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... information about what they should Gunningham and Bluff (2009) concluded that codes and guidance materials are effective as ways of improving businesses’ awareness and understanding of hazards and ... that guidance materials are a way of providing information that all businesses will understand and apply Small businesses are less likely to be aware that guidance material exists possibly because ... et al (2001) Lancaster et al (2001) found that the guidance material for the UK manual handling and operations regulations was effective in enabling health and safety professionals to understand...
... the Africa Campaign on HIV/AIDS and Disability: Dakar 2009 Hanass-Hancock J: A systematic review of literature on HIV/ AIDS and Disability in Africa ICASA Dakar 2008 Stephen Lewis Foundation: Satellite ... hospitals and billboards as inaccessible, and the Phillander and Swarts participants emphasize that Braille and audiotapes are necessary to make AIDS services accessible to people with visual impairments ... HIV/AIDS among persons with disabilities in Kampala, Katakwi and Raikai districts Kampala: Disabled Women's Network and Resource Organisation (DWNRO) Action AID Uganda; 2003 Munthali A, Mvula P,...
... clinical trials and patient reported outcomes Jean-François Baladi and Paula Jones work for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, USA Authors' contributions JFB and PJ conceived the study and all authors ... Cohen A, Piga A, Bejaoui M, Perrotta S, Agaoglu L, Aydinok Y, Kattamis A, Kilinc Y, Porter J, Capra M, Galanello R, Fattoum S, Drelichman G, Magnano C, Verissimo M, Athanassiou-Metaxa M, Giardina ... 75:122-127 Giardina PJ, Grady RW: Chelation therapy in beta-thalassemia: an optimistic update Seminars in Hematology 2001, 38:360-366 Alymara V, Bourantas D, Chaidos A, Bouranta P, Gouva M, Vassou A, Tzouvara...
... the initial draft LYQ, ZG and WHL contributed equally to this work YJL is the operator and guarantor All authors read and approved the final manuscript Page of 18 Yaşargil MG, Türe U, Yaşargil DC: ... tentorium and the falx [13] Currently, the infratentorial supracerebellar (Krause’s) approach, occipital transtentorial (Poppen’s) approach and the combination of both approaches are commonly used Krause’s ... months years Headache, Papilledema, Hearing loss 80 Severe staining, VC shift upward Pericallosal arterial branches 4.7 × 2.1 × 3.0 (an average of 3.3) Infratentorial > supratentorial Moderate Male/61...
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... identities as a parent, a spouse, a child, a professional in a particular discipline, member of a church, etc Each of these identities has a set of normative behaviors that acts as a standard for ... if the family was living in Italy I was ItalianAmerican by birth but What if I was German? Given the input of an Italian-American identity, anyone would have become Italian-American over time, ... identity, are dynamic and in constant change) will address: (a) What causes people to choose certain identity traits in a virtual world and how far removed are those traits from real life, (b) Can virtual...
... review, including Annelie Ginzel, Yahya Kane, Mahamat Koyalta, Danuta Lockett, Ahuka Longombe, Gwendolyn Lusi, Denis Mukwege, Sonia Navani, Manga Okenge (Pascal), Kate Ramsey, Peter Sikana, and ... and Relief Agency International (ADRA), CARE, IntraHealth International, Inc., the Meridian Group International, Inc., and the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa The ACQUIRE Project’s mandate ... “Examination of the genital area, anus and rectum” for rape survivors, where it states: “If indicated, a recto-vaginal examination and inspect the rectal area for trauma, recto-vaginal tears...
... The review will focus on undergraduate and postgraduate education of medical and dental professionals, as we believe both are directed by the same needs and principles Current literatureand ... distance learning applications in health education Two main categories of distance learning applications can be currently identified in dental and medical education: the undergraduate applications ... extra-curriculum applications, where DL was carried out parallel to traditional teaching At a postgraduate level, there are continuing education applications, credited or not, that aim to maintain...
... Estonia France Arabia Pakistan Hungary Germany Papua New United Arab Guinea Kazakhstan Greece Emirates Philippines Latvia Ireland Singapore Lithuania Italy Taiwan (China) Poland Japan Thailand Romania ... because their banking systems are dominated by national credit card banks Standard errors are in parentheses Africa Algeria Benin Botswana Cameroon Congo Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Mali ... Madagascar Mali Mauritius Morocco Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Table List of Countries by Region Industrial Asia Eastern Europe...
... Federal Reserve System Tito Mboweni, South African Reserve Bank Henrique de Campos Meirelles, Central Bank of Brazil Lucas Papademos, European Central Bank Tarisa Watanagase, Bank of Thailand ... Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Central Bank of Malaysia Zhou Xiaochuan, People’s Bank of China BIS: Central bank governance and financial stability iii Acknowledgements The Chairman of the Study Group was assisted ... difficult to define and operationalise financial stability concepts, it is important for the central bank to have a formal mandate Where that mandate gives central banks broad financial stability responsibilities,...