... population level on the health and nutritional statusofthe elderly in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia WHO therefore advocated and provided resources for the inclusion ofthe elderly within ... the distance from the tip ofthe left middle finger to the sternal notch (in cm, to the nearest 0.1 cm) Total arm-span Measure the distance from the tip ofthe left middle finger to the tip of ... in the elderly population will be ofthe order of 30–140% in the next 30 years, depending on the country Elderly people themselves are growing older, increasing the numbers and proportions of the...
... indicative of “probable” depression Concurrent and discriminant validity ofthe Korean version ofthe GDS was established andthe reported Cronbach’s alpha was 90 (Bae & Cho, 2004) Sensitivity and specificity ... possible health status) Discriminant validity ofthe Korean and Japanese versions of SF-36 was established and reported Cronbach’s alphas were 93–.94 and 84–.86 in the Korean and Japanese version, ... an increased risk of incidence of dementia and ideation of suicide in the elderly (Devanand et al., 1996; Vannoy et al., 2007) Therefore, healthcare providers need to recognize the factors associated...
... 2011) The upperparts as well as the tail are golden-yellow, and underparts, throat, sides ofthe muzzle and hair around the eyes are off-white as are the insides ofthe limbs andthe inside ofthe ... general analysis ofthe data The qualities ofthe analyses were evaluated according to AIC and precision ofthe estimation The best engine was then used for further analyses ofthe data in question ... densities and social organisation ofthe puku For the first time in Zambia, the food plants ofthe puku were investigated by microhistological analyses of dung andthe circadian activity patterns of the...
... modeled the likelihood they got the condition in the next year Health Status Transition Model The FEM then predicts the health conditions and functional statusofthe baseline sample for the next ... receiver, ofthe energy that emerges from the tissue (in the case of x-ray, CT, or ultrasound) or the change in the state ofthe tissue as a result of application of some energy (in the case of MRI) ... more The interactions of ADLs and disease vary in magnitude and significance, both in this model and others Determinants of Health Status: the Health Status Transition Model Using the Health Status...
... terms of economic activity and outputs using estimates of catch, bycatch, ex-vessel prices and value (i.e., revenue), the size and level of activity ofthe groundfish fleet, andthe weight and ... type, and species The catch data in Table andthe catch, ex-vessel value, and vessel information in the tables ofthe rest of this report are for the BSAI and GOA FMP fisheries, unless otherwise ... species bycatch and bycatch rates, the ex-vessel value ofthe groundfish catch, the ex-vessel value ofthe catch in other Alaska fisheries, the gross product value (F.O.B Alaska) ofthe resulting...
... Health; Netherlands: Ethics Committee ofthe Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction; Spain: Ethical Committee of Sant Joan de Déu Serveis de Salut Mental, and Ethical Committee of Institut ... which is offset by an increase in reliability on the other [19] Household income was calculated as the sum ofthe respondent’s own earned income, earned income of other persons living in the household, ... assistance and other sources of income such as investments, alimony, etc Missing values ofthe summands were imputed by taking into account age, gender, years of education, employment statusand the...
... performance ofthe EGs - Thestatusof allocation and use of financial resources ofthe EGs - Thestatusof distribution and use of operational efficiency of EGs 2.2.2.3.2 External factors ofthe EGs There ... under the management ofthe Parent Company Owner is the State owner ofthe parent companyThe Government unifies the implementation of rights and obligations ofthe owner to the parent companyThe ... thecompany in terms ofthe following: Type ofthecompanyand Size ofthe company; (2) To determine the current statusof financial management system of VNPT in terms ofthe following: Capital...
... further growing was performed on the basis ofthe complex evaluation of parent trees (the health status was the main criterion, and both the individuals with intensive growth dynamics andthe ... started in the eighties, at the time ofthe culmination of air-pollution disaster In that period, within the programme ofthe gene conservation of indigenous forest tree species in the Krkonoše ... RESULTS Comparison ofthe growth of parent trees and clones ofthe 1st and 2nd generation Research plots were evaluated in the intervals of several years So data acquired in plantations of different...
... the limit ofthe lower optimum of 130 mg·kg–1 In the subsequent organomineral horizon (Ae/Ep) the values of Ca indicate the lower optimum reserves in the range of 80–160 mg·kg–1, and in 15% of ... carriers of sorption properties of soil at these depths, andthe long-term disturbance of humification processes may be connected with a disorder ofthe nutrient statusof biocoenoses and with their ... (Table 3) and fluctuate in the range of 0.17–0.28% In 50% ofthe studied plots they are above the limit value (0.2%) and can be an excessive load for the forest ecosystem The content of this element...
... time and - The dissertation does not study the climate of plant populations due to time and limitations of equipments 2 The scientific meaning and practice ofthe dissertation 4.1 In term of theory, ... province Structure ofthe dissertation The dissertation consists of 127 pages Apart from the foreword part with pages and two pages of conclusions and recommendations The main contents ofthe dissertation ... During the research process of data collection, we use the method of survey routes and standard plots of Hoang Chung (2008) and Nguyen Nghia Thin (2004) * The method of survey routes (SR) The first...
