... convenience, we adopt the latter viewpoint. Estimating a model of rational scrappage is beyond the scope ofthe present analysis. Given the available time and data, we therefore assume that the incentives ... the taxi substitution program is enforced. In the Secretariat of Transport and Roadways (SETRAVI, 200 2a) , the program is viewed as voluntary. This means that the decision to scrap an old taxi ... calculations are based on data ofthe Cogeneration Direction at CONAE, and the local and global emissions on factors ofthe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for criteria pollutants and the...
... coordinated data entry and dataanalysis, Dr. Savoia provided assistance with data analysisand the narrative ofthe manuscript. All authors revised the text and provided information and comments ... ItalyEmail: Elena Savoia* - esavoia@hsph.harvard.edu; Maria Pia Fantini - mariapia@med.unibo.it; Pier Paolo Pandolfi - paolo.pandolfi@ausl.bologna.it; Laura Dallolio - lauradal@alma.unibo.it; Natalina ... was to assess the applicabil-ity, internal consistency, and construct validity ofthe Ital-ian version ofthe EQ-5D in a random sample of the citizens of Bologna (North Italy). Our secondary...
... Treaty shall only apply to an examination ofthe operational efficiency of the management ofthe ECB.Article 28 Capital ofthe ECB28.1. The capital ofthe ECB, which shall become operational ... amounts may beoffset against the national central banks' monetary income.32.5. The sum ofthe national central banks' monetary income shall be allocated to the national central banks ... ofthe decision or of its notification to the plaintiff or,in the absence thereof, ofthe day on which it came to the knowledge ofthe latter, as the case may be.14.3. The national central banks...
... irrespective ofthe amount ofthe loan. However, the larger the loan, the larger the amount ofthe repayment installment, and a large installment may strain the repayment capacity ofthe borrower and ... transparent and disclosed in a form and language easily understood by the customer and pricing whichis reasonable, that is, affordable to the customer and sustainable for the MFI. f) Appropriate ... development ofthe micro finance sector but is also a participant, in that it finances the sector. There may be a perceived conflict of interest if NABARD is also a regulator. If therefore, NABARD is...
... contributionsAB, CsK and GM designed the study. IP and MK collected the data. LKperformed the statistical analyses. AB drafted the manuscript andparticipated in the statistical analyses. JWV and GM revised ... part in the adaptation processfor the PedsQL™ 3.0 Cardiac Module only; the Hungar-ian Generic Core Scale was already available through the MAPI Research Institute.Statistical analysisFeasibility ... gender.It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample.Distribution of all participants...
... approachesto establish a range of MID is to demonstrate variabilityamong estimates. The main purpose of this study was to validate and inter-pret a Taiwanese version ofthe DQOL [24]. We evaluated the ... The original DQOL consists of 46 itemsmeasuring the domains of satisfaction with treatment,impact of treatment, worry about future effects of diabe-tes, and worry about social/vocational issues ... education background, and diabetesduration, the impact, worry, and overall HRQOL domains of the DQOL demonstrated better discrimination than the satisfaction domain. This is especially evident for the known...
... SMP, IAP, JWV and PJA conceptualized the rationaleand design ofthe study. MLRJ contributed to the statisticalanalysis and interpretation ofthe data. ACS and SMPdrafted the manuscript. All authors ... USAEmail: Ana C Scarpelli - anascap@yahoo.com.br; Saul M Paiva* - saul.paiva@mcgill.ca; Isabela A Pordeus - isabela@netuno.lcc.ufmg.br; Maria L Ramos-Jorge - mlrjorge@hotmail.com; James W Varni ... months and 'off treatment' > 12months) demonstrated that the 'nausea', 'procedural anx-iety' and 'treatment anxiety' subscales were capable of dis-tinguishing...
... is always uncertain how a rating scale was usedby a sample, an investigation ofthe functioning ofthe rat-ing scale is always necessary [36] and can be done with the Rasch analysis. The rating ... within a hierarchy of items along the measured variable if these same items were to be given toanother sample of comparable ability. Analogous toCronbach's alpha, it is bounded by 0 and 1. The ... scoreinterpretations from these data [15]. Additionally, the wayeach rating scale is constructed has great influence on the quality of data obtained from the scale [16], and a ratingscale may not be used...
... Furukawa TA, Kawakami N, Saitoh M, Ono Y, Nakane Y, Nakamura Y,Tachimori H, Iwata N, Uda H, Nakane H, Watanabe M, Naganuma Y, Hata Y,Kobayashi M, Miyake Y, Takeshima T, Kikkawa T: The performance ... 1:385-401.22. Sato I, Higuchi A, Yanagisawa T, Mukasa A, Ida K, Sawamura Y, Sugiyama K,Saito N, Kumabe T, Terasaki M, Nishikawa R, Ishida Y, Kamibeppu K:Development ofthe Japanese version ofthe Pediatric ... Japan.6Department of Pediatrics, Kanagawa Children’s MedicalCenter, 2-138-4, Mutsukawa, Minami-ku, Yokoham a 232-8555, Japan.7Department of Pediatrics, Kanagawa Welfare Federation of JapanAgricultural...
... reviewed the paper, and edited all revisions ofthe manuscript. MAJ contributed to the data analysis and interpretation. FA supervised and advised throughout the study. All authors read and approved ... life-span perspective. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 1988. 22. Amiri P, E MA, Jalali-Farahani S, Hosseinpanah F, Varni JW, Ghofranipour F, Montazeri A, Azizi F: Reliability and validity ... (mirmiran@endocrine.ac.ir)Niloofar Shiva (aylavi@yahoo.com)Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi (m_asghari862@yahoo.com)Fereidoun Azizi (azizi@endocrine.ac.ir)ISSN 1477-7525Article type ResearchSubmission date 30 October...
... an isolated thermodynamic system ΔS ≥0 ,This isa quantitative statementofthesecond law. We have expressed the secondlawofthermodynamics by an equation for entropy.and the equality sign ... build a heat enginethat converts heat completely to work, that is, an engine with 100% thermalefficiency. This impossibility isthe basis ofthe following statement of Thesecondlawof thermodynamics. 2.1 ... into mechanical work, with the system ending in the samestate in which it began”.This statementis also called the Kelvin-Planck statementofthesecond law. 5/6/2008 23Đ4. Heat engines and refrigerators:1....
... r a ịwhere rnand ruare the experimentally determinednumerical values ofthe ratio a/ b, and r a is the theoreticalnumerical value of ratio a/ b for a mixture of aromaticamino acids (Tyr and ... programs did not mark any as pooror inappropriate. Another structural analysis, obtained by the VERIFY3Dprogram [61], gave an average value of 0.21, which is greater than zero, the quality value ... a value of 8.0, byadding, alternatively, pH-unadjusted stock solutions of Trisand EDTA. The final concentration of EDTA was 5 mM.Under these conditions, the pale blue ofthe supernatant atpH...
... formulations there are also many folksy aphorisms thatcapture aspects ofthe law. Many are catchphrases for more formal statements.Although loathe to admit it, most of these are used as primary ... a particu-lar physical process (adiabatic expansion), the door is opened to use any natural(irreversible) process as the basis ofasecondlaw statement. It also serves as a reminder that the ... degree, all creatures have an innate‘understanding’ ofthermodynamics — as well they should since they are boundby it. Organisms that display thermotaxis, for example, have a somatic familiaritywith...