
Maternal renal dysfunction
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Nutrigenomics, proteomics and metabolomics are three new disciplines that will contribute to the rapid development of functional foods. Bioinformatics is a new tool that uses computer database technology to integrate data from multiple, and sometimes disparate, disciplines. Already these disciplines and tools have improved our understanding of food science and human nutrition. Discoveries in genetics make it possible to understand the effects of nutrients in processes at the molecular level in the body and also the variable effects of dietary components on each individual.
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conduongdinhmenh
07-05-2013
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Further, Fich and Shivdasani (2006) find that firms with a majority of their outside directors serving on three or more boards have lower profitability. Thus busy non- executive directors may be over-committed and therefore unable to fulfil the role of effective monitors. In addition, Vafeas (2003) reports that longer outside director tenure adversely affects firm performance. Hwang and Kim (2009) find that the existence of substantial social ties between outside directors and top management diminishes the effectiveness of the monitoring role of non-executive directors. ...
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thamgiacongdong
02-05-2013
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California, like many states, is facing a large budget deficit and difficult budgetary choices. The state legislature has made cuts to Early Care and Education (ECE)1 projected to total more than $1.6 billion between fiscal years 2009–2010 and 2011–2012 (California Budget Project [CBP] 2011). Since 2009, California has faced double-digit unemployment rates (California Employment Development Department 2011) and unemployment is projected to remain at that level through 2012 (Legislative Analyst’s Office [LAO] 2010b).
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trinhcaidat
19-04-2013
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Mover’s Distance (EMD) to explicitly align the volumes. In contrast to the fixed volume-to-volume matching used in [25], the space-time volumes of two videos across different space-time locations can be matched using our ASTPM method, making it better at coping with the large intraclass variations within the same type of events (e.g., moving objects in consumer videos can appear at different space- time locations, and the background within two different videos, even captured from the same scene, may be shifted due to considerable camera motion). The second is ourmain contribution.
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nhacsihuytuan
06-04-2013
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However, some focus group participants also found the use of electronic music “distracting.” Several students who disliked the use of DJ Spooky’s music accompanying Caligari noted being distracted by the modern drum loops and electronic sounds, claiming that they didn’t “suit” the film. Another student anonymously described having seen the film before, and feeling “far more removed from the film” because of the electronic music: “the experiment created an unconscious focus on where the film and the contemporary DJ track ‘synched’ up.
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khanhchilam
01-04-2013
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One might expect the eects on buyers and suppliers to be symmetric: for both the current owner and a potential buyer of a particular used car, the increased cost of usage for the current owner of that car if he or she keeps the car will exactly equal the increased cost of usage for the potential buyer, if the two have similar driving habits. In other words, one might expect an increase in gasoline prices to reduce the willingness-to-pay for a particular car by about the same amount that it reduces a potential supplier's willingness-to-accept for that car.
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nhacnenzingme
23-03-2013
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If the consumption of counterfeit goods is consistent with other forms of routine consumption practices, it is likely that they are purchased in everyday environments and situated within routine social contexts. Such a view is supported by the questionnaire data. Rather than being integrated into a subcultural technical elite, the most regular sites of purchase of counterfeit products were more mundane.
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nhacchovina
22-03-2013
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The presence or lack of these five factors was the determinant of the role of religion in the given conflict. Due to the nature of this methodology these are debateable findings. For instance one leader may declare simply ‘May God bless us and watch over us’ whereas another may declare that ‘God calls us, his chosen people, to annihilate our enemies’. Both are employing a religious discourse yet there is clearly a difference in severity. Measuring this difference is...
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tay_thi_le
19-02-2013
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Tham khảo tài liệu 'sea-fisheries (first marketing of fish) regulations, 2007', kinh doanh - tiếp thị, tiếp thị - bán hàng phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả
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doiroimavanchuadc
06-02-2013
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Persons who are ill will be asked to defer travel so as not to spread influenza to other areas that are pandemic free. Supply lines may also be affected by self-imposed travel restrictions, with truckers/transporters unwilling to travel through or to infected areas. Difficulties at border crossings may substantially affect supply lines. Consideration should be given to purchase of products made in Canada/locally to avoid potential supply problems due to border crossing restrictions implemented at the time of the pandemic.
