... characteristics) on the mediating factors, the
second part (2) contains the direct effects ofthe back-
ground characteristics on HRQoL, and the third part (3)
contains the effects ofthe mediating ... of having a dependent child, or whether this
is caused by the extra caregiving demands. A potential way
to diminish the extra caregiving demands is making use of
respite care. Drawn up from the ... ofthe study and asking their participation.
Parents decided themselves whether the mother or the
father completed the questionnaire. The letter was accom-
panied by the questionnaire, an informed...
... change”). The CPG Disability Score (score
range: 0-100) is derived by multiplying the average of
the three inte rference items by 10. Persisten ce is
assessed in the original CPG by a sking the respondent
to ... The result of Sobel test offered further
evidence for the pa rtial mediating effect of de pression to
the pain-QoL association (z =-4.045,p < 0.001) (Figure 2).
Discussion
We know of no other ... through the mediator of
depression, and 25% ofthe effect was direct. Statistically,
the mediatio n of depression (Model 4: 75%) exerted the
strongest effect (cf. Model 1: 28%). These findings offer
insights...
... explanation of variance by the characteristics
of the disease. The relevance of this block of variables is
mainly due to the doctor facilitation scale ofthe PICS:
patients who experienced the physician ... physicians, the rehabilita-
tion team includes psychologists, nursing staff, exercise
therapists, physiotherapists, nutrionists and social work-
ers. The patient generally has 4-5 therapy sessions ... characteristics ofthe CHD, and risk factors.
Cynicism also proves to be a relevant risk factor for one
of the HRQOL constructs - the physical limitation mea-
sured by the SAQ is less favorable if the...
... test the hypothesis of homogene-
ity of MID across the nine studies. If there was no statisti-
cal evidence of lack of homogeneity, a 95% confidence
interval for the summary estimate ofthe MID ... establish the interpretability ofthe SF-
6D, a new single summary preference-based measure of
health derived from the SF-36.
The SF-36 is one ofthe most widely used HRQoL outcome
measures in the ... information on what a clinically important
difference is for the SF-36 scales. They conclude that the
MCID for the SF-36 is "typically in the range of 3–5
points", although they also recommend...
... And what about this one? This is a paid theme. What you just said makes it sound
like paid themes aren't needed. Is this a bad theme?"
"No, it's a wonderful theme," the ... the old man said, "and tell me the answer on the last day."
â 2008 Hunter Nuttall . com 10
Table of Contents
The Zen of Blogging 1
What isthe Sound of One Hand Clapping? 2
Table of ... The Matrix by The Wachowski Brothers, The Lord of the
Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo, Star Wars by George Lucas, The
Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Tragical History...
... price of a mousetrap?
Customers no longer need to know the price of servers, software and the rest ofthe parts
making up the IT service stack. This knowledge is as useful as knowing the price of ... I discuss one functional transformation that has taken placed as a result of cloud
services, namely; the impact on the assessment of value. This is a timely discourse as the vast
majority of ... mousetrap.
Customers, however, must know the price ofthe equivalent services from other cloud providers. This
is the crucial performance measure. It is only this performance measure that constitutes...
... Estimating the Short-Run and Long-Run Mediating Ef-
fects
One ofthe aims of this paper is to provide estimates of SRM E and LRME. Our
empirical strategy consists of estimating the parameters of both the ... ε
icgbt
(24)
where X is a vector of controls, B the vector of behaviors, ε isthe error term, i denotes
the individual, c the country, t the year ofthe interview, g gender, and b isthe birth
cohort.
Following ... males). While the precision ofthe estimates ofthe effects
of behaviors declines with respect to the micro data, we cannot reject the null hypoth-
esis that these effects are jointly statistically...
... only these kinds of studies are rigorous, as will be
discussed in Section 2 of this report.
2. Synthesise what these studies tell us about:
a. The impact of microfinance on the incomes of
the ... brings together all these studies,
and assesses the nature ofthe evidence ofthe impact of
microfinance on the poor in SSA.
Given this paucity, the particular nature of MFIs in SSA, and
the policy ... poor
b. The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/
wealth ofthe poor
c. The impact of microfinance on other non-financial
outcomes for the poor.
The volume and nature ofthe evidence is varied...
... consider the case of neuroaesthetics. This new branch
of empirical aesthetics is often dened as the study ofthe neural
processes underlying aesthetic experience. In other words, the job of
neuroaestheticians ... psychologist Rolf Reber recently suggested that “art
theorists… dene the criterion ofwhatthe [aesthetic] experience is
expected to be; scientists… provide a test of whether this criterion is
fullled.”
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... monthly honorarium from the Society.
The editor is responsible for the content ofthe journal. The editor is a member ofthe Board of Trust-
ees ofthe Society and serves on the Executive Committee...
... there may be several distinct
derivations that generate the same parse tree. The
probability of a parse tree T is thus the sum of the
probabilities of its distinct derivations. Let t
id
be
the ... in the derivation d that produces
tree T, then the probability of T is given by
P(T) = Σ
d
Π
i
P(t
id
)
Thus the DOP1 model considers counts of
subtrees of a wide range of sizes in computing
the ... t is converted into a context-free rule r
where the lefthand 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...
... prevented
them from trading quite as they wished, the cases on the use of
goods discussed in this Article signal the end ofthe slippery slope
approach of allowing any expansion ofthe type of measures ... on
freedom of movement, namely the criterion of access to the
market.”
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This would be “based on the effect ofthe measure on
access to the market rather than on the object ofthe rules
involved.” ... firm
rejection of siren calls in favor ofthe importance ofthe unity of
the internal market within the European Union.
II. PARADISE REGAINED?
The first ofthe cases under discussion to come...
... I include a discussion ofthe quality ofthe empirical evidence base at
the end of each section.
TABLE 3-1 Matrix ofthe Quality ofthe Evidence and Different Components ofthe Professional Development
System
Quality ... is at these other levels one must look to deter-
mine the impact ofthe NSES on the science curriculum in the nation’s schools.
82 WHATISTHE INFLUENCE OFTHE NSES?
Student Accountability
The ... perspective ofthe landscape, I believe this is a
fair representation ofthe state of knowledge in the field. Adding further pieces of high-quality work would
certainly influence the details ofthe story...
... depths of cut more ef-
fectively, for the desired production objectives. By op-
timisation here ofthe machining parameters, this al-
lows full utilisation ofthe capital equipment, with the
result ... established the current status ofthe tool-
ing within the manufacturing facility, this allows for
a tooling rationalisation campaign to be developed.
Tool rationalisation (Fig. 1) consists of ... of tungsten and a further replacement of man-
ganese by chromium. By 1904, the content of carbon
had been reduced, allowing for more ease in forging
this HSS. Further rapid development of the...