... wastes, the failure in each growing state will affect the others. The change in monthly rainfall distribution such as less rains in early wet seasons and more heavy rains inthe end ofthe wet ... change is having a big impact on agricultural production and on the lives ofthe people because ofthe intensified drought, the saline water coming in, as well as the stormy weather. They’ve all ... temperature increase of 0.5oC in Can Tho (the largest city in Mekong River Delta), and the average sea level rise of 3 mm per year inthe water around the mouth ofthe Delta (ICEM, 4-5). The average...
... Services. Reducing the health consequences of smoking: 25 years of progress; a report ofthe Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, Office of Smoking and ... schools can improve the well-being and health of our children and youth. Inthe United States, chronic diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality; however, engaging in healthy behaviors, ... sustained health education inthe nation’s schools is compelling. Improved health status is of economic value to U.S. citizens. In 2006, the U.S. spent far more than any other nation in the...
... Proteins: SiblingsThere is a family of proteins found in bone that have been named the SIBLING proteins (small integrin binding ligand N-glycosylated) [60]. These proteins are all located on the ... to the redundancy of the function of these proteins. However, from the analy-ses ofthe cell culture and altered phenotype inthe animals having too little or too much of these proteins, the ... remains challenging.Other non-collagenous proteins include osteopontin, which belongs to the small integrin-binding ligand N-linked glycoprotein (SIBLING) family like BSP [7] and periostin,...
... national politics administration and finance. Part ofthe reform ofthe system of accounting and auditing was to replace the Ministry of Revenue with the Ministry of Finance and Expenditure, ... restructuring under their advice. Inthe opposite side, the ‘reformationist’ strove to retain the forms of native Chinese accounting while linking them to certain key features of modern Western theory ... general insight about the factors influencing the evolution of Chinese accounting, during Chinese history (Gao and Schachler, 2004:54): Figure 3-Factors of Influencing the Evolution of Chinese...
... OpportunitiesStarting jobs inthe industrial field vary according to the size, need, and practices of firms.Training programs may be ofthe general type, providing an overview of a variety of opportunities, ... levels than in manufacturing or advertising, the gap is narrowing, both in terms of initial responsibility and in terms of money. Among the widevariety or routes to the management in retailing are ... activities inthe marketing sphere. Like retailing, selling is often neglected becauseother areas of marketing seem more glamorous. But selling, like doing interviewing formarketing research,...
... to the original because ofthe writer’s relative lack of ex- pertness inthe Russian language) and sorted by the writer into nine piles of ascending degrees of “informa- tiveness” ofthe ... basis ofthe instructions to the Russian readers, which were to use any ingenuity or knowledge of Russian they might have to divine the meaning ofthe translations. The rankings ofthe translations ... rat- ing. Externally, the rating for intelligibility was the same for the monolinguals and the bilinguals, inthe sense that they were both rating precisely the same materials on the same...
... form analysis ofthe de-terminants of labour force participation ofthe elderly in Europe. Nevertheless, knowing2 In the future, there will be a link e stablished between SHA RE and the social ... living in a couple and the number of children in many ofthe men’s equations, this could indicate that there is somecoordination going on within couples: on average men seem to specialize in ... calculating how much ofthe total decline in partic-ipation rates with age can be accounted for by a declining health condition with age.This measure is obtained by taking the diÔerence of the...
... ignore the findings of surveys, wherein the initial screening was 'symptom elicitation'. Disregarding the findings of these surveys had led Dye et al to estimate of prevalence of bacteriological ... as possible, inthe Indian context. Under the auspices ofthe WHO, Chakraborty re-estimated the burden of disease in The Indian Journal of Tuberculosis ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF PULMONARY ... providing an estimate ofthe tuberculosis burden in India4. It is presently intended to discuss some of the problems here, in arriving at the estimate ofthe tuberculosis burden inthe country....
... effect of changes on the capital levels on performance hinges on the recent theory ofthe banking firm, which isbased on the ‘specialness’ of banks in a setting in which there are asymmetries of information. ... a variety of financial indicators to define the strategic features of banks engaged in domestic andcross-border mergers inthe European Union. These indicators include measures of financial performance: ... reflection ofthe mainunderlying strategies of firms. We ran the empirical analysis by using an extensivesample of individual bank M&As which, in turn, was linked to individual bankaccounting information....
... expressed in this publication do not necessarily refl ect theof cial views ofthe funders and the EU institutions. Factors in uencing the risk of breast cancer – established and emergingbreast ... explained by genetic factors and therefore 73% ofthe risk was due to environmental factors52. The study’s authors said that their findings “indicate that the environment has the principal ... cancer, and1. The current thinking regarding the involvement of 2. certain chemical exposures in breast cancer, and in particular, the concerns about man-made chemicals which mimic the female...
... for disbursing of loans and collecting loan repayments. Another promising track for savings banks is to invest their savings deposits in microfinance institutions by specialising in wholesale ... out of the savings banks movement, have done a Bringing the Hidden Giants to the Footlight: the Role of Savings and Retail Banks in Increasing the Level of Access to Financial ServicesChris ... wholesale lending to microfinance institutions for lending to their micro borrowers. Savings banks could refinance well-functioning microfinance institutions individually or indirectly through...
... whitefoam-crests of the breakersfindan echo in the flashing lights of the glossyuppersurfaces of the fronds(Plate 8). The movement ofthe waves and the soughing of the trade-windarerepeatedby the loftyshafts,each ... OCEANSHOREholesareovergrown;beneath the thirdHes the germ of the nut.Fromit the white substance of the nutspreadsover the inside of the shell, forming aliningas thick as the finger;this is the nourish-mentprovidedfor the germ (the ... theircharm,andthosewhopenetratefurtherinto the countrywill findreminiscences of them even in the manners of the Indianaborigines.Again, the reposedictatedby the climateimpresses the travelleragreeably. Of thisIshallsaymore in myfinalchapter.AndforthesereasonsajourneythroughRecife,despiteits234,000inhabitants,isnot...