...
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 by
shortages of health workers inthepublic sector. Data on the rates and leading reasons for health
workers attrition in ... district
hospitals and the few health centres that had pharmacy
staff (only 13% of health centres had any pharmacy staff).
At all types of facilities, attrition among clinical officers
was substantially ... doctors and clinical officers; retirement
accounts for the main share of attrition among nurses and pharmacy staff; and death is the primary
reason 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 transition
state for Glc inthe variant. An already poor transi-
tion-state stabilization of Gal inthe wild-type ... conformational changes at the
Asp
452
backbone, and a small rotation ofthe Leu
545
side chain in response to minor side-chain adjustments
of the nearby Glu
542
. All of these changes appear
remote 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 derive
thermal unfolding transition...
... inthe unzipping ofthe b-sheet [26] and
this may explain the observed decrease in stability.
Altogether, the decrease inthe intrinsic stability of
all tested mutants, even inthe case of single-residue
mutations ... forms.
Intrinsic kinetic stability of native rubredoxins
and mutants
The deletion ofthe hairpin loop in RdDg induced a
strong decrease in thermal stability. Moreover, the
progressive increase inthe ... both
intrinsic and extrinsic, seem to contribute to the ther-
mostability of any given protein [5]. Protein stability
appears as the result ofa delicate balance of stabilizing
and 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 are
decreased intra-operative ... Heffernan, Christina Kane, Walter Leclair
Abstract
Hip fractures are a common injury among the elderly. Internal fixation with an intramedullary (IM) system has
gained popularity for the treatment of ... externally
rotated right lower extremity that was painful to log-roll
and axial load. Otherwise the patient was neurovascu-
larly intact. The initial radiographs showed a 3- part
inter-trochanteric...
... compression ofthe fracture and
dynamization ofthe nail inthe setting of an unstable
fracture pattern, there was togg ling ofthe nail within
the intrameduallary canal which led to the medial
migration ... 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 are
decreased intra-operative ... log-roll
and axial load. Otherwise the patient was neurovascu-
larly intact. The initial radiographs showed a 3- part
inter-trochanteric hip fracture with the lesser trochanter
as a separate fragment...
... qualified physical therapists, spinal
manipulation and mobilization ofthe cervical spine in
particular can cause severe adverse events. There has
been doubt that the benefits of manipulation and ... 5:529
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Partial tetraplegic syndrome as a complication of
a mobilizing/manipulating procedure of the
cervical spine ina man ... therapists, spinal manipulation and mobilization can cause
adverse events. This holds true particularly for the cervical spine. In light ofthe substantial risks, the benefits of
cervical spine...
... from
carcinosarcomas and metaplastic carcinomas as the management ofthe two differ.
Introduction
Carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the
breast. Sarcomas form a minority of breast neoplasms.
Extra-skeletal ... Access
Osteogenic sarcoma ofthe breast arising in a
cystosarcoma phyllodes: a case report and review
of the literature
Vinay Singhal
1*
, Chintamani
2
and John M Cosgrove
1
Abstract
Introduction: Primary tumors ... tumors ofthe breast containing bone and cartilage are extremely rare, and an osteogenic
sarcoma arising from a cystosarcoma phyllodes is exceptional.
Case presentation: A 40-year-old Indian woman...
... CAS E REP O R T Open Access
Bilateral simultaneous rupture ofthe quadriceps
tendon ina patient with psoriasis: a case report
and review ofthe literature
Shanaka Senevirathna
*
, Sarkell Radha ... a
defect inthe continuity of both quadriceps tendons was
found.
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 and
review ofthe literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports...
... gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal
invasion 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 malignant
melanoma 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 spread
were based on the radiological features ofthe metas-
tases....