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... paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally and the remainder augmented with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and rent the peak’ Conclusion The customer’s overall ... with an assessment of value The assessment of value of cloud services can only include a comparison against other cloud providers The comparison of cost between traditional IT investment and cloud ... Outsourcing RFP COW is too FAT AMS - The next stage inthe evolution of IT Outsourcing Outsourcing’s Two Evils Apply CREAMS to your IT Outsourcing pain Sourcing’s Five Critical Governance Processes The...
... smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index - contribute to explaining the gradient The size of this contribution is larger when we consider the entire history of behaviors rather than ... three binary indicators: whether the mother died early, whether the father died early and whether the mother and the father where present when the individual was aged 10 The extracted principal ... smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index – contribute to explaining the gradient We find that the effects of education on smoking, drinking, exercising and eating a proper diet account...
... microfinance Appendix 3.2: Details of 35 studies included inthe map Appendix 4.1: Further details of 15 studies included inthe in- depth synthesis Appendix 4.2: Narrative synthesis of findings ... synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the wealth ofthe poor Appendix 4.3: Narrative synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the non-wealth outcomes ... microfinance Invest inthe future Lift out of poverty Increase education, health etc 1.2.1 Whatis microfinance? The term ‘micro-credit’ was first coined inthe 1970s to indicate the provision of...
... fields; raising the profile of aesthetics and the philosophy of art within the profession of philosophy; collaborating with academic societies of aesthetics in other countries; fostering common interests ... We ask: is there a role for touching inthe aesthetic division of labour, which is indisputably dominated by the seeing and hearing that seem to safeguard the distance between the work of art ... inthe Philosophy of Science, 262, Springer 2010 Croft, J The Challenges of Interdisciplinary Epistemology in Neuroaesthetics.” Mind, Brain, and Education, 2011: 5, 5-11 the second half of the...
... side of r corresponds to the root label of t and the righthand side of r corresponds to the frontier labels of t Indices link the rules to the original subtrees so as to maintain the subtree's internal ... accuracy.) 4.4 The impact of structural context Instead of investigating the impact of lexical context, we may also be interested in studying the importance of structural context We may raise the question ... could be the case that DOP's gain in parse accuracy with increasing subtree depth is due to the model becoming sensitive to the influence of lexical heads higher inthe tree, and that this gain could...
... Houdini-like in its contortions in its findings on whether or not the Keck conditions for removing measures from the scope ofthe Dassonville basic principle are satisfied.10 The issue of whether ... is therefore, in my view, preferable to examine measures of that kind inthe light ofthe Treaty rules rather than to remove them from the scope ofthe Treaty.79 Inthe light of these three reasons, ... rules relating to the use of goods fall within the scope of article 34 TFEU Fortunately, the judgments mark a firm rejection of siren calls in favor ofthe importance ofthe unity ofthe internal...
... Wulf is president ofthe National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate ... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine ... organization of outstanding engineers It is autonomous in its administration and inthe selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal...
... that the MCID for the SF-36 is "typically inthe range of 3–5 points", although they also recommend caution in interpreting 3–5 points on the SF-36 dimensions as the MCID [23] The method of scoring ... may be influenced by the degree of homogeneity or heterogeneity inthe sample Distribution-based methods rely on expressing an effect in terms ofthe underlying distribution ofthe results Investigators ... worsening of health (GRoC of or 2) the sign ofthe change inthe SF-6D score was reversed (i.e multiplied by minus one) The MID was then taken as the mean change on the SF-6D scale ofthe patients...
... as the first-line test inthe case of suspected appendicitis, and its use is increasing [15,16,20] In this international study, we compared theperformanceof CT and US inthe evaluation of suspected ... continued to serve as the primary modality in many hospitals in Israel The reasoning behind the use of ultrasound in Israel is likely multi-factorial In 2000, only 38 CT scanners were operating in ... standpoint, participated inthe design ofthe study, performed the statistical analysis, and participated inthe drafting ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing...
... the final product isthe result of ‘wetting’ by the liquid present upon sintering The extent of this ‘wetting’ during liquid-phase sintering, being dependent upon molten binder metal dissolving ... inserts consist of: • ‘Pure’ ceramic – this isthe traditional tooling insert material, consisting of aluminium oxide The alumina is white in colour and is produced by cold pressing powder inthe desired ... (Fig 8a) This contained tooling within the reactor, is heated in an inert atmosphere until the coating temperature is reached and the coating cycle is initiated by the introduction of titanium...