... mentioned The men, especially the husband andthe grandfather, sip alcohol and tell their family members what they see and hear or remind them of right or wrong things in life The others also ... denoting the objects covered by the scope ofthe notion expressed in the word, andthe significative function is the function of expressing the content ofthe respective notion The function of rendering ... difficult The oldest or the husband ofthe family sits at the head ofthe table and others sit in descending order according to age or wherever they like The meal starts when everyone has their own...
... “Introduction” states the rationale ofthe study, Semantics can be simply defined as the study of meaning It defines the aims, objectives andthe significance, presents the is central to the study of communication ... review ofthe research Chapter 3: “Methodology and Procedures” mentions the method and procedures ofthe research Chapter 4: “Findings and Discussions” is the main frame of need to understand semantics ... element ofthe meaning of a word; a description ofthe characteristic feature of what the word refers to E.g the sense of “grasshopper” is “an insect which can jump high the study, which describes and...
... recognition ofthe field Andthe findings of semantic aspects often borrow the WDBs for not only conveying the denotative as well as analysis of pragmatic aspects of these kinds of words will ... understand their cases of Secondly, English considers the WDB “owl” as the symbol meaning, it is important to consider them in their collocations From of “wisdom” on the basis of their experience and ... pragmatic features ofthe WDBs The finding ofthe pragmatic features ofthe WDBs leads both teachers and learners of study may be in one way or another beneficial to the language English and Vietnamese...
... years of age and compared with normal AA controls, showed no birthweight differences for either gender; the weight deficit in the SS children commenced before the end ofthe 1st year of life.32 The ... below the reference cut-off, and there were significant positive associations between PLP levels and BMI Z-scores, weight and MUAC.111 Reduced levels of other B vitamins including B12112 and riboflavin113 ... faced by these children.160 There has been limited evaluation of a variety of nutritional interventions that could influence the natural history of SCD.161 Improving the nutritional statusand growth...
... II The hood domain is mainly built up by residues from the C-terminus and consists of a two-stranded anti-parallel b-sheet composed of b2 and b9 and an a-helix from the C-terminus (Fig 1A) The ... Lys173 interacts with both O6 and N7 (Fig 1C) The 2¢OH ofthe ribose is hydrogen bonded to the main chain andthe side chain of Asp142 (Fig 1C) Both hydroxyl groups ofthe ribose are involved in ... Asp142, 2¢ and 3¢OH ofthe ribose and three water molecules with ˚ coordination distances of approximately 2.4 A The phosphate ofthe GMP is hydrogen bonded to main chain and side chain atoms of amino...
... position at the present day The present theories ofthe transmission of light and sound; ofthe production of winds, and sun-spots, andofthe method of development and dissemination of heat, are ... except in the direction of other spheres These theories throw new light upon the character and extent ofthe atmosphere ofthe moon and planets, andthe consequent availability of those and other ... intimate and inherent nature of those forces? Do they, or either of them, belong to the domain ofthe supernatural? Are they the products of some supreme force, or forces, heretofore unappreciated? The...
... regards as the equivalent of thc npper part of t h e Portland Beds of southern England If, with ARKELL (1946, pp 24-28), we place the Portland Beds in the upper part ofthe Lower Volgian, they, the ... whorls of Tollia pnyeri Bitween 360 and 370 m, on the same flank ofthe moontain, the writer found similar doggers and platy-weathering sandstones, which contained occasional exarnples of Surifes and ... but further than this I am not prepared to go The dip ofthe rocks exposed in the 17all~gsides is often vcry nearly 1v Stratigraphy and Anr~noniteFauna of East Greenland 13 the same as the gradient...
... cause of offence In these habits we resemble the Aborigines of our country They load their huge pipes with the dried leaves of this plant, and when lighted, they breathe the dark cloud of smoke ... men void of understanding; capable of soothing the sorrows ofthe afflicted, of healing the wounds ofthe spirit, and assuaging the anguish of a broken heart But how it fulfils these desirable indications, ... form or other, either to ease the pains of dyspepsia, to allay the horrors of tedium vitæ, or to drown the anguish of a guilty conscience And may not many of these patients say to those ofthe Faculty,...
... component to the model ofthe choice ofthe length of stay The decision depends on the value ofthe unobservable taste We can now construct the probability of observing a series of stay decisions ... using the maximum ofthe expected value ofthe two coin flips—$0.50— rather than the expected value ofthe maximum—$0.75.) This approximation resulted in a model that the computer hardware and software ... Comparing the Dynamic Retention Model andthe Annualized Cost of Leaving Family of Models 15 The key difference from the DRM is that the ACOL is computing the maximum ofthe expected values rather...
... characteristics ofthe Internet; , Ko and DIKo are defined as the average diameter, K, and DIK ofthe original networks and df , Kf and DIKf denote the diameter, K, and DIK after 10% ofthe nodes are ... meaningful The other metric, S, is defined as the ratio ofthe number of nodes in the giant connected component divided by the total number of nodes One might notice the different characteristics ofthe ... snapshots ofthe real Internet topology.1 On the other hand, [42], [43] have shown that the clustering coefficient ofthe Internet has been growing and that the average diameter ofthe Internet...