templates for evaluation and synthesis tables for conducting an evidence review

... SMELL AND TASTE DYSFUNCTION  Smell and taste sensation go hand in hand. Patients who lose their sense of smell probably also find that  food is bland or tasteless. Although annoying, this can actually be a more serious problem because the patient  ... and sinus membranes causes them to produce thick, abnormal mucus, which can contribute to nasal blockage, and also can drain into the back of the throat and cause cough, sore throat, and so forth. Treatment of postnasal  drainage includes treating rhinitis and sinusitis.   ... Thorough physical examination includes the external and internal nose; intranasal examination is  undertaken both before and after topical vasoconstriction. An assessment is made of mucosal appearance; size,  shape, and angulation of the turbinate; obstruction secondary to a deviated septum; and cross‐sectional airway ...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 08:20

... standards have been adopted by more than 74 countries as national standards for quality assurance The representative of ISO for the USA is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and ... 9000 factors for an evaluation and a strategic university planning For the implementation, a Web-based DSS is based on ISO 9000 factors for the evaluation and strategic planning for a case study ... universities and plan for a strategy in educational management of organizations in Vietnam and Asia [3] However, there are no DSS applications to apply a real case in the domain of an evaluation and a...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 14:20

... 'adequately' and provide an understanding of their interrelations Lead to the literacy and ability of the health workforce to link and transfer local health issues to global contexts (and vice versa) ... process and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content VAS reviewed and revised the article for important content related to social determinants of health All authors have read and ... Germany) for technical support in designing the GHE framework; Dr Ravi Narayan (Center for Public Health and Equity, Bangalore, India), Jonas Özbay, Alexandra Müller, Max Bender and Konstantin...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 22:21

... standards for tank performance and management, including closure and site cleanup, and establishing financial responsibility for tank owners and operators This document is intended solely for ... routine maintenance and service checks for operability or running condition, and -meets the performance requirements in 40 CFR 280.43 or 280.44, with any performance claims and their manner of determination ... Spill and Overfill Protection and Control (40 CFR 280.20(c) and 280.30) Owners and operators must ensure that there is room in the UST for the delivery before the delivery occurs, and the transfer...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 23:20

... job performance by relevant line management, and is it reviewed by senior management? vi Do performance reviews cover achieving developmental and training needs and the future developmental and ... Committee Guidance for Planning and Conducting an Audit of Internal Controls of Public Debt AuditObjectives and Procedures Information and Communication Internal controls in information and communication ... accounting and information systems are developed and implemented? viii Are accounting and information systems upgraded when the volume and complexity of debt transactions and debt stock information...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 23:20

... reference and two candidate translations (boldface and underline indicate nonmatched items in candidate and 2, respectively) Similarly, metrics in another category measure the edit distance of a translation, ... rapid evaluation and ranking of translations and systems However, it is unfriendly for MT developers that need to manually analyze and compare specific aspects of their systems During the evaluation ... by each candidate translation Next, we review the type of information used by each family of measures according to their classification, and how this information can be used for MT error analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 20:20

... directly, methods for evaluating whether one explanation is significantly better than another, and put them together into a general framework for comparison and evaluation of suggested explanations Most ... plot them and to calculate some general statistical properties, such as maximum and mean values, etc This will give an important intuitive feeling for the quality of the model, and for whether ... competing explanations for a given data set and prior knowledge We will now introduce the basic notation for this data set, and for the mathematical formulation of the potential explanation The...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... compound that can be seen by an analytical method but its identity and concentration cannot be confirmed without further investigation TICs were detected using both standard and non-standard analytical ... VOCs and petroleum-related contaminants found in ground water supplies, while much less has been done and is known about the removal of EDCs and PPCPs and other industrial organic chemicals Information ... iron/manganese oxidation, oxidation of taste and odor producing compounds, and color removal They also have been used for treatment of waters containing organic chemicals The mechanism for organic...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:20

... conditions for hexagonal (blue) with DO = 0.105 m and DI = 0.04 m and cylindrical (red) with DO = 0.08 m and DI = 0.04 m models for pure skutterudite (solid line) and hybrid (dashed line) arrangements ... (1996) D.T Crane and J.W LaGrandeur, J Electron Mater 39, 2142 (2009) G Rogl, A Grytsiv, E Bauer, P Rogl, and M Zehetbauer, Intermetallics 18, 57 (2010) X Tang, Q Zhang, L Chen, T Goto, and T Hirai, ... of TEMs for a given rectangular shape Hot Gas Channel Width Figure represents the effect of changing the channel width on the power output, number of modules, and pressure drop for a transverse...

Ngày tải lên: 06/05/2014, 08:54

... conditions for hexagonal (blue) with DO = 0.105 m and DI = 0.04 m and cylindrical (red) with DO = 0.08 m and DI = 0.04 m models for pure skutterudite (solid line) and hybrid (dashed line) arrangements ... (1996) D.T Crane and J.W LaGrandeur, J Electron Mater 39, 2142 (2009) G Rogl, A Grytsiv, E Bauer, P Rogl, and M Zehetbauer, Intermetallics 18, 57 (2010) X Tang, Q Zhang, L Chen, T Goto, and T Hirai, ... of TEMs for a given rectangular shape Hot Gas Channel Width Figure represents the effect of changing the channel width on the power output, number of modules, and pressure drop for a transverse...

