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mining some percentage points of the budget of the hospital. A few hospitals already use
the data set to guide their staffing decisions. On the other hand, the evolutions in health care
and ... bring the right patient
information to the medical and nursing staff on an integrated way.
And exactly this point is important: the more intensive the care, the more frequent and
nearer to the ... ever-raising expenses. On the other hand the popula-
tion’s need for care is increasing.
This situation where the care request (and the expenses linked to it) is increasing more
rapidly than the...
... attaching to a surface (36a and
36b) [8,9]. The application of exogenous HA and
HA-based biomaterials showed good results in ma-
nipulating and accelerating the wound healing proc-
ess in a ... on probing was recorded andthe presence
of plaque was registred mesially, buccally, distally,
and lingually. Data were obtained at baseline before
treatment and at 10 days, and 6,9, and 24 ... facilitate
the application of bone graft inthe damaged site and
on the other hand, it creates an environment with a
rich content of HA, with all the advantages deriving
from the phenomenon.
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... causing inundation which in turn
results inthe long-term damages to the crops andthe environment. In summary, typhoons and inundation are one of
the many factors causing hunger and poverty hindering ...
4
The typhoon season is between September and November, and is the most intense in October and November. There
are 1 to 2 typhoons hitting the region in a year. The typhoon density andthe ... the information about the typhoons in Vietnam andthe technical solutions recommended for
existing and new houses inthe tropical cyclonic areas considering the local conditions. Houses in the...
... for
livelihoods
Half of these 600m livestock keepers live in
Asia
Also, many millions off-farm jobs created
along the supply chain (trading, processing,
retailing)
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Feed resources and Utilization
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The world problems:
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Population
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ferrule, andthe thin section inthe middle is the epoxy.
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photo. This is the phenomenon ... withdraw
into the ferrule if the epoxy holding the fibers creep. If the
initial fiber height is too recessed into the ferrule, the fiber
may creep too far back into the ferrule causing loss of
physical...
... another. In
the software industry, the swift growth of the German SAP relied on the
increasing acceptance of its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software as
the governing standard for running ... of
its applications andthe resources invested in developing its potential (see
Figure 2.1).
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ings are slow and not very significant. ... con-
tracts, hiring from the industry, alliances, joint ventures, and acquisition.
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interest rate higher
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excess demand for money
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positively related to government spending and
negatively related ... unrelated to
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interest rate
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supply of money
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moulding dies, PCB feeders, press linking, palletising,
stacking, loading and unloading, transporting and
flexible linking, storage and buffering of work pieces of
different sizes.
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wide. Applications include linking machine tools
(automotive production), tool changing in machining
facilities, palletising work pieces, unloading injection...
... a
randomly chosen text in terms of expansion to see how the findings can help to
understand some features of the text andthe intention of the writer. In this thesis, the
text chosen is the ...
chapter, three types of expansion are investigated in detail. The findings will serve as
the framework for the analysis inthe next chapter, with the hope to discover the
features hidden inthe ... for the speech function inthe text, we can see the
two role relationships, one between the writer andthe readers, andthe other between
the characters (the main character and his son). In...
... A singleton is defined as an offspring born alone.
Sources: Institute of Medicine, 2006. Data on increase among c-section deliveries from Bettegowda and others, 2008.
All other data from the ... role in preventing birth defects by maintaining
birth defects monitoring programs. These programs collect data
for detecting birth defects trends and suggest areas for further
research. They ...
seeking quick facts at their fingertips.
Readers interested in more detail
and regular updates of many of
the data presented in this book
should visit PeriStats, the March of
Dimes interactive...
... Academy of Engineering in providing services to the gov-
ernment, the public, andthe scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies
and the Institute ... quality of
the individuals it brings together and its effectiveness in integrating their combined judgment. The endurance and
continuing refinement of Techcast suggests it is becoming more useful ... alternative futures, and
• Supporting decision making by increasing the lead time for awareness.
The Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) andthe Defense Intelligence...
... geological engineering,
hydrological engineering, and Earth-related parts of petro-
leum engineering and mining engineering. The rapid expan-
sion of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information
technology ... gather and evaluate
information and to prepare its consensus report. The first two meetings
were open meetings and were held in September 2003 in Washington,
D.C., andin November 2003 in Irvine, ... program
managers, the geological and geotechnical engineering com-
munity as a whole, and other interested parties, including
Congress, federal and state agencies, industry, academia, and
other stakeholders in...