... and economic conditions for women These studies have focused on oral contraceptives, the introduction of which in the 1960s marked the beginning of the era of modern contraceptive use The pill ... onthe nation of Georgia found that the increased use of modern contraception was a significant contributor to that country’s drop in abortion rates between 1999 and 2005, explaining 54% of the ... • The costs of contraceptive services and supplies can be considerable Methods of contraception vary not only in their effectiveness, but also in their costs and the timing of those costs Condoms...
... ideas, to put questions tothe teachers, to show their disagreements with the teachers Teachers, onthe other hand, are no longer “knowledge-transmitter” They play the role of a facilitator of the ... expecting too much from the teacher Thompson gave importance to attempting to clear away the misconceptions to save CLT and also to implement CLT properly Some of the misconceptions set out by Thompson ... onthe other end to say something first whereas he should be 13 the one to start the conversation by saying “hello” or his phone number or the name of his company Thus, when there is a need to...
... keen to bond with peers and to distance themselves from authority figures, including doctors (Booth, 1991) As such, they may eat gluten containing products to avoid the difficulties of others not ... needed to confront the typical stressors that adolescence brings (Huff, 1997) As such, measurement of HRQOL may help to establish the impact of chronic disease and its management onthe child (Connolly ... criteria Rationale and design Is there a sound rationale for study? Appropriate design? Does the method allow for replication? Is there a control group? Is the design longitudinal? Sub-total Sample...
... change is not constant throughout the cooling process The fact that the atomic motion almost stops at the glass transition-except for thermal vibrations explains some observations The atomic structure, ... open to misleading results when applying to other systems 17 2.3.1 Topological Criterion The empirical Hume-Rothery rules summarize the importance of the atomic size factor and the critical concentration ... ∆Sf to be constant for simplicity based onthe fact that the ∆Sf of alloys consisting of mainly metallic elements does not change much from one alloy to another Evaluating the effects of two other...
... operation using WSN to locate survivors in a collapsed building, it is critical that sensors report monitoring information along with their location [23, 48, 52, 56] Onthe other hand, the position ... the above two methods Figure 1.1: Localize the Thesis in the State-of -the- art 1.2.1 Uncontrolled Event-driven Localization The first contribution of this thesis is the releasing of a key precondition ... 1.2.2 Localization and Tracking using Signature Distance The second contribution of the thesis is the invention of signature distance (SD) to achieve range-free localization beyond connectivity with...
... rests onthe channel The water in the channel isolated the air inside the perspex chamber from the outside atmosphere (figure 1) Figure 1- The chamber set on rice field to measure methane emission ... emission reduction rate is 7.8 to 14.9 % Conclusion The methane development and emission on rice field depend very much on water regime in rice paddy For the Red River delta area of Vietnam, the ... irrigation technique is very useful in practice to reduce methane emission on rice field and to contribute tothe global environment protection Besides, in some author research results concerned...
... expected to attend to what they hear to process it, to comprehend, to interpret, to evaluate and to respond tothe incoming data In order to all these things, they have to get involved in the process ... first section is to examine different views onthe definition of listening The second section is the importance of listening comprehension The thirdth section is designed to look at the factors that ... points Another reason why listening to English is not easy is that the listeners are not used tothe rhythm and intonation patterns of the English language Brown (1977); Ur (1984) Rixon (1986)...
... Scope of the study The survey was conducted at TUEBA The population was not large, only 300 Accounting students who were at pre-intermediate level of English Only errors related tothe uses of ... uses of DO and MAKE collocations in the form of “verb + noun” pattern were taken into consideration Significance of the study It is much tothe author’s expectation that the research results will ... Structure of the thesis The thesis consists of three main parts: Part A, B and C Part A is an introduction that gives a rationale behind the study It also presents the aims, objectives, the significance...
