the use and abuse of iowa curves when quantifying appraisal depreciation

... at the level of the manufacturer, the sources of potential variability in the performance and quality of a kit include the equipment used by the manufacturer to evaluate the kit, the reagents and ... achieve the goal of improving the quality of patient care through the use of autoantibody testing and analysis The matrix of manufacturing and application of autoantibody diagnostic kits (Fig 1) The ... components of the kit, the reliability of the serum samples used to validate and develop performance characteristics (cutoff points, upper, middle and lower levels), and the stability of the final...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... NRG and the Call 133 136 THE ORIGIN OF THE CALL 137 THE CONTROL OF THE CALL 139 DEVELOPING THE CALL AND THE MAGIC OF THE YAWN 141 THE PITCH OF THE CALL 143 131 xiii xiv Contents The Dynamics of ... front of the tongue gently touches the upper gum ridge and the front palate; for the NG sound, the back of the tongue gently touches the soft palate This gentle contact of the tongue to the palate, ... balance and alignment, distribution of body weight, and the relaxation and appearance of the body When you stand and breathe properly, you free yourself of unnecessary muscular tensions, aches, and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/04/2016, 18:42

... profile of alcohol use and abuse of the training conscripts, firstly because the Navy is responsible for the conscripts' health while they are in service, and secondly because the conscripts are ... characteristics The collection of data took place at the training campus of the Hellenic Navy on the island of Poros in November 1998 Groups of 20–30 people completed the questionnaires in the presence of ... the Hellenic Navy is not immune to health problems of the community; and thus stress the need for the existence of structures in the Hellenic Navy that can investigate the extent and nature of...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... capabilities and approaches  APEC and the MRCWG have a role in liaising with IMO, FAO, NACA to enhance the effectiveness of existing instruments within APEC  Institutional arrangements for managing the ... management capabilities and approaches  Priorities and hazards for APEC Economies  Considerations for a Risk Management Framework  Conclusions, including the results of the November 2001 Workshop ... limited and unbalanced Management Framework - Introd uced Marine Pests Priorities and hazards for Economies  Variable levels of activity and management capability  Ships’ ballast water and hull...

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Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 05:20

... Evaluation then turns into aesthetics: to understand the logic of an expression on the basis of understanding the material that builds the expression We may think of an expression as the presentation of ... Hallnas and Redstrom ¨ ¨ and epistemology and ethics on the other Beauty and simplicity are often used as strong criteria for the correct path to deep theorems and good theories in areas such as mathematics ... used for Of course, both the use of the thing and what it might be expressing when present in someone’s life are aspects that frame and to some extent govern how we study the expressions of the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 17:20

... Department and location of the piece of equipment; • Particulars of the equipment; • Date of examination/test; • Signature of the person who carried out the test; • Description of the condition of the ... the User been consulted in the selection of the PPE ? YES NO *Does the PPE protect the User from the risk(s) ? YES NO If NO, Find an Alternative * Does the PPE affect the performance of the User ... • the toxicity of the agent • the size of the particle • the amount of movement involved in the task and working conditions • the individual, e.g face shape, presence of beard, glasses etc and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 13:20

... Game Console Use U.S Myth: Teens are the biggest gamers of all When we think of teen media use, gaming is often one of the first activities that comes to mind Over the course of the past 20 years, ... 10.8 movies in the theater the highest average theatrical viewing of any age group Put differently, teens made up 14% of the theatrical movie going audience in 2008 and 20% of the critical “heavy” ... older sides of the demographic spectrum In the fourth quarter of 2008, teens 12–17 made up just 23% of the U.S console gaming audience and they accounted for fewer than 10% of all of the PC game...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 03:20

... nghiệp Theo thiết kế (5) Nổ mìn phá khối nóng Theo thiết kế ≥ 30 Nổ mìn để rèn dập chi tiết sản phẩm Theo thiết kế ≥ 25 VIII Nổ mìn phá đổ nhà công trình Theo thiết kế IX Nổ mìn phá móng nhà Theo ... dầu khí Theo thiết kế ≥10 (6) XllI Nổ mìn công tác thăm dò địa chất Nổ mìn giếng nhỏ mặt đất Theo thiết kế ≥ 100 Nổ mìn lỗ khoan lớn Theo thiết kế ≥ 30 XIV Nổ mìn mặt thi công xây dựng Theo thiết ... kiện theo quy định b) Thợ mìn, thủ kho, người vận chuyển, bốc dỡ người phục vụ công tác nổ mìn phải người có đủ lực pháp lý, đào tạo theo qui định pháp luật giáo dục, dạy nghề huấn luyện theo...

