... present at the time of the interview was identified as an "informant". At each interview where an informant was present, assessment of the informant of the health status of the elderly ... References 1. Ministry of Health and Women's Affairs, Sri Lanka, Population Information Division, Population Information Centre. Population Statistics of Sri Lanka 1992. 2. Jette ... (IADL)" and included ability to travel outside, go shopping, prepare own meals and handle money. A limited numberof tests of physical performance for assessing the functioning of upper and...
... permeability of the IM of E. coli,4· 106cells were mixed with 1 lmSYTOX Green in NaCl ⁄ Pifor 5 min in the dark. Afteraddition of peptide, the increase in fluorescence, owing tothe binding of the ... the membrane-permea-bilizing properties of Esc(1–18). Indeed, as no reduc-tion in the numberof viable cells was observedwithin the first 20 min [killing kinetics of Esc(1–18)],but a reduction ... with erythromycin,presumably by increasing the intracellular in ux of thisdrug, as a result of increased membrane permeability;(c) elicits identical changes in the bacterium’s proteinexpression...
... anxiety of the young immigrated girl when mistaking snow for bomb, was not only the suffering of a single character in the story but of a numberof real American people during the nuclear age in ... any boys in the world walking “lollingly in bare feet, beating tangled vines and bushes with long sticks” (Schorer, p.885), twitting each other in a swimming hole in the woods after playing truant ... what is happening and what is going to happen next or, moreover, the suspense of readers – a type of involvement of the readers in doubting and speculating the coming events of the story.II.1.3....
... publications in Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing, Dr. Sungmin Ryu is an associate professor of school of business at Sungkyunkwan University. He specializes in the areas of channels of distribution, ... business-to-business marketing, and global supply chain management. He has publications in Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Business Research, Organization Science, Journal of Business ... Growth Rate of Apparel Sales Source: Daishin Securities Co, Hana institute of finance It is indicated that the portion of infants and children‘s wear has been on the increase in Korea‘s...
... exclusive breastfeeding ãã Make skin-to-skin contact and initiation Make skin-to-skin contact and initiation of breastfeeding the first routine after of breastfeeding the first routine after deliverydelivery ... breastfeeding. ese steps include: training sta to encourage and support breastfeeding; informing all pregnant women about the benets of breastfeeding; helping mothers to begin nursing within half ... providing some of the best returns girls, as providing some of the best returns of all development interventions. Lowering of all development interventions. Lowering the price of schooling and increasing...
... China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions of China. Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China as of 1 July 1997; Macao became a SAR of China ... to waterUse of improved drinking-water sources in urban areas in select countries in Africa (left end of the bar indicates access to improved water among the poorest quintile of urban households; ... examines some of the phenomena shaping the lives of children in urban areas, from their reasons for moving to the city and their experience of migration to the challenges of getting by in the...
... Representation of women in media occupations associated with determining content of newsz Representation of women in media occupations associated with determining content of television and film entertainmentz ... the status of women in the U.S. media at the beginning of2012. ResultsThis section presents data on gender equity in news and entertainment media. Data include proportions of women in positions ... focus of 18 percent of news stories; in 2005 the percentage had increased to 21. In stories about politics and government, women were the focus of 12 percent of stories in 2000, increasing to...
... deposits began to increase once again. In Japan, the ongoing trend toward a declining birthrate and an aging population is making it increasingly dif-cult to maintain the current public pension ... our investments to reduce interest rate risk. We have increased our investment in instru-ments other than Japanese Government Bonds in recent years. With careful risk screening, we have invested ... available in English as well as Japanese.)Internet BankingThe Bank is continuously enhancing its service lineup. We o er Internet banking services through the website “Yucho Direct”. In January...
