... Policing web site increases awareness of, and interest in, the police profession, thereby improving police agencies’ ability to attract quality candidates These and other means of communicating innovations, ... command ofthe Policy, Planning and Training Bureau As a captain of police, Riley commanded the 5th Police District, which included the Lower 9th Ward andthe largest concentration of low-income ... cite recruitmentandretention as among their most pressing issues Yet, Alan Deal ofthe California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training told the RAND Summit on Police Recruitment and...
... 1), since they clearly described withdrawals in addition to the methods of randomisation and double blinding All studies also scored the maximum of 16 points on the validity scale The 31 trials ... anti-inflammatory drug Clinical ulcers and bleeds Clinical ulcers and bleeds inthe company clinical trial reports were as reported by investigators, and were not subjected to independent, blinded ... medications, than inclinicaltrials Using company clinical trial reports removes some ofthe problems of selective reporting in published papers due to strict word limitations Here the company clinical...
... avoid bias in this study: collecting information using double-blinding, assessing the reliability ofthe data gathered, standardizing procedures and instruments, training of field-work and labo- ... lower family income mentioned having more difficulties in paying for a medical visit, in making a medical appointment because of existing lines, andin obtaining medicines because of financial problems ... state of Minas Gerais, which is inthe southeastern part of Brazil (20) The municipality of Bambuí has 20 573 inhabitants, with 73% of them living inthe urban area ofthe municipality, that is, the...
... formation of Complex A, indicating that the p65 subunit and members ofthe RAR family are involved inthe DNA–protein Complex in TE671 cells Intriguingly, along with the abolition of Complex ... activity ofthe hGnRH II gene in TE671 and JEG-3 cells In vivo effect of RARa and RXRa with their ligands, ATRA and 9-cisRA, on the promoter activity ofthe hGnRH II gene in TE671 cells and JEG-3 ... activation involves the p50 ⁄ p65 heterodimer, which interacts with the jB site andthe CRE ofthe promoters Being the active partner ofthe heterodimer inthe nucleus, p65 is able to establish interactions...
... **p < 01 ing conscripts ofthe Hellenic Navy, since the questionnaire used include items giving information about the amount and frequency of alcohol that is in fact binge drinking Since the questionnaires ... provide indirect information about binge drinking habit in conscript behaviour The high level of problematic drinking cannot be attributed to conditions within the Navy as the testing ofthe conscripts ... results of other studies among young people in Greece [38] andthe increasing frequency of binge (which means that there is a consume of great quantities of alcohol in a few hours) drinking among...
... were included for the number of weeks available), and for the final on-therapy (FOT) visit HAM-D17, MADRS, CGI-S, and CGI-I Table 1: Summary of 22 placebo-controlled clinicaltrialsof venlafaxine ... have similar modes of administration and rating, and are generally performed by the same clinician However, in some clinical trials, depression rating assessments and assessments of global illness ... Montgomery-sberg Depression Rating Scale, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale andtheClinical Global Impressions Rating Scale in antidepressant clinicaltrials Int Clin Psychopharmacol 2002, 17:281-285...
... followup, the swollen joint count, the erosion score andthe joint space narrowing score were determined for the individual MCP and PIP joints ofthe hands at inclusion and at and years follow-up, and ... joints andthe interphalangeal joins ofthe hands and feet The scores for the left joints andthe right joints were summed The summed scores were divided by the total numbers of patients; the ... extent ofthe CI reflects the degree of variance Correlations between joint swelling and erosion score or joint space narrowing score were determined for each MCP and PIP joint ofthe hands using the...
... Protection of RC-101 against oxidation may be necessary during the shelf-life ofthe final formulation and during the delivery inthe vaginal lumen The result from the addition of EDTA to the RC-101 ... signing informed consent and confirming eligibility, subjects completed a questionnaire and were then instructed on the use ofthe Instead Softcup® (Instead Inc., La Jolla, CA) [12] Instead Softcup® ... observed inthe range of 300 to 600 nm, indicating the presence of aggregates The stability of RC-101 in acidic pH is an important finding as the drug will be exposed to the acidic environment of the...
... used in much ofthe literature and is the focus of this thesis Therefore, we focus on the Haab and Hicks and IAL approach and not examine the von Haefen model We choose the IAL model to analyze the ... thanks to the staff and student-friends inthe Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology for their help, and to the Government of Viet Nam for its funding inthe early years of my ... Role ofthe scale parameter inthe estimation and comparison of multinomial logit models Journal of Marketing Research 30(3): 305314 13 Swait, J and M Ben-Akiva 1987 Incorporating random constraints...
