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Enhancing Elderly Care Services in Asia and the Pacific pptx

Enhancing Elderly Care Services in Asia and the Pacific pptx

... diagnostic and therapeutic care for older persons There is a lack of coordination among organizations including government agencies, academia and NGOs, in the provision and assessment of health and ... shoulder the burden of caring for the elderly even if they are unable to provide adequate care E Knowledge gaps on ageing There is a lack of standardized data collection on the situation and needs ... interpretations thereof) and some traditional practices II Recommendations To address the gaps and challenges identified above, the Forum recommended the following: A National policy and action Governments...

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Towards Inclusive Financial Development for Achieving the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific pptx

Towards Inclusive Financial Development for Achieving the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific pptx

... development and per capita income in Asia and the Pacific ………………… The relationship between credit market based measure of financial development and poverty rates in Asia and the Pacific ……………………… The ... weight of children) in Asia and the Pacific …………… The relationship between inclusive financial development and under mortality rate in Asia and the Pacific …………………………………………… The relationship between ... development and the HIV prevalence rate in Asia and the Pacific ………………………………………… The relationship between gender-inclusive financial development and the female labor force participation rate in Asia and...

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THE KEY INDICATORS for Asia and the Pacific 2012 pdf

THE KEY INDICATORS for Asia and the Pacific 2012 pdf

... 1955 1950 Central and West Asia Southeast Asia East Asia Pacific South Asia Developed Economies* 1990 2002 2010 Note: * Developed Economies include Australia, Japan, and New Zealand Source: UN (2012) ... this Special Chapter, Asia refers to the Asia and Pacific region The terms “cities” and “urban population” are as defined by the UN (2012) In this chapter, the terms “city” and “urban” are used ... ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ͻ The incidence and prevalence rates of tuberculosis and the death rates associated with tuberculosis in most countries in the region have declined However, the Marshall Islands and some...

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Protection against South American leaf blight of rubber in Asia and the Pacific region pptx

Protection against South American leaf blight of rubber in Asia and the Pacific region pptx

... rubber in Asia and the Pacific region FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Bangkok, 2011 i The designations employed and the presentation ... references and measures for prevention of SALB in the Asia- Pacific region are ongoing The Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission is at the forefront of actions taken in the region to safeguard the ... Agreement for the Asia and Pacific region The revision updates the Plant Protection Agreement and brings it into compliance with the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPS Agreement) and the 1997...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 10:20

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Introductions and movement of Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus stylirostris in Asia and the Pacific

Introductions and movement of Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus stylirostris in Asia and the Pacific

... vannamei and P stylirostris originate on the Western Pacific coast of Latin America from Peru in the south to Mexico in the north They were introduced from the early 1970s to the Pacific Islands, ... breeding and their potential for aquaculture During the late 1970s and early 1980s they were introduced to Hawaii and the Eastern Atlantic Coast of the Americas from South Carolina and Texas in the ... Mainland China and Taiwan Province of China and subsequently spread to the Philippines, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Thailand, Malaysia and India These introductions, their advantages and disadvantages and...

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Christophe Wiart, Pharm.D pdf

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Christophe Wiart, Pharm.D pdf

... http://www.drugswell.com) Pacific Area [DNLM: Plants, Medicinal Asia Handbooks Plants, Medicinal Pacific Islands Handbooks Ethnopharmacology Asia Handbooks Ethnopharmacology Pacific Islands Handbooks medicine(Buy ... Meissn., and Litsea amara var attenuata Gamb.) is a lowland forest tree that grows in India and Southeast Asia The stems are petioles and the midrib is hairy The leaves are simple, alternate, and ... there is still enough to cover the health needs of most of the world’s population The last 50 years were the theater for the first great pharmaceutical discoveries and, at the same time, saw the...

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Advancing banana and plantain R & D in Asia and the Pacific ppsx

Advancing banana and plantain R & D in Asia and the Pacific ppsx

... as a medicine The male flower bud and the central cylinder are eaten as a vegetable and 59 Advancing banana and plantain R & D in Asia and the Pacific, Vol 10 salad The fruit and the pseudostem ... of nematodes in the roots of the inoculated plants will be determined, and the relation between the root and shoot development of the plants at the moment of inoculation and the development of ... decrease in the height of the plants and the shoot weight, but further research is needed There was never an effect of infection with P coffeae on the weight of the root system, the number of standing...

Ngày tải lên: 09/07/2014, 03:20

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 1 ppt

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 1 ppt

... http://www.drugswell.com) Pacific Area [DNLM: Plants, Medicinal Asia Handbooks Plants, Medicinal Pacific Islands Handbooks Ethnopharmacology Asia Handbooks Ethnopharmacology Pacific Islands Handbooks medicine(Buy ... there is still enough to cover the health needs of most of the world’s population The last 50 years were the theater for the first great pharmaceutical discoveries and, at the same time, saw the ... in the task to find cures from the medicinal plants of the Pacific Rim My hope is that the readers of this book will appreciate the wealth of knowledge and information that is available in the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 17:20

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 2 docx

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 2 docx

... Meissn., and Litsea amara var attenuata Gamb.) is a lowland forest tree that grows in India and Southeast Asia The stems are petioles and the midrib is hairy The leaves are simple, alternate, and ... to 5cm in diameter in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Southeast Asia, and India in swamps and pools The blade is 12.5cm × 35cm and the petiole is 20cm The flowers are white The calyx consists of ... Thailand, and Malaysia The stems are pale whitish The leaves are aromatic, simple, alternate, and exstipulate The petiole is 1–1.25cm long The blade is leathery, elliptic, 7cm – 18cm × 3cm – 6cm The...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 17:20

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 3 docx

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 3 docx

... the tropical belt including Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands The stems are 3mm in diameter The leaves are glossy above, simple, and cordate The petiole is yellowish-orange and 8mm long The ... minutely hairy The pedicels are 8mm long The flowers are purplish-pink, and the anthers are dark and glandular dotted The gynaecium to the ovary is 5mm long The flower buds are 7mm × 8mm The fruits ... lowland and hill forests in Northeast India, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Borneo The bark is grayish-brown The leaves are simple and exstipulate The petiole is channeled and 2cm × 2mm The blade...

