... 4.12 Cardamom Kerala has the largest stake in cardamom, as inthe case of rubber. Cardamom (small) is grown in the three Southern States of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Presently there ... tea growing regions are located in Assam and West Bengal in North India and Tamil Nadu and Kerala in South India. The total area under the crop is 4,30,888 hectares of which South India accounts ... nearly half the plantation area in the country and a major interest in all the four crops-tea, coffee, rubber and cardamom-Kerala is undoubtedly India's most important plantation state.'...
... Kenya, like many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, has been affected byshortages of health workers inthepublic sector. Data on the rates and leading reasons for healthworkers attrition in ... districthospitals and the few health centres that had pharmacystaff (only 13% of health centres had any pharmacy staff).At all types of facilities, attrition among clinical officerswas substantially ... doctors and clinical officers; retirementaccounts for the main share of attrition among nurses and pharmacy staff; and death is the primaryreason for attrition among laboratory staff, particularly...
... translated a new insight to adjusted design parameter of constructed wetland in tropical countries for domestic wastewater treatment. The linear decreasing OM distribution to the increasing ... a useful for constructed wetland management and design. As more and more OM deposit, in particular inthe head ofthe root zone, the sand ofthe CSFW should be clean or replace after certain ... methods Sand sampling was done during January 2007 inthe experimental constructed subsurface flow wetland (CSFW) located at Campus I of Can Tho University (Figure 1). The main part of the system...
... that speaking ability is regarded the measure of knowing a language. The learners define speaking as the most important skill they can acquire. They assess their progress in term of their accomplishment ... the class into two teams and play some kind of game. You could have the left side ofthe room against the right side, boys against girls, or each row against all the others. Competition can ... knowledge of speaking in general and teaching speaking in particular. Inthe Chapter 2, we will investigate how speaking lessons are dealt with by teachers and students in Minh Thanh secondary school...
... tugboat and water taxis operated by a forest, mining or other company (Transport Canada, “Transportation in Canada – Annual Report”, 2005 p. 13-14). Statistics Canada found that the “own account” ... operating a major engineering/maintenance naval shipyard. Transport Canada’s direct involvement in marine activities decreased substantially after the devolution of port operations to Port Authorities ... Adjustment & Assumptions. There is very little data available from Statistics Canada as to the revenue base ofthe ocean transport sectorin B.C. - data are suppressed for provinces in publications...
... found inthe binding, but rather is the result ofa differential destabilization ofthe transitionstate for Glc inthe variant. An already poor transi-tion-state stabilization of Gal inthe wild-type ... conformational changes at the Asp452backbone, and a small rotation ofthe Leu545side chain in response to minor side-chain adjustments of the nearby Glu542. All of these changes appearremote and ... vicinity of the FAD-binding pocket, the mutants remain properly a- vinylated (not shown). The thermal stability was inves-tigated using the ThermoFAD technique to derivethermal unfolding transition...
... inthe unzipping ofthe b-sheet [26] andthis may explain the observed decrease in stability.Altogether, the decrease inthe intrinsic stability of all tested mutants, even inthe case of single-residuemutations ... forms.Intrinsic kinetic stability of native rubredoxinsand mutants The deletion ofthe hairpin loop in RdDg induced a strong decrease in thermal stability. Moreover, the progressive increase inthe ... bothintrinsic and extrinsic, seem to contribute to the ther-mostability of any given protein [5]. Protein stabilityappears as the result ofa delicate balance of stabilizingand destabilizing interactions,...
... duty as important as maintaining the rule of law; and just as every fundamental aspect ofthe defence ofthe realm must be real and practical, so must every fundamental aspect ofthe rule of law ... justice and humanity ofthe law . . .’13 33. It may be difficult to ensure that that bargain could be maintained by entirely virtual hearings. It may be hard to maintain the seriousness of litigation ... have all played an important part in our legal history. Given the entrepreneurial nature of its lawyers, they are playing an important part today, and I am sure they will continue to play an...
... management of these frac-tures, with majority of them belonging to either the intrameduallary or the sliding hip plate category. The advantages of intrameduallary fixation system aredecreased intra-operative ... Heffernan, Christina Kane, Walter LeclairAbstractHip fractures are a common injury among the elderly. Internal fixation with an intramedullary (IM) system hasgained popularity for the treatment of ... externallyrotated right lower extremity that was painful to log-rolland axial load. Otherwise the patient was neurovascu-larly intact. The initial radiographs showed a 3- partinter-trochanteric...
... compression ofthe fracture anddynamization ofthe nail inthe setting of an unstablefracture pattern, there was togg ling ofthe nail within the intrameduallary canal which led to the medialmigration ... management of these frac-tures, with majority of them belonging to either the intrameduallary or the sliding hip plate category. The advantages of intrameduallary fixation system aredecreased intra-operative ... log-rolland axial load. Otherwise the patient was neurovascu-larly intact. The initial radiographs showed a 3- partinter-trochanteric hip fracture with the lesser trochanteras a separate fragment...
... qualified physical therapists, spinalmanipulation and mobilization ofthe cervical spine in particular can cause severe adverse events. There hasbeen doubt that the benefits of manipulation and ... 5:529http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/529Page 2 of 4 CAS E REP O R T Open AccessPartial tetraplegic syndrome as a complication of a mobilizing/manipulating procedure of the cervical spine ina man ... therapists, spinal manipulation and mobilization can causeadverse events. This holds true particularly for the cervical spine. In light ofthe substantial risks, the benefits of cervical spine...
... fromcarcinosarcomas and metaplastic carcinomas as the management ofthe two differ.IntroductionCarcinoma is the most common malignancy of the breast. Sarcomas form a minority of breast neoplasms.Extra-skeletal ... AccessOsteogenic sarcoma ofthe breast arising in a cystosarcoma phyllodes: a case report and review of the literatureVinay Singhal1*, Chintamani2and John M Cosgrove1AbstractIntroduction: Primary tumors ... tumors ofthe breast containing bone and cartilage are extremely rare, and an osteogenicsarcoma arising from a cystosarcoma phyllodes is exceptional.Case presentation: A 40-year-old Indian woman...
... CAS E REP O R T Open AccessBilateral simultaneous rupture ofthe quadricepstendon ina patient with psoriasis: a case reportand review ofthe literatureShanaka Senevirathna*, Sarkell Radha ... a defect inthe continuity of both quadriceps tendons wasfound.Plain radiographs of both knees revealed joint effusion,patella baja, and disruption of soft tissues superior to the patella. An avulsion ... this article as: Senevirathna et al.: Bilateral simultaneous rupture of the quadriceps tendon ina patient with psoriasis: a case report andreview ofthe literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports...
... gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinalinvasion is a rare condition and is often associated with the invasion of other visceral organs [6]. Malignant mel-anoma ofthe GIT is a rare entity among intestinal ... Arora AS: Metastatic malignantmelanoma ofthe gastrointestinal tract. Mayo Clin Proc 2006,81(4):511-516.2. Basagoiti ML, Vesga F, Losada J, Villanueva-Edo A: [Gastric metastasis of melanoma.]. ... that almost all the areas ofthe human body can be affected by mela-noma metastases.Many ofthe previous reports on the gastric spreadwere based on the radiological features ofthe metas-tases....