... limitations of vertical programs and the lack of integration with community health and other horizontal initiatives Linking information on early detection of breast cancer tointerventions for ... genetic factors and pre-disposition which are costly and difficult to identify.4,11 At this point in time, primary prevention (in the sense of removing a risk factor and thus preventing the onset ... maternal and child health interventions is an interesting example of the diagonal approach to the organization of health services.34,35 In this case, the vertical approach focusing on a specific disease...
... encouraging certain uses of the intellect, by favoring certain definitions of intelligence and wisdom, and by demanding a certain kind of content in a phrase, by creating new forms of truth-telling ... anti-intellectual strain in American public life, but he concedes that his focus distorts the general picture It is akin to writing a history of American business by concentrating on the history ... the text alone In reading, one’s responses are isolated, one’s intellect thrown back on its own resources To be confronted by the cold abstractions of printed sentences is to look upon language...
... mothers take their infants for routine immunizations at six weeks [20] To determine barriers to uptake of PMTCT interventions, we conducted a study among all mothers bringing their infants for six-week ... § JK: kinuthia@u.washington.edu JNK: jkiarie@swiftkenya.com CF: cfarq@u.washington.edu BAR: barbrar@u.washington.edu RN: rnduati@naresa.org DMN: dngacha@gmail.com GJS: gjohn@u.washington.edu ... HIV-1, missing an opportunity to access PMTCT interventions Most of these mothers had attended ANCs, surmounting one of the traditional obstacles to PMTCT access The most common reason cited by...
... Dressing 2.86 (-2.61 to 8.33) 0.39 Toileting 3.03 (-2.96 to 9.02) 0.48 Continence -2,36 (-5.89 to 1.17) 0.73 Using the telephone -0.80 (-6.53 to 4.94) 0.60 Shopping -1.19 (-6.18 to 3.81) 0.38 Doing ... and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and that declining QOL is not an inevitable consequence of advancing illness [42] Interestingly, even in this longitudinal study, which did not consider ... Progress in development of the index of ADL Gerontologist 1970, 1:20-23 25 Lawton MP, Brody EM: Assessment of older people: self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living Gerontologist...
... Republic) is original and untypical Such evaluation is usable in conditions of the Czech Republic and may be used for the evaluation of other localities accordingto local terrain conditions Because ... forest opening basedon making access by permanent skidding roads constructed at an optimal spacing, which are proposed to be interconnected by cable systems for timber transportation or on slopes ... roads in forests in the Czech Republic was rated during the forest inventory in the Czech Republic carried out by Forest management institute (www.uhul cz, 2007) This total value (the last line...
... have had in the absence of infection) along with the true response to infection Therefore, it is likely that the positive genetic correlation is picking up the baseline that is contributing to both ... would equate to an eight-fold difference between healthy and infected halves, assuming independence (i.e infection in one half, which results in an increase in SCC, does not increase SCC in the other ... imperfect sensitivity (Sp = 1) higher reaction, in terms of increase in SCS, in response to an infection It has to be taken into account that the genetic correlation might partially reflect the fact...
... Modulation of bone morphogenetic protein signaling inhibits the onset and progression of ankylosing enthesitis J Clin Invest 2005, 115:1571-1579 Nat Center Biotech Information Online Mendelian Inheritance ... α-catenin which inhibits βcatenin Á catenin inhibits wnt/catenin pathway KREMEN1 Kringle containing transmembrane protein 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.5 Negative regulator of wnt/catenin pathway PCSK6 Proprotein ... Growth factor receptor-bound protein 10 1.8 2.4 1.5 1.0 Regulator of nuclear factor kappa B (NFKB) IL1R1* Interleukin receptor type I 1.6 2.4 2.0 0.4 Binds to IL1 IL1R2* Interleukin receptor, type...
... Non-Conviction Based Confiscation Another type of confiscation gaining traction throughout the world is confiscation without a conviction, referred to as “NCB confiscation.”20 NCB confiscation shares ... proceedings were launched in addition to ongoing criminal proceedings in Zambia Three factors informed the decision to launch the civil action in addition to the criminal proceedings: First, most of ... criminal trial and conviction, followed by the confiscation proceedings; NCB confiscation does not require a trial or conviction, but only the confiscation proceedings In many jurisdictions,...
... from decomposing intestinal contents, should be termed "intestinal intoxication," or "toxæmia," rather than "autointoxication," or "self-poisoning," as it is actually due to infection from outside ... time-honored autointoxication, a term which has been greatly abused and misused [Sidenote: Autointoxication] The term "autointoxication" should properly be restricted to conditions where poison ... tissues, and that many conditions ascribed to intestinal stagnation and the resultant chemical poisoning may actually be due to focal infection, or subinfection, arising in other regions The light that...
