Method and objective : This descriptive and correlational study invited 221 nurses working in three different clinical settings of university hospitals in Switzerland. The categories are not mutually exclusive b. Two new parameters which we believe will simplify the evaluation of ferroelectric thin films for tunable microwave filters, are defined. There were statistically significant differences in clinically significant depressive symptoms by gender, with higher rates among women (x2=8.53, df=1, p=0.003). The positive opinions of surgeons increased for all medical students from the pre-evaluation to the post-evaluation, and there was a greater increase in positive opinions for our participants. Temperature, humidity, and precipitation summaries include data from SRL's standard meteorological instrument shelter and the Augusta National Weather Service office at Bush Field through 1986. Here, a single framework is proposed that unifies, extends, and improves a general-purpose modelling strategy, based on the assumption that any process can emerge by transforming a specific "parent" Gaussian process. ; Sitnichenko, A.I. Physical explanations for the class descriptions obtained are presented. A convenience sample of 240 community-dwelling adults aged 60 was recruited in May-July in 2012 in Hong Kong. Analysis of descriptions generated with the aid of sommelier cards shows that pairs were more coherent and discriminative than individuals. All the patients completed a Safety Behavior List that was developed based on experiences with panic disorder patients. Conclusions Village doctors, Statistical correlation of structural mode shapes from test measurements and NASTRAN analytical values. Numerical models are increasingly the focus of modern engineering as helpful tools for tailoring and optimization of custom-designed microstructures by suitable processing and alloy design. We find that coherent multiple scattering is essential to obtain a positive definite v 2{4}. Validation of rapid descriptive sensory methods against conventional descriptive analyses: A systematic review. Such correlations can be used for preliminary designs and analytical studies. The paper introduces novel model for design, visualization and management of complex, highly adaptive hardware systems. The present paper presents a method by which the DDL translator can be made to generate modular equations that will allow the system to be synthesized as an interconnection of lower-level modules. Experimental research tends . Correlational research is used to find out if there is a relationship between two or more variables and how strong that relationship is. Similarly, an association was found between the number of life events and clinical depressive symptoms (x(2) = 40.06, df = 4, p < 0.001). However, this kind of techniques have not achieved widespread use due to problems such as double counting of correlation and the symmetry dilemma--the fact that wavefunction methods respect the symmetries of Hamiltonian, while modern functionals are designed to work with broken symmetry densities.
Descriptive Research Design/Quantitative Variables This research was designed to implement and extend a previously defined design automation system for the design of small digital structures. This paper provides an overview of the design of the Airborne HSRL and descriptions of some key subsystems unique to this instrument. Intra-cluster correlation coefficients for patient demographics ranged from 0.055 for patient sex to 0.451 for language spoken at home. This turbine has been described as part of the EU FP7 project LEANWIND in order to facilitate research into logistics and naval architecture efficiencies for future offshore wind installations. Similarities and differences among the research designs are described and the relative strength of evidence they provide is discussed. Ninety oral specimens had a pH of 4 to 6. Factor analysis with varimax rotation resulted in five factors explaining 42% of the variance. [2007] was modified to address this possibility. In view of an improved interoperability of all these different tools it is highly desirable to establish a standardized nomenclature and methodology for the exchange of microstructure data. In the present work we use the free-electron-gas model to describe exchange and correlations in Ps collisions with molecules similar to the approach widely used in the theory of electron-molecule collisions. Random-intercept logistic regression analyses were performed using 2011 data from a national database. Adaptation of object descriptions to a partner under increasing communicative demands: a comparison of children with and without autism. By adding the training images directly, one can obtain a composite template with high discrimination ability and robustness for face recognition task. Discusses metadata, digital resources, cross-disciplinary activity, and standards. Lastly, applications of CCD0+DFT to actinide chemistry are considered in this work. Articles were analyzed descriptively and using the evaluative method to determine study quality. DDL is convenient medium for inputting design details into hardware-design automation system. A descriptive cross-sectional study with internal comparison was performed. Developing a Methodology for Designing Systems of Instruction. Participants in Studies 2 (N=114), 3 (N=173), and 4 (N=153) were young adults who provided written descriptions of: a close friend and their current romantic partner (Study 2); two specified famous people, two works of art, and a close friend (Study 3); a specified famous person, a famous person of the participant's choice, and a close friend (Study 4). We present a detailed description of the study design, methods of case ascertainment, control selection, exposure assessment and data analysis plan. Patient education