... Aquaculture inthe Lower Mekong Basin30Aquaculture is unevenly developed inthe Mekong Basin. Most production takes place inthe MekongDelta in Viet Nam and the Korat Plateau in Northeast Thailand. There ... working inthe Mekong basin. A meeting of someof these experts, hosted by NACA in Bangkok in May 2001, prepared a first draft that wasdeveloped through further consultation, including during the ... farms inthe Lower Mekong Basin, such as the cage culturefarms that produce river catfish inthe Bassac River inthe Mekong Delta, and the large integratedfish farms near urban centres in Northeast...
... that compensate for the decline inthe ability of the brain to grasp and remember new material. They can organize their learning by setting times for reading or practice. They can build on skills ... that further learning is pointless, since they have already achieved many goals at work or in their personal life. wheat. Alternatively, the richer country may want to ensure markets for their ... not involve the local people. Furthermore, much aid returns to the donor. This can be inthe form of expensive specialized equipment and experts from the donor country. There are many other...
... though infant mortality inthe United States dropped dramatically inthe past century, significant room for improvement remains. q The infant mortality rate remained relatively stable over the ... 28,000 infants died before their first birthdays in 2005—a rate of 6.9 deaths per 1,000 live births. q In 2005, the infant mortality rate was highest inthe southern region of the United ... role in preventing birth defects by maintaining birth defects monitoring programs. These programs collect data for detecting birth defects trends and suggest areas for further research. They...
... appropriate interactions, and guide the child and the mother in creating a joint narrative of the traumatic events while working toward their resolution. The treatment manual includes clinical ... and plan how to explain the treatment to the child. Weekly joint child–parent sessions are interspersed with individual sessions with the mother as clinically indicated. The interventions target ... focused on improving the capacity of the caregivers and improving their relationships with each other and the children. Services included training for child care providers in behavioral management,...
... attempting todefine the green marketing is how the responsibility andenvironmental issues are integrated into the concept of (the) marketing management. In this respect, the greenmarketing might ... obtained by datacollecting, systematization and processing. The resultsof the research may be the support of the decision tofind ecologic solution. The final effect may be the actionfor buying ... makesevident the passing to a new ethics of the buying andconsumption. The passing from the consumption’sincreasing philosophy to the one which considers the quality of consumption as a priority is the...
... allowed them to maintain higher net interestmargins. Indeed, during most of the 1990s, the net interest margin ofsmall banks held steady at over 4.5 percent, while the net interest marginof ... counties inthe near future using more recent data. 5 In Charts 3-5, the size categories are not adjusted for inflation and are basedon the size of the bank rather than the size of the banking organization. ... CurrentIssues in Economics and Finance, August. Strahan, Philip, and James Weston. 1998. “Small Business Lending and the Changing Structure of the Banking Industry,” Journal of Banking andFinance,...
... repre-sent the last subunits incorporated into the bc1com-plex. On the other hand, the absence of Qcr9p in the DQCR9 ⁄ DQCR10 strain prevented the binding of ISP(Fig. 4B). Interestingly, inthe ... It was also shown that the accessory factor Bcs1p in humans is involved in ISP binding into the mitochondrial bc1complex [41].On the basis of the findings obtained inthe presentstudy, we can ... comparable amounts in both yeast strains. Therefore, the reason for the disap-pearance of the bc1dimer inthe yeast strain in whichQcr10p is missing remains unknown.On the basis of all the above...
... demonstration began inthe SoutheastRegion in August 1999, and the diabetes guideline was introduced in the Western Region in December 1999. The guideline implementa-tion process used inthe demonstration ... prac-tices into a clinic’s normal procedures. The DoD/VA low back pain guideline was introduced inthe GreatPlains Region in November 1998 at the demonstration kickoff con-ference. The asthma guideline ... RANDstaff interviewed the MTF’s implementation team and othersinvolved in changing practices in response to the new guideline.Summary reports of the results of the final round of site visits for the four...
... chemokines stimu-lated mainly by in ammatory cytokines, including IL-1b, TNF-a andIFN-c. (B) Chemokines expressed inthe joint recruit leukocytes into the joints. In addition to functioning in ... subclasses include the CC chemokines(where the cysteines are neighboring) and the CXCchemokines (where the cysteines are separated by oneamino acid). The CXC chemokines mainly act on neu-trophils ... chemokines in RA pathogenesis The chemokines listed above are implicated in RApathogenesis via the recruitment and retention of leu-kocytes inthe joints. In addition to functioning in celltrafficking,...
... 5Calling them down The big picture shows that:ã the largest institutional investors are planning to double their portfolio holdings in agricultural commodities, including farmland;ã they ... those prices moving in sync with in ation (and, importantly, wages) but not with other commodities in their investment portfolios, thus providing a diversied income stream. They see long-term ... billion of the US$320 billion indicated above) and farmland in particular.6 According to numerous surveys within the industry, pension fund managers are seeking to invest in farmland...
... ubiquitinated inthe presence of the inhibitorof proteasome function. Furthermore, the extent ofubiquitination of TNSALP (1559delT) was furtheraugmented inthe cells expressing ubiquitin, stronglydemonstrating ... cells were preincubated for0.5–1 h inthe methionine ⁄ cysteine-free DMEM and labeledwith 50–100 lCi of [35S]methionine ⁄ cysteine for 0.5 h in the fresh methionine ⁄ cysteine-free MEM. After ... became evi-dent inthe medium (Fig. 4B, lane 4), suggesting that the 80 kDa form was processed to the 90 kDa form in the Golgi apparatus before being released into the medium. In support of this,...
... future. The theory of humancapital investment basically argues that individuals willinvest in their human capital (e.g., attend school) up to the point where the cost of the last year of schooling ... nation increased the nation’s stock ofhuman capital and thus increased its aggregate output andincome. The productivity increase from the increase in the human capital or the ability of the same ... technology.Responding to these studies and others, many inthe inter-national development community (e.g., at the World Bankand the International Monetary Fund) have recommend-ed increasing human capital investment...
... eventualities. They returned the following morning,and inthe course of the same day the Battalion took over the firing line to the right that is from the smallnullah to the Horse Shoe. On the left ... eastern section of the Eski line, a position joining the French.There was little done inthe few days we spent there except in making detailed arrangements in connectionwith the evacuation. It ... forget the use it was reallyintended for, and finding that the beams were much too long to support the canvas roof, instead of consideringsome means of raising the roof or lowering the beams into...
... subjects will be tested on the exams? Please note that a lot of other financial designations do exist, the ones presented in this guide are the most prominent and the most internationally recognized. ... passing the Uniform CPA Exam, and obtaining a specific amount of professional work experience in public accounting (the required amount and type of experience varies according to licensing ... finance related field. Once you pass the exams and the other requirements are fulfilled, you are able to use the certification. In theJungle of Finance Professional Certifications. ...
... it through the winter eachyear.26 The Inuits of the Arctic moved inland at the end of spring tohunt caribou or fish inthe lakes and moved back to the coast at the beginning of winter to seek ... ex-pansion of industrial fisheries. Hence catches, corresponding to the interest obtained from the savings, have continually dwindled. Weare now depleting the principal. In the process, the productive ... history of the North At-lantic rim, with countries succeeding one another in acquiring as-cendancy, then having to relinquish it.Northeast Atlantic fisheries In the first millennium, the coastline...