... NGOs Private local business clans and families individuals private sector businesses business associations regional business associations international associations of businesses (e.g in the ... governments and stakeholders will largely affect the success of national responses tothe DESD The most crucial element tothe Decade s success is the scope of the human resources brought together, ... agencies, national governments, civil society organizations and NGOs, experts and specialists; Invites the Director-General to take all necessary measures to further ensure UNESCO s response to United...
... categorizations, which help them to order and make sense of their cases The most obvious examples of these are the systems for the classification of disease (nosologies) used in biomedicine However, like scientists, ... them They had to rely on other methods, such as their assessment of the plausibility of the mother s story, how she responded tothe child and vice versa, and what they could find out SCIENCE AND ... to ‘prove’ or even strongly suggest that the ‘maternal depression’ hypothesis has the best fit It is equally possible to see the mother s depression as a result of her attempts to deal with a recalcitrant...
... different stands in and Poland (stands of pedunculate oak, sessile oak and mixed stands; the number of specimen trees per stand varied between and 20) The majority of the trees were sampled randomly ... characteristics The features of each group (see table I) indicate that group represents pedunculate The oak and group sessile oak For group 3, such an assignment is not possible Pedunculate and sessile ... up to mm in pedunculate oak and between 18 and 25 mm in sessile oak This variation covers about 60% of the trees classified here as pedunculate oaks and only 30% of the sessile oaks The question...
... attitudes towards, and use of, EBTs in substance abuse programs serving AI/ AN communities We then classified these issues based on Greenhalgh et al. s [86] summary of the factors associated with the ... the conception and design of thestudy He chaired the advisory board discussions that identified the central issues discussed in this paper and was responsible for compiling these discussions ... concerns about the use of EBTs in substance abuse programs strongly suggests that it is largely factors external to these programs that are driving the move towards the use of EBTs Unless there...
... Hypertension Physical inactivity Illicit drugs Air pollution Deaths (thousands) As % of total deaths YLLs (thousands) As % of total YLLs YLDs (thousands) As % of total YLDs DALYs (thousands) As % ... Comparability of Disease Burden Assessments While the first Global Burden of Disease Study set new standards for measuring population health, the basic units of analysis for thestudy were the World Bank ... epidemiological research on exposure and outcomes As a result, comparability across estimates of disease burden due to different risk factors is difficult to establish Moreover, classical risk factor research...
... Eleven of these dealt with musculoskeletal disorders and 12 with non-muscular disorders The objective of the rest of the case studies could not be determined based on the titles alone Discussion Only ... used the same search terms in MEDLINE, but limited the search to different types of publications There were 32 reviews, 118 letters, editorials, addresses or comments, and 113 case reports/case ... reviews, case reports/series, letters, editorials, guidelines and comments Type of participants Children and adolescents (2-18 years of age) with musculoskeletal disorders Studies relating to infants...
... individual 's susceptibility to diseases, these inherited factors are not the entire story Witness the fact that immigrants tend to acquire the disease rates of their adoptive countries, presumably ... digestible complex carbohydrates, and indigestible complex carbohydrates Simple carbohydrates, such as glucose, fructose, sucrose, and lactose, are also called sugars Some sugars taste sweet—such ... elements are arranged into rings, andthe rings can be strung together into chains that are two rings to thousands of rings long (see Figure 3.2) Scientists distinguish carbohydrates as being either...
... level of adherence to these evidence- based practices (see Figure 2.1) SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS STORIES AND A CASE EXAMPLE The following success stories and case example in supported employment ... collaboration reviews research, based on a set of principles, and makes the reviews available to subscribers It also conducts workshops and training on this topic A similar British institution is the Centre ... sustain the evidence- based practices.” Thus, the last chapters provide an initial look into the “ black box” with suggestions for understanding and overcoming possible resistance to evidence- based...
... forms of transport (such as SMTP) are also possible SOAP supports both message-passing and RPC call semantics This is a sample SOAP call as it appears on -the- wire POST /StockQuote HTTP/1.1 Host: ... business partner, a Java servlet uses JAX/RPC to receive the XML-based request Once this request is received, the servlet can perform the business processing and return results back tothe business ... beans include stocks, orders, customers, employees, and accounts MessageDriven Beans are message-oriented components They receive messages using message-oriented middleware, such as IBM MQSeries...
