... with their therapists rather than their doctors The charting of range and function before and after a trial dose of ITB is usually done by a therapist The charts concerned are not standardized; they ... been implanted for the relief of severe lower limb spasticity and flexor spasms The goals then are improved comfort and wheelchair posture, Intrathecal baclofen for thecontrolof spinal and supraspinal ... Physical and occupational therapists in neurological and spinal rehabilitation units and communitybased teams need to be aware ofthe potential and limitations of ITB treatment Often, therapists...
... andthe induction ofenergy consumption Energy homeostasis and stress interact with each other Stress affects food intake andenergy expenditure On the other hand, energybalance conditions affect ... in the brainstem and hypothalamus, and induce neuroendocrine and behavioral responses Food intake also activates the brainstem and hypothalamus, resulting in the termination of meals andthe ... Y Takayanagi and T Onaka PrRP and RFRPs in metabolism and stress Table Summary of mammalian RFamide peptides and their receptors The effects of administration of RFamide peptides...
... early studies of our group and others, the transcriptional regulatory sequences ofthe H19 and IGF2 genes emerged as candidates for cancer targeted therapy H19 and IGF2 (the human P3 and P4 promoters) ... ofthe cell lines All experiments were done in triplicates andthe results expressed as mean and standard error In vitro targeted therapy The cells were cotransfected with μg ofthe LucSV40 control ... of IGF2-P4 and H19 transcripts in human TCC samples detected by ISH and by qRT-PCR qRT-PCR and ISH techniques were applied to determine and quantity the level of H19 and IGF2-P4 in human TCC samples...
... improved transport andenergy services, gender differences in the impacts of transport andenergy investments, environmental consequences of transport andenergy investments, and governance and institutional ... care and education and enhances the contact and communication ofthe poor with the outside world However, the team found that the positive impacts of transport andenergy investments on the poor ... roles of growth and social development andof infrastructure in poverty reduction, the impact ofthe PRS on country-level operations and project designs, andthe monitoring and evaluation of the...
... improved transport andenergy services, gender differences in the impacts of transport andenergy investments, environmental consequences of transport andenergy investments, and governance and institutional ... care and education and enhances the contact and communication ofthe poor with the outside world However, the team found that the positive impacts of transport andenergy investments on the poor ... more chance of realizing their potential impacts The countries selected for field work were the PRC (Shaanxi Province), Thailand, and India (Gujarat State) The range of transport andenergy case...
... Perceptions ofthe Poor about Transport andEnergy Many poor communities are isolated by distance, bad road conditions, lack of or broken bridges, and inadequate transport In both rural and urban areas, ... regarding rural transport andenergy improvements (generally, rural roads and rural electrification) They gave less attention to urban transport andenergy investments, although the Thailand team did ... were to enhance current understanding of how transport andenergy infrastructure and services contribute to poverty reduction, to fill knowledge gaps, and to identify lessons learned and good practices...
... lack of opportunity: it is often due to disconnection, often geographical, from the wider economy and society (Datt and Ravallion 2002, Jalan and Ravallion 2002) The provision of infrastructure and ... Barve, and Chokshi 2002) looked at the role of transport in the lives and livelihoods of six women employed in the informal sector More than half the respondents estimated that they spent between and ... stages of transport planning, decision making, and implementation (World Bank n.d.) In many instances the obstacle to mobility is not lack of infrastructure, but rather the lack of affordable and...
... systems and scale urban works having optimal impact on the employincreasing the operational and end-user efficiency of enment and incomes ofthe poor, and through the promotion ergy and water ... , due to changes in both demand and supply of labor; the level and sources of wage and nonwage income; consumption and market surplus; use of transport; demand for institutional services, ... strengthening components were expected to strengthen the capacity of transport ministries or departments so as 26 to improve the planning, design, and operation and maintenance of road and highway...
... change, the impacts of changes in service provision, the impacts of transport modes other than roads, the impacts ofenergy sources other than electricity, and the impacts of transport andenergy ... in the design of every case study Participation ofthe poor, together with other stakeholders, in the design and implementation of transport andenergy projects is another important aspect ofthe ... capital ofthe poor; the changing role of government in policy setting and regulation, andofthe private sector in infrastructure investment and service delivery; and the importance of institutional...
... include access to transport andenergy infrastructure, quality and intensity of infrastructure, transport andenergy expenditures, and value of transport andenergy assets Other categories include ... surprisingly, the poor spend less than the nonpoor on both transport andenergy However, the expenditures ofthe poor on transport andenergy are significantly higher as a percentage of their income than ... Interventions The study examined the use of transport andenergy services by poor and nonpoor households in selected poor counties in the two prefectures of Yulin and Shangluo An econometric analysis of...
... Assessing the Impact of Transport andEnergy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction Residents help the Thailand study team to map some ofthe features of their village to and use of transport andenergy ... and safer travelling to city and town centers also allowed women to open their eyes and see more ofthe outside world Source: Thailand study team 130 Assessing the Impact of Transport andEnergy ... transport andenergy changes than the public at large There were three possible outcomes: (i) the poor benefit more from transport andenergy changes than the public at large, (ii) the poor benefit...
