... 10 seconds CSF pressure usually rises in response to the occlusion, then rapidly returns to normal within 10 seconds after the pressure is released Sluggish response may indicate CSF obstruction ... atmosphere for discussing the risks of sexually transmitted diseases Discuss problems the patient may experience (e.g., guilt, depression, anger) if test results indicate the presence of semen ... levels rise significantly after administration of cosyntropin The CRH stimulation test works as well as the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in distinguishing Cushing s disease from conditions...
... questions, setting, instrumentation, and data collection techniques This chapter also presents and discusses the results and findings of the study, Chapter is Results and Discussions In this chapter, ... study Also, the last section gives a brief summary the thesis and some suggestions for further research Part III is CONCLUSION summarizes what have been presented in the thesis The study ends ... consult the reader The audience is not immediately presented as is the case with speakers: gestures, body movements, facial expressions, pitch and tone of voice, stress and hesitations, consequently,...
... priori; and its synthesis of intuitions, conforming as it does to the categories, must be the transcendental synthesis of imagination This synthesis is an action of the understanding on the sensibility; ... (Geistigkeit) As the terminus of these inquiries, the Idea thus represents something that is a Selbstzweck und Trieb, the impulse in the practice of giving and asking for reasons to make reason self-sufficient, ... rationalist metaphysics necessarily lead to such monist substantialism Hegel s response was to argue that Jacobi had gotten that part right The issue, though, was whether that was all there was to the...
... results of the 1995 survey as soon as possible, this report contains only very simple measures of these background characteristics and is limited to simple statistical measures such as percents ... services, and health conditions and behavior ISSN 0-8406-0526-9 Fertility—United States—Statistics Birth control—United States—Statistics Childbirth—United States—Statistics Sex—United States—Statistics ... in the household could hear the questions or the answers in this section Some studies suggest that more honest answers to very sensitive items are obtained from self-administered questionnaires...
... Wadeable Streams Assessment for four ecoregions that partially drain to the Mississippi River Assessments such as “good” and “low” in this table represent comparisons withthe least-disturbed streams ... 59% These estimates suggest that, within the main stem states, an area slightly less than the size of Iowa has been converted from wetlands.93 And as astonishing as these estimates are, they ... tile-drained land and past wetlands acreage holds true, then in four Mississippi Basin states (two along the Mississippi main stem)—Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana the tiling estimates suggest that the...
... and other foreign firms are insisting with increasing aggressiveness on more equal business relationships with U .S firms as well as on less restrictive U .S policies regarding access to the U .S market, ... influences cross-border business relationships in the defense industry is also presented The report identifies gaps in the findings and suggests follow-on research approaches to fill those gaps during ... Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) oversees proposed foreign mergers withand acquisitions of U .S businesses The National Industrial Security Program (NISP) governs U .S classified information...
... same as, Aronson s (1968, 1999) selfconsistency theory, which discusses self-esteem and dissonance We focused on self-affirmation rather than self-esteem as the latter seems less relevant to the ... presented withthe brand name in its logo format For the toothbrush holder the brands were Oral-B and Generic, while for the sunglasses the brands were Ray-Ban and Style Vegas The photographs and brands ... mice The choice task was similar to that used in study 1, where respondents saw the two options side by side withthe order randomized across participants As in the previous study, one of the...
... As discussed earlier, GS10 and GS14 both exist in aqueous solution as antiparallel b-sheet structures separated by type II¢ turns, as does GS itself, although GS14 has a somewhat less rigid structure ... increase the water solubility of these compounds andthe latter to decrease the cost of chemical synthesis [4–7] Note that these conservative amino acid substitutions not by themselves significantly ... Myr2Gro-PCho MLVs, GS14 @ GS10 > GS @ GS12 in Myr2Gro-PEtn MLVs, and GS > GS14 >GS10 > GS12 in MLVs of Myr2Gro-PGro Thus, although GS12 has the weakest effect in all three vesicles systems, the relative...
