... Phrase patterns: Idioms as noun phrase: A no-go area Idioms as an adjective phrase: As poor as a church mouse Idioms as a verb phrase: Get to the bottom of thing, Idioms as a prepositional phrase: ... the names of ancient Chinese territories such as Tần and Sở or Ngô of the Chinese dynasties are often used in Vietnamese comparision and way of expressing ideas Every idioms, proverbs and traditonal ... descendents and form the basis ofcultural development The process of language and culture development can be traced back thanks to the presentation of idioms The presence and illustration of idioms...
... idioms Classification of idioms based on meaning Classification of idioms based on structures: 1.2.4 Sources of idioms Idioms have a variety of sources that originated from the social andcultural ... expressions of places in British English and Vietnamese has been one of the researcher’s concerns and the study on the topic “Idiomatic expressions of places in British English and Vietnamese as seen ... about mankind and surrounding world Each idiom of place is connected to a local specification andcultural background that conveys ideas about the lifestyles and stereotype of the nation and the country...
... medicalisation of many aspects of women’s everyday lives: The medicalisation of unhappiness as depression is one of the great disasters of the twentieth century, and it is a disaster that has had, and still ... issue of domestic violence and health, and which contextualises such research within the vast body of feminist-based domestic violence research This chapter has identified a number of reasons ... the professional response of the health practitioners they encounter They also address issues relating to specific types of injury and therefore offer health professionals an understanding of the...
... properties of TBBT, and a number of related benzotriazoles and benzimidazoles, at the NTPase/helicase sites of HCV and the related viruses Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and WNV, as well as the ... masses of 66 and 60 kDa N-terminal sequencing allowed the identification of these proteins as BSA and WNV NTPase/helicase (Fig 1, lane 2) [20] Protein concentrations of preparations of the NTPase/ ... molecular ATPase activity of the NTPase/helicases was determined as described previously [17,19,20] Briefly, assays were performed with pmol of WNV, 0.5 pmol of HCV, pmol of JEV or 0.2 pmol of Suv3(D1–159)...
... Youth, and Families, (formerly, Deputy Director, Office of Disease Prevention andHealth Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department ofHealthand Human Services), Washington, ... representatives from the Office of the Surgeon General, the Office of Public Healthand Science (Office of the Secretary), the Office of Disease Prevention (National Institutes ofHealth [NIH]), and the following ... Department ofHealthand Human Services Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General Atlanta, GA: U.S Department ofHealthand Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
... presence of 0.015 UÆmL)1 of pyruvate kinase and mM MgCl2 or 0.05 UÆmL)1 of pyruvate kinase and mM MnCl2 PEP carboxylase activity was determined in a coupled assay with malate dehydrogenase, as described ... compound 3b as inhibitor of PEP mutase [36], and pyruvate kinase [6] Inhibition of pyruvate kinase This enzyme catalyses the regeneration of ATP from ADP and PEP, in the last step of glycolysis ... carboxylase, and enolase Compounds 2a–e, 2g–i and 3c are new, and for that reason their synthesis and characterization is also reported, as well as an improved method for the preparation of the...
... scene of potential sublimity In Baines' assessment, the spectator becomes a passive observer upon whom the rich grandeur and effulgent profusion of natural growth imprints a lasting impression of ... However, these textual representationsof the scene, suffused and saturated as they are by the many and various facets of the Sublime as it had penetrated the cultural consciousness of European explorers ... regions and areas of great natural beauty and imperial promise By transposing awkward, alien and indecipherable forms of knowledge into a code of Western epistemology, Europeans could manipulate and...
... emotional, and social health, and is a fundamental assessment in understanding the health status of a population [10] The SF12v2™ is a generic health status instrument that assesses HRQOL by asking ... definition of health- related quality of life HRQOL is defined as the perception of overall satisfaction with life and involves the measurement of functional status in the domains of physical, ... Institutes ofHealth References 10 11 12 13 14 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention andHealth Promotion Health- Related Quality of Life [http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/...
... married = 0), as well as select measures of socioeconomic status Education level was measured by number of years of schooling ranging 0–20 years Financial strain was measured by asking participants ... arthritis, and both frailty and the SF-36, interactions between gender and frailty status as well as arthritis and Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes ... conditions In addition, over half of the sample was overweight or obese as measured by Body Mass Index In most cases, with the exception of gender and BMI, the characteristics of the sample differed by...