... skills and the research context as noted in 5.4 However there appear to be some commonalities Many of the themes suggested by other investigators into the movement of people from one culture to are ... Their comparisons with home are to be expected These are used to shed light on their new lives At times these focus onthe very particular, as we see in the domestic examples At other times there ... through anonymising responses at the dissemination stage; this too was made clear tothe students A number of limitations apply to this research The Business School environment may not reflect other...
... in factor proportions Onthe other hand, they sort the observations in the high GL sample according to their level of intra-industry trade Then they regress the IRS model and the IRS/unicone H-O ... literature onthe effect of trade liberalization under GATT/WTO on international trade to show that it is rational to expect significant effects of the GATT/WTO on international trade in developing WTO ... question that whether the predictions of the perfect specialization in the two important theories of 14 trade, the H-O theory and the IRS theory, are supported by the data and can account for the...
... set formation and the effect they have on preference measures and welfare estimates This will be done in the context of recreation demand over time The second is to model non-compensatory preference ... proposes the GenL model that models choice set generation as another expression of preferences, not a separate construct The probability of choice set Ck being considered is defined as a monotonic ... and Bither, 1987) Therefore, there is a need for a model that can test for the existence of cutoffs as well as estimate the cutoff levels without prior information about the cutoffs The second...
... specific decisions on specific matters favourable to them in the short term at the exclusion of all other people, all other issues, and anything related tothe long term (Tonn 1996, 416) In one fell ... against one another Taking these contests between and among future generations into account reveals an aspect of long-term organization and action Long-Term Action Will be Punished by the Electorate ... generations-related themes not only demonstrate interest in the long-term but often include visions of intergenerational justice 32 In Chapter 4, I analyze the debate to control the future of the...
... depending onthe type and the concentration used Advantages of the use of starch/carrageenan blends in comparison to starch alone include the reduction of the starch content and thus of the caloric ... indicates the drying of the product, shows that there is an increase in the solid content, which along with the sugar content of the product contributes tothe osmotic stress In order to increase ... from month to month There were no significant difference in chewiness between month and month of the control The control month and month were significantly lower in chewiness compared to chewiness...
... Furthermore, the article is subdivided into seven sections The have recorded the money spent on works for the amelioration of the land or on buildings in separate accounts But this seems notto ... through their consulate to make them eligible for the great commands in the prime of their lives Evidence for this conclusion seems to be weak as well Indications of age during the consulate can only ... Service Examination) By contrast, in a patrimonial government there is little regulation: appointments depend onthe discretion of the ruler who is apt to select onthe basis of personal loyalty...
... from one person to another Motor vehicle tax is gathered from real and legal persons upon their ownership of motor vehicles which are defined in the relevant code These two together are considered ... of the economy Studies confirmed that both the choice of the social security system and the tax base have long run impacts onthe capital stock of the economy and the generational distribution ... Catão and Terrones (2005) for unconventional evidence onthe correlation among budget deficit and macro aggregates and discussions on causality only the size notthe way through which the government...
... PMT) array onthe inner side of the detector sphere The NC reaction produces neutrons The neutrons can be captured by nuclei and release one or more γ photons, and then the γ photons interact ... absorbed on their way from their place of origin to detectors near the surface The flux and the spectrum of geoneutrinos reflect the amount and the distribution of the relative isotopes in the Earth ... lots of ν¯e s The flux of ν¯e depends onthe thermal power of the reactors and the composition of the fuel [5] [6] The ν¯e spectrum depends onthe fuel composition Both the flux and the spectrum...
... center of motivation and guidance I am truly grateful to his continual support and cooperation, as being prepared to assist me all along the completion of the project Completion the project was ... of accounting are available, the definition offered by The Committee on Terminology of American Association of Public The contents of the thesis is for internal user only REFERENCES Ames, C., & ... G (1983) Conceptions of ability and achievement motivation: A theory and its applications for education In S G Paris, G M Olson, & H.W Stevenson (Eds.), Learning and motivation in the classroom...