the importance of judicious use of antimicrobial agents

... isolate the specific impact of resistance on outcome of infection cannot so divorced from consideration of the effect of the therapy received In addition to assessing delay in institution of therapy, ... therapy, analysis of the effect of appropriateness of therapy must take into account such issues as tissue penetration, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the agent used, antimicrobial ... correctness of dosing and intervals of administration The outcomes study by Depuydt and colleagues, like others before it, addresses the question of the impact of resistance without dissecting fully the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... -Assess the yield in the U.S market on the modified BRE of the emerging Market credit, then add the sovereign yield spread Finally, compare the resulting required yield with the yield in the market ... Equation MMR(t) = Total value of defaulting debt in year (t) total value of the population at the start of the year (t) MMR = Marginal Mortality Rate One can measure the cumulative mortality rate ... -Adjust BRE for Risk of Industry in the Emerging Market vs Risk of the Industry in the U.S • ± - or notches 28 An Emerging Market Credit Scoring System • Step -Adjustment of BRE for Competitive...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2015, 10:26

... THE STUDY The thesis consists of five chapters The first chapter is the introductory part of this research and it talks about the objectives of the study and definition of key words The second ... understanding of the research topic Therefore, the most suitable method in this case, were the aim of our thesis is to indicate the importance of customer based-brand equity on consumer perceptions of brand ... indicate the importance of customer based brand equity on consumer perceptions of brand The purpose of the questionnaire is to help find out consumers opinion about the product and services of the...

Ngày tải lên: 24/09/2012, 17:19

... surgical patients the rate of MET review exceeded the death rate for virtually the entire duration of the study In contrast, for medical patients, the death rate exceeded the rate of MET review [22] ... unexpected deaths [24] This further supports the view that the more preventive intervention by an emergency team is delivered, the lower the number of cardiac arrests The dose of the Rapid Response System ... care expertise Thus, the ‘dose’ of therapy may differ between institutions according to team composition and expertise This aspect of the RRT is one of the least studied areas of RRS research It...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... in part to the continuous aging of the population as well as the widespread use of diuretics for treatment of hypertension [4] Gout is a clinical syndrome caused by the deposition of monosodium ... in the wrist due to gout [6,8,9] The prevalence of gout in the USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in women [2] The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8% of women over the age of ... at the carpal-metacarpal joint at the base of the thumb The report stated that the radiographs were otherwise normal The patient's symptoms worsened with increased pain and swelling over the...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... because the people were involved from the beginning of the installation and they understood the benefit of the option from the combination of hygiene education and their experience from the test ... because of the number of the people using latrine increased because of the growth of the people living in the same plots than testing period This means that there is a possibility to improve the ... latrine/others Table shows the claimed performance of the Figure Change of the use of sanitation options sanitation options according to the household interview Before 1999, more than 40% of the people...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08

... by training them to listen to each other using non-verbal responses only Research shows that there is a strong link between the amount of eye contact people receive and their degree of participation ... as listen to them, particularly while they are performing tasks Look for signs of being bored or being lost Encourage your learners to make eye contact while they are working together in pairs ... Show praise, encouragement often, and disapproval occasionally Remind learners that they ought to know an answer or that they could provide a response if they tried Use eye contact as a correction...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2013, 10:10

... 64% Other (Specify) 0% None of the above (DO NOT READ) 4% Don’t know/Not sure (DO NOT READ) 3% Do you think it takes a lot of money for a woman to have the kind of clothes, hair ... first day on the job • The majority of Americans not believe it takes a lot of money for a woman to make a good impression at work Two-thirds (65%) of Americans not believe it takes a lot of money ... half (59%) of Americans believe a ppeara nce is a fa ctor, while 36% b elieve ap pearan ce is not a factor Five percen t of Ame ricans are not sure of any if the s tateme nts are true • The m ajority...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 14:15

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2013, 22:17

... newspaper could also use its influence to promote good-will and harmony among the people It is therefore important to know the policy of the newspaper that one reads In general, however, the newspaper ... possible, for there are various magazines and periodicals competing with the newspaper to provide accurate information on world developments, and it is the newspaper that links us with the outside...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2013, 22:17

... công, nông dân lồng ghép phần kĩ thuật vào hệ thống canh tác Kĩ thuật áp dụng phần, thay đổi tuỳ theo nhu cầu nông dân kĩ quản lý hưởng lợi từ kĩ thuật Một ví dụ tốt kĩ thuật nông – lâm canh tác ... xanh cho trồng Ví dụ Rwanda, nông dân không cắt tỉa vào thời điểm mà nhà nghiên cứu đưa ra, mà cắt theo lịch riêng họ cho dê ăn Những cành dài sử dụng để làm cột cho đậu leo Các nhà khoa học không...

