... presence of upper castes andthe Zamindari system of land ownership in north India were some ofthe main reasons behind the political suppression of lower castes Furthermore, the ‘clientelistic’ ... perspectives Chapter descriptions This thesis aims to address this concern by taking up the relationship between the BJP and caste-based parties, with emphasis on three specific dimensions of ... deep-seated processes from the 197 0s spurred the rise of caste-based parties The rise of caste-based parties challenged the pan-Indian overtones of Hindutva andthe BJP s attempts to consolidate the...
... 37% of surveyed students agree with this idea Because singers sing covered songs so musicians are lazy to compose In order to have fast success, they also cover foreign music They become passive ... Vietnamese music market, viewers and listeners are often confused between “Music copies” and “Music cover” In fact, a lot of singers “borrow” foreign songs without “permission” of authors and then they ... analysis and discussion In Literature review, the report reviews on previous studies and shows what the achieved points andthe weakness in each study are After that, it states personal opinion of...
... millwrights, machinists, merchants, painters, peddlers, plasterers, printers, professors, sailors, school masters, ship carpenters, shoemakers, stevedores, storekeepers, turners, wood sellers, and ... directors, officers, major stockholders and their friends, families, and business associates, because it could be used to expropriate resources from outsiders, including minority stockholders, depositors, ... its first banking scandal andthe loss of several more institutions under the control of Andrew Dexter.7 Other failures followed in the wake ofthe Panic of 1819, the Panic of 1837, and almost...
... 1995) The nociceptive response was associated with the production of prostaglandins and was blocked by inhibitors of prostanoid synthesis In addition, COX inhibitors as well as prostaglandin ... substances secreted from nerve cells, reflecting changes occurring in the CNS CSF analysis remains a key tool in understanding the status and functions ofthe CNS, and investigating the mechanisms of ... increased levels of ppN/OFQ, N/OFQ and NST in the brains of rats with partial sciatic nerve ligation as compared to naive rats Their spinal cords also showed a significant increase in ppN/OFQ level...
... cooperativism/collectivism, moralism, and spiritualism, compared with the West s individualism, legalism, and materialism Analysis ofthe historical and philosophical basis of East Asia s culture provides insights ... Yang The symptoms of sickness also can be classified: chill and a slow pulse are symptoms of Yin, while fever and a fast pulse are symptoms of Yang The Five Elements The theory of Five Elements ... goods and services are main issues in business, and households’ “utility” is usually gauged with easily quantifiable measures such as spending on goods and services or household wealth At the other...
... or spirits at least times per week), physical activity (quintiles of METs), and hypertension were adjusted for in the analyses as potential confounders We also adjusted for the presence ofthe ... consume processed meats The Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess the effect of meat intake on the incidence of type DM Socio-demographic factors and other risk factors for diabetes ... following chronic diseases at baseline: coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and cancer and repeated the analyses after exclusion of subjects with these chronic diseases Tests for trend were performed...
... to bear all our griefs Jesus took away disease and sickness and in this way bore our infir mities It is as if Jesus had made the diseases ofthe sick his own, representing the sick before his ... the eye of Christ sees right through us and discerns our innermost being – all that is still dark and sinful Jesus is never soft on sin No, the very opposite He speaks a sharp word and sweeps ... healed them Matthew 4:23–24 There are two sides to the gospel of Jesus Christ It is a message of forgiveness of sins, of everlasting life, but also a message of opposition to human misery Not...
... methodological selfconsciousness; the specification of variables, the stress on falsifiable hypotheses, the generation of testable inferences, andthe elaboration of deductive theories of political behavior ... ensure that the study of nations andnationalism retains its vitality in the century ahead First, there must be further serious discussion about what precisely the object and scope ofthe study ... political studies between a Whiggish traditionalism andthe growth of a sense of skeptical professionalism: between scholarship informed by the descriptive or normative concerns of history, law, and...
... Grenville s greatest hope for filling His Majesty s coffers was foreign molasses There was precedent for a duty on molasses Passed at the instigation of British West Indies sugar growers, the Molasses ... town The result was a fatal combination of assertion and hesitation, aggression and retreat In the pages of this fascinating book, we observe these events as a web of choices that caused the American ... his growing list of detractors.20 At the head ofthe list was James Otis Jr The Otis family had been rivals of Hutchinson and his faction since the late 175 0s, and in the early 176 0s James Otis...
... NSAIDs, and coxibs [88] Attitudes of individuals presented with information about possible risks and benefits of treatments will differ as they see the possible consequences for themselves differently ... which the relative consequences of treatment might be shown Whether the method is useful to patients or professionals in some ofthe contexts shown is not known, andwe stress that it still has to ... have been the subject of extensive investiga- Risk of serious skin reactions with coxibs [64] [64] tion in both randomised trials and a retrospective metaanalysis of them, and meta-analyses of substantial...
