... wastes, the failure in each growing state will affect
the others. The change in monthly rainfall distribution such as less rains in early
wet seasons and more heavy rains inthe end ofthe wet ... change is having a big impact on
agricultural production and on the lives ofthe people because ofthe intensified
drought, the saline water coming in, as well as the stormy weather. They’ve all ... temperature increase of 0.5
o
C in Can Tho (the
largest city in Mekong River Delta), and the average sea level rise of 3 mm per
year inthe water around the mouth ofthe Delta (ICEM, 4-5). The average...
... Services. Reducing the health consequences of smoking: 25 years of
progress; a report ofthe Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC,
Office of Smoking and ... schools can
improve the well-being and health of our children and youth. Inthe United States, chronic
diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality; however, engaging in healthy
behaviors, ... sustained health education inthe nation’s schools is compelling.
Improved health status is of economic value to U.S. citizens. In 2006, the U.S. spent far more
than any other nation in the...
... Proteins: Siblings
There is a family of proteins found in bone that have been
named the SIBLING proteins (small integrin binding ligand
N-glycosylated) [60]. These proteins are all located on the ... to the redundancy
of the function of these proteins. However, from the analy-
ses ofthe cell culture and altered phenotype inthe animals
having too little or too much of these proteins, the ... remains challenging.
Other non-collagenous proteins include osteopontin,
which belongs to the small integrin-binding ligand N-linked
glycoprotein (SIBLING) family like BSP [7] and periostin,...
... national politics administration and finance. Part ofthe
reform ofthe system of accounting and auditing was to replace the Ministry of Revenue with
the Ministry of Finance and Expenditure, ... restructuring under their advice. Inthe opposite side, the
‘reformationist’ strove to retain the forms of native Chinese accounting while linking them to
certain key features of modern Western theory ... general insight about the
factors influencing the evolution of Chinese accounting, during Chinese history (Gao and
Schachler, 2004:54):
Figure 3-Factors of Influencing the Evolution of Chinese...
... Opportunities
Starting jobs inthe industrial field vary according to the size, need, and practices of firms.
Training programs may be ofthe general type, providing an overview of a variety of
opportunities, ... levels than in manufacturing or advertising, the
gap is narrowing, both in terms of initial responsibility and in terms of money. Among the wide
variety or routes to the management in retailing are ... activities inthe marketing sphere. Like retailing, selling is often neglected because
other areas of marketing seem more glamorous. But selling, like doing interviewing for
marketing research,...
... to
the original because ofthe writer’s relative lack of ex-
pertness inthe Russian language) and sorted by the
writer into nine piles of ascending degrees of “informa-
tiveness” ofthe ... basis ofthe instructions to the Russian readers,
which were to use any ingenuity or knowledge of
Russian they might have to divine the meaning ofthe
translations.
The rankings ofthe translations ... rat-
ing.
Externally, the rating for intelligibility was the same
for the monolinguals and the bilinguals, inthe sense that
they were both rating precisely the same materials on
the same...
... form analysis ofthe de-
terminants of labour force participation ofthe elderly in Europe. Nevertheless, knowing
2
In the future, there will be a link e stablished between SHA RE and the social ... living in a couple and the
number of children in many ofthe men’s equations, this could indicate that there is some
coordination going on within couples: on average men seem to specialize in ... calculating how much ofthe total decline in partic-
ipation rates with age can be accounted for by a declining health condition with age.
This measure is obtained by taking the diÔerence of the...
... ignore the findings of surveys, wherein
the initial screening was 'symptom elicitation'.
Disregarding the findings of these surveys had led
Dye et al to estimate of prevalence of bacteriological ... as possible, inthe Indian
context. Under the auspices ofthe WHO,
Chakraborty re-estimated the burden of disease in
The Indian Journal of Tuberculosis
ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF PULMONARY ...
providing an estimate ofthe tuberculosis burden in
India
4
. It is presently intended to discuss some of
the problems here, in arriving at the estimate ofthe
tuberculosis burden inthe country.
...
... effect of changes on the
capital levels on performance hinges on the recent theory ofthe banking firm, which is
based on the ‘specialness’ of banks in a setting in which there are asymmetries of
information. ... a variety of
financial indicators to define the strategic features of banks engaged in domestic and
cross-border mergers inthe European Union. These indicators include measures of
financial performance: ... reflection ofthe main
underlying strategies of firms. We ran the empirical analysis by using an extensive
sample of individual bank M&As which, in turn, was linked to individual bank
accounting information....
... expressed in this publication do not necessarily refl ect theof cial views ofthe funders and the EU institutions.
Factors in uencing the risk
of breast cancer –
established and emerging
breast ... explained by genetic factors
and therefore 73% ofthe risk was due to environmental
factors
52
. The study’s authors said that their findings
“indicate
that the environment has the principal ... cancer, and1.
The current thinking regarding the involvement of 2.
certain chemical exposures in breast cancer, and in
particular, the concerns about man-made chemicals
which mimic the female...
... for disbursing of loans and collecting
loan repayments.
Another promising track for savings
banks is to invest their savings deposits in
microfinance institutions by specialising
in wholesale ... out of
the savings banks movement, have done a
Bringing the Hidden Giants to the
Footlight: the Role of Savings and
Retail Banks in Increasing the Level
of Access to Financial Services
Chris ... wholesale lending to microfinance
institutions for lending to their micro
borrowers. Savings banks could refinance
well-functioning microfinance institutions
individually or indirectly through...
... white
foam-crests of
the
breakers
find
an echo in
the
flashing lights
of
the
glossy
upper
surfaces
of the fronds
(Plate 8).
The
movement ofthe waves and the
soughing
of
the
trade-wind
are
repeated
by
the
lofty
shafts,
each ... OCEAN
SHORE
holes
are
overgrown
;
beneath the
third
Hes
the
germ
of
the nut.
From
it the
white substance
of the
nut
spreads
over the inside
of
the
shell,
forming
a
lining
as thick as
the
finger
;
this is the
nourish-
ment
provided
for
the
germ
(the ... their
charm,
and
those
who
penetrate
further
into
the
country
will find
reminiscences
of them even
in
the
manners
of
the
Indian
aborigines.
Again,
the
repose
dictated
by
the
climate
impresses
the
traveller
agreeably.
Of this
I
shall
say
more
in
my
final
chapter.
And
for
these
reasons
a
journey
through
Recife,
despite
its
234,000
inhabitants,
is
not...