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 21:20

... Journaling boosts the function of cognition ‣ It reduces the severity of asthma and arthritis, as well as other illnesses ‣ It strengthens the immune system 13 THE IMPORTANCE OF SOLITUDE FOR A ... concentrate on their creations when surrounded by people, could so only because they were absorbed in their own thoughts This was their chosen state of solitude THE IMPORTANCE OF SOLITUDE FOR ... which will further their work, rather than relationships which are intrinsically rewarding, and their spouses may well find their marital relations take second place.” THE IMPORTANCE OF SOLITUDE...

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 18:20

Ngày tải lên: 25/01/2014, 00:20

... year.29 These statistics are alarming and disturbing for the health of the nation The good news is that research has revealed that health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death ... our young people to prevent or delay the onset of the leading causes of death in our country.30 New evaluation of health education research shows promise of having a positive impact on academic ... Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group; U.S Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis; and U.S Bureau of the Census 11 Soni A Personal...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 13:20

... rate The expression for PPP can then be written (in log-form) as vt = pt − pt* , (1) where pt is the log of the domestic price, pt* is the log of the foreign price, and vt is the log of the nominal ... However, neither of these two hypothesis can be rejected when the rest of the cointegrating vectors are left unrestricted, implying that the hypotheses of PPP and UIP should be combined In the end, ... evidence using the MAE metric (se Table 3) strengthens the results reported above The structural EqCM performs the best of all the models at all horizons (with the exception of the horizon of four quarters,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 05:20

... during the last months, the usage of the credit limit, the percentage of months in excess of the credit limit, sum of account credits of the last months relative to the average account credits of the ... cards Furthermore, 94.5% of the loan applicants have an existing credit line at the time when they ask for a loan These credit lines are not used in 30.1% of the cases If they are used, the usage ... percentage of months with a negative balance during the last months, the usage of the credit limit, the percentage of months in excess of the credit limit, sum of account credits of the last months...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 06:20

... were the differences between the generations and the changes over the season In both of the laboratory-born generations, the estimated probability of breeding declined with date of birth of the ... in GLIMMIX, the result is independent of the scale of the weights Terms were included in the statistical models if they reduced the AIC value (Akaike 1985) Tests of effects when all other selected ... determinant of onset of spring reproduction On the other hand, since some of the voles had already started to reproduce in the increase area when they were sampled in the field, it may also be that the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 17:20

... whether the null hypothesis of no impact at all of health could be rejected The second column of Table 4.10 shows the probability values associated with this null hypothesis for men in each of the ... illustration of the usefulness of such variables in retirement studies) Another issue concerns the prevalence of part time work among the elderly in SHARE Tables 4.6 and 4.7 give the percentages of individuals ... form analysis of the determinants of labour force participation of the elderly in Europe Nevertheless, knowing In the future, there will be a link established between SHARE and the social security...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... measure the quality of the legal system and enforcement (i.e., efficiency of the judicial system, rule of law, and corruption index) SIZE is the book value of total assets at the end of the fiscal ... thousands) We use the natural log of the size variable in the analysis Financial leverage (LEV) is measured as the ratio of total debt to the sum of total debt plus book value of equity GROWTH is the annual ... we benchmark the variability of operating earnings to the variability of the cash flow from operations Specifically, the measure is computed as the ratio of the standard deviation of operating...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... to h The participants were given an explanation regarding the purpose of the feedback, the purpose of the conceptual model, some background of the research that lead to the development of the ... By these definitions, and due to the importance of the role of project management in the success of projects, the authors consider related department collaboration on product development by the ... concept (either for the company or for the customer) It includes all activities from the development of an idea or a concept for a product, to the realization of the product during the production...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 00:20