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the university of north carolina press opium war 1840-1842 barbarians in the celestial empire in the early part of the nineteenth century and the war by which they forced her gates mar 1998

the university of north carolina press opium war 1840-1842 barbarians in the celestial empire in the early part of the nineteenth century and the war by which they forced her gates mar 1998

... filtered into the interior, and so reached the pipes of the Chinese. Just why the Chinese chose to obtain their supplies from India is no clearer than why, having obtained it, they smoked instead of ... draw upon the original prefacewesterners in China in the early decades of the nineteenth century and the war, the Opium War, that they brought on. The war is the centerpiece, And at the time ... her). Senhouse captain of the Blenheim, a 74-gun ship -of -the- line, and senior naval officer in the Canton operations of 1841. Slade publisher of the weekly Canton Register. Squire China agent for the English...

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ORDER OF BUSINESS of the first part of the 2007 Ordinary Session (22-26 January 2007) adopted by the Assembly on 22 January 2007 doc

ORDER OF BUSINESS of the first part of the 2007 Ordinary Session (22-26 January 2007) adopted by the Assembly on 22 January 2007 doc

... "Promoting an international moratorium on the death penalty by Council of Europe member states" f. Adoption of the order of business g. Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of the Standing ... EPP/CD)) a. Examination of credentials (Doc. 11124) b. Election of the President of the Assembly c. Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly d. Appointment of members of committees ... Bureau of the Assembly 9.30 a.m. Political groups 11.30 a.m. 1. Opening of the first part of the 2007 Ordinary Session (oldest member in the Chair: Mr Miguel Barceló Pérez (Spain, EPP/CD))...

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Report of the Sub-Committee of the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India to Study Issues and Concerns in the MFI Sector doc

Report of the Sub-Committee of the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India to Study Issues and Concerns in the MFI Sector doc

... repayable within 12 months irrespective of the amount of the loan. However, the larger the loan, the larger the amount of the repayment installment, and a large installment may strain the repayment ... entities in the financial system. Incidentally even the Act does not make any mention of interest rates except that the total interest cannot exceed the principal amount of the loan. On the other ... blowing (xii) sharing of information with industry bodies c) disclosures to be made in the financial statements including: (i) the geographic distribution of the loan portfolio, both in terms...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Measuring health-related quality of life in Hungarian children with heart disease: psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the Cardiac Module" pptx

báo cáo hóa học: " Measuring health-related quality of life in Hungarian children with heart disease: psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the Cardiac Module" pptx

... written information about the methods, aims, and the voluntary nature of partici- pation in the study. Subjects of the patient group filled in the questionnaires in a room inside the outpatient clinic, ... and 42 (8%) of unknown gender. It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 89.5% of the sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% of the sample. Distribution ... anxiety. Perceptions of being different from the others, the pos- sible peer discrimination because of the presence of a scar o n the chest in the usual period of starting to go to kindergarten or school...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " Validation of the Korean version of the pediatric quality of life inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™) generic core scales in school children and adolescents using the rasch model" ppt

Báo cáo hóa học: " Validation of the Korean version of the pediatric quality of life inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™) generic core scales in school children and adolescents using the rasch model" ppt

... a rating scale in the manner the test constructor intended [35]. Because it is always uncertain how a rating scale was used by a sample, an investigation of the functioning of the rat- ing scale ... the way it was intended by the developer of the scale [15]. Thus, the assumptions about both the quality of the measures and utility of the rating scale in facilitating interpretable meas- ures ... several distinct benefits. It can aid in identifying sub- groups of children who are at risk for health problem, in determining the burden of a particular disease or disabil- ity, and informing efforts...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Assessing the construct validity of the Italian version of the EQ-5D: preliminary results from a cross-sectional study in North Italy" docx

báo cáo hóa học:" Assessing the construct validity of the Italian version of the EQ-5D: preliminary results from a cross-sectional study in North Italy" docx

... by the clinical condition we obtained a 600% increased odds of reporting impairment in the mobility domain (OR = 7.0, 95% C.I. 4.7–10.4), a 690% increased odds of reporting impairment in the ... with increased odds of reporting impairment in all 5 EQ dimensions. Table 3. Most of them were strongly asso- ciated to increased odds of reporting impairment in the mobility domain. In particular ... < 0.001). Discussion In this study we investigated the construct validity of the Italian version of the EQ-5D administering the instru- ment to a sample of citizens living in Bologna (North Italy)....

