... contraception and HIV/STI prevention; inadequate teaching materials and training; a scattershot approach to providing specific information that undermines comprehensive student understanding; and a tendency ... education? Inform the debate Accurate and understandable information can defuse conflict and mobilize support for programs by demonstrating the magnitude of adolescent health problems Such information ... “examinable” and others not test students on their achievements in learning the subject matter (Senderowitz, 2000) Training teachers Teacher training is a challenge everywhere, including in developed...
... Appetite for Energy China’s rapid economic growth has fueled a growing demand for energy, such as petroleum and coal, and that demand is becoming an increasingly important factor in determining global ... trade and investment reforms and incentives led to a surge in FDI beginning in the early 1990s Such flows have been a major source of China’s productivity gains and rapid economic and trade growth ... The Chinese government has sharply criticized foreign governments for reporting air quality in China, calling their readings inaccurate and complaining that releasing such data violates international...
... tolerance by expanding methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and needle and syringe programs (NSPs), removing the requirement for viral hepatitis testing before school and job entry, and lifting the ... combating fear, stigma, and discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS As a result, the XIX International AIDS conference will be held in Washington, DC in July 2012 Implicationsfor ... treatment, and prevention of HIV-1: evolution of a global pandemic J Clin Invest 2008, 118:1244-1254 49 McIntyre J: Use of antiretrovirals during pregnancy and breastfeeding in low-income and middle-income...
... organizational foundations of class formation I will therefore use a more indirect strategy for analyzing the contours of class formationin these three countries Instead of examining organizational af®liations, ... polarized with the capitalist class formationin Sweden than in the United States In the conceptual framework for the analysis of class formation laid out in chapter 10, class formations were seen ... managers is points in Sweden, 1.9 points in the US and 1.8 points in Japan These differences in patterns of ideological cleavage generate very different patterns of class formationin Japan First,...
... assets for mortgages and their impacts on capital ratios for the banks taking advanced internal ratingbased approach under Basel II 12 APRA, for example, requires an interest rate risk in the banking ... capitaland will remove the double counting of capitalin the financial system and on investments in commercial institutions (APRA, 2011a) 12 eligible for repurchase transactions with the RBA and ... 17 included in future scenarios, encompassing a disruption to bank funding and a large increase in longer-term real interest rates The latter could come from a rise in global rates and an increase...
... disciplines !! Recognition of unifying principles in food preservation and processing, and need for approaching problems and developments in the fast growing food industry on scientific basis !! ... enrolling in Food Science !! Information explosion and acquiring skills and Knowledge !! Social media and attention gap !! Faculty recruitment, retention and rewards !! Graduate students training ... visibility and relevance !! Encouraging Trendsin placement !! Enrolment very encouraging for some, not so for others IFT and Food Science & Technology Education !! Minimum standards for undergraduate...
... economic growthin Africa and Latin America Finally, structural adjustment programs increased GDP growthin Asia and Latin America but not in Africa AGRICULTURAL SPENDING ANDGROWTHINAGRICULTURE Since ... T & C stands for transportation and communication a Includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting b Includes fuel and energy; mining, manufacturing, and construction; general administration ... government spending, expenditures on agriculture, education, and infrastructure in Africa; on agricultural and health in Asia; and on education and infrastructure in Latin America, all declined as a...
... Future Trends The forest products industry will continue to seek to control energy costs in an effort to maintain its competitive position in the global market, and the industry views increased ... industry’s GHG intensity by 12 percent between 2000 and 2012 Specific initiatives include improving carbon emissions inventories and reporting, enhancing carbon sequestration in managed forests and products, ... efficiency increases in new and existing equipment including increased energy efficiency of boilers, steam systems, and motors, falling film black liquor evaporation, increased lime kiln efficiency, and...
... selective logging on canopy and stand structure and tree species compositionin a lowland dipterocarp forest in peninsular Malaysia Forest Ecology and Management, 175: 297–320 Onaindia M., Dominguez ... diversity index (S) and Shannon’s diversity index (H’) for seedlings, saplings and overall trees were greater in the logged forest than in the primary forest, but the values of the three indices for ... G.R Dunning J.B Li Q.L (2000): China’s Forest Policy for the 21st Century Science, 288: 2135–2136 Zhao G., Shao G (2002): Logging restrictions in China: A turning point for forest sustainability...
... in weight and metabolic parameters during treatment with antipsychotics and metformin: the data inform as to potential guideline development? A systematic review of clinical studies Int J Clin ... determined by paired t-tests; *P < 0.001 for the difference between baseline and visit B; †P < 0.001 for the difference between baseline and visit C, ††P < 0.001 for the difference between baseline ... determined by paired t-tests; *P < 0.001 for the difference between baseline and visit B; †P < 0.001 for the difference between baseline and visit C, ††P < 0.001 for the difference between baseline...