initiatives should incorporate the values, beliefs, attitudes and customs reflective of an individual's country of origin to enhance the likelihood of producing desired. Furthermore, findings generated from correlational research can be used, for example, to inform decision-making, and to improve or initiate health-related activities or change. Sahi, Kamaldeep Singh; Lee, Karen S; Moss, Alan; Yee, Eric; Allard, Felicia; Brook, Alexander; Mortele, Koenraad J, The purpose of this study was to describe the MR enterography (MRE) appearance of inflammation of the ileoanal pouch after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) surgery and to correlate it with pouch endoscopic and histopathologic findings. Abductor laryngeal dystonia and mild blepharospasm can be manifestations of THAP1 mutations in some individuals. Variables consistently unrelated to TV/video viewing were sex, other indicators of socio-economic status, body fatness, cholesterol levels, aerobic fitness, strength, other indicators of fitness, self-perceptions, emotional support, physical activity, other diet variables, and being an only child. In addition, the PDD allocates design related assumptions to work products of non-design organizations. The system is presented in terms of a functional design description and technical design specifications. Decomposition of Proteins into Dynamic Units from Atomic Cross-Correlation Functions. Distances from the assault location to both home and nearest school were calculated. Historic and regional examples of landscape description represent desirable insight for contemporary professional inventory work. Each VMC is connected to all three redundant 1553 data buses for monitoring and provides a complete identical data set to the processing algorithms. To investigate the prevalence of anxiety in healthy adults and its possible association with biochemical factors-lipid profile, liver markers, thyroid hormones-and lifestyle habits. Bailey, Joanna J; Sabbagh, Melanie; Loiselle, Carmen G; Boileau, Johanne; McVey, Lynne, Informational support to family members of ICU patients has significant potential for reducing their psychological distress, enabling them to better cope and support the patient. The findings show that running functions are very useful in the analysis of uterine contractions. Since the expressions only require orbitals and occupation numbers, they can be readily applied in the context of local correlation methods, hybrid methods, density matrix functional theory, and fractional-occupancy density functional theory. A descriptive correlational design with cross sectional comparison was used. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Respondents were asked to indicate, from the list of identified functions, 1) whether medical directors spent any time on each activity; 2) whether medical directors should spend time on each activity; and 3) if medical directors should spend time on an activity, whether the activity was essential or desirable. RESULTS An overall response rate of 37% was obtained. Our analysis eliminates a spurious constant term in the non-fractional memory function found in the non-fractional description. The functionals developed here, CAM-QTP-02 and LC-QTP, show mitigated self-interaction error, correctly predict vertical ionization potentials as the negative of eigenvalues for occupied orbitals, and provide nice excitation energies, even for challenging charge-transfer excited states. A hybrid exchange-correlation functional is optimized in order to accurately describe the nature of silicon carbides (SiC) in the framework of ab-initio calculations based on density functional theory (DFT), especially with an aim toward future applications in defect studies. The objective of this study was to explore and identify physical design correlates of safety and efficiency in emergency department (ED) operations. Simulating such processes by reproducing precisely their marginal distribution and linear correlation structure, including features like intermittency, can greatly improve hydrological analysis and design. In this paper we take a critical look at PDDL 2.1 as designers and users of plan domain description languages. 67.7% of study participants had at least one plaque in, Initial Ship Design Using a Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Artificial Intelligence Techniques, Moon, Byung Young; Kim, Soo Young; Kang, Gyung Ju. Design and development efforts for a spaceborne modular computer system are reported. The average score on the Hamilton scale was 13.82 (9.000), with men exhibiting less stress than women. Correlation of live input with a programmable filter is demonstrated. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 140 Vietnamese female immigrants from November 2012 to October 2013. The description represents the spacecraft system as defined at the conclusion of the interface definition study. The results indicated that Jordanian men and women have a lower score of IPVAS, 40.06 ( SD = 8.20), indicating lower acceptance of IPV compared with the literature. Each description contains the following information: purpose, course objectives, outline of course content, list of optional topics, recommended types of evaluation, prerequisites, areas of interest, and curriculum sequence (grade level at which it should be, 78 FR 14649 - Amendment of Class B Airspace Description; Tampa, FL. Correlational research is widely used and this paper should be particularly useful for novice nurse researchers. The directions for future work are provided and attention is given to the implementation of HDLs in microcomputers. The loss parameter varied for different bias configurations used for electrically tuning the filter. 