... on measuring and achieving results Also, references are sometimes made to leading indicators that are available sooner and more easily than statistics on impact and can act as proxies, or can give ... management, and sustainability of outcomes Project performance ratings from the AMBs are stored in a centralized automated database that – along with project financial data – will be used for annual agency ... donor agencies are to generate and use performance information for accountability reporting to external stakeholder audiences and for internal management learning and decision-making Most agencies ...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 11:20
... they are mathematically linked In Part Two, we illustrate our preferred approach in dealing with the “intertemporal resolution of uncertainty” in financial risk analysis in a way that may be ... Project Appraisal.” World Bank Working Paper #154 Benninga, S & Sarig, O (1997) Corporate Finance: a valuation approach (McGraw Hill) Bhattacharya, S (1978) “Project Valuation with Mean-reverting Cash ... distributions in risk analysis is appealing because they appear to be easy to explain and interpret, while containing a lot of information After all, what could be more useful than a range of possible...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 00:20
The role of pictures in improving health communication: A review of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence doc
... is largely written at a tenth grade reading level However, each action that a family caregiver should take is accompanied by a drawing showing a person carrying out that action along with a caption ... experimental and control groups and asked to read a medicine label and an accompanying patient information leaflet The experimental group’s label and leaflet included pictures while the control group’s ... recall, pictures are present during both learning and recall A clinical example would be a health professional telling a patient or family caregiver how to treat a bed sore while viewing matching...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20
Subjective Probability Distribution Elicitation in Cost Risk Analysis - A Review ppt
... Research is conducted in four programs: Aerospace Force Development; Manpower, Personnel, and Training; Resource Management; and Strategy and Doctrine Additional information about PAF is available ... thoughtful and constructive reviews Any remaining errors are the responsibility of the author xi Abbreviations CER cost-estimating relationship NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration PAF ... in a variety of publications, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) NASA Cost Estimating Handbook (2004), the Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition (Department...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 20:20
Determinants of male involvement in maternal and child health services in sub-Saharan Africa: a review potx
... Mbeya Region, Tanzania AIDS Behav 2009, 13(1):92–102 48 Bwambale FM, Ssali SN, Byaruhanga S, Kalyango JN, Karamagi CA: Voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in rural western Uganda: ... HIV transmission program in Gaborone, Botswana a qualitative approach AIDS Care 2007, 19(3):355–360 54 Chandisarewa W, Stranix-Chibanda L, Chirapa E, Miller A, Simoyi M, Mahomva A, Maldonado Y, ... Richardson BA, Bosire R, John-Stewart G, Mbori-Ngacha D, Farquhar C: Male antenatal attendance and HIV testing are associated with decreased infant HIV infection and increased HIV-free survival J Acquir...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20
báo cáo sinh học:" Health workforce skill mix and task shifting in low income countries: a review of recent evidence" pptx
... shifting, including HIV/AIDS treatment and care provided by lay and community health workers in Africa, maternal and child health care as well as the management of infectious diseases by lay health ... always been favourable In the study by Zachariah et al of task shifting in HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, they note quality and safety concerns, professional and institutional resistance, and the ... M, Aja GN, Zwarenstein M, Scheel IB: Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health and the management of infectious diseases Cochrane Database of Systematic...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Technology-assisted education in graduate medical education: a review of the literature" docx
