results of a benchmarking analysis of mt professional levels

... the results of this expansion have been significant, as of June 2006, only 23% of HAART eligible [2] patients in Sub-Saharan Africa were taking antiretroviral (ARV) treatment HIV Care and treatment ... subset of the population Study data were derived from existing databases that are maintained at each clinic site and include data routinely collected as part of patient care These data include basic ... original text MAM participated in the data analysis and made significant comments on progressive drafts MAM was supported in part through an STD/AIDS Research Training Grant at the time that this...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... Suliman WA, Abu Gharieb P: Jordanian nurse: Job dissatisfaction and anticipated withdrawal from practice Dirasat, medical and biological 1996, 23(2):78-87 Lee FK: Job satisfaction and autonomy of ... of certainty and allowing for a margin of error of 5% Based on a response rate of around 40% for similar studies [11], a computer-generated simple random sample of 1000 professional nurses was ... is an attempt to address this gap in the literature Methods Data for this study came from a survey of professional nurses throughout South Africa that formed part of a broader study of attraction,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... homogeneous stations adjacent to the sampling site (figure 1) Regional climate data also offer many advantages over single station data because problems associated with record inhomogeneities and differing ... August are featured by heavy monsoon rainfalls with the heaviest in August (425 mm) Total annual precipitation is around 030 mm Considering the total annual precipitation and evapotranspiration, ... the feasibility of developing a tree-ring network of this species for regional-scale A dendroclimatic studies 1.1 Study area and climate A natural stand of Korean red pine in the cool temperate...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... analysis of cancer-related survival in the total populationa Risk factor Multivariate analysisc Univariate analysis p valueb R-status Masaoka stagingd Presence of a pseudocapsula WHOd classificatione ... Maggi G, Casadio C, Cavallo A, Cianci R, Molinatti M, Ruffini E: Thymoma: results of 241 operated cases Ann Thorac Surg 1991, 51(1):152-6 Okumura M, Ohta M, Tateyama H, Nakagawa K, Matsumura A, ... exclusion of patients leaving 82 patients available for the analysis of joint effects of prognostic parameter bp values of univariate analysis were determined by Log rank test cStepwise multivariate analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... trial of at least 12 weeks duration 2) Data was available on at least one of the specified endpoints (withdrawal rate, moderate/severe exacerbations, pre-bronchodilator FEV1 and health status) ... inhaled and oral corticosteroids at baseline Analysis of data on FEV1 and health status included the actual data recorded at each time point (Observed), and, to account for withdrawals, the last ... studies and for all studies, and calculate the relative risk between treatments This approach was also used to analyse time to withdrawal from studies For health status, a repeated measure analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... met to establish consensus If relevant data were missing or unclear from a particular trial, we attempted to contact the primary author of that study Statistical analysis Meta -analysis was performed ... Bronchoscopic Alveofact (natural bovine surfactant) Surfactant administration was safe Improved PaO2:FiO2 ratio Spragg and colleagues, 2002 [23] 448 Abstract only Intratracheal Venticute (rSP-Cbased surfactant) ... Spragg serves as a consultant to Altana Najib Ayas is supported by a Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, a New Investigator Award from the BC Lung Association and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... Card3 Card4 Card5 left Card6 dense Card7 bed Card8 and Card9 settle Card10 track jam Landry apple had Card11 Card12 Card13 Card14 Card15 Stan capital mass lent than Card16 Card17 Card18 Card19 Card20 ... who have the highest mark Students cards Card Card2 Card Card4 Card5 dance dense bed and back Card6 Card7 Card8 Card9 Card10 mass Card11 jam Card12 ted Card13 apple Card 14 tad Card 15 Stan Card ... articulation Manner of articulation Plosive p b t f v m s z glottal velar g h n Lateral Figure 2: k t d Fricative Approximant palatal d Affricate Nasal alveolar Post- Alveolar dental dental back...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:17

... China(Taiwan) Asian Casson AG[21] 2003 Canada Caucasian Roth MJ[32] 2004 China Asian Casson AG[20] 2006 Canada Caucasian Cai L[25] 2006 China Asian Murphy SJ[33] 2007 Irish Caucasian Canova C[19] ... diagnosis of publication bias (Linear regression analysis, ref.[34] All analysis was done by using the Statistical Analysis System software (v.9.1.3, SAS Institute, Cary, NC) and Review Manage ... Engstrom A, Kozarich JW, Mannervik B: Detoxication of base propenals and other alpha, beta-unsaturated aldehyde products of radical reactions and lipid peroxidation by human glutathione transferases...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... (340 ATC, SLT, Austria) at 492 nm using a reference wavelength of 620 nm The results of the assay were expressed as the mean optical density at 492 nm of the duplicate values Statistical analysis ... clinical isolate of S aureus from the two groups of patients were obtained from clinical bacteriology laboratory, department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India A standard strain of ... Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria tested 3.5 Anti-staphylococcal antibodies react with PG and TA We observed that levels of anti-staphylococcal IgG antibodies were very similar when total...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 11:08

