... institutions about their social media activities Last year’s inaugural study was, from what we could tell, one ofthe first studies conducted ofthe institutions themselves about how they use social ... involvement with the use of social media Another unit manages all of our social media activities, without any input from us Another unit manages all of our social media activities, with input from us ... any ofthe below areas that could help others, please note them Area Deployment of a specific social media tool or platform: Implementation of a specific evaluation approach: Application of social...
... based on data fromthe Danish Ministry of Employment, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Education DWECS was conducted in 1990, and featured a random sample drawn fromthe Central ... emigrated or died They were excluded fromthe study, as they were no longer under risk of disability pension in the follow-up period from 1994 through 2004 This left a total of 4174 employees ... than the working population in general This will reduce exposure contrast and reduce the generalizability ofthe results, and thefindings may therefore not apply to the general population The...
... contributed to drafting the article RM participated in the design ofthe study, led the data collection for the second and third phases ofthe study, led the analysis ofthe qualitative data, and ... are members ofthe ACHR JL is also President ofthe ACHR for the Pan American Health Organization (WHO's regional office for the Americas) The Chair ofthe WHO ACHR, a member ofthe PAHO ACHR, ... (i.e., there may be a social desirability bias in their responses) What the multi-method study adds This synthesis offindingsfromthe first multi-method studyof its kind, along with the more...
... the presence of non-accidental falls in the past 12 months Furthermore, the SC R inclusion of different blocks of covariates in the model attenuated the association but even after inclusion of ... Given the rapid aging occurring in Europe, the scarcity of studies on MCI and D falls, and a complete lack of studies on this topic from Ireland, the aim ofthe present TE work was to evaluate the ... further attention fromthe viewpoint of prevention of dementia or cognitive decline However, despite the potentially important role that cognitive function plays in the occurrence of falls, the...
... 2004 the MOH has led thedevelopmentof an inter-ministerial coordination body to guide ARH activities and the expansion of project elements to all areas of Senegal b Based on thefindingsofthe ... UNICEF, UNFPA, and the Center for theDevelopmentof Population Activities (CEDPA) have used findingsfromthe pilot study in their youth interventions Scaling up ARH activities in the experimental ... African Development Bank, which expressed a commitment to fund these activities This commitment followed the dissemination about thefindingsfromthe pilot project and the launch ofthe national...
... each) The mean index score for low-risk respondents was significantly higher than the mean for the high-risk group (p < 0.001) EQ-5D dimensions Examination of each ofthe dimensions ofthe EQ-5D ... the conception, design and coordination ofthe SHIELD study and helped to draft the manuscript KF performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the ... facility for the measurement of health-related quality of life Health Policy 1990, 16:199-208 Shaw JW, Johnson JA, Coons SJ: US valuation ofthe EQ-5D health states: Development and testing ofthe D1...
... marketing, etc.) Other Figure 5: IT managers expect their areas of responsibility to shift over the next three years Thefindingsofthe 2010 IBM Global IT Risk Study revealed areas of focus that ... note that when the data fromthe 131 CIOs who responded to the survey was cross-referenced, the answers did not vary significantly fromthe IT managers surveyed While the significance of IT risk ... Examine the evolving role of IT managers, including the CIO In general, thefindingsofthe survey were consistent across regions, company size, industry and roles (All regions represented in the study...
... the Central, Southern and Northern Regions Slightly less than half ofthe Malawi population (47%) lives in the Southern region, while 41% and 12% live in the Central and Northern Regions ofthe ... as many respondents had lost their father (14%) than had lost their mother (8% ofthe females and 7% ofthe males) Approximately 6% ofthe respondents reported that they had lost both biological ... their mothers than their fathers: More lived with their biological mothers (73%) than with their biological fathers (62%) and fewer had no contact with their mothers (2%) than with their fathers...
... composition ofthe population ofthe country The last panel of Table 3.1 provides information on the wealth quintiles for the households ofthe adolescents interviewed, using the protocol fromthe Demographic ... meet the household or individual adolescent Interviewers were assigned to interview adolescents ofthe same sex because ofthe personal nature ofthe topics covered and the young age ofthe respondents ... for the last section ofthe questionnaire The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research ofthe University of Ghana, Legon, conducted the pretest with 292 adolescents aged 12–19 The...
... and Fig 3) The fruiting bodies of wild C militaris are expensive due to rarity and host specificity in nature Therefore, the production of adequate quantities ofthe fruiting bodies of wild C militaris ... stage of purification and fractionation, the method of ion exchange chromatography on DEAE cellulose column was used to separate neutral polysaccharides from acidic fractions The yield ofthe neutral ... that of dextran 3.6 Identification of anomeric configuration Fig Isolation and purification of polysaccharides extracted fromthe liquid culture broth of C militaris (A) Ion exchange chromatogram of...
