... both vegetal and animal products included in the diet of developed and developing countries The analysis starts by examining technical coefficients and the requirement of land, labor and technical ... qualitative changes in the diet the implications of increasing the fraction of animal products and fresh vegetables and fruits (changes in the factor QDM (quality of diet multiplier)) and changes in the ... Netherlands, Italy, Germany, the U.K and Japan (net food importers) Countries with an intermediate GNP include Argentina (with abundant arable land), Mexico and Costa Rica Countries with a low GNP and...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:21
... participated in the data analysis and interpretation of results, and drafted the manuscript LS participated in the design of the study and data collection, and suggested edits and revisions to the manuscript ... (5%) were more costly and less effective than their comparators and were therefore dominated, 21 interventions (8%) were both more effective and cheaper than their comparator and thus dominant Figure ... cost-effectiveness ratio and the 'musculoskeletal' and 'infection groups' having the most variability Examining modality; pharmaceuticals and vaccinations had higher and more varied cost-effectiveness...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22
Báo cáo sinh học : "What do we know about influenza and what can we do about it" ppsx
... induced by viral infection and in turn induces cellular anti-viral proteins that interfere with viral replication; and we have already mentioned the HA and the NA, and members of the viral polymerase ... the future and progress is being made in identifying conserved amino acid sequences associated with past pandemics [5] but we don’t yet know enough about what determines infectivity and virulence ... infecting virus and host factors Important host factors include age, basic health status and prior exposure to the same or related viruses, with the very young, the elderly, pregnant women and those...
Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo y học: "Report from Mongolia – How much do we know about the incidence of rare cases in less developed countries: a case series" ppsx
... diagnostic and therapeutic standards It may be argued that earlier and more aggressive fluid resuscitation could have prevented acute renal failure in the two patients with acetic acid and diesel ... to conception and design, interpreted the data and drafted the manuscript OB gathered the data, interpreted the data and helped in drafting the manuscript AHR gathered the data and helped in ... the data and helped in drafting the manuscript GT made a substantial contribution to conception and design, interpreted the data and helped in drafting the manuscript All authors read and approved...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 19:21
WHAT’S NEXT ; Unconventional Wisdomon the Future of the World Economy Edited by David Hale and Lyric Hughes Hale
... Nationalism, and Paper Barrels: The Oil Markets of the 2010s Albert Bressand 15 In the Aftermath of Iran’s Latest Revolution Narimon Safavi 16 Climate Change: Feasible Policy and Future Carbon Markets ... price and suggest that the outlook is still positive Investor demand for gold has been buoyed by the creation of exchangetraded funds They now hold over 2,000 tonnes, and could easily expand to ... 2020 and a 60 percent reduction by 2050 The United States did not sign the Kyoto Protocol, and while the Obama administration sought to implement a cap -and -trade system for carbon emissions and...
Ngày tải lên: 04/11/2014, 11:48
under a green sky - global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they can tell us about our future
... and Tertiary strata turned out to be at the back of a wide, sandy beach, the kind of sand that demands bare feet and a release of all other plans, thoughts, or anxieties Thousands of adults and ... both on land and in the sea, was suddenly killed off, was dead for a while, and then came back to life And it is entirely consistent with the fossil record of those two groups: Both larger land plants ... target outcrop—damn and finally—hundreds of feet of limestone sandwiching a 60-foot-thick band of mudstone containing some level where the Triassic ends and the Jurassic begins, and the realization...
Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2014, 01:22
INDUSTRY SURVEY - What future animators say about what they are looking for in a school, and what professional animators say are the most important things to look for. ppt
... studio animators, stand in for directors, and assignments stand in for film or game shots Students learn how to accept guidance and criticism, to meet deadlines, and to budget and schedule their ... TIPS AND TRICKS, VOLUME II More tips and tricks from Animation Mentor founders and mentors including Shawn Kelly, Carlos Baena, Keith Sintay, Aaron Gilman and Wayne Gilbert WWW.ANIMATIONTIPSANDTRICKS.COM ... find watching students start from very little and then develop their understanding, ability and style most rewarding Watching their imaginations expand is the real kicker “ BRICK & MORTAR Which...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 15:20
Báo cáo khoa học: " Developing and evaluating stereotactic lung RT trials: what we should know about the influence of inhomogeneity corrections on dose" doc
... analysis of data and results, and writing and editing the manuscript All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Marjan Admiraal and Gert ... UD (top) and EPL and recalculated dose distribution Example4 the planned(bottom) calculation for a single for Example of the planned and recalculated dose distribution for the UD (top) and EPL ... of) type a and b algorithms would have been used 50 40 CC plan UD plan EPL plan Figure tion of the unit density and EPL plan dose after recalculaBox -and- whisker plot of the maximum Box -and- whisker...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22
Báo cáo y học: "What do we know about communicating risk? A brief review and suggestion for contextualising serious, but rare, risk, and the example of cox-2 selective and non-selective NSAIDs" pot
... professionals understand their patients' risk, and patients to understand their own risk Broadly these can be aggregated under the headings of perception (influences on how individuals and populations ... – data – can be conveyed, and possibly manipulated, for clarity or impact), and pertinent facts (accurate data with clear, decisive relevance to the matter in hand, and which may be used as the ... thinking about risk and risk communication, rather than to constitute a formal systematic review The wide range of issues relating to risk perception and presentation, and the fragmented and often sparse...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23
Báo cáo y học: " The lateral trauma position: What do we know about it and how do we use it? A cross-sectional survey of all " ppsx
