... In their blinded, randomised, placebocontrolled trial, the authors compared a total of 259 patients with a primary outcome variable as the development of ventilator-acquired pneumonia The use of ... [11] They trained a group of intensivists with hours of didactic teaching and hours of practical teaching, and provided a range of pre-recorded examinations for the intensivists to study in their ... duration of time on a ventilator, and can thereby reduce the mortality associated with this intervention [9] They performed a dualcentre randomised controlled trial comparing standard ICU practice of...
... out the bulk ofthe laboratory work, planning the study and writing the manuscript RKG, CMP, DMG, ASW, PAC and DP were involved in planning the study, undertaking laboratory work and editing the ... 90% ofthe epidemic worldwide [37] In this study, we took advantage of treatment failure in the absence of viral load-guided therapy to dissect the relative contribution of RT domains in the ... initiation of therapy, even though the viral load had been relatively high at earlier time points This raises the possibility of suboptimal use ofthe drugs contributing tothe emergence ofthe Q151M...
... industry There were seven of these souscomptoirs in Paris, as follows: (I) The Comptoir ofthe Book Trade; (2) the Comptoir of Metals; (3) the Comptoir of Builders and Contractors; (4) Comptoir of ... loan, likewise tothe cities of Paris and Marseilles, tothe Department ofthe Seine, tothe hospitals and asylums of Paris andof Lyons Here are the figures: kancs Mar 31 : Lent tothe State without ... situation of that time, andthe attitude of Napoleon and his minister, Mollien, toward the Bank of France, let us resume the account ofthe progress ofthe Bank, which we left at the end of 1812 The...
... Edit and print II/ INTERVIEW QUESTIONS According tothe purpose ofthe report, we had to go out to carry out our interview with the foreigner tourists We had to spend two days in the OldQuarter to ... all And we continued finding other guests, but not much tourist, so we could interview one to two travelers Most of them seemed too closed, to be friendly and warmhearted, and welcome us They told ... Group, and business It can be seen that the percentage of independent tourist is the biggest It occupies 58% in total The numbers of tourists who travel in-group hold 33% Andthe business tourist...
... of all oils tested The main component of one ofthe oils is pulegone The other is not yet identified and it is called SEM76 (Shaaya and Kostyukovsky, 2006) In our study ofthe mode of action of ... instar larvae and 3-day old pupae were used The main component of one ofthe oils was pulegone andofthe other is not yet totally identified, and it is called SEM76 In space fumigation, these two ... and exposure time of day were not effective in killing the insects at the bottom ofthe column when the fumigant was applied at the upper layer ofthe grain Addition of CO2 and circulation caused...
... Northern and Middle of Vietnam The result shows that most ofthe tourists like northern of Vietnam with 50% According to our interview, we asked question about the reason why you like northern of ... all And we continued finding other guests, but not much tourist, so we could interview one to two travelers Most of them seemed too closed, to be friendly and warmhearted, and welcome us They told ... Group, and business It can be seen that the percentage of independent tourist is the biggest It occupies 58% in total The numbers of tourists who travel in-group hold 33% Andthe business tourist...
... and Ardipithecus ramidus Given the fragmentary state of these remains, andthe difficulties inherent in their comparison, there is much discussion as tothe validity of their hominid status The ... operation, there is no way of determining which level of analysis is the most relevant tothe study ofthe neural correlates of aesthetic preference Additionally, the evolutionary emergence of such ... in other apes, which, together with other features, suggests an increased number of orbitofrontal cortex cytoarchitectonic regions The cell density of this area in humans was the lowest of all...
... which encodes the first two structural motifs, and hence the N-terminal domain ofthe protein, just as in the genes for cS and cA–F However, the second half ofthe gene has the structure of a b-crystallin ... expressed in the retina and associated with photoreceptor disc shedding [48] In evolution, functional retinas preceded theevolutionof a focusing lens [3,49] The proteins ofthe lens arose by the recruitment ... match to cN sequences than to others, but is essentially an outlier from both b and c families Overall, these data show a broader and more complex view oftheevolutionofthe bc superfamily in the...
... consequence ofthe physical laws of our universe andthe subatomic structure ofthe oxygen atom As we shall see in Chap 2, the existence of oxygen atoms is in turn a necessary result oftheevolutionof ... number of neutrons and you have the atomic mass The nucleus ofthe most common isotope of oxygen contains eight protons and eight neutrons, and thus has an atomic number of 8, and 16 atomic mass units ... Thus, the higher the pH value, the lower the proton concentration and therefore the degree of dissociation of water This behavior of water depends strongly on the temperature, the higher the temperature...
