... description of how a collection of atomic-resolution techniques is used to parameterize the coarse calculation ofthe process is offered The use of ab initio and density functional theory as the atomistic ... composed of a series of onebody, twobody, threebody, and larger terms that depend upon the temperature ofthe system but that are independent ofthe density ofthe canonically treated component The ... that preserves the thermodynamic and structural properties ofthe original atomistic system In a two-component semigrand ensemble, the number of particles of one ofthe components and the chemical...
... participating in the Yield Recording Scheme ofthe breed Two traits were analysed in this study: the CON score, which describes the development of essential parts ofthe carcass profile according to the (S)EUROP ... obtained for the frequency of each k value of CON and FAT were stated as being the 0.025 and 0.975 percentiles ofthe bootstrap samples, and they were easily contrasted with the frequencies ofthe actual ... bootstrap approach was applied to test the goodness -of- fit ofthe described models in the analysis of CON and FAT scores The bootstrapping methodology Page of 10 was the same as in Tarres et al [9]...
... Regulatory Measures The majority of these studies utilized weak research designs that evaluated programs solely on the basis of post-intervention measures Thus, the reports ofthe effects of these policies ... although they are practically possible’’ However, the fact that there are few rigorous studies ofthe impacts of macro policies on drug use may stem, in part, from the complexities ofthe policies themselves ... and rational use of drugs The report ofthe Nairobi Conference on Rational Use of Drugs in 1985 stated that there was a general agreement on the importance of governments in the formulation,...
... person in the room The imprecise boundaries ofthe IR sensors was also an issue in this system, as the possibility of two or more sensors being active at the same time made the timing of certain ... attributed by the authors to the simplicity ofthe system, its unobtrusiveness (subjects forgot they were wearing it), and the computer-generated reminders to wear the system The high rate of compliance ... However, the health smart home must have the ability to identify the monitored subject, and distinguish between their location and the location of others if the monitored person is living with others...
... the effects of mode of questionnaire administration The first of these examined the application ofthe aforementioned health utility approach The second assessed the psychometric properties of ... euthymic (rather than hypo/manic) patients, and rarely included descriptions ofthe psychometric properties ofthe instruments they utilized The authors ofthe review made a number of suggestions ... patients with other conditions Two of these used the SF-36, one used the 'Quality of Life Index', the Q-LES-Q and the WHO-QOL-BREF and one applied a 'health utilities' model Page of 17 (page number...
... example of bone oedema from a patient with the mutilans form of PsA There is extensive bone oedema involving the head ofthe proximal phalanx and extending down the shaft ofthe bone On the distal ... coworkers [41] described the MRI features of enthesitis as being characterized by ‘swelling [of the entheseal region] and deviation from the normally uniform low signal intensity of tendons and ligaments, ... arrow) There is also diffuse bone oedema (short thin arrows) involving the head ofthe proximal phalanx and extending distally down the shaft capsular fluid/oedema’ in entheseal portions of the...
... avail themselves of this service very often One reason might be that clients are not made aware ofthe presence of these leaflets Secondly, if aware of them, they may not wish to pick them up ... them up for fear of being 'exposed' as drug users Thirdly they may not feel they need them Further research needs to be undertaken into the appropriateness ofthe leaflets and their location, ... problem drug use and the prevention ofthe spread of blood borne viruses Other areasof concern for pharmacists were returns rates of used injecting equipment A recent audit of returns rates by...
... during the acute phase ofthe crisis Preventive mass vaccination of a targeted age group aims to reduce the risk of epidemics However, the nature of humanitarian emergencies has changed over the ... although the extent of these efforts was not well documented [22] The results of a retrospective household survey found two-thirds of case patients were under age and 90% under the age of 10 The author’s ... particular the time to the response (where reported) and if there was evidence of an impact In the Americas [9-12], there were no reports of preventive mass vaccination campaigns during the acute...
... yield which is defined as the ratio ofthe mass of unbroken kernel to the total mass of paddy rice The head rice is composed of grains which maintain at least 75% of their length after milling ... collection of data was harvesting time- before and after grain maturity The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of harvesting time of several rice varieties on the level of rice ... rice (the kernels that are at least ¾ ofthe original kernel length) after milling, is considered as the main quality indicator because the broken rice has often half the commercial value of whole...
... independently of tracheostomy care A major limitation of this study was the retrospective nature of data collection for the period prior to the formation ofthe team This limited the nature of data ... supportive ofthe assumption of cause and effect Length of stay was one ofthe secondary outcome measures of interest The DRG for tracheostomy is the third highest ranking DRG in terms of bed days ... length of stay compared with the old model of ad hoc tracheostomy care This paper reports on these outcomes for the first years ofthe service as well as baseline data from the year prior to the...
