a systems approach 2nd ed

... metacarpal Thoracic cage Humerus Metacarpophalangeal joints Proximal phalanx Radius Distal phalanx Ulna Middle phalanges Proximal phalanges Neck of femur Femoral head Hindfoot Distal phalanges ... Forefoot Patella Tibia Navicular Talus Cuneiforms Fibula Distal interphalangeal joints (DIPs) Calcaneus Subtalarjoint Cuboid Proximal interphalangeal joints (PIPs) Metatarsals Metatarsal phalangeal ... Zwinderman AH, Hazes JMW et al (2002) A randomized comparison of care provided by a clinical nurse specialist, an inpatient team, and a day patient team in rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Care & Research...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 13:20

... domain means that leadership is always situated: always done here, in a specific location, with particular people In this way, acts of leadership are always local and what works here and now, may ... academic and critical treatment try: Wang and Ahmed’s “Organizational Learning: a critical review”, The Learning Organization 10(1), 2003, pp 8–17 The works so far cited are largely conceptual ... learned that organisational design is no science There are too many variables and dilemmas for any rational solution A strong design brings clarity and can make organisational life simpler and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 21:29

... www.medicallanguagelab.com and redeem the access code provided in their new copies of Medical Terminology Systems: A Body Systems Approach, 7th edition Each lesson in the Medical Language Lab teaches ... used, visit www.MedicalLanguageLab.com 2954_FM_i-xxxii 06/11/12 10:14 AM Page i A GUIDE TO… Medical Terminology Systems A Body Systems Approach, Seventh Edition + The Medical Language Lab Master ... Elements of a Medical Word Medical Word Elements The language of medicine is a specialized vocabulary used by health care providers Many current medical word elements originated as early as the 4th...

Ngày tải lên: 16/07/2015, 15:02

... examination of equivalent DNA sequences reveals that eubacteria and archaea are as distantly related to one another as they are to the eukaryotes Although eubacteria and archaea are similar in cell structure, ... sequences at 30 genes has revealed that all living cats can trace their ancestry to a pantherlike cat living in Southeast Asia about 11 million years ago and that all living cats can be divided into ... Researchers.] 17 18 Chapter CONCEPTS Organisms are classified as prokaryotes or eukaryotes, and prokaryotes consist of archaea and eubacteria A prokaryote is a unicellular organism that lacks a...

Ngày tải lên: 01/01/2014, 14:04

... seconds was then calculated and taken into consideration Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Factorial Analysis were applied at the end to the data collected by sEMG recordings, to validate and verify ... risk factors as task-related, personal-related and organizational-related classifications Within each of these categories, additional factors were identified The items identified as risk factors ... European Agency for Safety and Health at Work-2000 Canadian Occupational Safety and Health (2011) Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Symptoms and Risk Factors Available at http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/rmirsi.html...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 18:20

... regard the assigned employees as "associates" rather than subordinates The reason for this is that in project management the associates can be a higher pay grade than the project manager The associates ... additional re1 Here we are assuming that the line manager and project manager are not the same individual Page sources are almost always required to alleviate the problems When a line manager gets in ... customer's organization, whether an internal or external organization Organizational restraints have a tendency to develop into organizational conflict, often requiring that top management take an active...

Ngày tải lên: 16/04/2014, 11:11

... evolution that moves from data collection and database creation, towards data management, and ultimately, data analysis and understanding Figure 7: Pre-comprehension level mastery Although the citation ... understanding of the concepts presented by Han and Kamber Han and Kamber (2001) suggest an evolution that moves from data collection and database creation, towards data management, and ultimately, ... ultimately, data analysis and understanding For example, data processing is a base function enabling manipulation and aggregation of data, thus facilitating searching and retrieval Figure 8:...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:38

... an analog communication system Alternatively, an analog source output may be converted into a digital form and the message can be transmitted via digital modulation and demodulated as a digital ... elements have equal length and are designated as mark and space An important milestone in telegraphy was the installation of the first transatlantic cable in 1858 that linked the United States and Europe ... signal amplitude to some accuracy, say A This investigation led Hartley to conclude that there is a maximum data rate that can be communicated reliably over a bandlimited channel, when the maximum...

Ngày tải lên: 08/06/2014, 17:49

... seconds was then calculated and taken into consideration Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Factorial Analysis were applied at the end to the data collected by sEMG recordings, to validate and verify ... risk factors as task-related, personal-related and organizational-related classifications Within each of these categories, additional factors were identified The items identified as risk factors ... European Agency for Safety and Health at Work-2000 Canadian Occupational Safety and Health (2011) Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Symptoms and Risk Factors Available at http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/rmirsi.html...

