... Copayment Coupons (New) 45 Program Integrity—VoluntaryReportingof Fraud, Waste, andAbusebyPlanSponsors (New) 45 Pharmacy Benefit Managers—Part D Sponsors Oversight of Pharmacy Benefit ... assessments of HHS programs and operations These assessments help reduce waste, abuse, and mismanagement and promote economy and efficiency throughout HHS • The Office of Evaluation and Inspections ... Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2013 (Work Plan) summarizes newand ongoing reviews and activities that OIG plans to pursue...
... provides a useful and interesting example of one kind of mobile networks that consists of two types of nodes: informed agents and followers In these networks, there is a limited number of informed ... location of the bee and whose x axis points in the direction of motion of the bee (this coordinate system moves with the bee) Note that in view of the updates (12), (23), (32), and (36), the origin of ... uninformed bees by flying fast, and that if they slow down to the speed of the uninformed bees, they are not recognized as streaker bees by the rest of the swarm The swarming behavior of honeybees...
... (ISM) band The mean duration of a good state, Tg , was set at seconds and that of a bad state, Tb , to 0.25 seconds In units of 625 microseconds (the Bluetooth timeslot duration), Tg = 3200 and ... frequency of frame types is in the ratio of : : Therefore, by simple multiplication of the three ratios, the buffer zone sizes would be in the ratio of : : 16 For a total buffer capacity of 50 packets ... video sequence (an episode of the situational comedy Friends) at 25 fps, with group of pictures (GOP) structure3 of N = 12 and M = 3, the relative sizes of I-, P-, and bipredictive B-frames were...
... activation of Hahsp17.6G1 by HaDREB2 and HaHSFA9 in sunflower embryos [10] We also pointed out sequence similarities and differences between HaDREB2 and other DREB2 factors in Arabidopsis and other plants ... lines) In agreement with the lack of effect of DS10:DR2 on thermotolerance, we observed similar accumulation levels of CI and CII sHSPs andof HSP101 in the seeds of DS10:DR2 lines compared to non-transgenic ... DR2 and DS10:A9/DR2) and sibling control lines CA and PPD characterized the phenotypes of the double transgenic and sibling control lines RC performed the 2D protein analyses of DS10:A9/DR2 and...
... propagation of linear sound waves in a fluid can be modeled by the equation of motion (conservation of momentum) and the continuity equation (conservation of mass) With some simplifications by taking ... by aeff a b Here, d is the distance of observation, a stands for the major semi-axis of the ellipse, and b is the minor semi-axis The major semi-axis of the ellipse is set to be a and ... for the planar, cylindrical and spherical wave 60 Figure 4.5: The variation of the second order term of plane wave v.s the variation of wave number k , Mach number and the distance away from...
... prevalence and risk behavior among the samples either as a whole or by demographic subgroups [13-16] Our aims were to examine the levels of risk behavior and the levels of HIV infection and to assess ... Three hundred and fifty IDUs completed the questionnaire A total of 99% answered that they had received newand unused syringes during the previous six months The sources for newand unused syringes ... 4.8) and pharmacy users (19.1 years, range to 39 years, SD = 4.4) However there were significant differences in terms of the proportion ofnew injectors (IDUs with to years of injecting) and frequency...
... Like many studies of IDU, this study is limited by its cross-sectional design and its use of non-random sampling As well, the possibility exists that the merging of users of SEPs and pharmacies ... Access and coverage of needle and syringe programmes (NSP) in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia Addiction 2007, 102:1244-1250 Cooney A, Wodak A: Effectiveness of sterile needle and syringe ... often have higher risk profiles for the transmission of HIV and other blood-borne diseases, SEPs themselves are an efficient means of reducing health risks among hard-to-reach, stigmatized, and...
... 0.16 Radiographic evaluation Detection of repair of erosions Standard radiographs of the hands and wrists were obtained in two planes (anteroposterior and oblique projections) Radiographic examinations ... in random order, without knowledge of the sequence, by two other rheumatologists (HH and AS) as well as by the initial ones Radiographic scoring method Radiographic joint damage of the hands and ... rheumatology clinic by two of the authors (HI and SO) at Yokohama City University Medical Center between January 2001 and March 2004, patients with paired sequential radiographs of both hands and wrists...
