... Rates of return to investment in oil and gas “would decline, causing a decline in capital flows to this industry, and an increase in capital flowing to other industries, including foreign industries.”24 ... taxable income.17 The percentage of qualified income subject to the deduction has increased to six percent in 2007, and to nine percent of qualified income beginning in 2010.18 In August of 2008, ... over the first years ofthe investment phase Table 4, Column A, gives a sense ofthe distribution ofthe 271,572 jobs created inthe investment phase and sustained during the first seven years of...
... Innovations theory [8] The items inthe instrument cover four domains of barriers: the nurse, the setting, the research, andthe presentation In a review including 39 published articles and six theses ... agree and = strongly agree) After reversing the values ofthe negative statements, the index is calculated by adding each respondent's scores and dividing the sum by the number of items inthe index ... research findings in practice Being aware of relevant research is the first stage in implementing findings according to Rogers' Innovation-Decision process [8] Access to research findings at the work...
... Innovations theory [8] The items inthe instrument cover four domains of barriers: the nurse, the setting, the research, andthe presentation In a review including 39 published articles and six theses ... agree and = strongly agree) After reversing the values ofthe negative statements, the index is calculated by adding each respondent's scores and dividing the sum by the number of items inthe index ... research findings in practice Being aware of relevant research is the first stage in implementing findings according to Rogers' Innovation-Decision process [8] Access to research findings at the work...
... reported poor quality of life Inthe face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands inthe way of realizing quality of life Success in improving physical and social ... subjective wellbeing e.g mental health and quality of life (healthy ageing) Multi-disciplinary collaboration of research aimed at understanding the ageing and health transition of Singaporean older ... Methodology: Data from the baseline survey of participants inthe Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies (SLAS) Thesis: The present trend of functional disability is increasing It should be reversed...
... agency of both the National Academy of Sciences andthe National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, andthe scientific and engineering communities The Council ... achievements of engineers Dr Wm A Wulf is president ofthe National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of ... services of eminent members of appropriate professions inthe examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National...
... browsing) (Fig 3) Since the decade ofthe 1960s there has been a new reduction of grazing intensity andin most ofthe trees established inthe first decades ofthe 20th century the apex exceeded the ... represent the two extreme ends ofthe scale both in terms of altitude andof grazing intensity In this case we used a 20-year window with an overlap of 19 years between adjacent windows The value ofthe ... between these factors andthe increment in growth [66] this increment is of considerable importance since it points to an increased rate of sequestering of CO2 inthe biosphere [28] Inthe European...
... uncertainty surrounding their numbers In recent years, as a result ofthe dramatic breakthroughs in our understanding of RNA interference [7] and miRNAs [8], the number and variety of known RNA genes ... locating a highly similar protein-coding sequence in another organism Together with EST and cDNA alignments, gene finding by homology is the first step in all the major annotation pipelines But ... bound on the total number of human genes Indeed, in its original incarnation in 2005, it listed only 13,142 genes, andthe total has steadily grown since then Currently, the average number of genes...
... was involved in designing the study and drafting and revising the manuscript MF contributed to study design, data collection strategy, and revising the paper in terms of presentation of findings ... times the odds of not working (95% CI 3.52, 6.04), 3.56 times the odds of missing at least two weeks of work (95% CI 2.12, 6.04), and 4.6 times the odds of spending at least 10 missed work days in ... conceptualization, drafting/revising the manuscript, supplementary analyses, and presentation of findings NSha contributed to study conception, interpretation of results, and critical revisions ofthe manuscript...
... directions ofthe promoter in promoter and schematic presentation ofthe bi-directional different ThetheThe schematic presentation ofthe bi-directional promoter andthe parts and directions ofthe promoter ... with 100 μl of DMEM medium free of serum and antibiotic These two solutions were mixed and incubated for 45 at room temperature and then added into another 800 μl DMEM A total of ml ofthe transfection ... respectively In this vector, the inserted promoter activity could be quantitative analysized according to the CAT concentration inthe transfected cells The transfection indicated the activity of the...
... 1976) Inthe light of these divergent findings, Venkoba Rao and Madhavan (1982) opined that it is the integration ofthe individual inthe family that is more crucial than the type of family Furthermore, ... distress and lower their levels of life satisfaction Given these findings, it would be interesting to find out how the stressors inthe various facets of life ofthe older adults influence their ... and Indian identity ofthe granddaughters were 25 significantly associated with the well being ofthe grandmothers Another study compared grandmother and grandchildren from 44 Muslim and 42 Hindu...
