health wellness and the environment

... vary in the issues they face and the kind of behaviour that must be carried out Category A has many forms, brands and fragrances and therefore challenges shoppers browsing the shelf They spend ... what is the business situation of the manufacturer at the retailer, and what is the performance of the retailer within the category? For both questions the key challenge is then to find the ‘why’ ... check the in-store execution, and proactive and clear communication to all the people involved And last, but not least, everything can be improved Therefore measuring and understanding the impact...

Ngày tải lên: 07/04/2014, 12:41

... answer: The two decades between 1975 and 1995 brought significant changes in the representation of women in Freedonia's work force, according to the graphs In 1975, for example, some 300 000 men and ... worked in the communications sector Twenty years later, though the number of men remained unchanged, the number of women rose to 550 000 A similar situation was seen in the wholesale and retail ... also made gains in both the finance/banking industries and in the defence-related public sector Whereas some 125 000 women worked in finance and banking institutions in 1975, the number increased...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2012, 10:02

... expectation of a strengthening of the rand) or by raising interest rates Under either of these options, it would probably be both difficult and undesirable for the SARB to maintain the higher rates ... competitiveness The banking system is strong and healthy In addition, South Africa’s medium- and long-term external debt remains low in comparison with other emerging market economies (Table 1) And the SARB’s ... “illiquid” and, therefore, relatively difficult to reverse -5- However, the international evidence on whether FDI flows tend to be “cool” is mixed On the one hand, in a study of industrial and developing...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2012, 09:11

... results and wrote the manuscript AVB and VG participated in patients' inclusion and follow-up IPR was involved in the analysis of results and writing the manuscript All the authors read and approved ... in the normoglycaemia group and 66 (18.3%) patients in the hyperglycaemia group died There were 154 patients in the normoglycaemia group and 93 in the hyperglycaemia group who discontinued their ... and approved the final version Acknowledgements The authors are very grateful to Edita Lukić, Goran Madžarac and Alen Švigir for their help in the acquisition and arrangement of the data Page...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:02

... if not otherwise indicated Baelani and Dünser Conflict and Health 2011, 5:2 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/5/1/2 Results Of the twenty-three acute care hospitals registered in the area ... Emergency Fund Acknowledgements FUNDING The study was funded by private expenses of the authors Baelani and Dünser Conflict and Health 2011, 5:2 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/5/1/2 Page of ... facilities and resources available to treat victims of sexual violence in the area of Goma, which is the capital city of the North Kivu province in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... for them to go on the roads and try to get [to clinic] The risks to personal safety were seen to vary based on the families' tribal affiliation, their location, and whether they were in the ethnic ... could go back to the house to pick the medication and there was no way he could come to the hospital to pick the medication And on his way to home, he found dead bodies on the way Furthermore, he ... reviewing the recordings and field notes and in confirming or disconfirming the codes and the subsequent themes Data triangulation was used by comparing the information reported in the interview...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31

... from the hospital switchboard log and did not provide information on the member of staff who activated the system It would be interesting to known whether there was variation in the nature of the ... intervention The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions DJ conceived the study, constructed the data base, and was the principle author of the manuscript SB, DG, and ... Activation of the MET service was not uniform over the 24-hour period (Fig 1) Over the study period, 53% of the 2568 calls occurred in the 14 hours between 18:00 and 08:00 (58% of the day) On an...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45

... and follow-up Therefore, a large percentage of patients with AC are probably undiscovered Mirror images, on the other hand, are present in approximately 25% of MZ Therefore, we suggest that the ... mirror-imaging of AC in the literature In this case, we describe the second case of MZ with mirror-imaging of AC and discuss the possible clinical implications First, Helland and Wester11 reported ... AC in the cerebellopontine angle and indicated that genetic factors were important in the predisposition to cystogenesis in some patients Previously, both the familial occurrence of AC and the...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... reliability between observers and was 0.86 Fig Unilateral absence of the frontal sinus; on the right, the absence of the frontal sinus, and on the left, the limited aeration of the frontal sinus; axial ... frequency in our population and that in other populations may be due to the number of patients examined, the patient sample, and the difference in the examining techniques and equipment In addition, ... centered at the level of the sinus, indicating the optimized center of the reconstruction area In addition, the head position was adjusted in such a way that the hard palate was parallel to the floor,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... pedometer during their waking hours and to record and track their daily activity levels using the charts and graphs provided in their health literacy booklet They were also asked to follow the instructions ... nutritional habits, and lack of health literacy, there are other challenges to America‟s bone health that could benefit from supplementation The increasing number of the elderly is extending the progressive ... they had reviewed the Informed Consent with their personal healthcare provider or physician and that they had no medical conditions that would preclude their participation However, pregnant and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... guiding the target tissue volume, monitoring the energy deposition and the therapeutic effect, and also controlling the US exposure based on the feedback digital data from the ultrasonograms in the ... During the therapeutic process, real-time estimation of the therapeutic effect was carried out by the computer system through the graphic changes in the target field and the hyperecho of the tissues ... reservoir with the ultrasound beam directed upward The ultrasound beam of the therapeutic transducer and the imaging probe overlapped completely, so that the longitudinal axis of the high-intensity...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:18

