...
irrespective ofthe amount ofthe loan. However, the larger the
loan, the larger the amount ofthe repayment installment, and a
large installment may strain the repayment capacity ofthe
borrower ...
b) There has, therefore, to be a linkage between the amount ofthe
loan and the tenure ofthe loan. It is, therefore, suggested that for
loans not exceeding Rs. 15,000, the tenure ofthe loan ... explore the use of outside
agencies for inspection.
e) The Reserve Bank should have the power to remove from office
the CEO and / or a director in the event of persistent violation of
the regulations...
... demonstrated the
role of PufX in the orientation ofthe RC inside the LH1
Fig. 4. Isolation ofthe PMCs on a sucrose gradient. The final detergent
extracts from the ICM were loaded on the top of a 10–40% ... PufXD
2)7
neither affects the photo-
synthetic capability ofthe bacteria nor the efficiency of
exchange ofthe ubiq uinol molecules between th e RC and
the bc
1
, a s judged from the reduction kinetics of ... residues ofthe LH1 a
polypeptide in the organization ofthe LH1–RC complex
[12]. In the present work, we have investigated the
possible involvement ofthe N-terminus and of the
C-terminus of PufX...
... abuse their office and
influence to the injury ofthe laws and peace ofthe country. The elimination ofthe Christian teachers of the
Negro race, and the prevention ofthe immigration of workers ... as their peculiar needs demanded. In the
agricultural sections the first duty ofthe teacher ofthe blacks was to show them how to get their living from
the soil. This was the final test of their ... more
successful. These educators adopted the threefold policy of instructing Negroes in the principles of the
Christian religion, giving them the fundamentals ofthe common branches, and teaching them the...
... until the
intense dry heat ofthe north Indian plain had lowered the water content to 30 percent. Then it and the
poppy petal sheets went together to the caking room.
Down the sides ofthe caking ... 9
surface ofthe pipe bowl, tipped the bowl over the flame, put the stem ofthe pipe to his lips, and
inhaled. The opium passed into his lungs in the form of a heavy white smoke. Two or three puffs ... Somniferum
On the banks ofthe Ganges some distance east of Benares, in the most wretched and neglected part of
the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, lies the little town of Ghazipur. It is not much of...
... and 42 (8%) of unknown gender.
It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in
89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the
sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample.
Distribution ... Summary
Score, the mean is computed as the sum ofthe items
divided by the number of items answered in the Emo-
tional, Social, and School Functioning Subscales.
The sequenti al validation procedure ofthe ... children is known from the literature [4,11,21,25].
Thepsychosocialsupportofthefamilyshouldbethe
part of health care of chronically ill children. In light of
the apparent limitations of parents’ assessments...
... Magnitudes in the correlations of
all DQOL domains with the physical relevant domains of
the D-39S (diabetes control and energy/mobility) were
slightly larger than with other domains ofthe D-39S
(social ... discriminant validity of the
DQOL against the D-39S and the RAND-12. In general,
domain scores ofthe DQOL were moderately correlated
with the D-39S (except sexual functioning) and the
RAND-12 PHC ... correlation coeffi-
cients ofthe satisfaction domain ofthe DQOL with diabe-
tes control and energy/mobility ofthe D-39S were all
0.57, which were larger than with the other D-39 domains
(0.30...
... toxicity of chemotherapy or the isolation to which the
individual is subjected [9,15].
The analysis ofthe correlation between the scores the chil-
dren/adolescents obtained and those obtained by the
guardians ... hospitals ofthe city. A total of 190 families of Bra-
zilian children between the ages of 2 and 18 years, of both
genders, with malignant neoplasm in various phases of
treatment or control ofthe ... related to the small number of items that compose the
subscale [22]. Furthermore, Alpha Coefficient values may
be influenced by the level of schooling in the sample [23].
The analysis ofthe Corrected...
... Comparisons to the mean scores of
the other subscales within the present study to those of
the previous PedsQL™ school study [3], the mean scores
on the social functioning scale of both healthy ... respondents in the way it was
intended by the developer ofthe scale [15]. Thus, the
assumptions about both the quality ofthe measures and
utility ofthe rating scale in facilitating interpretable ... 1.9%). The
race/ethnicity ofthe total sample was Asian. Respondents
of parent self-report consisted of mother (n = 1250,
86.0%), father (n = 159, 10.9%), grandmothers (n = 5,
0.3%), grandfathers...
... silences the
neural activity in the early phase of phrenic neurogram
regardless of maturation.
Although we do not know the exact mechanism underly-
ing these changes in the patterns ofthe phrenic ... gasping for the first week of postnatal age in piglets. After the first week of postnatal
age, the duration ofthe phrenic neurogram burst significantly increases and the patterns during the
early ... to
gasp in 2 of 3 animals. But, all three animals in the old
group exhibited the gasping patterns like those in the 3–6
days old group. Therefore, we suggest that the animals in
the mid-group...
... well as the proportions of respondents
reporting impairment in the 5 EQ domains. The magni-
tude and significance ofthe ORs for the EQ-5D domains,
as well as the sign and significance ofthe regression ... applicability.
The primary goal of our study was to assess the applicabil-
ity, internal consistency, and construct validity ofthe Ital-
ian version ofthe EQ-5D in a random sample of the
citizens of Bologna ... set-
tings, it lacks of empirical evaluations in Italy. The lack of
information on the construct validity and reliability of the
instrument as well as the absence of utilities estimated in
the Italian...
... demonstrate the feasibility of the
Japanese version ofthe PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module.
Discussion
The present study demonstrated t he reliability, validity,
and feasibility ofthe Japanese version ofthe ... version, the interviewer was the child’s
parent. After the parent completed the parent proxy
report separately from their child, they read out the
questions for the child’ s self-report and marked the
answers. ... now, validation ofthe Japanese ver-
sion has not been conducted.
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the reliabil-
ity, validity, and feasibility ofthe Japanese version of the
PedsQL 3.0...
... According to the manual ofthe instrument, if more than 50% ofthe items
2
Abstract
Background: This study aimed to investigate the reliability and validity ofthe Iranian version
of the Pediatric ... The unavailability of information on nonrespondents and
investigation of only a sample from Tehran, the capital city of Iran, may limit the generalizability
of the findings to other parts of ... loaded to
other factors. One possible explanation for the discrepancy between physical functioning factor
of children and their parents is their different perception ofthe construction ofthe mentioned...
... chemotherapy.
Convergent and discriminant validity was examined by
correlating the scales ofthe Japanese version ofthe Ped-
sQL™ Brain Tumor Module with the theoretically-pre-
dicted scales ofthe ... available at the end ofthe article
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Table 3: Reliability ofthe Japanese version ofthe PedsQL™ ... Functioning scale than with
the other three scales, and the Movement and Balance
scale correlated better with the Physical Functioning
scale than with the other three scales (Table 6). The Pro-
cedural...