... 4,14]. The two Hbs have the b-chain in common, with the exception of those of Cygnodraco mawsoni [15] which share the a-chain. Therefore, Nototheniidae (and all Notothe-nioidei) are generally characterized ... acuticeps and C. mawsoni).However, the lack of a clear relationship with the Hbsequences of other nototheniid species suggests that in thiscase the evolution ofthe oxygen-transport system hasoccurred ... Fishes ofthe SouthernOcean. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, South Africa.21. Balushkin, A.V. (1992) Classification, phylogenetic relationships,and origins ofthe families ofthe suborder Notothenioidei(Perciformes)....
... irrespective ofthe amount ofthe loan. However, the larger the loan, the larger the amount ofthe repayment installment, and a large installment may strain the repayment capacity ofthe borrower ... b) There has, therefore, to be a linkage between the amount ofthe loan and the tenure ofthe loan. It is, therefore, suggested that for loans not exceeding Rs. 15,000, the tenure ofthe loan ... considerations, the essential featuresof credit for Microfinance which have evolved are as under:- a) The borrowers are low-income groups. b) The loans are for small amounts. c) The loans are without...
... demonstrated the role of PufX in the orientation ofthe RC inside the LH1Fig. 4. Isolation ofthe PMCs on a sucrose gradient. The final detergentextracts from the ICM were loaded on the top of a 10–40% ... PufXD2)7neither affects the photo-synthetic capability ofthe bacteria nor the efficiency of exchange ofthe ubiq uinol molecules between th e RC and the bc1, a s judged from the reduction kinetics of ... residues ofthe LH1 apolypeptide in the organization ofthe LH1–RC complex[12]. In the present work, we have investigated the possible involvement ofthe N-terminus and of the C-terminus of PufX...
... abuse their office andinfluence to the injury ofthe laws and peace ofthe country. The elimination ofthe Christian teachers of the Negro race, and the prevention ofthe immigration of workers ... as their peculiar needs demanded. In the agricultural sections the first duty ofthe teacher ofthe blacks was to show them how to get their living from the soil. This was the final test of their ... resulting from the proximity of the communities, and to the coöperation ofthe Canadians. The previous experience of most of theseadventurers as sojourners in the free States developed in them such...
... SomniferumOn the banks ofthe Ganges some distance east of Benares, in the most wretched and neglected part of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, lies the little town of Ghazipur. It is not much of ... make the same experiment and arrive at the same result.* Whatever the reason, however, by the second half ofthe eighteenth century the Chinese were in firm possession ofthe technique of smoking ... until the intense dry heat ofthe north Indian plain had lowered the water content to 30 percent. Then it and the poppy petal sheets went together to the caking room.Down the sides ofthe caking...
... and 42 (8%) of unknown gender.It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample.Distribution ... Scale Scores are computed as the sum ofthe items divided by the number of items answered (this accounts for missingdata). If more than 50% ofthe items in the scale are missing, the Scale Score ... SummaryScore, the mean is computed as the sum ofthe itemsdivided by the number of items answered in the Emo-tional, Social, and School Functioning Subscales. The sequenti al validation procedure of the...
... Magnitudes in the correlations of all DQOL domains with the physical relevant domains of the D-39S (diabetes control and energy/mobility) wereslightly larger than with other domains ofthe D-39S(social ... ≥ 0.2)because these two instruments center on burden of diabe-tes treatment and symptoms of glycemic control. We alsohypothesized that, compared to the RAND-12 the DQOLand the D-39S would ... discriminant validity of the DQOL against the D-39S and the RAND-12. In general,domain scores ofthe DQOL were moderately correlatedwith the D-39S (except sexual functioning) and the RAND-12 PHC...
... toxicity of chemotherapy or the isolation to which the individual is subjected [9,15]. The analysis ofthe correlation between the scores the chil-dren/adolescents obtained and those obtained by the guardians ... determine the impact of disease andtreatment on the quality of life of patients. Moreover,decisions for the implementation of improvements inpublic healthcare may be adopted based on the impact of interventions ... hospitals ofthe city. A total of 190 families of Bra-zilian children between the ages of 2 and 18 years, of bothgenders, with malignant neoplasm in various phases of treatment or control of the...
... Comparisons to the mean scores of the other subscales within the present study to those of the previous PedsQL™ school study [3], the mean scoreson the social functioning scale of both healthy ... Chi-square is a test of exact fit. With large samples, there is considerable powerto reject the null hypotheses, even though the model mayfit the data well. Therefore, other goodness of fit ... home, thenreturned them to school via students. Parents were askedto return the surveys even if they chose not to consent toparticipate. The students completed their questionnaireafter the parents...
... the early phase ofthe phrenic neurogram are different from those observed for gasping. However, the patterns that mark the late phase ofthe phrenic neurograms are still the same as those of gasping.Conclusion: ... gasping for the first week of postnatal age in piglets. After the first week of postnatalage, the duration ofthe phrenic neurogram burst significantly increases and the patterns during the early ... maturation. The dominant burst type activ-ities disappeared during the early phase ofthe phrenicneurogram although the burst activity and the continuousactivity remained, but both them appear at the...
... adults, randomlyselected from the Registry ofthe Health Authorities ofthe city of Bologna, Italy. The primary carephysician of each subject was contacted to report on the subject's health ... is an ongoing process of learn-ing more about the construct, making new predictionsand then testing them. It is a process where the theory and the measure are assessed at the same time [22]Our ... applicability. The primary goal of our study was to assess the applicabil-ity, internal consistency, and construct validity ofthe Ital-ian version ofthe EQ-5D in a random sample of the citizens of Bologna...
... version, the interviewer was the child’sparent. After the parent completed the parent proxyreport separately from their child, they read out the questions for the child’ s self-report and marked the answers. ... half of the guardians rated their economic level as ‘lo w’ becausemost mothers had to quit their job to take care of theirchildren.There was no statistically significant difference in the ratio ... demonstrate the feasibility of the Japanese version ofthe PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module.Discussion The present study demonstrated t he reliability, validity,and feasibility ofthe Japanese version of the...
... between physical functioning factor of children and their parents is their different perception ofthe construction ofthe mentioned items. Hence, the loading ofthe first four items including, ... investigation of only a sample from Tehran, the capital city of Iran, may limit the generalizability of the findings to other parts of Iran. Further Iranian PedsQLTM studies in the other regions ... self-reports and the parent proxy-reports. In the parent-report, the first factor consisted of items 1 to 6 and the second factor consisted of items 7 and 8; however in the children report, the first...