... gamification extrinsic motivators intrinsic motivators “extrinsic motivators may lead “People are best motivated to merely short-range activity FIGHT when they are working toward while actually reducing ... http://www.slideshare.net/stephenpa/seductive-interactions-idea-09-version Tie the tool/method back to the human need “I like leader boards!” “I enjoy status” “I like points!” “I respond to feedback loops” “I like badges!” “I like to feel ... #GAMEON JEREMY JOHNSON @jeremyjohnson I can t wait for the next great gaming experience! GAMER How can I use gaming to make my product more engaging? DESIGNER I can t wait for the next great gaming...
... drug levels, particularly to monitor patient adherence to treatment, if found feasible Such a method would be noninvasive and simple to perform This method is applied in tuberculosis therapy, in ... administered to healthy subjects was excreted in urine for up to days This could be due to the long half-life of NVP (3035 hours) It was therefore apparent that urine NVP would not be a useful predictor ... respect to urine levels of antiretroviral drugs would be useful in monitoring adherence Urine collections are noninvasive and would be most suited to the patients In this study, we attempted to assess...
... by the bark beetle was extracted from timber sales for 1988 to 1996 In Belgium, timber is sold “standing” Before being felled, trees are individually marked and measured in order to have an estimate ... were considered tobe the most important factor for the identification of I typographus infestations Following interviews, it appeared that, if most foresters used several symptoms to identify attacked ... probably be improved if standard rules for recording infestations are established Foresters could also be trained to use appropriate symptoms for the identification of attacks and encouraged not to...
... Overcrowding of facilities and insufficient numbers of health workers are commonly noted Increased bed numbers, nurse to patient ratios and bed space are known to have negative effects on infection transmission ... regimen, with no significant difference in infection rates [50] Discussion The infection control measures described have been somewhat artificially categorised as it canbe observed that each intervention, ... specific combination of components tobe evaluated canbe informed by what is known from the wider infection control literature, from existing information on ways to improve quality in maternity...
... interventions to improve long-term adherence to medicines in chronic disease is unknown but could be of major benefit Such interventions must be part of a repertoire of interventions tobeused in ... base upon which to develop policy or allocate resources We note that for any intervention tobe "cost effective" as a means to enhance adherence to medicines, it would have tobe effective in ... diabetes-related crises or hypoglycemia decreased from 3% of total calls to 2% (P < 0.05), with a concomitant statistically significant decrease in Type diabetic HbA1c from 9.7, (SD = 1.03) to...
... usually considered tobe significant and is usedto characterize responders This value takes into account error in measurements With thermodilution, this error is considered tobe close to 7% (it depends ... needs tobe defined, because without this information it is difficult to distinguish responders from non-responders In their study, Lafanechère and colleagues [1] arbitrarily used a 15% cutoff Because ... However, the exact cutoff value for changes in cardiac output measured with esophageal Doppler that should beusedto separate responders from non-responders remains tobe determined Indeed,...
... volume describes the application of the SEA methodology to the GMS regional PDP It shows how a set of indicators may be defined and usedto capture the wider impacts of power planning, and to analyze ... obviously more important than others and these canbe emphasized in the radar diagrams through a weighting process The values that canbe ascribed to indicators that are most readily monetized are ... of electricity generation are added to these six indicators The energy efficiency scenario incurs lower costs largely because fewer plants have tobe built to meet the reduced demand The renewable...
... khứ: Usedto thể tình trạng khứ không tồn thể động từ biểu trạng thái sau: have, believe, know like Ex: 1- I usedto Like The Beatles but now I never listen to them (Tôi thích nhóm The Beatles ... quen khứ: You usedto something, nghĩa bạn làm việc khoảng thời gian khứ, bạn không làm việc Ex: 1- We usedto live there when I as a child (Chúng sống đứa trẻ.) 2- I usedto walk to work when ... vào buổi tối không?) Dạng phủ định Used to: Subject + didn’t + usedto Ex: 1- We didn’t use tobe vegestarians (Chúng không người ăn chay.) 2- We didn’t use to get up early when we were children...
... We’ll discuss what s needed—your “Number,” as it’s referred to in the media—and ways to shield and grow your savings We’ll also discuss whatto if you can t seem to hit that magic number—a burden ... that the best volunteer positions go to those who have been volunteering at the organization for years This book will help you to begin your preparations now We also believe it’s best to get retirement ... stronger and tobe healthier and happier is still there.” Still, old habits canbe hard to break, so don’t wait Your health at age 65 is determined to a great extent by how you behave today chapter...
... g/dL)] and number of extranodal sites with number of nodal sites (more than four) Low risk (zero or one factor) was assigned to 36% of patients, intermediate risk (two factors) to 37%, and poor ... mediastinum Knowing that the PET scan or gallium scan is abnormal before treatment can help in this assessment In most cases, these studies will allow assignment of anatomic stage and the development ... discrimination power A revised IPI has been proposed that better predicts outcome of rituximab plus chemotherapy-based programs (Table 105-9) CT scans are routinely used in the evaluation of patients...
... adrenergic receptor desensitization – a decreased number of both α- and β-adrenergic receptors This is either related to sepsis itself or to the use of vasopressors for long periods of time Corticosteroids ... days and quarter doses for another days and stopped There was significant shock reversal at days, and 28-day mortality showed a trend toward significance (63% versus 32%) Briegel and colleagues ... 0.18 mg/kg per hour of hydrocortisone or placebo In addition to a decreased mean time for shock reversal, there also seemed tobe a trend toward decreased organ system dysfunction in the steroidtreated...
... that up to 39% of patients with low albumin levels would be misdiagnosed as being adrenally insufficient based on total cortisol levels Levels in these patients appear tobe low due to hypoproteinemia ... the patients most likely to benefit from corticosteroid administration were excluded Because of this omission, it is difficult to know how to apply the present findings to this clinically important ... controversy about the best indicator of adrenal insufficiency in the critically ill patients Several criteria have been suggested, including, total cortisol ≤ 18µg/dL or change in total cortisol ≤...
... and RDT in the country Before the crisis, we have agreed to change the protocol to ACT We needed some time to find the budget to buy ACT, so we have to wait We are lucky because WHO donated 39,000 ... Timor-Leste's territory The exact number of displaced population from Dili to districts was unknown, estimates have been made ranging 68,000 [19] to 75,000 [17] The 70,000 used as denominator for this ... microscopy Because of the security, our colleagues from East they don't want to go to West to malaria program and also for our colleagues from West don't want to go to the East Page of 10 (page number...
... antigens canbe absorbed and distributed in the body Intact food proteins canbe detected in plasma [4-6] and gut bacteria canbe detected in mesenteric lymph nodes [7] An estimated to 4% of ... by pepsin in the stomach to reach the intestinal mucosa and be absorbed, while non-allergens would not [35] Astwood et al [34] found that the stability to digestion is significant in the selected ... after different incubation periods These aliquots can then be analyzed to track the digestion of substrate proteins The analytical tool generally usedto track the digestion of substrate protein in...
... that canbe predicted in this way In order to estimate the number of CDK consensus cluster containing proteins that canbe recognized based on sequence alone, we searched the genome for matches to ... significant) For the other sets, the P values are for the addition of the least significant term to the model The total numbers of proteins in each set are slightly smaller than that reported [11] because ... weak) consensus matches Because H0 corresponds to the case of H1 with the parameters of the two components constrained tobe equal, we expect the LRT statistic (Λ) tobe χ2 distributed with three...