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... intensive care is being offered to an older and more unwell group of patients [24] Patients aged over 65 account for 64.9% of all cases of sepsis and for greater than 50% of the ICU bed occupancy ... members and attending physicians [20] This conflict can be related to the different interpretations that different relatives and physicians have of the patient’s AD and the progress and prognosis of ... criminal offence to ignore the AD or the LPA This leaves the potential for the physician to be found guilty of the offence of ‘Battery’ if they not comply The SUPPORT study and the HELP study of elderly...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... 17% of the variance in the PCS and 20% of the variance in the MCS The impact of ADL disability is consistent with the findings of Andersen et al [12], who found a correlation coefficient of 0.289 ... disability and depression are the best predictors of quality of life in multivariable analysis Our model explained 17% of variability in physical component quality of life scores and 20% of variability ... independence and quality of life In contrast, our one year model did not reveal an association with functional status and quality of life This may be due to the absence of an association or due to loss of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... Explanations and proofs of these results will occupy the rest of the chapter Most of the results presented in this chapter are original and appear in [CCT07] 2.1 Theorems of Ramanujan, Newman and Serre ... on τ and just write η Certain powers of η possess very remarkable properties M Newman (1955) and J P Serre (1985) proved two interesting theorems for some even powers of η using the theory of modular ... numbers, and j, k and The cases for r = and r = 10 are as follows: are non-negative integers 2.1 Theorems of Ramanujan, Newman and Serre 12 Theorem 2.1.6 Let m and n be non-negative integers and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 11:25

... 90 Cost of Care Survey 2012 Summary of 2012 Findings Homemaker Services (Licensed) Provides “hands-off” care such as helping with cooking and running errands Often referred to as ... T and, in New York, Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York Cost of Care Survey 2012 Contents Understanding Long Term Care Summary of 2012 Survey Findings Emerging Trends and ... hands-on care or at the forefront of care, but are fully understanding of all the dynamics of the situation) and their families For example, more than half (57 percent) of primary caregivers surveyed...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20

... Chariyalertsak et al.: Reliability and validity of Thai versions of the MOS-HIV and SF-12 quality of life questionnaires in people living with HIV/AIDS Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:15 Submit ... results of this initial test provide evidence for acceptable reliability and validity of the Thai versions of the MOS-HIV and SF-12 as measures of HRQOL among HIV+ patients in Northern Thailand Both ... of patients in the two samples Scale distributions for each scale score within the MOS-HIV and SF-12 and the proportion of minimum and maximum responses were determined to assess the impact of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway 5Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway Department of Public Health and Caring ... to shaping of the article and the editing of the article GEE contributed to the statistical analyses and the editing of the manuscripts KN participated in preparation and the editing of the article ... anxiety and depression scores would be elevated and that physical health would be poorer compared to the expected scores of the general population, and further that the levels of general anxiety and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer ... the HRQOL of children with cancer living in mainland China The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of the PedsQL ... drafting of the manuscript KL, NX, XY contributed the acquisition of data SZ and XMX contributed to the conception and design of the study, and revised of the manuscript All authors read and approved...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... = and m = of (2.1), so that (2.3) holds ∗ ∗ Proof of (2.4) The proof is similar to that of (2.3), so we omit it here Proof of Corollary 2.2 We have (i) by the process of the proof of (2.1) and ... (2.30) Consequently, the proof of (2.1) is complete by combining (i) and (ii) Proof of (2.2) The proof is similar to the proof of (2.1), so we omit it here Proof of (2.3) If k = 2, we only need ... by case k = of (2.3), (2.4) and L-H C Yang and J Yuan Estimation on powers of p-hyponormal and log-hyponormal operators The following Theorem 3.1 which is an estimation on powers of p-hyponormal...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 21:20

... were examined and the age of the graft, the area of the xylem across the graft and the circumference of the phloem across the graft were measured and recorded Most of the xylem area of these roots ... (TRI) and stem diameter of the snag or stump, age of the snag or stump, area of the xylem across the graft, circumference of the phloem across the graft, age of the graft and the percentage of live ... composed of living trees grafted to at least one snag or stump with live roots The objectives of this study were to determine the longevity and location of live roots on lodgepole pine snags and stumps...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:20

