... For the last, a new standard, the body mass index (BMI), has been developed during the past decade for international studies of child health status This index is calculated as the weight divided ... scored moderately deficient Between and standard deviations below the mean puts the child at mild deficiency Finally, any child who is taller than the mean minus standard deviation is considered healthy ... from the statistics ofCôtedIvoireand attributed to those of Ghana due to cross-border leakages, but the trends seem clear Table 1: Trends in cocoa production in Côted Ivoire, Ghana, and the...
... Northern Mande, Southern Mande, Krou, Voltaique/Gur, and other), and religion (Christian, Muslim, and other (reference category)) Household head controls include age, gender, and education (a dummy ... le Niveau de Vie des Ménages de Côted' Ivoire. " (Household Living Standards Survey), National Statistical Institute, Ministry of Planning and Development ofCôted' Ivoire, World Bank and European ... le Niveau de Vie des Ménages de Côted' Ivoire. " (Household Living Standards Survey), National Statistical Institute, Ministry of Planning and Development ofCôted' Ivoire, World Bank and European...
... Niveau de Vie des Ménages de Côted' Ivoire, " National Statistical Institute and Ministry of Planning and Development ofCôted'Ivoire ENV-2002, "Enquête sur le Niveau de Vie des Ménages de Côted' Ivoire, " ... Tables and Figures Figure Map ofCôted'Ivoire Notes: The map indicates the cities in the north, center and south ofCôted'Ivoire (Korhogo, Bouaké, and Abidjan) where the armed conflict erupted in ... help, and experience conflict-related deaths in the household Many of these households were displaced by the conflict In addition, households in which the head of households reported being displaced...
... contributions DKE, PAC and FD designed the study PAC and CAB collected the data DKE and PC analyzed the data DKE and PAC interpreted the data All authors contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript, and ... exposed to any treatment for PMTCT; (2) women exposed to single-dose NVP (sdNVP) and zidovudine (ZDV) for PMTCT; and (3) women exposed to shortcourse zidovudine (scZDV) and 3TC for PMTCT The primary ... Such data is important to fully understand the dynamics and rate of treatment failure in our population Switching treatments without using viral load data for making these decisions is indeed of...
... the dominant species The selected stands showed clear symptoms ofthe presence of T piniperda, including dieback, yellowing, and especially dead, bored-out shoots littering the ground under infested ... of L wingfieldii had been introduced by a few colonizing adults and then grew rapidly along the medullary rays and tracheids and established itself in some ofthe initially uninfected gallery systems ... sapwood surface and depth of any sapwood blue-stain was measured Necrosis lengths could not be measured on plants inoculated with O minus and L wingfieldii, since the whole plants were dead and necrotic...
... all divergence distances (Figure and Table 2) For example, the observed RTRs for Myc and NFκB were 0.219 and 0.083 at a divergence distance of 1.0, and 0.373 and 0.167 at a divergence distance of ... calculated the observed RTRs of Myc-E2F from simulations with and without an additional space constraint between two TFBSs, and compared the observed and expected RTRs assuming independence The fit-1 ... distances In theory, one could derive closed-form solutions for the probability of these events, based on the sequence composition ofthe region andthe composition and degeneracy ofa binding site...
... Tau and Con Dao Island, the good weather period is around year, in other places the period can be interrupted by hot-dry weather Totally, in lowland ofthe Southern Region, period of good weather ... condition Japanese encephalitis, dengue hemorrhagic fever are often occur in the period of very hot and damp weather; very hot and dry days make human exhausted and debilitated The thresholds of ... highland areas Furthermore, based on the classification, some good weather periods for tourism activities and therapeutic medical treatment are found The study area, method and database Inside of the...
... The land cover data was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and represents the land cover in 2002 The dataset is part ofa forest cover and land use changes assessment during ... marked by dusty air and temperatures between 27 and 40°C, and violent thunderstorms with rain and wind are likely to occur Towards the end of May, the monsoon rains define the weather and decay ... already many ofthe smallholders rely on prospects of future sales of latex and thus depend on the dynamics ofthe global market The success story of Yunnan andthe high demand of China fuels...
... adults and children adults adults and children adults and children children adults older adults adults and children children children adults and children adults older adults children adults and ... from the studies identified Estimates ofthe utility of treated and untreated coeliac disease, andofthe disutility of endoscopy, biopsy and gluten-free diet were derived from the literature and ... considered the use of deamidated gliadin peptide (DGP)-based assays as a diagnostic tool for coeliac diseaseThe first paper considered the use of IgA and IgG antibodies to synthetic DGP and tTGA...
