... logistic transformation of that constant gives the PD of a loan with the same characteristics as those of the excluded loan 12 The goodness of fit measure is based on the association of predicted probabilities ... duration of the However, in the case of Italy, Foglia et al (1998) find that relationships with multiple banks is associated with greater borrower risk (measured as the ex ante probability of default) ... This paper analyses the determinantsof the probability of default (PD) of bank loans We focus the discussion on the role of a limited set of variables (collateral, type of lender and bank-borrower...
... this was a secondary study, some measures were not specifically designed to examine HRQL or QoL Further, as prior studies in diabetes population report determinantsof HRQL vary for dimensions of ... GI, Ormel J, Suurmeijer TP: The relative contribution of domains ofqualityof life to overall qualityof life for different chronic diseases Qual Life Res 2004, 13(5):883-896 63 Statistical ... doi:10.1186/1477-7525-9-115 Cite this article as: Imayama et al.: Determinantsofqualityof life in adults with type and type diabetes Health and Qualityof Life Outcomes 2011 9:115 Submit your next...
... 2002, the number of women dying from this disease surpassed that of men Qualityof Life has become an important measurable outcome in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) It ... BMI was calculated as the weight in kilograms divided by height in meters2 Arterial blood gases were measured at rest Exacerbations were defined as episodes of increased dysnea, production of phlegm ... 56:1170-1176 Jones PW: Qualityof life measurement for patients with diseases of the airways Thorax 1991, 46:676-682 Chapman KR, Tashkin DP, Pye D: Gender Bias in the Diagnosis of COPD Chest 2001,...
... HRQOL was measured using various instruments It was seen that the disease characteristics are generally less significant, with the exception of the risk score as a measure of the severity of the ... significance of SES for the HRQOL in the context of cardiac rehabilitation is not surprising, although there has thus far been little proof, as social inequality in cardiovascular diseases has been ... show the relevance of income for the improvement of the psychological qualityof life After the baseline value, income was the most important Farin and Meder Health and Qualityof Life Outcomes...
... Prediction of mortality in type diabetes from health-related qualityof life (ZODIAC-4) Diabetes Care 2008, 31(5):932-933 11 Imayama I, Plotnikoff RC, Courneya KS, Johnson JA: Determinantsofqualityof ... health-related qualityof life, LS: life satisfaction Smoking was coded: non-smoker=0, current smoker=1 31 Table Interaction effects of diabetes type on determinantsof health-related qualityof life ... the use of validated measures of HRQL, life satisfaction and personality assessment Several limitations however need to be acknowledged First, because this was a secondary study, some measures...
... of R Hoover, A Hutchinson, K Jacobs and G Thomas The NHS/HPFS type diabetes GWAS is a component of a collaborative project that includes 13 other GWAS funded as part of the Gene Environment-Association ... anxiety as well as habitual caffeine intake [16,17] All studies contributing to our GWAS of caffeine intake were USbased Consistent with the adult caffeine consumption pattern of this country, coffee ... beneficial and toxic effects of caffeine as well as the extensive group of carcinogens, drugs, and xenobiotics also metabolized through action of the regulation of the gene products of CYP1A2 and AHR Study...
... was assayed in duplicate Asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic acid, and madecassic acid are the quality determining saponins and sapogenins of C asiatica (Stahl-Biskup, 2006) and were chosen as ... infectious diseases, and gastro-intestinal diseases Furthermore, different pharmacopoeias and traditional systems of medicine report on the usage of the plant, e.g., in the therapy of leprous ulcers, ... OH asiaticoside madecassoside asiatic acid madecassic acid R1 = H R1 = OH R1 = H R1 = OH R2 = Glu-Glu-Rha R2 = Glu-Glu-Rha R2 = H R2 = H Fig Chemical structure of asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic...
... state of general health The World Health Organisation (1) has defined health not only as the absence of disease but also as a state of physical, mental and social well-being The idea ofqualityof ... diagnosis of the DSM-IV Dependence was defined by the presence of at least three of the seven diagnostic criteria The severity of alcohol dependence was considered to be proportional to the number of ... after a period of abstinence of at least month Otherwise the problem was considered to have been alcohol-induced The QoL of patients was measured using the MOS SF-36 This questionnaire was administered...
... [81] Proof of the role of antibiotics asplant toxins has been provided in the case of syringomycin [82] which disrupts ion transfer across the plasmalemma ofplant cells Syringomycin synthetases ... growth of plants by producing secondarymetabolites are mainly species of Pseudomonas Specific strains of the Pseudomonas flourescens-putida group are used as seed inoculants to promote plant ... [151].The disease is known as damping off disease Mutation of the fungus to non-production markedly lowers the ability to control the disease [152] Damping off of cotton and other plants is also...
... disease • They serve as attractants for pollinators and seeddispersing animals and as agents ofplantplant competition In the remainder of this chapter we will discuss the major types ofplantsecondary ... litter, plants release a variety of primary and secondarymetabolites into the environment Investigation of the effects of these compounds on neighboring plants is the study of allelopathy If a plant ... in the plant kingdom That is, particular secondarymetabolites are often found in only one plant species or related group of species, whereas primary metabolites are found throughout the plant...