... hundreds the financial and fiscal systems ofthe Netherlands, particularly the county of Holland, slowly strengthened By the latter part ofthe 155 0s, Holland was able to sell significant quantities of ... during the administration of Andrew Jackson But from its ashes ways bested, those of Britain, soon arose a second national debt and Holland, andthe rest ofthe a plethora of state debts Americans ... By the 182 0s, the blessings ofthe U .S national debt were clear America s financial system rivaled, and in some ways bested, those of Britain, Holland, andthe rest ofthe developed world The...
... perception ofthe war as a ‘‘white man s war.’’ Africans as loyal subjects ofthe Queen and Africans as victims ofthe cruel Boers – these were the possibilities in British public versions ofthe siege ... ILN s illustrations andthe descriptions ofthe celebrations, the classes seem to party separately The butchers have their group, the Kensington art students theirs Social class was rarely emphasized ... Krebs is Associate Professor ofEnglish at Wheaton College, Massachusetts She is co-editor ofThe Feminist Teacher Anthology: Pedagogies and Classroom Strategies () and has published articles...
... the copious employment of spies, a liberal resort to ruses and deceptions (such as the booby-trapping of temples), the use of poison, the destroying of wells andthe sowing of dissension in the ... this offer If there was no response, or ifthe response was negative, then the process was repeated, and a second mission sent This time, the Aztec ambassadors anointed the right arm and head of ... is not to be supposed that men will soon give it up – in spite ofthe protests which it arouses andthe horror which it inspires – because it appears to bethe only possible issue of disputes...
... funds; they screen and select potential fund-users on the basis of creditworthiness, assess the quality, risk, and profitability of investment projects, allocate funds, monitor their use, and seek ... producers; along the circuit, the financial system governs the supply and demand of funds and, at the end ofthe process, it determines the condition for the closure ofthe circuit As discussed, the ... decrease investments (this assumption is adopted by Solow, 1994, sect 2) As CTF shows, short of these assumptions and with agent interactions, any temporal separation of saving and investment causes...
... contains a discussion ofthe data and Section presents the results for the VARs estimated for individual countries In Section we first briefly discuss panel VARs before discussing the estimates Section ... impulse responses are imprecisely estimated Many analysts therefore use plus/minus one standard-error (i.e., 68%) confidence bands We therefore so too However, the impulse responses arising from the ... responses to monetary policy shocks, such as the structure ofthe pension andthe tax systems, or because the indicators used to group countries are poor.27 It may also be that the characteristics...
... Faculty of Business English VIFFAS also gives introduction and advices about professional knowledge andlegal procedures to members The website of VIFFAS has been upgraded and connected to other websites ... of VIFFAS during the past term 2.3.1 VIFFAS with the role of member s representatives Acting as the bridge between enterprises andthe Government, the Association has gathered member s ideas & ... conditions for business associations, as well implemented strategies on developing and increasing the quality of trade services ofthe Ministry of Trade andthe Ministry of Transport Being the intermediary...
... controls and septic patients, divided into survivors and non-survivors, measured on the day ofthe diagnosis of sepsis P=0.014, healthy controls versus survivors and non-survivors (Kruskall Wallis ... samples (Figure 4) The septic survivors showed a trend of higher levels of sHLA-DR than the non-survivors when the sHLADR was measured over the three days, but this was not statistically significant ... expression of HLA-DR in septic patients’ monocytes andwe also showed that poor prognosis in these patients was associated with low plasma GM-CSF [20] As GM-CSF has been suggested to be an important...
... associated with seropositivity of pregnant women in Korea J Parasitol 2008; 94: 963-965 Grant Sand Olsen CW Preventing zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised persons: the role of physicians and veterinarians ... Int J Med Sci 2009, 134 aged This is particularly true with regards to T gondii, where the consequences of infection can be very severe, while the risk of living with one s beloved cat is practically ... among persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus Clin Infect Dis.1994;18:14-24 Han K, Shin DW, Lee TY, et al Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors associated...
... vấn Similarities and differences in questions in Vietnamese andEnglish In this section, we will investigate the similarities and differences of questions in terms of their semantics Specific semantic-syntactic ... paper aims to compare and contrast the differences and similarities of various types of questions in Englishand Vietnamese and thus, suggest some application for language teachers and learners Nguyễn ... Questions Alternative questions questions that offer no questions choice Yes/No Alternative questions questions Questions that offer no choice Wh.questions In some other studies, there is another...
... academics We have manipulated the whole thing for our own selfish reasons because we are more interested in the financial benefits of REDD rather than the social and environmental benefits Then ... REDD+ readiness in Viet Nam It has achieved some notable successes, when measured against its own objectives For example, its work on Benefit Distribution Systems began early and has generated ... are the key achievements through REDD? Over phase I, the Programme has made a significant impact on the domestic forestry sector, in terms of policy and practice, and has been the most significant...