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... Monitor- ing and Evaluation. 6. Chile – Small and Medium Enterprise – Monitoring and Evaluation. 7. Colombia – Small and Medium Enterprise – Monitoring and Evaluation. 8. Peru – Small and Medium Enterprise ... – Chile. 3. Small and Medi- um Enterprise - Monitoring and Evaluation – Colombia. 4. Small and Medium Enterprise - Monitoring and Evaluation – Peru. 5. Mexico – Small and Medium Enterprise – ... on the scheme’s implementation in the West and East Midlands of England, the South West of England and South Wales. The sample included 4,326 firms of which 2,840 firms re- ceived support (the...

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... University of Oxford, UK, and Barry Wall and Colin Muirhead from the National Radiological Protection Board, UK, for their helpful comments on the calculations and on the manuscript. The study was ... the Japanese atomic bomb survivors. 7 The lung cancer model included parameters for sex and attained age. All other models included parameters for sex and age at exposure, and for leukaemia and ... Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA. The source of this information is described below, and details of the calculations are provided in the webappendix (http:// image.thelancet.com/extras/ 03art4007webappendix.pdf). Models...

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...  36 LABORATORYEXAMINATION Severallaboratorytestsmaybeconsideredin the workupofpatientswithrefractorychronicorrecurrent acutesinusitis.Theseincludecompletebloodcount(CBC)withdifferential, and serumimmunoglobulintests,.Also, sweatchloridetestingmaybeperformedtoruleoutcysticfibrosis,especiallyinchildrenwithnasalpolyps or chronicorrecurrentsinusitis.  RADIOLOGY WhenanX‐raymustbedone, the imagingprocedureofchoiceis the computerizedtomography(CT)scan, whichisrecommendedprimarilyinevaluating the extent and severityofdiseaseinchronicsinusitis and in complicatedsinusitis(Fıgs.5–6).SinusCTscans and MRIscanshavealloweddoctorstodirectlyvisualize the pathologywithin the sinuses and depictnormal and abnormalanatomy.Thesetoolsareanimmenseimprovement overplainfilmsinusdepiction and cangivereliablereproducibleinformation.(14‐24) The CTscanisnow the goldstandard and hasreplaced plainX‐raysas the imagingstudyofchoiceinchronic sinusitis.CTscans,especially the coronalimages,areusefulinimaging the underlyingsinusanatomyindetail. The combinationofnasalendoscopy and CTscansin the evaluationofchronicsinusdiseaseallows for precisediagnosis and treatment. CTscan isaninvaluabletoolin the evaluationof the sinuses.Oneof the primarystrengthsofsinusCT imagingisimprovedcontrastresolution:thatistosay, the abilitytodepictbone/air and bone/softtissueinterfaces. AnotherprimarystrengthofCTscansisimprovedspatialresolution:thatis, the ability todepictvery small structures. The surgeon and the radiologist,workingtogether,hopetoobtainnumerousspecificpiecesof informationfromCTscansofpatientswithsinusdisease.Thisinformationincludes the statusof the bonywalls, the natureofmaterialwithin the sinuses, and the statusof the adjacentnormal structuressuchas the eye,brain, and midface. The statusof the bonywallsof the sinusesisimportantbothinbenignsinusdisease and alsoinsinus tumors.Ittakesnewer‐generationscannersonlyminutestoprovidehigh‐resolutionimagesoftissueslabsthatare ...  9 The sinusescommunicatewith the nasalcavityvianarrowopeningscalledostia.(11)Ostiadrainintospaces within the nosecalledmeatiwhichareborderedbyverticallyorientedbonesknownasturbinates. The tearduct (naso‐lacrimalduct)drainsinto the inferiormeatus(whichisborderedby the inferior turbinatebone).Thisisone reasonwhyournosedripswhenwecry. The maxillary,frontal, and ethmoidsinusesdraininto the middlemeatus, whichisborderedby the middleturbinatebone(FIGURE2).Someof the ethmoidsinusesalsodraininto the superiormeatus,whichisaspacedefined bysuperiorturbinatebone.While the maxillary,frontal, and sphenoid sinusesaresolitary,well‐definedcompartments, the ethmoidsinusis–inactuality–acollectionofseveral small sinuses,structuredlikeabeehive.Itis for thisreasonthat the ethmoidsinuseshavevarieddrainagepatterns. The sphenoidsinusdrains into the spheno‐ethmoidalrecess,locatedbetween the superiorturbinatebone and the nasal septum.(3,11,12) Air and mucusenter and exit the sinusthrough the sinusostia. The functionsof the nose and sinusesinclude olfaction(senseofsmell),respiration, and defense.(3,11,12) The nose and sinusesproducemucustokeep the nasal and upperrespiratorypassagewaysmoist, and haveaneffectonvocalresonance.Among the important physiologicalrolesof the sinusesare the humidification and warmingofinspiredair, and the removalofparticulate matterfromthisair.Humidification and warmingof inspiredairareaccomplishedby the waterysecretionsof the serousglands,whichcanproduceupto1–2litersofsecretionsperday. ... terlevelrises and areservoirforms.Similarly,if the osteomeatalcomplexisblocked,abackupofmucusoccurs.Thiscanleadtoa conditionthatleadstoinfection.Bacterialivein the nose and sinuses;however, inaninfectiousstatesomesubset(s) ofbacteriahavereproducedoutofproportiontoothers.Thisbacterialovergrowthisoftenpresentinsinusitis– particularlyacutesinusitis.Anyprocessthatcausesmucosalinflammationinto the sensitiveareaof the osteomeatalcomplex(OMC)canocclude the othersinusesthatdrainintothis crossroadzone.(16‐20) Blockageof the small openingsfromswelling(causedbyinfection,allergy, and othercauses)canalsoresult insinusitis.Whenobstructionoccurs, the mucusisretainedin the sinuscavity.Thesestagnantsecretionsthicken and provideamedium for bacterialgrowth.Obstructionalsoimpairsaeration and gasexchangewithin the sinus cavity.Absorptionoftrappedoxygenleadstohypoxiaordecreasedoxygenlevelswithin the sinus,which exacerbatessinusitis.Thesechangesleadtodamage and dysfunctionof the cilia and epithelium. The retained secretions and infectionleadtofurthertissueinflammation,whichinturnleads tofurtherblockage.Thesechanges ...

