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... Feedback) The Three Areas of Training Emphasis: Performance, Checklist, Feedback The Goal of Training Session Three The Training Setting Summary of the Training Activities Reminders Session Three Training ... 12 Training Session Four: First Dress Rehearsal (Clinician Verification of SPs’ Authenticity) The Goal of Training Session Four The Training Setting Summary of the Training Activities Reminders ... participated in the initial refinement of the training procedures we are using in the CCACC I am grateful to them and to all the SP educators in the CCACC for their dedication to the quality of our coaching...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 16:20

... estimate of the benchmark’s PD The true PD of the benchmark is unknown We should therefore combine the variance of the ex-ante estimated probability of default of the rating source and that of the ... July 2007 13 findings is a theoretical one In fact, a violation of the independence assumption would change nothing in the findings about the mean µ ¯ x However, the variance would no longer be ... goodness of fit when building the rating model using in- sample” data then the degrees of freedom of the χ distribution are k-2 In the context of this paper, we use the HSLS statistic as backtesting...

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... outskirts of Brno The first experimental area (area A) was located west of Brno, in the vicinity of the Brno Dam, and the second area (area B) was situated northeast of Brno, on the southern border of ... border of the forest ground belonging to the Křtiny Training Forest Enterprise (Fig 2) The measurement in area A was tested at points of known coordinates and in area B at points Individual points ... effect For instance, Wing and Eklund (2008) reported that during their testing measurements they did not note any statistically significant difference in the use of the GPS receiver with an internal...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21

... like to insist, however, that the improvement of the antinuclear antibody test substrate, which is the important diagnostic tool for SLE, is the foremost agenda to be dealt with Competing interests ... relating to the IT-1 cell line References Mahler M, Ngo JT, Schulte-Pelkum J, Luettich T, Fritzler MJ: Limited reliability of the indirect immunofluorescence technique for the detection of anti-Rib-P ... Anti-MTOC is not found in SLE [abstract] Korean J Lab Med 1999, 19(Suppl):S366 Sung YK, Hur NW, Sinskey JL, Park D, Bae SC: Assessment of damage in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:21

... Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol 11 No Mahler and Fritzler the BioPlex 2200 ANA screen for the detection of antinuclear antibodies and comparison with conventional ... B, Hoy E: Detection and identification of significant ANAs in previously determined ANA negative samples Clin Lab 2005, 51:517-521 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) ...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... experience of working in paediatrics (in excess of five years) Both raters participated in a training session on the FPI-6 and had equal exposure to the index prior to start of the study The training ... similar training and have experience in treating the paediatric patient so the recording of outcome measurements is optimised Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... reliability of the index in a paediatric population have been identified, one of which evaluated the reliability of the older version of the index (FPI-8) [5] This study looked at a number of measures of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23

... chain or the IL-13 receptor α chain Binding of IL-4 results in the tyrosine phosphorylation of signal transduction molecules including motifs similar to those involved in insulin signaling, the ... surface The expression of IL-4 in the asthmatic lung and the secondary lack of Fas expression might explain the persistence of inflammatory cellular infiltrates in allergic asthma Apoptosis of TH2 ... responsible for the production of IL-5 and other cytokines that promote the development of eosinophilia On the basis of our current knowledge of the differentiation of IL-5-producing TH2-like lymphocytes,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... hypothesis we examined the number of coughs induced by mannitol during a challenge and assessed the 1-week repeatability of this test in a group of healthy controls and subjects with non-asthmatic ... C5 showed that the accuracy of the test was good, the sensitivity and specificity of the test was only fair questioning the predictive value of the test and therefore its utility The short-term ... approved the manuscript CB supervised the study Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Acknowledgements The mannitol challenges (Aridol) were kindly provided...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... obtained decreasing the FiO2 (r2 = 0.84, p < 0.0001) (b) The Bland-Altman plot of the EELV measurement obtained increasing the FiO2and the EELV obtained decreasing the FiO2 The x axis shows the ... increasing the FiO2 as a function of the Accuracy of the nitrogen washin/washout technique EELV obtained decreasing FiO2 The EELV obtained increasing the FiO2 was -56 + 1.0078 multiplied by the ... No Chiumello et al In the intensive care unit (ICU) setting the measurement of lung volume is not routinely performed; in our practice Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli Regina Elena the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... feasibility in the field Moreover, as acknowledged by the authors themselves, the clinicians who established the diagnosis were not blinded to either clinical assessment or capnography results Finally, the ... modern emergency medicine [12] Also, the use of capnography in the prehospital setting is interesting: there might be situations in which a rapid and rough evaluation of the patient’s expired ... physicians in making vital decisions, such as starting thrombolysis for a suspected fulminant PE, as well as in monitoring the hemodynamic effect of thrombolysis in such patients [13] Finally, the merit...

