... advanced disease, but within this gray zone only 25% have cancer, and controversy exists whether these are the patients who have early-stage disease and would benefit from detection or whether these ... with the ARCHITECT i2000 SR comparison method Differences between test and comparison methods were estimated at 2.5, 4.0, and 10.0 ng/mL (2.5, 4.0, and 10.0 µg/L) for tPSA and 15%, 20%, and 25% ... this phenomenon, the other problem was the lack of calibration against a universal standard In an effort to standardize PSA methods, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a standard, the...
Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 12:19
... who they like to correct the errors (teacher, themselves or their peers) and whether they feel satisfied with the corrective feedback or not CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 38 This chapter is ... If the utterance needs repair, then corrective feedback may again be provided by the teacher; if no further feedback is provided, then there is topic continuation If and when there is repair, then ... intent often in the ‘here and now’ This is because of time-constraint and conditions inherent in listener-speaker situations There is also the need to handle unpredictability of listener response...
Ngày tải lên: 14/10/2014, 01:03
Báo cáo y học: "What is the role of surfactant and inhaled nitric oxide in lung transplantation" pps
... transplantation In the cases of graft failure, brain death and infection of the donor lung, reduced surfactant function is aggravated by preservation of the graft, ischaemia and reperfusion Therefore, ... efficacy in prospective randomized trials, so what justification is there for the use of these approaches in lung transplantation? A body of evidence has been established that indicates that ... declared References There are case reports and small studies of the successful use of iNO and surfactant replacement in adult respiratory distress syndrome patients However, both therapeutic strategies...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21
Is the link between output and jobs broken
... The LIBOR Scandal: The Fix Is In the Bank of England Did It! No 125, 2012 2012/9 The Mediterranean Conundrum The Link between the State and the Macroeconomy, and the Disastrous ... among these three sources of demand Notes The authors thank Research Scholar Gennaro Zezza for his consulting and comments related to this analysis and the econometrics on which it is based This ... Projections We began this analysis with a discussion of GDP growth and unemployment, and the relationship between the two in the current US recovery As we pointed out then, Figure 13 plots the quarterly...
Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2015, 08:52
INTEREST RATES AND EXCHANGE RATES - WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP? pptx
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21
What is the neutral real interest rate, and how can we use it? doc
... of the NRR over The currency risk premium was then derived from actual interest rate differentials between New Zealand and Australia and New Zealand and the United States the 1990s Given the ... course, the disinflationary impact of the Asian crisis of of the NRR Hawkesby et al assume that there is no default the late 1990s may counter-balance the impact of these or liquidity premium between ... mid-point of the target band, the output gap back to This suggests that another way of thinking about the NRR is zero, and the exchange rate back to equilibrium, assuming to ask whether the real...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20
What Is the Cognitive Neuroscience of Art… and Why Should We Care? ppt
... afflicting the recent and multidisciplinary debates What is AE for? Is AE an adaptation or a by-product? What is the relationship between AE and the goal of knowing? Has AE a mental distinctiveness? What ... ask: is there a role for touching in the aesthetic division of labour, which is indisputably dominated by the seeing and hearing that seem to safeguard the distance between the work of art and ... regarding the semantics of music (the semiotics of musical meaning, the link between music and text, the distinction between structure and content, the controversy between representationalism and expressivism,...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20
Free Movement of Goods and Their Use – What Is the Use of It? pptx
... On the other hand, the exceptional status of those measures which satisfy the Keck criteria is more and more anomalous Perhaps the truth is that the ECJ is not thinking in terms of grand theory, ... when Commission v Italy was transferred to the Grand Chamber of the ECJ.55 When the oral procedure was re-opened, the Grand Chamber asked the parties and all the other Member States to give their ... remember his various visits to Groningen, many hilarious meals together, and his wise counsel and encouragement The dedication of this special issue of this Journal to him justly pays further tribute...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 06:20
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access What is the relationship docx
... found between the response to the GRoC question and the SF-6D score at initial assessment across the nine studies The combining of the "somewhat worse" and "somewhat better" groups assumes the ... for the summary estimate of the MID was then calculated [31,32] We also used a distribution-based approach and calculated a standardised response mean (SRM) Since the standard error of the SRM is ... that the reliability and validity of the global scale has not been established and that the judgement of change is psychologically difficult [19] Another limitation of the global rating is that is...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20
What qualities and skills are needed for the managers to manage people?• What is the importance of good human resources management
... Good communication This is the main and prerequisite skill necessary for the managers to manage people 2 Good communication Good communication Honest, communication is one of the key ingredients ... where the air is due to work or the work culture of the organization that brings Increase work efficiency Therefore the employee in the company can get very creative, work efficiently and bring ... Part 2: What is the importance of good human resources management? Recruitment and training Human resource management help looking good staff actively involved in the success of the company and help...
Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 10:33
What explains the association between socioeconomic status and depression among vietnamese adults
... results and the preparation of this thesis This PhD research program and the study presented in this thesis was conducted with funding support from Atlantic Philanthropies xviii What explains the ... quickly expanded beyond the United States, and was finally adapted in the ICD-10 Although there is a high level of concordance between the diagnoses in the DSM-III and the ICD-10, they differ ... PSYCHO-BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES OF DEPRESSION (Strickland 2001; Raymond and Auerbach 1996; Marsella 1994) The goal of including various theories of depression in this Thesis is to assist in understanding the likely...
Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 03:38
The noble truth about platonic relationships between men and women
... cant just be friends, there is actually the second phrase that finishes it off (thank God!) “ unless one of these things is at play” Once one of these is activated, then the male/female friendship ... sound disparaging to my fellow females, but there are things we just cant disagree on: Guys are moer low maintenance, transparent and they carry with them very little drama We, on the other hand, ... places either of you right flat into the “Off-limit” category He’s charming, and sensitive, but he’s also your ex’s bestfriend She’s a total 9, and so is your bro’s sister That, or one of you is flat...
Ngày tải lên: 26/07/2014, 13:01
What are the differences between British English and American English? pptx
... didn't know what his sat nav system meant when it said "Take the ramp" Another huge difference that causes great confusion is writing the date When you write the date in numbers British and American ... better to write the date in full (7th September 2007 or September 7th 2007) It also looks nicer ! - watch out! These words could prove embarrassing !Note - *if the sink is in the kitchen - it's ... British and American English differ To write the date 7th of September 2007 a Brit would write dd/mm/yy (07/09/07) and an American would write mm/dd/yy (09/07/07) This often causes great confusion...
Ngày tải lên: 27/07/2014, 09:21
Báo cáo y học: "What is the clinical and ethical importance of incidental abnormalities found by knee MRI" docx
... more precise prevalence estimate However, this is the first study in this area Our findings raise issues for the planning of studies and ethical issues related to the obligation of the physician-researcher ... design and drafted the manuscript SS and RO were involved in study conception and manuscript revision SRD and PRE were involved in data acquisition and revised the manuscript AEW conceived the study ... whether to require that an MRI radiologist or other suitably trained specialist review all the images or just the baseline images in a longitudinal study This will also add to the cost of the...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22
báo cáo khoa học: "What is the value and impact of quality and safety teams? A scoping review" potx
... knowledge and evidence base for quality and safety This will require improved conceptions of the nature of quality and safety issues, an understanding of the mechanisms by which various structures and ... how these teams are established, the barriers and facilitators to establishing and implementing teams and team initiatives, as well as the strength of the evidence about the impact of team initiatives ... providers and the broader health system [12] If health organizations are to improve the quality of care and enhance patient safety, it is essential that there is a more indepth understanding of how these...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20
Báo cáo y học: " Young adult obese subjects with and without insulin resistance: what is the role of chronic inflammation and how to weigh it non-invasively" docx
... defined as the distance between the anterior wall of the aorta and the internal face of the recto-abdominal muscle perpendicular to the aorta When the aortic walls were not visualized as they were ... measure the SAAT using a 7.5 MHz probe and VAT using a 3.5 MHz probe, cm above the umbilicus The SAAT was defined as the thickness between the skin-fat interface and the linea alba, and the VAT ... presuppose the obesity as if it was the cause of IR; this fact is supported by the clear association between the inflammatory status (CPR levels and spleen volume) and the HS score Could the high...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:22
Báo cáo y học: "Bench-to-bedside review: Functional relationships between coagulation and the innate immune response and their respective roles in the pathogenesis of sepsis" ppsx
... pathways in the human host response to tissue injury Functional interrelationships between clotting and the innate immune response The close ancestral and functional linkage between clotting and inflammation ... Because the vast majority of the endothelium is in the microcirculation, these findings indicate that the highest levels of TFPI are also found in the microvasculature and suggest that this inhibitor ... internal ligand that is tethered to the amino-terminus of its extracellular domain Thrombin cleaves the amino-terminus of the PAR, allowing the internal ligand to autoactivate the receptor There are...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21
Báo cáo y học: " Research How is the balance between protein synthesis and degradation achieved" ppt
... asked This even though in the fullness of time balance between the rates of manufacture and destruction, between what is made and what is broken down occurs and is quantitative whatever the protein, ... balance The question then is not whether this occurs, but how and where? If balance is not achieved within the synthetic and degradative reaction sequences in their own right, and it is not, then ... rate The equilibrium constant between the two forms reflects their ratio in the cell at the steady state In this way, the rates of the irreversible and independent mechanisms of synthesis and...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "How the relationships between general practitioners and intensivists can be improved: the general practitioners'''' point of view" ppt
... contact between GPs and intensivists First, most patients are transferred to the ICU from another department Hence, the GPs are not involved in the ICU admission process Second, the patients are discharged ... discharged from the ICU to ward, but not to their homes To increase the collaboration between intensivists and GPs, the present study aimed at assessing the opinions of GPs about their relationships ... (36%) and the poor quality of information (85%) were the two major reasons for the patient's family to meet the GP GP and intensivist relationships at patient discharge Fifty-nine percent of the...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22
Báo cáo y học: "Novel insights into the relationships between dendritic cell subsets in human and mouse revealed by genome-wide expression profiling" ppt
... Importantly, when analyzing the DC datasets alone, mouse CD8α and human BDCA3 cDCs on the one hand, and mouse CD11b and human BDCA1 cDCs on the other hand, clustered together and shared a conserved ... on the other hand Our finding that LN-DCs constitute a distinct entity within immune cells raises the question of whether these cells form a distinct lineage in terms of ontogeny, or whether their ... genetic distance is observed between mouse and human conventional DC subsets, although a partial functional equivalence is suggested between mCD8α and hBDCA3 cDCs on the one hand versus mCD11b and...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20