... Historically, the first attempts at valuing lives saved used the human capital approach In this approach, a human being is regarded as an asset with a capital value based (as is the case for any ... Comprehensive Plan: planned number of patients on ARVs and associated costs and total costs Year New cases starting ARVsa Total cases on ARVsa Total ARV diagnostic costs (ZAR million)b Total ARV drug ... Given that the costs of treating and also of not treating PLHIV with ARVs has been made and an estimate ofthe number of life years has also been made, then it is logical to attempt to value the...
... infringement The aim ofthestudy was to measure and analyse these websites in a way that was objective, evidence-based and determined by the data The goal was to create a map ofthe alleged copyright ... into the metrics Obtaining the required data to populate the metrics was always going to be a key challenge for this research Our strategy was to only use publically available data and automate the ... party data capture Metric calculations completed For full details of each metric, the data points contained within it and the details of each stage ofthe data capture process please consult Appendices...
... were also common The main laboratory data gathered at the time of NAFLD diagnosis are summarised in table ALT and AST levels were each within the normal range in few patients 1539 Hepatology Table ... boys and girls for the age range of our patient population {Based on percentile for age and sex ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ANA, antinuclear antibody; AST, serum aspartate aminotransferase; ... Laboratory evaluation included liver biochemistries (serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase activity, c-glutamyl transferase (GGT), total bilirubin,...
... clinician educational material Each article in the database was classified as being about KT or not about KT An example ofa KT paper is one by Shojana and colleagues [17] They discuss their thoughts ... population up to 60 years of age, the general population over 60 years of age, and the relatives of patients who died after euthanasia or assisted suicide Their article is a KT article and also categorized ... chose to look at only the titles and abstracts of these articles for two reasons First, titles and abstracts are the tools that authors provide and the indexers of bibliographic databases (such as...
... Acknowledgements The authors thank the patients for participating in this study and the local rheumatology staff for data collection We would also like to thank Per Ivar Gaarder and Gro Jaaberg Talgø at the ... analyses and drafted the manuscript, as well as participated in thestudy design DvdH contributed tothe analysis and interpretation of data and helped draft the manuscript TU helped to draft the ... manuscript and participated in the data collection AJH, HN and KH participated in thestudy design and data collection GS participated in the data collection TKK was the main designer ofthe study...
... conceptualize the analysis, construct the data and interpret the analysis and critical review ofthe final manuscript MPJ helped conceptualize the analysis as well as reviewing the analysis and providing ... indicator variables Group means for all variables across nonusers and users appear in Table Based on a comparison ofthe means ofthe sub-samples, chiropractic users were on average younger than ... hospital stays (raw count) and the number of physician visits With regard tothe measure of physician visits, the AHEAD survey asks how many times the respondent talked toa medical doctor about their...
... analyze the data from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan, and the Agency provided an anonymized dataset This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board ofthe Nara Medical ... Kitamura T, Iwami T, Kawamura T, Nagao K, Tanaka H, Hiraide A, Implementation Working Group for the All-Japan Utstein Registry ofthe Fire and Disaster Management Agency: Nationwide public-access ... constituting the largestscale studyof this issue to date Conclusions Our analysis of one ofthe largest samples of OHCA patients, including cases of cardiac and non-cardiac origin, revealed that shorter...
... addition, the author would like to thank all the members working in the Radar and Signal Processing Laboratory, and the Microwave Research Laboratory for the pleasant working environment ii Tabl of ... aim of these modifications is to reduce the computational load and memory requirements The Fast Multipole Method and the Adaptive Integral Method (AIM) take advantage of near and far field relationships ... transform and has a dc component (ϕ (0 ) = ˆ 1) whereas the wavelet has a “band-pass” behaviour and zero average The standard notation used for the scaling functions and wavelets in the literature...
... in the analysis of results and writing the manuscript All the authors read and approved the final version Acknowledgements The authors are very grateful to Edita Lukić, Goran Madžarac and Alen ... (MedCalc Software, Mariakerke, Belgium) statistical software was used for all statistical analyses Categorical data are presented as absolute and relative frequencies, continuous variables as median ... according tothe usual criteria [25] Acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina and myocardial infarction were defined according tothe ACC/AHA criteria [26,27] Statistical analyses MedCalc™ v 9.6.2.0...
... critically revising the draft JG made substantial contributions tothe data analysis GB was substantially involved in the analysis, interpretation and drafting the manuscript Acknowledgements Tothe ... for the error rate analysis The patient outcome from each error were assigned by the pharmacist and the ICU clinical director, according to an adapted scale [9 -11] Minor errors were classified as ... ofthe CPOE Thestudy was designed in advance to collect data over a 70 week time period to enable reliable estimates of error rates The HWP data collection began on the following dates: 17 September...
