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cited and utilized indices are: Index of Undernutrition (utilized by the FAO), the Global Hunger Index (utilized by the International Food Policy Research Institute), and HungerFREE Scorecard (utilized by ActionAid). According to Larson and Mercer (2004), any health indicator used internationally to describe global health must be…

computer database (Sayles). Abstracting is a clinical coding function that involves extracting data from the health record and entering information in an index. Index is a guide that serves as a pointer or indicator to locate something (Sayles). There are different types of indexes in healthcare such as disease, operation, and physician. A disease index consist of a list of diagnosis codes arranged by the code number of the patients discharged from the facility. Each patient’s diagnoses are…

3.1.2 Learning Outcomes Understand the Principle of Consistency and Atterberg Limits of Clay Soils Describe the Atterberg Limit Tests and their uses Perform the tests and obtain the Atterberg Limits Calculate some Indices (Flow Index, Plasticity Index and Toughness Index) for the Clay Soil 3.1.3 Consistency indices Fine-grained soils are formed in nature by the gradual deposition of soil particles from suspension in water. In the process of settlement, consolidation and drying out, the…

[50] used a novel index MLDoA to identify different anesthetic states of a patient during surgery. Based on the new index MLDoA, the assessment of depth of anesthesia (DoA) for a patient can be clearly monitored. Firstly, a modified Bayesian wavelet threshold is proposed to de-noise the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. Secondly, the Hurst exponent is obtained to classify four states of anesthesia: deep anesthesia, moderate anesthesia, light anesthesia and awake. Finally, the index MLDoA is…

Nikkie 225 Futures is the biggest index future contract in Japan, and furthermore an outstanding index future contract around worldwide market. Moreover, Nikkei 225 were first establish in Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 1986 furthermore Tokyo Stock Exchange existed since 7th September 1950. In Osaka Stock Exchange (OSE)…

This quasi-experimental research aimed to compare the result of hula hoop aerobics group dance to hula hoop aerobics single dance that affected waist circumference and body mass index of a sample group of twenty seven students who were vulnerable to Metabolic Syndrome. According to entry criteria, the researcher selected specifically female students whose waist circumference of 32 inches or more and male students whose waist circumference of 36 inches or more. For hula hoop aerobics group dance,…

United States Diversity Index: Briefly define the diversity index (in your own words). Note: if you click on the small arrow next to the layer title, you will have an option to ‘show item details’ … this may help. The USA Diversity Index 2016 is a choropleth map that highlights the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States in 2016 based on country, state, county, ZIP code, tract and block group. When two people are chosen at random from the same area, the diversity index shows the…

been developed and applied in the health economics field. The section starts with the concentration index and its corrections. The required variables, including health outcome, living standard, need and non-need variables, are presented in the next section. The following section provides indirect and direct standardization method. The section ends with decomposition methodology. Concentration index The measurements of socioeconomic-related inequality in health and health care in the health…

Balance is evaluated on 7 items. Again, points are administered for independence and strength of performance of individual actions, such as sitting or standing. Maximum score for this section is 14. The Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living The Barthel scale (reference) is a ten item index assessing patients Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and morbidity, including: absence or presence or faecal and/or urinary incontinence, as well needing help with grooming, toilet use, feeding,…

In all these faculties of the Universities, the departmental effectiveness can be measured using ABC model of determining Research productivity. The departmental research index and the weighted research index should determine the departmental competency in a given subject. In the case of University departments, acronym A stands for the number of articles published in refereed journals, B stands for the number of books published, and C stands…