... Punjab insurgency in the wake of the 1984 raid of militants housed in the sacred Sikhshrine, the Golden Temple.5 Sri Lanka has been battling a fierce ethnic Tamil insurgency fordecades. In the initial ... even during theperiods of colonization under the Portuguese (beginning in 1505) and later under the Dutch(beginning in 1656). Rather, there were a numberof fragmented Sinhalese Buddhist king-doms ... andhigh-intensity crime in the densely populated cities of Delhi andMumbai. India has also faced an ongoing low-intensity conflict withmilitant elements in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar since...
... PlanningministrY of finanCe and Planningthe DeVeLoPMent PoLiCY frAMeWorKGoVernMent ofsri LAnKA 16 - The Emerging Wonder of Asiaproducers.SMEswillalsobeencouragedtoinvest in cultivation,providingnecessaryinputs(eg.land)andcreatingaconduciveenvironmentforinvestment.Thus,theimport of theseitemswillbeconnedtomeetonlythemarginalrequirements of theconsumersCrops ... by2015 2020Promotion of deepseaandoffshoreshingIncreasemultidayshingeetsNo. of deepseamultidayboats(Nos)No. of boatmanufacturingyardsNo. of Fishinggearfactories2934296525035880004511DevelopinfrastructurefacilitiesNo. of modernizedmajorsheryharboursNo. of activeiceplants(Nos)Marineshproduction(mt/yr)875296,0001385625,000181001100,000Reduction of postharvestlossesIntroducebettershhandlingtechniquesandmodernlandingfacilities.Postharvestlosses(%)Increasetheshare of skilledshhandlers(%)301015505100Promotion of ornamentalsh,inlandsheriesandaquacultureDevelopinlandsheries in reservoirs,tanksandpondsInlandshproduction(mt/yr)Production of ngerlings(million)Coverage of waterbodieswithpropermanagement(%)No. of aquaculturecentresNo. of ornamentalshbreedingandtrainingcentres(Nos)No. of newcagefarms43,00026204215080,0005040742000130,00080801065000Enhancement of processingandvalueadditionIncreaseshprocessingzonesandstoragecapacitiestoreducetheimport of shNo. of shprocessingzonesShare of storagecapacityQuantity of import(mt)-30%75,500450%40,000980%500Expansion of foreignandlocalmarketIncreasethequality of exportQuantity of export(mt) ... 40,000andthehoteltrade.Anyglut in productionduringtheseasonswillbeconvertedintoexportableitemsbymodernizingthefruitprocessingindustry in thecountry.Vegetableandfruitpackingcrateswillbeintroducedtoreducethepostharvestlossesbyasignicantamount. Sri Lanka willberecognizedasone of thebestqualityproductioncentresfororicultureproducts in theworld. In cutowerproduction,highqualitynewhybridvarietiesimportedfromoverseaswillbeusedasmotherplantsanda numberof nurserieswillbemodernizedwithtissuecultureapparatus.1,500oriculturevillageswillbeestablished in theWestern,NorthWesternandCentralProvinces.30,000jobswillbegenerated in ruralandsuburbanareas.Withthat,theshare of exports of cutowersandfoliagewillincreasesignicantlyduringthedecade.25,000hectares of herbalfarmswillbeestablished in theEasternandNorthernProvincesunderthesupervision of theMinistry of IndigenousMedicine. In addition,20,000hectares of landwillbenewlycultivatedwithginger,turmericandcitronella in Kilinochchi,Ampara,HambantotaandTrincomaleeDistricts.Approximately0.2millionhectares of landswillbecultivatedwithpulses,tubersandcerealscountrywide.TheGovernmentseedfarmsatKundasale,Aluththarama,Malwatta,Karadiyanaru,Kantalai,MahaIllupallama,Peedru,Kandapola,Meepilimana,Udaradella,Rahangala,Polonnaruwa,ParanthanandJaffnawillbedevelopedwithmoderntechnologyaimedatincreasingtheyield.Bufferstocks of certiedseedswillbemaintainedensuringanuninterruptedsupply of seeds....