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Showing 1 to 20 of 635 for “"658"”.
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INTERNAL AUDIT AND CONTROL FUNCTION AND PROCUREMENT FRAUD IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: EVIDENCE FROM AN EMERGING ECONOMY
… government of Ghana (Internal Audit Agency Act, 658, 2003; Public Procurement Act, 663, 2003; Public Financial Management Act 921, 2016). These Acts were promulgated to augment earlier Acts and to ensure sound public sector financial management. This research aimed at investigating whether the …
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Cardiovascular Disease Knowledge, Awareness, Perceived Risk, And Hormonal Contraceptive Use Among Female College Students
… to all 8,525 undergraduate female students and 658 completed the questionnaire (13% response rate). Of the 658 submissions, 500 met all of the qualification criteria and were used in the final data analysis. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and one-way anova were performed to analyze …
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Effects of rumination on internal and external locus of control
… correlation between the RRS and the BDI (r = .658, p < .01), supporting previous literature. The primary hypothesis was not supported and no other significant results were found. Possible explanations for this, as well as suggestions for further research are discussed.</p>
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Isolation of a Siderophore Produced by Methicillin-Resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> Strain H372.
… A. However, the probable molecular weight was 658, which is different from known staphylococcal siderophores.</p>
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Thermal conductivity of UO2 and U3O8 epitaxial layers damaged by ion irradiation
… and unirradiated uranium oxides between 90 K and 658 K. The irradiation doses range from 5x10^13 argon ions/cm² to 2x10^16 Ar+/cm² at 2 MeV and room temperature. The main focus lies on 360 – 500 nm single crystal UO2 and U3O8 thin films grown on YSZ substrates. The U3O8 samples are formed by …
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Socio-Cultural Influences on Adolescent Smoking in Mainland China: The Mediating Role of Smoking-Related Cognitions
… behaviors. Survey data were collected from 658 parent-child dyads of Chinese adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years from Jiande, Zhejiang province in mainland China. Using data from multiple informants, the direct and indirect roles of socio-cultural influences, parenting strategies, …
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Feeding biology of intertidal sea anemones in the south-western Cape
… were found at Wooley's Pool (average density 658 m⁻¹). High-shore species were Actinia equina and Anthothoe stimpsoni. A. stimpsoni was the smallest (9.1mm mean basal diameter) and most abundant (maximum density 1450. m⁻² ) anemone at Wooley's Pool. Three species were found at mid-shore: of …
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An Assessment of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Genomic Diversity and Structure in Western Canada to Guide Species Conservation and Management
… individual-based genomic and spatial data for 658 individuals derived from 41 herds across British Columbia (BC) and Alberta (AB). Results indicate that population structure inferred from genomic data reflects neither past nor present caribou classification schemes. Instead, caribou genetic …
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De bijzondere aansprakelijkheid van de werkgever en de rol van de AVB-polis daarin
… de arbeidsovereenkomst is de huidige art. 7:658 BW dan ook aangepast aan de geldende jurisprudentie. De bewijslastverdeling en het eigen-schuldverweer is in de huidige artikel verwerkt. De werknemer zal derhalve moeten aantonen dat hij schade heeft geleden tijdens de uitvoering van zijn …
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A taxonomy of situated language in natural contexts
… at which the child first produced each of the 658 words in his vocabulary. Locations are derived using an efficient tracking algorithm, developed as part of this thesis, called 2C. This system maintains high accuracy when compared to similar systems, while dramatically reducing processing time, …
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Programas de optimización de uso de antibióticos (PROA): evaluación de la calidad de uso de antimicrobianos e impacto de la auditoria en dos pasos desde la farmacia hospitalaria
… (OR 1.86; 95% CI: 1.34-2.58). Parte 2: N=658. No hubo diferencias significativas entre la cohorte de prescripciones apropiadas (no intervenidas) y la de inapropiadas (intervenidas) respecto a la mortalidad o reingreso hospitalario pero sí en la duración de antibióticos. Conclusiones Los …
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Reconstructing atmospheric changes in Monsoon regions using eolian dust
… Atlantic cooling. The longest record at ODP Site 658, stretching back to 67 ka, shows evidence for a “Green Sahara” interval from 60-50 ka and a skipped precessional “beat” from 35-20 ka. This record also shows evidence for abrupt increases in dust flux associated with Greenland stadials. The …
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Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number, Insulinemic Potential of Lifestyle, and Colorectal Cancer
… studied in a nested casecontrol study (324 cases/658 controls). Lower mtDNAcn was significantly associated with increased risk of CRC and proximal colon cancer. That inverse association remained significant among individuals with ≥ 8 years’ follow-up since blood collection, suggesting that mtDNAcn …
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Retrospective review of gunshot injuries at Salt River mortuary, Cape Town, Western Cape
… concentration (BAC) of the deceased. In 2017, 3 658 autopsies were conducted at Salt River Mortuary in Cape Town, South Africa. More men (75%, n= 2 743) were admitted than women (23%, n= 843). The rate of firearm-related deaths during the period of investigation was 39.8/100 000 population of …
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Molecular Analysis of Breast Cancer Transcriptomes, Genomes, and Circulating Tumor DNA
… and surrounding non-coding regions. In total, 658 high confidence SNVs and indels were detected and 315 of these were novel (not in COSMIC). A selection of the variants were validated with Sanger sequencing and, 123 of 130 high confidence variants were confirmed including 111 novel variants. …
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Development of High-speed Photoacoustic Imaging technology and Its Applications in Biomedical Research
… construct a high-repetition-rate Raman laser at 658 nm, where the contrast between a melanoma CTC and the blood background is near the highest. Our upgraded PA flow cytography successfully captured sequential images of CTCs in mouse melanoma xenograft model, with a significantly improved …
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Distributed computing & solid oxide fuel cell modelling
… increase in cell voltage from 580 mV to 658 mV (all other variables constant). Reworking the distributed application to a generic interface for distributing Matlab problems allowed for a demonstration of the distributed solution of a short stack of detailed (finite element) fuel cells. …
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The Effect of Post-Exercise Caffeine and Chlorogenic Acid Supplementation on Blood Glucose Disposal and Insulin Sensitivity
… and insulin AUCs, respectively, for the CAF (658 ± 74 mmol/L and 30,005 ± 13,304 pmol/L), CGA (637 ± 100 mmol/L and 31,965 ± 23,586 pmol/L), and PLA (661 ± 77 mmol/L and 27,020 ± 12,339 pmol/L) trials were not significantly different (p > .05). The ISI for the CAF (9.7 ± 5.2), CGA (12.1 ±7.9), …
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A Critical Analysis of Teaching with Student Response Systems in Middle School Classrooms
… effect of SRS on student learning. A total of 658 middle school teachers using student response systems were contacted to participate in the electronic survey. A total of 121 responded, yielding a response rate of 18.38%. A pre-existing survey, the Student Response System Questionnaire, was …
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