... ofthe overlaying topsoil stratum, state ofthe mixing of CCB with topsoil including the water regime (slope, flatland) that continues to change as a result ofthe building of other storeys of ... used for the analysis ofthe growth data With respect to the applied amendment (CCB) the evaluation ofthe growth vitality of forest tree species plants at the evaluated age also comprised the nutrient ... of soil properties of Anthroposols and growth vitality ofthe forest tree species plants: the assessment of texture, chemical and other soil properties of Anthroposols was done on the basis of...
... hours of admission to the unit were excluded The rate of CLABSI is calculated by dividing the number of infections by the number of catheter-line days and is commonly expressed as the number of ... greater number of prevention behaviors and fewer barriers observed over the course ofthe intervention The greatest changes took place within the first six months ofthe intervention These findings ... predictive validity, most findingsfrom this study support the reliability, validity, and responsiveness ofthe TCT measures Page 11 of 13 we examined Furthermore, the low burden of this instrument,...
... Integration of this project with the larger NHSII study This study will take advantage ofthe resources ofthe ongoing NHSII study, whose core functions including the infrastructure of data collection ... phone numbers from their survey, we have telephone numbers for over 62,000 ofthestudy members and can access numbers for most ofthe rest ofthe cohort by sending a computer tape of names and ... participants of NHSII are Caucasian, middle to upper socioeconomic status (SES) and will be middle-aged (42–62 years of age) at the time ofthe current studyThe homogeneity ofthe sample offers some...
... on the design ofthe original survey study and contributed to the interpretation offindings and writing ofthe paper; SDC conceived and directed the original survey study and contributed to the ... encourages the seeking of professional help for problems that are assumed to derive from individual distress, or fromthe internalization ofthe stigma ascribed to homosexuality by some [58] Further, the ... conceived the idea for the paper, directed the data analyses, and drafted the paper; LG conducted the statistical analyses and contributed to the interpretation offindings and writing ofthe paper;...
... in the design ofthestudy and the interpretation ofthe results All authors participated in revising the manuscript, and read and approved the final manuscript 19 20 Competing interests The ... representative nature ofthe sample of smokers in each country, coupled with the capacity to weight the data to improve the accuracy of estimates The main weakness is that this study only recruited ... forms of nicotine delivery was in the UK where significant efforts have been made over the past decade to promote the use of NRT as a substitute for cigarettes The main strength of this study is the...
... evaluate the degree of emphysema [13] The CT scans were evaluated at the central imaging unit at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Emphysema was assessed by the percentage ofthe lung ... compare the limits of agreement between % and number/ml, the data were log transformed before calculating the limits of agreement These data were then back-transformed to express the limits of agreements ... participating in The Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) cohort [11], with the aim of furthering our understanding ofthe value of this biomarker...
... accuracy tested The results from this analysis were then compared to the results for the model Results Developmentofthe predictive model The 15 variables in the FLIP study are compared in the hospitalised ... used to remove the variables that contributed least to the discriminant function The elimination of a variable fromthe analysis was based on a comparison ofthe discriminant power ofthe function ... RSV study Firstly, the predictive variables identified fromthe FLIP dataset were used to generate a discriminant function fromthe data ofthe Munich RSV study itself Secondly, the non-normalised...
... was to evaluate whether the preliminary test results could be confirmed in a larger set of patients fromthe same study Materials and methods The details ofthe GO-FORWARD study have been previously ... proportion of women than the other treatment groups in the training subset In the test subset, mean baseline marker levels were similar among the treatment groups, with the exception of levels of myeloperoxidase, ... ENRAGE), and other selected proteins (bFGF, apoliprotein C3, and serum amyloid P) in two separate datasets fromthe same studyof patients with inadequate responders to MTX The robustness ofthe analyses...
... is given by the following formula: W = W1 * W2 * f1 * f2 * f3 * f4 where W1 = the inverse ofthe probability of selecting the school W2 = the inverse ofthe probability of selecting the classroom ... Characteristics ofthestudy participants Altogether 7341 students participated in the survey Most ofthe students were females (63.8%), were of age 15 years or more (42.5%), and were in their 6th ... Forms 2–4) In the following factors, the "Never or Zero" category was recoded as "No" and the rest ofthe categories as "Yes" During the past 30 days, how often did you go hungry because there was...
... The small decline in the percent receiving family planning services in the last 12 months from 36.5 to 32.9 percent—may result fromthe aging ofthe population 15–44 years of age The number of ... in the years 1991–94 In each individual calendar year and for the sum ofthe years 1991–94, the NSFG estimate ofthe number of births is very close to the birth certificate total and differs from ... youngest child was 5–12 years of age, 20 percent of mothers of children 11–12 years of age allowed the child to care for her/himself at least part ofthe time while the mother was working For women...