... truly reap the benefits ofthe new technology, their employees, and I mean all employees, have to be educated and trained as to the appropriate ways of dealing with the dark side of information ... computer users have to learn the safe practices for their computers, their business networks, andthe Internet The security basics of “what to do” and “what not to do” become the front-line defense ... be treated that way The technologies and topics introduced throughout the course are the absolute foundations for all ofthe other disciplines mentioned above The beauty of this certification...
... NOM failure, such as the injury grade, the presence of associated intra-abdominal injuries andthe risk of missing injuries with the subsequent sequelae, of a failed NOM andof delayed surgical ... been observed and is associated with higher rates of NOM (80%) and lower rates of Page of failure (2-5%); nonetheless several concerns raise because it is labour intensive and there have been ... rare and can be minimized with polyvalent vaccines of encapsulated bacteria, whilst operative mortality of splenectomy in the otherwise normal patient is < 1% [38] Whereas NonOperative Management...
... and research use raises questions about the validity ofthe scale In the UK, the content and construct validity ofthe scale has been questioned [10] The registered nurses' role in the care of ... proportion of RNs working in the care of older people perceived several barriers to research utilization The barriers mainly concerned the characteristics ofthe organization andthe presentation and ... accordance with Rogers' theory: • the characteristics ofthe adopter – the nurse's research values, skills and awareness – the Nurse subscale (eight items) • the characteristics ofthe organization –...
... and research use raises questions about the validity ofthe scale In the UK, the content and construct validity ofthe scale has been questioned [10] The registered nurses' role in the care of ... proportion of RNs working in the care of older people perceived several barriers to research utilization The barriers mainly concerned the characteristics ofthe organization andthe presentation and ... accordance with Rogers' theory: • the characteristics ofthe adopter – the nurse's research values, skills and awareness – the Nurse subscale (eight items) • the characteristics ofthe organization –...
... acquisition of data and drafting the manuscript PAP was involved in acquisition of data and drafting the manuscript MKD was involved in coordination ofthe study and revision ofthe manuscript ... of stay (days) †Median and range, ††Comparison between NOM-S and OP group, *Mann Whitney U test and 2, §Two of these patients died on the operating table The majority of authors concur that the ... operation Nevertheless, in the present series the majority of patients ofthe NOM-S group remained on the ward under close monitoring and only one patient who was intubated upon arrival to the ED due...
... structure of pension fund reserves Japan’s GPIF does not have the equivalent of a governing body The chairman ofthe GPIF is the head ofthe asset management body and holds the bulk ofthe decisionmaking ... welfare, and family affairs, the head ofthe government ministry that supervises the National Pension Service Having the head ofthe supervisory agency also serve as the head ofthe governing body of ... ministers) The top four members ofthe asset management body (chairman and vice chairmen) also are members The deputy head of a labor union and an academic (head ofthe Development Research Center of the...
... are: 1) low frequency ofthe "at-risk" genotype, which would reduce the statistical power ofthe studies and 2) small size ofthe studies Ethnic differences in the roles ofthe polymorphism may ... polymorphisms of three ofthe exons ofthe ERCC1 gene, all of which resulted in silent mutations No amino acid substitutions were observed among the ERCC1 polymorphisms [48] The functional effects ofthe ... around the start codon is GCCRCCAUGG, which is known as the Kozak consensus sequence [62] The R at position -3 andthe G just downstream ofthe start codon are especially important, andthe lack of...
... understanding of their clients and for the improvement ofthe care they offer, both as individual therapists and as protagonists ofthe systems of detention in secure psychiatric units and in ... connect actions to their agents on the one hand, and to the world on the other, go far beyond the level of physical description, and we grow to understand much more about both of these relations ... intention The little ones had assumed an identity between their experience of their own desire andthe likely experience ofthe other Around three- to- four years of age this understanding of agency...
... (?), and sprinkled them with a powder made ofthe dust of decayed pine trees, and a sort of brushwood which the Spaniards call Brefsos, together with the powder of pumice stone Then they let the ... barbarians who clothed themselves with skins as a protection from the inclemency ofthe weather, and also in the case ofthe luxurious Greeks and Romans, who used skins in the adornment of their persons ... side and in front ofthe wings, the legs and tail being thrust through the other, one loop coming on each side ofthe body behind the wings A swivel is attached at one ofthe knots, and, by another...
