... or the operator ofthe UST must demonstrate financial responsibility, if the owner and operator are different individuals or firms It is the responsibility ofthe owner and operator to decide ... auditing involves three basic steps: conducting the audit, identifying problems (audit findings), and fixing identified deficiencies When the audit process is expanded, to identify and correct ... and remind the auditor of a specific area of focus at the facility This allows the auditor to plan the audit properly and to identify key areas and documents requiring review and analysis This...
... perturbation in the polarity and ⁄ or flexibility ofthe environment of Trp207 and 29 may significantly affect the intrinsic fluorescence ofthe DK9 variant, the higher the surface exposure and flexibility ... to the equilibrium dissociation constant ofthe substrate binding to thrombin [2], Km is the asymptotic Km value in absence of protons, and K and 2K are the equilibrium association constant of ... dependence of both steady-state amidase activity and binding ofthe high-affinity inhibitor a-NAPAP showed pKa values ofthe catalytic His57 higher in DK9 mutant than in WT thrombin Application of the...
... growing body of literature, there is some ambiguity and inconsistency in the use of terminology and this is highlighted in a discussion on the principal insights ofthe RBV into the nature of ... further, producing a list of eight criteria including complementarity, scarcity, low tradability, inimitability, limited substitutability, appropriability, durability and overlap with strategic ... Smithee / Strategic Marketing andtheResource Based View ofthe Firm Strategic Marketing andtheResource Based View ofthe Firm Discourse in the field of strategic marketing has drawn heavily...
... probability ofthe high price prevailing (1-q) is the probability ofthe low price prevailing r is therateof interest The expected value of information is: The expected project NPV (at time 0) if we ... interest is the sum ofthe utility discount factor (reflecting impatience) andthe utility growth factor (reflecting diminishing marginal utility of consumption) Example: economic growth rate: 2% ... benefits and costs? • impatience: people value utility today more highly than utility tomorrow In making choices, future utility is discounted in comparison with utility in the present; • diminishing...
... explore the application of option pricing theory to assets, liabilities, and investment decisions What's New about the Third Edition In the 10 years between the first and third editions, we have gained ... percent, and Italy, with percent, is quite striking But the situation in these countries is changing rapidly, with an increasing proportion of pension assets moving into equities Exhibit 1.2 Pension ... and valuing companies in emerging markets Finally, we explore the application of option pricing theory to assets, liabilities, and investment decisions What's New about the Third Edition In the...
... general information that is given in the cruise line profile won’t be repeated in the individual ship descriptions unless it significantly differs in some way Statistical information for the cruise ... host of onboard activities Like Celebrity, it is always one ofthe highest-rated lines They a good job of combining fun with culturally enriching activities Informative lectures and discussions ... 18 The Mass Market Lines & Their Ships 2005 This includes all ofthe ships of that line and isn’t limited to the number serving the Mexican Riviera and Baja The figure for Under Construction includes...
... physician-provided medical care Articles were then verified for inclusion by consensus ofthe authors, and all authors agreed on the inclusion of all the articles in the final compilation Articles ... identified only three articles with negative evaluations of EM; these were not included in the final compiled list Discussion This review of selected medical literature since 1995 with the compilation ... articles would have missed many ofthe articles that were identified, since many did not have the terms “efficacy” or “effectiveness” in their titles A demonstration ofthe validity of this concern...
... useful aid in differential diagnosis of carcinomas, since primary and metastatic tumors tend to retain the cytokeratin profiles ofthe epithelium from which they arise [13] In his review article, ... development, is expressed in intestinal epithelium and adenocarcinomas In the present study, we compared the sensitivity and specificity of CDX2 expression andthe CK7−/CK20+ phenotype in differentiating ... clinical and therapeutic consequences [1-3] In the setting of carcinomas of unknown primary, clinicopathological correlation and a panel of standard immunostains help define the primary site, and...
... University, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines andthe University of Sydney The proposal for courses in the areas of ... policy and marketing, planning and analysis within Government institutions It is likely that potential research topics in the policy and marketing areas will arise from the training and this ... given the opportunity to evaluate and comment on their visits Comments were invariably positive 3.6 Technical Assistance, Training and Capacity Building The work ofthe members ofthe University...
... explore the application of option pricing theory to assets, liabilities, and investment decisions What's New about the Third Edition In the 10 years between the first and third editions, we have gained ... percent, and Italy, with percent, is quite striking But the situation in these countries is changing rapidly, with an increasing proportion of pension assets moving into equities Exhibit 1.2 Pension ... and valuing companies in emerging markets Finally, we explore the application of option pricing theory to assets, liabilities, and investment decisions What's New about the Third Edition In the...
