how well can it be measured and optimised

... preferences Additionally, consensus approaches have little evidence of validity and reliability.16 Explicit measures with little clinical detail can be applied on large prescribing databases, but with measures ... be avoided in elderly people because the risks of use outweigh benefits These lists were developed and updated by Beers and co-workers20–22 in the USA and McLeod and colleagues23 and Naugler and ... inappropriate medications and their prognostic significance among in-hospital and nursing home patients with and without dementia in Finland Drugs Aging 2006; 23: 333–43 Onder G, Landi F, Liperoti R,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... me why it can t be done,” I said “Tell me how we can it and what the costs will be I don’t care how crazy the ideas are; just come up with something Take a month and see if you can figure it out.” ... sometimes it can be difficult to differentiate between legitimate critique and mere excuses Here’s a rough rule of thumb that I’ve found useful: constructive critics are often very blunt; it can be extremely ... His book isn’t only about leadership, it is about the human spirit and how high it can soar Frohman and Howard capture the expansive vision and nonstop creativity that have made Israel one of the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 21:03

... VAS and the HAQ showed significant improvement in both patient groups, most parameters showed the greatest response within the first months, however significant improvements were seen between and ... The bottom left graph shows CRP mg/L decline with biologic therapy The bottom right graph shows HAQ and its dramatic improvement Time is shown as O for baseline and then 3, and 12 months line to ... were measured and the 28-joint count Disease Activity Score, DAS28 calculated RA patients fulfilled diagnostic criteria for according to American College of Rheumatology criteria [13], and PsA...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:21

... the critical consequences of childhood obesity, which has been associated with Type diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and poor self esteem.iv In addition, childhood obesity can become ... relationship between hunger and obesity exists with girls and not boys, in white girls but not African American girls, and in those who receive food stamps and are poor but not those who are poor and ... but never eat them raw because they can make you sick! Grapefruit Grapefruit is at its best in spring Cut it in half and top it with honey or sugar for a simple, healthy and tasty breakfast Lettuce...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 17:20

... significance scores for individual words and the language model scores Because of space limitation, we omitted the special sentence beginning and ending symbols in the formula above More details can ... have been transcribed and annotated with dialogue acts (DAs), topics, abstractive and extractive summaries (Shriberg et al., 2004; Murray et al., 2005b) In this study, we use the extractive and ... know“, “i mean” and “i think”, consistent with our intuition We also noticed that not all the phrases with low ISF scores can be taken as FPs (“we are” would be a counter example) We therefore gave...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:20

... INEQUALITY WHILE BOOSTING ECONOMIC GROWTH: CAN IT BE DONE? Policy trade-offs and complementarities between growth and income equality objectives Despite a vast theoretical literature on the link between ... INCOME INEQUALITY WHILE BOOSTING ECONOMIC GROWTH: CAN IT BE DONE? iv) Five English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom) and the Netherlands all have ... countries show little progressivity, either because: i) the tax mix favours consumption taxes and social security contributions over more progressive personal income and wealth and inheritance taxes;8...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 20:20

... inhabitant remains well below If technology, infrastructure, and institutions can be improved, higher global demand for agricultural commodities can bring large benefits to existing producers and ... income and asset inequality and its relationship to poverty reduction and growth; access to land, land markets, and land reform, and their impact on household welfare and agricultural productivity; ... References Land Expansion: Drivers, Underlying Factors, and Key Effects Past and Likely Future Patterns of Commodity Demand and Land Expansion 10 Future Demand for Agricultural Commodities and Land 13...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... to stand for 10 seconds with the feet in parallel, semi-tandem, and tandem position as well as to stand on one leg with eyes open and with eyes closed Scores were given according to the ability ... an optimal cut-off value can be suggested An ideal curve reflecting high sensitivity and high specificity would be positioned towards the left and the upper border with an area under the curve ... task – gait automation Walking should be an automated function which should not require much attention and it should be possible to perform a cognitive task while walking However, it can be challenging...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:20

... performances and complete the chart with symbols ex : How well can you play golf ? ➨ I can play golf very well ( ✩✩✩✩ ) ➨ I can play golf quite well ( ✩✩ ) ➨ I can play golf a little ( ✩ ) ➨ I can t ... golf at all (〇 ) Now , be prepared to report about your classmate’s performances Write a paragraph first and don’t forget to use link words such as “ and , but , whereas , however” Or expressions ... compare your performances with your classmate’s Write a paragraph don’t forget to use link words such as “ and , but , whereas , however” Or expressions such as “too / not…either”  ...

