... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... also for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... to offset the macro economic effects ofthe collapse ofthe bubble).2 Of course, it is by no means clear that central banks are better able to judge the appropriate level of asset prices and the...
... one of these studies collected data on the number of poultry kept by the sampled households in the study year and, in the case of Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana, on the number of poultry sold andthe ... income and wealth According to this method of matching, the two groups—which include thetreatment group of households representing the result ofthe HPAI-induced supply -and- demand shocks andthe ... nonexperimental estimator The typical problem in this type of study is that the assignment of subjects to thetreatmentand control groups is not random; therefore the estimation ofthe average treatment effect...
... recognition ofthe importance of PHC It was the main subject ofthe 2008 WHO World Health Report, has the endorsement of WHO Director-General Margaret Chan [5], and was the topic of a themed issue ofthe ... failure ofthe concept of CHWs or PHC but because the support and supervision necessary to make them effective were too often missing With the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and increasing acknowledgement ofthe ... availability of further education after the initial course CHW payment was noted to be informal and left to the discretion ofthe villagers in the Gambian PHC programme, and unreported for the other...
... numbers of HIV-positive individuals being enrolled onto HAART and increasing survival among these patients, there is a growing need to understand theimpactof HAART use on the quality of lives of ... Africa, there is an ongoing debate about whether or not the side-effect profile of HAART may adversely affect the HRQoL of HIVpositive individuals More data about theimpactof HAART and HAARTrelated ... weeks of Changehealth summary score over the firstscore and median Change in median physicalhealth summary score and median mental health summary score over the first 48 weeks of HAART The clinic...
... satisfaction andtheimpactof stroke The results oftheimpactof stroke in everyday life andthe association with the dyads combined life satisfaction are presented in Table These results show that the ... perceived life satisfaction ofthe dyads, the perceived level ofimpactofthe stroke in everyday life for the persons with stroke andthe perceived level of burden of care for the caregiver Life Satisfaction ... contributed to the design ofthe study, data analysis and to the revision ofthe manuscript KT was responsible for initiating and planning the study, contributed to the design ofthe study and was instrumental...
... Journal of Biology 2008, Volume 7, Article 20 Spiro et al therapy interactions, and it highlights a few key drugs that connect distinct classes oftherapy in a few steps Both the drug andthetherapy ... increase the number of novel drug targets and improve the approval rate of new drugs When thinking about the possible network representations of diseases, drugs and drug targets, the elements ofthe ... analysis and visual representation of drug -therapy and drug-target networks, the weight ofthe links (such as the number of drugs binding to both of two linked targets in the drug-target network) is...
... syndrome (MS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) We also address the potential public health importance of these relationships within SSA and describe the possible impactof globalization upon these associations ... gain a better awareness ofthe effect of ethnicity upon the strength ofthe RR of individuals with DM for contracting TB further investigation is needed Estimates ofthe population attributable ... illustrate the potential importance of this relationship PAR is dependent upon the prevalence ofthe risk factor (diabetes) andthe strength of its relationship to the outcome (TB) and provides,...
... decreases after the announcement However, these studies exclude the day before andthe day ofthe announcement, because ofconcerns over the accuracy ofthe announcement date.15 Yet these are the periods ... statistics andthe research design controls for the composition of firms andthe time of day ofthe announcements The univariate approach provides an intraday profile ofthe variables of interest ... unchanged when we standardize the quoted spreads and depths by the beginning ofthe year price andthe average daily volume rather than their respective averages 21 The accuracy ofthe DJNS time stamp...
... terms, there were, simultaneously, other strategic interests being pursued by both the Singaporeans and Indonesians under the cover ofthe moral argument This two-pronged pursuit of moral ideals and ... Singapore-Indonesia relations in the years 1965 to 1973 in the form of enduring lessons learnt about the other from the experience ofthe Confrontation years ii List of Abbreviations ABRI: Angkatan ... strategic interests was played out in the political, military, economic and diplomatic fronts of Confrontation, which also reflects the move towards the closure ofthe conflict In addition, Singapore’s...
... by the objectives and ambitions ofthe Malayan, Indonesian and Singaporean leadership One such pitfall was the pressing concernsofthe Indonesians on the question of whether the people ofthe ... territories of ‗Nusantara‘ or pre-historical Indonesia, which consisted ofthe eight groups of islands ofthe Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Southeastern Islands, the islands of Sulawesi, the ... on the re-organisation ofthe International Relations of Southeast Asia This is presented through the explanation of why Malaysia fell apart with the secession of Singapore andtheimpact of...
... political and military fronts of Confrontation, 1963-1965: Creating a new Southeast Asia 135 5.1 The systemic imperatives ofthe political theatre of Confrontation 140 5.2 The avoidance of war on the ... Malaysia plan andthe Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) 60 Conclusions 68 Chapter 3: The proximate “causes” of Confrontation, 1962-1963: On the concept of Malaysia 72 3.1 The question ofthe North ... revolution, andthe search for a post-colonial identity 45 2.3 Singapore and Confrontation as the continuation ofthe confrontation over West Irian 51 2.4 The fear of communism, the Tunku’s Greater...
