... permission of Idea Group Inc is prohibited The EconomicandSocialImpactofElectronicCommerce 25 countries It aims at enabling developingcountries to use existing infrastructures and services ... telecommunication infrastructure (Ntoko, 2000) The purpose of this project is to expand electroniccommerceindevelopingcountriesand to help inthe construction ofelectroniccommerce infrastructure and ... implementation ofelectroniccommerce solutions (Goh, 2001) The EC-DC project will assist the ITU in expanding electroniccommerceintheDevelopingCountries by using the World Trade Center network and...
... manufacturers The inclusion of patients’ preferences inthe process of policy and clinical decision making reflects the new area of evaluation and interpretation in health care The methods used in this ... effects of treatment, i.e., the main treatment effect andthe effect of treatment on body weight Two other factors were related to the mode of application andthe type of product These factors andthe ... developed the concept ofthe publication and wrote the draft ofthe manuscript JC initiated the study and developed the details ofthe study together with HJH MD and HJH completed the study All authors...
... year, cut-off defined according to the recommendations ofthe national agency of accreditation and evaluation in health care in 2001) These were measured using the adapted version ofthe Diabetes ... that factors were not included inthe final multivariable model Underlining indicates the most important association with the DHP scores a Presence of myocardial infarction, angina or heart arteries ... items); and disinhibited eating -DE (5 items) Analyses were performed which support the validity ofthe French DHP-18 version: the same dimensions ofthe original version were identified, internal...
... first line opened in 2002, followed by the second in 2004, the third in 2005, a branch line in 2009, and two more lines in 2010 Subsequently, the lines have been extended and new lines are being ... share ofthe national or regional population living in urban areas The “pace or speed of urbanization” refers to the change inthe percentage points ofthe urbanized share Unless otherwise indicated, ... Ă ĚĂLJ Ăƚ purchasing power parity (PPP) remains over 20% in eight countries, including the populous countriesof Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan ͻ While the poor are moving out of extreme poverty,...
... define the general soil degradation thresholds and then at the local scale we also need to address the specificity ofthe land management impacts, and define the threats associated ... think thus, that when assessing soil contamination issues we should consider that the soil quality indices monitoring the intrinsic soil function are not going to be comprehensive for many ofthe ... (including humans) living in other environmental compartments Under these circumstances, a conservative record list of soil inputs for traceability purposes should help assessing soil contamination...
... clinician vigilance andthe availability of a point -of- care test in primary care clinics likely led to earlier detection of SHL and more proactive substitutions inthe primary care setting The ... lipoatrophy in our setting and alternatives to stavudine are required Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions CS was involved in conceiving the ... performed the second calculation to correct for potential biasing effect of more patients inthe denominator being beyond the "window of risk" for severe SHL in later calendar years This "window of...
... assist them to improve their farming and management skills The services may include: Sharing the information, training and advice of farmers, testing new technologies on farms, anddeveloping farm ... Engineering M.Sc inthe field of Agricultural Engineering B.Sc and M.Sc with average background of 14 years inthe field of Agricultural Mechanization Engineering University of Tehran, University of ... comparison, the fuzzy synthetic extent values ofthe attributes were calculated in order to assess the priority weights ofthe main objectives The values ofthe fuzzy synthetic extent ofthe four...
... incorporation ofsocial media into their online commerce activities Specific topics covered inthe survey include the following: • Consumers’ use of multiple channels when browsing, researching, and purchasing ... segments and merchandise categories This can ease the costs of printing and mailing, yet still provide the inspiration and reminder to send customers back online Merchants need to understand the new ... even if they’re not interested inthe promotion, they’d think positively ofthe store that sent them the discount • Another 15 percent say they would ignore the e-mail and not purchase the product...
... analysis andin drafting the manuscript, ON coordinated the study at the hospital and participated in data collection, andin drafting the manuscript, BRH and AKW participated in planning and designing ... adjustment and is of importance for their well-being [19,20] By improving our understanding ofthe characteristics which are associated with symptoms, function, coping and well-being in CAD patients, the ... consisting of nine items measuring physical function, a subscale ofthe disease specific SAQ Social function was measured by theSocial Functioning scale (SF) consisting of two items, a subscale of...
... growing need to understand theimpactof HAART use on the quality of lives of HIVinfected individuals [4-8] There is a sizeable body of research on theimpactof HAART on health-related quality of ... weeks The adherence counsellors were trained inthe administration ofthe HRQoL instrument The quality of life questionnaire was administered at each ofthe following scheduled visits: screening, ... to the study included possible selection bias and information bias related to the use ofthe MOS-SF36 instrument The loss of up to 50% of patients, who had incomplete HRQoL data, from the final...