... referred in the Cenozoic tectonic models of Southeast Asia region is the ʺSundalandʺ plate. The Sundaland plate is bordered to the north by the Red River fault, to the west by the Sagaing ... interpreted in the geological record. During the last two decades ofthe 20th Century, the model of extrusion tectonics [21] has emerged as the predominant model for the tectonics of Southeast Asia. ... internal deformation and did not behave as a coherent block as suggested by the extrusion model. ‐ The Red River fault does not demarcate the South China block andthe Indochina block; ...
... tower depends on the mass of compound removed from the water andthe volume of air used in the process The discharge of organic chemicals into the atmosphere is regulated by NJDEP under the NJ Administrative ... include removal of pesticides and herbicides anda number of synthetic industrial chemicals by activated carbon It is expected that many ofthe tentatively identified compounds found by NJDEP in the ... included in the costs Corrosion Control - The use of packed tower air stripping will raise the dissolved oxygen level and typically decrease the dissolved carbon dioxide ofthe treated water The...
... concentrated in a corner ofthe fence they would spread them out to other places; and protect clams from predators: birds, crabs and snails With regard to sediment andthe turning ofthe pond bottom ... Secondary in formations were collected from published and unpublished reports and data gathered from fisheries departments 2.3 Data analysis Collected data and information were validated and assessed ... meet the growing demand and that will improve the adoption rate in this phase 3.4.4 Algal production (live feed) and pond management Adoption rate ofthe clam pond management and algal production...
... onward also includes the degree of fragmentation There is a considerable lack of objective and standardized methods for assessing embryonic fragmentation In fact, a cell size of 45 mm on day two ... On the one hand, it could be documented that early dividing embryos show a lower rate of multinucleated blastomeres (70), and on the other hand, tripronuclear zygotes show a limited capacity to ... polar body biopsy Regardless ofthe grade ofthe first polar body, more than two-thirds ofthe oocytes were found to be aneuploid (25), but, unfortunately, the most interesting grade consisting of...
... traditional methods and can be used in anthropometric databases This standard is limited to measurements of foot length and breadth, and requires that the maximum mean difference between the ... library of 10 shoe lasts and developing a process for choosing the last from the library that would be most suited for the individual based on their ball girth, waist girth and instep girth oftheir ... foam collapses under their weight and when they step out ofthe box there is a fairly close negative ofthe shape oftheir foot left in the foam The box can then either be filled with plaster to...
... contributed to study design and data collection, and interviewed students YO Contributed to study design and data collection, drafted the manuscript, interviewed students and performed the qualitative ... qualitative assessments OK Contributed to study design, data collection and analysis KT Contributed to the design and coordination ofthe study, drafted and edited the manuscript AIB Contributed to study ... also included questions about environmental conditions We randomly selected one ofthe nine departments ofthe Faculty of Education and visited this department during the first two days ofthe week...
... extracted and discarded by five or six ether extractions The protein content ofthe aqueous extract was determined by the Folin reagent method, described by Lowry and collaborators [19], and was ... ofthe human disease Materials and methods Animals Eight to 10 week-old CBA/J, BALB/c, A/J and C57BL/6 male mice, and to month-old Wistar rats, were bred and maintained at the animal houses of ... were low, and no statistically significant differences were found among the studied groups andtheir negative controls (data not shown) The production of IL-4 in BtEsensitized and challenged mice...
... occurred and thus, whether a SLNB might be indicated in such cases Patients and methods A search ofthe pathology database detected all patients with a histological diagnosis of deep soft tissue ... a rate of lymph node metastasis of 7% anda local recurrence rate of 25.9% despite adequate excision and post-operative radiotherapy On the basis of this study, we not advocate the use of SLNB ... leiomyosarcoma ofthe extremities Clinical Sarcoma Research 2011 1:7 Authors’ contributions HG, PC, MG and DW contributed to the design ofthe study HG, MG and PC conducted the study NA carried out pathological...
... contributions AG and DL conceived the article concept AG conducted the literature search and wrote the paper DL reviewed, edited the paper and syntax Both authors have read and approved the final manuscript ... survival [50] There are potential disadvantages to the use of video in theassessmentof trauma Assessmentofthe vital signs from the video recording may be difficult and an appreciation of these signs ... should be anticipated by education and by the introduction of processes to improve the workings ofthe team Based on the limited evidence available the most effective method of trauma team audit and...
... an adequate understanding ofthe structures ofthe body and how they function in order to succeed in their chosen field Inadequate study habits, poor initial preparation, anda lack of confidence ... undergraduate students begin their academic careers with the University Division (UD) Academic advisors in UD help students transition to life as an undergraduate student and aid students in the ... theories address the wide array of topics associated with learning Theories have been generally labeled by their unit of analysis andthe issues addressed by the theory However, it should be noted that...