... numbers of HIV-positive individuals being enrolled onto HAART and increasing survival among these patients, there is a growing need to understand theimpactof HAART use on thequalityof lives of ... individuals [4-8] There is a sizeable body of research on theimpactof HAART on health- related qualityoflife (HRQoL) in the developed world Most recent cohort studies in the USA and Europe have ... Africa, there is an ongoing debate about whether or not the side-effect profile of HAART may adversely affect the HRQoL of HIVpositive individuals More data about theimpactof HAART and HAARTrelated...
... as: Tjakkes et al., TMD pain: the effect on health related qualityoflifeandthe influence of pain duration HealthandQualityofLife Outcomes 2010, 8:46 Page of ... individual's perception of their position in life in the context ofthe culture and value system of which they live with the relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns." This concept ... used to their pain and symptoms and incorporate them as a part of their life, thereby leaving their mental health less affected The first group did score significantly higher ("better") on the scale...
... months after the beginning ofthe study in the performance ofthe step test (p = 0.028 fup2 vs pre) andofthe arm holding Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Negative ... examples ofthe eight health categories of SF-36 Two examples ofthe eight health categories of SF-36 Values of two prototype patients at beginning (pre) and end (post), as well as (fup1), (fup2), and ... which is summarized as health- related qualityoflife (HRQL) [19], are commonly reported Qualityoflife is a highly subjective item and, as indicated by the considerable number of existing methods,...
... 37% of patients compared to 12% of controls In order to assess theimpactof gender and disability, and due to the small samples of men and work disabled in the PhysR patient group, the PhysR and ... Fatigue and pain, but not dryness, were correlated with both qualityoflifeand psychological distress[7] There is limited and inconsistent data regarding theimpactof sicca symptoms on healthquality ... corneal scarring and tooth loss Improved understanding ofthe neurobiology of pain and fatigue, as well as greater appreciation ofthe pervasive effects and reduced qualityoflife experienced...
... Combined life satisfaction andtheimpactof stroke The results oftheimpactof stroke in everyday lifeandthe association with the dyads combined life satisfaction are presented in Table These ... life satisfaction ofthe dyads, the perceived level ofimpactofthe stroke in everyday life for the persons with stroke andthe perceived level of burden of care for the caregiver Life Satisfaction ... contributed to the design ofthe study, data analysis and to the revision ofthe manuscript KT was responsible for initiating and planning the study, contributed to the design ofthe study and was instrumental...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... also for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... to offset the macro economic effects ofthe collapse ofthe bubble).2 Of course, it is by no means clear that central banks are better able to judge the appropriate level of asset prices and the...
... Understanding the surprise component of these announcements is important in order to understand how much of their effect on the day ofthe announcement was already priced in In the case ofthe U.S ... in the case of Federal Reserve announcements, with the effect on the S&P 500 significant at 5percent, and in four of six markets in the case of Bank of England announcements, though none of these ... identify “news” about their recent programs of asset purchases We concentrate on the programs ofthe Federal Reserve andthe Bank of England These central banks both rapidly brought their policy rates...
... one of these studies collected data on the number of poultry kept by the sampled households in the study year and, in the case of Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana, on the number of poultry sold andthe ... income and wealth According to this method of matching, the two groups—which include the treatment group of households representing the result ofthe HPAI-induced supply -and- demand shocks andthe ... and supply shocks (all other scenarios), as well as theimpactofthe supply shocks on poultry keepers of different scales The duration ofthe livelihoods impacts of these shocks are assumed...
... introduce the latent variables representing the true value of general health, H* , andthe true value of work W G W related health, H* Rather then one measure for each type of health, H* and H* ... on the history ofhealth related decisions (the vector Z of section 3) We therefore have to assume that • encompasses elements ofthe initial stock ofhealthand decisions made in the course of ... from the right hand side ofthe equation If this is the case, the effect of S from (3) will include both the causal effect from labour market status on work-related healthandthe effect of reporting...
... calculation of each ofthe sub-index values, the highest of these is taken as the Air Quality Index One ofthe AQI sub-index values may be the API sub-index If the API sub-index is the highest ofthe ... pollution on the environment, and a Health Statement regarding the general impacts of air pollution on health 5.0 Method and Frequency of API and AQI Reports to the Public 5.1 API The API will ... human sickness and mortality Air Pollution Alert System: A system which warns of deteriorating air quality 3.0 Purpose ofthe API and AQI 3.1 Purpose ofthe API The API is the basis of an Air Pollution...
... in the house or through work), frequency of contact with the grandmother, the mother’s perception ofthequalityofthe neighborhood, whether the mother worked in the NHS before the birth ofthe ... over-report their uptake 25 The variables measuring the frequency of contact with the grandmother andthe mother’s perception ofthequalityofthe area are presented here in binary form; in the regressions ... the mother, the number of siblings ofthe cohort member at the time of birth, whether the child has been in private childcare, and whether or not the household had an internet connection (either...
