd subgroup consisted of patients with complaints longer than years Secondly, the influence of the duration of pain was studied using results of the total sample in regression ... perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value system of which they live with the relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns." This concept incorporates ... study the effectof duration of pain on HRQoL Methods and materials Sample Patients were recruited from the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University Medical Center Groningen...
... the microcolony assay for 5-FU [20] One explanation for this lower clonogenic cell recov- Regarding oxaliplatin, no previous studies have been published on its effecton jejunal clonogenic crypt ... Clones: Manual of Mammalian Cell Techniques 1st edition Churchill-Living- stone, Edinburgh; 1985 Hanson W, Fry R, Sallese A, Frischer H, Ahmad T, Ainsworth E: Comparison of intestine and bone ... radiation Results A total of 265 mice were used in the study Nineteen died before histological analysis: radiation alone (n = 4), 5-FU alone (n = 1), oxaliplatin alone (n = 6), radiation + 5-FU...
... followup clinic on practical (for example, no time because of a busy job) or emotional (too emotional confrontation with the hospital) grounds and preferred to fill in the questionnaires at home ... HR-QoL Limitations of the present study Several limitations of our study should be acknowledged This is an observational study (without a suitable control group) in one centre The response rate was ... Translation, validation, and norming of the Dutch language version of the SF-36 Health Survey in community and chronic disease populations J Clin Epidemiol 1998, 51:1055-1068 25 Erickson L, De...
... for the further discussion of the effectof transition metals on GFA of the La-Al-TM system Similarly, the effectof a single rare-earth element such as La and Ce on GFA of the RE-Al-Co system ... little work has been done to discuss the effectof these transition metals alone on GFA of La-based samples Hence, a 14 Chapter Introduction systematic approach on the study of GFA in the ternary ... amorphous matrix) as a function of alloy composition Thus by monitoring the microstructure evolution with Chapter Introduction composition variation and avoiding the formation of primary phases, the...
... MAJOR LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION 4.1 Definition of an International Convention 4.2 20 Purposes and ... FEATURES OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 3.1 Definition of an International Declaration 10 3.2 Purposes and typical legal characteristics of the International 10 Declaration on Human ... International Convention on Human Rights in comparison with those of the International Declaration on Human Rights 21 21 4.3.1.2 Remarks 4.3.2 The Beginning 4.3.1.1 The Title and Preamble of the Convention...
... FEATURES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION 20 4.1 DEFINITION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 'International Convention' generally ... Rules on Juvenile Justice; Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict (Convention on the Rightsof the Child) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Convention ... Accession: the manifestation of the agreement of the joining sides of a Convention Through these act the authorities show their consent on the content of the Convention E.g.: This Convention shall...
... Declaration of the Rightsof the Child of 1924 and in the Declaration of the Rightsof the Child adopted by the General Assembly on 20 November 1959 and recognized in the VIII Universal Declaration of ... present Convention shall affect any provisions which are more conducive to the realization of the rightsof the child and which may be contained in: (a) The law of a State party; or (b) International ... other United Nations organs shall be entitled to be represented at the consideration of the implementation of such provisions of the present Convention as fall within the scope of their mandate...
... Amount of Organic Carbon/amount of PAC ( mg g-1) adsorption capacity of PAC does not totally due to the adsorption of DOM on PAC 10 AC AC AC AC PAC on P on P on P on P ion ion tion New tion ba ... aeration tank 3rd incubation of glucose on PAC 4th incubation of glucose on PAC 10 0.1 10 100 1000 -1 E quilibriumC oncentration of 3,5-D P(m l ) C g Figure Adsorption isotherm of 3,5-DCP onto ... aeration tank, and PAC in the bacterial cultivations Summary and conclusions The objective of this study is to clarify the effectof DOM and biofilm on the adsorption capacity of PAC in the aeration...
... in metal concentration in the sediments of receiving watersheds based on the relatively higher concentrations of roadside deposits compared with those of sediments Table Concentration of acid-soluble ... nitric acid digestion ICP-MS model SPQ-9000 (Seiko Instruments) was used for the determination of lead concentration Chloride ion concentrations and suspended solid concentrations (SS) were also ... intrusion was found for the sampling locations based on the completely fresh water level of chloride ion content smaller than 110mg/L in the samples Table gives the results of metal concentration of...
... overall effects of injection timing on combustion, engine performance and emissions are discussed in this section 3.1 Effecton brake thermal efficiency The effectof injection timing on engine ... depends on the combustion properties of the fuel Figure Effectof injection timing on brake thermal efficiency 3.2 Effecton brake specific fuel consumption The brake specific fuel consumption is ... combustion in the cycle leading to lower exhaust temperature Figure Effectof injection timing on exhaust temperature 3.4 Effecton power and mean effective pressure The effectof injection timing on...
... volume of 20 lL Reactions were stopped by the addition of 100 lL of 2· Kirby buffer [25] and 80 lL of H2O, and rRNA was obtained by precipitation after two phenol– chloroform extractions Four ... expression levels and, as such, these mutants could not be purified To assess the effectof substitutions made at each of the arginyl residues on catalytic activity of RTA, the ability of each of the ... different effects on the activity of RTA Whereas, one had no effecton the activity of the enzyme (R258A), others reduced activity by one (R213A, R258D, R48A) or by two (R213D) orders of Ó FEBS...
... dependence of fibrillation rates on seed concentration has been demonstrated previously with the NM domain of Sup35p [31,33] Induction of fibrillation by seeds was also tested using N-WT In the absence of ... a first-order reaction to determine the rates of fibril formation (B) Rates of fibril formation (per day) as a function of the seed concentration Error bars represent variations from two to four ... N-(+7)Ala fibril formation upon addition of seeds Fibrillation in the presence of different concentrations of N-(+7)Ala seeds (seeding) and N-WT seeds (cross-seeding) Rate constants were calculated...
... activation of PLD Functional role of PLD-derived second messengers To determine the extent to which the activation of neutrophil functional responses was dependent on individual PtdCho-derived second ... viability of cells, as assessed by trypan blue exclusion, was >97% and the purity of neutrophil preparations was routinely >96% with
... Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); • the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; • the Convention on ... Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2002) As of May 18, 2005, 31 countries have ratified the treaty Inter-American Commission of Women, Status of Signing and Ratification of the Convention of ... the Convention of Belém Pará, an Inter-American regional human rights treaty expressly addresses violence against women Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of...
... to secondary school education, only 55% of the control group had the same level of education, followed by a primary level of education in 29.2% of the experimental group and 25% of the control ... awareness of management of malaria and the free distribution of these antimalarial drugs by the National Malaria Control Programme It also demonstrated the effectof health education on the proportions ... frontline of care at home The study strongly demonstrated the effectof health education in the home management of malaria There was a statistically significant relationship between the proportions of...
... provided by the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: U.S CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, September 8, 2008 Hon BARNEY FRANK, ... RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No provision of this subsection may be construed as authorizing any imposition or payment of advance fees otherwise prohibited by any provision of law.’’ SEC EXTENSIONS OF ... of the Congress that no provision of this Act should impede the promulgation of regulations in final form under laws in effecton the day before such date of enactment and that such regulations...