... Introduction: The Notion ofa Temporal Bias The Irrationality ofthe Bias towards the Near The Irrationality ofthe Bias towards the Future The Dilemma as regards Temporal Neutrality PA RT IV: RATIONALI ... on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Persson, Ingmar The retreat of reason : a dilemma in thephilosophy ... parallel to the case of 38 The Nature of Para-cognitive Attitudes enjoying the taste ofa wine considered in the last chapter They will have to claim that just as experiencing the taste ofa wine...
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... ofthe Seven Minor Planes ofthe Great Physical Plane These Seven Minor Physical Planes are as follows: The Plane of Matter (A) The Plane of Matter (B) The Plane of Matter (C) The Plane of Ethereal ... They are as follows: The Plane of Mineral Mind The Plane of Elemental Mind (A) The Plane of Plant Mind The Plane of Elemental Mind (B) The Plane of Animal Mind The Plane of Elemental Mind (C) The ... to aid in the thought and study ofthe various degrees and Forms of universal activity and life The atom of matter, the unit of force, the mind of man, and the being ofthe arch -angel are all...
... at the level of more than a little or all the time during the days right after the incident happened In another series of bivariate analyses, few ofthe characteristics ofthe youth, their patterns ... put at a moderate setting, the filters blocked an average of 5% ofthe health information and 90% ofthe pornography The most restrictive block setting blocked an average of 24% ofthe health ... a factor analysis loading ofthe following items from a parentchild relationship scale: how often the parent nags the child, how often 340 YOUTH & SOCIETY / MARCH 2003 the parent takes away the...
... cofacilitating the cancer training day and for the development ofthe TREAT Asia Cancer Training manual The TREAT Asia Observational Database Collaborators CV Mean, V Saphonn* and K Vohith, National Center ... Observational Database and is an initiative of TREAT Asia, a programme of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, with support from the National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ... HIVinfected patients in Asia Investigators at the Ramathibodi Hospital at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, a collaborating site ofthe Therapeutics Research, Education and AIDS Training in Asia (TREAT...
... at a ward geographical level The air pollution index of each participant is equal to the level of their residential ward Geographical level and SES variables Main results Social class of head of ... variablesb Annual average hourly CO and annual (hourly) NO2 Geographical Annual average of NO2, PM10, O3, SO2 Multilevel Annual average of NO2 estimated for the points ofthe 100 m grid that were the ... et al (2003) Spatiotemporal Perspectives on Air Pollution and Environmental Jusitice in Hamilton, Canada, 1985–1996 Annals ofthe Association of American Geographers Association of American Geographers,...
... inconsistent data, claim duplicates, and unexpected missing values The SCAP database is similar to other administrative and pharmacy claims database, as it provides detailed information about patients' ... days of hospitalization at the end of each ofthe 12 months post initiation indicated that the average number of hospitalization days for the RIS-treated patients was 1.4 to 2.1 times that ofthe ... because information about Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004, patients' clinical status was unavailable at the time of initiation on the...
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... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/1/1/14 Peters WA, et al.: Concurrent chemotherapy and pelvic radiation therapy compared with pelvic radiation therapy alone as adjuvant therapy after radical surgery in high -risk ... injury and possible alterations in the clotting cascade, chemotherapy agents such as cisplatin have the ability to affect coagulability and cause vascular injury, two aspects of Virchow's triad Thus, ... than reported cases of severe thrombotic events out ofthe 1424 patients described in Table In addition to the increase of thromboses as a result of malignancy, a review of chemotherapy associated...
... towards adult male, adult female or child, robbery and arson, based on the criteria of Bailey and MacCulloch [22] Data analysis Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences ... ofthe study, and participated in its design and coordination and drafted the manuscript RB carried out the field work, assisted in data analysis and assisted in drafting the manuscript All authors ... files and the official records in the Offenders Index ofthe Home Office A reconviction was regarded as being “serious” in cases of murder, manslaughter, assault, rape, indecent assault towards adult...
... people at NYHRE who logistically set up ofthe research and assisted with data analysis: Eddie Rivera and Ken Teasley, Data Coordinator We also appreciate the work of AED staff and consultants: Kathryne ... the follow-up sample was slightly older, more female and more of Black/African American descent than the baseline/post-sample, overall the demographics ofthe assessment samples represented the ... the agency: intake and assessment, orientation to the agency, the development ofa treatment plan, case management, behavioral contracting, referrals, follow-up, and support Generally the relationship...
... that practice was deemed to be the standard for the farm Variables Table lists the categorical variables that were available for analysis Only farms with complete data for all variables (28 farms) ... method The presence of data in the table is an indication that the variable was associated with Campylobacter colonization in the respective model, whereas the absence of data indicates that the variable ... models that employed a backward elimination approach had slightly smaller AIC's and a larger number of significant predictors than those using a forward approach Backward selection has an advantage...
... information about the care available to them, inclusive of foreseeable risk, and that the provision of such information and the patient’s understanding thereof is of greater importance than how they ... implemented and largely stems from a fear on the part ofthe chiropractor that to reveal therisk may alarm the patient and consequently lead to their withdrawal from care [6,14] However, there is ... undoubtedly there are some patients who present a greater challenge to the attainment of valid consent or who may be alarmed if made aware of any risk associated with treatment, it would seem that the...
... RNA that contains the retroviral packaging signal (ψ) and so made amenable to molecular manipulation The genetic structure ofthe virus is such that the viral cis (sequences that are biologically ... sequence often contains mutations that make the protein it encodes act in a dominant manner The capture ofa cellular oncogene by a retrovirus is an extremely rare event, the major significance of these ... has clearly shown that the major determinant of both the overall oncogenic potential ofthe virus, and the cell specificity ofthe type of cancer that results, is the viral long terminal repeat...
... by the British as part ofthe defence against Nazi Germany and at present forms part ofthe NATO alliance The Faroe Islands were alone in the heart ofthe North Atlantic for millions of years ... to the ultraviolet rays ofthe sun The Faroe Islands' location and its maritime climate (high rainfall, strong winds, an average summer temperature of oC) reduces the availability ofthe UVB radiation ... the analysis) Robyn Shea and the staff from the Vitamins Laboratory at City Hospital, Birmingham for analysing the vitamin D concentrations Dr David Young, Dr Alex McConnachie, Dr Sarah Barry, and...
... signification; or rather their value as signs and their duplicating function is superimposed; they speak ofthe heaven and ofthe earth of which they are the image.”33 The language that articulates ... its rules and norms are as ungrounded and as changeable as, say, that ofthe classical or the modern episteme, what does that mean for the status of historical narratives? Are they accurate depictions ... upheaval that induces epistemic changes, changes in the structure ofthe archive that frames the investigations of natural history, the theories of money and value, and general grammar, and perhaps...
... be aware of, ” says Carl Blackett, the group data security officer at the ATPI Group, a travel management company “This can range from a new vulnerability which needs to be risk assessed to a news ... innovation by taking a balanced view ofthe information risk “If I can support innovative ideas that help the organisation make money, at the expense of some controls, that is one way I can really ... for the company to innovate and expand its reach, Mr Arora found a way to mitigate the risks “If I can help them with risks in more meaningful ways, then, in a way, I have done my job.” The field...