... emphasizes the involvement ofthe general public inthe restoration ofcoralreefand other marine and coastal habitats.6 Despite the challenges of working in an underwater environment, including variable ... publications and policy changes NOAA is helping to maintain and further the motivation and enthusiasm of volunteers by highlighting the importance of restoration to the future ofthe local, regional, and ... broad-reaching partnership has been working since 2001 to restore and protect key areas ofcoralreefand native algae ecosystems in windward and southern Oahu by controlling the spread of invasive,...
... stay inthe fields to enrich the soil are collected As an example ofthe magnitude ofthe CO2 intensity of collecting and transporting biomass residues, according to the Biofuels Emissions and ... capture, end use in cement manufacturing has the key benefits of utilizing pre-existing infrastructure and enabling the incineration ash to be incorporated into clinker, thus providing a completely ... phase andthe remaining steel and ash are incorporated into the clinker Tires can be substituted at a rate of 20% or less; higher rates can cause instability and overheating inthe kilns, and can...
... procedures andthe equivalence of translated versions ofthe questionnaires, only studies examining the measurement properties ofthe original language version were included In case the original language ... instrumental activities of daily living or mobility tasks), and were not limited to assessing the functioning of specific joints or limbs Given the difficulty of assessing the quality ofthe applied translation ... that examined the measurement properties ofthe original language version of one ofthe 26 retained questionnaires were kept for review Manual searching and reference checking resulted inthe identification...
... Conclusions, including the results ofthe November 2001 Workshop Management Framework - Introd uced Marine Pests Management capabilities and approaches APEC andthe MRCWG have a role in liaising with ... Within APEC little is known on the introduction of marine pests Little practical information on measures to prevent introductions Lack of knowledge in what individual countries are doing ... NACA to enhance the effectiveness of existing instruments within APEC Institutional arrangements for managing the marine environment is fragmented in most economies Baseline surveys to identify...
... coaches, and SPs in creating and portraying the patient case and administering and scoring the CPX; described the uniqueness of standardized patient work both for the coach andthe SPs, specifically the ... 12 Training Session Four: First Dress Rehearsal (Clinician Verification of SPs’ Authenticity) The Goal of Training Session Four The Training Setting Summary ofthe Training Activities Reminders ... if they are selected well, trained to the highest standards, and then monitored and given feedback on their portrayals and their checklists throughout their training and during all ofthe administrations...
... date and time ofthe examination;* & the survivor's narrative ofthe rape, in her own words; & the findings ofthe clinical examination; & the nature ofthe samples taken; & a conclusion * If the ... of birth (or age in years) Date and time ofthe examination andthe names and function of any staff or support person (someone the survivor may request) present during the interview and examination ... privacy andthe confidentiality of their medical information, informing patients and obtaining their consent before any medical intervention, and providing a safe clinical environment Furthermore,...
... ofthe assay to demonstrate inhibition of ligand internalization at low concentrations of CCR2 inhibitor, was determined by serially diluting the CCR2 antagonist into whole blood and incubating ... demonstrate inhibition of internalization at low concentrations of inhibitor, was determined by serially diluting CCR2 into whole blood and determining the concentration at which the assay %CV of inhibition ... than 20% and using the dilution below that point as the sensitivity As shown in Table 2, at the lowest concentration of CCR2 inhibitor examined the % CV was 13.3% and therefore since the %CV was...
... oral endothelin receptor antagonists through to nebulised or continuous intravenous or sub-cutaneous infusions of prostaglandin or prostaglandin analogues [2] Many of these treatments are inconvenient ... into a preference based measure The approach used in this paper has been developed in Sheffield and used intheconstructionofthe SF-6D and King's Health Questionnaire [9,17] An advantage of ... sample of six items These six items were combined into four domains such that two domains had three levels andthe other two domains had two levels The items were selected by re-analysis of the...
... to reach the photodiode Bearing in mind the adequate but limiting factor ofthe 100 μV resolution for the measuring equipment, the input voltage noise floor and drift ofthe instrument’s input stages ... stable for the purposes of providing a reference current source for the instrument After an initial warmup period of 15 minutes to obtain thermal equilibrium ofthe circuits inside the sealed instrument ... EMR and internal circuit generated noise and furnishes a compact and low cost method for the capture and integrated digital processing of measurement data in a range of situations including clinical...
... mentioned in this standard Users of this standard are expressly advised that determination ofthe validity of any such patent rights, andthe risk of infringement of such rights, are entirely their ... levelness ofthe table top, stability ofthe pedestal, and tightness ofthe bolts and nuts inthe table base andthe pedestal table (A torque of 20 lb·ft [27 N·m] is recommended when tightening those ... top shall be parallel and at right angles to the vertical axis ofthe cone The mold shall have a minimum wall thickness of 0.2 in [5 mm] The outside ofthe top edge ofthe mold shall be shaped...