... J.C and Newell, T.A 2001 An investigation of refrigerant void fraction in horizontal, microfin tubes HVAC&R, Res., 7(1): 6776 [45] Chen, D.K and Lin, S 2001 Underpressure of vaporization of refrigerant ... evaporation and condensation in smooth and microfin tubes In: Proceedings of IIFIIR Commision B1, Paderborn, Germany, vol.B4, p.9-1 [7] Goto, M., Inoue, N and Ishiwatari, N 2001 Condensation and evaporation ... Cho, Y and Park, K 2004 Flow condensation heat transfer coefficients of R22, R134a, R407C, and R410A inside plain and microfin tubes Int J Refrig, 27:25-32 [17] Honda, H., Wijayanta, A.T and Takata,...
... number of research papers of some International Journals Dr Das is currently acting as the honourary member of editorial board of Indian Journal of Science and Technology and as Referee of AMSE ... following results of physical interest on the velocity and temperature of the flow field and also on the wall shear stress and rate of heat transfer at the wall The effect of increasing magnetic ... friction and rate of heat transfer The effects of the pertinent parameters on the flow field are analyzed and discussed with the help of velocity profiles (Figures 1-4); temperature profiles (Figures...
... sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) The research was conducted jointly by RAND Health’s Center for Military Health Policy Research and the Forces and Resources Policy Center of ... responsibilities have been reordered by the events of September 11, 2001; officials in the Department of Health and Human Services and in the Department of Homeland Security; and the interested public This ... review of information provided to individual recipients of IND drugs, medical monitoring andreportingof the use of such drugs, information about shipment and storage of drugs, disposition of unused...
... and MBL and CD91 and L-ficolin could be inhibited by ligands of both CD91 (RAP, C1q) and MBL (MASP-3) and therefore fulfilled the requirements of a specific interaction The binding between MBL and ... concentration of active CD91 and therefore the kinetics of the interaction when CD91 is in solution The KD value obtained was 9.33 nm with a v2 = 0.899, and kd and ka values of 5.74 · 10)4 S)1 and 6.15 ... al ligand-binding clusters and an 85 kDa beta-chain involved in endocytosis and comprising the transmembrane and intracellular domains Ligand interaction is mediated by 31 homologus ligand-binding...
... Activation of macrophages by lactoferrin: secretion of TNF-a, IL-8 and NO Biochem Mol Biol Int 43, 79–87 12 Shinoda I, Takase M, Fukuwatari Y, Shimamura S, Koller M & Konig W (1996) Effects of lactoferrin ... chains of hLF play an important role in the recognition of hLF by THP-1 macrophages [22] In Biological action of hLF is mediated through TLR4 order to evaluate the role of carbohydrate chains of ... biological actions of LPS [3,8–10] Indeed, the levels of IP10 and TNF produced by THP-1 cells simultaneously treated with LPS and hLF were significantly lower than those produced by cells treated...
... (appearing as a band of 70 kDa under reducing conditions), in agreement with the different origins and modes of production of these preparations (Fig 4) The comparison of pMBL and rMBL, with respect ... bis-Tris, pH 7.2 and centrifuged, followed by homogenization of the precipitate in the same buffer with the addition of 1% Triton X-114 A separation of water and detergent phases of the last two ... proteases C1r and C1s [32,33] The function of C1q is similar to that of the collectins, and the role of these molecules in the immune system relies on their ability to bind to repeating patterns of certain...
... measurement of sponsorship efficiency and identification of the causal effects of sponsorship on sponsors brands – the area to which this thesis also hopes to make a contribution Measurement of sponsorship ... combined sponsorship, product placement, and endorsement in a large-scale and orchestrated manner The power of this new, fully integrated sponsorship execution was aptly described by one of branding’s ... Cornwell and Maignan 1998) Also, while most marketing departments today are proud of their brand strategies and their professional standards and best practice procedures, sponsorship is often performed...
... affected by the loss of several of the cochaperones that are nonessential for viability of yeast (Sti1p, Sba1p, Cpr6p, Cpr7p, Hch1p and Aha1p) Sse1p and essential cochaperones such as Cdc37p and Cns1p ... photographed after days of growth at 30 °C on YPDA in the absence or presence of the indicated concentrations of GA or RD (B) RD and GA sensitivities of strains bearing deletions of the Pdr5 and Snq2 plasma ... effects of the sti1D mutation on drug sensitivity to be influenced strongly by the isoform of Hsp90 that is expressed (at a similar level) in the cells Increased GA and RD sensitivity with the loss of...
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