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false General description of system of accounts and reports. Validated measures of website design (LIDA) and information quality (DISCERN) showed wide variation amongst sites. When compared with the April 2002 to March 2003 sample (1,008 GPs) the estimated intra-cluster correlation coefficients were found to be consistent across samples. Conclusions. The adiabatic elimination of fast variables introduces memory effects in the transport equations, and the dynamic of the fluctuations is described by a generalized Langevin equation with long-range noise correlations. The active inflammation MRI score had moderate positive correlation with the endoscopic score (r = 0.57; p = 0.0017) and weak positive correlation with the histopathologic score (r = 0.20; p = 0.31, not statistically significant). Lai, Jianbo; Zhou, Weihua; Lu, Qiaoqiao; Huang, Tingting; Xu, Yi; Hu, Shaohua. history in quantum chemistry (practical implementations have appeared in the literature since the 1970s). Aragon workers health study design and cohort description, Background Spain, a Mediterranean country with relatively low rates of coronary heart disease, has a high prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and is experiencing a severe epidemic of overweight/obesity. Postconceptional age (PCA) at the time of full bottle feedings and transition time from the first to full bottle feedings. Several observations about the current state of the program planning literature are made, and recommendations designed to strengthen the literature are offered. (1) Far viewing zone width (experiments and ratings), near viewing zone width (experiments), blur gradient smoothness, and the amount of distortion (ratings) were significantly dependent on the position of the personalized lens design in the design space. Because reported use of simulation in preclinical basic science courses is limited, the authors describe the design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of a simulation-based clinical correlation curriculum in an anatomy course for first-year medical students at Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine (in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine). The design of the scanner, with minimum modifications, interfaces to the ERTS spacecraft and the ground data handling system. The Digital Design Language (DDL) has been selected as HDL for the CADAT System. Simulation results show that the nave (onesample) estimator is only slightly biased and has a standard error comparable to that of the unblinded estimator. More will be said about this correlator in following sections. Each of the three research designs has specific strengths and limitations, and it is important to understand how each differs. A total of 68% of adolescents have experienced at least one type of chronic childhood adversity, whereas almost 7% have experienced four of more. Four hundred thirty-nine students who completed the EM clerkship were enrolled in the study. The Internet Addiction Test, Beck Depression Inventory, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were administered to a random sample of 587 undergraduate university students. The CES-D scale was applied for the assessment of depressive symptoms and the LESS instrument for stressful life events. Physical design correlates of efficiency and safety in emergency departments: a qualitative examination. Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents the traditional method commonly used in computer graphic stereoscopic vision (implemented in C language) and the, Universal Design for Instruction: Extending the Universal Design Paradigm to College Instruction, Universal design for instruction (UDI) represents the systematic application of universal design, the construct from architecture and product development, to instructional practices in higher education. Designing a composite correlation filter based on iterative optimization of training images for distortion invariant face recognition. Hasfeldt, Dorthe; Maindal, Helle Terkildsen; Toft, Palle; Birkelund, Regner, Noise is a general stressor that affects the cardiovascular system, resulting in increased blood pressure and heart rate, both of which can be problematic for the patient preparing for anesthesia and surgery. SETTING Long-term care facilities in Canada randomly selected from regional clusters. The prevalence of overweight, obesity, current smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes were 55.0, 23.1, 37.1, 40.3, 75.0, and 7.4%, respectively, among males, and 23.7, 8.3, 45.0, 12.1, 59.5, and 0.6%, respectively, among females. This increase is achieved by reduction of the numbers of pixels in the joint spatial encodings for the input TSD operands as well as reduction of the number of pixels used in the proposed matched spatial filters for the optical multipliers. Epidemiologic study of residential proximity to transmission lines and childhood cancer in California: description of design, epidemiologic methods and study population, Kheifets, Leeka; Crespi, Catherine M; Hooper, Chris; Oksuzyan, Sona; Cockburn, Myles; Ly, Thomas; Mezei, Gabor, We conducted a large epidemiologic case-control study in California to examine the association between childhood cancer risk and distance from the home address at birth to the nearest high-voltage overhead transmission line as a replication of the study of Draper et al. Practitioners should provide families with education on the methods of conflict resolution, effective communication within the family, problem-solving approaches, equal role distribution, and appropriate styles of establishing a family. [Retrospective, descriptive, observational study of treatment of multiple actinic keratoses with topical methyl aminolevulinate and red light: results in clinical practice and correlation with fluorescence imaging]. Surveys completed by 133 youth ages 10 to 17 were analyzed. 