This paper presents a generalization methodology to derive multi-scale GEODATA through an evaluation of ESRI ArcGISTM software that was used as a testbed based on the principles of generalization. It focuses on integration and utilization of generalization operators in order to generalize a road network database and produce small scale maps at 1:500 000 and 1:1 000 000 from GEODATA TOPO-250K Se...

Pedometers are simple and inexpensive body-worn motion sensors that are Abstract readily being used by researchers and practitioners to assess and motivate physical activity behaviours. Pedometer-determined physical activity indices are needed to guide their efforts. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to review the rationale and evidence for general pedometer-based indices for research a...

OBJECTIVES The California Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment Program was implemented in 1997 to provide family planning services for uninsured, low-income women and men. We estimated the impact on fertility of providing 500 000 women with contraceptives. METHODS Paid claims and medical record review data were used to estimate pregnancies averted. Pregnancies women experienced while ...

We have measured the amounts of different molecular forms of y-glutamyltransferase(EC 2.3.2.2), leucine aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.2), and alkalinephosphatase(EC 3.1.3.1) in serum of patientswithdifferenttypes of liverdisease.A highmolecular-mass (greater than 1 000 000 Da) form of yglutamyltransferaseand of each of the other enzymes is present in greatest amounts in patients with jaundice from ...

CONTEXT It is unclear whether delay in initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) may lead to a poorer viral load response for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). OBJECTIVE To characterize the relationship of viral load response to ART with baseline CD4 cell count and baseline viral load. DESIGN Inception cohort of 3430 therapy-naive patients with HIV, of whom 3226 patients ha...

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