... guideline and training to Malawi began with the creation of an international and inter-professional team including representatives from the Knowledge Translation Unit ofthe University of Cape ... Adaptation ofthe training program to Malawi focused on customization ofthe training materials, selection of outreach trainers, and adjustments to the TtTtT program Customization ofthe training materials ... for trainers, so they were chosen from the staff working at sites implementing PALM PLUS training, minimizing the need for travel to other sites A total of 14 HCWs took part inthe training program...
... of patients initiating pharmacotherapy for GAD receive either SSRIs or venlafaxine Levels of healthcare utilization and costs are greater inthe year following initiation of therapy than inthe ... as the numbers of pharmacy claims for and associated therapy-days with each medication Duration of receipt of initial therapy was defined based on time between the index date andthe date of final ... healthcare utilization and costs are greater inthe year following initiation of therapy than inthe immediately preceding one DECLARATION OF COMPETING INTERESTS Mr Berger, Dr Edelsberg, and Dr Oster...
... conceived ofthe study, performed the clinical investigation (diagnosis, treatment and assessment), and drafted the manuscript TAF participated inthe design ofthe study and performed the clinical investigation ... symptomatology, including depression, were administered at each time point QoL was assessed using the Short Form 36 (SF-36) and severity of SAD was assessed using theSocial Phobia Scale (SPS) andtheSocial ... CBT However, the improvement inthesocial functioning domain ofthe SF-36, which was noted post-treatment, was not maintained over the 12 months of follow-up Second, social functioning at follow-up...
... NK and JC SH and RW carried out the statistical analysis with input from GD and NK NK and ZR wrote the initial draft ofthe manuscript All authors were involved in critically revising the initial ... design, inthe collection, analysis and interpretation ofthe data, inthe writing ofthe manuscript, or inthe decision to submit the manuscript for publication We would like to thank all the participants ... elevated in large parts of Northern and Eastern Europe, for example the Baltic countries, Belarus, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, the Russian Federation, Slovenia andthe Ukraine [1] Some ofthe highest...
... inthe wake of a growing number of highprofile accounting failures (such as Enron and WorldCom inthe USA, Ahold inthe Netherlands, Parmalat in Italy, Shell inthe Netherlands andthe UK, and ... by the finding ofThe Report ofthe Commission of Inquiry into Developments inthe Accountancy Profession in South Africa that inthe two decades, 1951 to 1971, … [Departments of Accounting] ... part of) the body of accounting theory, normative theory There is also a huge body of positive and inductive theories to be found in accounting literature Together they constitute the body of accounting...
... The Online Interaction Iceberg The Online Interaction Iceberg • the tools and technology are the top ofthe iceberg; and • the social/ cultural, and organizational/environmental factors are the bigger, ... “ways of doing things” that may vary among the members These organizational and environmental factors can influence the behaviour and outcome ofthe community So paying attention to the dynamics of ... community building process Introduction It is easy to think about online community from the technical point of view Of course Internet access andthe appropriate software are critical But there are...
... scanning lines) mainly inthe continent of America, but also in some countriesin Asia, like Japan In most other parts ofthe world, a standard of 50 pictures per second (using 625 scanning lines) ... interlacing as a form of spatio-temporal subsampling, then de-interlacing, the topic of our book, is the reverse operation aiming at the removal ofthe sub-sampling artefacts The major flaw of ... movement ofthe lines In this case, the observer interprets the scanning lines as if belonging to a moving Chapter - Introduction structure Despite the line-flicker effect and line crawl for interlaced...
... couples together long before the arrival ofthe Internet, but the arrival ofthe Internet accelerated the declining influence of these origin-based traditional institutions Friends, andthe workplace ... ways of meeting (through friends, in college, inthe workplace) to remain unchanged The fact that nearly all other ways of meeting have been in decline during the Internet era suggests that the Internet ... much ofthe apparent increase inthe number of same-sex couples is due to an increase inthe partnering rate of gays and lesbians One factor that certainly contributes to the increasing number of...
... infrastructure, and then would send to the firewall their own EID (and possibly IP address and security information allowing the firewall andthe endpoint to authenticate each other), so that the ... remedy these and other architectural problems, in this paper we revisit the issue of naming We begin by describing four general design principles about the nature and use of names While these principles ... SID layer, the mechanism is similar: a service s, running on a host h, rather than listing the EID of h inthe resolution infrastructure, instead lists the EID of some other endpoint, o (s could...
... itself the task of articulating the role of gender in PHN programming andof explicitly including gender in monitoring and evaluation activities The subcommittee members, drawing on their years of ... quality of food and increase their production and income earnings (while maintaining affordability of their products) Reduction in adherence to food taboos; better understanding of girls’ and boys’ ... paper offers a way of thinking about gender that makes it relevant for PHN programming and evaluation It is one step along the path to understanding and measuring the role of gender inthe PHN...