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... international treaties and conventions (e.g International Code of Conduct for Information Security, Convention on Cyber crime) related to information security if they are compatible with the national ... awareness on information security across public and private organisations, 2008 For further information on how to organise an information security month, see European Month of Network and Information ... http://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/cert/securitymonth/deliverables/2011/europeansecuritymonth 22 National Cyber Security Strategies Practical Guide on Development and Execution  Support and brand European or international information security...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... Netherlands Page of 10 Authors’ contributions BS is responsible for the initial draft of this article, and for the development, organization and implementation of the study BvM and BK have contributed ... experimental condition and five nurses from the control condition will be included in the study Participation takes place on a voluntary basis Nurses who participate in the experimental condition will ... large mental health organisation in the Netherlands One team is indicated as the experimental condition and the other as the control condition Both CMHC teams provide long-term outpatient care for...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... study Transcription run -on assay Nuclear isolation, transcription elongation reactions and hybridizations were performed as described previously with minor modifications [7] Subconfluent H441 cells ... NCI-H441, and human fetal lung explants H441 cells resemble bronchiolar epithelial Clara cells in phenotype and produce both SP-A and SP-B mRNA and protein [14] The hormonal regulation of SP-A and ... concentration when added alone Wortmannin blocked the inhibitory effect of insulin on SPA mRNA at every concentration (n = 4) (B) Rapamycin, an inhibitor of p70 S6 kinase activation, added alone...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... sICAM-1, and sVCAM-1, and RIA kits for IL-1) and were used according to manufacturer's instructions All the measurements were done within months of the sample collection Intra-assay and interassay ... cytokines and adhesion molecules can predict survival Indeed, and in contrast to BALF values, serum levels of IL-1 and adhesion molecules exhibited a high positive predictive value, sensitivity and ... fibroproliferation in late ARDS: patterns of response and predictors of outcome Chest 1994, 105:15161527 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Available online http://respiratory-research.com/content/3/1/25...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... examination and comparison of care and outcomes in patients with and without HIV/AIDS with similar serious disease processes Conclusion In conclusion, we found a difference in care and outcome ... hospitalization costs) and should have had more ICU utilization Sasse and Wachter and colleagues [24-26] speculated that there is clinical bias that stems from a conception of HIV as a 'terminal' condition ... analysis, we assessed only those admitted with respiratory infections but without opportunistic infections and compared outcomes for those with and without HIV infection In the second analysis, we...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... has made substantial contributions to study conception and design CV has made substantial contributions to study conception and design and data collection Authors' information *Members of the 'Sopravvivere ... substantial contributions to study conception and design, data analysis and has been involved in drafting the manuscript LR has made substantial contributions to study conception and design, acquisition ... and has been involved in drafting the manuscript LD has made substantial contributions to study conception and design and acquisition of data MM has made substantial contributions to study conception...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... research questions deindustrialisation; and structured national as response; follows: historical regional development; response; changing socioeconomic context and social protection Chapter contains ... between continental Europe and all the UK regions considered One example is economic inequality The continental European Regions demonstrated less economic inequality than the UK regions but there ... daily smokers in WCS and Silesia Figure 6.8: Frequency of alcohol consumption in Scotland and South Poland Figure 6.9: Degree of alcohol consumption in Scotland and South Poland Figure 6.10: Number...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2014, 21:52

... England viewed the world in a sacred-profane divide Every action and activity was CULTURAL INFLUENCES 35 defined as holy and sacred or worldly and profane Money and a focus on handling money ... mind, confront others and not show favoritism This allows auditors to be more confrontational with management if any questions arise in an audit A collectivist culture finds confrontation to be ... compromise and avoid confrontation in order to keep the necessary balances aligned (Harrison & McKinnon, 1986) This, too, influences the accounting profession as it compromises judgments and decisions...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2016, 17:14

... instructions, items and response choices; and their interpretations and opinions of the relevance of each question Subjects were also asked to provide suggestions on how to reword the instructions, ... instructions, questions and response options Finalisation, scoring and psychometric validation of the questionnaire Study population and design To participate in the psychometric validation study [13], ... concepts and information that arose per focus groups ranked in the chronological order they were conducted Phase 2: Concept elicitation and item generation Using grounded theory methods, concepts and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... response to sepsis and inflammation In addition to underlying differences in the structure of the neonatal cardiomyocyte, functional alterations in proliferative activity [31] and excitation–contraction ... addition to cytokine differences in the neonate, eosinophils, macrophages and polymorphonuclear neutrophils have reduced surface binding components and have defective opsonization, phagocytosis and ... negative predictor of outcome [22] These perinatal and developmental influences on innate immunity and the inflammatory response may significantly alter the neonate’s response to pathogen exposure...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... education and intelligent toys for children in Vietnam Vision: to be the most trustful destination for parents and children Objective: to be the number one brand for wooden educational and intelligent ... brings direct economic benefit to consumer and long-term benefit to environment By taking back and recycling, Veesano can repair to avoid material usage in manufacturing and money spends for ... intellectual toys, company strength and control over the cost of switching from one to another, and so on It is determined by the supplier volume, concentration, density and the presence of substitute...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 12:57

