... 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...
... probability of selecting an institution wasinversely proportional to the numberof institutions in itsstratum and proportional to its numberof beds. Eightsubjects were picked at random by the interviewers ... the institution survey, weights included size of strata,the institution occupation rate (number of subjects in theinstitution /number of available beds), and the answerrefusal rate (higher in ... intervals.Table 1: Prevalence of low vision in all populations (persons living at home or in institutions). 95% confidence interval. n.e. not estimableAge (years) Persons living in institution and at...
... 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...
... 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....
... staff residing with employers, for example, would comprise a separate independent spending unit. The pooling of income by a spending unit is more accurate in determining the welfare of individual ... that, as individuals and societies age, savings rates decline as the relative share of individuals dis-saving in the population – principally to finance retirement – increases. If savings behaviour ... reference period of 6 months was used to smooth out fluctuations in income. Income is defined here to include that received in cash and in kind.6 A detailed explanation of income sources and...
... measures of in ation expectations over the in ation targeting era. Given thecomplexity of the model and the limited numberofin ation-indexed 138 International Journal of Central Banking June ... M1,τ)μ 116 International Journal of Central Banking June 20122.2 Pricing In ation-Indexed Bonds in the LatentFactor ModelWe now derive the price of an in ation-indexed bond as a function of the ... value of its stream of coupons and its par value. In an in ation-indexed bond, the coupons are indexed to in ationso that the real value of the coupons and principal is preserved. In Australia, in ation-indexed...
... future, pioneering the development and provision of relevant training in our Institutes and Centres and working in partnership where possible- Maintain our current investment in training schemes ... generation of scientists. We need to developexcellent schemes for training and career development, particularly in new and emerging areas of research. We have played a key role in training most of ... addressing the continuing regional variations in access to new drugs in the absence of NICE decisions.ã Ensure local action plans are developed to reduce waiting times by increasing capacity in...