... of systems process questions about existing safeguards—patient identification (ID) cards, charts and consent form signatures—that should have prevented the error The scenario also brings up issues ... tendency is to blame the person closest to the problem (in most cases, this person is the caregiver), but doing this often diverts our attention from the system s flaws that may have contributed to ... affairs ens the organization s assets and reputation The definition also includes “near misses”—any breakdown in process that carries the risk of a serious adverse outcome.2 Significant Events range...
... innovations enabled institutions and investors to raise funds in the money market by selling short-term asset-backed securities The proceeds of these operations were usually invested in long-term assets ... crisis in order to avert a situation in which tensions in these markets would impair the orderly transmission of its monetary policy stance THE ECB SRESPONSE IN THE VARIOUS STAGES OF THE CRISIS ... operations was extended to further ease access to Eurosystem operations in an attempt to reduce asset-side constraints on banks’ balance sheets At the same time, the list of counterparties eligible...
... Commission comments on the quality assurance processes for National Statistics and is able to carry out spot checks on departmental or other National Statistics If necessary, the Statistics Commission ... departments to consider risk management issues 2.50 Lord Sharman s observation that “risk aversion has to be treated as a cultural, rather than a structural or technical issue” is addressed in response ... welcomes the C&AG s agreement to the arrangements described in Section of this response designed to provide assurance that statutory access would be exercised with full regard to such matters as the...
... Bates G, Morrison JS, Thompson D: China s time bomb: sustaining the momentum of China s HIV/AIDS response A report of the CSIS HIV/AIDS delegation to China, April 13-18 CSIS - Center for Strategic ... Ayres JR, Buchalla CM, Hearst N: Building partnerships to respond to HIV/AIDS: non-governmental organizations and universities AIDS 2002, 16 (S3 ) :S7 6 -S8 2 Page of 61 Latkin AC, Sherman S, Knowlton ... practices This review demonstrates that harm reduction programs have been successfully implemented in most cases and yielded positive effects in reducing drug related risk behaviors among drug users...
... response and a smaller IDA response is similar to the Bank sresponseto the East Asian crisis (fiscal 1998–99) The increase in Bank disbursements—a more relevant measure of the Bank s crisis ... crises and reflect considerable progress IFC Response IFC s strategic intention was to provide a timely and effective response, but this response was developed amid concerns about how the crisis ... response The Bank s Web site states that analytic work was central to its crisis response, yet it pays far greater attention to the financial response (see World Bank 2010b) Analytical Response...
... hazardous jobs In others, it has been used to justify forced medical interventions (e.g., cesarean sections and blood transfusions) on unwilling or unconsenting women Assumptions of tension between ... its own analysis more toward an emphasis on violations In monitoring violations of women 's right to health, it is important to distinguish between three types of violations: (1) violations resulting ... States Parties Thus, it is not yet possible to formulate indicators to assess progressive realization of these rights After an extensive review of the problems in measuring implementation of economic,...
... Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Matteson et al Bongartz T, Sutton AJ, Sweeting MJ, Buchan I, Matteson EL, Montori V: Anti-TNF antibody therapy in rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of serious infections ... infections and malignancies Systemic review and meta-analysis of rare harmful effects in randomized controlled trials JAMA 2006, 295:2275-2286 Stern R, Wolfe F: Infliximab dose and clinical status: ... status: results of studies in 1642 patients with rheumatoid arthritis J Rheumatol 2004, 31:1538-1545 Remicade label information [http://www.remicade.com/global/ hcp/hcp_PI.jsp] Lagakos SW: Time -to- event...
... properties, which are reasons for considering selection based on the best predictor, and a lot of other results on the best predictor are summarised in [12] (see also references Selection based on ... Discussion and conclusion Again heritability (or a generalised version of heritability) is seen to play a central role in the formulas for the expected responseto selection For Gaussian traits, ... responseto selection on the phenotypic scale, compared to a random mating strategy among selected parents If we want the expected responseto selection on the phenotypic scale across all environments,...
... associated effects have been shown on resistance to certain diseases and on immune responsiveness The association between the MHC gene region and several productivity traits in laying hens was investigated ... first one or by pooling several generations of offspring If possible, the mating scheme should be designed to ensure genetic ties across genotypes for the investigated gene Model is less sensitive ... the constant, the Seffects i and the G effects ( f = + f + f l ) j is a ( f x 1) vector including the constant, the Seffects i and the G effects j is an (n x 1) vector of random errors As pointed...
... manage the spatial location of such industrial zones and to take action to ensure smooth provision of services and related matters In terms of social issues, there is one specific consideration relating ... cause of tension and possible conflict This issue may be exacerbated when ethnic, regional or class issues are involved Sensitive provision of public services and administration are required to ... problems caused by sub-contractor companies and brokers If transportation infrastructure improves, alongside personal living standards and hence the access to personal forms of transport, then...
