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... (The annual rate of decline from 1900 to 1935 had been only 2 percent.) In the case of tuberculosis, while some progress had been made since the turn ofthe century, the rate of decline in the ... health and to the control of escalating medical costs.On the basis of these achievements, the pharmaceutical industry hasmaintained an image of immunity from the deterioration of competitive ... based on two rather unique features of the industry. In the first place, the time lapse between strategic decisions by ethicaldrug firms and the impact of these decisions on the market is particularly...
... percent ofthe average salary of assistant professors at the ninety-fifth percentile. The fact that assis-tant professors are more mobilethan their senior colleagues maypartly explainthe smaller ... Cheryl Hill of Hampden-Sydney College for theirassistance in obtaining other dataused to prepare this report. Currentmembers ofthe AAUP’s Committeeon the Economic Statusof the Profession also ... Grant Colleges; many are the “flagship” doctoral-grantinguniversities of their states. Although the sample is only a subset of the universities included in the AAUP’ssample of doctoral-grantinguniversities—primarily...
... to other parts ofthe world, and 18 ofthe 20 countries with the highest percentages of elderly people are in this region (the others are Japan and the United States), with 13.2–17.9% of their ... benefit the elderly (http://www.helpage.org/) The nutrition of elderly people: Report ofthe Working Group on the Nutrition of Elderly People ofthe Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food ... population level on the health and nutritional statusofthe elderly in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. WHO therefore advocated and provided resources for the inclusion ofthe elderly...
... which indicatethat the approach may be applicable to the treatment of a wide range of human cancers. This minireview summarizes the available data on thesecompounds and the challenges posed ... complexes are, in effect, able to expose these 3¢-ends, which resultsin the activation of a DNA damage response and selective inhibition of cellgrowth. Several of these G-quadruplex binding molecules ... analogousto those of other mediators of telomere damage [12]. The biological function of induced telomeric quadru-plexes remains to be fully clarified; an end-protectiverole has been suggested, there is...
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... nature.Any legal document is embedded in a culture that determines the structure of the legal system of that document as well as thelegal language of that system. The language ofthe law of any legal ... the drawback of affecting the reader’s impression on the ‘technicality’ ofthe ST. This is true of Vietnamese legal documents. If following the style and format of English legal language, the ... Significance ofthe study The results of this study will help test the quality ofthe English translation of the Law on Investment 2005 of Vietnam under the model developed by the German linguist...
... and the development can become sustainable in terms of water resources. Another added benefit of rainwater harvesting is the potential reduction in flood peaks. If rain that fell on the roof ... and there are many other examples around the world. In short, rainwater harvesting has been proven to be successful in many parts ofthe world. In any buildings in the urban areas, there ... The sustainable practice of RWH is further enhanced when it was estimated (Pidwirny, 2006.) that the hydrologic cycle time for rainwater is about nine days as contrasted to the cycle time of...
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