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... patients need to be able to identify patients who are at risk of developing lymphoedema andto have a method of taking accurate measurements to both detect these early changes andto monitor the progression ... territories or lymphotomes Between these lymphotomes, there are few anastomoses and so these lymphotomes have linear boundaries at the skin which are referred to as “watersheds” However, the anastomoses ... presenting history, medical history, signs and symptoms and objective clinical measurements 2.6.5 Signs and Symptoms Patients may present with a feeling of heaviness or tightness in the arm or hand There...
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... encouragement and cheer of family and friends To Kelvin, my husband, whose unstinting and unwavering support gave me the confidence to finish this monumental task To Bryan, Brandon and Beverly, ... reorganization to address overload and burnout (Brockner, 1988) Organizational restructuring and reorganization efforts are and will continue to be common organizational responses to a variety ... have forced organizations and businesses to restructure and reorganize their operations in an attempt to retain a profitable bottom line andto increase competitiveness Organizational restructuring...
... defining and measuring the construct of organizational readiness tochange [6] The ORCA measures readiness tochange at the organizational level and focuses the respondent on a specific change ... of organizational readiness tochange with implementation intervention outcomes can be added to the list of deficiencies in the field as it currently stands The Organizational Readiness toChange ... clinics to provide: testing for hepatitis B and C and immunities to hepatitis A and B; comprehensive patient education on hepatitis infections and liver health; hepatitis A and B immunizations; and...
... workshops, and poster sessions Tools also were exchanged, and a web-based Implementation Guide [28] was found to be one of the more useful tools for those new to QUERI Through annual meetings and ongoing ... initiative led to a shift in cultural norms and values The organizational framework and related implementation interventions used to achieve contextual change resulted in engaged investigators and enhanced ... formative data, to refine the change intervention, resolve mutable barriers, and enhance available facilitators, in order to optimize: Actual implementation of the change intervention to achieve or...
... workshops, and poster sessions Tools also were exchanged, and a web-based Implementation Guide [28] was found to be one of the more useful tools for those new to QUERI Through annual meetings and ongoing ... initiative led to a shift in cultural norms and values The organizational framework and related implementation interventions used to achieve contextual change resulted in engaged investigators and enhanced ... formative data, to refine the change intervention, resolve mutable barriers, and enhance available facilitators, in order to optimize: Actual implementation of the change intervention to achieve or...
... Module 1: Introduction toChangeand Configuration Management Design Overview Topic Objective To provide an overview of the module topics and objectives Introduction toChangeand Configuration Management ... action to meet the business needs 2 Module 1: Introduction toChangeand Configuration Management Design Introduction toChangeand Configuration Management Topic Objective To introduce CCM, to ... Directory for these core functions 28 Module 1: Introduction toChangeand Configuration Management Design Active Directory Topic Objective To introduce Active Directory Lead-in Active Directory...
... of the impact of combined microfinance and health education services Finally, recommendations for action are made to development agencies, governments, MFIs and donors to promote and expand this ... especially participatory and nonpaternalistic development input Access to flexible, convenient, and affordable financial services empowers and equips the poor to make their own choices and build their ... of (Todd 1996) the first changes to take place The ability to borrow and repay a loan and build savings is no doubt an empowering experience for poor women Coupled with the mutual support and...
... of contraction (Pdi/Pdimax) and duration of contraction (ratio of inspiratory time to total respiratory cycle duration [TI/TTOT]) and is related inversely to respiratory muscle endurance In elderly ... Milne and Williamson, Enright and colleagues, and DuWayne Schmidt and colleagues[52,74,75] DuWayne Schmidt and colleagues included patients ages 20 to 94 and found that decline in FEV1 and FVC ... although SNIP tends to be easier to perform and better tolerated than MIP; these tests show an important learning effect and must be repeated at least five (MIP and MEP) to 10 (SNIP) times [60,61]...
... Advertiser-sponsored video games with embedded brand messages in colorful, fun and fast-paced adventures Branded toys and books Products designed to promote brand awareness and fun associations with a name or ... under 12 9 Food and Beverage Marketing to Children and Adolescents Research Brief • October 2008 to promoting healthier dietary choices, good nutrition and/ or healthy lifestyles andto prepare an ... snacks, and some restaurants have pledged to abandon supersized portions Proctor and Gamble, General Mills and Nabisco are among those selling 100-calorie packs of cookies, crackers and popcorn...
... Directorate of Plans, Hq USAF Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Air Education and Training Command cost and capacity system : implications for organizationaland data flow changes ... support decisionmaking andto organize and clarify the roles of the organizational levels INFORMATION NEEDS AND FLOWS BY TYPE AND LEVEL Chapter One proposes a vision for a cost and capacity system ... vision, we posited that quantity and quality are its key metrics and that cost and capacity are the tools for management and planning We now bring together the four broad organizational levels introduced...
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... sector It is clear that a thorough understanding of the economic sectors, and their skills and demographic profiles, is fundamental to an understanding of the impact of HIV/AIDS on various sectors ... prevalence andimpact on labour force costs, consumer markets and production costs; and the extent to which HIV/AIDS has had an impact on labour demand, consumer markets and service demand, labour ... treatment and prevention work Effective policy development and implementation require ongoing and effective monitoring and evaluation, which requires a clear strategy to be written into the policy, and...
... channel, has to involuntarily accept whatever is broadcast, to a greater extent than a medium like a bookstore, where the audience can choose what to look at, what to buy, and what to read Choice ... filtering and blocking software) and incidents of exposure Longitudinal and qualitative research, along with the use of standardized measures, will be useful to tap into these details and help ... mandated panels, the COPA commission (http:// www.copacommission.org) and the National Academy of Sciences (“Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids From Pornography and Their Applicability to...
... between the type and timing of the second stimulus and expansion of restimulated CD4 (A and B) and CD8 (C and D) T cells To normalize for the impact of persistent growth attributable to primary stimulation, ... been shown to have a proliferative history and effector function intermediate between naïve and effector memory cells The explanation for these differences in phenotypic evolution of bead and soluble ... IL2 as growth factors, tumor-derived cell lines engineered to express bioactive costimulatory molecules and cytokines as accessory cells [42], and retroviral or lentiviral vectors coding chimeric...
... Table 2: Symptom domains and their frequency and responsiveness to changes in disease activity Frequent and Responsive Symptoms (n = 13) Infrequent or Unresponsive Symptoms (n = 15) Symptom Domains ... the symptom domains important to patients and would focus on symptoms that occur in most patients and are responsive to changes in disease activity (i.e., have a good dynamic range) Symptom domains ... questionnaire to identify symptom domains in UC that occur frequently during flares and are responsive to changes in disease severity We defined symptom domains broadly as a symptom or sign that...
... quadriceps motoneurones receive both excitatory and inhibitory influences of group Ia afferents and recurrent inhibition from soleus, respectively [18,51] Relations between spinal changes and motor deficits ... band-pass filter (20-125 Hz) and were fullwave rectified to obtain smoothed linear envelopes The maximal torques in knee extension and plantarflexion were determined by averaging the maximal torque ... from to ms after zero central delay Asterisks represent significant modulations of soleus voluntary EMG within the four time windows of analysis from to ms, 12 to 24 ms, 24 to 36 ms and 36 to 48...