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... Litterbag Technique Species Indigofera tinctoria Juniperus procera Lantana camara Leucaena leucocephala Macaranga peltata Mikania micrantha Paraserianthes falcataria Location and Land Use Practice ... Kerala, India Thrissur, Kerala, India (homegarden) Thrissur, Kerala, India (open area) India, Malaysia, Congo Ozala, Anambra, Nigeria (bush fallow) Palakkad, Kerala, India Palakkad, Kerala, India ... Bombax ceiba Palakkad, Kerala, India Palakkad, Kerala, India India Brachiaria decumbens Meta, Columbia Brachiaria dictyoneura Meta, Columbia Brachiaria humidicola Meta, Columbia Bridelia retusa...

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... Diagram of the systems approach that may be applied to explain the multifactorial aetiology underlying osteoporotic vertebral fracture Bone, macroscopic, local and global factors may interact ... 40-50% of trabecular mass by 90 years of age [58] This results in a decline in the loadbearing capacity of the vertebral body For example, load bearing capacity in a lumbar vertebra can decrease from ... end plate The disc facilitates intersegmental movement while maintaining alignment of the vertebral column and has a primary role in attenuating and dispersing axial load With aging, the water...

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... activities so as to encourage a positive teaching-learning process (Pearson, 1988:107) A creative and innovative test can quite advantageously result in a syllabus alteration or a new syllabus (Davis, ... washback in the school, the educational system and society as a whole, and washback at a micro level within the classroom to investigate the test washback in the classroom, that is, the washback ... of teaching and learning Types of Washback Generally, washback can be analysed according to two major types: positive and negative, depending on whether it has a beneficial or harmful impact on...

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... Northern Ireland and the team approached their task fully aware of the responsibility it had been given It was also aware that whilst it was important to look to best practice and examine data from ... deaths are avoidable Around 86% of lung cancer deaths in the UK are caused by tobacco smoking and, in addition, the International Agency for Research on Cancer states that tobacco smoking can also ... Family and Child Care People using Mental Health Services People with a Learning Disability Acute Care Palliative and End of Life Care The model was applied to these service areas and each has a series...

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... in particular countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as in the Caribbean and Pacific islands, Central America or Caucasus and Central Asian countries The transaction costs for international ... villages through 4700 kiosks across six states (Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan) Source: Excerpted from http://itcportal.com/ Smaller and micro ... MTN has engaged in a strategy that places the company as major player in the regional mobile market place With recent expansion into Nigeria, Rwanda, Swaziland, Cameroon and Uganda, the MTN brand...

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... Front-end-load shares, which are predominantly Class A shares, represent the traditional means of paying for securities-related assistance Front-end-load shares generally charge a sales load at the ... shares at NAV at the end of each trading day ETFs contract with third parties (typically market data vendors) to calculate a real-time estimate of an ETF’s current value, often called the Intraday ... of stock fund share classes made a capital gain distribution, and half of these share classes distributed at least percent of their assets as capital gains FIGURE 2.5 CAPITAL GAIN DISTRIBUTIONS*...

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... economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand He has a PhD in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a BA in economics from Claremont ... Index increased at an average annual rate of 20 percent, and shareholders invested over $100 billion on average annually into international equity funds One factor that may partly explain investors’ ... Americans because it replaces a large share of annual labor income for many low- to moderate-income families At the same time, the creation of IRAs in the 1970s and the expansion of 401(k)s and...

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... 0.035 kPa—kilopascals; MFA—multifunctional additive; NA—not applicable; ND—no Data; Metros— Karachi,, Lahore, Peshawar, and Quetta Unless otherwise specified, the years indicate when changes in ... increased rapidly in cities of Pakistan, because of inadequate road infrastructure, modal separation, transport system management and traffic control In Karachi, for example, the average speed ... World Bank, Washington, DC; available at http:// lnweb18.worldbank.org/SAR/sa.nsf/All/2F391E 72031478F6 Sathaye, J., S Tyler, and N Goldman 1994 Transportation, fuel use and air quality in Asian...

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... erythematosus syndrome [6] 71 Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Costedoat-Chalumeau et al Morphological heart abnormalities and anti-SSA/Ro antibodies Cardiac malformations Classically, autoantibody-mediated ... 13:760 Cimaz R, Meroni PL, Brucato A, Fesstova VV, Panzeri P, Goulene K, Stramba-Badiale M: Concomitant disappearance of electrocardiographic abnormalities and of acquired maternal autoantibodies ... data from therapeutic abortions, are needed for the correct evaluation of the frequency of major anatomic heart abnormalities associated with anti-SSA/Ro, but physicians should already be aware...

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... JW and DET critically revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Additional material Additional file Posterior approach A video demonstration of the posterior approach ... (TP), medial malleolus (M) and tendo Achilles (TA) Small arrow indicates rounded TP tendon proximally and large arrow indicates the flattened area of tendon in retromalleolar region as a result ... a cadaveric study Foot Ankle Int 2003, 24:780 Sarrafian S: Anatomy of the foot and ankle: descriptive, topographic, functional 2nd edition Philadelphia: Lippincott; 1993 Agur A, Dalley A: Grant's...