Ngày tải lên: 26/06/2014, 23:20

... seconds was then calculated and taken into consideration Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Factorial Analysis were applied at the end to the data collected by sEMG recordings, to validate and verify ... risk factors as task-related, personal-related and organizational-related classifications Within each of these categories, additional factors were identified The items identified as risk factors ... European Agency for Safety and Health at Work-2000 Canadian Occupational Safety and Health (2011) Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Symptoms and Risk Factors Available at http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/rmirsi.html...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 22:20

... a variety of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, as well as for other invertebrate predators and parasites In addition, some insects are important vectors of plant and animal diseases, ... diseases such as malaria and plague, that have affected human and wildlife population dynamics The significant economic and medical or veterinary importance of many insect species is the reason ... physiology and behavior Ecosystems can be integrated at the landscape or biome levels, and biomes can be integrated at the global (biosphere) level Spatial and temporal scales vary across this hierarchy...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... seasonal variation (see Fig 2.5) Aquatic habitats show seasonal variation in water level and circulation patterns related to seasonal patterns of precipitation and evaporation Seasonal variation ... require special adaptations for survival by plants and animals Insects that live in windy areas, especially alpine tundra and oceanic islands, often are flightless as a result of selection against individuals ... living in enclosed habitats Less oxygen can remain dissolved in warm water than in cold water Stagnant water can undergo oxygen depletion as a result of algal and bacterial respiration (Ward 1992)...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... Surface recognition may be involved because parasitoid larvae normally protected (by viral associates) from encapsulation are encapsulated when wounded or when their surfaces are altered (Tanada ... cellular immunity against parasites and pathogens in the hemocoel (Tanada and Kaya 1993) Behavioral mechanisms also may be used for protection against pathogens Insects produce a variety of antibiotic ... females mated with alkaloid-free males Additional alkaloid is transmitted to the female in seminal fluid and is partially invested in the eggs Accumulation of Ni from Thlaspi montanum by an adapted...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... Kogan 1975) The actual energy costs of foraging have been measured rarely Fewell et al (1996) compared the ratios of benefit to cost for a canopy-foraging tropical ant, Paraponera clavata, and an ... improved survival of offspring of sexual, as opposed to asexual, reproduction Attraction Chemical, visual, and acoustic signaling are used to attract potential mates Attraction of mates can be accomplished ... setae with an attacker Many caterpillars and sawfly larvae rear up and strike like a snake when attacked (Fig 4.8) Insects produce a variety of defensive compounds that can deter or injure predators,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... wild-male phenotype tended to show a rare male advantage in mating (i.e., a higher proportion of males mating at low relative abundance), mutant males showed a rare male disadvantage (i.e., a lower ... human-assisted invasion (e.g., Mack et al 2000) A Suarez et al (2001) evaluated dispersal of Argentine ants, Linepithema humile, at three spatial scales—local, regional, and global—based on documented rates ... habitat preferences Massonnet et al (2002) found that the aphid Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria, a specialist on tansy, Tanacetum vulgare, can be aggregated at the level of individual shoots, plants,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... increases, up to a point at which predators become satiated Predators respond both behaviorally and numerically to changes in prey density (see Chapter 8) Predators can be attracted to an area of ... ha-1 basal area; low hardwood = 0–4 m2 ha-1 basal area; high hardwood = 9–14 m2 ha-1 basal area Vertical lines indicate standard error of the mean Bars under the same letter did not differ at ... that small changes in weather-related parameters (increased mortality of pathogen-infected individuals or decreased natality of uninfected individuals) in a European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... northward, and eventually collided with Asia to form the Himalaya Mountains Africa and South America separated about 65 million years ago, prior to the adaptive radiation of angiosperms and mammalian ... southern oceans, including Antarctica, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falklands Many genera, Nearctic Palearctic Oriental 20° Ethiopian 0° Neotropical 20° Australian FIG ... on a global scale Many taxa occupy large areas within a particular biogeographic realm (e.g., the unique Australian flora and fauna) Others, because of the narrow gap between the Palearctic and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... Differential survival to pupation (a) and mean female pupal weight (b) of Diurnea agella on foliage that was undamaged, naturally damaged by folivores, and produced following damage Vertical lines ... Agrawal 2004, Wold and 100 40 80 A 20 Regrowth 40 Damaged 60 Undamaged 10 Regrowth 20 Damaged 30 Female pupal weight (mg) 50 Undamaged Arcsin ữ% survival of Diurnia fagella 60 Leaf type B Leaf ... S macropala H lobata Not stocked Stocked alone With H lobata Not stocked S macropala FIG 8.2 Results of competition between two waterboatmen species, Hesperocorixa lobata and Sigara macropala,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... may have served as agents of spore dispersal An Upper Carboniferous arthropod, Arthropleura armata, was found with pollen grains of a medullosan seed fern attached along its posterior edge at ... animal carcasses, the fresh, bloated, and decay stages are dominated by various Diptera, especially calliphorids, whereas later stages are dominated by Coleoptera, especially dermestids The duration ... Herbivores appear only as their host plants appear, and their associated predators similarly appear as their prey appear C Models of Succession Clements (1916) noted that comparison of successional stages...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20

... N1 N2 N3 N4 Nj N1 a1 1 a1 2 a1 3 a1 4 a1 j N2 a 21 a 22 a 23 a 24 a 2j N3 a 31 a 32 a 33 a 34 a3 j N4 a 41 a 42 a 43 a 44 a 4j Ni a i1 a i2 a i3 a i4 a ij where Nj is the ... spatial pattern of interacting component communities at a landscape or watershed level (see Chapter 9) Patches within a landscape or watershed are integrated by disturbance dynamics and interact ... dissolved carbonates (principally calcium carbonate) The atmosphere and ocean mediate the global cycling of carbon among terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems The exchange of carbon between atmosphere...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 14:20