evaluating the positive and negative impact of iteration in engineering processes

... evidence of the validity of PANSS-EC One of the most interesting findings of the validation process of the PANSS-EC subscale has been the quantification of the reductions on the scoring system of the ... by comparing the medians, instead of comparing the means Responsiveness For its use in clinical trials, the PANSS-EC should be capable of detecting changes in the clinical condition of the patients ... time-point in order to understand the onset and durability of the effect [30] In this sense, responsiveness provides additional evidence of the validity of an instrument, and it was measured using the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... focus on examining the psychometric properties of the mini-PANSS and on the improvement of some of the weaker PANSS items Competing interests Financial competing interests • In the past five ... extent the common practice in clinical trials to examine the Positive and Negative subscales independently from the rest of the scale since these symptoms are considered a key component of the disease ... [28] Instruments Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale The PANSS [1] is a 30-item rating instrument evaluating the presence/absence and severity of Positive, Negative and General Psychopathology of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... gives Sofia the assurance that she needs and then receives the same from Sofia when she is in need of support In all of these relationships Celie is affected directly by the rhetoric of the other ... strong impact in the relationship between Celie and Sofia After Sofia's jail sentence she is very depressed, and Celie helps her the grocery shopping Showing her rhetoric of friendship and kindness ... again, Celie shows Sofia a friend when she needs one the most At the family dinner one night, Celie expresses her true feelings in an outburst of rhetoric This reawakens the spirit inside Sofia...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:53

... home, having a few drinks at home then going to town and then taking the party pills when you get there Or maybe having a party at home or something, drinking alcohol and then maybe having one ... jaw, and an inability to urinate Others mentioned less often included impaired sexual performance, dizziness, sore eyes, stomach pains, teeth grinding, increased rates of smoking, and bleeding ... night [Interview [19]] The above two interview extracts also demonstrate the context of use of the pills – i.e accompanied by extended periods of dancing – and the common finding that users often...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

Ngày tải lên: 06/10/2014, 14:21

... reportedly having a drink in 2007/2008 Particularly troublesome are data indicating the increase in heavy drinking and binge drinking by adolescent girls The consequences of problematic drinking, even ... by the Office of the Provincial Health Officer and Business Operations and Surveillance, Ministry of Health Services, 2010 Health Authority (18 per cent of the region’s population) and the Interior ... components of the physical environment directly influence the health and well-being of women across their lifespan, including food safety, industrial contaminants and environmental hazards, drinking...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... of the cultural and economic impact of cinema in both Ireland and Wales and gives a detailed insight into current cinema provision in Ireland It presents a set of views and analysis of the cinema ... Ireland and Wales during July, August and September 2003 In line with the brief, at least 50% of the cinemas in the Interreg IIIA zones and at least 33% of the remaining cinemas were visited by the ... present the only dedicated cultural cinemas in Ireland are the Irish Film Institute in Dublin and the Kino in Cork The importance of arts centres and the overlap with the film society/‘access CINEMA’...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 12:20

... found to be contaminated with other proteins, and RA sera contained antibodies against some of these other proteins [81] Taken together, these findings indicate that antibodies against G6PI are not ... ankle and knee joints at the rear limbs Neither the spine, nor the hip, elbow, or shoulder were affected in any of the animals analyzed [93] Histologically, there are no further signs of inflammation ... obtained from a different colony [76] Similarly, and again in contrast to previous findings in other murine models of arthritis [77], IL-6 deficiency had no influence on the development of K/B×N...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... is, of the combined genes found in all αproteobacteria, and the associated diversity of the gene sets in individual members of this group [82] Thus, without knowing the exact identity within the ... and Smprotein complex, the progenitor of the spliceosome [112], the ESCRT-III membrane remodeling system [113,114], actin-like proteins [105] and a prototype of the ubiquitin system of protein ... yielded many insights into the origin and earliest stages of evolution of eukaryotes Recent findings indicate that several key cellular systems of eukaryotes exist in archaea The scattering of these...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:21

... consideration given the lack of local surgeons in resource-limited settings [16] and the danger posed to expatriate surgeons (in particular, the higher risk of kidnapping in certain contexts) In Somalia, ... work in the area Further studies into the surgical needs of the population are warranted, including population-based surveys, to improve program planning and resource allocation and ultimately the ... which resulted in millions of refugees fleeing into the region Its close proximity to Uganda and Rwanda also make it vulnerable to incursions by armed groups in these countries There are various...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... (338 words instead of the advised 250-265) It has a sound structure, your position is clearly expressed, the information is well-organized, and structure-wise the sentences are fine The vocabulary ... outweigh the disadvantages Overall, I am convinced that we should further promote globalization and meanwhile the local government should take measures to combat culture assimilation and sweat ... sentences are fine The vocabulary is impressive and there were only a few grammatical errors (see comments underlined in blue) Overall, this seems to be a band 7.5 + essay ...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:44

... percent of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime [8-11] Risk factors include birth in cities, birth in winter and early spring, and viral infections in the mother during the ... from these two patients were not included 88% of the classical and 90% of the Clozapine group suffered from delusion, while 88% of the classical and 54% of the Clozapine group showed hallucination ... receptors involved in Clozapine therapy included D4, D2, serotonin type 2, norepinephrine, acetylcholine, and histamine [20-22] Functional brain imaging methods have been applied for studying schizophrenia...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 11:12

... and validity as well as achievement tests Chapter 3- The study is the main part of the thesis showing the context of the study and the detailed results obtained from collected tests and findings ... index and the item disciminability index also indicate the unreliability of Test Knowing that the test is for both good and less competent students in the group and aims at checking whether and ... meaningful and correct sentences Finally, the two last parts of translation are aimed at accessing the students’ general understanding regarding their vocabulary, their use of language and terminology...

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Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 08:20

... that the use of mineral fertilizers and pesticides in the scenarios stays at the same level as in the baseline situation CED and CO2e emissions in the baseline situation and the scenarios CED and ... and machinery used to cultivate cropland and maintain livestock housing, and indirectly, in the form of manufactured mineral fertilizers and pesticides The level of energy consumption and greenhouse ... rising and public policies supporting their use, the demand for biofuels will continue to grow The challenge for governments is to find approaches that can accommodate the competing demands of the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... designed the study, conducted all interviews, assisted in the analysis and drafted the manuscript MH and TC assisted in the design of the study and in the drafting of the manuscript SL assisted in the ... regarding the treatment impact of inhaled and pump delivered insulin This data was then combined with the information gained from the TRIAD measure interviews and a preliminary conceptual model of ... in the conducting of interviews, analysis of the data and the drafting of the manuscript DMB prepared the analysis plan, conducted the analyses and assisted in the preparation of the manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... the initial stages, though they only show a reduction in MCS-12 in the most advanced phases of the disease The determinant factors of both components of HRQoL include sex, FEV1, use of oxygen therapy ... the use of an apparatus for long time periods to maintain health, the noise caused by the device, the mobility restriction resulting of its use, and the limitation involved by the fact that the ... visits, hospital admissions, and death in these patients [38] Furthermore, there is an increasing evidence of the impact of these events on the health condition of patients with COPD Thus, it...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... designed the study, conducted all interviews, assisted in the analysis and drafted the manuscript MH and TC assisted in the design of the study and in the drafting of the manuscript SL assisted in the ... regarding the treatment impact of inhaled and pump delivered insulin This data was then combined with the information gained from the TRIAD measure interviews and a preliminary conceptual model of ... in the conducting of interviews, analysis of the data and the drafting of the manuscript DMB prepared the analysis plan, conducted the analyses and assisted in the preparation of the manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20