... (Lopez-Vaamonde et al., 2003) With the parasitoid phylogeny described here we are in the hitherto unique position of having phylogenies for all three trophic levels We use these to test a number of ... (1983) referred to them as the atys and latreillii species groups Finally, Hansson (1983) called them first and second group respectively In this paper, we will refer to them as the atys and latreillii ... trees ofthe order Fagales (oaks, birch, alder, etc.) and colonized plants ofthe order Fabales, Rosales and Sapindales once each (Fig 4) Mapping of plant growth form indicates that the ancestor of...
... is at the heart ofthe technology XML is all about how the pieces are put together The Structure pane andthe Tags panel work hand in hand to reveal the how The Structure pane gives you the big ... countries Altova and XMLSpy are registered trademarks of Altova GmbH in the United States and other countries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Many ofthe designations ... the same language This book is intended to guide you on your own personal journey of discovery ofthe powers of XML and InDesign The following chapters are written with the sensibilities of the...
... If the result ofthe income draw in the second period is negative then the agent will be in receipt ofthe minimum income guarantee and desires to increase consumption then on the expectation of ... the nature ofthe objective function Members include both borrowers and savers: one strand in the theoretical literature takes the interest of one of these groups as paramount and considers the ... graphically in Fig The smaller α, the probability ofthe negative income shock, is then the expected utility ofthe intentional defaulter will be closer to A on the chord AB and so the more likely...
... Cambridge in the spring of 2000 and ETH Zurich in which some ofthe seeds of this work have been sown We would also like to acknowledge the hospitality ofthe University of Washington, the Center ... view of (5.2) it is clear that γ and hence g −1 γ g ∈ Γ satisfy all the ˜ ˜ conditions of Theorem 5.1 Conclusion ofthe proof of Theorem 1.3 In this section, we conclude the derivation of Theorem ... generated by the orbit of P Let x, y ∈ K belong tothe same atom of A; in other words suppose that for all i ∈ Z the images x, y ∈ Pi belong tothe same partition element THE SET OF EXCEPTIONS TO LITTLEWOOD’S...
... decided on the basis ofthe borrower’s investment need and their ability to repay The amount ofthe first loan does not exceed US$ 750 andthe borrowers can apply for a second loan of up to US$ 1,250 ... and channelling more ofthe remittances into the financial system and intermediating the flow ofthe resources, savings banks contribute to leveraging the positive impact of these transfers In several ... the repayment capacity of their clients, a domain where they have a high level of expertise, while savings banks could make use of their front and back of ce systems for disbursing of loans and...
... assets ofthe banking system, it is increasing rapidly 3.7 Finally, given the need to encourage the growth ofthe Microfinance sector andthe vulnerable nature ofthe borrowers in the sector, there ... be permitted to give loans tothe microfinance sector, which in the aggregate exceed 10% of its total assets Areas of Concern The advent of MFIs in the Microfinance sector appears to have resulted ... issued by it and on its website 8.4 The purpose ofthe insurance premium is to protect the MFI in the unlikely event ofthe death ofthe borrower during the pendency ofthe loan Insurance to serve...
... Conceptually, the value ofthe shareholders’ interest can be thought of as a call option on the assets ofthe firm, with the ability to put the assets tothe debt holders if the value ofthe assets ... is the market value ofthe earning asset of repricing frequency k, BEAk is the promised value ofthe debt, Pt() is the put option on the assets ofthe firm, Ab, T is the time to repricing, and ... defining the value of an earning asset as composed of two components: the promised value, less the value of an option held by the bank (the lender) to take over the assets ofthe borrower if the loan...
... the comments and suggestions ofthe participants ofthe workshop ‘Economic Theory andthe Practice of Consumption: Evolutionary and other Approaches’, organised by the University of Cassino and ... comparative and theoretical On the qualitative level, history of technology will be analysed to assess the time lag between the availability ofthe constituent technologies andthe appearance ofthe ... The notion ofthe persistence of vision is old, and was used in several ofthe visual gadgets ofthe 19th century, such as the Thaumatrope andthe projection of a cartoon The idea to dissect a...