assessment of iodine deficiency in a population

... on the availability of water within a basin (via aquifers or surface storage) As an area expands, the total demand for water increases, while the availability of water decreases (as lake and ground ... (or base case), (ii) an increasing and (iii) decreasing precipitation and (iv) increasing temperature scenario Daily annual maximum flows are selected and statistically analysed as indicators of ... Ontario The basin’s total drainage area is about 3,500 km 2, and its population is slightly less than half a million 80% of the basin’s land area is classified as agricultural, 10% as urban, and

Ngày tải lên: 19/10/2022, 23:35

... mality characteristic of bronchial asthma [1]. AHR in asthma is defined as an exaggerated response of the airway (lower airway in particular) to a variety of nonspecific stimuli, resulting in ... placed on the external naris of awake mice to be drawn into the nasal passages during inhalation. As described by Klemens J [23], the nasal challenge with histamine consisted of intranasal application ... 4F) and a few eosinophils along with a few macrophages were present in alveolar septa (either interstitial or within the capillary bed). Analysis of upper airway Nasal challenge with histamine As

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... use of CT densitometry as an outcome measure for the assessment of plasma AAT augmentation therapy in individuals with AATD. The analytical approach, and the principal techni- cal issues that ... initial disease must represent areas of the lung with increased potential susceptibility to emphysematous damage, since these areas are seemingly affected many years in advance of the remaining ... Talecris; advisory board input to Talecris, Baxter and Kamada. Authors' contributions DP contributed to the design of the study, in the analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting of

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and 2 Department of Computer Science, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Email: David ... accumulated mean viral load as our main measure of infection prevalence. The accumulated mean viral load, A v (t), in the population was the integral of the mean viral load from the beginning of a ... resulted in an increase in a person's viral load. It bears noting that, increasing the viral load incoming from a person's neigh- bour also appeared to have a similar effect on the timing of

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... data and take responsibility for the integrity of data and accuracy of data analysis. All authors contributed to analysis and interpretation of data, and to drafting of the manuscript and critical ... hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), healthcare- associated pneumonia (HCAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) at 4 medical centers: the IMPACT-HAP Project (abstract). 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA ... Day 0. Investigators completed a data collection form for each patient. Principal investigators at each site reviewed each form, added any missing data, and internally vali- dated the information

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... our analysis is based on the assumption that the offspring of each wild inseminated female was fathered by a single male. Concerning this, female remat- ing has often ... polymorphism of Drosophila buzzatii in a natural population is not associated with gametic selection and does not affect mating pattern C Rodriguez 1 E Hasson JJ Fanara JC Vilardi ... remaining individuals in the bottles were maintained until pupation in order to estimate larval viability by counting all pupae. Further collections were performed in A

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:20

... situation of NamDinh sea dikes can be considered a representative for coastal area in Northern part of Vietnam In recent years there has been a number of studies aiming at understanding the situation ... 6.18: OVERALL PROBABILITY OF FAILURE AT NAMDINH SEA DIKE 126 Safety Assessment of Sea Dikes In Vietnam A Case Study In Namdinh Province v APPENDIX DATA AND RESUST BY USING VaP MODEL ... on analysis and assessment of safety of Namdinh sea dikes Firstly, the historical development of sea dike system in Namdinh province is analysed base on historical record and collected data Based

Ngày tải lên: 03/10/2014, 13:14

... urgatorioat s a T auong B uhay na N alagac s a Casalanang D aquila. 1885. Manila: Imp. De los Amigos de Pais. Novena s a Maloualhating Ama’t Doctor at Ilao ng Sant a Iglesia na s i S an Agustin. 1887. ... Perpetual Help, Baclaran, Parañaque City Figure Floor Plan of Present Church Building x Novena nang P agdalañgin s a A ting P añginoong D ios ay on s a manga B anal na Caloloua s a P urgatorioat ... 1887. Guadalupe: Pequeña imp. Del Asilo de huerfanos. Novena s a V irgen Maulawin ng K atagalugan na P inipintakasi s a I glesia F ilipina Independiente sa Sta. Cruz, Laguna, K.T. [Novena for the

Ngày tải lên: 08/09/2015, 18:26

... CAT CCA CAT CCA AGG AGG CAT CCA *TG ATG ATC GGT GGT AGG AGG AGG AGG CAC ATC * Deletion Reference: 1 IMGT/ HLA. .. TAT GTG CCA TAC CAC CCG ACA GAA CCT CTG GAA GCG ACT TTT CTT AAT GCG CAG AGA GCG ... CAT CAT CGG GCC TCG GCA GCA GCA GCA CTA CTA CTA A CTA CAT CCA CCC TTC HLA G *0108 HLA G *0109 HLA G *0110 ATG HLA G *0111 ATG ATC ATC ATC ATC CCA CCA CCA CCA CAT CAT CCA CAT ... King, Allan et al 2000; Blaschitz, Hutter et al 2001; Ishitani, Sageshima et al 2003) 22 Certain combinations of HLA- KIR may be favorable in the maintenance of a healthy pregnancy, as

Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2015, 21:08

... develop an analytical framework for the empirical study of accountability arrangements in the public domain It starts from a narrow, relational definition of accountability and distinguishes a number ... states of affaires qualify as ‘accountability’? 1.3 Broad and narrow accountability In contemporary political and scholarly discourse ‘accountability’ often serves as an conceptual umbrella that ... actors, for example courts in case of legal accountability or professional associations in case of professional accountability The obligation that lies upon the actor can be formal or informal

