life—a review of facts and speculations

... assist understanding of the complex aetiology of these fractures Therefore, the aim of this review is to highlight factors identified in the literature that may act to influence the risk of sustaining ... design of the trabecular network allows for the efficient distribution of compressive and shear forces This efficiency exists via the orientation and spacing of the three dimensional arrangement of ... dysfunction, adaptation and enhancement J Spinal Disord 1992 5:383-389 Parfitt AM Bone remodelling: Relationship to the amount and structure of bone, and the pathogenesis and prevention of fracture In:...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:49

... narrow curricular offerings and modes of instruction, and potentially reduce the capacities of teachers to teach content and to use methods and materials that are incompatible with standardized testing ... from the uses of tests, the impacts of testing on test takers and teachers, the examination of results by decision makers, and the potential misuse, abuse, and unintended usage of tests In other ... direction and function of curriculum change on aspects of teaching and learning by means of a change of public examinations” Similar concept terms to washback In addition to “backwash” and “washback”,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20

... THE REVIEW This part of the report explains the nature and purpose of the Review It sets out who was involved and why, then describes the objectives set for the Review, the scope of the task and ... Overview of Approach Review of Context & Good Practice Assessment of Existing Arrangements 3.Assessment of Alternative Options / Models of Service Delivery Analysis and Reporting Engagement The Review ... that a Review of the Provision of Health and Social Care (HSC) Services in Northern Ireland would be undertaken The Review was to provide a strategic assessment across all aspects of health and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20

... deployment and use of ICT has been ratcheted up by technological transformations that have dramatically lowered the cost of goods and services and expanded the range of technology choices and development ... lowered the cost of ICT goods and services and expanded the range of technology choices and solutions It has also stimulated the entry of new players – principally the private sector - and increased ... the early waves of privatization of national PTTs and opening of markets in the industrial countries – led by the breakup of AT&T in the United States and the public offerings of shares in British...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 19:20

... conducting and overseeing research on the flows, assets, and fees of mutual funds, as well as a major recent research initiative to better understand the costs and benefits of laws and regulations ... rescues of The Bear Stearns Companies and American International Group, Inc.; the government takeovers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; and the “breaking of the dollar” net asset value (NAV) of an ... and invest in shares of other mutual funds The most popular type of these funds is hybrid funds—over 80 percent of funds of funds’ total net assets are in hybrid funds of funds Hybrid funds of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 08:21

... by investors of all ages, and the increasing use of target date and other asset allocation funds, many of which are offered in a funds of funds structure First, the leading edge of the Baby Boom ... report on ETF assets, number of funds, issuance, and redemptions of ETFs Unit Investment Trusts A monthly report on UIT value and number of deposits of new trusts by type and maturity Worldwide Mutual ... majority of funds’ commercial paper holdings, and the share of outstanding commercial paper these funds hold tends to fluctuate with investor demand for money market funds and the overall supply of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 11:20

... development and implementation of vehicle emission and fuel and oil quality standards; vehicle licensing, registration, and inspection; certification and licensing of fuel dispensing and service ... cities of Pakistan, because of the concentration of motor vehicular and other energy-consuming activities in these cities and the high pollution intensity of these activities And because of the ... complex and multidimensional; it involves a variety of pollutants from a range of motor vehicles and other sources, the daily travel and vehicle purchasing, operation, and maintenance choices of millions...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 21:20

... case of women Eleven per cent of men and 16 per cent of women reported that their work had become too ‘physically Extending working life: a review of the literature demanding’; eight per cent of ... the focus of the review is on exploring a range of questions concerned with understanding why some people remain in employment and why others leave ahead of State Pension Age (SPA) The review also ... work before 58 years of age, with one-quarter of women leaving before the age of 57 • A combination of ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors influence movement out of employment Poor health and disability are...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:39

... vulnerability of the fetal heart between 16 and 30 weeks of gestation, and anti-SSA/Ro antibodies were not considered pathogenic for the adult heart In support of this, Gordon and colleagues ... require close monitoring, not only of ECG and of adequate functioning of a pacemaker, but also of ventricular function Endocardial fibroelastosis The association of EFE with autoantibody-mediated ... Immunohisto- chemical staining demonstrated significant deposition of IgG and also of IgM and the presence of T cells in three out of every four cases, suggesting that a fetal factor might be involved...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... understand the role of TP in the development of pathology and in disease-specific populations including RA, cerebral palsy and TPTD Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Foot and ... be approxi- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009, 2:24 Figure Audit of placement of intramuscular electrode Audit of placement of intramuscular ... (EMG) [11,12] and gait analysis [11,13,14] The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of TP muscle and tendon anatomy and to review current evidence that describes normal and abnormal...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23

