... knowledge can aid construction engineers in developing IPPCM and conducting intermediate functions analysis The information integration framework developed in the present study not only integrates the ... different engineering domains The function concept plays an important role in representing and communicating requirements and intentions in various engineering domains, but the term “function” seems ... focuses on incorporating non-functional construction requirements into construction schedules The functional construction requirements can be further divided into two subcategories: transformation...
... agitated Hiding/hoarding Hitting Kicking Grabbing Pushing Throwing things Biting Scratching Hurting oneself or others Tearing things Physical sexual advances Pacing Inappropriate robing or disrobing ... for attention Repetitive sentences or questions Making strange noises Screaming Complaining Making verbal sexual advances Handling things inappropriately Hiding things Hoarding things Source ... supervision but no physical help Section H: Continence in Last 14 Days Content Regarding bowel and bladder function, is the resident continent, usually incontinent, occasionally incontinent, frequently...
... nutrient intake, factors related to nutritional care, and nutritional care options to support nutrition in elderly individuals who lived in institutional care settings in Finland were investigated ... in institutions in Finland was studied in 1999 using the MNA More than one four of those elderly individuals suffered from malnutrition and a further one in two were at risk (Rintala, 2000) In ... Nutrition studies of Finnish elderly people 2.4 Nutrition of elderly subjects in institutions 2.4.1 Energy and nutrient intake 2.4.2 Meals in institutions 2.5 Nutrition guidelines and recommendations...
... learn they think before you begin expressing your thou Wait Be open That might mean counting silently to five, but it also mean letting them think on it and then continuing conversation several ... Beyond Dollars The True Impact of Long Term Caring Research findings on the circle of care and the impact on the many people within it Beyond Dollars each of us has defining relationships in ... for long term care In addition to reviewing this Cost of Care report, we invite you to get more detailed information online at genworth.com/costofcare and on our “Let’s Talk” website, caringtalk.com,...
... local, regional, and national levels in Iran In general, based on the findings of the present study we might conclude that HRQoL in participants, particularly residents in nursing home, was rather ... population in Iran To explain such findings one might argue that the most (62.30%) elderly participated in this study were without pensions and often their income does not adequately cover their living ... 52.9 (SD = 29.1) for social functioning and in general, the respondents significantly showed better condition on mental component of the SF-36 than its physical component (mean scores 43.9 versus...
... tested for interaction with SOC using the corresponding interaction term in the general linear model We performed an exploratory examination of the interactions because we suggest, according to the ... to subjects living in NHs in Bergen who fulfill the inclusion criteria Few data were missing on the SF-36 The missing data were related to questions concerning physical functioning (strenuous ... strong correlations found indicate that changes in SOC are followed by changes in HRQOL, strengthening the SOC could be important In this situation, our findings may indicate the importance of investigating...
... of back pain in the preceding 12 months This included treatment in a rehabilitation program or an individual consultation with the occupational physician Information on working conditions - such ... findings were mostly functional restrictions (including the Schober Index, the Kemp sign, and inclination and lateral inclination in the area of the lumbar spine), as well as abnormalities in ... moderate - intense to very intense 57 25 18 63 23 14
... the intervention condition Consequently, the follow up in the intervention condition varies from months for the last group, which starts with the intervention month after T4, to 19 months for the ... intervention of interest; at the last time point all clusters receive the intervention After intermediate time points, clusters initiate the intervention More than one cluster may start the intervention ... answering the questions: ‘How much money has to be invested additionally in the care program to gain one percentage point decrease in frequency of depression?’ and ‘How much money has to be invested...
... implementation of de-escalation therapy or discontinuation of antibiotics once culture results and susceptibility findings are available Hitherto, the concept of de-escalation has not been tested in patients ... placed in a sterile tube containing ml of 0.9% saline solution and vortexed for All three types of specimens were serially diluted in 0.9% sterile saline solution The specimens were then plated into ... approved by the institutional review board and, informed consent was obtained from all participants' next of kin before any invasive procedure was performed Data collection Data collected on intensive...
... assistance in mobility, and 6% vs 10.1% were dependent in toileting, 3.7% vs 5.3% in feeding, 8.1% vs 11.2% in grooming or dressing and 3.7% vs 10.7% were incontinent or had occasional incontinence ... Headings Ministry of Health (Singapore) National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Institutional Review Board Principal component Principal component analysis Proportional-hazards ... Barthel Index Bayesian information criterion Bright Vision Hospital Confidence Interval Frailty Index Functional Independence Measure Frailty Scale Instrumental Activity of Daily Living International...
