11 what is the use of a meta analysis

... is plotted against hardness to indicate the range of influence of each tool material and the comparative relative merits of one material against another, with some of their physical and mechanical ... ‘conventional tooling’ and are a primary cause of heat generation and premature face/edge wear Here, the high tool wear is attributable to both the abrasiveness of the hard particles present and chemical ... lightweight, they have hard, abrasive particles present to give added mechanical strength, the disadvantage of such non-metallic/metallic inclusions in the workpiece’s substrate are that The HCl gas is a...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 23:20

... solution The latter has the additional attributes of being available anywhere, at anytime and on any device If it was only a simple as a mouse-trap The complication is that for most customers they already ... should use when assessing cloud value AMS is the paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally and the remainder augmented with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and ... customers have this tumour, and they should actively avoid growing it In another ebook, I explain a new business paradigm, Augmented Managed Services (AMS) This is yet another approach businesses...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 02:20

... of a separate approach is that a clear distinction is drawn between more classic health and life issues and specific safety issues This view only strengthens the argument that the case-law-based ... is coherent in its approach Then logical reasoning disappears and the Grand Chamber defers to the Italian arguments wholesale, almost giving the appearance of a compromise; the rejection of the ... turn, affects the access of that product to the market of that Member State[,]” is also found in paragraph 56 of Commission v Italy, in paragraph 57 the Grand Chamber made it clear that the measure...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 06:20

... evaluations of microfinance programmes within Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Uganda and Zimbabwe, and include both rural and urban initiatives ... interventions, and two were of savings schemes alone They include evaluations of programmes within Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Uganda and Zimbabwe ... Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe One study also included data from Haiti Of these 35 studies, 33 evaluated the impact of microcredit,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... ideas can flow and flourish, follow some of these basic leadership and management practices 7)Information processing and thinking capacity • The power of your brain is incalculably large The manager ... of the communication object This is the basis of the importance of communication, handling conflict and negotiation 4)Communications • The ground rules of communication to became a good Manager ... Cor, meaning heart It means to give courage, confidence or hope Having courage is having the ability to disregard fear and to be brave The easiest way to be brave and fearless is to listen to and...

Ngày tải lên: 26/12/2014, 08:36

... see And what about this one? This blog has an image for every single post That must be a waste of time Is this a bad use of images?" "No, it's a wonderful use of images," the old man said "Great ... social media site on the face of the earth I didn't even know there were so many It seems a bit much Is this a bad use of social media?" "No it's a wonderful use of social media," the old man said ... that world? Is this a bad use of social media?" "Ponder that question," the old man said, "and tell me the answer on the last day." "But master," I said, "the last day is tomorrow." "Yes," the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 04:20

... polyserial correlation matrix instead of the usual correlation matrix as the starting point of the principal component analysis The polychoric correlation matrix is a maximum likelihood estimate of the ... Furthermore, the percentage of individuals who was in poor health at age 10 was 9% among Spanish males and 11% among Spanish females There is less variation between genders in the parental background ... Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State”) The SHARE data collection has been primarily funded by the European Commission through the 5th, 6th and 7th framework programme, as well as from the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... unusual and that other states and districts took advantage of these documents if available at the time they engaged in developing the standards It is reasonable that states would also attend ... Education Standards In 1999, Gallagher was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching He also is a Fellow of the American Association ... S ? there really is no evidence that standards-based investment and standards-based practice is affecting the achievement gap between African American and/or Hispanic and European American students...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 12:20

... Recruitment and training   Staff training is an integral part of the overall development strategy of the business Staff are not trained or not trained fit is the main cause leading to the current state ... Good organization • • A manager must be able to plan, direct, coordinate, and organize through out the day 1 Good organization Summary, organization is an important management quality because keeping ... maintain working excellence atmosphere Because the performance of an individual in a large organization where the air is due to work or the work culture of the organization that brings Increase...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 10:33

... defined as the thickness between the skin-fat interface and the linea alba, and the VAT was defined as the distance between the anterior wall of the aorta and the internal face of the recto-abdominal ... it is possible that SAAT actually contributes a more absolute risk because SAAT volume is greater than VAT [19]; jjjj) in adults, visceral fat is directly associated with liver inflammation and ... inflammatory markers and, in few cases, minimal elevation of aminotransferase can exist in this particular population, at least at the moment of study Discussing possible mechanisms and explanations...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:22

