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... at Packt and the reviewers, it wouldn't even be possible to complete such a project And of course, without the patience and love of my girlfriend (and wife-to-be from September 2012) and my mother, ... national and international events, like Microsoft DevDays in The Netherlands, Microsoft Techdays in Portugal, BESUG events (the Belgian Silverlight User Group), Simplicity Day, Community Day, and ... scenarios and best practices for solution structure and architecture I thank my wife Jennifer and my daughter Keira for tolerating my insane love of technology and for putting up with the long hours and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/05/2014, 17:28

... isolation and evaluation with clinical samples MMP conceived the study and planned the work PVLR helped out to design and draft the manuscript and also revised it critically All authors read and approved ... successful isolation of Dengue type 2, and viruses (Table 1) RNA was extracted from culture supernatant and used as template in RT-PCR and nested PCR The RT-PCR and nested PCR revealed desired amplification ... sensitivity of dengue complex and multiplex RT-PCR was found to be 500 and 2500 RNA copies respectively The multiplex PCR was also compared with gold standard virus isolation and the sensitivity was...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... a rather heterogeneous and complex set of activities, including underwriting and advisory services, trading and brokerage, and asset management Nonetheless, underwriting and advisory activities ... basically covers equity offerings (IPOs, SEOs, rights issues) , debt offerings (bond issues and syndicated loans), and advisory on M&As, LBOs, and other restructuring transactions I started to use ... (a) underwriting and advisory services, (b) trading and brokerage, and (c) asset management (both traditional and alternative) 4 Introduction to Investment Banking Underwriting and advisory services...

Ngày tải lên: 04/11/2014, 04:21

... big in Plains Sign Language, hold your hands closely together and slowly move your hands away from each other To sign the word and, hold your left hand open and touch your open palm with your right ... difficult for Lewis and Clark to communicate with many of the Native Americans they met? What ways people now use to talk to people who speak different languages? Talking to Lewis and Clark Write ... Lewis and Clark hired Charbonneau as an interpreter, thinking he and Sacajawea would be helpful in Shoshone country source: place where a river begins The Shoshone people helped guide Lewis and...

Ngày tải lên: 03/10/2015, 21:42

... retention and expanded service opportunities Flexible interfaces The LoopStar 750 and LoopStar 720 can provide uplinks of NxT1/E1, DS3, OC-3c/STM1, OC-12c/STM4, 100Base-FX Ethernet and Gigabit ... interface Streamlined management and provisioning Because a single, universal platform supports packet and TDM services – both in the PoP and throughout in-building and campus networks – carriers ... on-demand access to a complete array of services – new and existing – across a unified, easy-to-manage infrastructure Providers can start with a low-cost entry, than scale easily in services and bandwidth...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 19:15

... Usually the wants and needs of the individual are compared to the wants and needs of the organization That takes you nowhere Too often the wants and needs of the organization and the employee ... on maximum efficiency for people and equipment for its day The images of riders staying in the saddle for hours with no break, frequent horse changes, and frequent hand-offs to fresh riders at ... the United States, and Randall was considered the dean That was because of quality and style When The Six Driving Forces That Affect Your Business Plan 163 the Vietnam War and movies made big,...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 09:20

... Leveraging a Full Suite of Ethernet and TDM Services to Cost-Effectively Utilize Fiber Networks Ethernet and Legacy Services for True Convergence Providers of all sizes and types are worried about revenue ... 100FX (SFP) • CLI management interfaces - RS-232 - 10/100 • In-band or out-of-band • SNMP • FTP to download multiple software images and configurations • LoopStar 700 intelligent management Ethernet ... 2FX, no optics) *Includes: AC power supply and AC power cord, blanking plate, 19” and 23” rack mount brackets, console cable, license for basic software and documentation LPS-711-48DC L1 SPEC SHEET...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 19:15

... recipients of grants, con- tracts, and agreements under subsection (c), and be- tween the Office and health professionals and the general public 10 ‘‘(c) GRANTS 11 AND CONTRACTS REGARDING DU- TIES.— ... grants to, and enter into cooperative agree- 15 ments, contracts, and interagency agreements with 16 public and nonprofit private entities, agencies, and 17 organizations 18 ‘‘(2) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.—The ... short-range and long-range goals and objectives for all issues of women’s health within the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administra- tion, including adequate inclusion of women and analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 07:20

... public 16 and professional education, services, and treatment; 17 ‘‘(2) establish short-range and long-range goals 18 and objectives within the Centers for women’s health 19 and, as relevant and appropriate, ... Department of Health and Human Services’ offices, agencies, and regional ac- tivities regarding women’s health and stimulate ac- tivities and facilitate coordination of such depart- mental and agency offices ... recipients of grants, con- tracts, and agreements under subsection (c), and be- 10 tween the Office and health professionals and the 11 general public 12 ‘‘(c) GRANTS 13 AND CONTRACTS REGARDING DU-...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 07:20

... Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on ways to address health problems in rural America In 2002, the Committee’s mandate was expanded to include rural human services issues and a 21-member ... organizations, experts, and other individuals and public and private entities • System of data collection that provides information on the status and well-being of children and services available ... Columbia, and five territories (Northern Mariana, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) Challenges and Opportunities The Committee commends the Administration and ACF for...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... public 13 and professional education, services, and treatment; 14 ‘‘(2) establish short-range and long-range goals 15 and objectives within the Centers for women’s health 16 and, as relevant and appropriate, ... ethical, and policy issues relating to women’s health; ‘‘(3) monitor the Department of Health and Human Services’ offices, agencies, and regional ac- tivities regarding women’s health and stimulate ... recipients of grants, con- 14 tracts, and agreements under subsection (c), and be- 15 tween the Office and health professionals and the 16 general public 17 ‘‘(c) GRANTS 18 AND CONTRACTS REGARDING DU-...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

... restrictions in the legal and regulatory environment, inappropriate and inaccessible products and services and low financial capability The public policy opportunity and imperative—is evident ... Policy makers and regulators can help develop and promote legislation to expand access of youth to financial services by minimizing age and ID restrictions for the independent use and management ... “Global Standard-Setting Bodies and Financial Inclusion for the Poor:  Toward Proportionate Standards and Guidance” 2011 C http://www.cgap.org/gm/document-1.9.55147/CGAP_WhitePaper_Global_Standard_Setting_Bodies.pdf...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... multinational companies and international NGOs It is popular with final-year undergraduates and MBA and Master's students of business, management and marketing It is fully internationalized and rooted in ... happened and so what? What can we learn from this and where we go from here? Recollective Thinking What was seen, heard and by whom? Who felt and thought what? What actually was said at the time and ... reflective and creative thinking and a good memory will be highly valued (see Part I, Section 3) Train sales people and front line staff to act as intelligence agents They can be the human ears and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:33

... sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes with policy programmes for HIV prevention and AIDS treatment and care It discusses the main constraints to developing linkages and strategies and ... unable to meet people s SRH needs Social franchising, or networks of private providers who offer a standard set of services and share training, referral systems, quality standards and brands is one ... treatment and support, and to realise their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) In many contexts, social and cultural values surrounding the importance of female purity mean that women and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... thorough understanding of the economic sectors, and their skills and demographic profiles, is fundamental to an understanding of the impact of HIV/AIDS on various sectors and the demand and supply ... sampling procedures and participant selection; interviewing skills; dry blood spot collection and standard operating procedures; logistics and financial issues; and employer and employee questionnaire ... behavioural and social risk factors (classified as distal, proximal and person factors) and HIV/AIDS itself; other influences, which impact on the demand and supply of employees, the recruitment and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... contributions SC, SR, WW and JD treated the patients and collected the cllinical data SC and JD performed the clinical analysis of the dataset CH and AvD performed the histopathological and molecular analysis ... methylation and IDH1 mutational status, we analyzed both markers in a homogenous group of 160 patients with primary GBM treated with radiation and TMZ and correlated results with outcome Materials and ... IDH-1 and MGMT in patients with glioblastoma: One step forward, and one step back? Stephanie E Combs1, Stefan Rieken1, Wolfgang Wick2, Amir Abdollahi1, Andreas von Deimling3,4, Jürgen Debus1 and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21

... myriad challenges they face and address their mental health, including maternal and postnatal depression and other anxiety and stress-related disorders On-site support groups and health worker advice ... workers and researchers agree that stigma is abating somewhat, it remains pervasive Human Rights Watch noted: People living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa continue to fear discrimination and ... indicators recorded - and the actual figures tallied - seemed to reflect only a portion of the actual PMTCT and ART activity, and the data were generally of poor quality Consequently and likely perpetuating...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:22

... reporting to MAOs and the lack of iterative actions that foster practice upgrading of physicians Identifying and indexing barriers and facilitators to auditing complications and the level of practice ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/5/1/85 England [32,33] and Australia [34], where colonoscopy services were used to respond timely to the demands, it was impossible to respond adequately to the surge in demands induced by ... of timely results and well-communicated plan of action [50] A comprehensive and contextualised literature synthesis is necessary to better understand the needs of the public and patients in pluralist...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... integrating TB and HIV care in primary healthcare clinics singled out high service loads at both the TB and HIV entry points, duplication of services and underutilization of staff, and TB and HIV services ... compared and cross-referenced every identified response to ensure that all respondents’ issues, concerns, and ideas were included and to identify common themes The team met several times to discuss and ... else to test So there are issues of trust and confidentiality Confidentiality plays a big role Clinics are not really TB and HIV friendly One person handles a patient and a rapport develops Then...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23