... multi-set of eigenvalues of L(G) and Q(G), the L-spectrum and Q-spectrum of G, respectively The matrices L and Q are similar if and only if G is bipartite (see, e.g., [5]) The incidence energy IE(G) of ... Zhou, A note on sum of powers of the Laplacian eigenvalues of bipartite graphs, Linear Algebra Appl 430 (2009), 2503–2510 [12] B Zhou, On sum of powers of the Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs, Linear ... upper and lower bounds have been obtained for Sα In this paper we establish some new upper and lower bounds for Sα in terms of the signless Laplacian spectrum Sum of powers of the Laplacian and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 12:22

... Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia 2Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, College of Medicine ... College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Bahir Dar, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 3Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, ... Ethiopia 4Department of Radiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia Institute of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... resulted in over a decade of violence, human rights abuses, criminality and poverty Since the start of the second war between Chechnya and Russia in 1999, thousands of civilians have been killed ... general and psychosocial health status of this population have been previously published Assessment of violence and related health needs Years of conflict have resulted in severe destruction of health ... Chechnya due to the continuation of the conflict and insecurity, and the lack of proper shelter and adequate health services in Chechnya To inform the future direction of assistance programmes MSF...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:21

... border to clean up the edges of the selected area of color ߜ Smooth: When you click with the Magic Wand to make a selection of an area of color, you might see all kinds of tiny 1- or 2-pixel areas ... again, and repeat a number of times to create a series of paw prints marching into the distance Figure 8-14: The many faces of transformations The mask-related selection commands At the bottom of ... terms as you read about the various tools and commands with which you make selections Both feathering and anti-aliasing make the edges of your selections softer by using partially transparent or...

Ngày tải lên: 27/08/2012, 14:35

... and all associated documentation are proprietary and copyrighted products Worldwide rights of ownership rest with Computers and Structures, Inc Unlicensed use of the program or reproduction of ... trademark of Microsoft Corporation Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated DISCLAIMER CONSIDERABLE TIME, EFFORT AND EXPENSE HAVE GONE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION ... bridge spans 60 feet, and has a width and height of 12 feet each The supports are rollers at one end, and pins at the other The trusses and cross members are to be constructed of 2L4X4’s, while the...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2012, 15:56

... and all associated documentation are proprietary and copyrighted products Worldwide rights of ownership rest with Computers and Structures, Inc Unlicensed use of the program or reproduction of ... trademark of Microsoft Corporation DISCLAIMER CONSIDERABLE TIME, EFFORT AND EXPENSE HAVE GONE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION OF SAP2000 THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED AND USED ... title of the window reads YZ Plane @ X=24 This same title also occurs on the left-hand side of the status bar at the bottom of the SAP2000 window Click the roof level beam on the left side of the...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2012, 15:56

... areas of cost and capacity rather than performance There are two components of disk performance: transfer bandwidth and access time Although both of these factors are improving, the rate of improvement ... us to understand the effects of random access patterns and locality, both of which can be exploited to reduce the cost of cleaning The simulator models a file system as a fixed number of 4-kbyte ... on disk and in terms of how much of the data written to the log they represent More than 99% of the live data on disk consists of file data blocks and indirect blocks However, about 13% of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2012, 15:05

... generation and recognition are used to communicate between humans and machines Rather than using your hands and eyes, you use your mouth and ears This is very convenient when your hands and eyes ... very specialized audience State -of- the-art researchers need this kind of detailed mathematics to understand the theoretical implications of the work A basic premise of this book is that most practical ... -Simulation and modeling FIGURE 1-1 DSP has revolutionized many areas in science and engineering A few of these diverse applications are shown here Chapter 1- The Breadth and Depth of DSP in many...

Ngày tải lên: 13/09/2012, 09:49

... Social phobia and disruptive social anxiety are features of the lives of many thousands of people But exactly what is social phobia? What causes it? What is its nature and what kinds of treatments ... key concepts and methods and a substantive body of research, this book aims to answer these questions and clarify social phobia by means of critical discussions and examination of evidence It ... clinicians, and students in clinical and health psychology and psychiatry AR I E L ST R AV Y N S K I is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Montreal...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:54

... These samples, and samples of fresh unsulfided and sulfided catalyst, were characterized by nitrogen adsorption and SEM The results of textural characterization by nitrogen adsorption of the catalyst ... related to the intensity of emission of the characteristic Ka line of each element White corresponds to a high concentration of a given element, and black to the absence of this element, while ... Fig SEM-EDX maps of distribution of elements: red mud after h run time The brightness of every pixel of the EDX maps, B, can be quantified on a scale of (black) to (maximum degree of brightness)...

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