... characteristics) on the mediating factors, the second part (2) contains the direct effects ofthe back-ground characteristics on HRQoL, and the third part (3)contains the effects ofthe mediating ... of having a dependent child, or whether this is caused by the extra caregiving demands. A potential wayto diminish the extra caregiving demands is making use of respite care. Drawn up from the ... ofthe study and asking their participation.Parents decided themselves whether the mother or the father completed the questionnaire. The letter was accom-panied by the questionnaire, an informed...
... change”). The CPG Disability Score (scorerange: 0-100) is derived by multiplying the average of the three inte rference items by 10. Persisten ce is assessed in the original CPG by a sking the respondentto ... The result of Sobel test offered furtherevidence for the pa rtial mediating effect of de pression to the pain-QoL association (z =-4.045,p < 0.001) (Figure 2).DiscussionWe know of no other ... through the mediator of depression, and 25% ofthe effect was direct. Statistically, the mediatio n of depression (Model 4: 75%) exerted the strongest effect (cf. Model 1: 28%). These findings offerinsights...
... explanation of variance by the characteristics of the disease. The relevance of this block of variables is mainly due to the doctor facilitation scale ofthe PICS:patients who experienced the physician ... physicians, the rehabilita-tion team includes psychologists, nursing staff, exercisetherapists, physiotherapists, nutrionists and social work-ers. The patient generally has 4-5 therapy sessions ... characteristics ofthe CHD, and risk factors.Cynicism also proves to be a relevant risk factor for one of the HRQOL constructs - the physical limitation mea-sured by the SAQ is less favorable if the...
... test the hypothesis of homogene-ity of MID across the nine studies. If there was no statisti-cal evidence of lack of homogeneity, a 95% confidenceinterval for the summary estimate ofthe MID ... establish the interpretability ofthe SF-6D, a new single summary preference-based measure of health derived from the SF-36. The SF-36 is one ofthe most widely used HRQoL outcomemeasures in the ... information on what a clinically importantdifference is for the SF-36 scales. They conclude that the MCID for the SF-36 is "typically in the range of 3–5points", although they also recommend...
... And what about this one? This is a paid theme. What you just said makes it soundlike paid themes aren't needed. Is this a bad theme?""No, it's a wonderful theme," the ... the old man said, "and tell me the answer on the last day."â 2008 Hunter Nuttall . com 10 Table of Contents The Zen of Blogging 1 What isthe Sound of One Hand Clapping? 2Table of ... The Matrix by The Wachowski Brothers, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo, Star Wars by George Lucas, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Tragical History...
... price of a mousetrap?Customers no longer need to know the price of servers, software and the rest ofthe parts making up the IT service stack. This knowledge is as useful as knowing the price of ... I discuss one functional transformation that has taken placed as a result of cloud services, namely; the impact on the assessment of value. This is a timely discourse as the vast majority of ... mousetrap. Customers, however, must know the price ofthe equivalent services from other cloud providers. This is the crucial performance measure. It is only this performance measure that constitutes...
... Estimating the Short-Run and Long-Run Mediating Ef-fectsOne ofthe aims of this paper is to provide estimates of SRM E and LRME. Ourempirical strategy consists of estimating the parameters of both the ... εicgbt(24)where X is a vector of controls, B the vector of behaviors, ε isthe error term, i denotes the individual, c the country, t the year ofthe interview, g gender, and b isthe birthcohort.Following ... males). While the precision ofthe estimates ofthe effects of behaviors declines with respect to the micro data, we cannot reject the null hypoth-esis that these effects are jointly statistically...
... only these kinds of studies are rigorous, as will be discussed in Section 2 of this report.2. Synthesise what these studies tell us about: a. The impact of microfinance on the incomes of the ... brings together all these studies, and assesses the nature ofthe evidence ofthe impact of microfinance on the poor in SSA.Given this paucity, the particular nature of MFIs in SSA, and the policy ... poor b. The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/wealth ofthe poor c. The impact of microfinance on other non-financial outcomes for the poor. The volume and nature ofthe evidence is varied...
... consider the case of neuroaesthetics. This new branch of empirical aesthetics is often dened as the study ofthe neural processes underlying aesthetic experience. In other words, the job of neuroaestheticians ... psychologist Rolf Reber recently suggested that “art theorists… dene the criterion ofwhatthe [aesthetic] experience is expected to be; scientists… provide a test of whether this criterion is fullled.”2 ... monthly honorarium from the Society. The editor is responsible for the content ofthe journal. The editor is a member ofthe Board of Trust-ees ofthe Society and serves on the Executive Committee...
... there may be several distinctderivations that generate the same parse tree. The probability of a parse tree T is thus the sum of the probabilities of its distinct derivations. Let tid be the ... in the derivation d that producestree T, then the probability of T is given byP(T) = ΣdΠi P(tid)Thus the DOP1 model considers counts of subtrees of a wide range of sizes in computing the ... t is converted into a context-free rule rwhere the lefthand side of r corresponds to the root label of t and the righthand side of rcorresponds to the frontier labels of t. Indices linkthe...
... prevented them from trading quite as they wished, the cases on the use of goods discussed in this Article signal the end ofthe slippery slope approach of allowing any expansion ofthe type of measures ... on freedom of movement, namely the criterion of access to the market.”80 This would be “based on the effect ofthe measure on access to the market rather than on the object ofthe rules involved.” ... firm rejection of siren calls in favor ofthe importance ofthe unity of the internal market within the European Union. II. PARADISE REGAINED? The first ofthe cases under discussion to come...
... I include a discussion ofthe quality ofthe empirical evidence base at the end of each section.TABLE 3-1 Matrix ofthe Quality ofthe Evidence and Different Components ofthe Professional DevelopmentSystemQuality ... is at these other levels one must look to deter-mine the impact ofthe NSES on the science curriculum in the nation’s schools. 82 WHATISTHE INFLUENCE OFTHE NSES?Student Accountability The ... perspective ofthe landscape, I believe this is afair representation ofthe state of knowledge in the field. Adding further pieces of high-quality work wouldcertainly influence the details ofthe story...
... depths of cut more ef-fectively, for the desired production objectives. By op-timisation here ofthe machining parameters, this al-lows full utilisation ofthe capital equipment, with the result ... established the current status ofthe tool-ing within the manufacturing facility, this allows for a tooling rationalisation campaign to be developed. Tool rationalisation (Fig. 1) consists of ... of tungsten and a further replacement of man-ganese by chromium. By 1904, the content of carbon had been reduced, allowing for more ease in forging this HSS. Further rapid development of the...