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... staff lack the knowledge and skills for delivering harm-reduction and behavioralchange counseling Police often apply military management approaches to treat drug users while they are in incarceration ... development of harm reduction programs among this population Despite the fact that there remain challenges, China is increasingly adopting scientific evidence-based approaches and has encouraged the ... methadone maintenance therapy program in China J Subst Abuse Treat 2010, 38:119-127 Ma Y, Wu Z: Campaign against drugs and control of IDU transmitted HIV/AIDS in China Zhongguo Xing Bing Ai Bing...

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... journal online rather than the print version; • finding faster ways to publish research; • clinical scenarios; and • paediatric journal club critiques Finally, we, the editorial team at Critical ... Kellum JA, Mehta RL, Palevsky P, the ADQI workgroup: Acute renal failure: definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs – the Second International Consensus ... Care, thank all of our readers, authors, referees and Editorial Board members for their continued support There are a number of referees who have reviewed several articles for us over the past...

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... Predicting bank performance with financial forecasts: A case of Taiwan commercial banks Journal of Banking and Finance, 28, 2353—2368 Karels, G V — Prakash, A J (1987) Multivariate normality and forecasting ... profitability performance is associated with a likelihood of bank failure Avkiran (2009) analyzes the profit efficiency of commercial banks in the United Arab Emirates by applying a standard DEA and a ... interval data for use in evaluating the performance of banks Their study makes advance predictions of the performance of 24 Taiwan banks based on uncertain financial data (reported in ranges) and also...

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... would change if the input parameters are changed and it is purely numerical Spadaro and Rabl [65] As an alternative to Monte Carlo approach, a simple and transparent alternative- estimating the ... prematurely Average annual wages are often used to estimate the annual productivity of an average healthy person of working age Annual productivity losses are adjusted downward to obtain "net annual ... contingent valuation approach Whereas the cost of the criteria pollutants was estimated on the basis of human epidemiological studies and ambient air-quality data, the cost of toxic air pollutants was...

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... journals articles and conference papers The database is produced by the ARRB Transport Research Library and is Australia’s major transport database As well as the holdings of the ARRB Transport ... crashes than databases based on conventional collection methods Insurance data have an additional advantage in that crash records have frequently been assessed in detail to determine each participant’s ... Newstead and O’Hare (2003) As noted by these authors: “… it may not be entirely accurate to label such behavioural adaptations as ‘compensation’ While these changes may reflect a behavioural adaptation...

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... environmental stewardship and public safety; and fosters a sustainable economy [Adapted from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] OCEAN, COASTAL, AND MARINE EDUCATION CAN: • Enhance public awareness ... Graduate Fellow JODI BOSTROM, Research Associate NANCY CAPUTO, Research Associate SARAH CAPOTE, Senior Program Assistant iv OCEAN STUDIES BOARD SHIRLEY A POMPONI (Chair), Harbor Branch Oceanographic ... the clarity and appropriateness of the thematic research priorities; the balance among substantive research areas as well as research activities such as observations, modeling, and communication...

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... (in Japanese) IPCS (1989) Environmental Health Criteria 89 Formaldehyde, World Health Organization, Geneva Takeda, M., Saijo, Y., Yuasa, M., Kanazawa, A. , Araki, A and Kishi, R (2009) Relationship ... Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environ., 1, 27–34 (in Japanese) 126) Kishi, R., Saijo, Y., Kanazawa, A. , Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, T., Chikara, H., Takigawa, T., Morimoto, K., Nakayama, K and Shibata, E (2009) ... Environmental Health Criteria 186 Ethylbenzene, World Health Organization, Geneva 84) Saijo, Y., Kishi, Y., Sata, F., Katakura, Y., Urashima, Y., Hatakeyama, A. , Kobayashi, S., Jin, K., Kurahashi,...

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... ”technical” positions, including aviation machinist’s mate, aviation structural mechanic, aviation ordnanceman, aviation equipment support technician, and aviation survival equipmentman; and semi-technical” ... more faults falls drastically as average AFQT score fell Another important observation is that the effect of AFQT is additive, meaning that each additional high-scoring team member increases the ... experience, training, and innate ability and also as a summary of the research already completed in this area The report will be of particular interest to policymakers and planners involved in the manpower...

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... snacks, and breakfast cereals Animated characters from Cartoon Network programming appeared on labels and packaging for QSR children’s meals, fruit snacks, snack crackers, yogurt, macaroni and cheese, ... clinics, or training programs Product placements – such as a character drinking a soda or offering it to another character, a can or bottle appearing on a table, or a brand name mentioned in dialogue ... and teenagers are exposed to a great deal of advertising that may be targeted to a general audience comprised mainly of adults On average, more than two million teens watched American Idol, and...

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