... to maintain working excellence atmosphere Because theperformanceof an individual in a large organization where the air is due to work or the work culture ofthe organization that brings Increase ... strategy ofthe business Staff are not trained or not trained fit isthe main cause leading to the current state enterprises are not competitive enough inthe market 2 Conflict resolution Resolving ... order in which it needs to be completed • • Organisational skills are sequences of routines in every single area of everyday living or working Organisational skills are sequences of routines in...
... hepatoma or extrahepatic diseases, as well as determining the patency ofthe portal vein and the origin and branching patterns ofthe hepatic arterial system Accurate knowledge ofthe hepatic parenchymal ... anatomy is crucial to reducing the frequency of complications during and after the transplantation [7,11,36] The goal of this study was to demonstrate the liver imaging of Yucatan micropigs using the ... by placing the region of interest cursor over the vessel of interest (descending thoracic aorta), and the level ofthe trigger threshold was set at an increase of 40 HU Two seconds after the trigger...
... management of incidental findings in research studies has not been raised in musculoskeletal imaging It is important given the increasing use of MRI intheinvestigationof OA by researchers trained ... more precise prevalence estimate However, this isthe first study in this area Our findings raise issues for the planning of studies and ethical issues related to the obligation ofthe physician-researcher ... radiologist or other suitably trained specialist review all the images or just the baseline images in a longitudinal study This will also add to the cost ofthe research study Despite the increasing...
... role inthe aetiology ofthe disease itself [44] Disease stage and phase of therapy In PSV, and especially in SVV, the therapeutic approach usually consists of an induction of remission and a maintenance ... [45]) For induction, more aggressive regimens, including Cyc and higher GC doses, are utilised Furthermore, in SVV the selection of drugs depends on the stage ofthe disease: inthe localised and ... events, including severe infections in 31% [40] Schmidt and colleagues [41] reported a relative risk of severe infections - that is, infections leading to hospitalisation - of 2.44 inthe first...
... findings within existing literature The weakest section of reporting across studies was planning ofthe interventions, with less than half of studies including any ofthe five elements outlined ... established, the barriers and facilitators to establishing and implementing teams and team initiatives, as well as the strength ofthe evidence about the impact of team initiatives Before embarking ... [123] A strength of this review was the quality appraisal of reporting excellence using the newly established SQUIRE guidelines Ogrinc et al [17] have called for excellence in reporting as a means...
... mass starting at the level ofthe carina, occluding the right main bronchus completely Histopathological examination of a bronchoscopic biopsy ofthe mass was suggestive of a neuroendocrine tumor ... mucoepidermoid carcinoma Axial section of positron emission tomography (PET), computedtomography and PET -computed tomography images of 18F FDG scan showing mild FDG uptake inthe histologically proved ... (68Ga-DOTATOC) findings inthe histologically proved low grade left bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma Axial section of positron emission tomography (PET), computedtomography and PET -computed tomography...
... VAT using a 3.5 MHz probe, cm above the umbilicus The SAAT was defined as the thickness between the skin-fat interface and the linea alba, and the VAT was defined as the distance between the anterior ... the moment of study Discussing possible mechanisms and explanations for our findings, we can argue that IR presence isthe most important factor in determining the fat deposition in organs (in ... to a stringent homeostasis model assessment of IR (HOMA) cut-off (>or = 1.95 as insulin resistant) [16] Exclusion criteria were a history of infectious chronic diseases including hepatitis B and...
... scan ofthe abdomen was performed at the end ofthe treatment and then again in June 2007; a second PET/CT study with FDG was performed in June 2007 The CT scan showed the persistence ofthe mesenteric ... presents an increase in glucose metabolic activity Therefore, PET study can lead to a more precise staging ofthe disorder since the disease can be present in normal-sized lymph nodes as in our case ... Competing interests Authors' contributions The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests EP isthe senior author and was involved in collecting patient details, reviewing the literature...
... considered This interesting approach was successful inthe experimental setting of acute lung injury and needs to be verified in clinical indications other than lung transplantation Competing interests ... transplantation Inthe cases of graft failure, brain death and infection ofthe donor lung, reduced surfactant function is aggravated by preservation ofthe graft, ischaemia and reperfusion Therefore, ... substitution of surfactant may bridge the patient to recovery ofthe graft The combination of iNO and surfactant proved to be successful in experimental severe reperfusion injury [15], strengthening Della...