... standard error of the biomass stock in ageclass i, rV,i the relative standard error of the estimate for total stem volume in age- class i, and rbef,i is relative standard error of the BEF in age- class ... between four regions: Norra Norrland, Södra Norrland, Svealand and Götaland (Fig 1) The climatic conditions as well as the average stem volume and species composition of forests The biomass for the ... is relative standard error of the total biomass (sum of all ageclasses), Wi the biomass stock in age- class i and rstock,i is the relative standard error of the biomass stock in age- class i These...
... the extent and structure of the demand for health care andhealth expenditures In the case of longterm care, there are other important effects that concern the structure ofhealth care and institutional ... series data from the OECD Health Data 2002 and2003 are used to show the changes in the utilisation and supply ofhealth care services over time USE OFHEALTHAND NURSING CARE BY THE ELDERLY ENEPRI ... level ofhealth expenditure is the result of demand and supply factors, political decisions (as well as those byhealth care insurance schemes) and the overall economic conditions (see Figure 2) Ageing...
... National Demographic andHealth Survey for the period 1989–94 255 Newman and others Table Difference-in-Difference Estimates ofAverage Impact of sif Health Investments in Chaco and Resto Rural (intertemporal ... reliable estimates of the average impact of the intervention (table 2) Because of the demand-driven nature of the sif, not all communities selected for active promotion applied for and received a ... household surveys to allow assessmentof the impact of sif-financed investments in health Figure Kernel Density Estimates of Propensity Scores for Treatment and Comparison Health Clinics Before Matching...
... stunting (height for age z -scores) and being underweight (weight for age z -scores) by age, gender, and location∗ Age in Months -0.3 –6 to 12 13-18 19-24 25-30 31-36 37-42 43-50 Average z-score -0.6 ... National Center for Health Statistics median reference standard and dividing by the standard deviation of the reference distribution for a given ageand gender (WHO 1993) The use of a standard growth ... the average height for age z-score is below negative 2, the standard cut-off point for moderate and severe stunted growth Turning to weight-for -age, infants in the to months age group average...
... be able to understand and interpret court decisions and how they could apply to their business Both low average penalties imposed by courts for work healthand safety offences and the focus in ... introduction of new work healthand safety regulations seeks to change safety practice by encouraging safe and healthy behaviours and discouraging unsafe and unhealthy behaviours through the use of positive ... awareness of regulations Addison and Burgess found that awareness ofand understanding the area of application of manual handling regulations in a group of small businesses in the UK varied greatly by...
... enrolment capacity of each department your profession's role and uniqueness function of the facility roles of each profession in the facility operations and tasks of each profession in the facility ... initially named "Roles and responsibilities", "Teamwork and collaboration", and "professional identity", as described by Parcell and Bligh [5], and another – "Structure and function of training facilities" ... data were analysed by the factor analysis method and the Kaiser's varimax method, by means of SPSS software Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Human Resources for Health 2009, 7:60...
... the self- assessmentand clinical assessmentofhealth status and work ability Scand J Work Environ Health 1991, 17 Suppl 1:40-47 Abramson JH: Survey methods in community medicine Edited by: Livingstone ... their physical healthand wellbeing and 21.9% had HSCL-25 scores equal to or above cut-off of 1.55 Continuous physically or mentally strenuous work was reported by 8.5% and 9.9% of the sample, ... M, Urponen H: Self- rated health status as a health measure: the predictive value of self- reported health status on the use of physician services and on mortality in the working -age population...
... regardless of whether any indi- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, http://www.hqlo.com/content/1/1/12 Table 1: Health- related quality of life ... Role Function and positively associated with Mental Health For the dimension of Role Function, Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, http://www.hqlo.com/content/1/1/12 ... the dimension ofOverallHealth was 50.4 (on a scale of to 100) Mean HRQOL scores were stratified across demographic and behavioral categories and compared by using the analysis of variance As...
... Flow diagram of the development process of the German CRQ Flow diagram of the development process of the German CRQ Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes ... of the CRQ-SA dyspnoea domain with the FT, the SF-36 Mental Healthand Vitality Index were higher than those of the CRQ-IA Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of ... beginning and end of the rehabilitation Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes 2004, http://www.hqlo.com/content/2/1/1 Translation English CRQ-IA and -SA...
... Healthand Quality of Life Outcomes 2007, 5:64 Background The Healthy Japan 21 campaign aims to prevent chronic diseases, increase the quality of life (QOL), and expand years of healthy ... cognitive, emotional, and social health, and becomes a fundamental assessment in understanding the health status of a population [4,5] As of now, the beneficial effect of exercise intervention ... version of the SF-8 meets the standard criteria for content and the construct and criterion validity [17] The practical advantage of SF-8 is briefly to assess and directly compare the eight scores...
... optical, and magnetic studies of manganese-doped zinc oxide hierarchical microspheres by self- assembly of nanoparticles Yao-Ming Hao1, Shi-Yun Lou1, Shao-Min Zhou*1, Rui-Jian Yuan1, Gong-Yu Zhu1, and ... yellow, and the color becomes deeper and deeper with increasing Mn The phase purity and crystal structure of the pristine ZnO and Mn-doped ZnO for various doping levels have been analyzed by XRD ... the inset of Figure 1c The change in the peak position of the ZnO absorption bands reflects that the Zn-O-Zn network is perturbed by the presence of Mn in its environment The morphology and further...
