To the extent that Japan's economy is a reflection of the efforts of companies like these, their metamorphoses suggest there are reasons for optimism despite statistics indicating that growth over the short term may be stagnant at best, and despite fears that the financial sector is lurching toward another crisis -- still plagued by too much bad debt.
The differences in outcome between countries could be influenced by the patient mix (age profile, frequency of HIV co-infection (high in southern Africa) and resistance patterns) and treatment outcomes may not always be a direct reflection of the efforts of national programmes to treat their patients.
The numbers at the primary site, where the recruitment period was longer, were a reflection of the efforts of the investigators (who actively recruited patients from the waiting room), availability of RAs up to 16 hours a day, and widespread knowledge of the study throughout the community and the emergency medical services.
The mean EAdi, a reflection of the patient effort, was similar in all periods.
That the party, still Iraq's most fiercely populist and anti-American bloc, has come this far is a reflection of the Sadrists' efforts in recent years to recast themselves as maturing politicians who can actually govern and deliver badly needed services.
The comings and goings relating to Russian sponsors and drivers and to a Russian Grand Prix itself are very much a reflection of the 30-year effort by Ecclestone to stage a race in Russia.
We interpret these changes as being reflections of the continuing effort by Swedish orthopedic surgeons to improve the quality of treatment, because the changes are consistent with recent findings in the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register and in other scientific studies.
Eryl Williams, cabinet lead member with responsibility for education, said: "We believe that these bandings are a reflection of the tremendous amount of effort going on to raise standards in our secondary schools".
This is a reflection of the editorial staff's effort to improve the manual's coverage on end-of-life care following the feedback they received from Carron et al's study [ 11].
Mr. Ferrer, who is running for mayor once again, described the latest evolution in his thinking as a reflection of his effort to balance his belief that the death penalty was appropriate for severe crimes against concerns that innocent people were being put to death because of prosecutorial abuses, witness misidentifications and substandard legal representation, particularly for poor defendants.