... experience and negative healthand well-being outcomes No previous studies have explored associations between GSE and HRQOL in healthy school children The main aim of this study was to examine the association ... difficult demands in life The scale was originally developed in Germany by Matthias Jerusalem and Ralf Schwarzer in 1981 and has been used in many studies with hundreds of thousands of participants ... used to assess the mean and standard deviation of HRQOL (subscales and total scale) for socio-demographic variables and GSE (total) Cronbach's alpha was computed to assess the reliability of the...
... menopause, presence and type of climacteric symptoms, and number of visits with the family doctor in the last year The severity of vasomotor symptoms and vaginal atrophy symptoms was classified using ... counseling about climacteric and menopause, promotion of a healthy lifestyle, and screening, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic diseases These components must fulfill standards of care that can meet ... study was conducted in two phases: I Design and validation of indicators to measure the quality of care Page of 12 that climacteric stage women receive in family medicine clinics II Assessment of...
... representing health status On the other hand, a health status profile provides a multidimensional evaluation of all aspects ofhealthHealth profiles are popular in situations where the interaction of ... fat and a high level of body fat may increase the risk of developing diseases The relation between fatness and BMI differs with age and gender As BMI increases, the risk for some disease increases ... popular measurable outcome that questions the perceived physical and mental healthand function, and is generally considered an appropriate and adequate measure ofhealth care service needs and intervention...
... Jodi Shorr and Julie Meilak for production and editorial assistance This study was funded by Eli Lilly and Company Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes ... acuity at baseline *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 ANCOVAs = analysis of covariance; SD = standard deviation Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes ... 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:95 Measure of visual acuity Visual acuity was determined as part of an ophthalmologic examination (including...
... the difference in mean scores from baseline to month and dividing by the standard deviation of baseline scores of all participants Effect size was interpreted as small (0.20), moderate (0.50), ... General Health to 25.2 (p < 0.0001) for Role-Physical As was the case with the UFSQOL, the majority of patient-perceived improvement Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality ... symptoms of UF Consequently, their use has generated the need for patient-reported outcomes to assess symptom reduction of UF and have become increasingly important to evaluate the clinical success of...
... others Co-morbidity was defined as Page of the presence of clinically significant non-renal disease (e.g cardiac disease, vascular disease, respiratory disease, diabetes mellitus and malignancy) In ... health survey as the generic core (SF12), supplemented with multi-item scales targeted at particular concerns of patients with kidney disease and on dialysis Boini et al Healthand Quality of ... mean age was 67.1 ± 14.6 years, and 63.3% were male Hypertension and diabetes were the leading causes of CKD, and 44.2% of respondents had at least one co-morbidity The average length of pre-dialysis...
... smoking and alcohol habits, and the weekly level of PA was administered Health- related quality of life The Spanish version of the EQ-5D-3L [20, 21] was used to measure HRQoL The EQ-5D-3L assesses ... Two measures were taken for each hand and the sum of the maximal strength of each hand was recorded [23] In a previous study of Spanish adults, the reliability coefficient for this test was ICC= ... of the two trials was recorded This test has a reported reliability of ICC=0.95 [26] Balance and agility Agility and dynamic balance were measured by using the meter version of the Timed Up -and- Go...
... Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes 2007, 5:64 Background The Healthy Japan 21 campaign aims to prevent chronic diseases, increase the quality of life (QOL), and expand years of healthy ... emotional, and social health, and becomes a fundamental assessment in understanding the health status of a population [4,5] Asof now, the beneficial effect of exercise intervention on HRQOL was mainly ... associated with a decreased incidence of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and diabetes mellitus; reduced coronary artery disease risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity; and...
... Jodi Shorr and Julie Meilak for production and editorial assistance This study was funded by Eli Lilly and Company Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes ... acuity at baseline *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 ANCOVAs = analysis of covariance; SD = standard deviation Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes ... 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:95 Measure of visual acuity Visual acuity was determined as part of an ophthalmologic examination (including...
... the difference in mean scores from baseline to month and dividing by the standard deviation of baseline scores of all participants Effect size was interpreted as small (0.20), moderate (0.50), ... General Health to 25.2 (p < 0.0001) for Role-Physical As was the case with the UFSQOL, the majority of patient-perceived improvement Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality ... symptoms of UF Consequently, their use has generated the need for patient-reported outcomes to assess symptom reduction of UF and have become increasingly important to evaluate the clinical success of...
... married = 0), as well as select measures of socioeconomic status Education level was measured by number of years of schooling ranging 0–20 years Financial strain was measured by asking participants ... arthritis, and both frailty and the SF-36, interactions between gender and frailty status as well as arthritis and Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes ... conditions In addition, over half of the sample was overweight or obese as measured by Body Mass Index In most cases, with the exception of gender and BMI, the characteristics of the sample differed by...