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bi_ve_sau
05-02-2013
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An estimated 1.5 million deaths occur annually as a result of household air pollution from SFU mainly for cooking as well as winter season heating. The total disease burden, including morbidity, is estimated at 36 million DALYs (WHO 2007). 3 These deaths and DALYs arise mainly from acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in young children and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults, and to a lesser extent lung cancer. There is also moderate evidence of increased risk of asthma, cataracts and tuberculosis (Desai et al, 2004; Smith et al, 2004).
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saimatkhauroi
01-02-2013
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But how “safe” is a savings account if you leave all of your money there for a long time, and the interest it earns doesn’t keep up with inflation? What if you save a dollar when it can buy a loaf of bread. But years later when you withdraw that dollar plus the interest you earned on it, it can only buy half a loaf? This is why many people put some of their money in savings, but look to investing so they can earn more over long periods of time, say three years or longer. Investing When you “invest,” you...
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machuavo
19-01-2013
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Such a criticism of course applies with particular force to the US Federal Reserve since, in addition to their monetary responsibilities, they are also the regulator of US bank holding companies. They need to explain why they were not more forceful and effective in getting banks under their charge to reduce the concentration risk associated with large holdings of both unsecuritized and securitized mortgages and other asset-backed securities. 10 Reform of Wall Street compensation plans has been discussed for some time, going back well before this crisis.
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enter1cai
12-01-2013
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In addition to research grants, contracts and cooperative agreements from the NIH (which now includes all of the research elements of the (ADAMHA) Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration), the organizations listed below generally employ a system of external review and funding that complies closely with the NIH standard.
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taisaokhongthedung
09-01-2013
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Estrogen (ES-truh-jin): A type of hormone made by the body that helps develop and maintain female sex characteristics and the growth of long bones. Estrogens can also be made in the laboratory. They may be used as a type of birth control and to treat symptoms of menopause, menstrual disorders, osteoporosis, and other conditions. Fallopian tube (fuh-LOH-pee-in): A slender tube through which eggs pass from an ovary to the uterus. In the female reproductive tract, there is one ovary and one fallopian tube on each side of the uterus.
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taisaokhongthedung
07-01-2013
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In the treatment of bone pain, the second step on the WHO analgesic ladder is commonly unhelpful, with inadequate pain relief or the development of undesirable/intolerable side-effects (Eisenberg, 2005). There is currently no place for interventional treatment on the ladder and the earlier recommendations of a fourth step of interventional management are not applied widely enough. The main principles of pain management, including the use of a biopsychosocial approach, should be applied, rather than simply following the WHO ladder.
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khongmuonnghe
07-01-2013
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In health care practice outside the hospital, about 80% of the diseases treated are chronic. Although much of the treatment is remarkably efficient as a result of, inter alia, medical research, its quality is often far from satisfactory. Many patients do not comply* with instructions; fewer than 50% follow their treatment correctly. It has been observed that patients are inadequately informed about their condition and that few have been helped to manage or take responsibility for their treat- ment.
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chiecxedien
02-01-2013
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We predict that in 2019, Medi-Cal coverage will increase by 1.2 to 1.6 million (under the base and enhanced scenarios, respectively). Enrollment in Healthy Families will decline slightly as older children under 133 percent FPL will now qualify for Medi-Cal. An estimated 1.8 to 2.1 million will be enrolled in the Exchange with subsidies, while 2.1 to 2.2 million will remain in the non-group market or be enrolled in the Exchange without subsidies.11 Finally, the number of uninsured will decline by 1.8 to 2.7 million people, leaving 3.0 to 4.0 million Californians without coverage.
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thankinhphanliet
01-01-2013
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Although we are primarily interested in the housing consumption of the elderly, we did not limit our analysis to the householders aged 62 and older. For comparison purposes, we looked at all householders. We did this by segregating the householder population into seven age cohorts. The number of age cohorts is large enough to let us capture changes in housing consumption over individuals’ lifecycle, without being overly burdensome on the analysis. The cohort widths have been defined such that they can mirror reasonable life bands.
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ut_hai_can
26-12-2012
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In 2003, a man from one of the charity organizations referred Martha to Likii HIV’s Home based care group because the support she was getting was not sustainable. Lucy Njoki, a caregiver from Likii and also a woman living with HIV welcomed her and shared her story with other caregivers in the group. Caregivers contributed some money to rent a house for her and ensure that she received food daily. Caregivers also referred her to the comprehensive care unit at the district hospital where she resumed ART treatment. In 2004/2005, her health...
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connicquy
20-12-2012
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