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báo cáo hóa học:" Validity and reliability of the Iranian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM 4.0 (PedsQLTM) Generic Core Scales in children" ppt

báo cáo hóa học:" Validity and reliability of the Iranian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM 4.0 (PedsQLTM) Generic Core Scales in children" ppt

... Hence, the loading of the first four items including, walking more than one block, running, doing sports activities or exercise and lifting something heavy, either in children or in their parents, ... The unavailability of information on nonrespondents and investigation of only a sample from Tehran, the capital city of Iran, may limit the generalizability of the findings to other parts of ... Conclusions: The findings support the initial reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the PedsQL TM 4.0 as a generic instrument to measure health-related quality of life of children in Iran....

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The Education Of The Negro Prior To 1861 - A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War pdf

The Education Of The Negro Prior To 1861 - A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War pdf

... heathenism. These inventions were the spinning jenny, the steam engine, the power loom, the wool-combing machine, and the cotton gin. They augmented the output of spinning mills, and in cheapening ... more successful. These educators adopted the threefold policy of instructing Negroes in the principles of the Christian religion, giving them the fundamentals of the common branches, and teaching them the ... of the moral and intellectual training of such as they held in servitude."[2] To elevate their slaves to the plane of men, southern Quakers early hit upon the scheme of establishing in the...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Evaluating the reliability, validity and minimally important difference of the Taiwanese version of the diabetes quality of life (DQOL) measurement" potx

báo cáo hóa học: " Evaluating the reliability, validity and minimally important difference of the Taiwanese version of the diabetes quality of life (DQOL) measurement" potx

... approaches, the range of MIDs were 3–5 points for the satisfaction domain, 4–5 points for the impact domain, 6–8 points for the worry domain, and 3–4 points for the overall HRQOL. Discussion Although the ... cognitive debriefing tests to assess the level of comprehension and cognitive equivalence of the items. The finding from cognitive debriefing tests suggests a minor revision in the wordings for some ... func- tioning and general health) of the SF-36 than with the psychosocial domains (e.g., social functioning) [25]. Taken together, these findings might suggest that the con- cepts captured by the DQOL,...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Measurement properties of the Brazilian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) cancer module scale" pdf

báo cáo hóa học: " Measurement properties of the Brazilian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) cancer module scale" pdf

... adequate sta- bility of the instrument. The 7-day interval between inter- views was important in diminishing the probability of systemic alterations in the clinical condition of the patient. It is ... self-administered mode of administration needs further investigation. Finally, there was no report by the patients or guardians of any lack of comprehension regarding the questions. The lack of validation ... 9 of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) among the individuals who participated in the present study, the option was made to administer the question- naire in the form of an interview in...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Validation of the Japanese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Cancer Module" pdf

báo cáo hóa học: " Validation of the Japanese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Cancer Module" pdf

... of the guardians rated their economic level as ‘lo w’ because most mothers had to quit their job to take care of their children. There was no statistically significant difference in the ratio of ... (worrying about whether the medical treatments were working and worrying about reoccurrence or relapse) loaded on the ‘commun ication’ factor in the child self-report. More- over, the first item of ... ng out what to do when something bothers him/her) loaded on the ‘perceived physical appearance’ factor. In the parent-proxy report, the first and the second items of ‘wo rry’ loaded on the ‘ nausea’...

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