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 4 pptx

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 4 pptx

... tropical Africa and Asia The wood is whitish and soft The bark is smooth and greenish, and produces a few thorns, which are conical The leaves are palmate and up to 40cm in diameter and consist of ... passion and flos = flower The plant parts seemed to represent aspects of Christ: the corona was the crown of thorns, the five stamens were the five wounds, the three styles were the three nails, and the ... passion and flos = flower The plant parts seemed to represent aspects of Christ: the corona was the crown of thorns, the five stamens were the five wounds, the three styles were the three nails, and the...

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 5 pdf

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 5 pdf

... in the rain forests of Southeast Asia The stems are glabrous, terete, 3mm in diameter, and have 6–6.5cm long internodes The leaves are simple, opposite, and exstipulate The petiole is slender The ... height of 7m in the lowlands to the forests in Malaysia, Sumatra, the Lingga Islands, and Borneo The stems are hairy, fissured, brown, and zigzagshaped with 4–5mm-long internodes The leaves are ... covers the Himalayas, south to India and Sri Lanka, Malaysia to Australia, China, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Fiji, Hawaii and Mauritius, and Madagascar to the west The...

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 6 pdf

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 6 pdf

... diameter, and annular The stipules are 4–8cm long The petiole is 1.5–3cm long and reddish The blade is elliptical–oblong, 7cm × 18cm × 3cm × 8cm, and reddish at the margin The base is cuneate and the ... in the secondary forests of Andamans, Nicobars, South China, Formosa, Ryukyu, Thailand, and the Pacific Islands The stems are glaucous and strongly constricted The leaves are simple, spiral, and ... Australia The bark is finely fissured, thin, and gray to brownish The inner bark is white and the wood is yellow The stems are terete The leaves are simple, opposite, and exstipulate The petiole...

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 7 pptx

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 7 pptx

... native to Southeast Asia and grown as an ornamental tree throughout the Pacific Rim The plant grows to a height of 6m The bole is grayish and crooked The bark is light and ash-colored The stems ... 2m The crown is silvery-gray, and the bole is straight and buttressed The plant grows from lowland rain forests to 800m in the primary rain forests of a zone covering the Andaman Islands to the ... 2.1m in the lowland rain forests of Indonesia, Malesia, and the Solomon Islands The bole is straight and buttressed The bark is grayish-white or grayish-brown, scaly, and lenticelled The inner...

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 8 pps

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 8 pps

... rocky and sandy coasts and in dry open country throughout Southeast Asia The blade is 9.4cm ì cm The fruit pedicel is 1.5cm long, and the fruit is 2cm in diameter The petiole is 1.4cm long There ... in Southeast Asia and the Pacic Islands The bark is pale yellowish-brown The inner bark is pale yellow The stems are terete, glabrous, and 2mm in diameter The leaves are compound, spiral, and ... country and on the limestone hills of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand The bole is crooked, smooth, and the bark is dark green The stems are spiny The leaves are simple, spiral, and...

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 9 ppsx

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 9 ppsx

... covering the Philippines, Java, Queensland, and east to the Solomon Islands The bole is straight and coarsely fluted The bark is smooth White latex is present The leaves are simple, exstipulate, and ... penipu paya They heat and oil the leaves then apply them to the spleen to break malarial fever The pharmacological properties of the plant are unexplored but worth investigating, since Kam and Choo ... in the primary rain forests of Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java The crown is small The bole is straight and nonbuttressed The bark is grayishblack and smooth The inner bark is granular, white and...

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 10 pdf

MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - PART 10 pdf

... estuaries and along the coasts of South China, Australia, the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, and India The plant is grown as an ornamental The stems are quadrangular and glabrous, and show 5.5–4–3.5cm ... Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia The stems are spiny, velvety, pitted, fleshy, and the spines are 3mm long The leaves are simple, spiral, and exstipulate The petiole is 8–11cm long and spiny ... pedicels The flowers are light pink on the petals, brighter towards the calyx, and 4mm long The corolla is fleshy, rotate, and reflexed The corona has five lobes There are two pollinia per pollinarium The...

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ASIA 2008 debates achievements and challenges for water resources development in Asia and the Pacific region ppsx

ASIA 2008 debates achievements and challenges for water resources development in Asia and the Pacific region ppsx

... view of the fact that nearly 30 per cent of all the RCC dams in the world are in Southeast Asia, and these include the great majority of the very high RCC dams Dr Jia’s presentation on the RCC ... machinery, and gave the keynote address bines operating in China, Iceland and India The photographs he presented demonstrated with astounding clarity the severity of the erosion problem and the obvious ... than halve the costs of rural electrification Single-phase rural distribution was the norm in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, Leyland said, adding that if these countries had standardized...

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