... study of polymers III Technique of mechanical tests of vulcanizates of rubber and plastics Rubber Chem Tech., 13, 904–917 Haward, R.N (1942) Extension and rupture of cellulose acetate and celluloid ... in the range of temperatures and strain rates of interest A linear dependence of yield stress as a function of log strain rate can be observed over a large interval of strain rates and temperatures, ... sub-Tg secondary transitions) The strength and magnitude of these transitions depends on the degree of crystallinity and the size of the lamellae, and therefore is influenced by the thermal history...
... and with the power and volume of a church organ with all the stops pulled out It shook and It trilled and It quavered, and It gargled as if It had a barrel of glycothermoline in It's mouth and ... tumbling down, and a point o' palms, I lost sight of her Why didn't I shout, and threaten, and jump up and down? Because I was alone on Prana Beach, between the sea and the swamp And because the ... out of the woods yawning and stretching herself And I wouldn't have cared—if I'd been shaved I took notice of all this peacefulness and quiet, twenty grains of quinine, some near food out of a...
... self-sufficiency and their long-term quality of life satisfactory or good after an ICU stay [2,4-8] In this context, providing predictors of short- term mortality or of impairment of physical and cognitive ... contributed to the conception and design of the study and revision of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Daubin et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011, 9:35 ... et al.: Predictors of mortality and short- term physical and cognitive dependence in critically ill persons 75 years and older: a prospective cohort study Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011...
... implementation of two contemporary approaches to teaching writing, Writer s Workshop and 6+1 Traits of Writing The purpose of the study was to help fourth grade students become proficient writers both ... arises instead of direct instruction “around a sequence of skills” (James, et al., 2001, pp 31-34) 13 My review of literature indicates the “melding” of 6+1 Traits of Writing andWriter s Workshop ... tallied the number of punctuation, spelling, grammatical, and capitalization errors and then divided the total number of errors by the total number of words and determined the number of errors per...
... for initial testing of the German version of the ACIC Author details Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Zurich, University Hospital of Zurich, Sonneggstrasse ... discussed the professionals’ comments and issues that caused confusion and adjusted inappropriate items This process led to the final version of the German- ACIC, the G-ACIC Feasibility testing and validation ... Steurer-Stey et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:122 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/122 Page ofand time constraint we asked the health professionals who tested the German translation...
... main components of costs were the expenditures of health insurance and the loss of productivity of patients and their caregivers Disease severity of MG and assistance in activities of the daily ... impairments, frequency of handicapped person’s pass (in Germany delivered at a certain level of impairment after proof by the “pension office” with a record concerning the degree of handicap (in %)), ... patients influence the mental aspects of Page of 10 quality of life Bulbar and generalized involvement seems to result in an impairment of mental aspects of quality of life, whereas ocular involvement...
... types of sports and level of endurance and the self-reported outcomes These results should help to define which groups ofGerman athletes are at increased risk for asthma and allergies and to provide ... data on German top athletes are available Therefore, one aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of allergic and respiratory diseases and information about medical treatment in German top ... amount of allergens and irritants (e.g swimmers are exposed to chlorine and chloramine) and because the ventilation is increased for a longer period of time [15,19,20] The knowledge about asthma and...
... for initial testing of the German version of the ACIC Author details Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Zurich, University Hospital of Zurich, Sonneggstrasse ... discussed the professionals’ comments and issues that caused confusion and adjusted inappropriate items This process led to the final version of the German- ACIC, the G-ACIC Feasibility testing and validation ... Steurer-Stey et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:122 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/122 Page ofand time constraint we asked the health professionals who tested the German translation...
... [DGAI]) with a total of 808 addresses of ICUs (45 university hospitals and 763 general hospitals) a simple random sample of one-third of the addresses (254 general hospitals and 15 university ICUs) ... shown that with the use of standard operating procedures a decrease in the durations of sedation and ventilation, and with this a reduction of costs, is possible [29,30] Mascia and colleagues [31] ... use of written standard operating procedures decreases the duration of ventilation, the length of stay in the ICU and the overall hospital stay A sedation scale for the monitoring of analgesia and...
... as a cache of secondary storage data pages The effect of this kind of caching on the performance of UNIX and its traditional suite of application programs is dramatic Compilation of a small program ... introduction of new hardware architectures and was never able to efficiently support the large body of UNIX software used within the academic community [16] In addition, from the point of view of a system ... network copy-on-reference of process data The interaction of message and memory primitives can also be an important tool in the design and implementation of transaction and database management...
... ‘globalise’ and ‘universalise’, suggesting the attempt or purport of the act of globalising and universalising, falling shortof the achievement of the actual end of this action Such a use of the ... for attempting to understand historical patterns of law and authority, by reference to interior moral and exterior political impulses, and versions of history and visions of the future, in chapter ... Introduction understand the reality of law and what constitutes law; to attempt to fathom, where possible, the limits and potentials of attitudes towards the social order and law; and to formulate...
... Ecosystems and Environment, 27, 493-503 Qiao, L., Hofstede, H and Ho, G E (1993) The mobility of heavy metals in clay amended sewage sludge and municipal solid waste compost In: Proceeding of 9th ... fixing of the free metal ions through metal precipitation as hydroxides and carbonates, adsorption onto oxides and mineral surfaces and chemisorption or complexation with inorganic ligands The ... 1993) In order to determine the long-term fate and potential hazard of land application of MSW compost, it is necessary to investigate the speciation of heavy metals Difficulties in studying this...
... behalf of the account holder, and giving specimen signatures and relevant information banknote / b ŋknəυt/ noun a piece of printed paper money (in England, issued by the Bank of England; in Scotland, ... average, £15 worth of goods are stolen every day the sharing of the cost of damage or loss of a ship between the insurers and the owners í adjective equal to the average of a set of figures ć the ... matters as the issue of shares, the conduct of meetings and the appointment of directors ć This procedure is not allowed under the articles of association of the company articles of incorporation...
... 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 trade sector, where the number of women rose from about ... 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 250 000 women ... finance and banking institutions in 1975, the number increased to 450 000 by 1995 The number of men grew only marginally from 425 000 to 480 000 over the same period In defence, the number of men...
... The beta of a fund is determined as follows: [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (36 months) x = rate of return ... [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (24-60 months) x = rate of return for the S&P 500 Index y = rate of return ... makeup of the liabilities and stockholders' equity side of the balance sheet, especially the ratio of debt to equity and the mixture ofshortand long maturities Capital surplus Amounts of directly...
... The beta of a fund is determined as follows: [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (36 months) x = rate of return ... [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (24-60 months) x = rate of return for the S&P 500 Index y = rate of return ... makeup of the liabilities and stockholders' equity side of the balance sheet, especially the ratio of debt to equity and the mixture ofshortand long maturities Capital surplus Amounts of directly...
... The beta of a fund is determined as follows: [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (36 months) x = rate of return ... [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (24-60 months) x = rate of return for the S&P 500 Index y = rate of return ... makeup of the liabilities and stockholders' equity side of the balance sheet, especially the ratio of debt to equity and the mixture ofshortand long maturities Capital surplus Amounts of directly...