... experience of systems of medium complexity; either they have been like the watch andthe pendulum, and we have found their properties few and trivial, or they have been like the dog andthe human ... Morowitz’s The Emergence of Everything, which sketches in twenty-eight instances of emergence the origin ofthe physical universe, the origin of life, andthe origin of human mind.44 Yet none of these ... biology—as the most contemporary form ofthe science oflifeandthe history of technical objects And I have begun to suggest that a new, nonstandard theory of computation provides the conceptual...
... population of France MSY was the main investigator and analysed the data and wrote the first draft AI and CR contributed to the study design andthe analysis AM contributed to the analysis and wrote the ... available, including the GHQ-30, the GHQ-28, the GHQ-20 andthe GHQ-12 The shortest version ofthe questionnaire (GHQ-12) has been extensively validated and used in a number of countries and in different ... coefficient and was found to be 0.83, well above the threshold for a satisfactory value Relationship between the GHQ-12 andthe VS The correlation between the GHQ-12 andthe VS scores was investigated and...
... position ofthe alignment Assuming that there are totally n1 and n2 ESE elements observed in two paralogous exons and b of them are observed at the same position ofthe alignment, we regard these ... in the exon and six bases in the intron The 3' splice site includes 20 bases in the intron and bases in the exon In this study, we use the list of ESEs and ESSs that was compiled for humans and ... Ks as the proxy of duplication age andthe same result is observed (Additional data file 2) The above analysis is based on all the exons in each group of exons together To explore further the underlying...
... syndrome (MS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) We also address the potential public health importance of these relationships within SSA and describe the possible impactof globalization upon these associations ... gain a better awareness ofthe effect of ethnicity upon the strength ofthe RR of individuals with DM for contracting TB further investigation is needed Estimates ofthe population attributable ... illustrate the potential importance of this relationship PAR is dependent upon the prevalence ofthe risk factor (diabetes) andthe strength of its relationship to the outcome (TB) and provides,...
... statistics andthe research design controls for the composition of firms andthe time of day ofthe announcements The univariate approach provides an intraday profile ofthe variables of interest ... unchanged when we standardize the quoted spreads and depths by the beginning ofthe year price andthe average daily volume rather than their respective averages 21 The accuracy ofthe DJNS time stamp ... decreases after the announcement However, these studies exclude the day before andthe day ofthe announcement, because of concerns over the accuracy ofthe announcement date.15 Yet these are the periods...
... relevant for the second-stage regression In this model I use the “Log of age” as an instrument The age ofthe firm (number of years between the foundation ofthe firm andthe year ofthe offering) ... (owners of more than 5% ofthe firm’s capital), and total percentage of blockholder ownership – were hand-collected from 20-Fs 22 and proxy statements as ofthe end ofthe first fiscal year after the ... respectively The total number of underwriters conducting all equity offerings is 272 Figure shows the number of underwriters andthe percentage of them in the top CM rank The number of underwriters...
... terms, there were, simultaneously, other strategic interests being pursued by both the Singaporeans and Indonesians under the cover ofthe moral argument This two-pronged pursuit of moral ideals and ... Singapore-Indonesia relations in the years 1965 to 1973 in the form of enduring lessons learnt about the other from the experience ofthe Confrontation years ii List of Abbreviations ABRI: Angkatan ... strategic interests was played out in the political, military, economic and diplomatic fronts of Confrontation, which also reflects the move towards the closure ofthe conflict In addition, Singapore’s...
... by the objectives and ambitions ofthe Malayan, Indonesian and Singaporean leadership One such pitfall was the pressing concerns ofthe Indonesians on the question of whether the people ofthe ... territories of ‗Nusantara‘ or pre-historical Indonesia, which consisted ofthe eight groups of islands ofthe Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Southeastern Islands, the islands of Sulawesi, the ... on the re-organisation ofthe International Relations of Southeast Asia This is presented through the explanation of why Malaysia fell apart with the secession of Singapore andtheimpact of...
... political and military fronts of Confrontation, 1963-1965: Creating a new Southeast Asia 135 5.1 The systemic imperatives ofthe political theatre of Confrontation 140 5.2 The avoidance of war on the ... Malaysia plan andthe Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) 60 Conclusions 68 Chapter 3: The proximate “causes” of Confrontation, 1962-1963: On the concept of Malaysia 72 3.1 The question ofthe North ... revolution, andthe search for a post-colonial identity 45 2.3 Singapore and Confrontation as the continuation ofthe confrontation over West Irian 51 2.4 The fear of communism, the Tunku’s Greater...