... 4.4 The amount ofthe processing addition to be interground with the cement for evaluation purposes shall be determined by the sponsor ofthe addition 4.4.1 The amount ofthe addition inthe ... entered inthe report specified in Section 13, andthe specific tests shall be indicated NOTE 1—Records should be kept as to the rate and continuity of feed ofthe addition, the form in which the addition ... for the control cement 4.5.2 The time of setting of cement containing the addition C 465 Sampling Cement 5.1 Samples ofthe plant-ground cement shall be taken from the product stream during grinding...
... polystyrene chain with chains of polybutadiene growing out of it Food Packaging Materials These rubbery chains hanging off ofthe backbone chain some good things for polystyrene Polybutadiene and polystyrene ... all the chains in HIPS are branched like this There are a lot chains of plain polystyrene and plain polybutadiene mixed in there, too This makes HIPS something we call and immiscible blend of ... conformations The one on the left is called the trans conformation, andthe one on the right is the cis- conformation In Latin, trans means "on the other side" So when the hydrocarbon groups ofthe amide...
... testing They were not blind to clinical diagnosis Only brief training was given, as all of them were already experienced inthe field There was no specific training concerning the SCCT because the ... concerning DfI and CiI indices (P < 0.001) but not DcI Inthe frame ofthe above, the SCCT is divided into the following three indices and five subscales: (a) Deficit Index (DcI), which includes the ... ‘Closing -In Index’ (CiI) It is important to note that all the items ofthe SGST included inthe DcI are easy for the healthy subject, while the more difficult ones (2, and 8) are included in the...
... base-line on the full list of symptoms and after a 6-month period for a sample of 24 persons was r = 0.67, increasing to 0.69 inthe R-SOMS-2 Considering the series of cut-off points from to 8, the ... not exclusively explained by the relative instability ofthe individual system of causal attributions, since the observer presence affects the degree of severity ofthe complaints reported Ten cases ... the SSI (4,6) and on the other hand women were overrepresented inthe sample used in our study Nevertheless all PC users within the study period were invited to collaborate, irrespective of the...
... validating the revised cut-off values by clinical diagnostic interview These findings support the use ofthe modified HADS-D and HADS-A for use with patients with MND within clinics and research, and ... ofthe scale caused by removing the effects of local dependency inthe data through the testlet design The performance ofthe HADS has been called into question following Rasch analysis in other ... shows that the original HADS-D was slightly overestimating the prevalence of probable (together) depression, which could be driven by the inclusion ofthe item D8 (slowed down) inthe original scale...
... writing the manuscript AB planned the design ofthe study, collected data and conducted the analyses, took part in reading the ms and approved to the final version ofthe ms TF developed the ... the design andinthe preparation ofthe ms CGS supervised the design and execution ofthe study and made contributions to the ms.GA supervised the design and execution ofthe study and made contributions ... basic training inthe diagnostic procedures and by a mental health professional with long experience in using rating scales and diagnostic interviews in clinical and research contexts The mental...
... AJ295275] and [GenBank: AF022111] for macrosialin, Emr I and Beta-5 Integrin respectively using primers (Table 1) The restriction sites for insertion inthe plasmid were included in primers as indicated ... effect of cell dominant expression on the immune response and indication of protective ability would be interesting In addition, targeting macrophage for various applications including immunotherapy ... Ladder (Invitrogen); 2: Macrosialin; 3: Beta-5 Integrin; 4: EMR1 are the respective amplicons of promoters documented in 1% Agarose gel in TAE buffer Ahsan and Gore Genetic Vaccines and Therapy...
... dependent on the intensity and spectrum ofthe illuminating sunlight, the redox properties ofthe dye andthe efficiencies ofthe charge injection process and collection ofthe electron inthe semiconductor ... aspects The first aspect is the operational principle of DSSC andthe mechanisms ofthe processes which influence the light-electricity conversion inthe DSSC, such as: the mechanism of light ... introduction covering the background, objectives ofthe study and some ofthe highlights ofthe results obtained A comprehensive literature review on the subject is given in Chapter It includes the development...
... selectivity in an aqueous environment One ofthe advantages of miniemulsion protein imprinting is that the system offers the option of incorporating desired property into the imprinted particles Thus, in ... (Rachkov and Minoura, 2001) In their investigation, instead of imprinting the entire protein molecule, they imprinted just a small peptide fraction ofthe protein This short peptide is the epitope of ... on the development of a new strategy and technique for the molecular imprinting of protein macromolecules The main considerations include (1) the compatibility ofthe imprinting system with the...
... majoring in financing and banking These students were chosen from 400 students in a department basing on their good scores in their entrance exam to university, their results ofthe language proficiency ... process of compiling, piloting, recompiling and delivering the questionnaires will be discussed in more details inthe next part ofthe chapter) Hopefully this can help minimize the shortcomings of ... questionnaires • Indentifying emerging themes inthe questionnaires • Formulating and revising the interview questions • Interviewing a group of informants 45 CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...