... initial phases of its implementation, assessing and defining the innovation within the cultural context ofthe implementing organization, developing infrastructure, and building linkages and relationships ... challenges in achieving and sustaining social, economic, or business returns inthe context of program improvement initiatives [29], we hypothesize that it is the alignment of these cases inthe context ... launched the Clinical Trials Working Group [3] as a means of restructuring and improving the administration ofthe NCI-sponsored clinical trials program within academicbased and community settings...
... diameter the PC2 factor determined the location of Sarno ecotypes inthe lower left-hand part and those of Sorrento in lower right-hand part ofthe graphic Instead, the PCA plots obtained by combining ... Six principal components were obtained that explained approximately 80.3% ofthe variability inthe dataset The first two factors explained about 38% ofthe variation inthe data, with the first ... the variability, and consists inthe Asn, Ser, Glu and Thr amino acids, andin skin resistance The fifth and sixth factors explained 11% and 8% of total variability, respectively The fifth was associated...
... ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab- 24 lished within the Office ofthe Administrator ofthe Health 25 Resources and Services Administration an office to be 26 known as the Office of Women’s Health (referred to in ... 908 OFFICE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 14 the Office ofthe Commissioner ofthe Food and Drug Ad15 ministration an office to be known as the Office of Wom16 ... 14 the Director ofthe Office in 15 ‘‘(A) identifying the need for further stud- 16 ies and issues in specific areas of women’s 17 health that fall within the mission ofthe Agen- 18 cy, and...
... ofthe Administration; ‘‘(C) identifying whether any need exists for the coordination of Administration activi- ties, including internal and external activities; 10 ‘‘(D) maintaining the Administration’s ... ESTABLISHMENT. The Secretary shall estab- 11 lish within the Office ofthe Administrator ofthe Health 12 Resources and Services Administration, an office to be 13 known as the Office of Women’s Health The ... COMPOSITION. The Coordinating Com- 13 mittee shall be composed ofthe official designated 14 under subsection (a) andthe directors ofthe centers 15 and offices ofthe Agency 16 ‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON. The official...
... ‘Coordinating Committee’) ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION. The Coordinating Com- mittee shall be composed ofthe directors ofthe bu- reaus ofthe Administration ‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON. The Director ofthe Of- fice ... subsection (a) andthe directors ofthe centers and offices ofthe Agency ‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON. The official designated under subsection (a) shall serve as the Chairperson ofthe Coordinating Committee ... to in this section as the ‘Administration’) levels of activity regarding women’s participation in clinical trials andthe analysis of data by sex inthe testing of drugs, medical devices, and...
... important rolein maintaining static equilibrium ofthe trunk by resisting the flexion moment imposed by gravity and any mass carried anterior to the spine (see figure 2) Theroleofthe erector spinae ... addition to theroleof muscle activity in maintaining an erect spinal posture, the control of this activity should also be considered The spine is inherently unstable Muscles around the spine and trunk ... alignment ofthe vertebral column and has a primary rolein attenuating and dispersing axial load With aging, the water content ofthe nucleus pulposus decreases, compromising the properties of the...
... Engineering from North Carolina State University, Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Administration from the University of Hartford, and her doctorate in Engineering ... average flow, and observations from the other plants with similar conditions The BOD level ofthe influent is noted for every month, andthe change inthe BOD level ofthe influent in each ISSN ... by the trickling filter, andthe remaining 5% are reduced by the oxidation ditch The amount of rainfall per each month is also collected The amount of rainfall has a great influence on BOD and...
... Chinese Academies of Engineering and Science The Institute of Medicine ofthe U.S National Academy of Sciences, the U.S member ofthe IAMP, played a critical rolein facilitating all aspects of ... following four institutions and benefited from the contributions of those institutions andthe efforts ofthe responsible individuals within them: • The Fogarty International Center ofthe U.S ... between the Rank Order of Causes ofthe Global Burden of Disease in 2001, Using Uniform Age Weights and Percent Discounting and No Discounting Effects of Changing the Discount Rate and Age Weighting...
... Aims and Scope Cancer is a complex problem The international effort to understand and control it involves clinicians trained in many branches of medicine and scientists from almost all ofthe ... cases of cancer inthe UK (approximately 134 000 new cases in 2010), andabout 50% of all cancer deaths Most of these cases of cancer (excluding a few thousand due to the natural background of ionising ... radiation exposure inthe UK DM Parkin and SC Darby Tobacco-attributable cancer burden inthe UK in 2010 DM Parkin S14 11 Cancers attributable to infection inthe UK in 2010 DM Parkin S77 S6 10 Cancers...
