... statistically significant If an item of information was not known for a case, the case was removed fromthe analysis ofthat item; the denominator in all estimates is therefore the number of valid cases ... response rate of 98% Page of There were 1,851 cases who were current in-patients at the time of suicide, representing 14% of all suicide cases (an average of 185 deaths per year) The number and proportion ... cases) of in-patient suicides took place on the ward itself; 1,292 cases (70%) occurred away fromthe ward, and in 13 cases (0.7%) the place of death was unknown Of those who died away from the...
... products in the market According to Mankins (2005) concluded thatthe quantity demanded falls when the price rises and the quantity demanded rises if the price falls, and the quantity demanded is ... because there is leak of milk fromthe milk bottle neck and the customers feel very annoying when they feed the milk to their babies and they expect thatthe milk bottle will be design better at the ... is negatively related to the price He also proposed the law of demand “Other things equal, when the price of a good rises, the quantity demanded ofthe good falls” b Brand awareness: More competitive...
... part ofthe Japanese Language Proficiency Test, which is used to measure and certify the Japanese language ability of a person who is a non-Japanese There are four levels in this test; Level is the ... independent fromthe implementation ofthe detector If the check list depends on detector’s implementation, the change of implementation requires change ofthe check list Each item ofthe check ... pairs so that they cannot detect variations in the textbook We think that relaxation of such rules will eliminate these failures References The Japan Foundation and Japan Association of International...
... of those who participated in the struggle—nine ofthe cases resting on the evidence of men who themselves rowed and are still alive, and the remaining eight on reports received from some ofthe ... can in no possible way be traced to the effects of rowing, we come to the consideration of those diseases ofthe respiratory and the circulatory systems (in other words ofthe lungs and ofthe ... grounds are the objections to these pastimes generally founded The men of muscle, on the other hand, judging from their own personal experience, no less than from their observation of others, unhesitatingly...
... reach the lung and other organs where they can produce harmful effects An adequate understanding ofthe nature and magnitude ofthe effects of different air pollutants on health is an essential ... WHAT IS THE ROLE OF WHO? WHO has in recent years investigated and reviewed the effects of different environmental hazards on human health The European Centre for Environment and Health ofWHO s ... independent review ofthe health aspects of air quality in Europe The project began in late 2001 and ran until the middle of 2004 The results ofthe review are described in a number of reports (see...
... conceived the idea and wrote the first draft ofthe manuscript RBS and CDZ analyzed the data CDZ, RBS, and WKB all contributed to the development ofthe empirical approach, the analysis, and the interpretation ... mean of zero and a variance that is equal to the variance ofthe estimating equation.f Estimates of offered wage rates provide approximate opportunity cost estimates ofthe value of time for employed ... preferred? The answer to that question hinges on three things: (1) an evaluation of whether endogeneity exists, (2) the strength ofthe instruments used to address any observed endogeneity, and (3) the...
... STUDY OFTHE PHENOMENON OF GHOSTS WHO ACQUIRED GODHOOD FOLLOWING UNNATURAL DEATHS: ZHIGUAI TALES FROMTHE SIX DYNASTIES 何璇 HE XUAN 新加坡国立大学中文系 硕士学位论文 A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ... disasters Their behavior and image contradict the traditional concept of a god, who must be both righteous and merciful This thesis seeks to explain the process of how ligui ghosts attained godhood and ... state regulation and local policy At the same time, literati in the Six Dynasties also greatly contributed to the spread ofthe stories Furthermore, this thesis focuses on studying the interactions...
... Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Education DWECS was conducted in 1990, and featured a random sample drawn fromthe Central Population Register of Denmark of 9653 people aged 18-59 Of these, ... position The six response options ranged from ‘never’ to ‘almost all the time’ In the analyses the items were dichotomised with ‘never’ and ‘almost never’ as one answer category and the remaining ... more than days of absence per annum decreased from 2.77 to 2.68, and remained significant There was an increased risk of disability pension for people who were smokers at baseline, whereas there...
