... the marketplace Shopper Marketing isthe first book providing an extensive outlook into the various aspects of this new area of marketing Because ofthe emerging nature ofthe new practice, the ... contents ofthe book are compiled from 37 global practitioners and professionals of shopper marketing The extensive list of authors covers nearly all ofthe worldrenowned experts ofthe area The best ... runs his family’s boutique off the main square in Strasbourg He takes enormous pleasure in his windows They tell jokes They have political messages They relate history The clothes are part of the...
... 450 000 by 1995 The number of men grew only marginally from 425 000 to 480 000 over the same period In defence, the number of men declined from 225 000 to 200 000, while the number of women rose ... retail trade sector, where the number of women rose from about 550 000 in 1975 to almost 800 000 two decades later The number of men in this sector remained stable over the period, at around 700 ... women worked in the communications sector Twenty years later, though the number of men remained unchanged, the number of women rose to 550 000 A similar situation was seen in the wholesale and...
... (NOFP), which is a measure of its short-term foreign currency exposure, has been reduced by nearly two-thirds since the currency crisis of 1998 Nevertheless, the NOFP and other indicators of ... (and thereby generating the expectation of a strengthening ofthe rand) or by raising interest rates Under either of these options, it would probably be both difficult and undesirable for the ... that a reduction of US$1 billion in the NOFP was typically associated with a decline in spreads of nearly 15 basis points.2 This means that the cut in the NOFP from its recent peak of US$23 billion...
... hyperglycaemia, is a temporary disorder of glucose homeostasis, caused by failure of beta-cells to overcome insulin resistance created by the anti-insulin hormones secreted by the placenta [48] The same risk ... which isthe cut-off value in the Recommendations ofthe American Heart Association [35] and the trigger for initiation of insulin treatment for ICU patients recommended by the American College of ... During the six inclusion years there were 2,207 ICU admissions, 1,822 with no history of hyperglycaemia or diabetes prior to the admission Of those, 1,548 (90.6%) were discharged from the hospital...
... this study, we sought to identify hospital facilities and resources available to treat victims of sexual violence in the area of Goma, which isthe capital city ofthe North Kivu province in the ... assessment ofthe availability of key resources to treat victims of sexual violence in hospitals regularly caring for victims of sexual violence; and (3) assessment ofthe frequency of delivery of three ... Page of gynaecology, anaesthetist, psychiatrist or psychologist, post-discharge medical services, laboratory tests to diagnose pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (hepatitis, HIV, syphilis),...
... and at the time ofthe crisis they tried to travel back to the home, the rural home He told us he forgot his medication at home Reaching half ofthe way, he had forgotten his medication There ... faced during the crisis period: ▪ There was one boy who was being taken care of by the uncle They stay in Langas Langas was, let me say, it was the heat ofthe violence there This boy is on second ... because ofthe perceived risk to members of their ethnicity in that community, and experiencing mistrust from patients because ofthe providers' ethnicity In the context of this conflict period, the...
... was then constructed from the 2568 episodes of MET service review to illustrate the frequency of activation at various times over the 24-hour period Episodes of activation were related to the ... 1.00–2.04; P = 0.049) All other peaks of activity failed to achieve statistical significance Discussion We report, for the first time, a detailed analysis ofthe level of utilization of a MET service over ... activation ofthe MET service during these hours in the years following the introduction ofthe MET system When directly compared with the study conducted by Lee and coworkers [5], 46.2% ofthe 2568...
... MZ, which is estimated to occur in 25% of MZ12 It is a characteristic feature of MZ The mechanism of mirror imaging is poorly understood One explanation is that later fission of MZ makes them particularly ... both the familial occurrence of AC and the presence of AC in patients with genetically determined cystic diseases, such as ADPKD, have indicated a genetic component in the cystogenesis of AC18 The ... that the reported incidence rate of mirror-imaging of AC is probably underestimated To improve the diagnosis rate, we consider that it is essential to systematically monitor the counterpart of the...
... ostium The size ofthe sinus and, therefore, its anatomic relationships also depend upon the extent of pneumatization [11] The extent of pneumatization results in the individual size and shape ofthe ... craniotomy because ofthe proximity ofthe sinus to the orbit and the anterior skull base [5] The frequency of bilateral absence ofthe frontal sinus has been reported in 3-4% to 10% of several populations ... that agenesis ofthe frontal sinus was more frequent in women Aydinlioğlu et al [1] reported that the incidence of a left unilateral agenesis ofthe frontal sinus was higher than that of a right...
... help reverse what the SG concludes is a crisis in bone health Much ofthe evidence supporting the value of calcium supplementation is summarized in an exhaustive meta-analysis [5] of randomized trials ... none ofthe normal scores were abnormal by the end ofthe study Thus, it was our conclusion that the absence of changes in the unit- and multi-directional blood chemistries supports the safety of ... average age of 57.4 (41-89) which is consistent with the age-related decline of 1% to 2% cited above for women of menopausal age as well as with the data reported in the meta-analysis As for the estimate...
