... the writing of the paper MJP, JRBJB and MvdL conceived the study, and participated in its design and coordination HEV and MvdL conducted the case- control study HEV, RMK, MJP, JRBJB and MvdL conducted ... 2007 39.37 Number of days Cost manual of Oostenbrink 337.00 Intensive care Number of days Cost manual of Oostenbrink 1,684.00 Emergency department Number of visits Cost manual of Oostenbrink 139.00 ... 139.00 Emergency Number of transports Cost manual of Oostenbrink 443.00 Regular Number of transports Cost manual of Oostenbrink 212.00 Packed cells Number of units Cost manual of Oostenbrink 179.00...
... the writing of the paper MJP, JRBJB and MvdL conceived the study, and participated in its design and coordination HEV and MvdL conducted the case- control study HEV, RMK, MJP, JRBJB and MvdL conducted ... 2007 39.37 Number of days Cost manual of Oostenbrink 337.00 Intensive care Number of days Cost manual of Oostenbrink 1,684.00 Emergency department Number of visits Cost manual of Oostenbrink 139.00 ... 139.00 Emergency Number of transports Cost manual of Oostenbrink 443.00 Regular Number of transports Cost manual of Oostenbrink 212.00 Packed cells Number of units Cost manual of Oostenbrink 179.00...
... prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases” I STATE OF PLAY AT EUROPEAN LEVEL I.1 Unhealthy diets and lack of physical activity are the leading causes of avoidable illness and premature ... ensured in the definition and implementation of all Community policies and activities A number of areas of Community policy are relevant to nutrition and physical activity, and the Council has confirmed ... diet and physical activity should be the subject of close cooperation between regulators and stakeholders in the EU and in other countries where rising levels of overweight and obesity are of concern35...
... development of national standards, profiles and benchmarks Two summary reviews of the research literature on factors related to the development of literacy andresearch on the teaching and learning of ... composed of two distinct abilities; decoding (or word recognition) and comprehension in the caseof reading, and spelling and ideation (or the generation and organisation of ideas) in the caseof writing ... Reading Researchand Education Centre at the Centre for the Study of Reading at the University of Illinois, was funded, in part, by the Office of Educational Researchand Improvement In the case of...
... the profits attributable to the net assets being bought and the effect of the transaction on the profit and loss account and balance sheet of the purchaser Consignia’s owner (the Department of Trade ... construct / radio service to all of the police forces in England Scotland and Wales O² will finance, refurbish and operate/maintain a public asset such as a design and build the fixed assets required ... rest of the company, in order to ensure that the company competed on equal terms with and the rationalisation of resources private transport companies, thus improving the quality of service offered...
... to review the current health of the herd prior to purchase is recommended, followed by quarantine and testing of animals. The following are examples of protocols to reduce the risk of PRRSV entry to farms via the introduction ... aerosols Can J Vet Res 2005;69:293298. Fomites and personnel Pitkin AN, Deen J and Dee SA. Further assessment of fomites and personnel as vehicles for the mechanical transport and transmission of porcine reproductive and respiratory ... The use of gloves can help prevent transfer of virus. Gloves should be changed regularly, i.e. between litters. v Sanitizers and hand washing o Frequent hand washing and use of sanitizers that contain ...
... range of scenarios This is not a critique of Morris and Kretzschmar; this is simply what was possible at the time Indeed, their insights set off multiple lines ofresearch aiming to expand on ... considerable work since then, and in particular, recent work building off of new behavioural and biological data, and a decade of intervening methodological development, confirms and extends the basic ... cumbersome, and not easy to further generalize in ways that would allow them to handle the full complexities of behavioural, biological and demographic data There is one example of a recent data-driven...
... void -and- cluster mask [9] Figures and show the first continuous-tone frame and first halftone frame, respectively, of the caltrain sequence Figures and show the second continuoustone frame and second ... instantiation of the DWE assessment framework is depicted in Figure In Figure 9, K, P, and R each has a value of −1 L, Q, and S have each a value of The “Artifact Map” is DWEi Each of its pixels, ... 1] This instantiation of the flicker assessment framework is depicted in Figure In Figure 9, K, Q, and R each have a value of L, and S have each a value of P has a value of −1 The “Artifact Map”...
... Ac on condition fer in the tooth profile and in the way of sharpening that the cutting resistance is constant in all phases of The tooth profile and the way of sharpening must the cutting process ... performance of a circular saw and to the quality of machined surface They Ac = Fc × l = K × b × h × l (J) (2) must be released according to the type of workpiece (soft, hard wood and other types of workpieces) ... Defining the value of individual parts of force F of the torque according to: is quite difficult and depends on many aspects The × Mk × vc part of force F in the direction of cutting feed Fc...
