... compared with a more selective and delayed use of tracheostomy (rather than after an arbitrary duration of endotracheal intubation), affected the duration of weaning and MV We also sought to determine ... to compare the effect of ET on the duration of weaning and on the total duration of MV Variables were included in the final models if they were associated with the duration of weaning or MV (adjusted ... shorter total duration of MV Figure depicts the effect of ET on the duration of weaning, based upon Cox proportional hazards regression Gender, age, diagnosis of trauma, duration of MV prior to...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20
... thousands of years ago, and probably it was one of the weapons, if not the chief instrument of operation, of the magi mentioned in the Bible and of the "wise men" of Babylon and Egypt "Laying on of ... progress of knowledge and of science, and then, having been fed with a limited historical pabulum, to turn and talk lightly, and with an air of the most superior condescension, of the weakness and ... phenomena of hypnotism, and created a school of writers who made use of the word "electro-biology." In 1850 Braid's ideas were introduced into France, and Dr Azam, of Bordeaux, published an account of...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 12:20
báo cáo hóa học:" The use of twin-ring Ilizarov external fixator constructs: application and biomechanical proofof principle with possible clinical indications" pot
... Magnissalis: The use of twin-ring Ilizarov external fixator constructs: application and biomechanical proof -of principle with possible clinical indications Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research ... SR and TR modules consisted of two and four half-rings, respectively, all of an internal diameter of 200 mm (Cat No 10-1308) Standard Ilizarov system accessory parts (screws, washers, nuts) and ... of the femur or tibia, complex fractures and non-unions of the distal femur (AO Types A1-2-3 and C1-2-3, where the distal segment is not amenable to internal fixation techniques), and cases of...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20
Application and Comparison of Two Biotic Ligand Models Predicting Copper Toxicity and Accumulation in Heavy Metal Tolerant Moss
... conformation of BL caused by this binding of proton result in decreases in the number of BL The conformation change of BL may decrease the internalization flux of - 343 - Journal of Water and Environment ... extensive and appropriate prediction of copper toxicity and copper accumulation in organisms REFERENCES Ashton N W and Cove D J (1977) The isolation and preliminary characterization of Auxotrophic and ... Accumulation of Pb and Zn in Gametophytes and Sporophytes of the Moss Funaria hygrometrica (Funariales), Ann Bot., 87, 537-543 Cheng T and Allen H E (2001) Prediction of uptake of copper from...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15
Analytical study to minimize the engine exhaust emissions and safe knock limit of CNG powered four-stroke SI engine
... Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 1, Issue 1, 2010, pp.31-52 41 because, the value of pressure and temperature of the mixture during sparking are higher at higher compression ratios and ... higher percentage of heat loss as shown in Figure 16 The emission of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide also limits the use of higher compression ratio The concentrations of NO and CO emission depend ... (burned and unburned) The first law and state of thermodynamic equations are expressed in differential form and integrated by Runge-Kutta method The equations for the pressure and temperature of the...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28
Tài liệu Information in use and outsourcing aspects of digital doc
... engineering and validation of business processes PREFACE Life is strange and unpredictable, and the last two years of my life have been evidence of this In 2005, I felt unrestrained joy and happiness ... preventing or complicating the use of new technology [17] The National Board of Health and Welfare, NBHW The National Board of Health and Welfare is the Swedish national expert and supervisory authority ... regulation and supervision of the development, manufacturing and sale of drugs and other medicinal products Their task is to ensure that both the individual patient and healthcare professionals...
Ngày tải lên: 09/12/2013, 21:15
Tài liệu Michael Hutchison & Kathleen Mcdill - Determinants, Costs, And Duration Of Bank Sector DistressPdf doc
... measures of non-performing assets, problem loans, and so on We have identified and dated episodes of banking sector distress following the criteria of Caprio and Klingebiel (1997) and DemirghH-Kunt and ... episodes of banking sector distress and the characteristics of economies in the lead-up to and aftermath of episodes of banking sector distress This section also presents estimates of the probit ... representatives of the Bank of Japan had a public row with the Ministry of Finance over measures of bank capital and the extent of the non-performing loan problem The general features of banking sector...
Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 10:15
Tài liệu Application and Agreement for Standby Letter of Credit pptx
... Bank Application & Agreement for Standby Letter of Credit page of APPLICATION AND AGREEMENT FOR STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT To: XXXX Bank In consideration of your opening at our request a standby ... under the Letter of Credit, we, and each of us, hereby represent, warrant and agree, as follows: We, and each of us, jointly and severally, promise to pay you, upon demand, at the office designated ... Letter of Credit and interest accrued and unpaid thereon and the full amount of our contingent liability to reimburse you for future drawings under the Letter of Credit and all other of our obligations...
Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 17:15
(1) how learners approach learning, both in and out of classrooms, and (2) the kinds of strategies and cognitive processing they use in second language acquisition
... range and the frequency of strategies use between learners of different levels, favoring professional linguists and learners with higher level of proficiency Research in Asia, such as in Thailand ... powerful impact of learning strategies on the learning and teaching of foreign and second language Good choice and use of learning strategies would help learners become more independent and autonomous ... understanding of individual learner differences in general and of gender differences in learning in particular is of great importance Proper adjustment and adaptation from the side of the teachers and...
Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 00:23
Tài liệu TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES THEIR STUDY, DESCRIPTION AND DETERMINATION FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE STUDENTS doc
... little study of the roots of trees is practicable, some knowledge of their forms, varieties, and parts is important The great office of the roots of all plants is the taking in of food from the ... book the barest outline of the parts of flowers and fruit and of their uses can be given Fig Flowers.—Parts The flowers of the Cherry or Apple will show the four kinds of organs that belong to ... the pile of plants and paper On account of the size of many leaves and flowerclusters, these pressed specimens of trees should not be shorter than from 12 to 15 inches, and even a length of 18 inches...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu A Dissertation on the Medical Properties and Injurious Effects of the Habitual Use of Tobacco pptx
... variety of computers including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers It exists because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from people in all walks of life Volunteers and ... nauseous taste and stimulant property excite and keep up a profuse discharge from the mucous follicles and salivary glands Probably to this circumstance alone, is owing the superior efficacy of ... immediately and entirely, from the use of tobacco in every form, and in any quantity, however small." "A reform of this, like of all evil habits, whether of smoking, chewing, drinking, and other...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20
Tài liệu ASME CODES AND STANDARDS EXAMPKES OF USE FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS pptx
... codes and standards because the technology was new and had no tested codes and standards available, and because the consequences of component failures could have a serious impact on public safety ... composition of this standards committee was “men representative of pipe manufacturers and pipe users, with perhaps one representative of sprinkling systems and certainly one of the manufacturers of taps ... any degradation of the plant during the period of operation has not reduced safety below an acceptable level The NRC’s use of ASME codes and standards benefits ASME, the NRC, and most important,...
Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 09:20
BÁO CÁO " HANDWRITTEN NUMBER RECOGNITION AND ITS APPLICATION AT DANANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY " pdf
... different features and classifiers result in four experiments: Hu’s SM and Neural Network, SM and Euclidean Distance, Image Averaging and Neural Network, and Image Averaging and Euclidean Distance ... The user types the name of the JPEG file and the corresponding number of students, and then clicks Convert button to get an xls file containing extracted scores To view the xls file, the user ... features used in our experiment are Hu’s seven moments and image averaging 2.3.1 Hu’s seven moments (SM) An essential issue in the field of pattern analysis is the recognition of objects and characters...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:20
R INTE S OF MEDIC REPORTING ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND CRITERIA FOR THEIR USE ppt
... volume and a CD-ROM, designed to facilitate common understanding and the uniform use of terms for the monitoring of drug safety The established definitions and basic requirements for the proper use ... of definitions and requirements As editor of Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, he guided the publication of the working-group reports Professor Gottfried Kreutz chaired several meetings and ... first be primarily of use to pharmaceutical companies but all who report, record and assess adverse drug reactions should become aware of, and use, them, irrespective of their professional or organizational...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Structural and biological effects of a b2- or b3-amino acid insertion in a peptide Application to molecular recognition of substance P by the neurokinin-1 receptor ppt
... screening of 4Ær and no cut-off was used Minimum-energy conformers of b- and a-amino acids were generated by molecular dynamics at high temperature followed by energy minimization Two thousand structures ... and w and were subsequently refined by varying /, w angles in intervals of 10° and setting h angle to ) 60 ± 10° and 60 ± 10° Each /, h, and w-value was fixed by applying a harmonic potential and ... shifts and random coil values, are commonly used to detect secondary structures in peptides and proteins [38] They are reported in Fig Stronger upfield shifts of Ha (Fig 3A) and downfield shifts of...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20
Direct HFC and PFC Emissions from Use of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipment pptx
... type, and the charge capacity of each piece of equipment where: CD = charge capacity of the piece of equip ment being disposed of y = percent of the capacity remaining at disposal z = percent of ... the worst case scenario of the ranges be used For emission factors use the high range of factors, and for recovery percents and percent of capacity remaining at disposal use the typical values ... capacity of the piece of equip ment x = annual leak rate in percent of capacity T = time in years used during the reporting period (e.g., 0.5 if used only during half of the reporting period and...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 19:20
The Effects of Land Use on the Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, and the Effects of Care on Client Mobility: Findings from Contra Costa, California pdf
... based on land use and travel characteristics not help much because so many other factors must be considered in the land use- transportation relationship, such as income, degree of land use mixing, ... interaction of land use and transportation variables; Professor Paola Timiras, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, for her input about the health of the aging ... ii Abstract The Effects of Land Use on the Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, and the Effects of Care on Client Mobility: Findings from Contra...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20
Postal Savings and the Provision of Financial Services: Policy Issues and Asian Experiences in the Use of the Postal Infrastructure for Savings Mobilization pdf
... the safekeeping function [“Role and Impact of Savings in West Africa: A Case Study of Benin and Mali” B Kalala, UNDP, 2001] 5 Postal Savings and the Provision of Financial Services C Giro: safe ... spiral of loss of revenues to the posts, which forced the closing of 65 per cent of Finland’s post offices between 1990 and 1995, following the first large-scale fee reduction in 1990 The number of ... too few offer strategies for meeting the needs of poor and lower-income people for financial services This paper reviews the experiences of various countries that have made use of one of the few...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20
THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT DURING INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT pptx
... statements, and memoranda have dealt with the status, function, and the (il)legality of the use and possession of this category of ‘weapons of mass destruction’,1 and almost all of them agree ... States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, together with Annexes, Protocols, Memorandum of Understanding, and Associated ... violation of the Charter of the United Nations; (b) The use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons would exceed even the scope of war and cause indiscriminate suffering and destruction to mankind and...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 13:20