... irrespective ofthe amount ofthe loan. However, the larger the loan, the larger the amount ofthe repayment installment, and a large installment may strain the repayment capacity ofthe borrower ... d) there must be a minimum period of moratorium between the grant ofthe loan and the commencement of its repayment. e) recovery of loan given in violation ofthe regulations should be deferred ... b) There has, therefore, to be a linkage between the amount ofthe loan and the tenure ofthe loan. It is, therefore, suggested that for loans not exceeding Rs. 15,000, the tenure ofthe loan...
... or photosynthetic growth, the insertion of PufX in the core LH1–RC complex, the stability of the dimers and the kinetics of flash-induced reduction of cytochrome b561 of the cytochrome bc1complex. ... impairment in t heredox interaction betw een the QBsite ofthe RC and the Qosite ofthe cyt bc1in the pufX-deleted strain.We have measured the k inetics of cytochrome b561reduction of all ... an irreversible dissociation of the dimeric to the monomeric form ofthe complex from the wild-type exists: the dimer dissociates gradually into the monomer when the octyl-glucoside concentration...
... andinfluence to the injury ofthe laws and peace ofthe country. The elimination ofthe Christian teachers of the Negro race, and the prevention ofthe immigration of workers from the Northern States ... the uplift of these unfortunates,obtained the assistance of Clarkson and others, who solidified the antislavery sentiment ofthe Quakers andinfluenced them to give their time and means to the ... special education of " ;the Blacks and the people of color." In 1801, however, a schoolwas kept the first day ofthe week by one ofthe members ofthe Society, who instructed them gratis inreading,...
... other craft and almost blew them, much larger though they were, out ofthe water. Was this the beginning ofthe war, the Opium War? In those days, formality and habit required at the start of ... file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/My%20Docume ary.com/nlreader.dll@bookid=41281&filename=page_13.html [9/13/2007 3:15:22 PM] DocumentPage 9surface ofthe pipe bowl, tipped the bowl over the flame, put the stem ofthe pipe ... with him; and there they would sit awhile meditating, swallowing the opium and meditating; and by the time the halt was at an end and the regiment reformed and marched on, they were fully refreshed...
... Committee ofThe University of Debrecen.Measures The PedsQL™ Measurement Model is a modularapproach to measure HRQoL for a wide age range of children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years of age. The development, ... SummaryScore is the same as the Physical Functioning Subscale,whereas to create the Psychosocial Health SummaryScore, the mean is computed as the sum ofthe itemsdivided by the number of items answered ... Kardos3, James W Varni4, Gábor Mogyorósy1AbstractObjectives: The aim ofthe study was to investigate the psychometric properties ofthe Hungarian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™...
... Magnitudes in the correlations of all DQOL domains with the physical relevant domains of the D-39S (diabetes control and energy/mobility) wereslightly larger than with other domains ofthe D-39S(social ... properties of the sample (e.g., variation of score distribution) or the instrument (e.g., measurement precision of scale) toestablish clinically meaningful change [19]. Anchor-basedapproaches assess the ... approaches, the range of MIDs were 3–5 points for the satisfaction domain, 4–5 points for the impactdomain, 6–8 points for the worry domain, and 3–4 pointsfor the overall HRQOL.DiscussionAlthough the...
... question ofthe instrument to measure the degree of agreement of each pair of observations. The criteriadescribed by Landis & Koch [12] were considered in the interpretation of agreement: -1.0 ... diminishing the probability of systemic alterations in the clinical condition of the patient. It is recommended that the interval betweenmeasurements be long enough to reduce the effects of memory ... hospitals ofthe city. A total of 190 families of Bra-zilian children between the ages of 2 and 18 years, of bothgenders, with malignant neoplasm in various phases of treatment or control of the...
... Comparisons to the mean scores of the other subscales within the present study to those of the previous PedsQL™ school study [3], the mean scoreson the social functioning scale of both healthy ... item and distribution of item responses [20,21]. Range of measurement was fur-ther tested based on the percentage of scores at the extremes ofthe scaling range, that is, the maximum possi-ble ... separation of persons on this measured variable.Item reliability index is the estimate ofthe replicability of item placement within a hierarchy of items along the measured variable if these same items...
... analysismethods showed that the time-frequency patterns at the early and late phases ofthe phrenic neurogram were the same for the 3–6 days old age group. As maturation pro-ceeds, the early phase of ... during eupnea and the mean total energies below andabove 150 Hz during gasping. The mean ratio ofthe totalenergies above and below 150 Hz for the early and latephases ofthe phrenic neurogram ... almost the same as those of gasping. As matu-ration proceeds, the similarity between the late phase of phrenic neurogram and gasping remained. Nevertheless,hypoxia significantly reduced the phrenic...
... well as the proportions of respondentsreporting impairment in the 5 EQ domains. The magni-tude and significance ofthe ORs for the EQ-5D domains,as well as the sign and significance ofthe regression ... ongoing process of learn-ing more about the construct, making new predictionsand then testing them. It is a process where the theory and the measure are assessed at the same time [22]Our approach ... status.ConclusionOur data provide evidence on the construct validity of the Italian version ofthe EQ-5D in a general population of alarge city in North Italy. The measurements ofthe EQ-5Dbehaved in patterns...
... = 88; 35.9%). Off-treatment status means the patient completed all therapy by the time of t heassessment (n = 155; 63.3%). In this study, half of the patients had been off treatment for over ... error ofthe mean.On Tx: on treatment sample; Off Tx = < 12: off treatment = < 12 monthssample; Off Tx > 12: off treatment >12 months sample.Tsuji et al. Health and Quality of Life ... completing the questionnaires for the sec-ond time. Patients did not receive t reatment between the first and second completions ofthe questionnaires. The ideal length ofthe interval between the...