... effectively ending the injection of fuel Pilot Valve Type Solenoid Spill Valve Control Spring Coil Pilot Spring Main Spring Pilot Valve Main Valve Plunger Pressure Chamber Direct-Acting Solenoid ... high-pressure fuel in the pressure chamber spills into the pump chamber, thus reducing its pressure and ending the injection of fuel Solenoid Spill Valve (open) Suction Port (closed) Suction Port : closed ... decreasing the pressure in the pressure chamber and ending the pumping of fuel Solenoid Spill Valve Coil Pump Chamber Valve Pressure Chamber Coil energized valve closed (during suction or injection)...
... No one could possibly find it But Beppo was condemned to a year's imprisonment, and in the meanwhile his six busts were scattered over London He could not tell which contained his treasure Only ... that he was looking for something, since he carried the bust past the other houses in order to break it in the garden which had a lamp overlooking it Since Harker's bust was one in three, the chances ... two to one against the pearl being inside it There remained two busts, and it was obvious that he would go for the London one first I warned the inmates of the house, so as to avoid a second tragedy,...
... what is really a very interesting study, Mr Windibank," Holmes continued "I think of writing another little monograph some of these days on the typewriter and its relation to crime It is a subject ... and sallow-skinned, with a bland, insinuating manner, and a pair of wonderfully sharp and penetrating gray eyes He shot a questioning glance at each of us, placed his shiny top-hat upon the sideboard, ... chuckled "'Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along wonderfully You have really done very well indeed It is true that you have missed everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method,...
... of his doings: of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which ... looked me over in his singular introspective fashion "Wedlock suits you," he remarked "I think, Watson, that you have put on seven and a half pounds since I saw you." "Seven!" I answered "Indeed, I ... are interested in these little problems, and since you are good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences, you may be interested in this." He threw over a sheet of thick, pink-tinted...
... of contamination and risk (Mack, 1991) As Linda Singer has observed in relation to the spread of AIDS, the epidemic ‘provides an occasion and rationale for multiplying points of intervention into ... stories on pregnancy and cocaine addiction alone (including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, ... impulse by presenting images of African–American women as virtual monsters, snorting cocaine on the way to the delivery room and abandoning horribly damaged babies in hospitals In some instances, drug...
... mumbling responses which were whispered in my ear and vouching for things of which I knew nothing, and generally assisting in the secure tying up of Irene Adler, spinster, to Godfrey Norton, bachelor ... all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergyman beamed on me in front It was the most preposterous position in which ... unpleasantness Do not join in it It will end in my being conveyed into the house Four or five minutes afterwards the sitting-room window will open You are to station yourself close to that open window." "Yes."...
... bring your Majesty's business to a more successful conclusion." "On the contrary, my dear sir," cried the King; "nothing could be more successful I know that her word is inviolate The photograph ... companion, looking at her with a questioning and rather startled gaze "Indeed! My mistress told me that you were likely to call She left this morning with her husband by the 5:15 train from Charing ... "Certainly, if you wish it." "I thank your Majesty Then there is no more to be done in the matter I have the honor to wish you a very good-morning." He bowed, and, turning away without observing...
... at first that you had done something clever, but I see that there was nothing in it, after all." "I begin to think, Watson," said Holmes, "that I make a mistake in explaining 'Omne ignotum pro ... considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else." Mr Jabez Wilson started up in his chair, with his forefinger upon the paper, but his eyes upon my companion "How, in the name of good-fortune, ... questioning glances "Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable...
... rambling and inconsequential narrative, but, on the contrary he had listened with the greatest concentration of attention "Your own little income," he asked, "does it come out of the business?" ... said Holmes, taking the paper and glancing his eye down it "This is the Dundas separation case, and, as it happens, I was engaged in clearing up some small points in connection with it The husband ... Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace." I smiled and shook my head "I can quite understand your thinking so." I said "Of course, in your position of unofficial...
... tricky thing," answered Holmes thoughtfully "It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising ... might have remained in the minds of the coroner's jury." "It was a confession," I ejaculated "No, for it was followed by a protestation of innocence." "Coming on the top of such a damning series ... and inference Therein lies my metier, and it is just possible that it may be of some service in the investigation which lies before us There are one or two minor points which were brought out in...