... the recycling and disposal of ewaste in regions beyond those in Asia, in which it has historically taken place, particularly in some African countries, including Ghana As part of this investigation, ... in order to overcome restrictions on the exporting of hazardous waste from the EU E -waste recycling within Ghana In Ghana, the main centre for the recovery of materials from e-wastes is within ... from e -waste open burning sitesin China, India and Russia (Brigden et al 2005, Labunska et al 2008), including chlorinated compounds (chlorinated benzenes, PCBs), brominated compounds (PBDEs),...
... WHAT A WASTE: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INASIA Introduction: Solid Waste Management inAsia As urbanization and economic development increases in Asia, nowhere is the impact more obvious than in society’s ... Disposalin Metro Cities in India New Delhi, India, December Indonesia: ◊*Listawayan, B., 1997 Prospects of Recycling Systems in Indonesia Recycling in Asia: Partnerships for Responsive Solid Waste ... composting, incineration) • landfilling Page 18 WHAT A WASTE: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INASIA Figure 15: Comparison Of Typical Solid Waste Management Practices Activity Low income Middle income...
... Gypsum Textile Sludge Waste plastics Molding sand Paint residue Used tires Agriculture Waste plastics Pachinko Used pachinko machines Industrial clustering model with cement industry at the core ... kinds of waste as alternative raw materials and fuel in the cement plant (5) Used Pachinko Machines The pachinko industry in Japan generates about million used machines annually Because pachinko ... recycling technologies is urgent Taiheiyo Cement is contributing to the solution of these problems by using household wastes in cement production (1) Incinerated Ash of Municipal WasteIn 1998, in...
... dust raising in conventional technology of preheating coal (2) Additional equipments are just equipments for sorting, crushing, mixing and forming which enormously reducing original investment ... 46 heating intensity/(kW• m-2) width of pyrolysis chamber/m Figure Influence of structural and operating parameters (a) Pyrolysis cycle vs heating intensity; (b) Disposal intensity of single chamber ... cycle decreases distinctly with higher heating intensity under given conditions However, the principle only works within a special range The relationship of disposal intensity of single chamber and...
... institutions, including legislation, agencies and administration, decision-making procedures, arrangements for planning and coordination, programmes aiming to respond to floods are in place in ... organizations venturing into micro-finance, training and mobilization in intervention programmes to reduce disaster risk For example, in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 that caused ... identifying domestic institutional coping capacity against floods, to tracking performance of flood risk reduction institutions in a variety of national contexts and explaining success and failures in...
... Screening and quarantine of incoming fingerlings and avoiding the feeding of trash fish diet are the two major means of avoidance relevant to Asia Good husbandry practices Reducing overfeeding, ... Country of Isolation Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia Thailand Malaysia Malaysia, China Malaysia, China China Malaysia, China Philippines, Indonesia, China China Yellow croaker (Larimichthys ... but in 10 isolates the PFGE patterns were identical to those from the patients with S iniae infection Conclusions S iniae can produce invasive infection after skin injuries during the handling...
... country that maintains barriers against foreign firms providing financial services domestically Many financial markets inAsia are still quite closed to international competition in financial services, ... through restructuring of individual financial institutions or through specific taxes on financial services, rather than through limiting entry The infant industry argument against international competition ... banking system in Colombia has low levels of foreign ownership, about 4%, yet the marginal costs of providing banking services has declined substantially as financial reform, including allowing...
... disenfranchised people living in urban poverty xiv Urbanization in India India’s urban population increased by 31.2% between 1991 and 2001—nearly double the increase of 17.9% in rural population over ... sampling in future USAID-sponsored DHSs Urban Child Health Programming Support for Asia and the Near East • Offer technical assistance in program development for countries interested in implementing ... finding information on child health in urban slums in that city than in some other locations Child Health Status Infant, Neonatal, and Under-Five Mortality • The 1998/99 NFHS8 urban IMR for India...
... organic marketing initiatives in developing countries Participants in the workshop on November 9, 2003 came from the following countries: Thailand, Palestine, India, Nepal, China, Malaysia, Singapore, ... challenge as earlier perceived remains true today, including lessons or misconceptions learned Many of the companies involved in marketing and trading of organic products inAsia are very young, less ... farmers should gain self-confidence for making their small units viable using organic inputs and practices This requires intensive education, training and motivational activities Training of women...
