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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"ODI"”.
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The Diver's Distance
… image called an ordered dissimilarity image (ODI). Al- though successful in determining potential clustering structure of various data sets, the technique offers room for improvement. In this thesis, we propose a new proximity measure called the diver's distance which is defined based on …
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Effect of low back pain on activities of daily living in patients seen at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka,Zambia:a cross sectional study the Oswestry disability index
… within this category. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was used to evaluate the quality of life in individuals with low back pain. Objectives: To establish the effect of low back pain on daily living activities among the patients seen at University Teaching Hospital, Orthopedics clinic, Lusaka, …
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Effect of low back pain on activities of daily living in patients seen at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka,Zambia:a cross sectional study the Oswestry disability index
… within this category. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was used to evaluate the quality of life in individuals with low back pain. Objectives: To establish the effect of low back pain on daily living activities among the patients seen at University Teaching Hospital, Orthopedics clinic, Lusaka, …
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A qualitative analysis of social enterprises as mechanisms for boosting agricultural productivity in Kenya
… by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and implemented by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. The writer of this study was part of the team that collected and published the preceding ODI report from …
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The foreign direct investment behaviour of Chinese firms : does the 'new institutional theory' approach offer explanatory power?
… the Chinese outward direct investment regime (or ODIR), is advanced and tested using methodological triangulation techniques. This is done using data obtained from several sources, namely interviews with managers at the headquarters of Chinese MNEs and Chinese government officials, a survey …
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Informe de Expediente Civil No. 01526-2013-0-1601-JR-CI-04 sobre: Ineficacia de Acto Jurídico. Informe de Expediente Concursal No. 029-2003/CCO-ODI-UDP sobre: Impugnación Acuerdo de Acreedores
… de Acreedores Nº de Expediente: 029-2003/CCO-ODI-UDP. El presente expediente versa sobre distintas solicitudes de suspensión de convocatoria a una Junta de Acreedores en el marco de un Procedimiento Concursal Preventivo, así como sobre una impugnación a la instalación y adopción de acuerdos en …
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흉요추부 골절의 수술적 치료 후 척추경 기기제거술의 효용성
… two years, with clinical parameters (VAS and ODI) and radiologic parameters (vertebral compression ratio and segmental angle) documented during follow up. RESULTS: Demographic variables regarding age, gender, level and type of fracture, radiologic parameters, and compensation status at the …
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Measurement of outcome in lumbar spine surgery
… (i.e VAS), disease-specific (i.e ODI), and generic PROMs (i.e EQ-5D, SF-36). The capability of GA as a discriminator of treatment success was explored in ROC curve analyses. The level of treatment success was defined for each of the Swespine PROMs with different lumbar conditions. …
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DTI-ALPS REFLECTS WHITE MATTER DIFFUSION ANISOTROPY AND MICROSTRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY RATHER THAN GLYMPHATIC FLOW: INSIGHTS FROM MULTI-MODAL MRI
… including the orientation dispersion index (ODI), neurite density index (NDI), and isotropic volume fraction (FISO). We also computed the T1/FLAIR signal ratio and the diamagnetic component of susceptibility (DCS) derived from DECOMPOSE within the same ROIs, as complimentary structural …
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Synthesis, Physical Properties and Applications of Bisanthene-based Near Infrared Dyes and Semiconductors
… regions. (3) n-type cyanated ovalene diimides (ODI-CN) was prepared and its application on organic field effect transistors (OFETs).
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Fatores associados à dor na cintura pélvica relacionada com a gestação e ao nível de incapacidade funcional em gestantes adolescentes
… variabilidade total da incapacidade funcional (ODI) em gestantes adolescente são explicadas pelos fatores transtorno mental comum (SRQ20), intensidade da dor na cintura pélvica (EAV) e idade gestacional (IG), expressos na seguinte equação: ODI (predito) = -18,2 + 0,81 x SRQ20 + 0,25 x EAV + 0,73 …
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Evaluation of functional improvement in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain using inertial measurement units before and after pilates and physiotherapy interventions
… μετά την παρέμβαση μέσω των κλινικών δοκιμασιών Modified Schöber Test (MST) για την κάμψη και Modified Modified Schöber Test (MMST) για την έκταση, αντικειμενικής κινηματικής ανάλυσης με τη χρήση φο-ρέσιμων αδρανειακών αισθητήρων (Inertial Measurement Units – IMUs), καθώς και της εκτίμησης της …
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An ecological model of health information acquisition on the Internet
… physical exercise, and the frequency of overall ODI. Health status was also significant in combination with satisfaction with social life, enrollment in health class and gender for intentional searching for health information. The theoretical framework proposed in the study is the first one so …
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OMNIA VINCIT AMOR: parody and tone in Ovid's Amores 3.11a&b
… that exhausts in elaborate detail the Catullan odi et amo idea. Because in this poem elegiac commonplaces abound, and because of Ovid's verbal dexterity and allusiveness, the poem has often been deemed simply a playful parody of or variation on the Catullan theme: that is, insincere and not at …
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Wittgenstein and Austin on ‘What is in Common’: A Neglected Perspective?
This thesis seeks to shed light on what I claim is a neglected aspect in the writings of later Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin. I badge this the ‘unity problem’. Many interpreters tend to underestimate, or ignore, this important aspect, and to focus instead on what I will call the …
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A context-aware collaborative decision making framework for combating terrorism in Africa
… that consists of Open Digital Infrastructure (ODI), Digital Information Ecosystem (DIE), Digital Terrorism Enactment (DTE), Digital Capability and Digital Enslavement. Based on institutional theory and using PLS-SEM technique, Group/departmental relationships, Organizational co-operation, …
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From Structure to Function: Social and Cognitive Networks in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight
… period in development, as well as the early modifiable predictors of outcome, such as postnatal nutrition. The present thesis used a multi-modal approach to investigate altered white matter microstructure and functional connectivity in five-year-old VLBW children. Using multi-shell diffusion …
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“Fortalecimiento del modelo de promotoría rural que implementa el Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), en seis zonas de Nicaragua, 2012-2013.”
… un foro debate con todos los coordinadores de la ODI y técnicos de los seis zonales involucrados en la promotoria y desarrollar un plan de acción que incorpore las Metas Estratégicas Crucialmente Importantes, tanto para las estrategias ofensivas, estrategias defensivas, estrategias adaptativas y …
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Sleep apnoea and cardiac surgery: Screening, prevalence and postoperative outcomes
… each unit increase in oxygen desaturation index (ODI), 95% CI 1.02-1.17; p=0.014). It was found that the STOP-Bang scores between 0-2 would with high confidence exclude patients with at least moderate sleep apnoea prior surgery. The best diagnostic performance for diagnosis of at least moderate …
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