... clear indication ofthe inadequacy of adopting a strategy of training and employing mid-level cadres in the absence of strategies to strengthen and improve other aspects ofthe health environment ... improve the motivation and retention of these mid-level cadres, we must begin measuringand monitoring the key factors within their work environment that affect their performance The role of organizational ... community as one ofthe main motivating factors [31] The mid-level providers were slightly more positive about their work relationships andthe degree of control they have over their practice There are...
... corrosion protection Ofthe conducting polymers, the polyaniline (PANi) families have been the most widely studied, due to their environment stability and ease of synthesis In the field of corrosion ... N, O, and Fe elements were scanned andthe area under each element peak was calculated The scan area was mm × mm andthe resulted data are the average of 50 scans of each element analysed The surface ... to damage the carbon signal incorporated with the polyaniline, carbon element was scanned first, followed by a general survey ofthe sample, andthe rest ofthe elements In addition to the carbon,...
... to the size ofthe Cartesian product of its inputs The experiments measure the effect of varying the selectivity ofthe scans on the inputs to the join as follows (1) Varying the selectivity of ... Cardinality ofthe left input Cardinality ofthe right input Length ofthe predicate Type ofthe object Number of objects Extent ofthe database (e.g AtomicParts) Number of pages Size of a bucket ... by the navigational joins is unaffected by the addition ofthe filter on the result ofthe join As a result, changing the selectivity ofthe scan on the inner collection has a modest impact on the...
... providing the house dust mite kgt11 library, Fridolin van der Lecq and others for their quick and excellent work on the protein sequences (Sequentie centrum, Utrecht, the Netherlands), and Dr Maurits ... (Fig 6B) The 25-kDa mature band was recognized by rabbit antibodies against nDer p 1, con®rming the identity ofthe 25-kDa band as Der p (not shown) The 10-kDa fragment referred to as the propeptide ... Both the lack of enzymatic activity andthe hypoallergenic character make this recombinant a potential safe candidate for application in allergen-speci®c immunotherapy To further evaluate the...
... counteracting ability ofthe osmolyte does not arise from the stabilization ofthe native state but arises primarily from the destabilization ofthe unfolded state ofthe protein in the presence of osmolyte ... larger bundles of FtsZ protofilaments in the presence of TMAO compared with the control (Fig 6) The widths ofthe bundles of FtsZ Fig Effects of TMAO on denaturant-induced perturbation ofthe far-UV ... 64 and 82% ofthe total FtsZ were pelleted in the absence and presence of 0.8 m TMAO, respectively Electron microscopy analysis ofthe FtsZ assembly reaction showed the formation of thicker and...
... the hand ofthe Lord Buddha Even if scientists change the living and nonliving as they please and create new life, the fruits and creations of human knowledge can never exceed the limits ofthe ... ? The first application of pesticide does not kill off the hordes of rice leafhoppers, but the tens of thousands of young spiders on each square yard of land simply vanish, andthe swarms of ... him to ask why and how the winds blow andthe rain falls He has carefully studied the tides ofthe sea, the nature of lightning, andthe plants and animals that inhabit the fields and mountains...
... most weight to the idea that shareholders are the owners ofthe corporation, the board of directors is their representative and elected by them, andthe objective function ofthe corporation ... the market and other players about the value of their plans and strategies But first they need to become value managers themselves, and to understand what value they are creating and why Page ... comparable companies andthe market around the date of each acquisition In fact, when the team calculated the impact of these declines on the total value of EG, they realized that the decline in EG's...
... most weight to the idea that shareholders are the owners ofthe corporation, the board of directors is their representative and elected by them, andthe objective function ofthe corporation ... the market and other players about the value of their plans and strategies But first they need to become value managers themselves, and to understand what value they are creating and why Page ... comparable companies andthe market around the date of each acquisition In fact, when the team calculated the impact of these declines on the total value of EG, they realized that the decline in EG's...
... On the other hand, the utilization ofthe available growth space ofnatural forest by crowns is higher than in the initial phase of growth stage The utilization of available crown space by the ... of bedrock on one third ofthe area of this natural forest On the one hand bedrock is andesite, on the other hand it is granodiorite and siliceous diorite, whereby PRP 1 is situated just on the ... starts to dominate from the aspect of yield and function at this stage Because ofthe dying-off of trees ofthe upper layer and damage to the lower layer by falling trees the correlation index...
... respectively) andthe time from the beginning ofthe regeneration process Total density ofnatural regeneration was positively correlated with the time from the beginning ofthe regeneration phase and ... establishment of new seedlings in the stands may be caused by the loss of vitality and death of shrubs, grasses and other tree seedlings due to the effect of drought in dry years The variation ... alter the model structure and produces a near-constant variance ofthe residuals The weighting factor was the inverse ofthe variance Two thirds ofthe data (47 plots, after removing sandy plots)...