... II All assays were performed at least in duplicate NADH oxidase in a desalted, cell-free extract of Escherichia coli DH5a was assayed continuously as the decrease in A340 in the presence of NADH ... the reaction tube was heated at 95 °C for The AMP generated was determined as follows in stage II of the assay Fifty microlitres of the AMP-containing sample was added to 950 lL of reaction mixture ... catalyse the production of AMP from NADH, ATP and FAD (Table 3) Ninety percent of the amount of NADH used in our standard NR assay, and 60% of the amount of ATP in a GS assay, was converted into AMP...
... probability of missingness for an item was found to depend on a predictor variable but not on its subscale score, the item non-response was classified as “MAR”, whereas its was classified as “MCAR” ... Statistical analysis of longitudinal qualityof life data with missing measurements Qualityof Life Research 1992, 1:219-224 Fairclough DL, Peterson HF, Chang V: Why are missing qualityof life data ... be associated with the risk of missingness and could confound the association between missingness and many other predictors) The PROC LOGISTIC package of SAS software (v9.1, Cary, NC, USA) was...
... covariate for any of the five forms of SpR practice • Disease itself has an impact on NoP (and a minor impact on HuP and USP), while the duration of disease has no impact on the forms of SpR practice ... thus could be of value in measuring SpR attitudes and engagement of patients coping with life-threatening illness, and in the measurement of distinct aspects of QoL An advantage of our instruments ... reported that they often/frequently believed in their Guardian Angel (36%, resp 46% of R-S+ and 27% of R-S-), in contrast to 62% of the Christians (69% R+S+ and 62% of R+S-), and 86% of those with...
... this article as: Arafa and Rabah: Study ofqualityof life and its determinants in patients after urinary stone fragmentation Health and Qualityof Life Outcomes 2010 8:119 Page of Submit your ... for controls Health-related qualityof life: SF-36 profile HRQOL was assessed in the two study groups using the SF-36 questionnaire As seen in Table 1, lithotripsy cases had significantly higher ... Health and Qualityof Life Outcomes 2010, 8:119 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/119 Page of Table Comparison of SF-36 subscales between the patients who had undergone one of the three types of lithotripsy:...
... of parental overestimations was larger than the parental underestimation of the qualityof life of the children The proportion of parents underestimating the qualityof life of their child was ... likely to be associated with an overestimation of the child’s qualityof life, whereas parents were likely to underestimate the qualityof life of children with severe pain In some studies, associations ... increasing importance has been attached to health-related qualityof life (HRQoL) in child and adolescent medicine The measurement of HRQoL of children and adolescents is meanwhile at least as...
... I.Overview I.1 QUALITY What is quality? we can understand commonly that quality is the standard ofas measured against other things of a similar kind, the degree of excellence of something It ... Ease of use Ease of transport and storage Easy distribution Ease repair Saving fuel consumption, energy Costs and prices The indication of product quality evaluation Features of ... Designed to contribute to quality enhancement procedures Contribute to the traditional notion ofqualityas excellence The indication of product quality evaluation Features of the product effect...
... about 2%, increased DMA1+A2 by about 5% (on average for the entire growing season) In contrast, a substantial increase of about 3% in DMA1+A2 for a decrease of about 6% in the level of light intercepted ... geometry ofplant units The empirical functions form the basis for the 3-D CPCA model that recreates the 3-D architecture of the coppice at plot scale The qualityof the reconstruction method was tested ... actual planting pattern consists of 10 northsouth oriented rows of 10 plants each with alternating inter-row distances of 0.75 m and 1.5 m, and a within row spacing of 0.9 m, to yield a planting...
... binding, has no kinase activity [13] To examine whether purified GST-AtHaspin has kinase activity, an in vitro kinase assay was performed using purified GST-AtHaspin and GST-AtHaspin KD (kinase dead) ... sequence of AtHaspin cDNA showed 38% similarity with human Haspin in the kinase domain Recently, the crystal structure of the kinase domain of human Haspin was solved [28,29] Although AtHaspin showed ... (http://psort.nibb.ac.jp/form.html) Gray box indicates kinase domain (C) Multiple alignment of kinase domain of AtHaspin, human Haspin, and fission yeast Haspin Missing residues are shown as dashes, identical amino acids...
... trees As such fig cultivation in its native range fits the global picture of frequent hybridization of cultivated plants with their wild relative [36] However the case of fig is particular as new ... corresponding phenogram was drawn based on the software Treeview 6.1 Discriminating power, D, was calculated for each SSR locus as Dj = ∑pi [(Npi-1)/N-1)] [41] where pi was the frequency of the i-th molecular ... this article as: Achtak et al.: Traditional agroecosystems as conservatories and incubators of cultivated plant varietal diversity: the case of fig (Ficus carica L.) in Morocco BMC Plant Biology...