... is a rare syndrome of intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin that is rapidly progressive and often accompanied by vascular collapse and disseminated intravascular coagulation ... yet another pharmaceutical to the list of potential causes of leukocytoclastic vasculitis will significantly add to our understanding of the etiology of this disease Noting the atypical nature of ... treatment of leukocytoclastic vasculitis and discussion All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors thank Dr Martin Lewis of the Department of Pathology at HCA Largo...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:20

... was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal In another ... within the myometrium of the proximal and intramural portion of the fallopian tube [5] Most of the risk factors of ectopic pregnancies are known The most common risk factors are: history of pelvic ... inflammatory disease, smoking, induction of ovulation, history of ectopic pregnancy, previous pelvic surgery and the use of IUDs [5] Whether salpingitis associated with IUD use is a cause of ectopic...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... Galaxis To increase the accuracy of the assessment, all three planes (sagittal, axial, and coronal) were utilized CBCT images were taken at two time frames; once at the start of treatment (T1) and ... image volume from the data of 200 individual exposures generated from a pulsed scan and required for image generation Image manipulation was carried out using the manufacturer’s software, Galaxis ... example, if the anterior teeth (canines and incisors) reacted differently to the posterior teeth (premolars and molars) Statistical Analysis The mean of the root lengths were measured in mm and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:21

... surfactant function is aggravated by preservation of the graft, ischaemia and reperfusion Therefore, substitution of surfactant may bridge the patient to recovery of the graft The combination of ... in an ischaemia/reperfusion model in minipigs by preventing plasma leakage [11] A further improvement in graft function and better maintenance of the small aggregate/large aggregate ratio was found ... transplantation? A body of evidence has been established that indicates that surfactant function after lung transplantation is reduced in all cases However, after an uncomplicated lung transplant procedure,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... met to establish consensus If relevant data were missing or unclear from a particular trial, we attempted to contact the primary author of that study Statistical analysis Meta- analysis was performed ... purpose of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta- analysis of exogenous surfactant administration to assess whether this therapy, as currently administered, may be useful in adult patients ... data available for analysis of the change in oxygenation and insufficient data for assessment of ventilation characteristics It is possible that we may have missed some published and unpublished...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... 3201.0) Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2005 ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Life Tables, Victoria 2002–2004 (Catalogue No 3302.2.55.001) Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2005 ... confidence interval; ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics; AUD: Australian Dollar; cov: covariance; DALY: disability-adjusted life year; HlthCard: health card; ICC: intra-cluster correlation coefficient; ... (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2001, Basic Community Profile (Catalogue No 2001.0) Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2002 ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) National Health Survey...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... microcirculation at the precapillary level Considering the fact that initial damage to the airway appeared to drive the pathophysiology of the parenchyma, investigators hypothesized that the bronchial ... microvasculature, where they are impaled by the narrow pulmonary capillaries The activated neutrophils release reactive oxygen species and proteases that damage the parenchyma [15] The final proof ... Many of the neutrophils, however, have been activated in the bronchial areas – their F-actin is activated and the cells are stiff and cannot deform These stiff cells are carried to the pulmonary...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... medical ICU of the author's hospital YHS is a registrar in the division of respiratory and critical care of the author's hospital DP is a research assistant CYH is the head of the biostatistics ... for a difference of at least 0.05 unit PRBC/patient/day with a standard deviation of 0.15 units PRBC/patient/day Statistical analysis We expressed variables as means ± standard deviations and ... hospital LTK is the head of the division of respiratory and critical care medicine of the author's hospital PL is the nurse clinician of the medical ICU of the author's hospital Acknowledgements The...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... this device could be used as an auxiliary tool for evaluating the accuracy of bag-valve mask ventilation The main conclusion is that when patients are well under anaesthesia, are hemodynamically ... without evacuation of the axilla as well as other breast reconstruction work The patient median age was 56 years (range 40-77) and they were all classified as ASA I or II according to the American Society ... patients, ETI is regarded as the gold standard for airway management in ALS, even if the airway management can be easily Lindström et al Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20