... GE, and TW designed the study; SF, GE, and PKH reviewed the literature; SF and GE collected and analyzed the data; and SF, GF, PKH, and TW wrote the manuscript All of the authors revised and ... implementing LTP, and more knowledge on their harms and benefits are required We believe that considering the options and all the risks and benefits LTP is a proper way of handling these patients, ... training and written protocols, and this seems to increase confidence How the patient is positioned in LTP differs, and the consequence of this is unknown More research on the utilization and consequences...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20
What Will Influence the Future of Alternative Medicine? A WORLD PERSPECTIVE doc
... of the disease, pharmacology and drug action, dietetics and nutrition, physiology and diagnostics The differences in the theories and the principles between India and Western systems of medicine ... living standards worldwide People no longer are content to be disease-free, but now need and want to be stronger and to have a higher quality of life Today, people demand preventive medicine and health ... Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees products and devices used in the practice of medicine For complex political and legal reasons too long to detail here, botanical medicines and dietary...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20
What is known about the effectiveness of economic instruments to reduce consumption of foods high in saturated fats and other energy-dense foods for preventing and treating obesity? docx
... respectively, were: -0.54 and -0.25 for rice, -0.54 and -0.35 for wheat flour, -0.09 and -0.03 for coarse grains, -0.96 and -0.33 for pork, -0.03 and -0.40 for eggs, and -0.39 and -0.47 for edible ... participants were randomized into five groups including no treatment, standard behavioural treatment (SBT), SBT and food provision, SBT and incentives and SBT, food provision and incentives The ... RCT randomized 202 men and women into five treatment groups: no treatment, standard behavioural treatment (SBT), SBT plus food provision, SBT plus incentives, and SBT plus food provision and incentives...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 08:20
Central Bank Credit to the Government: What Can We Learn from International Practices? pdf
... (industrial, emerging markets, and developing countries) and exchange rate regime We used the IMF’s World Economic Outlook to identify advanced countries and the Standard and Poor’s Emerging Market Database ... Arnone and 15 See for example, Cukierman and others (2002) on transition economies, Jácome and Vázquez (2008) on the Latin American and the Caribbean countries and, more generally, and Crowe and ... Monetary and Capital Markets Department, and include inter alia provisions that pertain to central banks’ objectives and functions, policy autonomy and governance structure, operational autonomy, and...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Infrared images of heat fields around a linear heater in tree trunks: what can be learned about sap flow measuremen" pptx
... an ellipse in standard (right part of an ellipse) and polar (left part of an ellipse) system of coordinates: M, F1, F2 – center and foci of an ellipse; a, b and e – main axes and eccentricity ... In order to understand how to evaluate infrared heat field patterns for a better planning and handling of sap flow measurements based on a minimum of sensors, some physical and mathematical considerations ... understanding heat fields, a few basic features should be sketched here: Ellipses follow mathematical laws explained in Figure 2: They are described by two axes, a and b, two foci, F1 and F2,...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "What do biomarkers tell us about the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis" ppsx
... lesions have features of synovial and subchondral marrow inflammation that is followed by erosion of subchondral bone, formation of woven bone and metaplastic cartilage, and finally synthesis of endochondral ... J: Serum levels of biomarkers of bone and cartilage destruction and new bone formation in different cohorts of patients with axial spondyloarthritis with and without tumor necrosis factor-alpha ... Fujita K, Janz S: Attenuation of WNT signaling by DKK-1 and -2 regulates BMP2-induced osteoblast differentiation and expression of OPG, RANKL and M-CSF Mol Cancer 2007, 6:71 ...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22
Báo cáo y học: "What magnetic resonance imaging has told us about the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis - the first 50 years" doc
... variations within and between joints Pathophysiological perspective Erosion formation and cartilage pannus junction key to understanding RA Erosion and pannus are inevitable and predictable consequences ... synovitis and erosion were uncoupled and are linked by an intermediate osteitis that is secondary to synovitis, and these observations are further appraised below Uncoupling of synovitis and erosion—but ... and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis Radiographic studies have fuelled the notion that synovitis and joint erosion could be uncoupled Our studies showed that synovitis was primary in RA and...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22
Báo cáo khoa học: "Endotracheal tubes and imposed work of breathing: what should we do about it, if anything" pps
... conclusion of the study by Brochard and colleagues [4,5] Weissman [6] evaluated flow–volume loops in 18 postoperative patients intubated with size 7.0 and 8.0 ET tubes and found that only ‘minimal limitation ... breathing as patient demand varies, preservation of a normal, variable breathing pattern, and improved synchrony In a recent trial of spontaneous breathing before extubation, Haberthur and coworkers [11] ... of Maeda and colleagues One issue not addressed in the study by Maeda and coworkers is the role of expiratory compensation One distinct difference in the operation of the Drager Evita and Puritan...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22
Báo cáo khoa học: "What do we know about medication errors made via a CPOE system versus those made via handwritten orders"
... addressing both the benefits and dangers of CPOEs, and highlighting differences in the types of errors prevented and perhaps enhanced through their use They provide a nuanced understanding of how CPOE ... errors, not actual adverse drug events; and even then, we usually find the inconsequential errors When Berger and Kichak [3] analyzed studies by Bates et al [4,5] and focused on consequential errors, ... study of hand-written and computerized physician order entry in the ICU Crit Care 2005, 9: R516-R521 Kaushal R, Shojania KG, Bates DW: Effects of computerized physician order entry and clinical...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39