... the data element in question was resolved by the majority opinion of this panel Data were entered by a research technician into a Microsoft Access database Data analysis Data were analyzed using ... a more organized and programmatic approach to research in the area of technology-assisted education (and medical education in general) to advance our understanding in this domain [36-39] Detailed ... reviewing investigator had any questions about a data element, the article was reviewed by a panel of investigators consisting of the lead author and two additional investigators The coding of...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo y học: "Tibialis posterior in health and disease: a review of structure and function with specific reference to electromyographic studies" pot
... Ultrasound imaging facilitates real-time observation of the insertion and identification of the neurovascular bundle and anatomical variants A recent investigation of TP intramuscular electrode insertion, ... posterior EMG activity during walking in health and disease Tibialis posterior EMG activity during walking in health and disease – schematic estimates for ensemble-averaged tracings adapted from ... (TP), medial malleolus (M) and tendo Achilles (TA) Small arrow indicates rounded TP tendon proximally and large arrow indicates the flattened area of tendon in retromalleolar region as a result...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23
Báo cáo y học: "Experimental stress in inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a review of psychophysiological stress responses" doc
... of inflammation, activate both (intermediates of ) the HPA axis and the ANS Chronically elevated levels of cytokines, as occur during long-term inflammation, might lead to changes in HPA axis and ... circulating inflammatory factors in humans: a review and metaanalysis Brain Behav Immun 2007, 21:901-912 Steptoe A: Psychophysiological Bases of Disease In Comprehensive Clinical Psychology Health ... similar to that of controls at baseline but also after experimental stress, with cardiovascular, galvanic and catecholaminergic responses largely comparable to those of controls Only a minority...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 12:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Milk Fever Control Principles: A Review" pptx
... Oetzel et al 1988) VandeHaar et al (1999) have shown that decreased feed intake and a negative energy balance before calving increase plasma NEFA and concentration of liver triglyceride at calving ... 4202-4214 Taurianen S, Sankari S, Pyorala S, Syrjala-Quist L: Effects of anionic salts in concentrate mixture and calcium intake on some blood and urine minerals, acid-base balance and feed intake of ... fever are: Oral calcium drenching around calving, feeding acidifying rations (Dietary cation–anion difference, DCAD) and feeding rations low in calcium Oral calcium drenching around calving should...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Factors that predict outcome of intensive care treatment in very elderly patients: a review" potx
... mechanical ventilation in a 41,848-patient, state-wide database They found R308 that in- hospital mortality in patients receiving mechanical ventilation aged 85 years or older was 70%, as compared ... declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions EdJ acquired and interpreted data, and participated in preparing the manuscript SEdR interpreted data and participated in preparing ... participated in preparing the manuscript AA-H analyzed and interpreted data ML interpreted data All authors read and approved the final manuscript References US Census Bureau: Population Projections...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:21
Báo cáo sinh học: " Genetic and metabolic aspects of androstenone and skatole deposition in pig adipose tissue: A review" ppt
... androstadienol sulfate hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase HO 5,16-androstadien-3β-ol O 4,16-androstadien-3-one Final products of androstenone sulfonation 5α-androsten-3β-ol (β-androstenol) SRD 5A 3βHSD ... SRD 5A 3βHSD 3α-androstenol sulfate hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase 3β-androstenol sulfate HO 5α-androsten-3α-ol (α-androstenol) hydroxy-androstenone sulfate 3αHSD O androstenone hydroxy-androstenone ... androstenone hydroxy-androstenone hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase andro 3-enol sulfate andro 3-enol Figure Main enzymes involved in the porcine metabolism of androstenone ...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:21
Báo cáo sinh học: "Genetic and metabolic aspects of androstenone and skatole deposition in pig adipose tissue: A review (Open Access publication)" potx
... pyridine, acetone ) In porcine liver, CYP2E1 has an additional important role in catalysing the first step of skatole degradation and a defective hepatic skatole metabolism will lead to skatole accumulation ... 69 intact male pigs from a variety of European breeds has shown that a polymorphism in the SULT 1A gene (Tab I) causes a significant decrease in its sulfation activity and might be, at least partially, ... the choice of relevant animals remain delicate The identification of genes involved in a QTL remains a difficult task but in the case of boar taint, it has proven a really complex and complete exercise...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:22