... was judged directly by the assessors, while adequacy was meant to assess the content of the sentence compared to a human gold-standard Yet, the assessments of the two aspects were often the same—readability/fluency ... ways this task can be set up First, we can use all assessed translations and make pairings for every two sentences with different fluency assessment In this setting, the question being addressed ... allow systems to produce fluent text is key for developing a successful machine translation system The next feature most strongly associated with fluency is sentence length Shorter sentences are easier...
... impossible that there should be competition with all the facilities for raising money or selling large issues of bonds in the hands of these few bankers and their partners and allies, who together ... bonds and stocks They became the directing power also in banks and trust companies the depositaries of the quick capital of the country the life blood of business, with which they and others ... companies are his tools Controlled railroads, public service and industrial corporations are his subjects Though properly but middlemen, these bankers bestride as masters America 's business world, so...
... consumers but this is certainly not the case for other safety features and perhaps all emissions controls and other environmental features─over time Content that reduces emissions, produces positive ... When the projected market share was no longer able to achieve the desired fuel economy targets, the constraints associated with hybrids and PHEVs were made less restrictive as they are seen as the ... Economy Mandates andthe Per Vehicle Cost of these Scenarios Scenario Description: For comparison purposes, CAR researchers chose to use the four fuel economy scenarios developed by the EPA/NHTSA Technical...
... Units at Home Stations xi Summary of Types of Costs Included in the Army sand CBO s Estimates for Reset xvii Inventories of Selected Army Systems at the End of 2006 Compared with Systems in the ... Forces and Equipment Stationed Overseas The demands made on the Army s fleets in equipping its units andthe prepositioned sets that are permanently stationed overseas in some cases limit the ... possible, it compared its findings withthe Army s estimated requirements andwiththe Administration s requests for funds for the reset program In general, CBO s estimates of costs for 2006 and...
... definition and scope of these rights andthe related obligations of States Parties to the various conventions Understanding of the full implications of these rights is far less advanced than is the case ... staff services to collect and assess such data, andthe Centre for Human Rights does not have access to statistical databases within the United Nations and its specialized agencies While WHO has ... general, andthe Committee does not assess the performance of States Parties relative to specific standards Nor does the Committee review States Parties' reports in 19 See generally Report on the...
... almost 100 different aquifer studies This is the first national assessment of the occurrence of a large number of VOCs with different uses, andthe assessment addresses key questions about VOCs ... sources associated withthe occurrence of solvents High silt, sparse sand, low organic content of soils, and shallow wells or screens are transport factors associated withthe occurrence of solvents ... domestic and public wells is presented separately in order to distinguish the separate issues for these well types related to supply, environmental setting, and sources of VOCs Samples from these...
... important issue Limitations and Constraints The project has shown the many shortcomings in the existing databases and systems for collection, collation, analysis and dissemination On many topics, reliable ... capital costs, the risks of accidents andthe problems of the disposal of high-level radioactive waste The share of renewable energy (from sources such as the sun, wind and biomass) has increased, ... inefficient and polluting industries, which need to be closed In the short term, strict sequencing and prioritization of tasks are necessary and investments should address the most serious health...
... websites Of these, 431 games contain study brands (and are the basis for the analysis here).12 These games are not evenly distributed across sites Distribution of Games across Websites Not all of the ... was developed to address this broader set of issues The first section focused on general aspects of the website; the second centered on specific details about a study brand s presence on the site, ... the sample into two groups based on audience size The first, the “low visitors” group, represents 73% of the study brands The second, the “high visitors” group, includes all remaining sites These...
... Hospital NHS Trust West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust West Midlands Strategic Health Authority West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust West Sussex PCT Western Cheshire PCT Western Sussex Hospitals ... Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust Derby City PCT East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT Guy sand St Thomas’ NHS Foundation ... Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 3 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Sheffield...