... polymerization of styrene andthe blending of PS and SPS polymers have affected the surface structure ofthe PVDF membrane obviously The cross-section morphologies ofthe PVDF membrane, the PVDF-PS ... Thermal analysis ofthe PVDF-SPS composite membrane The TG analysis curve is presented in Figure for the investigation ofthe thermal stability ofthe PVDF membrane, PVDF-PS membrane, andthe PVDF-SPS ... under the outer skin layer ofthe membranes, andthe sponge-like structures appear in the inner part ofthe membranes As shown in Figure 4e, many big aggregates appear in the middle part of the...
... ‘Improving theQualityof Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions’ [87] and provide a useful Our group concluded that the characteristics of many ofthe EBTs themselves and their potential ... Investigator) The content is solely the responsibility ofthe authors and does not necessarily represent the official views ofthe National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health ... communities The two Euro-American sets of practices, 12 step and EBTs, now form the basis of most substance abuse services offered in the United States, andthe tensions between them have been...
... accountants and lawyers in Vietnam in May 2005; and, Discussions with and reviews by officials ofthe World Bank andthe IMF who were well versed in the subjects and/ or the region 1.3 The Structure ofthe ... determinants ofthe development of their capital markets Thequalityof listed companies is represented by the companies’ profitability, growth, size, governance, disclosure, etc., while thequalityofthe ... embrace the concept ofcapital markets.” The Prime Minister’s Decision No 163 falls short of referring to possible roles ofthe SBV andthe MOF in the country’s capital market development and the...
... standard of Vietnam (TCVN 5942/95/B) [4, 9] The two reasons for this situation are the discharges of cattle waste into channels then to river andthe uses of fertilizer The concentrations of DO, ... standard, BOD and COD concentrations were near the allowable limit Water quality was greatly improved in the third scenario Conclusion and recommendation 4.1 Conclusion In general, the water quality ... scenarios and finally bring out predictions as well as recommendations [7, 8] VNU Journal of Science, Nat., Sci., & Tech., T.XXI, N02, 2005 Preliminary assessment and simulation ofthe water quality of...
... Treasury’s Office of Domestic Finance supports OFR and that OFR was created by the Dodd-Frank Act Similar to other entities within the Treasury such as the Bureau ofthe Public Debt andthe Internal ... understanding ofthe operations and decision making processes of these entities to help ensure that FSOC and OFR use their authorities as Congress intended To help provide oversight of FSOC and OFR, ... Treasury and administrative services from the Office ofthe Comptroller ofthe Currency (OCC) andthe Bureau of Public Debt— employees and equipment 13 11 As will be discussed later in this report, the...
... spectrum of BT5AA 56 Synthesis and mass spectrum of 2TAA 58 Synthesis and mass spectrum of 3TAA 59 Synthesis and mass spectrum of 5M2TAA 60 Synthesis and mass spectrum of ... 61 Synthesis and mass spectrum of 3MF9AA 62 Mass spectrum ofthe dimethylamine of 3MF9AA 64 Mass spectrum ofthe methyl ester of 3MF9AA 65 Mass spectrum of 2BIPAA ... phase and a stationary liquid phase The polarity-based affinity ofthe column for the compounds permits the differential elution ofthe PAH compounds whereupon a MS can be employed to speciate the...
... is valued on the same scale using the same variant ofthe same valuation technique, as was the case for the CAMPHOR and EQ-5D models, then the valuations should be comparable [25] The valuation ... designed and managed the study, identified the items for the valuation exercise and wrote the manuscript JR designed and managed the valuation survey, conducted analysis and reported on the valuation ... size as the level of each dimension worsened The explanatory power ofthe mean level model was 0.936 which is very high indicating that the model is a good fit for the data For the random effects...
... support the validity ofthe Scandinavian language versions ofthe GSRS andthe QOLRAD in patients with GERD [41] Future studies could use this approach to further assess the validity ofthe additional ... correlating the GSRS andthe QOLRAD with the SF-36 dimensions; and (c) correlating the GSRS andthe QOLRAD with the HAD (except in South Africa) and with clinician-rated severity of dyspepsia ... frequency and severity of symptoms, andthe QOLRAD Emotional distress domain correlated with physician-assessed frequency of symptoms Known-groups validity ofthe GSRS andthe QOLRAD All domains of the...
... contributions ES did the data analysis and drafted the manuscript MS and UW conceived ofthe study and designed the questionnaires Both conducted the realisation andthe analysis ofthe study and helped ... draft the manuscript JR participated in the design ofthe study and participated in the analysis ofthe questionnaires JR did the data collection ND, MG and JS participated in the design andthe ... and returned the standardized selfassessed questionnaire (response rate 64%) Time of questionnaire dispatch was July 2003 Qualityof life was enquired with the Profile ofQualityof Life in the...
