... more precise prevalence estimate However, this isthe first study in this area Our findings raise issues for the planning of studies and ethical issues related to the obligation ofthe physician-researcher ... the cost of training such persons, as well as the rate of scans requiring specialist review, in the prevailing medicolegal environment We raise this issue because, although the ethical duty of ... or other suitably trained specialist review all the images or just the baseline images in a longitudinal study This will also add to the cost ofthe research study Despite the increasing use of...
... One way of answering this question is to reflect on the goal of aesthetic science The psychologist Rolf Reber recently suggested that “art theorists… define the criterion ofwhatthe [aesthetic] ... experience is expected to be; scientists… provide a test of whether this criterion is fulfilled.”2 Or consider the case of neuroaesthetics This new branch of empirical aesthetics is often defined as the ... monthly honorarium from the Society The editor is responsible for the content ofthe journal The editor is a member ofthe Board of Trustees ofthe Society and serves on the Executive Committee...
... seen, there may be several distinct derivations that generate the same parse tree The probability of a parse tree T is thus the sum ofthe probabilities of its distinct derivations Let tid be the ... subtree in the derivation d that produces tree T, then the probability of T is given by P(T) = ΣdΠi P(tid) Thus the DOP1 model considers counts of subtrees of a wide range of sizes in computing the ... corpussubtree t is converted into a context-free rule r where the lefthand side of r corresponds to the root label of t and the righthand side of r corresponds to the frontier labels of t Indices link the...
... pathogenesis and pathogen time-courses The number of components [7,36] that can be modeled is smaller than in discrete models because ofthe increase in the number of parameters The state ofthe variables ... compatible with the existing experimental knowledge on the pathogenesis The distribution ofthe parameter values for each immune component in the model tells us about its role in the pathogenesis Recent ... effectively to study the progression ofthe infections Acknowledgements This opinion is an outcome ofthe discussions at the workshop organized in June 2008 at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics...
... and thus variance in prevalence of nonresponders These may include the dose ofthe agonist (5-20 uM), the nature ofthe anticoagulant (citrate or hirudin/PPACK) and the LTA value (maximal or late ... testing of platelet ADP antagonist responsiveness is unlikely to provide useful information to guide clinical decision-making in most individual patients for the prevention of stent thrombosis at ... testing in high-risk PCI patients treated with clopidogrel: (a) increased risk of stent thrombosis (b) increased risk for catastrophe if stent thrombosis occur OR need to know when isthe ideal time...
... performance of an individual in a large organization where the air is due to work or the work culture ofthe organization that brings Increase work efficiency Therefore the employee in the company ... time Part 2: Whatistheimportanceof good human resources management? Recruitment and training Human resource management help looking good staff actively involved in the success ofthe company ... communication This isthe main and prerequisite skill necessary for the managers to manage people 2 Good communication Good communication Honest, communication is one ofthe key ingredients...
... managers The objective of this skill is to enhance mutual understanding and respect on the basis of identification and recognition ofthe values and needs ofthe communication object This isthe basis ... people This is your daily bread The way you communicate with others can be a key to either your success or failure • 1.Respect the person you talk to • 2.Listen, listen, listen and then speak ... to the person you are talking to • 4.Take into account that you can be wrong • 5.Leave the space for others to think • 6.Timing isthe key • 7 .What you send iswhat you get • 8 .What kind of rules...
... the conception and design ofthe study and manuscript revision JK was involved in the design and statistical analysis ofthe study MS conceived and coordinated the study and was involved in the ... look for other infections, and the absence of radiological signs of pulmonary congestion might have resulted in another fluid therapy regimen We did not score for theclinical relevance ofthe unexpected ... aware of this part ofthe observation As a consequence, theclinical relevance ofthe predefined abnormalities could not be evaluated in some cases, specifically in case of large atelectasis and...
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... value AMS isthe paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally and the remainder augmented with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and rent the peak’ Conclusion The customer’s ... health starts with an assessment of value The assessment of value of cloud services can only include a comparison against other cloud providers The comparison of cost between traditional IT investment ... simple as a mouse-trap The complication is that for most customers they already have an IT investment So the assessment of cloud value will involve a comparison between what other IT investments...
