... percentage of child deaths in the total the losses of life in the flood seasons in the MD. Save the Children (2003) reported that the vast majority ofthe drowning deaths in recent years in the region ... those living in the urban areas, children in the rural area are familiar with the water in rivers and canals. Their daily lives are linked with the rice fields and flood plains. Some of them ... FLOODS IN THE MEKONG DELTA The Mekong River Delta, the most downstream section ofthe Mekong River, is known as the "rice bowl" of Vietnam (Figure 1). Due to its location, the delta...
... about the significance of urbanization with respect to the health ofthe poorest children living in the poorest settlements in cities. The underlying purpose of this study is to support the design ... design of effective program interventions to improve the health of these children. The report tries to deal with the questions of what is different about theliving situations and life chances of ... conditions ofthe slums, the serious water supply problem and lack of proper sanitation, the severe air pollution, and the effects ofthe Asian economic crisis explain the poor health status of small...
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... the sexual exploitationof children. From the industry perspective, while the cost of data storage has drastically fallen over the years, the true cost of retaining data comes in the form of ... There is also the risk of youth being “turned off” to authorities if they hear messages they believe to be incorrect. Other risks of scare tactics include focusing on the wrong messages to the ... effectiveness of an Internet safety education program found that prior to receiving the training, 25% ofthe students were unsure 38 “Evaluation ofthe Effectiveness ofthe NetSmartz Program: A Study of...
... people living with HIV onto the agenda of these institutions, and by strengthening networks of people living with HIV at the local level so they are capable of systematically collecting data.There ... stresses the importance of including people living with HIV in the formulation and monitoring of these laws and policies. The chapter then discusses legal and policy issues relating to the sexual ... by the outcomes ofthe Global Consultation, it should not be read as a summary ofthe findings and recommendations ofthe Consultation (These have been published elsewhere6, and will form the...
... smart home must have the ability to identify the monitored subject, and distinguish between their loca-tion and the location of others if the monitored person is living with others or regularly ... reviews the architecture of health smart home, wearable, and combina-tion systems for the remote monitoring ofthe mobility of elderlypersons as a mechanism of assessing the health status of elderlypersons ... wasattributed by the authors to the simplicity ofthe system, itsunobtrusiveness (subjects forgot they were wearing it), and the computer-generated reminders to wear the system. The high rate of compliance...
... 17 years from the date of issue ofthe patent(more commonly understood as the date of grant) rather than from the date of application; the unique reliance on the principle ofthe personal ‘first ... only the expression of an idea not the idea itself and thus provides the crucial right of preventingunauthorised copying of a work. The illegal copying of computer software, oftendescribed by the ... keeping them in force, the other with enforcing the rights in the face of those who either infringe these rights or choose to ignorethem. The former are essential and inevitable, the latter are avoidable...
... understanding the complexity of modern Chinese perceptions of IW and the value of CNO. For a small representative sample of some ofthe excellent research done on China’s calculus for the use of force ... information dominance is one ofthe key goals for the PLA at the strategic and campaign level, according to The Science of Military Strategy and The Science of Campaigns, two ofthe PLA’s most authoritative ... creation, the AMS published a second article on the concept that explicitly endorsed the formation of IW militia and directed the PLA to make the creation of these units a priority.69 The model...
... revealed the presence of amajor peak with retention times of 36 min (data notshown). Others compounds probably correspond to the other cyclic glucans observed by MALDI-MS. Furtherpurification ofthe ... genes ofthe csubdivision [1]. In acompanion paper [23], we demonstrate that the genesgoverning the synthesis of cyclic OPGs in R. sphaeroides arerelated to those governing the synthesis of linear ... along the b-1,2 linked glucose units, leadingto the full assignment ofthe cyclic OPG (Fig. 7). The presence ofthe a-1,6 linkage in the glucan producesseveral distinct chemical shift effects. The...
... economically, so they can take the benefit of increased economicefficiency in the form of more free time for their families and their owninterests, rather than in the form of more consumer goods of dubious ... having more time to do the things we really want to do.Simpler living in the United States and the other developed nationswould take some ofthe edge off ofthe crisis of global warming and ... Green 53 The Decline ofthe Left 53A Convenient Truth 56Notes 6044Whenever anyone talks about making the rich pay their fair share of taxes, the Republicans accuse them of class war, but there...
... the population. The discovered offerings (di) were the actual number of offerings seed (i) received in the period prior to the end ofthe study. The post-seed sample (Ai) is the number of ... the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those ofthe author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies ofthe U.S. Department of Justice.estimate the ... if they were offered any coupons, and if so, to report the number(s) of those coupons. Five ofthe seven special seeds reported any coupons offered to them for three months, until the end of...
... accepted by the Board ofthe University of Oulu, the Faculty of Medicine. The Board ofthe Ethical Committee in Slovenia approved this research study into home–dwelling elderly people. The permission ... Slovenia. The studyhas two phases. The purpose ofthe first phase is to describe the self-care of home-dwelling elderlypeople living in Slovenia and factors connected to self-care. The purpose ofthe ... care. The purpose ofthe second phase is to describe the experiences of the elderly people’s ability to manage at home. The aim of this study was to produce new knowledge about the self-care of...
... provide an overview of assisted living. We discuss the conventional definition(s) ofthe term “assisted living prior to the 1992 Policy Synthesis and the evolution ofthe term since that time. ... DEFINITIONS OF ASSISTED LIVING AT THE TIME OFTHE 1992 POLICY SYNTHESIS The 1992 Policy Synthesis found that the term “assisted living was broadly used to refer to housing for the elderly ... Predictability ofthe setting, the social support and the challenge ofthe relocation were all associated with higher scores on the adjustment scale. Since the subjects in the sample were...