Thus, the instrument of common variation in FTO, known to influence BMI (38), probably through influencing caloric intake (39, 40), is associated with a wide range of downstream phenotypes; blood pressure and hypertension (41), coronary heart disease (42), fasting insulin, glucose, HDL cholesterol and trigylcerides (43), bone mineral density (44), chronic renal disease (45) and diabetes (38).
There are neither conducted appropriate comparisons of western and indigenous screening instruments for symptoms of common mental disorders in Pakistan.
Bush & Co. did not believe that government could be an instrument of the common good.
You won't begin to know yourselves until you accept that as an instrument of the common good the old one is already dead.
Obama will have to reinvent government as an instrument of the common good — to regulate markets, to protect citizens against the risks of unemployment and ill health, to invest in energy independence".
He later defined his party this way: The Democrats have prevailed because at heart we have embodied a great idea, which is that an elected government can be the instrument of the common purpose of a free people; that government can embrace great causes and do great things.
However, a systematic evaluation of the plan revealed a lack of coordinated use of instruments towards common targets across sectors, inadequate adjustment to regional and local actors (e.g. NGOs), and insufficient assignment of long-term responsibilities and resources [ 51].
Klepacki maintains templates with a base of common instruments prepared for sudden bursts of inspiration, as he resents "having technical issues...as an obstacle".
There is only a small set of psychometric instruments to detect symptoms of common mental disorders that have been validated for use in Vietnam.
This systematic framework could be a response to the increasing demand for cross-cultural comparisons in the international setting and the use of common instruments and definitions valid to each culture [ 21].
