... costs and returns inthepharmaceuticalandbiotechnologyindustriesThe final section examines recent policy developments and issues surrounding patent lifetime and generic competition in this industry ... have a significant influence on the rate of innovation in particular industries Among the key industrial policies influencing the innovative process in pharmaceuticals are the public support ... study The prospect of a long and uncertain discovery anddevelopment period for a new drug is another factor affecting costs and risks inthe drug R&D process The longer thedevelopmentand approval...
... understanding of the target market, competition andthe brand position of thenew offering Customers will view a newand potentially innovative offering inthe context of the available products, and ... business inthe world That had already been proven when new mills opened inthe South inthe 1890s New Southern mills and inexperienced labor soundly beat theNew England manufacturers with their ... helps explain some of the drivers of innovation, whether the changing needs of consumers (buyers), the power of other partners inthe supply chain, the emergence of new players, the development...
... brothers the on beatinge the other, the man the maister, and frinde against frinde, they now alsoe will not stick to take upp stones and there with in theire fistes beate their fellowes, the ... defensively and not to initiate attacks Their interest in football, in other words, might have been greater than their interest in fighting In England, especially since the mid-1960s, a certain kind ... seen the ‘push and run’ andthe ‘long ball’ games, the use of ‘sweepers’ and ‘liberos’, to say nothing of the concept of ‘total football’ which is said to have originated inthe Netherlands in the...
... Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Robin Jenkins, DuPont Engineering and Research Technology, Wilmington, Delaware G Korevaar, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands; Institute ... warming, and world poverty issues (www.iisd.org) Financial indicators focused on or including sustainability include the Dow Jones sustainability index, the FTSE4Good environmental index, andthe ... benchmarking and program 18 SUSTAINABILITY METRICS, INDICATORS, AND INDICES implementation inthe process industries Findings can be summarized as follows: There exist a myriad of sustainability indices,...
... numerator and therefore the worse the situation of development Conversely, the closer the observed value is to the maximum value, the better the situation in terms of developmentThe maximum and minimum ... per capita income (245.425 R$ in MC and 557.435 R$ in BH), HDI-I, which represents the gross domestic product (0.691 in MC and 0.828 in BH) andthe position of the municipalities inthe Brazilian ... life of stroke survivors in two cities differing in economic aspects of the human development index The main findings of the present study were that factors such as location and socioeconomic issues...
... (p>0.05) inthe biomass gained inthe treatment T5 and T6 nor percentage of biomass gained inthe treatments T7 and T8 In both size groups, the increase in biomass certainly impacted on net production ... to the fact that the increase in biomass negatively affected the growth and survival of the clams Inthe bigger stocking size (1.7 cm), the final production of the clam was significantly increased ... fixed, the increase in stocking biomass increased the total cost invested Although total production increased with the increase in stocking biomass, the 172 economic analysis clearly indicated...
... communication proposing to consolidate and strengthen the EU’s rural development focus by increasing the scope of the accompanying measures and widening and clarifying the scope and level of certain measures.45 ... an agricultural processing company Residing inthe district in which the holding is located or in one of the bordering districts included inthe LFA Undertaking to maintain agricultural activity ... sustainable development TKN is a collaborative initiative of the International Institute for Sustainable Developmentandthe International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development; and kindly...
... performance The physical working environment for many agro industries can be demanding andthe compensation incentives and labour practices are not always at par with other labour intensive industriesThe ... investment, and commercial liberalization 6.2 Advances inand Constraints to Agroindustries Development Agroindustry development relies on the existence of and activity within the scientific community in ... (schools, hospitals) and other off-farm activities 6.1 Development Policies for Agroindustries The interface between agroindustry andthe productive sector of equipment and other input manufacturers...
... duration and extent of saline intrusion inthe lower delta Data indicate that saline intrusion inthe Bassac and Mekong channels since the 1980s has generally increased only in duration (Tin and Ghassemi, ... stagnate inthe Plain of Reeds due to the occluded, landlocked situation andthe ill-defined floodwater pathway through the area; most of the floodwater drains back into the Mekong, andthe remainder ... transport, forming the Ca Mau Peninsula Due to the more sheltered aspect, mangroves and tidal flats continue to dominate the shorelines along southern Ca Mau Peninsula andthe Gulf of Thailand The formation...
... tubes for the same life stage were treated inthe same way The suspension was collected by pipetting and transferred into a new tube Beads were rinsed with remaining buffer, andthe standard Versagene ... shock proteins, proteins related to transcription and translation (for example, elongation and splicing factors and RNA polymerase II) and structural proteins, including tubulin and actin, as well ... adults The enlarging body of the female, which remains sedentary for the remainder of the life cycle, breaks through the root cortex into the rhizosphere Males regain motility and leave the root to...
... for the previous case, the reciprocity of the exchange was very difficult to prove using the banding techniques, but, once again, the demonstration could be done using chromosome painting In Figure ... chromosome pair involved inthe rearrangement (pair 8) was much more difficult The hypothesis of breakpoints located inthe 7q24 and 8p21 bands, as well as the reciprocity of the chromosomal exchange, ... left, the rearranged chromosomes on the right; the locations of the breakpoints are indicated by arrows the presence of chromosome 17 material and helped to demonstrate the origin of the unstained...
... Conducting close inspection and control of converting forestry land into other purposes; - Enhancing measures of inspection, monitoring, and supervision; - Directing and implementing inspection and ... SFPD inthe Central Highlands; - Enhancing inspection, monitoring, and supervision of SFPD inthe Central Highlands in terms of forest land allocation, investment and investment attraction, development ... protection anddevelopmentinthe Central Highlands To realize its afore-mentioned aim, the dissertation has the following tasks of study: - Systemizing, analyzing, and further clarifying the theories...
... continually accepted for grants "supporting basic energy science research inthe natural sciences and engineering areas, leading to newand improved energy technologies and to understanding and ... get them into production fast enough to fill the growing gap."I9 Thus, even if the production of these fuels could occur at a irate to meet the declining use of conventional oil, their sustainability ... In Chapter this thesis assesses the barriers to digester developmentinthe United States Finally, the conclusions section assesses the current level of biogas developmentinthe U.S., lessoins...
... a product enters the maturity stage, the company should consider A) harvesting theproduct B) modifying the product, market, or marketing mix C) divesting theproduct D) maintaining theproduct ... of theproduct C) when management is not sure of the marketing program D) when theproduct has no substitutes and is newin its category E) when the costs of developing and introducing theproduct ... of the following best represents the options a company has when a product is declining? A) maintain or harvest theproduct B) harvest or drop theproduct C) maintain, harvest, or drop the product...
... effects andthe Mekong river flow The population pressure andthe economic development needs have also driven the farmers to increase their income by increasing and diversifying their agricultural and ... cultivable lands inthe dry season The shortage of freshwater leads to increasing salinity intrusion throughout the MD coastal provinces (v) The floods: Discharge of the Mekong river during the wet ... River andthe MD map There are three water quality problems and two water quantity problems that are the principal limit factors of agricultural production inthe Delta (i) The salinity intrusion:...