... During the cross-cultural adaptation, the group of specialists stated that the concept ofthe impact of childhood cancer on thequalityof life ofthe families used for development ofthe original ... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityof Life Outcomes 2008, 6:35 the health-related qualityof life of parents/guardians The score is computed as the sum ofthe 20 ... functioning and well-being of parents/guardians depend on the child's situation as well Information on thequalityof life of pediatric cancer patients and their families allows the identification of...
... JK, and RPA all participated in the design ofthe study LA and RA wrote the analysis plan and supervised the analysis All authors were involved in the interpretation ofthe data LA, RA, and JK ... from the CGI-S at baseline) Therefore, further study ofthe performance ofthe responsiveness ofthe RLSQoL in patients with 'mild' RLS is also warranted Finally, the focus of this research was ... patients with moderate and severe RLS) The combination of these results indicates the clinical validity ofthe RLSQoL in mild, moderate and severe groups [12] The responsiveness ofthe RLSQoL to change...
... understand the HRQOL of children with cancer living in mainland China The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility, reliability, and validity ofthe Chinese mandarin version ofthe ... diseases, andthe remaining patients (38.7%) had solid tumors The mother answered the questionnaires in 82.7% ofthe cases andthe father in 17.3% ofthe cases 109 (41.0%) patients completed all therapy ... 50% ofthe items in the scale are missing, the scale score is not computed To create the Psychosocial Functioning score, the mean is computed as the sum ofthe items divided by the number of the...
... means and SDs ofthe PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales for children with and without diabetes and for the PedsQLTM 3.0 Diabetes Module It shows that all ofthe domains for both ofthe versions ofthe ... children with other chronic diseases Measuring qualityof life in Iranian children and adolescents with diabetes and assessment of reliability and validity ofthe Persian version ofthe PedsQLTM ... health related qualityof life (HRQOL) ofthe patients and their families Diabetes imposes restrictions on physical, emotional and social functioning of children and adolescents One ofthe international...
... limitations The unavailability of information on nonrespondents and investigation of only a sample from Tehran, thecapital city of Iran, may limit the generalizability ofthe findings to other parts of ... between physical functioning factor of children and their parents is their different perception ofthe construction ofthe mentioned items Hence, the loading ofthe first four items including, walking ... for both the child self-reports andthe parent proxy-reports In the parent-report, the first factor consisted of items to andthe second factor consisted of items and 8; however in the children...
... anti-GBM disease and membranous nephropathy, all of whom were treated with steroids, cyclophosphomide and plasmapheresis Five ofthe six patients were between the ages of 15 to 22 years and recovered ... creatinine, and were younger, were more likely to respond to cytotoxic treatment and have a favorable outcome Advances in elucidating the structure ofthe glomerular basement membrane antigen andthe ... identification ofthe pathogenic B and T cell epitopes, along with new insights into the pathogenetic mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level, will facilitate the development of targeted...
... anti-GBM disease and membranous nephropathy, all of whom were treated with steroids, cyclophosphomide and plasmapheresis Five ofthe six patients were between the ages of 15 to 22 years and recovered ... creatinine, and were younger, were more likely to respond to cytotoxic treatment and have a favorable outcome Advances in elucidating the structure ofthe glomerular basement membrane antigen andthe ... identification ofthe pathogenic B and T cell epitopes, along with new insights into the pathogenetic mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level, will facilitate the development of targeted...
... characterization of SAV3 5'- and 3'-ends The 5'- and 3'-ends of SAV3 were cloned and sequenced from the isolate SAVH20/03 and aligned to the 5'- and 3'-UTRs of other SAVs A) Alignment ofthe region in the ... the design ofthe project, discussion through the experimental period, and contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript Acknowledgements MK and AN are funded by the University of Bergen andthe ... overlapping areas off the coast of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland In Norway a genetically homogeneous subtype, SAV3, is found to infect both Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout on the southwest...
... that the NTHi form biofilms on the respiratory mucosa of humans and other mammals and it has been hypothesized that this contributes to the chronicity of these infections [1,2] They are the most ... analysis ofthe supragenome is important, the ultimate goal is an understanding ofthe phenotypes associated with individual genes and combinations of genes and how these contribute to the process of ... not level off due to the discovery of rare genes Figure of addition6 each genome to number of new gene The observed and expected the clustering dataset clusters found at theThe observed and expected...
... List of tables viii List of figures viii PART ONE: INTRODUCTION .1 Rationale for the study Aims ofthe study Scope ofthe study ... Significance ofthe study Methods ofthe study Structure ofthe study .3 PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER ONE: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Task-based ... 10 1.3.2.3 Learners’ anxiety and confidence .10 1.3.3 Learning environment and Text books 11 CHAPTER TWO: THE STUDY 12 2.1 The context ofthe study 12 2.1.1...