... Office ofthe Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation The Office ofthe Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) is the principal advisor to the Secretary ofthe Department ... summary ofthe 1992 Policy Synthesis literature review, including the origin ofthe literature review and a discussion ofthe policy concerns that make assisted living for thefrailelderly an ... THE LITERATURE REVIEW FOR THE 1992 POLICY SYNTHESIS IN BRIEF In 1992, Lewin-VHI conducted a Policy Synthesis on Assisted Living For theFrailElderly for the Office ofthe Assistant Secretary for...
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... from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... evaluation The process begins with development of an understanding for the operational demands and theneedsofthe mariner This provides the basis for the initial design, which is then evaluated The ... other than the authors according to the procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the...
... on the other hand, is a rather different kettle of fish It can arbitrarily be defined as lasting longer than eight weeks but by the time these patients reach the specialist cough centre, they ... specialised receptors such as the cough receptors Centrally, the role of neurotransmitters such as tachykinins at the level ofthe 'cough centre' may partially sensitise the cough reflex This is an ... thank the members of our Editorial Board for their willingness to contribute both their time and expertise to this project We are all, of course, indebted to the staff at BioMed Central for their...
... revenue Unlike the busy lifestyle of fulfilling orders taken through a Web site, the passive-revenue lifestyle lets the site the work, not you 19 20 Part I: Meetingthe Other Side of Google Google ... controlled their costs and tracked their returns) In time, the advantages of eBay’s system got the attention of midsize brick-and-mortar stores, which now operate eBay outlets as an essential part of their ... 14 Part I: Meetingthe Other Side of Google Google’s business isn’t just advertising In the beginning of this chapter, I emphasize advertising as the revenue model that drives...
... underneath shows the rim ofthe mirror, which raises the mirror’s center of mass The lower mass increases resonance frequency The mass ofthe circular mirror is about twice the mass ofthe perforated ... slight turns Sliders positioned on the torso ofthe robot actuate legs External forces applied to the sliders pull on the microhinged tethers These forces represent the minimum force requirement for ... modeling is to reduce the order p ofthe following frequency response function ofthe microsystem ( H p ( jω ) = f pT − ω M p + jωD p + K p ) −1 100 fp where the size ofthe mass Mp, damping Dp...
... centers of excellence offers the opportunity to promote the development of centers focused on the unique needsof young children and their caregivers in the child welfare system and at risk of entry; ... assistance The services, as with the other mental health consultation programs, focused on improving the capacity ofthe caregivers and improving their relationships with each other and the children ... system, how the occurrence of maltreatment or neglect affects their development, and the services currently offered versus needed for these young children It is based on the “Strengthening Early...
... nutrition of disabled and frail old people in their own homes CNOA is part ofthe Nutrition Research Foundation ofthe University of Sydney The major funding for the Conference comes from the Australian ... flats, often alone and widely scattered across the streets and suburbs of Australia and there is no register of who they are We hope themeetingof November 2005 will increase awareness ofthe community, ... treading the paths in which we should go, in what is the aim of this conference, the well-being and enjoyment we can offer to the housebound elderly Nutritional Care ofthe Housebound Elderly...
... affect them and they have no other means of obtaining health insurance.2 In addition, the size ofthe uninsured population ages 55−64 may also grow as the baby boom generation ages The near elderly ... experienced their third straight year of growth in 2005, but at a rate below that ofthe two prior years These assets reached a record high of $3.67 trillion in 2005 Furthermore, the relative level of ... 1994, with the exception of 2000 when it reached 53.7 percent, and the percentage who were uninsured was at its highest point since 1994, with the exception of 2001 Ofthe 54.4 percent of retirees...
... receiver, ofthe energy that emerges from the tissue (in the case of x-ray, CT, or ultrasound) or the change in the state ofthe tissue as a result of application of some energy (in the case of MRI) ... prevention of disease was the subject of breakthroughs in all three ofthe medically focused panels These breakthroughs include the prevention of cardiovascular disease, the prevention of a variety of ... Studies ofthe biology of cancer have informed the biology of aging and vice versa A deeper understanding ofthe biology of aging has the potential to affect not just cancer, but all ofthe disorders...
... others This paper addresses the issue of whether the case can be made that the near -elderly uninsured are another group that warrants taxpayer support The paper extends the recent work of other ... health The remainder ofthe near elderly, the non-retireeswho are the majority of near elderly and include both those in and out ofthe workforcein general, are in better health than the ill ... higher for the near elderly compared to other non -elderly adults, the risk of very high expenditures is also greater (Table 10) The upper panel ofthe table shows that the likelihood of having...
... 29 In this study, the level of loneliness in the Korean elderly was higher than that ofthe Japanese elderly Furthermore, the level of loneliness that Korean institutionalized elderly experienced ... that of Japanese elderly was 5.21 However, there was no significant mean difference in the level of depression between the Korean and Japanese (t = 2.25, p = 14) Notably, 66.7% ofthe Korean elderly ... loneliness was the most prevalent in the loneliness group of Korean elderly, while low loneliness was most common among the Japanese elderly In depression, the mean GDS score of Korean elderly was...
... Exchange For the vast majority of employers, the tax advantage of offering health benefits will outweigh the value of any subsidies to employees in the Exchange and the cost of employer penalties e ... benefits of job-based coverage will still greatly outweigh the value of subsidies in the Exchange plus the cost ofthe penalty for non-offering employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees ... when they seek care, they will have the ability to enroll in coverage Robust outreach and education can also decrease the number of uninsured who are not aware of coverage opportunities and are therefore...
... in the hippocampus is involved in Abinduced cognitive dysfunction [10] These findings together point to the need to increase our understanding ofthe role of MMPs in AD and their relation to other ... [14-20] Apart from these biomarkers, the presence ofthe apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele is another well-established risk factor for the development of AD dementia [1] The aim of this study was ... general, the CSF levels of MMPs are influenced by the production of MMPs by neurons and glial cells, the release of MMPs by inflammatory cells and extravasation of MMPs from peripheral blood All of these...
... contains a list ofthe patient conditions that the author is using to specify the selection of pieces of text The right-hand portion ofthe screen contains a window on the text ofthe master document ... question, neither from the system nor the clinician The writer must therefore always consider what the default action should be when some characteristic ofthe reader is unknown The default could ... mentioned in some other sentence The other elements in the list represent the other two references in the sentence, i.e., to high blood cholesterol levels and to the risk of heart disease Rhetorical...
... Organization ofthe Book CHAPTER TWO The Evolution ofthe Visual Arts System .9 The Development ofthe Public Art Museum The World of Arts Discourse 12 The Visual Arts ... Portrait ofthe Visual Arts: Meetingthe Challenges of a New Era The World of Arts Discourse More than any other artistic domain, the visual arts are heavily dependent on a system of ideas and theories ... works—with the exception of web-based art This preference is largely a result ofthe importance the visual arts place on the authenticity ofthe original work of art itself—something that is not true of...