... and beverages The mining industry is also a significant contributor Figure 3a(top) Trend in BOD (mg/l) in Indian water bodies Figure 3b(bottom) Trend in FC (MPN/100ml) in Indian water bodies ... across boundaries India and China appear to have Industrial Pollution comprehensive monitoring systems, putting The traditional agriculture-based economies of Asia are giving way to industrial economies ... Monitoring by the State Environmental Protection Administration in China showed that river water quality was lower in the north Water pollution in Asia: The urgent need for prevention and monitoring...
... with the increasing appetite of consumers to shop online, forecast period and according to industry analysts, growth through traditional channels during Online retailing Online retailing inAsia ... and the biggest also been adding manufacturing capacity inAsia to meet rising demand, though foreign companies operating in they are now increasingly consuming according to the Nutrition Society ... sustaining growth in products companies are renowned for the main engine of global retail needs to work together to confront the focused on China, the main powerhouse in Asia, other emerging markets...
... includes: providing financial product advice in relation to a 'financial product'; and dealing (including arranging for dealing to occur) in a financial product, Broadly speaking: 'financial product ... statement of opinion that is intended to influence a person’s decision in relation to financial products; and 'dealing' is acquiring, issuing, varying or disposing of financial products A 'financial ... Unlicensed Intermediaries Under the SFO, “dealing in securities” is defined widely to include “the making or offering to make an agreement with another person, or inducing or attempting to induce...
... corresponding to that in Fig The numbers in parenthesis indicate the estimated percentage yields of each peptide after 3-min, 30-min, and 3-h incubations in the presence of ATP and 3-h incubation in ... the inhibitory activity and to presumably constitute a surface for protein±protein interaction [13] It is tempting to assume that these initial cleavage sites are strategically placed mainly in ... over 14% in 30 min; slow, below 5% in 30 Cleavage site: amino-acid residues at P5±P1 and P1¢±P5¢ sites are shown Asterisks indicate major cleavage sites (over 10% hydrolysis) in h in the absence...
... as in consuming countries such as China, India, USA and the EU Regarding the main producing countries, Thailand and Malaysia have more, and more diverse, manufacturing industries compared to Indonesia, ... organization for rubber companies in Indonesia, GAPKINDO, provides training and planting material to smallholders Smallholders were interviewed from three provinces in Indonesia: North Sumatra, South ... were willing to disclose information on rubber sourcing countries and CSR policies Field investigations took place in Indonesia in August-September 2012 and Malaysia in September 2012 Interviews...
... FEBS 2002 Predicting protein–protein interaction sites (Eur J Biochem 269) 1357 More recently, methods were devised for predicting residues involved in protein interaction sitesin the absence ... for detecting interacting surfaces in proteins starting from their three-dimensional structure This is particularly important in determining protein function, especially that of proteins of known ... (http://trantor.bioc.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/SPIN/), which contains all the protein complexes contained in the PDB Protein Data Bank Using the SPIN search engine, it is possible to search the set of protein complexes for...
... put in place to strengthen legal protection, with a view to eliminating all forms of discrimination, abuse and violence against older persons, including ageism, in health care and other settings ... role in providing elderly care services and training in cooperation with government agencies Intergovernmental and international organizations should provide support for capacity building initiatives, ... rights are protected, including addressing abuse of older women in all settings - at home, in community and in institutions Governments should address religious and cultural norms in consultation with...
... females in the fifteen Asian countries is highest in Taiwan, Singapore, and Philippines in comparison, incidence in the United States is much higher than in any of the Asian countries In China, ... cancer inAsia Morbidity and mortality Incidence The incidence rate of cancer in males and females (all sites) tends to be highest in northeastern and lowest in southern Asian countries Incidence ... of cancer inAsia Lung and bronchus Lung cancer incidence among males is highest in Korea, Philippines, Singapore, and China, and lowest in India and Sri Lanka The rate among males in the United...
... for PM-10 is interpreted as resulting in an increase in pollution levels in the long-run This results in a U-shaped curve, instead of the inverse-U defined by the EKC This may be explained by the ... pollution in Asian cities, the typical EKC shape may not be applicable The data suggest a lowering of the income turning points for selected pollutants indicating that at low economic development, Asian ... growth continues and income increases, the EKC projects a slowdown in environmental pollution and depletion That is, after a certain income is achieved, pollution decreases, resulting in the inverse-U...
... 15, dealing with taxes, trade, and growth in 1996, analyzed the savings-investment imbalance in the United States by principally emphasizing the Foreword vii insufficiency of domestic savings, ... Other definitions include the following, more or less in order of increasing complexity: “[Globalization is] the intensification of worldwide social relations in such a way that local happenings ... have, in the aggregate, been similar for the rich, poor, and the general population, resulting in widened income disparities (hence, increases in such inequality measures as Gini coefficients in...