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... handed in We insisted on this since they would give us invaluable insights into the process behind the writing of the texts Despite these quite demanding conditions, we obtained a set of very ... years of acquiring the sub-skills of a process-genre approach, the assessment in writing in English has been, until now, through a timed essay In short, we have been teaching one thing and testing ... background, in English we introduce students to the concepts of pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing and publishing as natural, recursive steps in the creation of any written text In line with...

Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2015, 11:05

... II General knowledge of DM* DM is: a condition of high blood sugar a condition of absence of insulin or insulin insufficiency a condition of the body not responding to insulin† a non-contagious ... with knowledge of DM  compare the level of DM knowledge among the residents in Bangkok (the capital and the largest city in Thailand) and that of the residents in other central provinces The second ... had no obvious incoherence in speech and/or thoughts After an explanation of the purpose of the study, the respondents were offered the option of either selfadministration or interview as mode of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 09:56

... flooding in the downstream of the Dong Nai River In the 2020-2100 period, according to emission scenarios B1, B2 and A1FI, rainfall in the southern part increases only around 1-2% in the rainy seasons ... between the four phases for the period from 2020 to 2100 would not be dramatic and the rate of increasing in the extent of the inundated area would less than that of B2 scenario Table Inundation ... downstream of the basin especially Ho Chi Minh city are being flooded in flow tides which seriously affect the socio-economic development Figure Location of the Dong Nai river basin and the surrounding...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... The Minor Field Studies series is published by the International Office of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Minor Field Studies are carried out within the framework of the Minor ... from the earthen shrimp ponds and leakage from sludge piles during rainfalls In the south of Thailand, the most obvious impact from the leaking of brackish water to the surroundings is the loss of ... is the case in the Ranod district of Songkhla province in southern Thailand In this area the immigration mainly comprises former inhabitants, who have returned now that there is a source of employment...

Ngày tải lên: 26/02/2014, 20:20

... is not interesting in itself; rather, system administrators care about determining what the dangerous vulnerabilities of the system are and prioritizing them in order of urgency By analyzing ... gathers information about the software, hardware and status of the machine it is running on The server polls the Sentinels, gathers network information from them, and then represents that information ... faults of that class, four hundred uninterestingly distinct plans result To avoid a combinatorial explosion, we implemented multi-binding of variables When the inference engine returns the bindings...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... not shown) using preg as a substrate not show the production of any intermediates in the formation of androstadienol which suggests that it is synthesized from pregnenolone in a single step Therefore, ... into androstadienol, a precursor in the biosynthesis of 1354 P Soucy et al (Eur J Biochem 270) Fig In uence of increasing amounts of P450red on the relative formation of DHEA and androstadienol ... biosynthesis of androstadienol in humans (A) and pigs (B) does not require prior formation of 17a-OH-preg and DHEA The lack of androstadienol synthesis in the presence of lM of ketoconazole (C), an inhibitor...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20

... the feminized domain of the home.1 The construction of femininity as inferior to and dependent upon masculinity was woven into the cultural fabric of American life regardless of the hardworking ... and interact with others Individuals and groups operating within these specific settings have the power to direct or circumscribe the actions of others, including the actions of athletes The category ... barnstorming team in 1934 and as a promotional gimmick in exhibition games in the “grapefruit circuit” during spring training There she pitched against minor and major league teams including the Philadelphia...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 11:20

... upgrade existing tanks and fighting vehicles or by raising weight constraints for the FCS itself Indeed, over the life of the FCS program, the allowable weight of the vehicles has continually increased ... middle of the range, and (3) operations at the lower end of the range Within each of the three chapters, the cases are presented chronologically The monograph’s final chapter offers insights for the ... forward with the attacking infantry and only nine of these covered the distance to the German lines Nevertheless, the British tanks caused panic in the German ranks and their impressive performance...

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