Ngày tải lên: 06/05/2014, 08:58

... the test performance for real-time reverse-transcriptase (RT2-) PCR, EM, and EIA for norovirus using both LCM and CRS; and (ii) to evaluate the implications of these characteristics for outbreak ... abstract form at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada/Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI-CACMID), Vancouver, ... 10,000 realizations performed for sensitivity and specificity of each test, and for population prevalence of infection Combined test characteristic estimates and prevalence for each realization...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... design and coordination of the SHIELD study and helped to draft the manuscript KF performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... the work reported in this manuscript: Richard Chapman (analysis and manuscript drafting) of ValueMedics Research; and Tina Fanning (data collection and analysis) of Vedanta Research This study ... 0.0001) and high-risk respondents (3.18 for VAS score and 0.009 for index score; p = 0.008) reported higher EQ-5D scores The model F statistic was 94.0 for VAS score and 83.6 for index score, and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... women and 43.5 ± 15.8 years old for men The mean weight SD was 70.0 ± 14.5 kg for women and 79.6 ± 25.3 kg for men The mean BMI SD was 27.1 ± 5.8 kg/m2 for women and 27 ± 7.4 kg/m for men The mean ... remained standing for minutes before the exam performance 7) The room temperature at the exam was maintained from 20°C to 25°C Fuzzy Set Theory and Fuzzy Logic for Fuzzy BMI, Fuzzy %BF and Fuzzy ... continuous variables are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD) and numbers and percentages as categorical variables The Pearson coefficients of correlation and the respective intervals of confidence...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... Atlanta, USA Authors’ contributions NL, TR, and SW contributed to the concepts and of the paper NL and SA prepared the manuscript TR and SW provided editing and consultation All authors read and ... Quantification of movement by means of computational assistance and archiving allows for the documentation of movement performance that can be accessed and analyzed during and after a single set, or ... appropriate timing and execution of forearm rotation in the context of a reach and grasp action can pose challenge for stroke survivors [31] and may require monitoring and feedback for assistance Elbow...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... women and 43.5 ± 15.8 years old for men The mean weight SD was 70.0 ± 14.5 kg for women and 79.6 ± 25.3 kg for men The mean BMI SD was 27.1 ± 5.8 kg/m2 for women and 27 ± 7.4 kg/m for men The mean ... remained standing for minutes before the exam performance 7) The room temperature at the exam was maintained from 20°C to 25°C Fuzzy Set Theory and Fuzzy Logic for Fuzzy BMI, Fuzzy %BF and Fuzzy ... continuous variables are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD) and numbers and percentages as categorical variables The Pearson coefficients of correlation and the respective intervals of confidence...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... to forest management; • Review and analysis of existing tree improvement trials and strategies and the development of revised approaches, supported by new field trials and demonstration plantings ... Leader Ian Last Name: Telephone: Manager, Forest Policy Position: Fax: Plantations Email: Organisation Forestry Queensland In Australia: Administrative contact Ian Last Name: Manager, Forest Policy ... building for Vietnamese Forest Research institutions relating to Pinus tree improvement and mass propagation systems via training in Queensland and Vietnam, development of small scale hedge and nursery...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... species currently planted, for priority pine planting zones Output 1.1: Review and report on comparative performance of pines in Vietnam based on existing trials and related information Output 1.2: ... Nov’06) Discussions and inspection (Ngoc Lac) with Thanh Hoa Raw Material Company Seed for demonstration trials forwarded to Vietnam and plants currently being raised Trial sites and partners to ... building for Vietnamese Forest Research institutions relating to Pinus tree improvement and mass propagation systems via training in Queensland and Vietnam, development of small scale hedge and nursery...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... natural forest for watershed protection and conservation (no logging) • Medium quality forest – for periodic timber harvest and enrichment planting • Degraded forest and grassland – to be re-planted ... different forest types and planned uses for the Project Forest The forest, totalling approximately 3,000 hectares, includes primary rainforest and pine forest, secondary forest, bamboo forest and degraded ... 8389 813 Fax 84 (0) 836 2280 Mr Ian Last Manager, Plantation Development and Innovation Forestry Plantations Queensland P O Box 1339,GYMPIE, Queensland, 4570 Ian.last@fpq.qld.gov.au Ph: 61 (0)...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... building for Vietnamese forest research institutions relating to Pinus tree improvement and mass propagation systems via training in Queensland and Vietnam, development of small-scale hedge and nursery ... to compare performance of locally available and introduced pines (especially Pinus caribaea and hybrids) on multiple sites throughout North Central, Central Coast and Central Highlands regions ... Site Lam Dong Central Highlands Lang Hanh Lam Dong FRC Site Gia Lai Central Highlands Pleiku Gia Lai Tropical Forestry Centre Site Quang Ninh North Hoanh Bo Non-timber Forest Research Centre 21°...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... to forest management; • Review and analysis of existing tree improvement trials and strategies and the development of revised approaches, supported by new field trials and demonstration plantings ... establish and manage hedge beds, collect and set shoots and raise containerised cuttings Output 2.2: Locally adapted Nursery Manual and related checklists developed Output 2.3: Pilot scale hedge and ... nurseries, maintenance and monitoring of genetic evaluation trials and establishment of demonstration plantings Introduction and Background Project objectives, outputs expected, approach and methodology...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20