... defined as the distance between the anterior wall ofthe aorta andthe internal face ofthe recto-abdominal muscle perpendicular to the aorta When the aortic walls were not visualized as they were ... obesity (BMI and WC, [21]) A second point ofthe problem to stress is whether the weight control can slow down the progression of IR andthe worsening of fat deposition in organs in these obese ... MND, CD and PF helped to draft the manuscript TM and TG performed ultrasound TG participated in the design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis All authors read and approved the final...
... transplantation In the cases of graft failure, brain death and infection ofthe donor lung, reduced surfactant function is aggravated by preservation ofthe graft, ischaemia and reperfusion Therefore, ... efficacy in prospective randomized trials, so what justification is there for the use of these approaches in lung transplantation? A body of evidence has been established that indicates that ... declared References There are case reports and small studies ofthe successful use of iNO and surfactant replacement in adult respiratory distress syndrome patients However, both therapeutic strategies...
... three binary indicators: whether the mother died early, whether the father died early and whether the mother andthe father where present when the individual was aged 10 The extracted principal component ... εicgbt (24) where X is a vector of controls, B the vector of behaviors, ε isthe error term, i denotes the individual, c the country, t the year ofthe interview, g gender, and b isthe birth cohort ... Estimating the Short-Run and Long-Run Mediating Effects One ofthe aims of this paper is to provide estimates of SRM E and LRM E Our empirical strategy consists of estimating the parameters of both the...
... into the pulmonary microcirculation To test this hypothesis, several investigators have tied off the bronchial artery of sheep and then exposed the animals to smoke In these studies the hypothesis ... capillaries The activated neutrophils release reactive oxygen species and proteases that damage the parenchyma [15] The final proof of this hypothesis was to deplete the animals of their neutrophils and ... activated in the bronchial areas – their F-actin is activated andthe cells are stiff and cannot deform These stiff cells are carried to the pulmonary microvasculature, where they are impaled by the narrow...
... On the other hand, the exceptional status of those measures which satisfy the Keck criteria is more and more anomalous Perhaps the truth is that the ECJ is not thinking in terms of grand theory, ... remember his various visits to Groningen, many hilarious meals together, and his wise counsel and encouragement The dedication of this special issue of this Journal to him justly pays further tribute ... the light ofthe Treaty rules rather than to remove them from the scope ofthe Treaty.79 In the light of these three reasons, he concluded that the Keck criteria were inappropriate and that the...
... Good communication This isthe main and prerequisite skill necessary for the managers to manage people 2 Good communication Good communication Honest, communication is one ofthe key ingredients ... Part 2: Whatisthe importance of good human resources management? Recruitment and training Human resource management help looking good staff actively involved in the success ofthe company and help ... performance of an individual in a large organization where the air is due to work or the work culture ofthe organization that brings Increase work efficiency Therefore the employee in the company...
... managers The objective of this skill is to enhance mutual understanding and respect on the basis of identification and recognition ofthe values and needs ofthe communication object This isthe basis ... promoted if the manager has time to improve his public capacity Give your employees the knowledge and experience of themselves so that they can learn and develop further 5)wise in the handling of document ... Praise and criticism at the right time and dose effects were very high 3)Behavior and communication • • This skill requires the sophistication, flexibility and social knowledge and experience of...
... domain name," the old man said "While the words don't make sense, they have a nice ring to them They roll off the tongue and flow with the blog." "I see Andwhat about this one? This one is long, ... at these blogs, and tell me what you see." "Well, this one uses a free theme You probably get what you pay for, and there are probably many other blogs that look just like it Is this a bad theme?" ... wonderful theme," the old man said "Today there are many free themes out there that are very high-quality And as the number of themes grows, it becomes less likely that another blogger is using the...
... with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and rent the peak’ Conclusion The customer’s overall cloud health starts with an assessment of value The assessment of value of cloud services ... Services (AMS) This is yet another approach businesses should use when assessing cloud value AMS isthe paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally andthe remainder augmented ... a comparison against other cloud providers The comparison of cost between traditional IT investment and cloud services must be avoided Such a comparison is not even apples-to-oranges rather fruits-to-vegies...
... Education: TheRoleofthe HRSA Centers of Excellence,” is one result ofthe efforts of HRSA andthe COEs The publication of this guide is a significant achievement brought about by the efforts of a ... Administration ofthe U.S Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, Maryland HRSA’s understanding of cultural and linguistic competence is based largely on the work of Terry Cross and that ofthe ... group? Whatrole does community or spiritual leaders play in important decisions? • Theroleofthe practitioner and biomedicine: What does the patient expect of clinicians andwhatisthe clinician’s...