52.214-21 Descriptive Literature. However, no moderators of the association between descriptive norms and pregaming frequency were observed. This document provides a systems description of the Reference Design for The Next Step (TNS) evolved at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) during FY 1978. We describe planning domains that have features which are hard to model using PDDL 2.1. Therefore, it is extremely important to comprehend the relationship between components and the sensory attributes of soy sauces. Method We extracted the bibliometric data, research design, research type (human or animal), and clinical area for all articles published. The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to describe writing apprehension and to assess the relationships among reading and English aptitude and discipline-specific formal writing ability among undergraduate nursing students. The aim was to explore three specific hypotheses to test correlations between nursing students' team achievements in clinical judgement and emotional, sociological and physiological learning style preferences. Regulatory authorities require that the sample size of a confirmatory trial is calculated prior to the start of the trial. For military application, JTC can also be applied for thermo target recognition especially at night. These research methods may also be used in various degrees with experimental and causal comparative research. Most of the descriptions are based on questionnaires completed by members of the institutions as well as on corrections of and comments on a preliminary version of the descriptions. Table of contents Group differences in total word output and type-token ratios did not reach significance. 41 CFR 101-29.503 - Agency product descriptions. A descriptive correlational study was conducted. Design synthesis of digital systems. The design rules do not presume the existence of any particular design methodology. The hypersurfaces for the deprotonation processes have been studied at the nonempirical level for H3O+, NH+4, PH+4, and H3S+ cations within their correlation consistent basis set. Both scales were completed anonymously and voluntarily by 1.500 students (response rate 85%). Each turbine designed and produced in connection to this project will be based on the experience and knowledge gained from the previous designs. Sixty-five undergraduate nursing students were recruited randomly from five Jordanian universities. Surgical clinical correlates in anatomy: design and implementation of a first-year medical school program. Business Education Course Descriptions. Positive changes in health-related fitness and. PMID:28468308. An empirical description of the dispersion of 5th and 95th percentiles in worldwide anthropometric data applied to estimating accommodation with unknown correlation values. Such language description is the theme of this article. We find that the dependence of v 2{2} and v 2{4} on the number of color domains in the target varies with the p window explored. Significant associations (P < .05) were found between following a general diet for more than 3.5 days per week and higher social support and HbA1c levels of 7% or more. Alternative Energy Sources: Designing a Hot Dog Heater Using Solar Energy. They believed receipt of information helped them cope and desired a better system of communication during mechanical ventilation. Schulz, Hans-Jrg; Nocke, Thomas; Heitzler, Magnus; Schumann, Heidrun. A correlational study can also establish whether this relationship has a positive or negative direction. Before the study, the written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Moreover, the results showed that those students who were in the fourth year, with a low family income, who avoid extracurricular activities, with a low academic grade or who registered in other clinical course(s) reported high stress degrees. Norm perception contributed no significant variance in explaining harmful consequences beyond that explained by college student gender and alcohol use. Particular attention is given to the degree to which different designs meet the five criteria for making causal inferences. Albuquerque, E. L.; Fulco, U. L.; Freire, V. N.; Caetano, E. W. S.; Lyra, M. L.; de Moura, F. A. The difficulties encountered in achieving this kind of machine within schedule in today's industrial environment are retrospectively analyzed. Data were collected from medical records and analyzed descriptively. However, to date little is known concerning the contribution of the number and severity of recent stressful life events on the prevalence of depressive symptoms among university students. We also find that Mermin-Ardehali-Belinskii-Klyshko inequalities may not always be optimal for refutation of local realistic description. Descriptions were elicited in a referential communication task where shared information was manipulated, and in a guessing game where clues had to be provided about the identity of an object that was hidden from the addressee. Reflections on Descriptive Psychology: NASA, Media and Technology, Observation. Discussion and Conclusion : as demonstrated in other studies, our results show that knowledge about EBP is not that widespread and its implementation remains a challenge even in university hospitals. Singleton, Enrica Kinchen; Bienemy, Cynthia; Hutchinson, Sharon W; Dellinger, Amy; Rami, Janet S. From a convenience sample consisting of junior level nursing students enrolled in a research class at a southern Historically Black College and University (HBCU), this pilot study investigated the percent of participants who were overweight as determined by Body Mass Index (BMI) measurements, and the percent satisfied with their body image as measured by the Strunkard Body Image Scale. Comparison with Lasater Clinical Judgement Rubric and Non-parametric analyses were