... wastes, the failure in each growing state will affect the others. The change in monthly rainfall distribution such as less rains in early wet seasons and more heavy rains inthe end ofthe wet ... change is having a big impact on agricultural production and on the lives ofthe people because ofthe intensified drought, the saline water coming in, as well as the stormy weather. They’ve all ... temperature increase of 0.5oC in Can Tho (the largest city in Mekong River Delta), and the average sea level rise of 3 mm per year inthe water around the mouth ofthe Delta (ICEM, 4-5). The average...
... Services. Reducing the health consequences of smoking: 25 years of progress; a report ofthe Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, Office of Smoking and ... behaviors into our young people to prevent or delay the onset ofthe leading causes of death in our country.30 New evaluation of health education research shows promise of having a positive ... schools can improve the well-being and health of our children and youth. Inthe United States, chronic diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality; however, engaging in healthy behaviors,...
... Proteins: SiblingsThere is a family of proteins found in bone that have been named the SIBLING proteins (small integrin binding ligand N-glycosylated) [60]. These proteins are all located on the ... to the redundancy of the function of these proteins. However, from the analy-ses ofthe cell culture and altered phenotype inthe animals having too little or too much of these proteins, the ... or urine of type I collagen fragments, which account for 90% ofthe organic bone matrix. These include the cross-links pyridinoline (PYD) and deoxypyridinoline (DPD), the telopeptides of type...
... accounting practices, accounting information. It is concluded that Chinese cultural influences have been the dominant factor in shaping Chinese accounting. In essence, Chinese, accounting ... insight about the factors influencing the evolution of Chinese accounting, during Chinese history (Gao and Schachler, 2004:54): Figure 3-Factors of Influencing the Evolution of Chinese Accounting ... national politics administration and finance. Part ofthe reform ofthe system of accounting and auditing was to replace the Ministry of Revenue with the Ministry of Finance and Expenditure,...
... OpportunitiesStarting jobs inthe industrial field vary according to the size, need, and practices of firms.Training programs may be ofthe general type, providing an overview of a variety of opportunities, ... activities inthe marketing sphere. Like retailing, selling is often neglected becauseother areas of marketing seem more glamorous. But selling, like doing interviewing formarketing research, ... about the world of marketing at its grass roots. At the heart ofthe marketing situation are exchanges of all kinds and ultimately all marketing is aimedat bringing about transactions. Engaging in...
... to the original because ofthe writer’s relative lack of ex- pertness inthe Russian language) and sorted by the writer into nine piles of ascending degrees of “informa- tiveness” ofthe ... basis ofthe instructions to the Russian readers, which were to use any ingenuity or knowledge of Russian they might have to divine the meaning ofthe translations. The rankings ofthe translations ... rat- ing. Externally, the rating for intelligibility was the same for the monolinguals and the bilinguals, inthe sense that they were both rating precisely the same materials on the same...
... form analysis ofthe de-terminants of labour force participation ofthe elderly in Europe. Nevertheless, knowing2 In the future, there will be a link e stablished between SHA RE and the social ... living in a couple and the number of children in many ofthe men’s equations, this could indicate that there is somecoordination going on within couples: on average men seem to specialize in ... this null hypothesis for men in each ofthe 11 countries in SHARE. As isclear from the test results, the null hypothesis of no general impact of health is stronglyrejected in most countries. Only...
... ignore the findings of surveys, wherein the initial screening was 'symptom elicitation'. Disregarding the findings of these surveys had led Dye et al to estimate of prevalence of bacteriological ... was against this background, that the Government of India convened an 'Expert Committee' in 2000 and assigned them the task of estimating the burden of TB inthe country4. The Committee ... an estimate ofthe tuberculosis burden in India4. It is presently intended to discuss some of the problems here, in arriving at the estimate ofthe tuberculosis burden inthe country. As...
... effect of changes on the capital levels on performance hinges on the recent theory ofthe banking firm, which isbased on the ‘specialness’ of banks in a setting in which there are asymmetries of information. ... reflection ofthe mainunderlying strategies of firms. We ran the empirical analysis by using an extensivesample of individual bank M&As which, in turn, was linked to individual bankaccounting information. ... a variety of financial indicators to define the strategic features of banks engaged in domestic andcross-border mergers inthe European Union. These indicators include measures of financial performance:...
... expressed in this publication do not necessarily refl ect theof cial views ofthe funders and the EU institutions. Factors in uencing the risk of breast cancer – established and emergingbreast ... explained by genetic factors and therefore 73% ofthe risk was due to environmental factors52. The study’s authors said that their findings “indicate that the environment has the principal ... cancer, and1. The current thinking regarding the involvement of 2. certain chemical exposures in breast cancer, and in particular, the concerns about man-made chemicals which mimic the female...
... occurrences in support ofthe correctness of their interpretation. This was the principal cause at first ofthe misunderstanding ofthe doctrine, and afterward ofthe complete distortion of it. ... the establishment ofthe kingdom of God. The fulfillment of this teaching consists only in walking inthe chosen way, in getting nearer to inward perfection inthe imitation of Christ, and outward ... multiplied inthe world. He who attacks another and injures him, kindles inthe other a feeling of hatred, the root of every evil. To injure another because he has injured us, even with the aim of...
... for disbursing of loans and collecting loan repayments. Another promising track for savings banks is to invest their savings deposits in microfinance institutions by specialising in wholesale ... out of the savings banks movement, have done a Bringing the Hidden Giants to the Footlight: the Role of Savings and Retail Banks in Increasing the Level of Access to Financial ServicesChris ... wholesale lending to microfinance institutions for lending to their micro borrowers. Savings banks could refinance well-functioning microfinance institutions individually or indirectly through...