... subgroup of the normalizer of Γ0 (N) Moreover, any element of Γ+ (N) is 0 an Atkin-Lehner involution of Γ0 (N) Recall that an Atkin-Lehner involution wq of Γ0 (N) is an element of determinant of the ... (m)) Moreover, we give simple and different proofs of some known theorems for the sake of completeness ˆ The Action of N (Γ0(N )) on Q Let N be a natural number and let √ √ a q b/ q + √ √ Γ0 (N) ... in N (Γ0 (N)), then the order of A depends on q and a + d If a + d = 0, then the order of A is If a + d = ±1, then the order of A is equal to 3, and when q is 1, and respectively(see [2] for more...
... implementation of programs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV faces many challenges Some of these challenges include the low uptake of Voluntary Counseling and Testing ... while others fail For example, acceptability of HIV testing may be high but collection of test results and mother-child follow ups are not as successful [10] Most of the research to assess barriers ... [16] and we projected the acceptance rates to be 45% in the rural setting Using a two sided alpha level of 5%, a sample size of 165 per group would provide a power of 80% to detect a difference of...
... publication of this case report and accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Author details Department of Vascular and Endovascular ... CPSK In our case, it was obvious that the placement of the limb of a bifurcated graft or the contralateral occluder of an aortic-unifemoral device Makris et al Journal of Medical Case Reports ... pyelography was then performed, and clearly showed the single fused renal mass lying in the middle of the pelvis and containing two separate, well-formed andof normal size and course collecting systems...
... aspects of mental health research This includes development and analysis of psychometric measures, screening and diagnosis tests, modelling longitudinal data, and the conduct and analysis of controlled ... behavioural research studies, and experience in the design and implementation of longitudinal studies JK Professor Kenardy will provide clinical expertise to the project in guiding treatment and assessment ... 3Centre for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine, Mayne School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Australia Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Australia...
... of systemic antibiotic and/ or start of systemic steroid and/ or hospitalization within days of the start date of exacerbation) and with a minimum of weeks between the start of two consecutive exacerbations ... of the paper and undertook the initial drafting and assessment of data All other authors contributed significantly to the design of the study, the collection and assessment of clinical data and ... the frequency and severity of exacerbations Results of previous trials of prophylactic use of antibiotics in COPD conducted prior to 1970 demonstrate inconsistent and small benefits of such therapy...
... mortality, emergence of resistance, and toxicity A quality review of each RCT was performed by examining details of randomization, generation of random numbers, details of double-blinding procedure, ... pattern of the isolated pathogens in different studiesand methods of diagnosis of pneumonia For example, the very small proportion of methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated in most of the ... investigators of the study bRefers to proportion of isolates ICU, intensive care unit; two studies, and throughout the entire ICU stay of patients in the three remaining studies Only two of the trials...
... valid estimate of clinical benefit Results Base Case The base case results predict that the vaccination would bring benefits in the form of reduced numbers of HZ and PHN cases and QALYs gained ... the lifetime of the current aged 50 and older UK population, without vaccination, it is estimated that there would be 2,307,719 cases of HZ, and either 521,616 or 477,532 cases of PHN using a ... in ICERs of £12,539 and £9,043, vaccinating only those aged 60 to 69 results in ICERs of £10,639 and £9,742, and vaccinating all persons aged 65 and older results in ICERS of £14,385 and £14,294,...
... become the standard of care in critically ill patients because ofstudies showing that its use improves outcome, including diminishing mortality, in patients with acute lung injury and also is ... enhanced apoptosis of epithelial and other cell populations which accompanies acute lung injury In the present experiments, treatment with APC was started before the initiation of injurious ventilation ... development of lung injury when used as the initial mode of ventilation [11-14] Therefore, the clinically relevant questions now become whether inhaled APC can diminish the severity of lung injury...
... of the intervention program, 5) development of an adoption and implementation plan, and 6) development of an evaluation design This paper briefly explains the core processes of the protocol and ... Adoption and implementation The focus of the fifth step of the protocol is the planning of program adoption and implementation, Verbestel et al International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical ... [12-15] However, the use and evaluation of multilevel approaches in the prevention of childhood obesity is rare [9,16] The IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced...
... almost all of the teachers and students at EPU are aware of the importance of teaching and learning grammar Maybe it is because students‟ tests of English are often in written form and mostly ... situations and conditions of learning I.4 the research questions My study is aimed to answer the following research questions: - What are the attitudes of teachers and students in teaching and learning ... EPU I.2 Aims of the study My study is an attempt to - Identify the attitudes of teachers and students in teaching and learning grammar - Identify the current situation of teaching and learning...