... advantage of HIFU over other thermal ablation techniques is that there is no necessity for the transcutaneous insertion of probes into the target tissue, which is not achievable with other conventional ... leading the coagulation necrosis ofthe whole target regions During the therapeutic process, real-time estimation ofthe therapeutic effect was carried out by the computer system through the graphic ... length In the centre ofthe transducer, there is a 3.5- to 5.0-MHz diagnostic ultrasound (US) imaging probe which is used as the real-time imaging unit ofthe system, guiding the target tissue volume,...
... post-operative discomfort are reduced [17,18] The lasers normally adopted offer the enormous advantage of being conveyed in a fibre, which serves as the working tip at the end ofthe handpiece The use of ... intelligent machines" can replace "the brain and hand, skill and experience" ofthe specialist The aim of this study was to verify the reliability and efficacy of one of these compact portable diode ... chemical sclerosis [26,27] On the basis ofthe results obtained in the treatment of benign facial pigmented and vascular lesions, while recognising the physical limitations ofthe 980 nm wavelength...
... Discussion OA isthe most common form of arthritis, and it isoften associated with significant disability and an impaired quality of life Clinical and radiographic surveys have found that the ... addition, these amino acids are required for the synthesis and repair of connective tissue throughout the body These products reportedly aid in reducing the destruction of collagen within the body, ... within days of randomization Subject is unwilling to stop taking pain medication other than the study medication (for arthritis or other types of pain) or is unwilling to stop taking other medications...
... 2006, 109 of 40-55 g Patient compliance was supervised by handing out a nutritional diary which was submitted at each ofthe further visits to the clinic After weeks the patients attended the clinic ... attended the clinic again and it isthe lipid values and biometric data obtained at this visit which were used for statistical analysis in this study The presence of chd was assessed by medical ... primarily due to the influence ofthe +T294C SNP The C allele frequency of 0.24 in our high risk patient group was similar as the frequency of 0.21 reported by Chen et al in their study for chd...
... between the patients group and the other two groups regarding the distribution ofthe TT genotype These results are close to the results of previous studies that evaluated the TT genotype distribution ... 192 Figure The effect ofthe T allele on the plasma homocysteine in the different studied groups Bar chart illustrating the effect ofthe T allele on the level of homocysteine in the different ... for the right and left common carotid arteries and the mean values ofthe two sites were used in the analysis There is an apparent increase in the degree of carotid intimal thickness in the examined...
... consisted of omission ofthe primary or the secondary antibody or primary incubation in the presence of non-immunized rabbit serum instead ofthe primary antibody Cell quantification and Statistical ... ZEISS), which comprised almost all ofthe OLP epithelium The count was performed by two investigators without knowledge of whether the samples were control or experimental The total number of ... GTBP/hMSH6 are very important in distinguishing and repairing misparing and slippage errors in DNA synthesis The mismatch is detected by two complexes, the hMSH2-GTBP/hMSH6 and the hMSH2-hMSH3 heterodimers...
... that active PKC may exist in the nucleus of melanoma cells, and the presence of active PKC isoforms in the nuclei of many cell types has been confirmed (10-12) Staining ofthe G361 cells with antibodies ... signal (CLDN1-NLS), there is increased expression of claudin-1 in the nucleus, but there are still large amounts of claudin-1 in the cytoplasm as well B) All ofthe claudin-1 in the nucleus can be ... expression of claudin-1 does Table Site-directed mutagenesis Putative sites of PKC and PKA phosphorylation on the claudin-1 protein, and the primers used to perform site-directed mutagenesis of these...
... collaborators The fruit of that qualitative examination was the rejection of a total of controls and cases at the defining moment ofthe construction ofthe data package The fundamental cause was the lack ... piece of evidence for the control ofthe classification bias of this article (with regard to the selection ofthe controls) has been shown in the work Varol et al [27], where the normality of CA ... the application ofthe Mann-Whitney U-test to the continuous variables to study differences between the distributions between the cases and controls The adjustment ofthe non-conditional logistic...
... a decisive role in 67 the regulation of proliferation, migration, and differentiation ofthe epithelial cells [2,12,18,19] Following the surgical treatment of adult periodontitis, the epithelial ... consistency ofthe active component that can act as a barrier to the spread of any bacteria penetrating the tissues including those ofthe periodontium It is conceivable that hyaluronan administration ... demonstrated a gingivitis grade of or Thanks to the bacteriostatic properties ofthe tested polymer, a more effective control ofthe surgical wound no bacterial contamination ofthe surgical site...