... interviews were then independently coded for content themes to test the codebook In cases where coders disagreed, differences were discussed until consensus was reached Consensus involved the discussion ... presenting the intervention letter simply as a task they were to complete Perhaps correspondingly, provider responses suggest there was little if any pressure to prescribe or sense of dissatisfaction ... care suggests providing patients with evidence- based educational materials in clinics may assist providers in justifying evidence- based treatment decisions [19,20] Thestudy reported here follows...
... intervention Thestudy reported here investigated the third of these: processes underlying change or lack of change to assess possible reasons for the success or lack of success of the intervention The ... was practice size In smaller practices, GPs and nurses had stronger intentions to measure blood pressure, and GPs had stronger intentions to prescribe statins This is consistent with the results ... analysis predicting intention to prescribe statins Discussion This study was a theory-based process evaluation undertaken to investigate the cognitive processes underlying trial effects In addition,...
... extracted lessons about how to market tothe VISN and facility segments from its experience with the first-generation TIDES sites, as well as from systematic discussions with VISN leaders and facility ... TIDES model was effective and costeffective [42,43] The EBQI method shows subsequent TIDES sites what to implement and how to implement it Nevertheless, the success of TIDES dissemination depends ... measures, or additional resources The TIDES team must therefore be able to explain the benefits and costs of TIDES that is, its "business case" [46] in comparison to competing initiatives and...
... interviews were then independently coded for content themes to test the codebook In cases where coders disagreed, differences were discussed until consensus was reached Consensus involved the discussion ... presenting the intervention letter simply as a task they were to complete Perhaps correspondingly, provider responses suggest there was little if any pressure to prescribe or sense of dissatisfaction ... care suggests providing patients with evidence- based educational materials in clinics may assist providers in justifying evidence- based treatment decisions [19,20] Thestudy reported here follows...
... methods These are paradoxical findingsThe seventh issue is observer bias andthe lack of an objective gold standard for VAP In part this issue relates tostudy design andthe blinding of observers ... analysis The first analytic issue is the method of study selection The objective here was to evaluate theevidencebase as represented within systematic and other reviews Hence a new literature search ... studies and yet have a profoundly uneven distribution between the SDD studies versus other studies This is in contrast tothe inconsistent strength and direction of the known VAP risk factors...
... buffer was subjected to HPLC assay Figure HPLC analysis of the synthesis and release of DA by RPE cells HPLC analysis of the synthesis and release of DA by RPE cells.(A) HPLC analysis of standard ... expression, 15 mg wet tissues with microcarriersRPE cells and tissues with microcarriers were lysed for ELISA assay The lysis buffer was prepared according tothe manual in a ratio of mg tissue to ... minute Then the sections were dehydrated and sealed Statistics All data were expressed as means ± SEM Independent ttest followed by post hoc Bonferroni tests were used for the analysis of other...
... companies offer varying benefits and these can range from the sensible, such as pensions, tothe sublime like duvet days, to unusual extras such as alternative medicine Benefits are broken down into ... Worthington s sponsorship of the League Cup Effectively, we operate a press office which acts as an interface between the brand andthe media Getting results is always satisfying Setting up a photocall ... Times – they take this stuff home to show their kids – it is mad!” Anthony Scammell Account Manager Golin/Harris International English Literature/Sociology graduate The client is Bass Brewers, and...
... information sources, UK PR consultancies with client listings & specialisations, regional PR guide, world PR contacts, sponsorship specialists, government advisors, and service providers Sponsorship ... Press (www.ukpress.org) Online forum for members of the press and PR people who wish to discuss topics of interest and make useful contacts The Internet Public Relations Discussion List (www.audettemedia.com) ... (www.prnet.co.uk) Web-based newswire service for press releases Hollis (www.hollis-pr.co.uk) The web version of the Hollis Press & PR Annual which provides media sources, in-house news contacts, national...
... interfaces RDF interface Description Mostly used for retrieving nsIRDFService datasources, resources, and literals It also registers and unregisters datasources and resources nsIRDFCompositeDataSource ... any sort of RDF processing, you need to use the nsIRDFService interface It provides the basics for working with datasources, resources, and literals, and is useful when you process RDF data nsIRDFService ... available to other instances of the RDF Service Registered resources work the same way as datasources in the RDF Service: if a resource is registered with the RDF Service, then it is available...