... the general population, but onthe other subscales this subgroup andthe general population revealed comparable scores Compared with the general population, the second subgroup scored worse on ... Information concerning the influence of pain and its persistence on HRQoL may guide (the emphasis of ) treatment in these patients Therefore, the aims of this study were to assess whether the HRQoL ... functioning is merely related to patients' beliefs and coping strategies rather than to the physical impairment [25] Onthe other hand, the social functioning scale in the SF-36 as well as the...
... observations A linear regression was done to estimate D0, i.e., the inverse of the slope of the exponential part of the survival curve, for radiotherapy alone and for the combinations of 5-FU and/ or ... small bowel crypts Therefore, the survival of these clonogens is likely to be a decisive factor in the repair of the bowel after cytotoxic therapy The pioneering work of Withers and Elkind presented ... compared to radiotherapy alone [2] There are no published results from randomized trials on whether the addition of oxaliplatin further increases gastrointestinal toxicity, but the combination of 5-FU...
... to investigate the effects of endotoxemia-induced inflammation onthe brain We addressed the question of whether LPS infusion induces changes in EEG, cortisol, BSPs, and CFs Furthermore we wanted ... IL-1Ra and cortisol concentrations All changes in cytokine andthe cortisol concentrations were significant (P < 0.001) Concentrations of neuron specific enolase (NSE) decreased after administration ... of the peak frequency and absolute band power of alpha and beta activity in the occipital region, P4O2 and P3O1 (all P < 0.0001) The absolute power of the alpha activity in the central region,...
... creating the database, the interpretation of the results and writing of the manuscript HR assisted in interpretation of the results and critically read the manuscript; JAH critically read the manuscript ... manuscript and assisted in interpretation of the results WCJH performed the statistical analysis and assisted in the interpretation of the results and writing of the manuscript EMWJ assisted in the ... abroad; one was untraceable Of the remaining 170 eligible patients, 145 agreed to participate The other 25 patients and/ or parents did not respond to the invitation or refused participation on practical...
... to the other GAAP AND IFRS CONVERGENCE; BAILEY 15 There are a few possible implications that the convergence of GAAP and IFRS will have on lease accounting One possible implication of the convergence ... of the United States The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) requires that companies use the standards that are set in the IFRS The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) andthe ... the accounting objective of the standard; Provide sufficient detail and structure so that the standard can be operationalized and applied on a consistent basis; Minimize exceptions from the...
... components: the patients (the population under study), the interventions (what is being done), the comparisons (other main treatment options) andthe outcomes (the measures of how effective the ... updates many areas of the previous guideline There are also new chapters onthe experience of depression for people with depressionand their carers (Chapter 4), andonthetreatmentand management ... Appendix 21 DepressionDEPRESSION This guideline is concerned with thetreatmentand management of adults with a primary diagnosis of depression in primary and secondary care The terminology and diagnostic...
... moderate depression should: 11 This recommendation (and recommendation 1.4.2.1 in CG91) updates the recommendations ondepression only in ‘Computerised cognitive behaviour therapy for depressionand ... dose and duration of treatment are unknown) 1.10.4 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) The recommendations in this section update thedepression aspects only of ‘Guidance onthe use of electroconvulsive ... depression occurs as the primary diagnosis; the relevant NICE guidelines should be consulted for depression occurring in the context of other disorders (see section 6) Depression is a broad and...
... photocatalytic performances through the chemical surface modification Special attentions will be focused ontheeffect of the hydrothermal treatment of Vis-TiO2 thin films on their characteristics, photoelectrochemical ... prepared in the same condition exhibited considerable absorption in visible light regions, while UV-TiO2 thin films exhibited absorption only in the UV region (l < 380 nm) Vis-TiO2/Ti were then reacted ... Vis-TiO2/Ti/Pt and NaOH(X)-Vis-TiO2/Ti/Pt The container consists of two water phases separated by a TiO2 thin film and proton-exchange membrane (Na on film) Prior to the reaction, the reaction cell was...
... to the acquisition andthe analysis of the data GM contributed to the study conception design and interpretation of data GT participated in the design of the study, andthe drafting and revision ... rearing conditions to an enriched environment while receiving MP Onthe other hand, a former study has already revealed an effect of handling onthe dopaminergic system without any medication [13] ... interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions SB participated in the acquisition and interpretation of the data and drafted the manuscript TG contributed...
... Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 2, Issue 3, 2011, pp.477-490 481 Results and discussion The results and discussion based ontheeffect of EGR rates on engine performance and emission characteristics ... due to the reduction in oxygen concentration in the combustion chamber [5,16,24,25,26] The NOX emission increased with increasing biodiesel amount in the blends In addition, the NOX emission of ... observed beyond 15% EGR, for both fuels The study concluded that 15% hot EGR rate effectively reduced NOX emission without much adverse effects onthe performance, smoke, and other emissions Prasad...