báo cáo khoa học: " A review of health system infection control measures in developing countries: what can be learned to reduce maternal mortality" pps
... interventions (Table 2) The developing countries included in the studies were in Asia (Nepal, India, Pakistan, Thailand), Africa (Egypt, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa) and South America (Argentina and ... hospital in northern India: a sixteen year review Journal of Family Welfare 1997, 43:1-4 13 Rajaram P, Agrawal A, Swain S: Determinants of maternal mortality: a hospital-based study from South India ... of an infection control program using education and performance feedback on rates of intravascular device-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units in Argentina American Journal...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21
Báo cáo khoa học: "Towards a feasible algorithm for tight glycaemic control in critically ill patients: a systematic review of the literature" pdf
... versus intravenous insulin administration during glucose-potassium infusion Diabetes Care 1988, 11:52-58 DeCherney GS, Maser RE, Lemole GM, Serra AJ, McNicholas KW, Shapira N: Intravenous insulin infusion ... PA: Validation of a glucose-insulin-potassium infusion algorithm in hospitalized diabetic patients J Intern Med 2003, 253:189-193 Gonzalez-Michaca L, Ahumada M, Ponce-de-Leon S: Insulin subcutaneous ... Dziura JD, Inzucchi SE: Implementation of a safe and effective insulin infusion protocol in a medical intensive care unit Diabetes Care 2004, 27:461-467 Zimmerman CR, Mlynarek ME, Jordan JA, Rajda...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo y học: "Attributable mortality of Acinetobacter baumannii infections in critically ill patients: a systematic review of matched cohort and case-control studies" doc
... 31:690-697 Garnacho-Montero J, Ortiz-Leyba C, Fernandez-Hinojosa E, Aldabo-Pallas T, Cayuela A, Marquez-Vacaro JA, Garcia-Curiel A, Jimenez-Jimenez FJ: Acinetobacter baumannii ventilator-associated ... studies, including that of Fagon and colleagues [10], in which mortality was higher in cases with VAP caused by A baumannii and P aeruginosa than in controls with bronchial colonization with these pathogens ... Mensa J, Almela M, Olona M, Martinez JA, Marco F, Lopez MJ, Soriano A, Horcajada JP, Gatell JM, et al.: Bacteraemia in adults due to glucose non-fermentative Gram-negative bacilli other than P aeruginosa...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23
Báo cáo sinh học: " Genetic control of resistance to salmonellosis and to Salmonella carrier-state in fowl: a review" ppsx
... observations, and the animal rearing conditions In addition, different parameters can be measured: survival rate, lethal dose leading to 50% of dead animals (LD50), internal organ contamination, ... the infection and in a high excretion rate in later stages Similarly, an effect of SLC1 1A1 on spleen contamination was then demonstrated in chicken lines orally inoculated at peak of lay and slaughtered ... protein kinase homolog, AKT1 (protein kinase B, PKB) AKT1 is involved in cellular survival pathways, primarily by inhibiting apoptotic processes Survival factors can suppress apoptosis in a Calenge...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:21
Control of temperature and energy consumption in buildings a review
... advantages and limitations are listed and summarized in Table Table Advantages and limitations of building heating control strategies Control strategy Advantages On/Off control PID control MPC Adaptive ... configuration of adaptive control system [38] Most adaptive control systems can be split into two main groups as feedback adaptive control and feed forward adaptive control Feedback adaptive controllers ... story residential building in USA They have concluded that adaptive AI based control methods are potentially good in maintaining indoor air temperature more comfortably than conventional methods...
Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:32
identity management in cloud computing –a review
... Idenity Management ;In Proc AusCERT,Gold Coast, May 2005 [4] P.Angin,B.Bhargava,R.Ranchal,N.Singh,M.Lin derman,L.B.Othmane,L.Lilien;"An Entitycentric Approach for Privacy and Identity Management in ... encrypted data and multi-party computing for negotiating a use of a cloud service It uses active bundle— which is a middleware agent that includes PII data, privacy policies, a virtual machine that enforces ... cross-domain authentication and session management The specifications also define provider metadata schemas that may be used for making a priori arrangements between providers The Liberty architecture...
Ngày tải lên: 31/07/2013, 09:44