... data, some ofthe explanation may be attributed to what appears to be optimal levels of vitamin D3 (1,000 IU) and calcium (750 mg) that were in the Plan version of AC An additional benefit may ... had an average age of 57.4 (41-89) which is consistent with the age-related decline of 1% to 2% cited above for women of menopausal age as well as with the data reported in the meta-analysis As ... contacted using the investigators‟ DXA (Total Body Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry) database, from participants at a local health fair, and from referrals from subjects who agreed to participate...
... therefore are often rich with data that reveal the cultural orientation of language learners (In many languages, compliment responses require the language user to walk a delicate line between appearing ... relative not restrict standard Moreover, with the limitation ofa graduation thesis, sometimes some factors can be omitted such as: age, marital statue, area of living They are only taken into account ... illocutionary act and perlocutionnary act * Locutionary act: Are sentences that conform tothe phonological and grammatical convention ofthe language A Vietnamese production of “Bonjour madam” will...
... share a functional catalytic triad made ofa catalytic nucleophile serine, associated toa proton carrier histidine and a charge relaying aspartic (or glutamic) acid To further investigate the ... by the serine alcoholate The shape ofthe titration curve ofthe catalytic histidine shows an apparent pKa value ofthe essential histidine estimated to 4.1 (Fig 2C) This acidic pKa shift ofthe ... consists of three domains The largest domain encompasses strands b1 to b6 and strand b7 tothe C-terminus The central b sheet is composed of parallel b strands associated to an antiparallel strand...
... greater marginal value at lower penetration levels indicates that the average value of all VG added to get to 10% penetration is greater than the marginal value at 10% penetration The average value ... rather than the absolute magnitudes California is chosen for this particular case study as an example ofthe application ofthe model and framework used to estimate marginal economic value of ... years for nuclear plants, 50 years for coal, natural gas steam plants and geothermal, and 30 years for CT and CCGT plants The technical life of coal and natural gas steam plants is based on an...
... and analysis By placing students in a market situation and asking them to interpret their behavior and observations and to analyze the market results, they are able to move from abstraction to ... participants’ responsesThe participant’s responses were detailed and hence easy to analyze I analyzed each individual question separately in order to obtain an accurate analysis 21 While analyzing ... beneficial include; The Summit ofthe Americas,” and The Stock Market Game.” The Summit ofthe Americas” is a macroeconomic behavioral game in which students act as trade representatives negotiating...
... carrying a sleeping fox as a sacred relic, in advance a bear with a cross and a wolf with a taper An ass is reading mass at an altar In Wurzburg Cathedral are the pillars of Boaz and Jachin, and in the ... reads: "The belief in the Truth of One God shall take the place of Prayer; the exercise of brotherly love shall take the place of Fasting; and the daily practice of acts of Charity shall take the ... ever the basis ofthe ideal By nature an Idealist, and living in a world of radiant mystery, it was inevitable that man should attach moral and spiritual meanings tothe tools, laws, and materials...
... take more of advisory role in the choice of their child’s mate - Parents are beginning to listen to their children and talk to them when they make a mistake, rather than physically punishing them ... engagement - Vietnamese families were patriarchal: the man always took the lead - Divorce was legal but not common in Vietnamese society: a wife was expected to live in an unhappy marriage and ... on the choice of their mate Their parents not prevent of against their choice, they even get marriage and tell to their parent later Children can leave home when they are 18 years old or when they...
... contributed tothe development ofthestudy protocol, design, data collection, statistical analysis, interpretation of data and preparation ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... Missing data Three patients died in the comparison group Table 3: Gait capacity Use of walking aids and ambulation capacity at discharge Walking aid None Walking stick Walking frame Walker Comparison ... addition, early ambulation probably helped the patients to realise that they would be able to fully regain their ability to walk and thus their autonomy at an earlier stage Conclusion Authors'...
... involves a direct trauma tothe superior aspect ofthe acromion and includes inferior and anterior translation ofthe acromion in relation tothe distal aspect ofthe clavicle Operative treatment has ... fibres The acromioclavicular joint is a true diarthrodial joint formed by the articular surfaces ofthe outer end ofthe clavicle and ofthe acromion The clavicle and acromion are united by a capsule ... perpendicular as possible can be applied The long axis ofthe clavicle and the scapular plane were oriented at approximately 90 degrees to one another To ensure that the coracoclavicular ligament...