... temperature.These plots show that an increase in Co2+ doping yields monotonic increase in the saturation magnetization of Niferrite which may be due to the substitution of Ni2+ ions by Co2+ onthe octahedral ... Ni1-xCoxFe2O4 was synthesized successfully by co-precipitation method X-ray diffraction study shows the presence of cubic spinel The increase of Co2+ ion concentration yields the monotonic increase ... parameter with Co2+ due to the difference in ionic sizes of the component ions The Co2+ ions have larger ionic radius (0.78 Å) than Ni2+ (0.74 Å) and Fe3+ (0.67 Å) ions Lattice parameters (Å)...
... total, there were 441 TARP recipients during this time period The Treasury information includes the identity and location of the institution, the date the institution received TARP funds, andthe ... institutions The remainder of our paper is organized as follows: Section reviews the related literature and Section describes the data construction and descriptive statistics Section describes the ... includes only bank characteristics and fixed-effects by banks and time The second column within each grouping adds the loan characteristics The results after controlling for these other factors confirm...
... hydrogen bonds to be formed between the base G4 andthe sidechain of Asn122 In the second model (Fig 1B) the structure of the hexanucelotide is, onthe whole, unchanged andthe majority of the interactions ... Electron density of RTA R213D in the vicinity of residue 213 The backbone and sidechains of the R213D substitution are shown as stereo images in thick ball and stick andthe position of the Arg213 ... wild-type RTA The electron density in the area of the substitution is shown in Fig The positions of catalytic residues and all other residues local to the substitution site not differ from the wild-type...
... exchange of long wave radiation Ln (MJ.m-2.day-1) between vegetation and soil onthe one hand, and atmosphere and clouds onthe other, can be represented by the following radiation law [3, 10, 17]: ⎛ ... Assimilation System) information AVHRR provides information on globe land classification at 30 s resolution [13] Fig 2.b shows the vegetation classification at 30 s resolution for the Nong Son catchment ... results of monthly potential evapotranspiration From the land cover data and vegetationrelated parameters in the Nong Son catchment, andthe monthly meteorological data at the Tra Table Monthly average...
... Economics andthe Canadian Journal of Economics His current research is onthe empirical impact of taxation on international production and location decisions of multinational firms jason yackee Jason ... share many common features Most DTTs are based on one of these two models, with exceptions and variations depending onthe specific relationship between the two contracting states One other model ... international political economy has focused on standards and regulations in product and financial markets, the effects of BITs and trade agreements on foreign direct investment, the allocation of...
... the test set Onthe contrary, if the training and test sets come from different sources -sharing only the tag s e t - the behaviour of the resulting tagger will not depend onthe right or wrong ... uncertainty in the evaluation m a y be, in some cases, larger than the reported improvements from one system to another, so invalidating the conclusions of the comparison Model since the tagger error ... would mean that the tagger disambiguates b e t t e r the noisy cases than the correct ones Concerning to the lower bound, only in the case that all the errors in the training and test corpus...
... together: for example, ‘however’, onthe one hand…’, onthe other hand…’ Contextualised grammar teaching Grammar teaching that takes account of the function of sentences and texts in context, and ... investigated the teaching of both sentence-combining and syntax One study focused on sentence-combining and punctuation; one on syntax, punctuation and sentence-diagramming; and one on punctuation alone ... primary education andthe other in secondary education Furthermore, there is an experienced Information Officer onthe review team The review has been funded by the Department for Education and Skills...
... company, the survey questions can be same for both of them to find out theeffect of monetary incentive on their effort and task performance Survey questions only continue to be conducted if and only ... information and unknown the accuracy Much information only can be used as the 40 comparative source with the primary data Therefore, the secondary information will be useful for study if and only if the ... believe that they will act onthe interest of the company Onthe other hand, it is not easy to mediate these relationships If there is not any mechanism to reconcile these complex relationships,...
... given monitor based onthe pollution levels at monitors less than 20 miles away I this for all monitors and then calculate the correlation between the estimated pollution andthe actual pollution, ... information on asthma and its potential association with pollution Section discusses the economic framework and its implications for the empirical analysis Section presents the estimation strategy ... example, the Committee onthe Medical Effects of Air Pollution concluded that “overall evidence is small that non-biological outdoor air pollution has an important effectonthe initiation and [provocation]...
... environmental assessment of contaminated sites, Proceedings of the Fifth National Workshop onthe Assessment of Site Contamination, National Environment Protection Council Service Corporation, ... mobilization to Brassica juncea might be listed at around 30 ppm, and serious effects can be seen with the content higher than 50 ppm The relationship between Cu2+ concentration in soil and Cu content ... Trt.1, and drops dramatically to 12.5 cm at Trt.4 (drop by 36%) following the rate of added Cu increasing to 200 ppm The effects of added Cu on biomass are the same way of the effects onthe height...