... Borneo China & Vietnam Thailand & Sumatra Lao, Vietnam, Assam & China Assam, Tibet, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam & China China, Myanmar, Laos Japan & Korea California China & Taiwan Table The sampling ... China & Taiwan Malaysia & Borneo Borneo Malaysia & Borneo Borneo SE China & Taiwan Malaysia & Borneo Malaysia & Borneo Malaysia & Borneo Malaysia & Borneo Philippines, Malaysia & Borneo Taiwan ... Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: GeneticDiversity and Disease Control 275 Silvana Petrofeza and Luiz Carlos Bhering Nasser Chapter 14 Pyrenophora tritici -repentis, CausalAgentofTan Spot: AReviewof Intraspecific...
... 40-50% of trabecular mass by 90 years of age [58] This results in a decline in the loadbearing capacity of the vertebral body For example, load bearing capacity in a lumbar vertebra can decrease from ... confirmed that spinal intersegmental movement of 2° or more is associated with the development of local microtrauma [29] Instability of the trunk may lead to a biomechanical overload of already weakened ... is increasingly recognised as an important public health problem due to the significant physical, economic and psychosocial ramifications of fracture Vertebral fractures are a hallmark of osteoporosis...
... Transactions International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing Internationa Journal of Operations and Production Management International ... Table Summary of journals on agile manufacturing Agile manufacturin g research Agile manufacturing as a new strategy is captivating the attention of researchers A growing amount of research has ... developed and completed by best practitioners of manufacturing Katayama and Bennett (1999) Japan Analysis based on survey data of how major Japanese companies are changing their strategies Survey administered...
... of salvaged blood into a 58-year-old woman operated for ovarian adenocarcinoma and 170 ml of salvaged blood into a 49-year-old female operated on for a large pelvic mass, which proved to be a ... Takemura M, Yamasaki M, Tanaka F, Shimizu H, Okamoto E, Hisamatu K, Ohama K, Tuji S, Hada Y, Nosaki T: Transcatheter arterial embolization in the management of gynecological neoplasms Gynecol Oncol ... Potential risks accompanying the method are fat and air embolism and infection [4] Aminocaproic acid, desmopressin acetate, aprotinin, tranexamic acid, phytonadione and vasopressin are hemostatic...
... preventing and managing HIV infection through the use of family planning and dual protection, safe antenatal and delivery care, and STI prevention and treatment Antenatal care, child health care and ... great majority of pregnant women make at least one visit for antenatal care during pregnancy, and a significant proportion of women deliver with a skilled attendant, make at least one post-natal ... during antenatal care is now available in many countries, and since treatment for PMTCT became feasible and affordable, there appears to be increasing demand, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.75 It...
... especially for older drivers Casualty crash analyses, even those encompassing casualties of all severity, have a sampling bias: the so-called ‘frailty bias’, which exaggerates any apparent age-related ... situations, availability of alternative transport and changing health are major reasons for driving reduction and cessation (e.g., Raitanen et al., 2003; Charlton et al., 2006; Ragland et al., ... Newstead and O’Hare (2003) As noted by these authors: “… it may not be entirely accurate to label such behavioural adaptations as ‘compensation’ While these changes may reflect a behavioural adaptation...
... Predicting bank performance with financial forecasts: A case of Taiwan commercial banks Journal of Banking and Finance, 28, 2353—2368 Karels, G V — Prakash, A J (1987) Multivariate normality and forecasting ... stochastic DEA Kao and Liu (2004) formulate a DEA model of interval data for use in evaluating the performance of banks Their study makes advance predictions of the performance of 24 Taiwan banks ... 9—33 Canbas, S — Cabuk, A — Kilic, S B (2005) Prediction of commercial bank failure via multivariate statistical analysis of financial structures: the Turkish case European Journal of Operational...
... thematic areas for clarity and appropriateness of thematic research priorities (Task 3a) ; balance among substantive research areas as well as among research activities such as observations, modeling, ... clarity and appropriateness of the thematic research priorities; the balance among substantive research areas as well as research activities such as observations, modeling, and communication of ... knowledge and understanding of factors contributing to the maintenance and restoration of ecosystem health Enhancing Human Health This theme addresses a broad array of human health issues that relate...
... local transportation of cials NASA’s General Aviation Program Of ce devised a “General Aviation Road Map” laying out a 25-year strategy for the development ofa national small aircraft transportation ... toward such far-reaching goals, NASA and other AGATE and GAP participants began discussing ways to further the SATS concept and build acceptance by FAA, the broader GA community, and state and ... commercial-service airports, GA aircraft can account for between 15 and 50 percent of takeoff and landing operations (FAA 2000b) Metropolitan Reliever Airports All large metropolitan areas have GA reliever airports...
... Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environ., 1, 27–34 (in Japanese) 126) Kishi, R., Saijo, Y., Kanazawa, A. , Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, T., Chikara, H., Takigawa, T., Morimoto, K., Nakayama, K and Shibata, E (2009) ... (in Japanese) IPCS (1989) Environmental Health Criteria 89 Formaldehyde, World Health Organization, Geneva Takeda, M., Saijo, Y., Yuasa, M., Kanazawa, A. , Araki, A and Kishi, R (2009) Relationship ... Environmental Health Criteria 186 Ethylbenzene, World Health Organization, Geneva 84) Saijo, Y., Kishi, Y., Sata, F., Katakura, Y., Urashima, Y., Hatakeyama, A. , Kobayashi, S., Jin, K., Kurahashi,...
