... have spent millions of dollars per annum on ST research, consumer profiling, product development, and marketing [23] In the face of greater smoking restrictions and declining cigarette sales, ... from store to store, and a wide variety of promotional display items were used including: point of purchase displays, hanging signs, window signs and shelf flags Choice of promotional display ... experimentation and initiation of ST use, nicotine dependence, progression to smoking, and long-term, concomitant use of cigarettes and ST [7] While the harms of dual tobacco use are currently being debated,...
... to gasoline And since 2004, ethanol is being added to gasoline in several provinces ofPakistan (Government of Pakistan, 2004) In vehicles without catalytic converters, the addition of oxygenates ... development and implementation of vehicle emission and fuel and oil quality standards; vehicle licensing, registration, and inspection; certification and licensing of fuel dispensing and service ... occur in Karachi and other major 114 cities of Pakistan, because of the concentration of motor vehicular and other energy-consuming activities in these cities and the high pollution intensity of...
... in vitro inhibition of PKR due to similarity of genotype PePHD domain and phosphorylation domain of PKR and eIF2a [18] In our local HCV isolates of 3a genotype, PePHD domain in those responding ... Amino acid sequences of PePHD domain in HCV Page of Figure PePHD amino acids multiple alignment of 31 variants of six HCV genotype 3a baseline samples subjected to IFN alpha and Ribavirin combination ... of interferon alpha which ultimately leads to viral persistence This binding is because of the similarity of this PePHD domain with phosphorylation domain of PKR and eIF2a [10] In order to find...
... Coffee, tea, caffeine and risk of breast cancer: a 22-year follow-up Int J Cancer 2008, 122:2071-2076 30 Ishitani K, Lin J, Manson JE, Buring JE, Zhang SM: Caffeine consumptionand the risk of ... corresponding 95% CI, and P-values for trend were not altered by the introduction of smoking, alcohol consumptionand other lifestyle factors Discussion Our main finding was that coffee consumption ... between coffee consumptionand breast cancer risks for ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancers In this study, we examine the association between coffee consumptionand postmenopausal breast cancer...
... buildings energy consumption information Energy and Buildings 2008, 40, 394-8 Jenkins D., Liu Y., Peacock A.D Climatic and internal factors affecting future UK office heating and cooling energy consumptions ... 1983-1992 and 1993-2002 decades temperature data comparison of Athens and Thessaloniki reveals an increasing trend of the monthly average values, resulting in reduction of the average heating andin increase ... increase of the average cooling degree-days, in reduction of the lower andin increase of higher temperature bins, all suggesting a climate change towards milder winters and hotter summers The increase...
... commitment to education as profession Indicators: - Keeps abreast of current and effective emerging principles of teaching - Contributes to school and professionalism - Maintains professional rapport with ... knowledge and skill in designing and conducting an instructional experience Indicators: - Writes and teaches to clear objectives – Utilizes principles of learning – Provides a variety of instructional ... (2 points) Methods (4 points) Use of appropriate methods to the subject, the teaching content and the lesson to be taught (2 points) Good combination of methods in all teaching and learning activities...
... học “User’s perceptionsand uses of financial reports of small and medium companies (SMCs) in transitional economies” thật cần thiết Đọc nghiên cứu không dừng lại việc tiếp nhận thông tin nghiên ... tin? Và họ cung cấp thông tin nào? - Cung cấp thông tin BCTC: bắt buộc Chính phủ nhu cầu vay vốn ngân hàng - Chất lượng cung cấp thông tin: thông tin tính hữu dụng cao, thể khía cạnh: o Độ tin ... chính; Tiếp cận thông tin; Tần số sử dụng; Mức độ hiểu biết thông tin; Nhận thức chất lượng thông tin (độ tin cậy, tính phù hợp, kịp thời, so sánh); o Các nguồn thông tin khác; o Cân nhắc chi...