... to address the imbalance of power in the produce industry? Unfortunately, there have been few systematic studies of their performance Central was the grandfather ofthe breed of cooperatives ... either on the number of voters or on the volume of product marketed) from the producers who will be subject to its provisions Depending upon the provisions ofthe order, the agreement of handlers ... facing the industry Each of these types of charges are but symptoms ofthe greater problem The imbalance of power, which allows the retail chain to demand the fee if it desires, would, in the absence...
... This software provides the best-fit values for the heat of binding (DH°), the stoichiometry of binding (n), andthe association constant (Ka) from plots ofthe heat evolved per mol of anesthetic ... unfolding events, the stability ofthe porcine odorant binding protein is estimated to be % kcalÆmol)1 The folded conformation ofthe porcine odorant binding protein was stabilized further by the ... a (s) is the control rate of hydrogen exchange in the absence of anesthetic The y-axis is the molar ratio of unexchanged hydrogen to protein The most rapid time point acheivable in these studies...
... sponsored by the Director for Officer and Enlisted Personnel Management in the Office ofthe Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) The research was conducted for the Office ofthe Secretary ... Chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff, the combatant commanders, andthe specialized senior billets, such as the doctrine, training and education, nuclear, andthe service component commands Last, there ... productive officers to retirement from the military, andthe retirement of G/FOs without the minimum expected time in their last pay grade Additionally, the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense...
... 60% of that ofthe WT strain In addition, the finding that the sum ofthe NAGase activities in the Dnag1 and Dnag2 strains totalled more than 100% of that in the WT suggested that expression of ... strains andthe WT could be detected with respect to the timing and frequency of spore swelling and germination, andthe morphology ofthe germ tubes was also completely normal, indicating that the ... produced by the WT andthe number of spores in the Dnag1 strain was 466 ± 105% The results on all other carbon sources showed no differences between the WT andthe single knockout strains, and, most...
... further examine the nature ofthe heme environment ofthe bHLH-PAS-A domain of NPAS2, we analyzed the resonance Raman spectra ofthe Fe(III), Fe(II) and Fe(II)–CO complexes The spectra ofthe ... nm, and those ofthe Fe(II)–CO complex were at 422, 538 and 566 nm On the other hand, optical absorption spectra ofthe Fe(III), Fe(II) and Fe(II)–CO complexes ofthe PAS-A domain of NPAS2 were ... [7] Thus, truncation ofthe C-terminal domain andthe binding of heme may affect the DNAbinding properties ofthe bHLH-PAS-A fragment We further examined the binding of CO to the Fe(II) bHLH-PAS-A...
... ethical approval andthe requirements ofthe cancer registry, doctor consent to contact eligible women (provided for 82% ofthe urban sample and 90% ofthe non- urban sample) and participant consent ... than the median, moderate to high stress levels and/ or perceived poor handling of stress could reduce the odds of good QOL two- to fourfold The cross-sectional nature ofthe data denotes that these ... scholarship support for the first author and fellowship support for the second author, and by the Cancer Council Queensland for the Queensland Cancer Risk Study Monika Janda is supported by NHMRC-CDA-553034...
... u2 and u3 are nonzero solutions of VI (1.2) This completes the proof Theorem 3.2 Let all the conditions of Theorem 2.2 be satisfied and let g : K → X ∗ satisfy the conditions (G4 ) and (G5 ) Then, ... (G4 ) and (G5 ) Then, there exist three solutions of VI (1.2), at least two of which are nonzero solutions The proof of Theorem 3.2 is similar to the proof of Theorem 3.1 and so we omit it An ... semicontinuous mapping and antimonotone (i.e., g(u) − g(v),u − v ≤ 0, ∀u,v ∈ K), then there exists a unique solution of variational inequality (1.1) in K On the other hand, the existence of nonzero solutions...
... TSS, PNK and AK drafted the manuscript with committed and dedicated review and discussion of WET, MAK, RAH and KWJ DM prepared the histopathological data and figures including their review and evaluation ... in the left lower lobe ofthe lung (Figure 1b) with homogenous contrast media enhancement as well as two smaller lesions in the right upper lobe There were neither signs of infiltration ofthe ... However, to the best of our knowledge, we present the first case of a patient with the diagnosis of SH and a history of Lynch syndrome Case Presentation We first diagnosed a 21-year -old Caucasian...
... introduction of new therapies, since we have confirmed that the use of these drugs was associated with an improvement ofthe average disease activity score andofthe HAQ score Other factors related to the ... in the design ofthe study andthe interpretation of data, and helped to draft the manuscript MAD performed the statistical analysis and helped to draft the manuscript IG-A participated in the ... design ofthe study and also in collection ofthe data at the Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, was involved in the interpretation of data and drafted the manuscript All rheumatologists of the...