... expand If the amount of work due to the expansion is 2780 J andthe amount of heat given off during the cooling is 3942 cal, calculate the change in internal energy (in kcal) ofthe gas during ... terms of inlet and outlet loading is _ Inlet loading — Outlet loading Inlet loading Calculate the collection efficiency ofthe control unit in percent for the rates provided E = 2~®A 100 = 95% The ... corresponds to the value ofthe abscissa at the point of intersection of this line with the saturation curve Calculate the flowrate of water inthe air Note that both the given flowrate and humidity are...
... on the skin when used, thickness and residue; its characteristics and performance are the result ofthe ingredients ofthe product and their physical formulation (Wortel and Wiechers, 2000) These ... possible to maintain a relatively high degree of homogeneity for the sample, reducing the potential for random errors and variability inthe findings The researchers first contacted instructors in different ... derived ingredients Instead, they are pursuing a new lifestyle through the choice of materials in packaging andthe appearance of products (Bird, 2008) As more consumers are looking for products and...
... The ˆ2 standard errors of σp i were obtained by the square root ofthe respective sampling variances, and these were calculated from the sampling (co)variances ofthe components inthe denominator ... implemented inthe ASREML program [10] The standard errors ofthe estimated parameters were calculated by the square root ofthe respective sampling variances, obtained from the inverse ofthe average information ... maximum and minimum ofthe differences BM – E1, BM – E2 and BM – E3, between evaluations Parents and their cloned offspring were ranked on PBVs from BM and simpler models, andthe best individuals...
... other climatic data differed between Yezo spruce and Sakhalin spruce On the other hand, both maximum density of Sakhalin spruce growing in northem Hokkaido [31] and latewood density of Sakhalin ... reductions in ring width in Yezo spruce and Norway spruce inthe 1970s reflect the records of industrial activity near the forest During this period, neither the meteorological data nor the forest ... natural disturbance The ring-width and max- imum-density series were standardized by first fitting a trend line and then dividing the measured data by the corresponding fitted data for the given year...
... predictive of risk of RP as reported inthe literature The file contains a number of important dosimetric parameters predictive of risk of RP as reported inthe literature Competing interests The authors ... symptoms and radiographic infiltrate changes corresponding to the radiation portal observed during concurrent chemoradiotherapy, within the first months after treatment andinthe absence of any other ... shows the association between the dosimetric Parameters (NTCP/V10) andthe incidence of SARP for 94 patients; the incidences of SARP inthe group with NTCP > 4.2% and NTCP ≤ 4.2% were 43.5% and...
... according to the actuarial method of Kaplan and Meier [24] The calculation of OS, DFS and LC was performed from the date of diagnosis to the date ofthe event Survival was measured from the date of ... sphincter-sparing surgery is nowadays the main subject of controversy One ofthe most important controversies is whether the degree of downstaging warrants this type of surgery [1] Results ofthe ... surgery and did not develop local failure, the sphincter preservation rate among patients with initial indication of APR was of 26.8% (19/71) Postoperative staging and surgical findings The postoperative...
... years of experience inthe treatment of Hodgkin's disease in childhood The primary end point was to evaluate prognosis associated with the use of radiotherapy on combined treatment andthe real ... restricting radiation therapy to areas of initial bulk disease was possible to be used in 15% ofthe cases (stage III and IV) andin other cases mantle and extend fields were used mainly in stage ... %(n-22) and ABVD/OPPA in 22 %(n-33) The distribution of fields radiotherapy, doses radiotherapy and chemotherapy protocols used in treatment of patients according to clinical stage is displayed in...
... at calving Table I shows the general characteristics ofthe definitive data set Only Holstein sires born in Cuba and with a minimum of 20 daughters in a specific calving and distributed in at ... vector of fixed effects including age and herd-year-season of calving (natural trimester); s is as vector of random sire effects and e is a vector of random residuals, and X and Z are incidence ... factor affecting the productivity of cattle in these regions The seasonal variation obtained in these results is similar to those patterns inthe subtropical regions of Mexico and Florida (Ingraham...