... dispersion of smoke or other emissions Elevation at the base ofthe inversion inthe atmosphere defines the mixing height This elevation varies diurnally and seasonally Annually, the average mixing ... percent ofthe site’s area, and surface contamination exists in only 0.6 percent ofthe area The SRS manages its forests on a far longer rotation length than most managed lands inthe Southeast ... surveys ofthe site Since that time, researchers from those organizations and many others have intensively studied and monitored the natural resources ofthe SRS The initial inventory ofthe fauna...
... treatment Definition of neuropathic pain Neuropathic pain has been defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as “pain arising as the direct consequence of a lesion or disease ... as the expansion of hypersensitivity beyond the innervation territory of a lesion site, repeated stimulation of a constant magnitude leading to an increasing pain response, and pain outlasting ... efficacy of amino‐ guanidine in treating DPN was pursued 2.2 Blocking signaling conducers 2.2.1 Protein kinase C and ruboxistaurin Protein kinase C (PKC) is a ubiquitous serine/threonine kinase of...
... proportion will also be allocated to phone and email contact The final phase ofthe intervention will involve the PSW 'weaning' the young person from the support ofthe PSW by encouraging the young ... period Once the discharge planning process is about to begin the RA will contact the young person and see if they are interested inthe study If so they will obtain written consent and conduct the ... participants views ofthe quality and quantity of relevant information received at the point of discharge It will be administered at the end ofthe interview in order that the RA can remind blind to treatment...
... physicians (total of 142) Response rate ofthe baseline measurement was 63 percent: eighty-nine respondents filled inthe questionnaire at T0 (consisting ofthe four main components ofthe CCM only) A ... lot onthe part ofthe organization and professionals, as well Organizing and training health care providers to implement the DMP is time-consuming onthe part ofthe project leaders and the ... (multidisciplinary) guidelines The implementation strategies for professional interventions may, however, vary All DMPs provide training for their professionals Implementation of these guideline in 19...
... bullish, the torching of forest lands in Indonesia could be on an industrial scale inthe future The monitoring, control, and management of Indonesian haze has to be on a regional basis among ASEAN ... ORADIN GLOBAL AN TAI The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The South China Sea The ... wildlife Indonesian haze has hit the region on a number of occasions inthe 1980’s and 1990’s The one in 1977 was the worst incurring an economic loss of US1.3 billion, from close-down of factories,...
... by the proponents of deregulation inthe electrical industry space The role that the natural gas industry played in creating some ofthe problems found in California during the electricity industry ... purpose ofthe study clearly in mind helped minimize the effects of ignoring disconfirming evidence (Eisenhardt, 1989; Robson, 2002; Sadler, 1981 Keeping these potential limitations in 12 mind and ... of management strategy, organizational structure, and organizational culture in a nonprofit electrical cooperative as a result of deregulation inthe electrical industry The intersection of these...
... effort intensive; observational data contains an extremely wide amount of information The more information the researcher desires to collect, the longer the observations and data collection will ... each other during the observation The text data file (in Microsoft Excel format) of each researcher's observation was imported into the programme file The programme analysed each line ofthe data, ... tabs Each tab contains the corresponding job tasks The linkage between tasks and tabs is held up inthe database preserving the flexibility ofthe system The acquired data is saved in different...
... requirement to sustain life in event of acute kidney injury[1] Peritoneal dialysis is ineffective in maintaining the relatively longer requirement for dialysis until the renal functions recover However, ... participated in designing, article search, information coding and writing ofthe manuscript They were also responsible for the clinical care ofthe first and second patients VP, SW and HF were responsible ... is an option when haemodialysis facilities are not available Chelation therapyin copper sulphate poisoning aims at removing ingested copper from the body The efficacy of these chelating agents...
... integration, and (3) how will the cost of implementing integration influence national decision-making? Ongoing efforts such as those ofthe National Institutes of Health-sponsored International epidemiologic ... by the HIV epidemic inthe setting of insufficient structural and human resources The additional responsibilities needed to address TB/HIV co-infection (such as on- site counselling and testing ... their care and treatment programs, attention to issues of TB co-infection such as active TB case-finding, must be included, because TB represents one ofthe most common opportunistic infections...
... Listwise deletion of missing data onthe basis ofthe 18 items inthe short version resulted in N=221 We re-ran the final short version on this sample Internal consistency ofthe subscales was ... self-regulation with regard to well-being SMW theory posits that successful aging is a life-long process of realizing and sustaining well-being, even inthe face of declining resources Rather than being the ... different modes of administration They thus remain undefined The instrument’s sensitivity to change requires further investigation We recommend testing the English version ofthe SMAS-S in other countries...