Ngày tải lên: 26/08/2016, 19:33

... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/6/1/39 randomised study, initially showed no benefit A recent post hoc analysis of the MERIT data of both intervention and control hospitals, however, demonstrated early intervention ... hospital, a small 120 bed elective surgical and oncology centre, a large metropolitan teaching hospital, and an outer suburban community hospital These four hospitals comprise the majority of the acute ... individuals from the four hospitals using criterion and maximum variation sampling [15] Participants will be sampled by profession (nursing and medicine) and institution (hospital), and stratified by level...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... service-oriented architectures and are wondering how they can affect your business as well as how they can be of use to you By looking at it from both a real-world perspective as well as a technical ... to be made on a service and time for mistakes to be caught earlier in the process, which can further benefit a business Conclusion Essentially, a service-oriented architecture can be a huge benefit ... existing services new functionality How Service-Oriented Architectures Can Benefit a Business When used by businesses, service-oriented architectures can make it possible for the establishment...

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2013, 12:15

... and capacity for learning can be no greater than that of its members The roots of this discipline lie in both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, and in secular traditions as well But surprisingly ... Or maybe they're ordering so much because they can' t get any of the beer from you Either way, you'have to keep up What if you can' t get any of the beer and they go to one of your competitors? ... blame you At least it' s early enough in the process that you can quit with some dignity If only you could come up with some explanation to show that it wasn't your fault—to show that you were...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 18:20

... service-oriented architectures and are wondering how they can affect your business as well as how they can be of use to you By looking at it from both a real-world perspective as well as a technical ... to be made on a service and time for mistakes to be caught earlier in the process, which can further benefit a business Conclusion Essentially, a service-oriented architecture can be a huge benefit ... existing services new functionality How Service-Oriented Architectures Can Benefit a Business When used by businesses, service-oriented architectures can make it possible for the establishment...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 06:18

... Reputation: why it matters and how you can manage it Therefore, trust is a learned behaviour, its presence or absence can be assessed as you look at the systems and procedures for how the organisation ... your brand or kill it That’s why quantifying your company’s reputation is so important It s a cost that can be identified and needs to be managed, to ensure the greatest profits and opportunities ... increased significantly • Reputation is created from within As such, its definition and quantification can and need to be incorporated into both strategic and operational planning and oversight...

Ngày tải lên: 08/02/2014, 18:11

... of girls and women across the globe It can also be harmful to men’s health despite the many tangible benefits it gives men through resources, power, authority and control These benefits to men ... physical and mental health of millions of girls and women across the globe, and also of boys and men despite the many tangible benefits it gives men through resources, power, authority and control Because ... inequalities among households can seriously distort our understanding of how inequality works and who actually bears much of its burdens Health gradients can be significantly different for men and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 12:20

... attitude and mixed it with EXo and DOU French listeners did not recognize IDS and mixed it with SAR or DOU Vietnamese listeners made reciprocal confusions between some pairs or groups of attitudes: ... groups of attitudes: SAR and SCO; POL and DEC; SED and COL; EXo, EXn and DOU French listeners made reciprocal confusions between AUT and IRR; DEC and OBV; DOU and EXn; DOU and EXo Forty listeners ... mean and high positive F0 slope The OBV and AUT are distinguished with other attitudes by a very low and negative F0’s final slope With the PCAs based on intensity, the parameter of mean intensity...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 10:19

... watching 10 It ain’t over till it s No success comes overnight Being a successful ballplayer means you better be committed as can be Better be prepared to deal with rejection And you better be willing ... powers of cognition and reason can be so weakened that an effectively told story, as Gerrig describes it, can seem to become proof of its own content • • • • • • • But stories can be told in ways ... real problem because you’ll get bored I’m not trying to catch up with being happy—because it s the pursuit of happiness I’m after I want to be so close behind it I can almost touch it That’s what...

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 07:23

... years training to be a lawyer, his executivesearch education was acquired on the job.“Being a lawyer has been helpful Law taught me how to be disciplined, and it showed me how to be organized.” ... readers can learn by “observing” how to plan a career change, how to pay for it and live while making it, how to anticipate the effects that career change will have on one’s mate and children, how ... both jobs you deal with members My other jobs in restaurants, photography, and music taught me how to work with different people, and being 12 Switching Careers CHAPTER a chamber musician gave...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 15:30

... professional activity, working area, population of working city, and distance between their office and the nearest university hospital ICU In addition, information concerning the number of patients ... attitudes, and how such improvement affects patient well- being Key messages • 25% of general practitioners assessed their relationship with intensivists with a score ≤35 of 100 Etesse et al Critical ... 10.1186/cc9061 Cite this article as: Etesse et al., How the relationships between general practitioners and intensivists can be improved: the general practitioners' point of view Critical Care 2010,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... management and advisory firm with six hundred consultants and a worldwide reach Its teams have to collaborate with clients, and those teams live and die on their ability to build and hold credibility with ... just how (to use his words) intelligent people lose credibility and how they can get it back On the basis of my own continuing association with Allen, I can tell you firsthand that his very best, ... desire for you to show your credibility by learning how to be more direct and succinct and to the point? And how many of them show a desire for you to know the difference between the really important...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 19:28