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... Tradition andChangein Administrative Law Martina Kiinnecke Tradition andChangein Administrative Law An Anglo-German Comparison ^ Springer Dr Martina Kiinnecke The University ... channelling individual complaints into a preexisting system of orders from the King directed to the person who had injured the individual.^ The writ originated in a personal request by an individual ... human rights and security in the age of terrorism Common lawyers are increasingly interested in continental jurisdictions: " in the light of significant recent constitutional changes in this country,...
... The WPS disseminates the findings of work in progress, preliminary research results, and development experience and lessons, to encourage the exchange of ideas and innovative thinking among researchers, ... majority, and foreign earnings, which are used in financing development activities In the course of the last 40 years, industrial tree crops, notably cocoa, coffee, oil palm, and rubber, have dominated ... about 40 percent of exports, 14 percent of GDP, and more than 20 percent of government income (Nkamleu and Kielland 2006) Recent global and African production trends are shown in Table In Africa,...
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... six randomly selected high schools in Belgrade, Serbia Students born in 1989 and 1991 and those with a missing date of birth were excluded from analysis, leaving thus 977 students born in a single ... left-handedness is a consequence of a random shift in hand dominance Theory suggests that in individuals without the genetic disposition, both cerebral and hand dominance are randomly assigned An implication ... that left-handers are somewhat better in visuospatial and visuomotor abilities than righthanders This may explain why left-handers are overrepresented in some groups with high demand on spatial...
... by the integrated activities of clinical and non-clinical members of the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards ... collect information about the organisation and team functioning of the primary care team from both clinical and non-clinical team members and information relating to clinical behaviours from clinical ... care and individual and organisational factors A consistent finding in health services research is that the transfer of research findings into practice is unpredictable and can be a slow and haphazard...
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... of surgery, creatinine, hemoglobin, and type of antifibrinolytic Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and the corresponding P values were determined Changes in blood loss over ... and outcome data of patients receiving aprotinin and tranexamic acid Aprotinin CABG Tranexamic acid n 349 63.1% Aprotinin 231 % in group 69.0% Valve n 106 19.2% 11 14.3% 2.0% 0.6% n 68 41 % in ... procedures AT III, antithrombin; CK, creatinine kinase; CK-MB, creatinine kinase isoenzyme MB; POD, postoperative day; PT, prothrombin ratio; PTT, partial thromboplastin time; SD, standard deviation; WBC,...
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... rich think some palliatives are required to contain the rural poor and Grameen is doing exactly that • Grameen Bank’s credit is in turn helping the rural rich to expand their business inrural ... bring the rural poor from the fringes to the centre of the activity Interestingly, instead of giving subsidies, the concept of shared resources seems a better option in alleviating poverty inrural ... judiciously and pursuing some pragmatic policies in implementing necessary infrastructure, providing the necessary institutional support andin building up the right manpower (ATAS, 1995) According to...
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... per decade In some summer months, temperature increases about 0.10.3oC per decade • More heavy rainfalls causing severe floods; • Rainfall decreases in dry season (Jul., Aug.) and increases in ... Resources • Instability in rainfall would cause more severe floods in rainy season and droughts in dry season • Increase in frequency and intensity of typhoons, storms would cause high floods & inundation, ... Malaria: contraction and expansion, changes in transmission season High confidence Increase in malnutrition Increase in the number of people suffering from deaths, disease and injuries from extreme...