... more insight into theroleofthe fat breast tissue, we investigated the independent effects ofthe size of dense tissue andthe size of non-dense tissue in the breast and their combined effects ... reader; one to distinguish the breast area from the background and a second to distinguish the dense from the non-dense area Furthermore, the pectoralis muscle was masked out The non-dense area ... higher than the sum ofthe risk for women with large areas of either one ofthe high risk tissues, but not statistically significantly (RERI 0.24, 95% CI: Table Breast tissue measures and breast...
... of microfinance (Bateman 2010) Synthesise what these studies tell us about: a The impact of microfinance on the incomes ofthe poor b The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/ wealth of ... this study therefore retains its status as a high quality evaluation This decision is discussed further in section 5.4 what isthe impact of microfinance on poor people? sy n thesis Synthesis ... incomes (and there are plenty of opportunities for this failure to occur), then the number of MFIs is likely to increase The proliferation of MFIs may therefore be a symptom ofthe failure of micro-credit...
... get right to the heart ofthe issues Others may wish to finish reading the Preface, which provides further information on the boundary conditions and context ofthe literature review and subsequent ... accountability.” The Curriculum Ellis began his presentation by explaining that the body of research on the influence ofthe NSES on the science curriculum isn’t “solid” and consists mostly of surveys and ... takes time, and that the grabbing at features andthe blending in ofthe new andthe traditional may be on the road to a healthier Hegelian synthesis type of thing.” On the other hand, she added,...
... – this is some distance back and where the crater is formed The position for this highest isothermal region can vary, depending upon the feedrate For example, if the feedrate is increased, the ... generated at the tool’s tip, then it will degrade quickly and be useless • Resistance to thermal shock – this is necessary in order to overcome the effects ofthe continuous cycle of heating and cooling ... inserts consist of: • ‘Pure’ ceramic – this isthe traditional tooling insert material, consisting of aluminium oxide The alumina is white in colour andis produced by cold pressing powder in the desired...
... Goldman postulates, the persistent high rate of missed pulmonary embolism is more a reflection ofthe high mortality ofthe pathology when this diagnosis is missed [35] The availability of new diagnostic ... on the basis of isolation of Candida spp from tracheal aspirates and broncho-alveolar lavage fluid Recent published guidelines ofthe Infectious Diseases Society of America on the treatment of ... pathologists The clinicians need to inform the pathologist about the patient’s pre-mortem status, the expected findings andthe unsolved questions The pathologist needs to understand the importance of the...
... return 0; } Whatisthe output ofthe above code? Ans: 39 If the binary equivalent of 5.375 in normalised form is 0100 0000 1010 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000, what will be the output ofthe program ... of these Whatisthe output ofthe following program? #include int main() { int a = 2,b = 5; a = a^b; b = b^a; printf("%d %d",a,b); return 0; } (a) (b) (c) 7 (d) Whatisthe output of ... malloc(sizeof (*ptr)); return ptr; } Which of these functions uses pointers incorrectly? (a) f3 only (b) f1 and f3 (c) f1 and f2 (d) f1, f2, and f3 15 Whatisthe output ofthe following program? #include...
... “art theorists… define the criterion ofwhatthe [aesthetic] experience is expected to be; scientists… provide a test of whether this criterion is fulfilled.”2 Or consider the case of neuroaesthetics ... neuroaesthetics This new branch of empirical aesthetics is often defined as the study ofthe neural processes underlying aesthetic experience In other words, the job of neuroaestheticians is to discover ... in his article (this issue), the scientific study of aesthetics can be traced back to the beginning of experimental psychology andthe work of Gustav Theodor Fechner in the second half of the...
... used the SF-36 (Table 1) Since the SF-6D is a continuous measure of effect we used meta-analytic methods to estimate the weighted grand mean ofthe MID and to test the hypothesis of homogeneity of ... assessment of change including, that the reliability and validity ofthe global scale has not been established and that the judgement of change is psychologically difficult [19] Another limitation ofthe ... between the response to the GRoC question andthe SF-6D score at initial assessment across the nine studies The combining ofthe "somewhat worse" and "somewhat better" groups assumes the two...
... more precise prevalence estimate However, this isthe first study in this area Our findings raise issues for the planning of studies and ethical issues related to the obligation ofthe physician-researcher ... to the purpose ofthe imaging, are not missed There may be a number of ways of providing this function apart from review by a musculoskeletal radiologist or other suitably trained specialist ... design and drafted the manuscript SS and RO were involved in study conception and manuscript revision SRD and PRE were involved in data acquisition and revised the manuscript AEW conceived the study...