... division lines The first was the disintegration ofthe Soviet Union, the swift dismantling of central planning, and the shock therapyof price liberalization in 1991–1992 The second event was the financial ... fading As a consequence ofthe concentration of ownership and control, there was a decline inthe number of corporate conflicts as well as a change inthe motivation of dominant shareholders In ... inthe mid-1980s, changes in economic policy began to emerge Onthe micro level, the logic of changes was focused onthe transformation of incentives of economic agents The formation of new incentive...
... under state leadership One ofthe reasons for following this path is the illegitimacy ofthe results of privatization Inthe public opinion, the privatization ofthe 1990s is considered unjust (Denisova ... develop their businesses The second section contains a description ofthe structure of stock ownership that emerged in Russian companies in 2005 and the types of shareholders they include The third ... cover up the holdings ofthe largest individual owners Shares of banks and other financial investors were minor, only to reflect the weak role of financial intermediation and banking sector The shares...
... state control over “strategic industries” continues, the overwhelming dominance of state-owned enterprises inthe Russian economy is already a thing ofthe past In addition, in recent years, there ... other terms and conditions included in an agreement between the seller and the purchasing third party This is done in order to confirm whether any ofthe other shareholders ofthe company or the ... difference between the two company groups inthe breakdown of their answers to the above question Table 3.3 contains the results ofthe answers of our respondents to the question of what was the most important...
... Form of Incorporation 87 Furubotn, E G & Richter, R (2005) Institutions and Economic Theory: The Contribution ofthe New Institutional Economics (second edition) (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan ... study ofthe above specific features inthe Russian economy in terms of their effects on board structure will contribute valuable findings and theoretical viewpoints to the study of transition economies ... that of interested parties who are in conflict with the managers, and other governance variables for the examination ofthe second objective of this research In this chapter, the impacts of the...
... have conducted studies on CEO turnover from the viewpoint ofthe appointment date ofthe current president and the reason for the resignation ofthe predecessor in order to use the data in empirical ... because ofthe national culture of social collectivism, the 70-year-long historyofthe riskaverse way of life inthe Soviet period, and the Continental European nature of corporate law, the management ... Kapelyushnikov & Demina (2005) is the most recent one on managerial turnover in Russia Using the results of a longitudinal questionnaire survey of industrial firms9 carried out in 1997–2003, they performed...
... depends onthe arrival of new company owners The third section contains the main hypothesis regarding the influence ofthe composition ofthe management teams, changes of principal owners, and business ... environment onthe intensity of enterprise restructuring and a discussion ofthe results of their empirical testing The fourth section includes a summary ofthe results and the conclusion General ... regarding the level of education ofthe chief executive officers In group-member companies, in contrast with independent JSCs, the share of professional managers having education in economics...
... favorable impact onthe intensity of restructuring in nonregulated industries The impact ofthe industry in most regression specifications was statistically significant The impact of location is also ... and in response to the question about the need to finance a shortfall in cash The FINPER indicator reflects the sufficiency of cash inflows for the financing of current activity and equals if the ... Impact of business integration on total factor productivity The data of enterprises’ annual balance sheets allow a comparison ofthe TFP onthe basis ofthe Cobb–Douglas production function in independent...
... discussion ofthe determinants of membership in associations The fourth section is an evaluation ofthe benefits from being a member of an association(s) and demonstrates the reputational capital of ... Business Associations: Incentives and Benefits 259 to consolidate their activities in order to champion their interests The transformation ofthe BAs into institutions of a civil society in Russia ... second section contains the main hypothesis regarding the incentives to join an association as a result of costs-benefits calculus and a review of their preliminary testing The third section is a...
... of a testable hypothesis The third section contains a description ofthe methodology The fourth section contains empirical results and discussion The last section is a presentation ofthe main ... amount of international currency reserves As a consequence, Alexei Kudrin was recognized in March 2005 by the international business-magazine, The Banker, as the Finance Minister ofThe Year Onthe ... opinion, could affect the quality of corporate governance: the affiliation of a firm to a business group; a controlling stake being inthe hands of a single shareholder; the financial conditions...
... addition to the above-mentioned inclusion criteria, for a donor to be included inthe final analysis, they must receive at least one dose of study drug and complete the donation process as defined ... first Definition Secondary clinical Donor lung utilization rate The number of lungs transplanted divided by the total number of lungs available inthe donors enrolled in each study arm The donor ... organ donors Experience gained during the design and implementation ofthe BOLD study should be useful for investigators planning future clinical trials inthe brain-dead donor population Page of...