... not be permitted to give loans tothe microfinance sector, which in the aggregate exceed 10% of its total assets. 6 Areas of Concern The advent of MFIs in the Microfinance sector appears to ... could be directed to other uses and not be available for repayment when repayment is due. b) There has, therefore, tobe a linkage between the amount ofthe loan and the tenure ofthe loan. ... regulator. If therefore, NABARD is to act as a regulator, it may be required not to participate in the financing ofthe sector. ii) If NABARD is to remain the regulator as provided in the proposed...
... can be made in the light of our results. The presence in vitro of a less stabledimer in the mutant PufXD2)7neither affects the photo-synthetic capability ofthe bacteria nor the efficiency of exchange ... of ubiquinone between the RCand the cytbc1in the presence of mutatedPufX protein The role ofthe PufX protein in facilitating the ubiquinone/ubiquinol exchange between the QBsite ofthe ... requires a secondphotoexcitation ofthe RC and is coupled tothe uptake of two protons from the cytoplasmic space. The formedubiquinol dissociates from the RC and is released into the membrane lipid...
... never be allowed in Canterbury nor any town of the State. They appealed tothe legislature. Setting forth in its preamble that the evil tobe obviated was the increase ofthe black population ofthe ... in the number of colored freeholders. As a result ofthe introduction ofthe Lancastrian and monitorial systems of instruction the enrollment was further increased and the general tone ofthe ... intoa curse. If they are to remain in slavery they should be kept in the lowest state of ignorance and degradation,and the nearer you bring them tothe condition of brutes the better chance they...
... traversed in the later stages of their portage the same ground. Teas picked early in the spring began arriving at Canton in October; the bulk ofthe crop reached the city during November, December, ... xi of the necessary orders, in part because most ofthe chests belonged to distant persons who had entrusted them to these merchants tobe sold. But Elliot had assured them that he asked for the ... generalizations) nothing beyond the chronological limit ofthe story and paid no particular attention to place. Canton city, the Canton River upon which it lies, the Gulf of Canton into which that river...
... children is known from the literature [4,11,21,25].Thepsychosocialsupportofthefamilyshouldbethepart of health care of chronically ill children. In light of the apparent limitations of parents’ assessments ... and 42 (8%) of unknown 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 ... from 2 to 18 years of age. The development, refinement and validation ofthe originalinstrument and linguistic validation to a number of Eur-opean and other languages have been described in...
... symptoms of glycemic control. We alsohypothesized that, compared tothe RAND-12 the DQOLand the D-39S would discriminate better between the known groups of retinopathy, neuropathy, and diabeticfoot ... distribution-basedapproaches need tobe conducted to confirm these find-ings.There are a number of limitations to this study. First, the generalizability of our results may be limited because oursamples ... determinants of HRQOL [15,16]. The use of labo-ratory indicators (FPG, PPG and HbA1c) together withdiabetes complications would be helpful for validatingdiabetes HRQOL instruments.An issue limiting the...
... deficiencies attributed to the toxicity of chemotherapy or the isolation to which the individual is subjected [9,15]. The analysis ofthe correlation between the scores the chil-dren/adolescents ... may be related tothe small number of items that compose the subscale [22]. Furthermore, Alpha Coefficient values may be influenced by the level of schooling in the sample [23]. The analysis ofthe ... hospitals ofthe city. A total of 190 families of Bra-zilian children between the ages of 2 and 18 years, of bothgenders, with malignant neoplasm in various phases of treatment or control of the...
... significant differenceon the social functioning scale between healthy andunhealthy children. Comparisons tothe mean scores of the other subscales within thepresent study to those of the previous PedsQL™ ... estimate ofthe replicability of item placement within a hierarchy of items along the measured variable if these same items were tobe given to another sample of comparable ability. Analogous to Cronbach's ... measuresshould be feasible; that is, they should be short so thatthey may be administered repeatedly and easy to scoreand analyze, be acceptable to patients by being inoffen-sive, and be usable...
... during eupnea and the mean total energies below andabove 150 Hz during gasping. The mean ratio ofthe totalenergies above and below 150 Hz for the early and latephases ofthe phrenic neurogram ... completion of the decerebration, anesthesia was removed. Piglets werechemically paralyzed for the rest ofthe experiment. Aminimum of one hour was allowed to elapse betweenremoval of anesthesia ... [29]. The objective ofthe study herein presented was to investi-gate the similarity on the time-frequency respiratory pat-ters during eupnea and severe hypoxia (gasping) and to determine whether...
... describes quality of life in a manner similar tothe description ofthe bene-fits of a life insurance policy, where different monetarybenefits are placed on the loss of various limbs. Although the ... performed in 2002 and the sample was expected tobe representative ofthe resi-dents ofthe geographical area covered by the two HealthAuthorities. A package with the SF-12 and the EQ-5Dquestionnaires ... are present in most health indicatorsbetween the North and South ofthe country. Thereforeany inference on the Italian population should be cau-tious. The utility value calculated for the...
... Accord-ing tothe pilot testing, the time required to complete the questionnaires was estimated tobe 5 to 10 minutesTable 2 Multivariable analysis ofthe total score of the PedsQL Cancer ModuleFactor ... the guardians rated their economic level as ‘lo w’ becausemost mothers had to quit their job to take care of theirchildren.There was no statistically significant difference in the ratio of patient’s ... benefit and toxi-city of anti-cancer treatment to maximize the quality of life remaining for the patients. To achieve both mis-sions, we need tobe able to measure the quality of life* Correspondence:...
... loaded to other factors. One possible explanation for the discrepancy between physical functioning factor of children and their parents is their different perception ofthe construction ofthe ... In the parent-report, the first factor consisted of items 1 to 6 and the second factor consisted of items 7 and 8; however in the children report, the first factor consisted of items 1 to 4 ... and the second factor consisted of items 5 to 8. Similarly, the school functioning scale was split into two factors; in the parent and child reports, the first factor consisted of items 1 to...
... medium and in the cytosol were examined. By 3 days after the inoculation, the amount of HBsAg in the culture medium fell below the level of detection. However, the level of HBsAg in the culture ... overwhelmingly in excess to infectious particles, which is the majority of the two types [3, 4] The life cycle of HBV is believed to begin when the virus attaches tothe host cell membrane via ... by the observation ofthe conformation change ofthe large surface protein of DHBV at low pH condition [62]. However, the more detail investigation was from the kinetic study ofthe uptake of...