... know the benefit of having the connection of their latrines to biogas plants At the installation, the community agreed to share the 20% ofthe installation cost andthe 100% of cleaning cost of ... because the people were involved from the beginning ofthe installation and they understood the benefit ofthe option from the combination of hygiene education and their experience from the test ... overflow ofthe latrine or the bad smell ofthe latrine, and about 30% had the feeling that the latrine was in dirty condition After 1999, the claim ofthe overflow/smell decreased to 5%, and nearly...
... to the vague nature of their symptoms as stated in the literature, [2] and are therefore often missed [3] In contact sports such as professional soccer and rugby, the "sprain" mechanism so often ... [17], on the other hand, suggested unbalanced loading ofthe medial joint space as be the primary cause for the development of degenerative arthritis As the Tibia cartilage on the medial and posterior ... between the presence of oedema andthe time period between injury and imaging The grade of cartilage injury correlated significantly with the depth of oedema All measurements were within one grade of...
... resuscitation A determinant ofthe success of NOM is the level of cooperation between different specialists in the hospital Good teamwork among the trauma surgeon, the anesthesiologist andthe (interventional) ... radiologist leads to a quicker understanding ofthe underlying injuries and thus shortens the time between entering the hospital andthe initiation of therapeutic interventions This seems obvious ... Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 4Trauma Unit Dept of Surgery, Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands 5Dept of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Authors’...
... bleeding and occlusion [7] Another possibility is that a coronary spasm was the cause ofthe STEMI, due to nearby hematoma or pressure ofthe false lumen which resolved with the use ofthe adjuvant therapy, ... via the left main coronary artery The procedure took place under systematic hypothermia (25°C) After the opening ofthe aorta the diagnosis of a type A aortic dissection was confirmed with the ... nitrates The followed inappropriate thrombolysis probably affected adversely the outcome by being the causative factor for the further expansion ofthe tear and by causing difficulties with the hemostasis...
... BKI1 to the C-terminal portion of BRI1 In the presence of BR, BKI1 is released by the direct binding of BR to the 70-amino acid island region in the extracellular domain of BRI1 [7] Then, BRI1 ... bri1 A The schematic protein structure of BRI1 is shown andthe mutation site of bri1-120/cp3 is marked in the 13th LRR ofthe extracellular domain of BRI1 B Overexpression of BRI1 rescued the cp3 ... line To determine the hormone sensitivity of bri1-120, we added 20 μM of IAA, GA, kinetin, and ACC and 50 μM of JA to 1/2 MS MS plates and processed them the same way All ofthe chemicals were...
... (IGFBP)-4 and IGFBP-5 Proteolysis of IGFBPs regulates the bioavailability of IGFs, and because ofthe association between IGF levels and prostate cancer [33], strategies for the direct inhibition of ... against the consensus sequence ofthe known transcripts for the target gene Microarrays carry multiple probes against the same gene distributed throughout the length ofthe transcript, some of which ... performed the RTPCR detection ofthe TMPRSS:ERG fusion product MS is the surgeon who provided the patient samples, pathology results and other clinical data NJM participated in the study design and...
... -Assess the yield in the U.S market on the modified BRE ofthe emerging Market credit, then add the sovereign yield spread Finally, compare the resulting required yield with the yield in the market ... Rate One can measure the cumulative mortality rate (CMR) over a specific time period (1,2,…, T years) by subtracting the product ofthe surviving populations of each ofthe previous years from ... cumulative defaults 10 Marginal and Cumulative Mortality Rate Equation MMR(t) = Total value of defaulting debt in year (t) total value ofthe population at the start ofthe year (t) MMR = Marginal...
... Concerns in Education What is the purpose of school? Concerns in Education What is the purpose of school? ? Interdisciplinary Students not see the connections between the different subject areas ... Instruction Authentic projects for authentic audiences Science Classes Project-Based Instruction Authentic projects for authentic audiences Communities Learning with the community, in the community, ... skills they need to succeed? College & Career Ready Preparing students for their future What skills they need to succeed? College & Career Ready What about Life- Ready? Preparing students for their...
