... among the industrial workers and professional classes in Ludhiana, Punjab. Indian Heart Journal 1985; 37: 380-385. 17. Mohan R. Urbanization in India: patterns and emerging policy issues. In: ... hypertension in an urban community of India using the JNC VII criteria, with the aim of identifying the risk factors and suggesting intervention strategies. A total of 1609 respondents out of 1662 individuals ... DISCUSSION Hypertension is a major public health problem inIndia and in other developing countries [1-2]. This is obvious from several Indian urban and rural studies [4, 6-16]. The various studies estimated...
... 1995). In the past few years, there has beenan increase inthe reported inci-dence of torture — cruelty by the husband and the husband’s rela-tives. The reported number ofincidents of torture increased ... seen in India suggests there are systematicproblems with women’s health.Indian women have high mortalityrates, particularly during childhoodand in their reproductive years. The health of Indian ... 1996,“Violence Against Women in India: The Law as Protector?,” paperpresented at the Association ofWomen in Development Interna-tional Conference, Washington, DC.Kelkar, Govind, 1992, ViolenceAgainst...
... following stages:ã Denition of the roots of the problemã Ordering rootsã Creating and lling inthe tables of individual range selectionã Creating and lling inthe collective tableã Ranking the ... If the (i, j) entry inthe SSIM is A, then the (i, j) entry inthe reachability matrixbecomes 0 and the (j, i) entry becomes 1.ã If the (i, j) entry inthe SSIM is X, then the (i, j) entry in ... responsibility’.There are a number of enablers affecting the implementation of sustainability in the Supply Chain. In this research, an interpretation of sustainability inthe SupplyChain enablers in terms...
... poliomyelitis. These vaccines have been integrated into the public health program of many developing countries including India. Usually, the date and type of vaccination of a child are recorded in a ... of many developing countries, including India. The DHS in India, known as the National and Family and Health Survey (NFHS), was first conducted in 1992-93 and the second and the third rounds ... negatively skewed in rural areas. The alpha value is 0.86 inurban and 0.81 in rural areas indicating that the estimates are reliable. Based on the ascending order of the composite index, a percentile...
... chapter has presented the data analysis and themajor findings of the study. From the findings of the two survey questionnaires, it appears that:Unlike the teachers reported inthe previous related ... explain communicative activities? 3. What do these teachers think are the main barriers in implementing CLT approach in teaching oral skills to the first year students in HaUI?4. What do they ... There are some difficulties in applying CLT in universities. This paper attempts to clarify certain issues from the perspective of applying the Communicative Language Teaching to the teaching...
... base their decisions ‘on the understanding that they are savingsome of the children by sacriWcing others’ (Souter and Goodwin, 1998: p. 69). In Cases 3a, 3b and 4, the rationale for requesting ... terminating other fetuses. In other words, the criterion on which to base the medical prognosis for women and theirpotential children in multiple gestations is the fewer the better’. How, then,does ... standpoint, FTPP is hardly defensible in twin gestations unless fetuseshave no moral standing or their standing is subordinated to the autonomy of the pregnant woman. In other words, other factors...
... cannot be linked back to the source. best inthe business inthe private sector. This type of The main issue then in is inthe feeling of anonymity. If benchmarking implies comparing customer ... important given the track record for customer surveys inthe literature thus farand the expansion of their use inthe Federal Government.Given the costs involved in designing and conducting thesesurveys ... after limiting this discussion to external customers,questions about all of the aspects involved inthe process of determining who your customers are is not alwaysobtaining and using products...
... toexplore these issues by interviewing industry executives andacademics and via the authors’ own experiences of teaching andresearch in China. It is hoped that these issues will be noted by the Chinese ... institutions attended the discussion. The theme for the roundtablediscussion was “Human resource challenges facing the hotel and travel industry in China”. The discussion was led by Dr Hanqin ... resources issues facing the hotel andtravel industry in ChinaHanqin Qiu Zhang andEllen Wu The authorsHanqin Qiu Zhang is an Associate Professor at the School ofHotel and Tourism Management, The...
... defined in (19.10). The excess MSE is the power of the additional error in the filter output due to the errors inthe filter coefficients. An equivalent measure of the excess MSE in steady-state is the ... Performance Issues When using the LMS adaptive filter, one must select the filter length L and the step size µ(n) toobtain the desired performance from the system. In this section, we explore theissues ... generalized expression forthese stability bounds in (19.41), the upper bound for the step size is inversely proportional to the input signal power σ2x in general. In practice, the input signal power...
... enable their investment in training anddevelopment to "pay off." Introducing ongoing reinforcement programs will help accelerate the benefits gained from the training and development investment.● ... many forms, including formal and informal mentoring, salescoaching by managers, and/or classroom training, distance- or e-learning, and other kinds oftraining.● MENTORING In mentoring, salespeople ... Beverage Co. ● THE DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCEAccording to Albert Einstein, the definition of insanity is to continue to do the same things in the hope that those things will miraculously...
... inundated, mainly the Northern parts of the MD known as the Long Xuyen Quadrangle and the Plain of Reeds. Along the 600 km-coast, the sea tide strongly influences the water quality due to the ... salinity during the dry season from December to May. Saline intrusion is one of the principal limiting factors in crop production, especially for rice, as crops are intolerant of salinity inthe ... clean water is finite in general and the demand is increasing. Therefore a sustainable water management should be incorporated inthe targets of the country development as meaning water resources...