... polychaetes and bivalves was consistent in the artificial and natural tidal flats These results indicate that DS can be used as an additive to the sandy medium for construction of artificial tidal ... nutrients for improving the tidal flat ecosystem An essential task is to investigate how DS addition to the sandy media affects the emerging tidal flat ecosystems This research was carried out to assess ... assess the feasibility of using DS asthe additive for construction of artificial tidal flats Artificial tidal flats were constructed in a tidal flat simulator and at the real seashore using...
... delivering summary self-management support reports, and providing recommendations for patients and healthcare teams The assessment module uses brief evidence-based screening scales to assess behaviors ... providers in the assessment, monitoring, and management of a variety of health behaviors, psychosocial concerns, and chronic disease problems The automated, web-based system uses engaging graphics, ... cessation, alcohol use, and depression/distress These interactive modules facilitate patient selection of goals in any of these areas, and identification of benefits, barriers to success, and strategies...
... - for example, "cutaneous leishmaniasis", "leishmaniasis" and "visceral leishmaniasis" were mapped to "leishmaniasis"; and animal diseases were removed, for example, "toxoplasmosis, animal" The ... pathways responsible forthe progression of prostate cancer to metastatic disease The dataset was generated based on three published studies [30-32] Data from these studies were processed as in the ... discovery Thetool has several innovative and useful features as described below Anni uses a concept-based approach Definitions forthe concepts are available in the application, as well as links...
... total assets Personal expenses = total amount of wages and salaries / total assets Liquid assets / total deposits and short term funding The logarithm of total assets asa proxy of a banks size ... profit sharing basis rather than the mark up basis is used, the banks have no alternative but to determine a profit that would assure that the banks profit is almost the same asthe interest on the ... productive and surplus assets that have been possessed fora full year This means that casual acquisitions and perishable goods are not subject to Zakah (Clarke, Craig, and Hamid, 1996) More specifically,...
... Resources) Table shows the general outline of each of these sections NorthStar software NorthStar is available as an HTML Help system, or asa browser-based version Figure shows a sample screenshot ... NorthStar is available as both a browser-based version and an HTML help file version, and will soon be available in French and Italian, as well as English While the focus of NorthStar is on QI ... in changing practice patterns; they are usually categorized as "barriers and facilitators" or as "moderators and mediators" [7,8] The NorthStar section on cluster RCTs is based, in part, on the...
... while assisting the dancers with individual questions Sometimes as many as four and never less than two assistant instructors would dance with the students and answer questions Traditional tango ... c Shrug: Arms behind chair with wand d Arm extension: press the wand backwards (arms still behind chair) e Finger roll: As fast as you can, then as slow as you can; Rolling out to the sides of ... warm-up, the class typically began holding hands in a circle Imagery was suggested to the participants, such as ‘‘clouds beneath their Dance for those with Parkinson Disease 115 arms’’ so they could...
... assessment and treatment intervention [7] The list of applications is long and diverse, and only several examples are provided here VR has been used asa medium forthe assessment and rehabilitation ... with the ability to further adapt existing applications such asthe standard set of games [33] and to designand implement novel applications such asthe virtual mall described above [45] The ... meaning to the virtual experience as well asthe actual performance of virtual tasks or activities occurs The sense of presence enables the client to focus on the virtual task, separating himself...
... channel access failures and causes lower PDR too The best PDR, hence, occurs in the case with a moderate payload However, payload should be as short as possible A smaller payload means the first ... last sensor data will be sent andthe first one will be discarded The duration forthe last sensor data stayed in the buffer is smaller; therefore, AL decreases The ECPkts remain constant forthe ... channel usages with other nodes, these transmissions are longer than the cases with a smaller sample rate and AL will increase compared with the lightly loaded stage The smallest energy consumption...
... consistent summary format for each review and ensures the accuracy of the information Analysis and synthesis We analyse, summarise, and report separately the results of all relevant comparisons ... databases, including MEDLINE, EMBASE, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), andthe Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) In addition, we systematically hand-search the CDSR and ... content andthe significance of the database for healthcare policy makers, researchers, professionals, and consumers Methods Designand procedure Our goal forthe Rx for Change database is to provide...
