comments from the department of veterans affairs

... Alopaeus-Ståhl at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sweden for her support and the external reviewers of the draft version of this report for their valuable comments We thank also our colleagues in the Globalisation ... especially women themselves Gender relations of power constitute the root causes of gender inequality and are among the most influential of the social determinants of health They determine whether people’s ... relate to each other They determine whether people’s needs are acknowledged, whether they have voice or a modicum of control over their lives and health, whether they can realize their rights This...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 12:20

... insights about the consequences of CPOE systems Their analysis offers an uncommon balance; addressing both the benefits and dangers of CPOEs, and highlighting differences in the types of errors prevented ... “result of physicians choosing the wrong drug template, selecting from multiple options, or as a consequence of constructing their own drug prescriptions using pull down menus.” They offer more ... to be of CPOE systems are actually studies of CPOE and DSS, the waters get even more muddied Shulman et al posit a direct link between the most serious medication errors and the use of their...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39

... predict the key correlates of transmissibility just from the viral RNA sequence What determines the severity of disease caused by a given influenza virus? The severity of influenza reflects both the ... part of the reason for the excessive death rates in otherwise healthy young adults during the 1918 pandemic Other factors affecting virulence are the production of viral proteins capable of inhibiting ... pneumococcal vaccines The nature of the early immune response to the virus is widely believed to be a major factor: paradoxically, the more vigorous it is, the greater the risk of mortality Neutralizing...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:20

... especially the impact of the plantation of drought-tolerant tree species and of the reduction of the rotation length [20] Long-term monitoring programs should be continued or developed, since these ... size, depth of roots, Tab II) At the ecosystem scale, the main effects of drought may occur indirectly, with droughts promoting the occurrence and/or increasing the intensity of other natural ... for identifying the most relevant factors that mediate the impact of drought events on forest biodiversity The impact of strategies that are being proposed to mitigate the effects of drought on...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:20

... instance, the risks of radiation are often posed as a major concern, yet in the USA in 2002 there were no deaths from radiation, compared with 66 from lightning, 63 from cataclysmic storm, 31 from ... consistent context The background rate of events, the relative risk with NSAID or coxib, and the probability of dying could then be used to calculate the additional risk of death from gastrointestinal ... just on the level of risk but also on the benefits The fact that a rare death from a cutaneous adverse event from valdecoxib (Figure 3) is judged differently from a similar risk of death from rhabdomyolysis...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... the 'cockpit of the awareness of the term infant and of its most discriminate responses' [33] However, in the early stages of the development of the oral cavity, the soft bones of the palate are ... into the palatine vault [53], there is then a marked flattening of the lateral palatine ridges in the second year of life [52] In the vast majority of the normal children (48 out of 56) the lateral ... http://www.head-face-med.com/content/1/1/8 Figure The alveolar portion of the upper gum pad is separated from the palate by a groove The alveolar portion of the upper gum pad is separated from the palate by a groove The alveolar...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:22

... - Influence of positioning on the orofacial development of PT infants • Metric descriptions of the palatal configuration of PT/ LBW infants The objective of Part of this review is therefore to ... to the consistence of the tube; even the use of soft tubes can thus not reduce the incidence and extent of palatal grooving [14] Although the authors detected no difference in the incidence of ... caused by the direct pressure of the orotracheal tube but is more likely to be due to overgrowth of the lateral palatine ridges Whether the cause is irritation by the tube or the impairment of a normal...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:22

... Acknowledgements The manuscript was preared within the scope of the authors' positions at The Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics The only role of the Institute was to pay the authors' ... salary Otherwise, the Institute had no role in the study design; in the collection, analyis an interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the manuscript ... monitoring of the literature revealed several additional studies since the time of their publication Objectives Therefore, a new literature review of this subject appeared timely, with the intent of: ...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... (1,239/1,395) of the ground EMS personnel, but only 59% (829/1,395) answered that they use it Of those who use LTP, 87% (719/829) answered that they had received training in the use of LTP Of these, ... 20% (137/697) Positioning of the head was also investigated Of the ground EMS personnel using LTP, 95% (785/829) answered the question about positioning of the head Of these, 81% (633/785) reported ... MR: The effect of a cervical collar on the tidal volume of anaesthetised adult patients Anaesthesia 1995, 50:961-3 Blake WE, Stillman BC, Eizenberg N, Briggs C, McMeeken JM: The position of the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... of the firms would be in the position of providing non-audit services for the clients of all other accounting firms Clients might also benefit from this ‘unbundling’ because the evidence from other ... benchmarking of best practices, the use of standardized industry-tailored audit programs, and extending the ‘reach’ of professionals from their primary local -of ce clientele to other clients ... support that the of ce-level of analysis is an important development in research on audit quality 5.3 Other approaches to the study of audit quality There are other approaches to the study of auditor...

Ngày tải lên: 06/01/2015, 19:42

... Zygun However, the small sample size and non-randomized methodology limit the generalizability of these results Importantly, alternatives to hypertonic saline for the treatment of intracranial ... be detrimental [8] Although these limited data are insufficient to mandate changes to standards of care, they provide ethical justification for the examination of these standards in randomized ... examination of hypertonic saline and mannitol for the management of intracranial hypertension is a logical starting point given the frequency of this indication Competing interests The author...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... make the cut Finally, the more frequent the blood glucose measurement, even with handheld glucometers, the less hypoglycemia experienced by patients and the tighter the glycemic control [19] The ... to the bedside nurse and by their nature will be less arduous At the same time, manufacturers will need to make these devices affordable, or their uptake will be slowed The greater frequency of ... measurements by these devices will dramatically make safer the continuous administration of insulin Improving the accuracy of blood glucose measurements and standardizing the determination of insulin-dosing...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... …  On the street   At the party In our school We see many plants and trees In our school On the street In the park Animals  In a park  the zoo On the street Conclusion We see a lot of things ... things outside our houses We see a lot of food and drinks near our houses We don’t see many trees near our houses We see dogs, cats and birds near our houses The End ...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2013, 01:26

... and opinions o The ability to recognize persuasive statements o The ability to judge the accuracy of the information given in the text Conclusion Although comprehension takes place at several ... shown that teachers tend to ask their students mainly literal comprehension questions They need to be aware that there is more to reading than just the basic skills of reading and recalling information ... one level is not a prerequisite to comprehension at another level Furthermore, the reading skills for each level or strand cut across ages; they are relevant to young readers in primary schools,...

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Ngày tải lên: 03/12/2013, 23:11

... that explain the profound suppression of the inflammatory response Furthermore, genes of the inflammatory response lack repressing GREs, so other explanations for the suppression of inflammation ... including other protein kinases At the bottom of the cascades lie proteins controlling gene expression and other processes Serving to modulate the activity of MAP kinases and to switch off the pathways ... crucial The JNK pathway is a major route for activation of c-Jun, and therefore of AP-1 complexes The mRNAs of many cytokines and key regulators of the inflammatory response are unstable by virtue of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:24

... research Cadaver models offer the advantage that there is complete access to all the tissues of the foot, not just the bones, and you can investigate other aspects of the foot that might influence ... is based on the ideal foot, rather than the dynamics of the foot of each patient? Competing interests Additional file Video cadaver video The video illustrates the performance of the dynamic ... directly measure the kinematics of the individual bones of the foot Access to tissues of the foot would provide real insight and quickly enable to us test many clinical hypotheses that have persisted...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23