... Germany Conclusions The linking of modelled EMEP data on the atmospheric depositions of total N and the accumulation of N in mosses allows to map the deposition of total N in a high resolution of ... assessment and monitoring – Issues for consideration Environ Monit Assess 1997, 48:45–72 26 Ferretti M, König N, Rautio P, Sase H: Quality assurance (QA) in international forest monitoring programmes: ... Kombination mit Daten der N-Anreicherung in Moosen aus dem International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops (ICP Vegetation) der United Nations Economic...
... each thinning: – Years since previous thinning, or if it is the first thinning stand age when the thinning occurs – Remaining basal area For final cuttings: – Years since the last thinning to the ... previous thinning and remaining basal area after thinning) the latter one appeared to have more influence on SEV The optimisations of thinnings and rotation length for each number of thinnings constitute ... 1500.0 1498.7 1497.4 1496.1 First thinning Second thinning Third thinning Fourth thinning Fifth Thinning Preparatory cut Yc * Dashes correspond to situations that could not be simulated because...
... polymorphisms (including indels), and two small fragmental inversions Phylogenetic relationships among the accessions Because the single base changes in the two short inverted regions were not independent ... capital letters indicate the nucleotides in Col-0, a minus sign (-) indicates a deletion whereas a plus sign (+) indicates an insertion in certain accession(s) relative to Col-0, * and @ indicate the ... accessions were used in the survey, among them 19 accessions were field collected in China (Table 1) All sampling locations in China were separated by at least 50 km, with most of the locations...
... not be increased because the four rivers included are the only ones remaining in Serbia today, with native grayling occurring only in three of these (see Introduction, Janković [28]) Mitochondrial ... through stocking with fish originating from an unknown source population from Slovenia Population decline leads to an increase in management activities that involve rearing and stocking grayling, ... investigations on European grayling populations, since it provides interesting information on genetic variability This could be important for decisions in conservation and management of grayling populations...
... realizing that the sector is generating a lot of money, it will continue to provide support to the investors in the sector in order to allow them to contribute to the GDP because today it is contributing ... is increasing (Suplicy 2013) 1.1.4.1 World Tilapia production Total tilapia aquaculture increased to reach almost 1.5 million tons in 2002, which compares to 500 000 tons in 1994 By far the main ... and pond culture can also be intensive depending on the stocking densities Intensive fish farming demands total provision of inputs such as feed, control of reproduction, larval rearing, control...
... realizing that the sector is generating a lot of money, it will continue to provide support to the investors in the sector in order to allow them to contribute to the GDP because today it is contributing ... is increasing (Suplicy 2013) 1.1.4.1 World Tilapia production Total tilapia aquaculture increased to reach almost 1.5 million tons in 2002, which compares to 500 000 tons in 1994 By far the main ... and pond culture can also be intensive depending on the stocking densities Intensive fish farming demands total provision of inputs such as feed, control of reproduction, larval rearing, control...
... of adiponectin expression through other hormones and cytokines are summarized in Table Introduction Introduction 10 Table Influences of hormones and cytokines on adiponectin mRNA or protein expression ... Adipokines 1.2.1 Adiponectin and adiponectin receptors ………………… 1.2.2 Adiponectin, insulin sensitivity and nutrient partitioning… 1.3 Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) 1.3.1 Effect of CLA on feed intake ... (RQUICKI) auf eine verminderte Insulinsensitivität hin Der Abfall der Adiponektinkonzentration im Blut um den Zeitraum der Geburt könnte durch eine verringerte Adiponektin-Proteinexpression in den Fettdepots...
... million in donations to developing countries in 2001 [12], and drug donation programs launched by Merck, SmithKline Beecham, Pfizer, and Beckton Dickinson have been helpful in improving access to ... corporations obtain by adopting public -private partnerships basedon corporate international volunteering? In recent years, public expectations have grown regarding the role business should be playing ... capacity-building assistance on specific types of organizations or interventions For example, the multinational medical technology company BD (Becton Dickinson Corporation) worked in collaboration with...
... comprehensive to date Their findings suggest that doctors appear best able to address the largest proportion of conditions putting mothers at risk In addition, such a conclusion would also be consistent ... online monitoring and evaluation system to provide realtime data on health system inputs, outputs and impact [65] Once in place, the system should provide additional information on how various initiatives ... providing services to a rural population of almost 32 million In contrast, Gujarat had more than 700 private OB/GYN practising in rural areas The disparity is not surprising, since private sector...
... element in turning forestry into a modern sector of the economy, functioning accordingto the principle of sustainable management of a renewable resource The methods for putting sustainable wood ... rights in using the forest as a productive asset for generating profit and income They also determined responsibility for maintaining collective uses in the public interest, such as access to forests ... production in saying that a forest is “managed in a sustainable manner if one takes care of the regeneration of all logged stands in order to maintain the soil that is destined to forest production.”...
... at a.m., but nap for two hours or so in the early afternoon Thus the influence on one's sleep pattern is worthy of consideration when choosing an occupation ...