... diagnosis (Years) All patients AVNRT AVRT EAT From symptom to ablation (Years) All patients AVNRT AVRT EAT RF-Applications (Number) All patients AVNRT AVRT EAT Examination time (Minutes) All patients ... Abbreviations AVNRT: Atrio-Ventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia; AVRT: Atrio-Ventricular Reentry Tachycardia; AF: Atrial Fibrillation; EAT: Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia; F: French; INR: International ... EAT patients Panel A: Quantity and duration of episodes and the associated symptoms Panel B: Detraction in daily life generally and in parts of daily life variable PANAL A Detraction in daily...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:44

... to calculate global datasets of maximum attainable grain yields, yield gaps, and efficiencies of grain production at a spatial resolution of arc (approximately 9.2 Â 9.2 km on the equator) Applying ... remains, however, challenging with limited data availability as a major obstacle For this reason we used non-urban population data as proxy for agricultural population and hence labor availability ... possible adaptation strategies A negative aspect often associated with intensification is environmental damage Many studies have shown that agricultural intensification may lead to air and water pollution,...

Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2012, 15:22

... of applied linguistic As a matter of fact, C .A has had much to offer not only to practical language but also to translation theory, the description of particular language, language typology and ... features of contrastive analysis in learning a foreign language which has particular effect on analyzing a language and its equivalents in other languages and then the author would like to make ... now C .A plays an important role in learning a foreign language as a main subject at most language universals According to C James (1980;19), C .A is a form of inter-language study and a central concern...

Ngày tải lên: 10/04/2013, 14:46

... hydration and avoidance of water flooding in the cathode catalyst layer and/or gas diffusion layer [2] Water management is related with air supply to the cathode and is one of the crucial factors in an ... computational fluid dynamics model of a planar air-breathing PEM fuel cell has been developed and used to investigate the cell at varying ambient temperature and relative humidity Detailed analyses ... mechanical, thermal, and electrical contact between the central parts of the gas diffusion backing and Membrane-Electrode-Assembly (MEA) 2.2 Model equations 2.2.1 Air and fuel gas flow In natural...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:58

... is change for planar shape, where under the land areas a noticeable decrease takes place It can be seen that for a planar shape, a high fraction of the current is generated at the catalyst layer ... conditions are specified at all external boundaries of the computational domain as well as boundaries for various mass and scalar equations inside the computational domain 2.3.1 Inlets The inlet values ... distribution of the molar oxygen fraction at the catalyst layer At a tubular shape, the oxygen mole fraction variation is low enough not to cause diffusive limitations, whereas at a planar shape the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:58

... that actually generated war in the Gulf rather than avoidance of war and a continuation of sanctions In economics, Ormerod (1994) has put forward a similar view of the mechanistic metaphors that ... activate suitable metaphors at the conceptual level a failure to assimilate the new to the already existing Many of todays standard meaning of words and expressions began as metaphors, and their ... leading financial daily newspapers in Vietnam (Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam and Diễn đàn Doanh nghiệp) II.1 Analysis of Central Bank reports The fact that the Minutes of the Bank of England Monetary...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 12:58

... oppositions are characterizable in terms of certain syntactic and semantic features As a point of departure, the active passive opposition is characterized at the sentence- level as a system of correlation ... Make a fuss over/about, Take account of, Keep pace with, Make room for, Take advantage of, Lose sight of, Make use of, Take care of, Lose touch with, Pay attention to, Take note of, Put an end ... features of Agency can be put in passive by using an analytic causative or bringing in an Agent of the second order The examples can be seen in all processes: Material, Mental, and Relational as...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 12:58

... in all IFA activities Invaluable organisation and administration support was provided by Phimphakan Lebel, Drinya Totrakool from USER, Thailand and Sergei Barkov, Marya Schaskolskaya, Galina Zukova ... Institutional arrangement for flood disaster management in Thailand 1st Southeast Asia Water Forum, Chiang Mai, Thailand Thailand Research Fund, 2003 Development of Master Plan for Management of Water ... assess institutional potential First, a vertical scaling includes analysis of domestic institutional frameworks at national, sub-national and local levels along with capturing main features and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2013, 10:15

... language, vocabulary derived from Latin That is why formal spoken language has many features very similar to written texts, particularly absence of vernacular vocabulary and slang, as well as the ... Use of Informal Language in AOSs and VOSs Based on the data, a large number of vocabularies used in AOSs are informal contractions and slangs Contraction is defined by Oxford Advanced Learner ... social and psychological factors that influence communication” Hoa (2000) stated that “discourse analysis as a study of how and for 10 what purposes language is used in a certain context and...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 12:41

... fruitful data analysis, at first, asks for a good management of qualitative and quantiative data because there is a fact that data not only prove 29 theories, they are able to generate and supplyment ... theory as well Below are the main procedures for data analysis: - The data analysis was based on the quantitative and the qualitative data to point out the main layout, lexical choice and syntax of ... Similarities From the data analysis, it can be seen that most of English and Vietnamese EECs have the same layout Very often the main parts in a contract are: name of the parties, contract date,...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:26

... comparative method Moreover, inductive and reductive methods are inevitable 3.3 RESEARCH PROCEDURES 3.4 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 3.4.1 Data Collection 3.4.2 Data Analysis 3.5 RELIABILITY AND ... film, but the name of the film is always present in both languages Two parts that are always present are name of the film and director in EFRs and name of the film and main contents of the film ... each part are arranged Secondly, learners must have a good lexical choice to attract readers and emphasize the quality of a film Thirdly, defining the prominant syntactic structures for each film...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:26