... interpret the brand identity ofthe company and then translate it into an image ofthe brand Consistent with the conception, Janonis et al (2007), inthe study ofthe relationship between brand ... Meaning fit ofthe brand Innovation and originality ofthe brand Academic value in harmony with customers‟ needs The brand is well accepted by customers Brand personality Sincerity ofthe brand ... Meaning fit ofthe brand Innovation and originality ofthe brand Academic value in harmony with customers‟ needs The brand is well accepted by customers Brand personality Sincerity ofthe brand...
... formally that land be given to them by the Botswana Government and by district land boards such as the Tawana Land Board in Ngamiland under the Tribal Land Act Unfortunately, these requests often fell ... Some ofthe data obtained by researchers are being used inland claims and legal cases in southern Africa, as seen inthe Nama-Richtersveld case in South Africa, where the Nama got landand mineral ... that the San could have no rights to land ownership (“Opinion in Re: Common Leases of Tribal Land , Ministry of Local Government and Lands file 2/1/2) In other words, the government’s main legal...
... core ofthe examination of any interference inthe exercise of freedom of opinion is therefore a balancing of interests in which the Court takes account ofthe significance of freedom of opinion ... contradictory to the conclusions ofthe Final Document ofthe Moscow Meeting ofthe Conference on the Human Dimension ofthe CSCE andin breach of Article 19 ofthe International Covenant on Civiland Political ... segments ofthe public during times of war, states of emergency andin cases of imminent threat to national security Reaffirming the importance of fully respecting the right to freedom of opinion and...
... "Causes and Patterns of Ethnic Intermarriage amongthe Hokkien, Hakka, and Mainlanders in Postwar Taiwan: A Preliminary Examination." Bulletin ofthe Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica 76: ... differ in one key feature: migration experience The move of Mainlanders to the island of Taiwan inthe aftermath ofthe Chinese CivilWar can be seen as a social dislocation by which their normative ... over the follow-up years) is not observed amongthe Mainlanders However, it should be noted that the gender composition is extremely skewed amongthe Mainlanders Only 16.8% ofthe Mainlander...
... population The following areas were included inthe ISA-SP: the cities of Botucatu and Campinas; an area encompassing the cities of Itapecerica da Serra, Embu, and Taboão da Serra; andthe District of ... andthe São Paulo State Secretary of Health for financing the fieldwork; to the Secretary of Health Surveillance ofthe Ministry of Health for financial support inthe data analysis through the ... States), incorporating weightings and taking the clusters and stratification used inthe sample design into account The present study was approved by the ethics committees ofthe School of Medical...
... systems financing, focusing on tax-/insurance-based funding, ensuring universal coverage of health care regardless of ability to pay, and minimizing out of- pocket health spending” [5] Providing financially ... best inthe world [16] However, pressures are mounting for health care reform to restrain future medical costs inthe face of an increasing aging population In Japan, the National Health Insurance ... occurred in Japan in August 2009, andthe new government is facing challenges of reviewing the health care system for the elderly Further study requires investigating the consequences of delayed...
... definitions of financial savings and their measures inthe available data: • The usage of financial instruments; • The intensity of savings (savings flows in financial instruments as a % of household ... deficiencies inthe financial protection or opportunity enhancement within the lives ofthepoor Within the context of savings, thepoor are able to save, even from meager budgets, but the instruments ... quantum of savings which is channeled into the new instrument/s; andThe number of people who take it up (and over which period) In terms ofthe quantum, the earlier analysis of savings intensity...
... the manuscript JMG participated inthe design ofthe study and revised the manuscript POB participated inthe design ofthe study and revised the manuscript CS participated inthe design ofthe ... Environment and Landscape, the Federal Office of Public Health, the Federal Office of Roads and Transport, the canton's government of Aargau, Basel-Stadt, Basel -Land, Geneva, Luzern, Ticino, Zurich, the ... reviewed the statistical analysis and revised the manuscript UAL participated inthe design ofthe study and revised the manuscript TR participated inthe design ofthe study and revised the manuscript...
... ofthe sample, the sample size, the authors, andthe study design inthe first column, the age group ofthe sample inthe second column, the timeframe of interviews inthe third column, andthe ... of symptoms of anxiety [51] A study of boys enrolled inthe WIC program in Pittsburgh also identified four trajectories of symptoms of anxiety, including low, low-increasing, highdeclining, and ... heterogeneity inthe longitudinal trajectories of mood and anxiety disorders Second, there may be true intra-individual heterogeneity inthe longitudinal course of a single clinical disorder because of...