... salespeople that "these intelligent machines" can replace "the brain and hand, skill and experience" of the specialist The aim of this study was to verify the reliability and efficacy of one of these compact ... question the efficacy of the 980nm Laser for photosclerosis of lesions and areas with little melanin and hemoglobin pigmentation [7] Furthermore, to avoid exaggerated fluences and thermal damage to the ... today and are 362 being used in the various fields of medicine and dentistry [4,7,9,12,20,21] The search for new devices and technologies for dental procedures was always challenging and in the...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48

... (3-4 months) Subject using other therapies for OA, such as exercise, heat/cold therapy, joint protection and physiotherapy/occupational therapy agrees to continue these therapies as normal avoiding ... of other natural health products, including glucosamine and chondroitin, one month prior to study and during the study, other than multivitamin and mineral supplements containing vitamins and ... documented and recorded in the study record and was classified according to the description, duration, severity, frequency, and outcome The investigator assessed the adverse events and decided...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48

... supervised by handing out a nutritional diary which was submitted at each of the further visits to the clinic After weeks the patients attended the clinic again and it is the lipid values and biometric ... gene counting and compared using the ‫ ²א‬test The data was analysed using SPSS 12.0 software The association between the +294T/C polymorphism and serum lipids, coronary heart disease, and body mass ... for age, smoking, and BMI where appropriate Results The frequency of the C-allele was 0.24 and the genotypes were distributed according to the Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Overall the C allele frequency...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:03

... mutation The wild type CC shows a single band at the 198 base pair (Bp) The heterozygote CT showed two bands, one at the 198 and the other at the 175 base pair respectively (the third band of 23 ... the level of the tHcy and the total cholesterol, urea, creatinine and the fasting and postprandial blood glucose The correlation was significant at the 0.01 level Figure shows the result of the ... Frequency of the MTHFR genotypes and the result of the Chi square testing in the different studied groups Showing the frequency and the results of the cross tabulation of the T allele and the different...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:49

... renewal: in the lower-two thirds of gastrointestinal glands [15], in the more primitive testicular germ cells [28], in the transitional epithelial cells of the bladder [20], and in the basal cell ... very important in distinguishing and repairing misparing and slippage errors in DNA synthesis The mismatch is detected by two complexes, the hMSH2-GTBP/hMSH6 and the hMSH2-hMSH3 heterodimers after ... (400x, Standard 20, ZEISS), which comprised almost all of the OLP epithelium The count was performed by two investigators without knowledge of whether the samples were control or experimental The...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:54

... of PKC and PKA phosphorylation on the claudin-1 protein, and the primers used to perform site-directed mutagenesis of these sites The first 10 rows represent mutations to alanine, and the last ... ratio of 1:200, and the lysate and antibody were incubated with gentle rocking overnight at 4°C Protein A/G agarose was then added for 6h, after which time the lysate was removed, and the agarose ... Liebner S., Andbjer B., Kalbacher H., Wolburg H., Haller H., and Fuxe K Organization of choroid plexus epithelial and endothelial cell tight junctions and regulation of claudin-1, -2 and -5 expression...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:17

... along with all the cases, and the second made with the controls gathered in the hospitals and the same cases, the first showed significant values in the three predictors studied whereas the second ... (Table 3) For the rest of the variables, the null hypothesis of normal distribution was rejected [19] There was no significant difference in the distribution by sex between the cases and the controls ... the controls gathered in the hospitals and with the same cases Finally, both models would be compared If Berkson’s bias 45 existed and following the ideas of Feinstein et al, the controls gathered...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:34

... graft in the damaged site and on the other hand, it creates an environment with a rich content of HA, with all the advantages deriving from the phenomenon The present study’s clinic and radiologic ... 67 the regulation of proliferation, migration, and differentiation of the epithelial cells [2,12,18,19] Following the surgical treatment of adult periodontitis, the epithelial regeneration of the ... from the operator to the desired consistency, by regulating the blood and saline volume In fact, the Hyaloss® matrix has a dual function: on one hand its physiochemical properties facilitate the...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:35