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... scientific and engineering research, dedi- cated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress ... to the study by speaking at meetings or by providing data and other written materials. The names and affiliations of all the speakers and other contributors are listed in Appendix A. All of the ... into the system in rather crude form, it can be diffi- cult and problematic to judge them solely on the basis of their early versions. ASSESSMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES The dominant framework for...

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... getting on for 40 time banks across the UK, thanks to the efforts of Time Banks UK and their partners at the TimeBank campaign, and the idea has been hailed as a vital tool for rebuilding trust and ... setting up time banks, funded by the new educational trust Shine. They will be paying pupils in time credits for their efforts as peer tutors, and letting them cash them in for a recycled computer. As ... in the city, and cash them in for recycled computers, and so on In all these cases, time banks are rebuilding community, local trust and the sense of self-worth among those taking part. But they...

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... funded research and development center sponsored by the OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense ... Strategy Options for the DD(X) and their continuing viability. This issue was examined by modeling the demands for shipyard labor and estimating the cost of providing that labor force under a variety ... on the shipbuilding industrial base were examined by modeling the supply and demand for shipyard labor under each of several options for distributing the work among the two shipyards and for...

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... reported for the preparation of TiO 2 -nanotube materials: the hydrothermal synthesis [1–7], the anodic oxidation [8–11] and the template synthesis [12–17]. The advantage of the template-based synthesis ... rates for the photocatalytic oxidation are lower for the nanotubes than for P25. The results for the conversion of propene at 100 ppmv and the calculated activities are shown in Tables 3 and 4, ... structures. The observed diffractions in sample CNT–TiO 2 are typical for the anatase phase, and their broadness suggests the presence of very small crystals. The peak at a2 u of 26.48 is typical for the...

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... launches the information about the phonemes as asynchronous events, which allows for lip synchronization. The dialogue manager controls the talking head, and sends the appropriate com- mands depending ... lay- out, with all the devices and their state. When- ever a device changes its state, the HomeSetup is notied and the graphical layout is updated. ã The Device Manager controls the physical de- vices. ... When a command is sent, the Device Manager notifies it to the HomeSetup and the Knowledge Manager, guaranteeing coherence in all the elements in MIMUS. ã The GUI Agents control each of the device– specific...

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... discard rates were about 12% and 5%, respectively, for the GOA and the BSAI compared to 16% and 14% in 1997. Although the fixed gear fisheries accounted for a small part of both total catch ... the BSAI, the 2008 discard rates were 13% and 4% for fixed and trawl gear, respectively. In the GOA, however, the corresponding discard rates were 8% and 15%. One explanation for the relatively ... 15. The estimates for halibut are in terms of bycatch mortality because the bycatch limits for halibut are set and monitored using estimated discard mortality rates. The estimates for the other...

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... Accounting Understand the Accounting Framework Understand the Accounting Process Understand the process of Finalization Understand the Financial Statement Analysis Understand Depreciation Accounting Understand ... influences the financial statements and thereby the pre-tax income and the income tax payable. When the tax reporting and financial reporting differs, it leads to differences in income and deferred ... reporting and the importance of financial standards in security analysis and valuation. The course explores the role of financial reporting standard-setting bodies worldwide and the International...

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