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... the ED and at the time of follow-up (FU) Another consideration is validity: the strength of the association between the candidate instrument and other relevant outcomes (construct validity) The ... correlated with the PedsQL™ total scores at FU, with the exception of caregiver missed work or school (Table 1) The negative direction of the correlation reflects that the longer the duration of fever ... corroborated by the statistical measure of effect size, which persisted in the total and most of the subscale analyses Our evaluation generated results similar to those of prior studies of the PedsQL™,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... identified problems After the revision of the second version, the Chinese version of the FIM was finalized and to be field-tested in the current study The reports of all the steps in the translation process ... reach the value of 0.85 Discussion The current study presents the feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the FIM This is also the first report of psychometric properties of ... evaluated, and the Chinese versions of the Asthma Module and the Cardiac Module are being developed [15] The objective of the current study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... taxed by the production of extended texts Representations of the author's intended ideas, the meaning of the text as it is written, and even the possible meanings of the text as construed by the imagined ... Despite the importance of writing skills, the 2002 National Assessment of Educational Progress painted a dismal picture of the writing preparedness of American students Less than a third of students ... (1988) examined the biographies of 66 poets listed in the Norton Anthology of Poetry, locating their approximate starting date for reading and writing poetry For 83% of the sample, the earliest...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 23:20

... standard of Vietnam (TCVN 5942/95/B) [4, 9] The two reasons for this situation are the discharges of cattle waste into channels then to river and the uses of fertilizer • The concentrations of DO, ... to decrease toward the downstream This proves quite good self-purification ability of Cau River 3.2 Modeling water quality of Cau River by QUAL2E The Enhanced Stream Water Quality Model (QUAL2E) ... concentrations were near the allowable limit Water quality was greatly improved in the third scenario Conclusion and recommendation 4.1 Conclusion • In general, the water quality of Cau River hasn’t...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... coping with the environmental degradation occurring in many of their countries The realization of personal goals for these young women and men, and the economic and social development of their countries, ... shows the percentage of women who were ages 20 to 24 at the time of the survey and who had sex or were married before age 18 •• In five of the nine countries profiled, at least 60 percent of all ... women, whether married or unmarried, to reach their full potential If they can avoid unplanned pregnancies and choose the timing and spacing of their births, they and their societies will reap the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

... homeowners free of charge or at a large discount These firms earned a profit based on the margin between the market price of the NGACs and the cost of the appliances The business model of purchasing ... advances in the efficiency of windows and doors, improving the exchange of heat, and increasing the tightness of the building envelope Improvements to the thermal envelope of a building can reduce ... case of the promised Australian national program and the proposed recast of the EPBD, even still under consideration Thus, systematic analysis of the effects of the policies is not yet possible There...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20

... space: Research theory and practice on the use of corporate capital The scientific and practical meaning of the thesis • The system of the basic theory of improving capital efficiency of the company ... of capital at Bac Trung Nam company" Purpose and tasks of the research • From the analysis and evaluation of the actual situation of the use of capital Bac Trung Nam company, find the cause of ... with the assistance of officials and employees especially the staff of finance department, organization department and the company directors, I have decided for choosing the thesis "Improving the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 17:20

... range These are of the form Δσ m N = constant, where Δσ is the stress range, N is the fatigue life and m is the inverse slope of the log Δσ vs log N curve The benefits from the use of the improvement ... (arrowed) Fig 5.5 The diameter of the tool tip influences the resulting appearance of the hammer peened surface In general, the smaller the diameter, the greater the likelihood that the actual weld ... variations is the lack of standardization of the optimum method of application, but variations in the material, type of loading and type of weld detail may also have influenced the results The effectiveness...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 02:20