... optical, and magnetic studies of manganese-doped zinc oxide hierarchical microspheres by self- assembly of nanoparticles Yao-Ming Hao1, Shi-Yun Lou1, Shao-Min Zhou*1, Rui-Jian Yuan1, Gong-Yu Zhu1, and ... yellow, and the color becomes deeper and deeper with increasing Mn The phase purity and crystal structure of the pristine ZnO and Mn-doped ZnO for various doping levels have been analyzed by XRD ... the inset of Figure 1c The change in the peak position of the ZnO absorption bands reflects that the Zn-O-Zn network is perturbed by the presence of Mn in its environment The morphology and further...
... association of physical activity and sedentary behavior during leisure time with health- related quality of life in community-dwelling older adultsHealthand Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:47 Page 10 of ... of Sports Medicine position stand Exercise and physical activity for older adults Med Sci Sports Exerc 2009, 41:1510-1530 38 US Department ofHealthand Human Services Physical activity and health: ... Moreover, most of the LTPA in our cohort consisted of walking, which is the safest activity in older adults, [51] and there is evidence of the shortterm efficacy of brief counseling and the use of pedometers...
... role-physical score of 35.0 and PCS value of 34.2 for a population with a Page 10 of 13 mean ageof 59 years and experiencing 0.6 flares per month [18], while Strand et al reported reductions of 30 to 32 ... designed by AS, NS, PS, DR, VM and UA, and data were gathered and analyzed by Novartis All authors vouch for the accuracy of the data and the analysis, and contributed to the interpretation of the ... and the HealthAssessment Questionnaire (HAQ) These were exploratory endpoints 36-item Short-Form Health Survey SF-36 measures the impact of disease on overall quality of life and consists of eight...
... macrophages by increasing the expression of genes that are involved in lipid uptake andby repressing key genes implicated in lipid metabolism and efflux [74] Regulation of mitosis and apoptosis by ... PPAR isoforms have different functions and activation profiles but share the ability to be activated by natural or synthetic ligands In addition, the activity of PPARα and PPARγ is modulated by phosphorylation ... receptor and kinase families of regulatory molecules Page of 15 (page number not for citation purposes) Comparative Hepatology 2003, Role of PPARα activation on mitosis The process of peroxisome...
... scores for parent, teacher andself ratings subdivided by age- band (3 to 10 years and 11 to 17 years) and gender are presented in tables 1, and respectively For all three raters boys of all ages ... population? Page of 15 (page number not for citation purposes) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008, 2:8 • What are the mean scoresand subscale scores for each version of the questionnaire ... [38] Page of 15 (page number not for citation purposes) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008, 2:8 http://www.capmh.com/content/2/1/8 Table 2: Mean Subscale Scoresbyageand gender...
... participants the averageof the baseline and follow-up FFQ data were used in the analyses The average daily intake of individual food items (g/day) was combined to compute intake of red meat (pork, ... alcohol consumption and history of hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and cancer Anthropometric measurements, including weight, height, and circumferences of the waist and hips, were ... consumed by 37.51% of study participants, while 81.31% of cohort members had consumed salted/preserved meat and 46.24% consumed Chinese sausage (data not shown in Table) During the 4.6 years of follow...
... m, andaverage is 2.3 m Water depth changes around 0.4 m (up and down) by various reasons This plant was floated and fixed at the center of the raft Lake water was - 234 - Journal of Water and ... measured in each point by standard methods [6] Pore size is 1µm In this paper, SS, transparency and COD at the outlet of plant and the outside of experimental area will be reported and discussed Experimental ... evidences of the anthropogenic alteration of trace metal composition of the sediments of Chiricahueto marsh (SE Gulf of California), Environmental Pollution, 125(3), 2003, 423-432 [3] S S Lau and L...
... ( ) and number of cells of R rubrum ( ) - 113 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol.3, No.1, 2005 REFERENCES APHA, AWWA, WPCE (1995) Standard methods for examination of water and ... hydrogenase of photosynthetic bacteria is capable of both hydrogen production and consumption (Koku et al., 2002) It is not inhibited by the presence of nitrogen sources but by carbon monoxide, oxygen and ... accumulation ( ), glucose ( ) and number of cells of R rubrum ( ) - 105 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol.3, No.1, 2005 Effect of nitrogen levels and initial propionate concentrations...
... set for D = in case of death, 0.3, 0.5 in case of diarrhoea, a = 1, for each age group (assumed from the interview survey, averageageof infant and child, respectively) and L, for morbidity ... Short-term and Heavy rainy, SDG: Short-term and Drainage, LSD: Long-term and Stagnant, LHT: Long-term and Heavy rainy, LMK: Long-term and Monsoon flood, PDL: Persistent and Drainage, PHS: Persistent and ... incidence Average frequency of incidences Fig - Diarrhoea morbidity severity by communities Note: Average frequency of incidence was calculated from the accumulated incidences divided by the total...