Ngày tải lên: 16/04/2014, 23:54

... Bourdieu, the essence of this system does not lie in the fact that there is a gift and a counter-gift, but in the lapse of time between the two, the size and value of each of the gifts, the persons ... archaeological point of view, however, it is more suitable to make a distinction between the coastal plain and valleys on the one hand and the uplands and Transjordan on the other.31 During the Late Bronze ... considered as RS PS 37 35 RS TTE and RS SC 36 The residence of RS NNO and the large mansion of  This is the case for the finds made in the square between the Palais Royal and the Palais Sud (RS PR/PS)...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 13:13

Ngày tải lên: 12/06/2014, 11:29

... silver dome J.M would eat one of the apples and randomly offer the other to one of the troops as a sort of token The rest of the gang might order Chinese food, and if any sauce leaked onto his ... the past bond prices they could get their hands on They distilled the bonds’ historical relationships, and they modeled how these prices should behave in the future And then, when a market price ... levels of the firm privately aided me in my research, helping me to understand both the inner workings of the firm and the nuances of many of the individual partners; I am deeply grateful to them...

Ngày tải lên: 20/07/2014, 21:25

... prevalence of two of the components of the metabolic syndrome (high TG and hypertension), but not any of the other components (low HDL, obesity, and glucose intolerance) or the presence of the metabolic ... participated in the conception and design of the project and in the analysis and interpretation of data and contributed substantially to the drafting of the manuscript VFP participated in the acquisition, ... data having used the NECP III criteria for metabolic syndrome as they are the most up-todate and widely used, allowing comparison of our results with those of other studies in RA and other conditions...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... probable that the association of granulosa cell tumor and the use of tamoxifen for breast cancer is just a random observation and there is no relationship between them As mentioned earlier, the granulosa ... granulosa cell of the ovary and antecedent use of tamoxifen is very rare When compared to world wide tamoxifen use among women, it appears to be just a random appearance and tamoxifen use does not ... responsible for the conception and design for the manuscript, the clinical work, the search for the literature, and the editing work MK helped in the clinical work as well as the literature review...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... prevalence of two of the components of the metabolic syndrome (high TG and hypertension), but not any of the other components (low HDL, obesity, and glucose intolerance) or the presence of the metabolic ... participated in the conception and design of the project and in the analysis and interpretation of data and contributed substantially to the drafting of the manuscript VFP participated in the acquisition, ... data having used the NECP III criteria for metabolic syndrome as they are the most up-todate and widely used, allowing comparison of our results with those of other studies in RA and other conditions...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... important to the lives of the riverines and the presence of these tools in every visited house may be an indicator of the relative abundance of the species in the reserve Feathers of the bare-faced ... of the caoutchouc epoch, in the second half of the XXth century, many residents of the reserve had migrated to the cities, leading to a decrease of the local population, and a diminution of the ... as the use of P tuberosa feathers observed in this study, Tejada et al [11] reported this type of practice among the Tucana people as well These people believe that the use of the feathers and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... density foam box The foam collapses under their weight and when they step out of the box there is a fairly close negative of the shape of their foot left in the foam The box can then either be filled ... directly on the 3D representations of the foot obtained by surface scanning The software, as well as matching the shape of the foot sole, allows the user to alter the shape and thickness of the orthotic ... number of companies now take a 3D scan directly from the impression box and use this to Page of guide the machining of the orthotic This is a fast and inexpensive method of obtaining the shape of the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... is the use of OSNs Using these reasons as motivation, the aim of this research is to identify and understand the factors driving or inhibiting the adoption, use and diffusion of OSNs within the ... will explain and understand a review of the theories and models that focus upon adoption, usage and diffusion of technologies Then relevant Investigating the Adoption, Use and Diffusion of Online ... user to build a public profile, enables a user to share information and content with the chosen users or public, and supports the development and usage of social applications with which the user...

Ngày tải lên: 11/10/2014, 04:00

... planning annual and five-year period of the school, the Education and Training, the Department of Education and Training This software helps the user to collect and forecast the number of school-age ... to use this software and they use very effectively MoET has a lot of effort, time and money to build this software If Dien Bien does not use this software, it would be a huge waste and a lot of ... is concerned with weather there are bugs in the system, the consistency of user interface, ease of use, quality of documentation, and sometimes, quality and maintainability of program code (Seddon,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/07/2015, 21:08

... this study: the chain length of the PEG used and the size of the gold nanoshells……………………………….……158 Table 7.1 The mean histogram value and standard deviation of the 8-bit OCT Mscan images of different ... on top of the tissue arises from the coverslip used to remove the uneven tissue contour for imaging The top row of images show the skin on the left of the interface while the bottom row of images ... respectively The reconstructed z-stacks of a series of confocal optical sectioning of CNE2 cells shown on the top and right side of the en face image show the staining on the cross section side profile of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 09:02