... εicgbt (24) where X is a vector of controls, B the vector of behaviors, ε isthe error term, i denotes the individual, c the country, t the year ofthe interview, g gender, and b isthe birth cohort ... males) While the precision ofthe estimates ofthe effects of behaviors declines with respect to the micro data, we cannot reject the null hypothesis that these effects are jointly statistically significant ... three binary indicators: whether the mother died early, whether the father died early and whether the mother and the father where present when the individual was aged 10 The extracted principal component...
... of microfinance (Bateman 2010) Synthesise what these studies tell us about: a The impact of microfinance on the incomes ofthe poor b The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/ wealth of ... this study therefore retains its status as a high quality evaluation This decision is discussed further in section 5.4 what isthe impact of microfinance on poor people? sy n thesis Synthesis ... incomes (and there are plenty of opportunities for this failure to occur), then the number of MFIs is likely to increase The proliferation of MFIs may therefore be a symptom ofthe failure of micro-credit...
... run high in the area ofthe free movement of goods.22 All of these three aspects feature in the trio of spectacular cases on the use of goods,23 which form the subject-matter of this 20 See LAURENCE ... to the market for the product concerned It is therefore, in my view, preferable to examine measures of that kind in the light ofthe Treaty rules rather than to remove them from the scope ofthe ... rules relating to the use of goods fall within the scope of article 34 TFEU Fortunately, the judgments mark a firm rejection of siren calls in favor oftheimportanceofthe unity ofthe internal...
... NOTICE: The project that isthe subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, ... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... for those who wish to conduct further research on the influence ofthe NSES This publication includes a summary ofthe workshop, the five commissioned review papers, a master list of all references...
... worsening of health (GRoC of or 2) the sign ofthe change in the SF-6D score was reversed (i.e multiplied by minus one) The MID was then taken as the mean change on the SF-6D scale ofthe patients ... SF-6D is a continuous measure of effect we used meta-analytic methods to estimate the weighted grand mean ofthe MID and to test the hypothesis of homogeneity of MID across the nine studies If there ... provide information on what a clinically important difference is for the SF-36 scales They conclude that the MCID for the SF-36 is "typically in the range of 3–5 points", although they also recommend...
... – this is some distance back and where the crater is formed The position for this highest isothermal region can vary, depending upon the feedrate For example, if the feedrate is increased, the ... inserts consist of: • ‘Pure’ ceramic – this isthe traditional tooling insert material, consisting of aluminium oxide The alumina is white in colour and is produced by cold pressing powder in the desired ... optimisation ofthe cutting insert grades For example, in turning operations, the depth of cut can probably maximised and, as a result, the number of passes along, or across the part can be minimised...
... define the biologic role and therefore therapeutic utility of this cytokine in pathology A further intriguing approach is to modulate the synthesis and release of IL-18 Whereas the inhibition of ... in the course of these disease models These data strongly suggest that the net effect of IL-18 expression is proinflammatory, at least in the context of antigen-driven articular inflammation Clinical ... although the binding affinity of this novel IL-1 family member is lower than those of IL-1Ra and IL-1β [32] However, the significance of this interaction is not clear The biologic function of IL-1F10...
... a role in the aetiology ofthe disease itself [44] Disease stage and phase of therapy In PSV, and especially in SVV, the therapeutic approach usually consists of an induction of remission and ... and higher GC doses, are utilised Furthermore, in SVV the selection of drugs depends on the stage ofthe disease: in the localised and early systemic stage - that is, disease without threatened ... PCP incidence of 6% in a cohort of 180 WG patients PCP occurred during induction of remission Estimating the risk of PCP during induction of remission is further complicated as therapeutic strategies...
... control, and statistical processes to evaluate the impact of initiatives [123] A strength of this review was the quality appraisal of reporting excellence using the newly established SQUIRE guidelines ... management of missing data (n = 10) Only one-half ofthe authors contextualized findings within existing literature The weakest section of reporting across studies was planning ofthe interventions, ... provider and system outcomes This review revealed that the foci within each ofthe dimensions of quality, the interventions implemented by teams, the composition of teams, and the context in which initiatives...
... above the umbilicus The SAAT was defined as the thickness between the skin-fat interface and the linea alba, and the VAT was defined as the distance between the anterior wall ofthe aorta and the ... insulin resistance (IR) [3] The pattern of adipose tissue distribution, i.e., visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT), is an important predictive factor of metabolic ... WC, [21]) A second point ofthe problem to stress is whether the weight control can slow down the progression of IR and the worsening of fat deposition in organs in these obese young patients...