... action of CY in the stomach in this study was due to the activation of p53 and therefore leading to the suppression ofthe c-Myc/ODC pathway All these findings could explain the mechanism of CY ... with the present findings that AP is a tonic to hematopoietic system Concerning angiogenesis, it is believed that one ofthe anti-tumor mechanisms of CY is through the suppression on endothelial ... conducted with the consent ofthe Committee on the Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Research ofthe University of Hong Kong Male ICR mice (weighing 25–30 g) were reared on a standard laboratory...
... the wanderer was swept by the grandeur and dwarfed by the immensity ofthe enormous pyramids and temples At the same time, he was repulsed by the repugnant odor of dried blood that emanated from ... we see the end of this proud Aztec Empire." Groans and rallying cheers ebbed and flowed as the two of them continued their flight across the water The rhythms of drums, the blare of horns and conch ... conch shells, and the firing of musket and cannon intermingled to rake their senses But when they reached the city proper, the awesome magnificence ofthe canals and gardens made the wanderer forget...
... affinity of hydrocarbons for pentane For 100 cc of waste water, 30 cc of CaCl2 / H2O 6M and then cc of pentane are added The mixture is agitated and set for pentane decantation The pentane phase is then ... water, the expansion of which provokes the formation of micro air bubbles The particles, that are likely to decant, accumulate at the bottom ofthe truncated part and are then evacuated towards the ... this framework thatthe Ivorian Refining company gave us some samples of these waste waters The samples were taken fromthe outlet ofthe treating tank in which polluted waters from different...
... diameter and a lengthen of 50 mm for the samples used for compressive tests The compression and the tensile tests of bulk metallic glasses were conducted at different strain rates with an Instron ... Tensile and fatigue tests ofthe pure Cu and Cu-Al single crystals, Cu bicrystals and ultrafine-grained Al-Cu polycrystals were performed on Shimadzu testing machine After fracture, all the specimens ... by equal channel angular processing (ECAP) technique Besides, some Zr-, and Ti-based bulk metallic glasses were prepared by arc-melting elemental Zr, Cu, Al, Ni and Ti with a purity of 99.9% or...
... at the cross-connect in just seconds, the technician can then monitor the circuit that is out of service for debug and testing purposes For software and equipment upgrades, the technician can ... for thephysical layer, the Network Planning organization not only meets the requirements of its internal customer – Operations – but also contributes to the profitability ofthe company as a whole ... a direct impact on the profitability ofthe service provider Profitably managing constant change requires certain characteristics in thephysical layer To meet objectives of a more reliable,...
... 1.5, the content fields include information about the toilet and about the human who took the photo ofthe toilet Having each of these fields remain separate fromthe others means the content can ... ofthe word “node” Computer scientists define “node” as an abstract unit that contains either data or a link to more nodes They adopted the term fromthe world of botany, where the definition and ... find new themers, as well as encourage and support the ones we already have I’m excited that Emma Jane and Konstantin recognized that and authored this book It fills an important need in the Drupal...
... Despite the huge addition of new features over time, the amount of conditional compilation dropped significantly in 2.4 with the adoption of init calls Another advantage of this technique is that ... inside the boot directory ofan architecture-specific tree For example, arch/i386/boot includes code that can load the rest ofthe kernel off a floppy disk and activate it The file bootsect.S that ... buffer management There are several other files in this directory, but they are less interesting The most important ones are inode.cand file.c, which manage the internal organization of file and...
... company That new company became Vox, and now Vox is The Verge, SB Nation, and then Polygon, which is a games site that we launched in the middle of 2012.” Joshua told me that Jim Bankof f , the ... out ofthe gate really big, and that s thanks to the platform and the investment, and the team Fromthe start, my thinking was, it’s very hard now just to start a small blog with a couple of people ... good as the team that you have My goal, and the goal of every editor here was, let’s bring the best people together to collaborate And so, the number one thing that I am thankful for and that I...
... in which the woman hears the questions over headphones and enters her answers directly into the computer This meant that neither the interviewer nor anyone in the household could hear the questions ... State and included all ofthe largest metropolitan areas in the United States To obtain a sufficient number of black and Hispanic women for the NSFG fromthe NHIS sample, all Table A Outline ofthe ... Development, and the Office of Population Affairs, with additional support fromthe Administration for Children and Families Other organizations and individuals also provided helpful advice and assistance...