... publisher, the IAEA, as to the legal status of such countries or territories, of their authorities and institutions or of the delimitation of their boundaries The mention of names of specific ... back through the space between the barrel of the insemination gun and the sheath At the post-training evaluation, all inseminators successfully deposited the dye in the body of the uterus TABLE ... levels of progesterone had remnants of a CL from the previous cycle, which may have been the source of progesterone Elucidation of the possible role of incomplete luteolysis of the CL of a previous...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... 2003–2008 University of Washington University of Colorado University of Illinois at Chicago University of Pittsburgh Examples of these activities include the following: University of California at ... as the following: •  ddress end -of- life issues What most people want at the A end of their lives is well-documented—to die, as pain-free as possible, at home with family present and to have their ... awareness about the value of end -of- life planning and ensure that individuals and their families have appropriate guidance and information •  romote an up-to-date measure for the use of clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... In response, the institutions often claim that the issue of democracy is outside of their purview But the very least that should be expected of institutions that receive the support of U.S taxpayers ... opposition in the countries to these measures The Fund has supported tariff or excise tax reductions in Uganda, among several other nations Whatever the merits of privatization of other sectors of the ... from the purview of the Bank’s Forest Policy ignores important causes of deforestation and fails to hold the Bank accountable for the impacts of these macroeconomic reform conditions on the forest...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... 11/03 46 Summary • The fatigue strength of “Ideal” weldments can be much improved; whereas, the fatigue strength of “Nominal” weldments cannot • Weld toe grinding or weld profile control works ... resistance because of the presence of weld terminations Starts and stops introduce weld discontinuities Residual stresses very high 3-D stress concentrations effects AM 11/03 39 Examples of terminations ... Fatigue behavior of weldments and effective life improvement methods depends upon weldment size and weld quality • Stress-diffuser can substantially improve the fatigue life of terminations without...

Ngày tải lên: 24/05/2014, 20:38

... years It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 92.52% of the sample, and it was the father in 7.48% of the sample No parent in the patient group refused to participate in the study, ... questionnaire in 89.5% of the sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% of the sample Distribution of all participants in terms of gender and age group ... Score, the mean is computed as the sum of the items divided by the number of items answered in the Emotional, Social, and School Functioning Subscales The sequential validation procedure of the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... of the time Some of the time All of the time Knee pain present at night: None of the time Some of the time All of the time Knee pain worse on movement: None of the time Some of the time All of ... practice The lack of standardisation in the choice of instruments limits the generalisability of results Furthermore, of the five instruments included in the review that were based on the views of ... statistic, the smaller the sample size needed for purposes of evaluation The denominator was the standard deviation of the score changes for those patients in the test-retest analysis Page of 11 (page...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... scores of the DQOL were moderately correlated with the D-39S (except sexual functioning) and the RAND-12 Magnitudes in the correlations of all DQOL domains with the physical relevant domains of the ... among domains of the DQOL with the D-39S and the RAND-12 As described in the Introduction, because the DQOL essentially measures satisfaction and impact of diabetes treatment, whereas the D-39S measures ... discriminant validity of the DQOL against the D-39S and the RAND-12 In general, domain scores of the DQOL were moderately correlated with the D-39S (except sexual functioning) and the RAND-12 PHC and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... investigation Finally, there was no report by the patients or guardians of any lack of comprehension regarding the questions The lack of validation studies on assessment scales of the quality of life among ... individuals off treatment Therefore, the occurrence of illness implied limitations and difficulties The analysis of the Corrected Item-Total Correlation proved the satisfactory homogeneity of the instrument ... not answer the questionnaires All guardians (88.4% parents, 11.6% others) answered the instruments (n = 190) reporting on the quality of life of children Children between the ages of and years...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... cross-cultural adaptation, the group of specialists stated that the concept of the impact of childhood cancer on the quality of life of the families used for development of the original instrument was ... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:35 the health-related quality of life of parents/guardians The score is computed as the sum of the 20 ... illness, the assessment of the heath-related quality of life of parents and families could contribute toward their healthcare needs [3,21,22] This study presents the reliability and validity of the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... obtained from the scale [16], and a rating scale may not be used by respondents in the way it was intended by the developer of the scale [15] Thus, the assumptions about both the quality of the measures ... Comparisons to the mean scores of the other subscales within the present study to those of the previous PedsQL™ school study [3], the mean scores on the social functioning scale of both healthy ... summary score, the mean is computed as the sum of the items divided by the number of items answered in the emotional, social, and school functioning subscales If more than 50% of the items in a...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... Others have established the preeminence of personal relationships in peoples' judgments of their quality of life [21] Thus, it is not surprising that the relationship items loaded together The ... acknowledgment of the benefits of physical activity, people link the idea of health with unrestricted physical Strengths of this study include the large data sets available for testing, the diversity of the ... to the other three items in this factor Therefore, it is clearly relevant to the quality of life of chronically ill people Flanagan's developmental work led him to conceptualize the 15 items of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... development of the study question to the revision of the final manuscript Each of the four authors has made a significant contribution at each phase of the study AQLQ12+ Standardised version of the Asthma ... The results of this analysis suggest that the AQLQ12+ is valid for measuring asthma-specific quality of life in adolescents 12–17 years The similarity of the measurement properties of the AQLQ12+ ... stimuli) are the means of the responses to the questions in each of the domains Symptom and Medication Diary Each morning and evening patients scored how much they were bothered by their asthma...

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