... more faults falls drastically as average AFQT score fell Another important observation is that the effect of AFQT is additive, meaning that each additional high-scoring team member increases the ... that the trade-offs or - 31 relationships between AFQT and years of experience or additional training are linear Rather, the authors note that although the magnitude of the trade-off may vary, ... performance benefits of experience, training, and innate ability and also as a summary of the research already completed in this area The report will be of particular interest to policymakers and...
... programs Product placements – such as a character drinking a soda or offering it to another character, a can or bottle appearing on a table, or a brand name mentioned in dialogue – occurred in a ... meals, breakfast cereals, candy, snacks, and beverages, as well as fruits and vegetables and dairy products, and the campaigns generally were integrated across promotional formats The focus of ... snacks, and breakfast cereals Animated characters from Cartoon Network programming appeared on labels and packaging for QSR children’s meals, fruit snacks, snack crackers, yogurt, macaroni and cheese,...
... associated with the increased activity of carbonic anhydrase, improving the quality of egg shell and the presence of manganese has an activator influence on the calcification and resistance of ... www.arpnjournal.com Arias, J.L., D .A Carrino, M.S Fernandez, J.E Rodrigues, J.E Denis and A. I Capln, 1992 Partial biochemical and immunological characterization of avian eggshell extracellular matrices Arch ... Posstlethwaite, A. E, J.M Seyer and A. H Kang, 1978 Chemotactic attraction of human fibroblasts to type I, II and III collagen and collagen derived peptides Proc Natl Acad Sci USA., 75: 871-875 Romanoff,...
... somewhat more mandatory to enable aggregation of results to the agency level The menu approach holds out the advantage of creating potentially comparable performance data that may facilitate aggregating ... selected by a stakeholder in a participatory process may not conform with more conventional or standard indicators that are comparable across projects Balancing quantitative and qualitative indicators ... very appropriate as an indicator of change, although it may provide a wealth of useful information about performance But qualitative information often can be translated into numerical indicators...
... Nagata I, Shiraki K, Tanimoto K, Harada Y, Tanaka Y, Okada T 1992 Mother-to-infant transmission of Hepatitis C virus Journal of Pediatrics 120:432–434 78 Ogasawara S, Kage M, Kosai K, Shimamatsu ... defense of the neonate and the intestinal flora Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica 351(Suppl.):122–125 Pisacane A, Graziano L, Zona G, Dolezalova H, Cafiero M, Coppola A, Scarpellino B, Ummarino M, Mazzarella ... 31 MacMahon B, Lin TM, Lowe CR, Mirra AP, Ravnihar B, Salber EJ, Trichopoulos D, Valaoras VG, Yuasa S 1970 Lactation and cancer of the breast: A summary of an international study Bulletin of the...
... Washback indicates “an intended or unintended (accidental) direction and function of curriculum change on aspects of teaching and learning by means ofa change of public examinations” Similar ... effect of teaching and learning Types of Washback Generally, washback can be analysed according to two major types: positive and negative, depending on whether it has a beneficial or harmful impact ... goals of teaching and learning, such as the introduction of new textbooks and new curricula Table Summary of Negative washback Classroom settings Educational/societal system Negative Washback...
... pathways and activation of intrinsic apoptotic mechanisms Mol Endocrinol 2009, 23:1291–1305 110 Harada T, Taniguchi F, Izawa M, Ohama Y, Takenaka Y, Tagashira Y, Ikeda A, Watanabe A, Iwabe T, Terakawa ... placenta of women with preeclampsia Placenta 2009, 30:342–347 195 Sharma JB, Sharma A, Bahadur A, Vimala N, Satyam A, Mittal S: Oxidative stress markers and antioxidant levels in normal pregnancy ... Santanam N, Murphy AA, Parthasarathy S: Macrophages, oxidation, and endometriosis Ann N Y Acad Sci 2002, 955:183–198 discussion 119-200, 396-406 104 Kajihara H, Yamada Y, Kanayama S, Furukawa N,...
... is a key factor, as a data storage or a data processing unit can be replaced by a miniature transmitter However data forwarding wearables, which typically use RF, Bluetooth, or WLAN, are range-limited, ... complex analysis of mobility data on a local PC They are typically smaller than their data logging and data processing counterparts, as they use a miniature transmission module instead of storage ... lightest wearable option, are suited to the frail and housebound as they analyze the data in real-time and can raise immediate alerts Data-logging wearables are suitable for monitoring multi-parameter,...
... geographical location may be a factor in educational disadvantage, but a study in Northern Ireland found that whilst lower educational attainment was observed in rural areas, this was linked primarily ... students attending schools in designated areas of disadvantage may have poorer educational outcomes than the national average Studies have found that 30% of children in disadvantaged primary schools ... increased health care costs, higher rates of hospitalisation and greater use of health care services.49 Parental education and child health The educational level of parents can influence child and...