... Period (Month) Monthly Average Concentration (µg/mc) Linear (Monthly Average Concentration (µg/mc)) Figure Monthly evolutions of mean concentrations of NO2 in 2009 Monthly Evolution of Mean Concentration ... μg/mc and per year was 40 μg/mc until 2009 and now is 20 μg/mc Monthly evolutions of mean concentration of NO2 and PM 10 in 2009 are presented in Figures and Evolutions of mean annual concentrations ... Sep Oct Nov Dec StudiedPeriod (Month) Monthly Mean Concentration (µg/mc) Linear (Monthly Mean Concentration (µg/mc)) Figure Monthly evolutions of mean concentrations of PM10 in 2009 86 Analele...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20

... ecosystems for conservation and protection of biodiversity Climate regulation refers to maintenance of favourable climate and weather conditions It is based on complex interactions of regional and global ... ecosystem productivity Land and landscape conservation Flood protection Storm protection Protection of human habitation and infrastructure Waste treatment Pollution control Filtering of dust ... noise pollution Pollination of wild plant species and crops Food production Biodiversity conservation Habitat conservation Pest and disease control Reduction of herbivores (crop damage control) Maintenance...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 21:20

... provision of nonmarket forest goods and services; and • Task 5: Conclusions and recommendations for development and application of mechanisms compensating for provision of non-market forest goods and ... protection, (ii) watershed protection (grouping water regulation and purification and soil protection), (iii) carbon storage and sequestration, and (iv) recreation and tourism In addition, values ... recreation and tourism, carbon sequestration, and watershed services (water regulation and purification, and soil protection) were ranked as the most important These non-market goods and services...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 09:20

... IMF- International Monetary Fund NGO - Non Governmental Organization NA - National Assembly OECD- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OED - Oxford English Dictionary USA- United ... process of production and transformation that is called economic development First corruption weakens tax administration and can lead to tax evasion and improper tax exemptions as discussed above ... Armenia is preconditioned by the free and fair elections, politically educated people, and honest leader WHAT IS THE CORRUPTION As one of the oldest and most perplexing phenomenon in human society,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 06:20

... based on only one survey wave (1994-1995, to capture children born in 1989) not vary 17 Abandoned children So far, we have only considered the effect of abortion legalization on outcomes of noninstitutionalized ... reduction in the number of abandoned children Next, we use the variation in fertility and child abandonment at the regional level and find that the immediate impact of abortion legalization on child ... unwantedness Thus, in what follows, we only concentrate on the abandoned children and not consider the case of temporarily institutionalized children The proportion of abandoned children accounted for 32%...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... International Development, National Academies Press, Washington, DC xv Science and Innovation for Development About the authors Professor Sir Gordon Conway Gordon Conway is Professor of International ... the London International Development Centre (LIDC) and the UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) xvii Science and Innovation for Development About the publisher UK Collaborative on Development ... international cooperation in the application of science and innovation and help support ongoing efforts to incorporate science and innovation in the activities of international development programmes.3...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 12:20

... non-market goods and services, biodiversity protection, recreation and tourism, carbon sequestration, and watershed services (water regulation and purification, and soil protection) are especially ... Catalonia) Mika Rekola & Jari Kuuluvainen (University of Helsinki) Study on the Development and Marketing of Non-Market Forest Products and Services Study on the Development and Marketing of Non-Market ... of goods and services Land purchase Land lease Eco-sponsoring Donations and gifts Certification Taxes and subsidies are the most frequently used financing mechanisms in the EU Taxes and subsidies...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 09:20

... foods containing harmful ingredients The use of such ingredients can be based on the segmentation of the consumers Policy Implications and Conclusions Consumer demand for detailed information regarding ... expenditure on labeling will be of use only if consumers are aware of and are able to understand, comprehend and make their purchase decisions based partially on the information given on the label ... decreased the consumer’s percentage of total calories In order to ensure provision of accurate and reliable information on content and nutrition of packaged food, the regulations in the Indian context...

Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2014, 16:55

... These surveys contain information on demographics, education, income and expenses The second source is FITEL’s administrative information containing the GPS location of each phone and the date ... regarding the economic effects of TC concentrate on market outcomes, with a specific focus on price dispersion and market performance However, none directly address effects of new TC on producers’ ... of cell phone introduction in Niger She focuses on grain markets and suggests that cell phones reduced price dispersion across markets by 6.4 percent and intra-annual price variation by 12 percent...

Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 14:00