... breeds The figure was showed the strong effects of ecosystems and suggested the alternatives for region, which are suitable for each ecosystem to avoid infected diseases There were also relationships ... 10 sows (only 1.6%) and 20 sows (0.5%), so we can think how many sows farmers in this areas can raise for project models, in strategies, we advise them to raise in their system from 10 sows depend ... multi-factors of different ecosystems, education, ages and expriences on sow breeding types, table conducted the relationship between education and ecosystems are significant effects, P < 0.01, so...
... by the DAS28 does not reduce the value of the response scores such as ACR response or DAS response scores Indeed, those scores are important for measuring differences over time as a measure of ... physician 's decision to give a dose increase The first three analyses (ranking of continuous variables, evaluation of the response scores and effects of change of scores over time on the physician 's ... patients stopped due to side effects (four infusion reactions, five infections, one malignancy, one pancytopenia, five disease-related complications), 12 patients stopped for withdrawal of consent...
... Hannonen P, Sokka T: Is DAS28 an appropriate tool to assess remission in rheumatoid arthritis? Ann Rheum Dis 2005, 64:1410-1413 Aletaha D, Nell VP, Stamm T, Uffmann M, Pflugbeil S, Machold K, Smolen ... have strengths in specific situations In our analysis, we found that the DAS28-ESR correlated slightly better with the decision to give a dose increase than the other 28 joint count disease activity ... monocentre study, it is intuitive that the SDAI will correlate better with the physician s decision than the DAS28 because the SDAI includes the physician s global visual-analogue scale (VAS)...
... increases in expression (p = 0.074, F(1,25) = 3.529) TLR4 is recognized as being expressed constitutively and not regulated even by its own ligand, LPS Discussion To establish a persistent autoimmune ... elements of the TMEV Our results show this is more obvious in a TMEV-susceptible versus a TMEV-resistant mouse strain Expression of bacterial component-specific TLRs in TMEV infected SJL/J and ... analysis Data were compiled and the statistical analysis was performed using SigmaStat (Systat, San Jose, CA) software (version 3.5), with TMEV vs saline treatment, and SJL/J vs C57BL/6 strain...
... relationship between genetic resistance to MD and protection by vaccination was assessed The relationship of genetic resistance to MD with swelling response induced by the injection of PHA into ... correlations for sexes combined in the PHA responseto be associated with MD resistance Consistent with the observations of Thompson et al (1980), this would indicate that the bird s ability to mount ... immune response is important for MD resistance Of the three sets of R- and P-strains, described, for combined sexes, the Rstrains 2R and 3R had greater PHA response than the corresponding P-strains...
... decision usefulness has been limited to reflect the assumptions of positivism In this light, traditionally, decision usefulness reflects the provision of information to prospective shareholders ... the US, but few Critical Accountants have managed to enjoy success at the top US business schools – and this partly to with the control that businesses have over US business schools But in saying ... consideration, observation, criticism, and discussion This is the power of the categories, representation, summation, and aggregation of the process of accounting Assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses,...
... Attacks Encryption to the Rescue! Server Side Weakness URL Sessions Session Fixation Surviving Attacks Native Protection Mechanism User-land Session Theft Expiry Time Tricks • • • • • • • • • ... 119 119 10 Contents Server Side Expiry Mechanisms Mixing Security and Convenience Securing Session Storage Session ID Rotation IP Based Validation Browser Signature Referrer Validation • • • • ... portals, insecure code can have very serious consequences for a site, the site s owners, and the site s users This book has two goals: to explain the common types of security shortcomings that...
... Acknowledgements A special thanks to the many reviewers who provided comments and suggestions on this book Their generous donation of time and skill has made this a better work: Magnus Aronsson (Department ... reader to review the entire book to solve a specific problem Support by Analog Devices The Second Edition of this book includes two new chapters on Digital Signal Processors, microprocessors specifically ... mind Many everyday DSP applications are discussed: digital filters, neural networks, data compression, audio and image processing, etc As much as possible, these chapters stand on their own, not...
... helps you develop powerful writing strategies that enable you to write successful business and personal communications This part covers such important writing situations as business and personal ... Characteristics Nonstandard Conversation, movies, television, radio, comic strips, regional expressions Nonstandard verbs, adverbs without -ly, slang words, nonstandard punctuation, "creative" spelling ... use brung There are also several words and expressions that are considered nonstandard, such as slang words j X ^ _ J / Quoth the Maven In most cases, substandard usage is associated with the uneducated...