... response to drug users and HIV prevention, the review of these policies and related harm reduction programs has not been thoroughly conducted The purpose of this paper was to review the current policies ... countries, the Ministry of Health officially funded the first pilot NEP in Guangxi and Yunnan province in 1999 [23,27,28] The program has expanded to other parts of China, with a total of 790 needle exchange ... reducing and preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS (2006-2010) Beijing: State Council of People’s Republic of China 2006 Grusky O, Liu H, Li X, Swangson A, Duan N: Is Voluntary Counseling and Testing of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... for all of their hard work, a list of whom can be found at the end of this issue of the journal and on the website (http://ccforum.com/info/about/reviewers.asp) Competing interests KL, ER and CH ... team at Critical Care, thank all of our readers, authors, referees and Editorial Board members for their continued support There are a number of referees who have reviewed several articles for us ... changes we have introduced over the past year, and will continue to make in the coming years, will increase your enjoyment of the journal Some of the ideas we have in mind for the future include...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:21

... http://www.resource-allocation.com/content/6/1/19 of the costs reported in this study are now outdated, and many of the methods have been improved [37] Based on the USA studies, an outstanding review of the literature on the societal cost of ... included in their review were also assessed by the degree of originality and the extent of the detail of each major cost estimates Based on their review the authors concluded that many of the estimates ... further and estimated the number and type of health effects and the monetized the value of these effects, including total dollar costs per kg of pollutant emitted For most pollutants and health...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... LA, Chandra K, Mazzotta P, Stewart D, Koren G and Guyatt GH: Development of a health-related quality of life instrument for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ... Redmond HP and Kirwan WO: Quality of life after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis: an evaluation of diet and other factors using the Cleveland Global Quality of life instrument Diseases of the colon and ... doctors, nurses and midwives), "the ballet dancers' quality of life, health status and professional performance can Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... toxicity and graded from to on the RTOG scale (Table 1) However, these trials often not specify the incidence and severity of treatment related cardiovascular (thrombotic) toxicities In fact, of the ... cases of severe thrombotic events out of the 1424 patients described in Table In addition to the increase of thromboses as a result of malignancy, a review of chemotherapy associated vascular toxicity ... of the trials shown in Table 2, incidence of TE were only specifically reported in the study by Malfetano et al [4] Results and discussion A review of these prospective trials demonstrates no...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... al., Early and late morbidity and mortality and life expectancy following thoracoscopic talc insufflation for control of malignant pleural effusions: a review of 400 cases Journal of Cardiothoracic ... responsible for a rapid and plentiful recurrence of pleural effusion and limited life expectancy Sahn and Good showed that this type of pleural effusion correlated with a pH of 7.28 or less or with ... contributions NB conceived of the study and participated in its design and coordination CA participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis FP, GS, DP, AK, KL and IK took part...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... effectiveness of assessment of fitness to MONASH UNIVERSITY ACCIDENT RESEARCH CENTRE drive; impact of loss of licence on safety; impact of loss of licence on mobility; and impact of the ‘greying of society’ ... surveying a sample of active drivers aged 55 years and older in Finland, Germany and Italy Reduction of driving was common to all three countries (62% of the samples in Germany and Finland and 44% in ... position of safety: the complex traffic environment at intersections and the range of perceptual and cognitive tasks demanded of drivers, often combined to produce a ‘testing of the limits’ type of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... Financial crises and bank failures: a review of prediction methods The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily reflect the views of the Bank of Finland * Federal ... between 1998 and 2005 (see Mayer and Pence (2008) for measures of the size and the increase of the subprime mortgage market based on US Department of Housing and Urban Development and LoanPerformance ... Suomen Pankki Bank of Finland PO Box 160 FI-00101 HELSINKI Finland  +358 10 8311 http://www.bof.fi E-mail: Research@bof.fi Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 35 • 2009...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 06:20

... Massachusetts, and Alexander H Flax, consultant, Columbia, Maryland The review of Part II of this report was overseen by Garry D Brewer, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, and Alexander H Flax, ... the review of Part II of this report: KATHERINE ANDREWS, Coastal States Organization, Washington, D.C EARL H DOYLE, Shell Oil (retired), Sugar Land, Texas EDWARD D HOUDE, University of Maryland, ... participation in the review of Part I of this report: LEE G ANDERSON, University of Delaware, Newark KATHERINE ANDREWS, Coastal States Organization, Washington, D.C ROBERT G BEA, University of California,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 06:20

... the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan announced the guideline value of formaldehyde first and individual volatile organic compounds (VOCs).13, 14) In Japan, occupants of newly built ... conducted to confirm and extend the U.S.A case definition of MCS The results showed a significant overlap of MCS, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgie, and that no standard diagnostic procedure ... consideration of public health.38) The relationship between moisture and temperature on skin and upper airway symptoms was investigated and showed that skin dryness and rashes, pharyngeal dryness, and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20