... benefit may include an increased awareness for patients about osteoporosis and its associated risks, the availability of relevant information about what they can about these risks, andthe opportunity ... treatment effects and secular trends The advantage of using the ARIMA approach for analysis is that it accounts forthe three major sources of noise that may confound the analysis: trend, seasonality, ... This is expected to increase the prevalence of chronic diseases [40] and increase the awareness andthe need for patient self-care to support chronic disease management [40,41] Asa result, there...
... Intra-rater reliability Intra-rater ICCs and 95% LOAs for quantitative measures are shown in Table Similar intra-rater reliability was found for both raters across all measures Most quantitative ... andthe absence of pressure on the dorsal aspect of the toes and nails was considered to categorise depth as adequate or too shallow [17] Item General features Age of shoe The age of the shoe is ... reliability evaluation forthe items contained within them Menz and Sherrington [20] developed the seven item Footwear Assessment Form asa simple clinical tool to assess footwear characteristics related...
... professional advancement and research success among health professional faculty SES conducted a systematic review to assess the evidence about the use and outcomes of academic mentorship in health ... organizations in Canada and elsewhere to develop, implement, and evaluate mentorship for KT research and practice This research will establish a theoretical basis upon which we and others can ... quantitative (metaanalyses, questionnaire surveys, observational studies, randomized trials) and qualitative (reviews/conceptual analyses, interviews, focus groups) studies published in English...
... flower anthesis (from stage to stage 4), the Ca 2+ pool increased progressively and reached the maximal values just after anther dehiscence (stage 4) At the latest analyzed stage (stage 5) a significant ... showed the accumulation of Ca/Sb precipitates in the vacuoles of the stigma cells as well as in the intracellular spaces between them The stigmatic surface is the main place for signal exchange between ... In the style of the pistil at stage 4, the most intense labelling was located along the transmitting tissue, whereas the remaining stylar tissues showed relatively low staining (Figure 6A and...
... professional advancement and research success among health professional faculty SES conducted a systematic review to assess the evidence about the use and outcomes of academic mentorship in health ... organizations in Canada and elsewhere to develop, implement, and evaluate mentorship for KT research and practice This research will establish a theoretical basis upon which we and others can ... quantitative (metaanalyses, questionnaire surveys, observational studies, randomized trials) and qualitative (reviews/conceptual analyses, interviews, focus groups) studies published in English...
... instrument was calculated forthe participants that underwent the global screening by means of the BARO as well asthe elaborate forensic diagnostic assessment The concurrent validity was based on the ... version The instrument was also translated into English, German, Russian and Finnish It is being used in Switzerland, Austria and Finland The German-language version was validated in Switzerland ... contributions TD was responsible forthe research project EvL carried out the statistical analyses RV was co writer of the paper and performed the ROC analyses CB was co writer and performed all editorial...
... if any, of BpTTSSs and BtTTSSs in plant pathogenesis can be determined using B pseudomallei and B thailandensis as models 2.2 Materials and Methods 2.2.1 PCR primers, plasmids and bacteria strains ... infectious dust particles In humans, the disease could present with varied manifestations ranging from asymptomatic infection, localized disease such as pneumonia or organ abscesses to systemic disease ... Melioidosis the disease Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, an infectious disease endemic in South East Asia andthe northern part of Australia with significant morbidity...
... answered a questionnaire consisting of two parts Part one investigates the background of the teachers, their attitudes towards different varieties of English, and their awareness of the research regarding ... continental Europe, also known as Euro-English Their research has surfaced multiple features that are unique to European speakers of English Twenty-one teachers participated in a survey They answered ... Euro-English Part two tests the acceptability of ten features that have been claimed to be specific for mainland Europeans Results of this study reveal that there is little awareness of non-native varieties...
... multi-stage desalination system consists of Ns number of such stages stacked one over the other The condenser surface of bottom stages acts asthe evaporator surface forthe stages above The system ... the water in the basin and inner surface glass cover In a passive solar still, the solar radiation is received directly by the basin water and is the only source of energy for raising the water ... various designand operating parameters on the performance and thermal characteristics of the system Description of the multi-stage evacuated solar desalination system The Multi-stage evacuated solar...