... Invest more in transport andenergy infrastructure The study showed that transport andenergy investments have positive impacts on the poor Rapidly increasing demand for transport andenergy services ... outside the district and even from outside the state The reported origins of 172 these workers (Panchmahal district in Gujarat, andthe states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh) indicate that they may ... provides relevant skills and builds on the assets and capabilities ofthe poor Limited skills often prevent poor households in rural areas from maximizing the benefits of transport andenergy interventions...
... made ofthe study findings on urban transport andenergy improvements in Thailand, on rail impacts in the PRC and Thailand, and on port impacts in India Rural Transport Improvements Rural transport ... advantage of them They see the benefits of reduced transport costs reflected in the prices of their products andofthe goods they purchase, as well as in the increased presence of traders and service ... I, the study formulated a more limited set of hypotheses about the impacts of urban transport andenergy investments on the urban poor These hypotheses were investigated only in the Thailand...
... benchmarks can be developed for measuring the poverty reduction impacts of transport andenergy projects On the other hand, the overall approach of examining the poverty impacts of transport andenergy ... Policy and Operational Implications 203 Understanding the links between transport andenergy infrastructure and poverty reduction still has a long way to go 204 Assessing the Impact of Transport and ... findings and recommendations, and critique the results ofthe research, rather than disseminating and 200 A good road, and a hillside, give this Chinese boy a chance to try out some private transport...
... Barnes, and G McGranahan 1990 Interfuel Substitution and Changes in the Way Households Use Energy: The Case of Cooking and Lighting Behavior in Urban Java Energy Series Paper No 29, Industry andEnergy ... transport andenergy projects played a part in improving communication and information flow between rural and urban areas The full extent of these rural-urban linkages and their effects on the ... Ganesh 2002 Transport in the Mountains andthe Terai In Balancing the Load: Women, Gender, and Transport, edited by Priyanthi Fernando and Gina Porter London: Zed Books pp 246257 Government of...
... distributing the benefits of growth and thereby reducing poverty Patterns of governance, andthe relative importance ofthe public andthe private sector, also appear to influence the rate of poverty ... strategies ofthe poor This approach led to a focus on transport services andthe modes and means of transport rather than on transport infrastructure. Through a study of household activity and travel ... heavily than other fuels The result is both to reduce the use ofthe taxed fuel and to raise the price ofthe alternative indigenous fuel to levels Assessing the Impact of Transport andEnergy Infrastructure...
... on the board Thus, an exchange is bilateral between the buyer who accepts the standing ask andthe seller who posted the standing ask, or between the seller who accepts the standing bid andthe ... Panics, and Manias: When Are Crowds Wise and When Are They Not? January 31, 2014 15:25 Asset Performance: Housing andthe Great Recession 3.1 Expansion ofthe Real Estate Bubble and Onset ofthe ... Three of Many Countries: Finland (1990–1993), Thailand (1994–2003), and Iceland (2007–2010) 10.4.1 Finland 10.4.2 Thailand 10.4.3 Iceland 10.5 Fiscal Consolidation versus Fiscal Stimulus and Deficit...
... systems, and have potential of enhancing thermal comfort of residential buildings Besides, a performance analysis ofthe ANN based predictive and adaptive models for disturbances in and around ... consuming task and re-tuning after the commissioning may be inconvenient They are unable to handle random disturbances, and therefore large deviations from the setpoint can occur In buildings, thermal ... sum of these three actions The distinct effect of these three terms causes the most important stimulus for the survival ofthe PID control mechanism, and it also committed to the evolution of...
... ha) and 50% underpermanentcrops and pastures(includingabandonedcropland and landnotyet cultivated),24%forestarea, and 10%undersettlement(other:21%).Highpopulation growth and ... closedͲended and partiallyopenquestionsin the categoriesmotivation and reasonfor growingJ.curcas,choice of land and landͲusehistory,establishment and management of plantation, experienced ... Intheseregions,110householdsweresurveyed and 7FGDswereconducted (Table3.2),covering the categorieslanduse and landownership,cropproduction and maintenance,croprotation,laborneed and availability, and farmers’perceptiononor...
... to other pathways, and hence changes in the flux of glycogen synthesis and degradation, pentose phosphate cycle, and glycerol and triacylglycerol synthesis might affect the concentrations of these ... For instance, the nonlinear regression for the titrations with 2-deoxyglucose and arsenite gave eCFBP and ePFBP of 1.99 ± 0.79 and )1.5 ± 1.6, which yielded the CJc and CJP of 0.39 ± 0.24 and 0.61 ... consequence ofthe over-expression of several glycolytic enzymes and glucose transporters, and kinetic changes in hexokinase and PFK-1, is a large modification 1976 ofthe regulatory mechanisms and fuctioning...