Results obtained in these experiments confirmed that the mechanical performance of GFRP is severely deteriorated at moderately high temperatures, particularly when loaded in shear and compression, owing to the glass transition of the resin.
In 2010, the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office ANSOO) classified Badghis province as "moderately insecure", on the scale of "low insecurity", "deteriorating", "moderately insecure", "highly insecure", or "extremely insecure", with 356 total reported attacks by armed opposition groups in Badghis in 2010 [ 29].
Subjects were classified into 5 mutually exclusive change categories: substantially improved (+7, +6, +5), moderately improved (+4,+3,+2), no change (+1, 0, -1), moderately deteriorated (-2, -3, -4), and substantially deteriorated (-5, -6, -7).
High percentages (65.4%, 55.5%, and 65.0%, respectively) of respondents felt helpless, horrified, and apprehensive because of SARS or worried that they or family members would contract the virus, and 48.4% of respondents perceived that their mental health had severely or moderately deteriorated because of the SARS epidemic (Table 4).
Plasma endotoxin concentrations were measured in ten bitches suffering from pyometra with moderately to severely deteriorated general condition, and in nine bitches admitted to surgery for non-infectious reasons.
After individual exposure-oxidation, fatigue performance deteriorated significantly for the shot peened and moderately for the electropolished but not for EDM surfaces.
24 So the participants in this trial will undergo a self-assessment of global relief of the dyspepsia symptoms, with a five-grade scale: absence of dyspeptic symptoms, significantly improved, moderately improved, not changed and deteriorated.
Five possible answers allowed the patients to report whether they felt their condition has strongly improved (=1), moderately improved (=2), remained unchanged (=3), deteriorated by some degree (=4), or even strongly deteriorated (=5).
In our patient prednisolone and oral cyclophosphamide was started due to moderately rapidly deteriorating renal function.
For instance in patients with unilateral visual impairment, deteriorated HRQoL as measured by the SF-36 instrument was found only in those moderately to severely affected [ 30].