... favours intensification of rice production that may negatively impact the fishery The main objective of this study was to quantify the yield and value ofthe rice field fishery in an area typical ofthe ... use in the Sangke district About two-thirds ofthe rice cultivation area is rain-fed rice and about one third is floating/recession rice, according to data from the provincial Department of Agriculture ... ‘rain-fed’ rice is grown during the wet season Only 11.1% ofthe rice-field area is within floodplains and comprises recession rice (8.1%) and floating rice (3.0%); the remaining area is riverbank rice...
... experiments HAP participated in the design ofthe study and drafted the manuscript HK participated in the design and conduction ofthe study, was involved in patient care and reviewed the manuscript ... informative than peripheral blood (PB) in differentiating active from inactive lupus patients and in differentiating patients from control individuals [9] In the present article we explored the ... study and drafted the manuscript PS participated in the design ofthe study, performed the statistical analysis ofthe data and drafted the manuscript GB performed the statistical analysis of the...
... respondents for their opinions about the feasibility of DCE In particular, we asked for the completion time, the difficulty ofthe questions, andthe appropriateness of DCE The traditional questions are ... administer and take little time to complete Furthermore, the traditional method is often applied in implementation research, which is a strong indicator of its feasibility DCE, on the other hand ... typical DCE starts with identifying the potential influential attributes In our experiment, the attributes, being the potential barriers and facilitators to the implementation ofthe guideline...
... implementation? Interview respondents consistently identified the presence of an internal champion in their organization as the most important determinant of their ability to engage in CP with patients ... triangulation of findings (e.g., reviewing other records and doing observations in addition to interviews), and more respondent validation [32] Implications for practice, research and policy The aims of ... visit preparation interventions Discussion Main findings A primary finding of our interviews was that 14 of 18 respondents did implement CP after only a single day of training, and with no other...
... implementation? Interview respondents consistently identified the presence of an internal champion in their organization as the most important determinant of their ability to engage in CP with patients ... triangulation of findings (e.g., reviewing other records and doing observations in addition to interviews), and more respondent validation [32] Implications for practice, research and policy The aims of ... visit preparation interventions Discussion Main findings A primary finding of our interviews was that 14 of 18 respondents did implement CP after only a single day of training, and with no other...
... respondents for their opinions about the feasibility of DCE In particular, we asked for the completion time, the difficulty ofthe questions, andthe appropriateness of DCE The traditional questions are ... administer and take little time to complete Furthermore, the traditional method is often applied in implementation research, which is a strong indicator of its feasibility DCE, on the other hand ... typical DCE starts with identifying the potential influential attributes In our experiment, the attributes, being the potential barriers and facilitators to the implementation ofthe guideline...
... is currently accessed ~1,000 times daily If you are a meeting organizer interested in the rapid and broad dissemination (with permanent archiving) ofthe presentations from your conference, it ... formatted scientific information Meeting abstracts published in Retrovirology are initially viewable online in our journal, and are then permanently deposited into the PubMed Central archive Retrovirology ... may be worth your while to consider publishing your meeting in Retrovirology References Abstracts from the 2005 International Meeting ofThe Instituteof Human Virology Retrovirology 2005, 2(Suppl...
... combined with FT this marker had 100% specificity and 75% sensitivity for the diagnosis of compensated cirrhosis, which is not significantly different from the 92% specificity and 67% sensitivity ... Summary ofthe diagnostic value of FibroTest for the staging of hepatic fibrosis and comparisons with hyaluronic acid, the Forns Index andthe APRI Index in patients with chronic hepatitis C, from the ... for fibrosis staging in biopsies measuring 15 mm in length The variability significantly improved in biopsies measuring 25 mm in length but was still very high with a 45% coefficient of variation...
... Early diagnosis and differentiation of critically ill patients is crucial for better prognosis • Differentiation of sepsis is of utmost importance for early direction of proper anti-microbial therapy ... leptin and inflammatory mediator TNF-a and IL-6 is proven in critically ill septic patients • Leptin monitoring is associated with a high degree of efficacy and specificity for differentiation of ... useful in the clinical decision making process A criticism ofthe work is the lack of monitoring ofthe other inflammatory bio-markers which would be more useful if they were combined with serial...
... among the groups except for SOFA score at ICU admission andthe duration ofthe stay in the ICU, which were higher in septic patients (Table 1) There was a significant variation among median values ... sepsis without any organ dysfunction Thirty-five patients were critically ill without evidence of infectious organism (non-sepsis group), 10 patients developing non-septic complications in the ... early interference in critically ill patients suffering from a broad range of diseases in the intensive care unit (ICU) Materials and methods After the study approval by an Investigational Review...