... beyond their immediate supervisor Quite simply, the interviewees want to know that their chain of command knows them and understands what they care about and what they want to see improved and changed ... on their job in the short, mid- or long term Together, the mentor and mentee identify the professional skills they need to acquire before they can rise to higher echelons in the company Since the ... into their fold and bring on the next generation of skilled workers Fewer and fewer scientists and engineers entering the field in the 1980s and 1990s means that there is a shrinking pool of experienced...
... tumors and liquid tumors Solid tumors are tumors of solid tissues, consisting of two types: carcinomas and sarcomas Carcinoma is the cancer ofthe epithelium lining inside and outside ofthe organ ... sites (1-5) There are five main therapies for cancer treatment: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, and targeted therapy Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the use of cytotoxic antineoplastic drugs ... with other cancer therapies Targeted therapy is the newest form of treatment that is developed based on human knowledge about the molecular aspect of cancer biology Targeted therapy is the use of...
... problems The child and its family should be the focus ofthe professional Also, professionals should be made aware ofthe consequences of care for parents during their training Furthermore, they ... execution ofthe study and revised the manuscript MG designed and supervised execution ofthe study, analyzed and interpreted data and revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the manuscript ... (86%) and were born in the Netherlands (82%) Fourteen percent ofthe respondents had a chronic illness themselves, and 10% of their partners Families had on average 2.3 (SD: 0.9) children The chronically...
... in the wrist due to gout [6,8,9] The prevalence of gout in the USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in women [2] The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8% of women over the age of ... at the carpal-metacarpal joint at the base ofthe thumb The report stated that the radiographs were otherwise normal The patient's symptoms worsened with increased pain and swelling over the ... incidence of gout has been reported in the USA and New Zealand over the past 30 years, while the prevalence of gout has been reported to have risen three-fold in the UK over 20 years of follow-up...
... 8) At the time of prosthesis reimplantation, the spacer head can be easily removed andthe modular prosthesis parts (neck and head) placed This procedure offers a stable fracture treatment and ... removal, and insertion of a cement-coated modular prosthesis with a spacer head The cement mantle ofthe prosthesis is also antibiotic-loaded according to the sensitivity profile ofthe causative organism ... lag screws and Charnley prostheses, respectively [5] The authors reported that all constructs based upon the Charnley prostheses andthe commercial spacers did not fail at 3000 N; the other two...
... account for the diversity oflife in the biosphere, it is generally recognized that the origin oflife is one ofthe great unsolved mysteries in science (Radetsky1992; Wade 2000) At the heart of this ... described by the Second Law of Thermodynamics For them, the origin oflife is nothing more or less than the emergence of sufficient biological information to enable a system of biopolymers to (1) store ... oflife appears to be its capacity, through the use of information, to survive and exist in a nonequilibrium state, resisting the pull toward equilibrium that is described by the Second Law of...
... free them to the same, and you’ll find your relationship becoming happier and healthier 18 THEIMPORTANCEOF SOLITUDE FOR A BALANCED LIFE “Today is life – the only life you are sure of Make the ... reduces the severity of asthma and arthritis, as well as other illnesses ‣ It strengthens the immune system 13 THEIMPORTANCEOF SOLITUDE FOR A BALANCED LIFE “I guess whatever maturity is there ... addition, you'll experience the sensual pleasures of soil and velvety petals, the burst of flavor in your mouth, the invigorating and tranquil effect of fresh air andthe outdoors What’s more,...
... measure the quality ofthe legal system and enforcement (i.e., efficiency ofthe judicial system, rule of law, and corruption index) SIZE is the book value of total assets at the end ofthe fiscal ... (1) the classification ofthe legal origin, and (2) the general quality ofthe legal system and enforcement (LEGAL) measured by the mean of three institutional variables (i.e., efficiency ofthe ... is the book value of total assets at the end ofthe fiscal year (in EUR thousands) Financial leverage (LEV) is measured as the ratio of total debt to the sum of total debt plus book value of...
... to h The participants were given an explanation regarding the purpose ofthe feedback, the purpose ofthe conceptual model, some background ofthe research that lead to the development ofthe ... By these definitions, and due to theimportanceofthe role of project management in the success of projects, the authors consider related department collaboration on product development by the ... in SMEs To understand theimportanceof coordinating these sections with the project manager and validated the model, the author interviewed 20 project managers The majority of project managers...