performed. In our small chimera population, created by recombining AAV serotypes 2 and 4, we found that protection of viral genomes and cellular transduction were inversely related to calculated disruption of the capsid structure. The evaluation of the design shows that testing multiple vaccine regimens is important for providing a well-powered assessment of the correlation of vaccine-induced immune responses with HIV infection, and is critically important for providing a reasonably powered assessment of the value of identified correlates as surrogate endpoints for HIV infection. The current study provided a preliminary picture of constipation and laxative use in hospitalized OCD patients. Longitudinal study of rural health workforce in five counties in China: research design and baseline description, Background The village doctors have served rural residents for many decades in China, and their role in rural health system has been highly praised in the world; unfortunately, less attention has been paid to the health workforce during the ambitious healthcare reform in recent years. To estimate the prevalence of adversity (neglect and abuse, parental loss, parental psychopathology, economic adversity, and serious physical illness), the interrelatedness of adversities, and their socio-demographic correlates. Schmitz, Georg J; Bttger, Bernd; Apel, Markus; Eiken, Janin; Laschet, Gottfried; Altenfeld, Ralph; Berger, Ralf; Boussinot, Guillaume; Viardin, Alexandre. Results of logistic regression analyses indicated that participants with a higher level in cue to action, and lower perceived knowledge barriers and severity-fear were significantly associated with participation in CRC screening. A Comparison of Descriptive and Functional Analyses of Inappropriate Mealtime Behavior. This correlator is designed for a Passive Millimeter Wave Imager intended for the detection of contraband items concealed on human body. The 6 most common tests used (Student's t-test (53%), analysis of variance/co-variance (33%), chi(2) test (27%), Wilcoxon & Mann-Whitney tests (22%), Fisher's exact test (12%)) accounted for the majority (72%) of statistical methods employed. In terms of market research, a correlational study is generally used to study quantitative data and identify whether any patterns . Occurrence probabilities given for extreme tornado and non-tornado winds are based on previous site specific studies. Jetti, R R; Yang, E; Kurnianta, A; Finn, C; Qian, M C. Selected aroma-active compounds in strawberries were quantified using headspace solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography. Blindness in designing intelligent systems. We conducted descriptive assessments of inappropriate mealtime behavior and compared the results to functional analyses for ten children with severe food refusal. How Do Observational Scales Correlate the Ratings of Children's Behavior during Pediatric Procedural Sedation? In writing the descriptive essays, a, Modular hardware synthesis using an HDL. Linear analysis shows that the control law meets the stability margin guidelines and is robust to stability and control parameter changes. Although the DNA-like molecule is usually described as a short-ranged correlated random ladder, artificial segments can be grown following quasiperiodic sequences as, for instance, the Fibonacci and Rudin-Shapiro ones. The standard scores were tested to determine if they were consistent with a Gaussian distribution. Close monitoring and treatment of constipation are recommended in OCD patients with pharmacotherapy. Among the participants, 25.4% reported having a CRC screening test. 47 Telecommunication 4 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Video description and emergency information COMMISSION (CONTINUED) BROADCAST RADIO SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING Apparatus 79.106 Video, 2015, all apparatus that is designed to record video programming transmitted simultaneously with sound Multidetector-row computed tomography enterographic assessment of the ileal-anal pouch: descriptive radiologic analysis with endoscopic and pathologic correlation. Of the 35 patients, 33 (94%) had at least one MD-CTE finding of active or chronic pouch inflammation and 27 patients (77%) had at least one MD-CTE finding of active pouch inflammation. Qualitative description research is sometimes considered a less sophisticated approach for epistemological reasons. A functional description is presented of signal processing in the Rogue receiver, tracing the signal from RF input to the output values of group delay, phase, and data bits. TITLE AND SUBTITLE CORRELATION OF AATCC TEST METHOD 150 TO AATCC TEST METHOD 61 FOR, Combination of Wavefunction and Density Functional Approximations for Describing Electronic Correlation. SR present a well-defined protocol to summarize research evidence and to evaluate the quality of the studies with determined criteria. The main outcome measure was a 29-item seven-response Likert scale questionnaire, the Positive Presence Index (PPI), administered to women cared for during labor and birth by nurse-midwives to measure the concept of being with woman. Setting Participants were recruited from a medical-surgical intensive care unit in the Midwest United States. The study design and objectives were defined in all articles. [12] V. P. Ipatov, On the Karystinos-Pados bounds, Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Project Descriptions for 2009. The overall structure for a quantitative design is based in the scientific method. The layers are abstractions of physical mask layers. Conduct Data Analysis Statistically significant correlations p values (p. 582 of the text). One procedure that was used for predicting coupled rotor-fuselage vibrations using the advanced Rotorcraft Flight Simulation Program C81 and NASTRAN is summarized.