... of any research paper because it a demonstrates to the reader the full knowledge ofthe writer b of cially lists all the sources the writer has consulted c makes a final statement at the end of ... to the librarian Make sure that you provide the librarian with the topic (the who or what of your paper), the years you are researching (the when of your paper), the geographic location (the ... a Source Detective Primary sources may be harder to locate than other sources, but they are well worth it The beauty of working with primary sources— once you’ve found them—is that you, as the...
... achieved the aims set at the beginning By From the perspective of pragmatics, the present study is, to the discovering the strategies mostly used by the two groups, clarifying best of my knowledge, the ... Implications ofthe Study The results ofthe data analysis show that the frequency of use 5.2.1 Theoretical Implications of RD as well as the choice of politeness strategies by ANSs are The present study ... condemnation of [7, p.420] 2.2.2 Theory of Speech Acts So, in the light ofthe speech act theory, dispraising can be considered 2.2.2.1 Classification of Speech Acts as an act of disparaging,...
... customersDA.Update(newCustomersDRArray); The numOfRows int is the number of rows added to the Customers table The following code uses the six steps shown earlier to push all the changes to the database; notice the different ... You can then push the DataRow objects in newCustomersDRArray to the Customers table in the database using the following call to the Update() method ofthe customersDA DataAdapter: int numOfRows ... specifies how the selected rows are to be ordered myDataViewRowState specifies the row state ofthe rows to select You can see the members ofthe DataViewRowState enumeration in Table 11.8 ofthe previous...
... study explores the knowledge of men on maternal and child health issues, their awareness of their wives’ practices and the preferred means of decision-making The objective ofthe study is to ... between intervention and control areas (and not the transitional areas) A paragraph describing the findings ofthe transitional areas is presented at the end ofthe results section Men’s knowledge ... danger signs, the questions were spontaneous More than 67% ofthe respondents of all study areas knew 1–2 neonatal danger signs; 24.8% ofthe respondents in the intervention were aware of 3–5 danger...
... Witnesses, adamantly refuse the transfusion of blood and its products on the basis of their religious beliefs, even when they are exposed to life threatening situations Such rights of self-determination ... recurrence ofthe disease was 3.4% in the non-transfused group (p = 0.035) [21] The recurrence of gynecologic malignancy was not demonstrated after allogenic blood transfusion in the study of Look ... apart from the results presented at the 2006 International Gynecologic Cancer Society Meeting and the 2006 Society for the Advancement of Blood Management Meeting [32] In the interest of simplicity,...
... cabinet’s office The very location ofthe EDC proved the importance of its role as the body coordinating the whole set of state development policies, as well as the direct commitment ofthe highest ... information system The definition ofthe objectives calls first of all for the understanding ofthe growth obstacles that the strategy or policy is to tackle, the definition ofthe right scale of intervention ... Through the involvement of WAG, they should get engaged in a strategic discussion on which of these goals has the priority The choice of each of these roles should influence the way the regional...
... move against the war and restricted theglobal trade in oil export This is still known as the Arab oil embargo.8, 9) The idea of saving energy spread throughout in the world as a result of this incident ... reports on the health effects of these particles.119) Heavy Metal/Lead Although the lead concentration in indoor air is lower in Japan than in other developed countries, thesourceof lead contamination ... habitation The cause ofthe disease onset relates to a house, symptoms occur within the house, symptoms are less serious or disappear when the patient is away from the house, and when the patient...
... processing a block of data) fails, then the MR scheduler can automatically restart the task on an alternate node Part ofthe flexibility is the result ofthe fact that the output files ofthe Map phase ... tag component ofthe composite key The function then forms the cross product ofthe two sets to complete the join and outputs a new key/value pair with the sourceIP as the key and the tuple (pageURL, ... portion ofthe input file by the MR scheduler to process If there are M such distinct portions ofthe input file, then there are R files on disk storage for each ofthe M Map tasks, for a total of M...
... the adjoining sequence at the root is independent of other nodes in the tree in spite ofthe coindexing This is due to the fact that as the feature structure ofthe foot of/ ~1 gets instantiated ... set of elementary trees An operation called adjoining ~ is used to compose trees The key property ofthe linguistic theory of TAGs is that TAGs allow factoring of recursion from the domain of ... define the operation of adjoining Consider the adjoining of/ ~ at the node marked with * in a The subtree of a under the node marked with * is excised, a n d / is inserted in its place Finally, the...