... banks in Ghana To examine the effect of these innovations on liquidity and efficiency of banks in Ghana To examine the effect or the consequences of bank innovations on the levels of profits ofthe ... variety of financial intermediation functions in any business economy According to Lerner and Tufano (2011), „financial innovation is defined as the „act of creating and then popularizing new financial ... the greatest influence on the future business of banking, and that key drivers for informing decisions about the industry‟s uptake and deployment of technology for the increasing wealth, demand...
... general interest about the role of financial markets inthe determination of aggregate real variables, andin particular inthe role of financial intermediation in influencing economic fluctuations ... recognition ofthe increasing interest in both the empirical and theoretical literature regarding such financing choice Nonetheless, the models that theoretically analyze RB rely on the RA assumption and ... limit their scope to the understanding ofthe micro mechanisms that govern the framework instead of complementing the analysis studying the macroeconomic effects of it In particular, the efforts in...
... factors andthe lifestyle ofthe individuals Both can be regarded as risk factors that can accelerate the process ofthe endogenic factors of ageing During the ageing process all four ways of implement ... role in increasing morbidity and mortality inthe elderly. 5 In this connection, nutritional factors and good eating habits can play an important, maybe even the most important, role in reaching the ... formulation and implementation ofthe policies for promoting the well-being oftheelderly Based on the socioeconomic and sociocultural conditions ofthe country and recommendations of studies that have...
... affecting recruitmentandretentionof doctors in rural areas This section presents the findings ofthe interviews, following the themes laid out in Table Motivation to join the profession Medicine ... which fed into the design ofthe questionnaire and contingent valuation The focus ofthe study in Vietnam was doctors, as this is the main cadre of health worker providing clinicaland preventive ... activities, or other methods of fostering professional development and peer standing One theme which stands out is the complexity of funding sources for doctors in Vietnam, andthe extent to which these...
... crossing the hurdles of confounding bias and chance, a reader might conclude that the results of a study are valid The final step is to assess the scope of these valid results We then move to the ... rejecting nor unthinkingly accepting them) Clinical example: maintenance studies of bipolar disorder Generalizability is a major issue in certain settings A good example is maintenance studies of ... randomized to it will be switched to the standard, andthe analysis will find the two treatments the same As Richard Peto made it clear in his proposal, this method of analyzing the results of...
... period, of whom 15 left within one year, and another 10 by the end ofthe second year ofthe project Training ofthe replacement CHWs had a higher unit cost, because they were trained on an on-going ... effectiveness ofthe package of maternal and newborn care interventions being tested High rates of attrition inthe Sylhet site threatened the continuity ofthe project activities, both inthe field and ... Hospital andthe Institute of Child and Mother Health; andthe Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health We thank the many individuals in Sylhet district who gave their time generously and the...
... and writing KG, MD and JK contributed to the design and execution ofthe study, andthe interpretation of data MK contributed to the planning and design ofthe study, interpretation and editing ... drafting and editing the manuscript KA contributed to the design and execution ofthe study, andthe coding and interpretation of data MM and EK conducted the field interviews, contributed to coding, ... late inthe night from to 10, maybe I will sit back and then a few things, but of late the internet [has been] fluctuating, so learning has been off and on.” (UW) In larger towns of BA andin the...
... was the principal investigator inthe study, and was involved inthe design MS, TB, TL, OJ, and JD were involved inthe analysis, reporting and writing up ofthe manuscript All authors read and ... Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests 13 14 Ola Junghard and Tore Lind are AstraZeneca employees, and Ingela Wiklund was an employee at the time ofthe study ... on the frequency and severity of acid taste inthe mouth and movement of materials upwards from the stomach (Regurgitation scale); 2) four items measuring the frequency and severity of pain or...
... were administered at the beginning and end ofthe study to obtain information about the workers and farms inthe study, and to assess changes over the course ofthe study Finally, a subset of farms ... return of initial questionnaires, completion ofthe monitoring period and return of final questionnaires Each ofthe stages intherecruitmentandretention phases were analysed separately at the ... workers from the study, but selling off part or all ofthe farm and therefore no longer meeting the study inclusion criteria The low number of farms and workers withdrawing during the study precluded...
... Ratio ofthe volume of dead trees to theof dead trees to the number of living trees volume of living trees Ratio ofthe number of recruited trees to the number of trees in stand Ratio of volume increment ... composed of fir and beech, which reached age of 20–120 years, the greater was the percentage of fir inthe stand the greater were the productivity indexes, including the average increment of total ... inthe Badin reserve, the stand inthe advanced break up stage reached a higher increment (8.6 m3/ha/y) that inthe growing up stage (4.7 m3 per ha/y) Among four stands ofthe Pieniny Mountains...