... decline in market share, from more than 20 percent in the late 1970s to below 10 percent in the 1990s (Chart 2) Another way of viewing the declining role of banking intraditional financial intermediation ... fast-growing area of their off-balance-sheet activities Finally, we examine the implications of the changing nature of banking for financial fragility and regulatory policy THE DECLINE OFTRADITIONAL ... expansion oftraditional fee activities, much of it is not A crude measure of the profitability of the traditional banking business is to exclude noninterest income from total earnings, since much of...
... out inPakistan Traditional, Complementaryand Alternative Medicine andCancer Care will be of wide interest to those studying complementaryand alternative medicine sociologically, to those involved ... seeking to unravel issues of legitimation, professional dominance and agency Within this strand of investigation the ‘medical’ aspects of CAM become relatively incidental, and issues of proof and ... rhetoric of difference, of providing and being something distinct, is central to the raison d’etre of many such groups We consider, in turn, the nature of formal and informal gatekeeping and how...
... disturbing to many people, including some of the scientists who are involved in the work With expanding demands on agriculture and forestry, an expanding human population, and increasingly sophisticated ... sciences (focusing on providing an understanding of the causal connection of pressures to impacts) and industrial ecology (focusing on understanding how our system of production andconsumption ... studies and databases that contain information on emissions and resource use of, for example, mining, smelting and processing of metals, and combusting fossil fuels Both the total material flows and...
... Audit inspection and ISAs Big four audit firm Audit Inspection Unit (AIU) carrying out independent inspections of public interest audits and publishing reports Introduction of International Standards ... Audit inspection and ISAs Big four audit firm Audit Inspection Unit (AIU) carrying out independent inspections of public interest audits and publishing reports Introduction of International Standards ... (2003) Final Report to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Co-ordinating Group on Audit and Accounting Issues London: Department of Trade and Industry...
... entertainment Cinema and live entertainment Cinema and live entertainment Cinema and live entertainment Cinema and live entertainment Cinema and live entertainment Live entertainment Live entertainment Live ... US cinema is a luxury, with expenditure rising faster than income, in Europe cinema is inferior Within Europe, cinema was most inferior in Britain A decline in the luxuriousness of entertainment ... 1 Introduction At the end of the nineteenth century, in the era of the second industrial revolution, falling working hours, rising disposable income, increasing urbanisation, rapidly expanding...
... available in the Government sector—including institutes oftraditional medicine, hospitals oftraditional medicine, and departments oftraditional medicine in general hospitals, town and village ... mainstream medicine A growing body of national and international studies highlight the reality that there is exponential growth of global interest inand use oftraditional (i.e indigenous), complementary ... Kronenberg and Gemma Burford 1.1 Introduction The growth of public interest in, and use of, traditional, complementaryand alternative medicine (TCAM) has been well documented In a number of industrialised...
... growing condition of the agricultural, livestock and marine production, and cover the following processing and circulations of food The processes also include eating and drinking, intake and ... consequences of overdosing and disposal of the containers Thereafter, nine demographic indicators are incorporated as the candidate determinants, including information on the householders, land use and ... on plains, hills and mountainous regions, and villages in inland areas, seaside areas and areas adjoining the metropolises are sampled In addition to the staple grain crops of wheat, rice and corn,...
... because of their exposure to and understanding of the details of the 11 The Illinois Public Accounting Act; Public Act 095-0386 34 existing and impending auditing standard, their understanding of ... increase the likelihood of intentional and unintentional misstatements in unaudited financial statements, and decrease investors’ investment allocations in publicly-traded companies Interestingly, ... summarized in Table In this study, 57.4% of participants have experience investing in individual stocks in the past years, 71.3% plan to invest in individual stocks in the next years, 35% of participants...
... "Smiling" We also highlight the "impact prominence" of "bad breath" in the "Social dimension" andof "TMJ pain- dysfunction" in the "Sleeping and Relaxing" dimension Research into the causes of ... been in elderly populations, explaining the predominance in the literature of the effects of tooth pain, poorly fitting prostheses and edentulism The OIDP allows the cause of impacts to be linked ... socio-demographic profile of populations influenced directly and indirectly (values, behaviours ) the oral status, and it is the primary determinant of some health perceptions (complaints and intermediate...