... repayable within 12 months irrespective ofthe amount ofthe loan. However, the larger the loan, the larger the amount ofthe repayment installment, and a large installment may strain the repayment ... entities inthe financial system. Incidentally even the Act does not make any mention of interest rates except that the total interest cannot exceed the principal amount ofthe loan. On the other ... size ofthe loan per borrower has increased by 43.28%. This suggests that there is either an increase inthe size ofthe average individual loan given to the borrower or is an indication of...
... gives a clear indication ofthe inade-quacy of adopting a strategy of training and employingmid -level cadres inthe absence of strategies to strengthenand improve other aspects ofthe health ... each ofthe three geographical regions in Malawi. A total of 34 health facilities from the three districts were included inthe study. All staff in each ofthe facilities were included inthe ... beretained inthe full range of health care settings. In orderto develop strategies to improve the motivation and reten-tion of these mid -level cadres, we must begin measuringand monitoring the...
... and 42 (8%) of unknown gender.It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% of the sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample.Distribution ... written information about the methods, aims, and the voluntary nature of partici-pation inthe study. Subjects ofthe patient group filled in the questionnaires in a room inside the outpatientclinic, ... anxiety.Perceptions of being different from the others, the pos-sible peer discrimination because ofthe presence of ascar o n the chest inthe usual period of starting to go tokindergarten or school...
... a ratingscale inthe manner the test constructor intended [35].Because it is always uncertain how a rating scale was usedby a sample, an investigation ofthe functioning ofthe rat-ing scale ... the way it wasintended by the developer ofthe scale [15]. Thus, the assumptions about both the quality ofthe measures andutility ofthe rating scale in facilitating interpretable meas-ures ... Comparisons to the mean scores of the other subscales within the present study to those of the previous PedsQL™ school study [3], the mean scoreson the social functioning scale of both healthy...
... by the clinical condition weobtained a 600% increased odds of reporting impairment in the mobility domain (OR = 7.0, 95% C.I. 4.7–10.4), a690% increased odds of reporting impairment inthe ... < 0.001).Discussion In this study we investigated the construct validity of the Italian version ofthe EQ-5D administering the instru-ment to a sample of citizens living in Bologna (NorthItaly). ... utilized in non-Italian set-tings, it lacks of empirical evaluations in Italy. The lack of information on the construct validity and reliability of the instrument as well as the absence of utilities...
... heathenism.These inventions were the spinning jenny, the steam engine, the power loom, the wool-combing machine, and the cotton gin. They augmented the output of spinning mills, and in cheapening ... moresuccessful. These educators adopted the threefold policy of instructing Negroes inthe principles of the Christian religion, giving them the fundamentals ofthe common branches, and teaching them the ... ofthe moral and intellectual training of such asthey held in servitude."[2] To elevate their slaves to the plane of men, southern Quakers early hit upon the scheme of establishing in the...
... cognitive debriefing tests to assess thelevel of comprehension and cognitive equivalence ofthe items. The finding from cognitive debriefing tests suggests aminor revision inthe wordings for some ... approaches, the range of MIDs were 3–5 points for the satisfaction domain, 4–5 points for the impactdomain, 6–8 points for the worry domain, and 3–4 pointsfor the overall HRQOL.DiscussionAlthough the ... func-tioning and general health) ofthe SF-36 than with the psychosocial domains (e.g., social functioning) [25].Taken together, these findings might suggest that the con-cepts captured by the DQOL,...
... adequate sta-bility ofthe instrument. The 7-day interval between inter-views was important in diminishing the probability of systemic alterations inthe clinical condition of the patient. It is ... self-administered mode of administration needs further investigation. Finally,there was no report by the patients or guardians of anylack of comprehension regarding the questions. The lack of validation ... 9 of 11(page number not for citation purposes)among the individuals who participated inthe presentstudy, the option was made to administer the question-naire inthe form of an interview in...
... of the guardians rated their economic level as ‘lo w’ becausemost mothers had to quit their job to take care of theirchildren.There was no statistically significant difference in the ratio of ... reasonmaybethatchildrenundertheageof7yearscanonlydescribe the general amount of pain they feel. Therefore,it is sometimes difficult to accurately measure t he level of pain even using very simple scales ... ng out what to do when something bothers him/her)loaded on the ‘perceived physical appearance’ factor. In the parent-proxy report, the first and the second items of ‘wo rry’ loaded on the ‘ nausea’...
... observa-tions of intersex in fish have been increasing in regularity in the Shenandoah River and Potomac River basins in Virginia (Blazer and others, 2007). The fish kills and observations of intersex ... ensure the reliabil-ity ofthe data obtained. The QC samples for the SPMDs and POCIS consisted of fabrication and field blanks intended to determine the presence of any contamination ofthe sampler ... deviations ofthe response of a coincident peak present during instrumental analysis. The MQLs were determined as the greater of either the coincident peak mean plus 10 standard deviations, or the...
... providedfurther insight into the molecular mechanism driving the formation ofthe covalent C115–fosfomycin adduct. Aconservative exchange of K22 to arginine maintains fosfo-mycin binding, while ... arationale for these findings: the side chain amino group of K22 engages in a salt-bridge interaction with the phospho-nate group of fosfomycin (Fig. 5). Clearly, the guanidiniumgroup of arginine can, ... form ofthe protein. The results obtained with the K22V/R120K doublemutant protein point toward a central role of arginine 120 in the conformational process occurring during catalysis.Therefore,...