... children in the households The dimension ofhealth includes child healthandthehealthof women in the age group 15-49 Child health is measured by a set ofhealth care variables (the vaccination ... poverty in the dimension of education, healthand living standard ofthe household The dimension of education includes literacy status of all adult members andthe current schooling status of school ... attempted to understand the correlation of dimensional poor andthe correlation of consumption poor and wealth poor in the states of India at the macro level Among the states of India, the rank order...
... and SES ofthe younger female population ofthe practice Most of these measures are taken early during pregnancy and refer to the health, housing and SES ofthe mother prior to the birth ofthe ... the ALSPAC sample We use the large set of measures ofphysicaland mental health, housing and socioeconomics status (SES) ofthe mothers ofthe ALSPAC children to construct a measure ofthehealth ... of Bristol, the Department of Health, andthe Department ofthe Environment The ALSPAC study is part ofthe WHO-initiated European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood iii Abstract There...
... understanding ofthe embodied simulation account of esthetic experience, as well as the relevance ofthe present data to prior work on expertise and aesthetics We conclude with consideration of possible ... processes, including coding the degree of deviation between the observed, and observer’s body /physical abilities, the degree of liking, andthe interaction between these two factors At this stage, ... from the present study highlight the complexity of quantifying esthetic experience ofthe performing arts at brain andbehavioral levels, as esthetic experience can be influenced by any number of...
... terms of average stature, particularly the Netherlands, andthe Scandinavian nations Most markedly is the Netherlands where average height has increased at the greatest rates The Netherlands was ... why the basic anthropometry indexes of students of Vietnamese are smaller than the average standard level of students in the world, especially the average standard level of Korean students? The ... amount of metabolizing tissue, and also decreases the distance required for the radiation of heat from the internal organs and muscles to the surface ofthe body Large body surface area increases the...
... subscale ofthe IPAQ andthePhysical Role(r = 0.214) and General Health (r = 0.254) subscales ofthe SF36, andthePhysical (r = -0.220) and Psychosocial (r = -0.246) scales ofthe MFIS were detected ... limitations ofthe disease are minimal and therefore irrespective of exercise status theimpactofthe disease on QoL in thephysical domain is minimal Similarly, it maybe once disease severity andphysical ... Score (r = 0.312) ofthe SF36 andthePhysical (r = -0.250) and Psychosocial (r = -0.257) scales ofthe MFIS Discussion The purpose of this study was to compare fatigue, depression and QoL scores...
... assisted in the design ofthe study and in the drafting ofthe manuscript SL assisted in the conducting of interviews, analysis ofthe data andthe drafting ofthe manuscript DMB prepared the analysis ... impactof both treatment drug andtreatment delivery system is multifaceted To fully understand these impacts, the patient's perceptions oftheimpactoftreatment on functioning and well-being ... conceptual model oftheimpactof insulin treatment was derived directly from this analysis and synthesis Content validity analysis ofthe interview transcripts found that areas of impacts were similar...
... ICT, and by the condition (thalassemia, SCD, MDS) Figure provides an overview ofthe hypotheses for theimpactof infusion ICT on the QoL of patients with iron overload In thalassemia, theimpact ... experts representing the UK, US and Italy were interviewed about their observations oftheimpactof iron overload and its treatment on patients Results Literature review At the onset of this review, ... QoL rather than theimpactof ICT on patient QoL However, mention oftheimpact on QoL of infusion ICT appears in a number of instances In one such study, over 50% of patients reported that their...
... subscale ofthe IPAQ andthePhysical Role(r = 0.214) and General Health (r = 0.254) subscales ofthe SF36, andthePhysical (r = -0.220) and Psychosocial (r = -0.246) scales ofthe MFIS were detected ... limitations ofthe disease are minimal and therefore irrespective of exercise status theimpactofthe disease on QoL in thephysical domain is minimal Similarly, it maybe once disease severity andphysical ... Score (r = 0.312) ofthe SF36 andthePhysical (r = -0.250) and Psychosocial (r = -0.257) scales ofthe MFIS Discussion The purpose of this study was to compare fatigue, depression and QoL scores...
... assisted in the design ofthe study and in the drafting ofthe manuscript SL assisted in the conducting of interviews, analysis ofthe data andthe drafting ofthe manuscript DMB prepared the analysis ... impactof both treatment drug andtreatment delivery system is multifaceted To fully understand these impacts, the patient's perceptions oftheimpactoftreatment on functioning and well-being ... conceptual model oftheimpactof insulin treatment was derived directly from this analysis and synthesis Content validity analysis ofthe interview transcripts found that areas of impacts were similar...