... Cell-free layer (CFL) formationin microcirculation 2.1 Principle mechanism of CFL formation The formation of a CFL is a prominent hemodynamic feature in microcirculation The layer formation is attributed ... crucial information on selection of an appropriate thresholding method for the automated determination of the cell-free layer width In the following section, materials and method forin vivo ... appropriate method for the CFL measurement in vivo and/ or in vitro is essential in providing detailed information on the characteristics of the CFL Four different histogram-based thresholding algorithms...
... measured between and Hz (Fig 2B), suggesting conformational averaging over the contributing conformations [27] On the other hand, the helix-promoter/stabilizer Aib, which replaced Leu15, increases the ... chain torsion angles in proteins: prediction of NMR coupling constants for native and random coil conformations J Mol Biol 255, 494–506 Wuthrich, K (1986) NMR of Proteins and Nucleic Acids Wiley, ... CaH shift values and the corresponding random coil values is presented in Fig 2B (lower panel) and provides strong evidence for the conformational preference of the majority of amino acids towards...
... knowledge, intergenerational cultural taboos attached to sexual issues and comfort reinforce each other and made parent-young people communication challenging The interesting finding of this ... socializing agent and live models for their children need to play an important role in shaping the sexual life of their offspring but only if parents were open, skilled and comfortable in having ... http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/9/1/13 focal point for investing in young people, is one of the many layers of environments for socialization Providing avenues for child/parent connectedness, communication, and monitoring, the home...
... of integrated administration, information, financing, and care management arrangements to help providers work together in minimizing costs while maximizing the long-term health and well-being ... care planning protocols, interdisciplinary care teams, centralized records, and integrated information systems; overarching quality-control systems with a single point of accountability; and flexible ... issues in health policy The leaders convened by AAHSA and the Fund deplored the absence of a synthesis of information and analysis pertinent to developing public and institutional policy for the...
... the persistence of gender violence remains a worrying continuity that shapes and binds forms of femininity and masculinity Jewkes and Morrell Journal of the International AIDS Society 2010, 13:6 ... hegemonic masculinity involve sexual and other forms of risk taking These include driving cars fast and dangerously, and heavy alcohol consumption; indeed, social norms around alcohol drinking are such ... individual behaviours In real terms, this means focusing attention on building more gender-equitable and caring masculinities, and less acquiescent femininities In so doing, interventions are needed...
... approximately fortnightly meetings and link to the project team in Vietnam using email Report on Cross-Cutting Issues 6.1 Environment As the current work on the project has involved training in resource ... Vietnamese institutions (Universities and MARD), visits of a small number of staff from Vietnamese institutions to Australia, and fostering and initiating joint research projects in the area ... (CTU) and the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development (MARD), Xuanmai Forestry University, Thai Nguyen University, National Centre for Extension, and the College forAgricultureand Rural...
... Rented inand rented out land Item No of households renting in land No of households having land for rent Area for renting in Area for renting out Unit Average Bac Giang Bac Lieu By region Ha Tinh ... regarding complete farm business activities from production to marketing and post-harvest handling It was found that females are left far behind in attending training courses andin making farm ... decisions Since both males and females are involved in the farming activities, equal opportunities should be provided for both in respect to attending training courses and other decision-making processes...
... participants in Can Tho andin Hanoi (July 2007) To increase understanding and application of natural resource economics in policy setting by MARD Number of MARD staff involved in training program ... part in irrigation in several districts in Quang Binh province They help in saving irrigation water and increasing the crop productivity, by “on time” supply and by the farmers’ participation in ... main causes of forest destruction in Vietnam The forest destruction in turn exacerbates the poverty situation in the mountainous regions Re-planting of forests by state forest enterprises and...
... resources Land and soil degradation and erosion Water quality and saline intrusion Aquaculture—feed and quality management Fishing and fisheries management Forestry and biodiversity Recycling and the ... Optimal Investment Decisions in Shrimp Farming in Vietnam* Purpose To provide information to decision makers on a recent investigation into optimal timing of investment in progressively more intensive ... of capitaland skills Training and education in shrimp farming techniques and good access to capital resources would seem to be a prerequisite for economic progress in this area 2) The semi-intensive...
... they say For the purposes of this project a set of questions were asked before and after the training and then for a smaller group a significant period after the training in a Post Training Survey ... layer, those trained in the first layer will train the extension specialists and policy analysts at a provincial level The training will be designed to impact the advice and information provided ... facilitate information updating and curriculum development in universities Under the project, there are various small scale studies in the field of fishery; water and land use and forestry These...