... diagram ofthe DBSC model 170 Figure 6.18 The part ofthe DBSC model resulting from the strategic map corresponding to the learning and growth perspective 172 Figure 6.19 The part ofthe DBSC ... production, maintenance) and analyze these by the three main activities: (1) Management ofthe activity; (2) Planning ofthe activity; and (3) Management ofthe resources used in the activity - 15 - ... Vietnam In the other hand, since a medium construction firm from a country to the other country may have the same principles to formulate their strategies, the research framework andthe model...
... treatments, andthe interaction of these components with each other Failure of one or more of these components will adversely affect the durability of a textile material The amount and degree of use ... Chen and Hearle (2010) and Vidal-Salle and Boisse (2010) The construction of knitted structures is characterised by the shape and size of loops, the linear density ofthe constituent yarns andthe ... constituent polymer and by the external structure ofthe fibres One ofthe main factors that can affect the properties of yarn is the fibre and yarn geometry The geometrical factors of fibre linear...
... from the company's charter, the establishment licenses, the minutes ofthe Shareholders' Meeting, the Board of Management andthe board of directors; and from the rules and policies ofthe customers ... time the economic use ofthe property even though there is no transfer of ownership; - At the inception ofthe lease, the present value ofthe lease payments minimum dominate the fair value ofthe ... Review the internal report after the date ofthe financial statements - Review ofthe book is made after the date ofthe financial statements - Check the records released after the date ofthe financial...
... cirrhosis, HCC, and death The liver biopsy is the gold standard for the grading and staging of chronic hepatitis C The activity of liver disease or grade, is gauged by the number of mononuclear ... Progression of Liver Fibrosis In the setting of persistent hepatitis C viremia, the rate of progression of liver fibrosis varies widely There have been extensive studies focusing on thenatural course of ... in the rate of chronicity in hepatitis C infection The NHANES[13] study andthe Dionysos study[21] had similar rates of HCV chronicity among both men and women Race There are differences in the...
... to the food)? FQ (This question might include: the packaging andthe origin ofthe food) • What are the possible results if all (or the majority of) the people were not very concerned about the ... Compare the advantages of letters andthe advantages of phone calls FQx2 • How have mobile phones andthe internet improved the way people communicate today (compared to the days before we used these ... quality or the safety ofthe food? • (Similar to above) In general, are people in China concerned about such matters as the nutritional value ofthe food or the contents ofthe food they buy (for...
... unendurable, is the appearance of an absolute ruler for these gregarious Europeans of this fact the effect ofthe appearance of Napoleon was the last great proof the history ofthe influence of Napoleon ... the great discharge from all the obligations ofthe past; 141 of 301 Beyond Good and Evil altogether at one in their belief in the community as the DELIVERER, in the herd, and therefore in ‘themselves.’ ... ancient world say of them; the chosen people among the nations,’ as they themselves say and believe the Jews performed the miracle ofthe inversion of valuations, by means of which life on earth...
... advantage, andthe absence of non-functional genes in these clusters The presence ofresistanceand regulatory genes in these clusters The clustering ofresistance genes in non-producers The temporal ... Production ofthe antibiotics is the primary factor in the competitive fitness of P aureofaciens in the rhizosphere andthe relationships between it, the plant, andthe fungal pathogens The antibiotic, ... intracellularly and replace partially the middle lamellae between the cortical cells ofthe feeder roots The endomycorrhizae, which form on the roots of 90% ofthe plant species, enter the root cells and...
... discussion ofthe rise ofthe concept of fetal rights and fetal protectionism can be found in Daniels, 1993.) After a brief discussion ofthe social construction of maternity and paternity, I analyse the ... Studies of male reproductive health and toxicity have Between fathers and fetuses concentrated primarily on the eVects of occupational and environmental exposures of men and less on the eVects of ... fathers and fetuses ‘Crack babies’ and ‘pregnant addicts’ By now, the images ofthe crack baby and addicted mother are familiar to anyone who has read news reports of pregnancy and addiction In the...
... Disposition ofthe Place to plant a Nursery 10 Chap III Ofthe Method of Planting a Nursery, andof its Cultivation, till theFruit comes to Maturity 16 Chap IV Ofthe gathering the Cocao-Nuts, andofthe ... was the Foundation of several others ofthe same kind, in the Woods ofthe Cape Sterre (t) of this Island And it is probable that the Kernels which were taken out of them, were the Original of ... plucking up the little Plants, and by cutting the Shrubs, and small kinds of Trees, and felling the Trunks and larger Branches of others; they then make Piles, and set them on fire in all Parts, and...
... taxed by the production of extended texts Representations ofthe author's intended ideas, the meaning ofthe text as it is written, and even the possible meanings ofthe text as construed by the imagined ... juggle the planning of ideas, the generation of text, andthe reviewing of ideas and text, placing heavy demands on executive attention (Hayes & Flower, 1980; Kellogg, 1996) Given these demands, ... conventions, organization, professionalism of presentation, technical accuracy ofthe accounting, andthe quality ofthe analysis Deliberate practice would seem to lie at the core ofthe most effective...