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2016, 11:11

... license, use of water resources and wastewater discharge into water sources; strengthening inspection and examination in the management of exploitation activities, water use and wastewater discharge ... particular disadvantage, and/or challenges systems faced when dealing with the threat In view of water resource management, the vulnerability can be defined as the characteristic weaknesses and ... the local agencies The data processing is necessary to investigate additional fieldwork and to update the latest data content research serving as the current status and characteristics of water

Ngày tải lên: 26/03/2017, 17:23

... geographical location with all the resources, teaching staff and facilities and administration both academic and pastoral available on that site Distance learning enabled the teaching of a diffuse ... possible of receiving a higher education or training programme and the global nature of business and employment, assessing a candidate has to become more than accepting a degree certificate The value ... learning and ability and that it is of a high standard The award must have a recognisable integrity and given the growing globalisation of education and employment, that integrity should be internationally

Ngày tải lên: 10/01/2020, 08:05

... Spanish translation of AIDA and tested the reliability and aspects of validity of the questionnaire in a juvenile Mexican sample Methods: An adapted Spanish translation of AIDA was developed by an expert ... population norms or cut-off values for the Mexican population are not yet available For an orientation, we used the Canadian cut-offs in an experimental fashion The original version of AIDA was ... ensure a sufficiently large variance in the data and cover the full range of scales Page of 12 We used SPSS 19 for data analysis In line with the validation procedure used for the original AIDA [18,19],

Ngày tải lên: 14/01/2020, 19:18

... (LAR) ratio overcomes the limit that exists in the values of adiponectin and leptin during the fasting versus postprandial state [19] MetS induces an inflammatory state, increasing levels of ... Nitin Puri3, Vishal H Lakhani1, Alexandra Nichols1, Kathleen M O’Hanlon4, Nader G Abraham5, Joseph I Shapiro1 and Komal Sodhi2 Department of Internal Medicine, Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, ... Correlation of Biomarkers and miRNA in Females with Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity in a Population of West Virginia Perrine Goguet-Rubio1*, Rebecca L Klug2*, Dana L Sharma1, Krithika Srikanthan1,

Ngày tải lên: 15/01/2020, 06:55

... entered into a two arm, randomised controlled trial comparing the risks and benefits of an indigenous infant sleep device, the wahakura (a 36 × 72 cm flax bassinet), and a stand-alone bassinet A baseline ... impacts on the baby when smoking during breastfeeding, uncertainty about the safety of bedsharing and a perceived lack of acceptability of breastfeeding in public [24] Some commentators have argued ... Zealand Kathy M Manhire1,2*, Sheila M Williams3, David Tipene-Leach1,2, Sally A Baddock4, Sally Abel5, Angeline Tangiora1, Raymond Jones1 and Barry J Taylor1 Abstract Background: Although breastfeeding

Ngày tải lên: 01/02/2020, 05:18

... researchers have highlighted the importance of assessing a range of specific areas of function rather than reporting amalgamated scores [18, 19] Motor scores that are an average of fine and gross ... the Australian Page of 10 Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA); the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA); Save ... supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award, a Curtin University Postgraduate Scholarship, and Faculty Postgraduate Award Barbara Lucas is supported by a Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Fellowship,

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2020, 22:29

... development of a set of specific and meaningful goals linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) for future goal setting and evaluation in this population ... Disability and Health in a population of non-ambulatory children and adolescents with cerebral palsy treated with botulinum toxin A Linda Nguyen, Ronit Mesterman and Jan Willem Gorter* Abstract Background: ... Hospital (Hamilton, ON) A previous inventory of goals was developed by a group of experts at a national botulinum toxin conference held in January 2014 (Montreal, Canada) The inventory of goals was further

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2020, 22:40

... 5–7, and 15–17 years of age Participants were categorized into weight classes by BMI according to the International Obesity Taskforce’s age- and sex-specific cut-off values for children 2–18 years ... body mass index (BMI) early in life and overweight and obesity later in life, nor on the appropriate age or target group for intervention and prevention efforts This study aimed to determine the ... Evensen et al BMC Pediatrics (2016) 16:64 DOI 10.1186/s12887-016-0599-5 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Tracking of overweight and obesity from early childhood to adolescence in a population-based cohort

Ngày tải lên: 27/02/2020, 12:45

... and design, acquisition of data, and interpretation of data, was involved in drafting the manuscript, and revising it critically for important intellectual content All authors have read and approved ... limitations on international humanitarian assistance, particularly information gathering and travel for international staff, were a reality for aid organizations[60,61] Community-led monitoring of ... importance of human rights considerations in the context of natural disasters and the humanitarian response: Human rights are the legal underpinning of all humanitarian work pertaining to natural...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... of the adult population in Cambodia, May 2000 CARE International in Cambodia 14 Selling Beer Safely – A Cambodian Women’s Health Initiative HIV/AIDS All 184 respondents had heard of HIV/AIDS 183 ... are put forward as a means of improving the health of women working as beer promoters CARE International in Cambodia Selling Beer Safely – A Cambodian Women’s Health Initiative Table of Contents ... Retro Viral (ARV) treatment services are becoming increasingly popular in Cambodia and it is important that respondents are aware of the limitations and realities of ARV treatment There appears to...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20