level of six atmospheric pollutants (table 1). Air pollutant Particle pollution Formula Source Health implication PM2.5 Particular matters of 2,5 micrometers or smaller. motor vehicles, power plants, residential wood burning, forest fires, agricultural burning Bring toxic chemicals and heavy metals into the body and with them risk of cancer as well as heart and lung diseases Particular matters larger than 2,5 micrometers and smaller tha 10 micrometers in diametar. Near roads and dusty industries
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the associations between knowledge as an independent variable and attitude as a dependent variable using generalized linear model despite controlling for a range of other important characteristics such as age, education and social class. This research assess different ways on how knowledge and attitude relate to adoption of genetically modified maize and apply the logistic Model to explain the relationship between variables from the data. We expect to know the significance of knowledge on
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Insect-Resistant GM Rice in Farmers' Fields: Assessing Productivity and Health Effects in China Jikun Huang, et al. Science 308, 688 (2005); DOI: 10.1126/science.1108972 The following resources related to this article are available online at www.sciencemag.org (this information is current as of January 8, 2009 ): Updated information and services, including high-resolution figures, can be found in the online version of this article at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/308/5722/688 Downloaded
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COURSE: NURS 411 GLOBAL HEALTH CARE: FRANCE MAGDALENA PACANSKA 06/16/2013 Abstract The French health care system combines universal coverage with a public-private mix of hospital and ambulatory care and a higher volume of service provision than in the United States. Although the system is far from perfect, its indicators of health status and consumer satisfaction are high; its expenditures, as a share of gross domestic product, are far lower than in the United States; and patients have an
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Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate Factsheet Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Switzerland and China Summary A comprehensive bilateral FTA between Switzerland and the People's Republic of China was signed by Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann and Minister of Commerce GAO Hucheng on 6 July 2013. Following initial exploratory contacts in November 2007, joint workshops in
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Non-Performing Assets (NPA) - Meaning Non-Performing Assets are popularly known as NPA. Commercial Banksassets are of various types. All those assets which generate periodical income are called as Performing Assets (PA). While all those assets which do not generate periodical income are called asNon-Performing Assets (NPA). If the customers do not repay principal amount and interest for a certain period of time then such loans become non-performing assets (NPA). Thus non-performing assets are
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LDP616: GENDER ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT Gender Mainstreaming The role of the state in mainstreaming gender issues and concerns in development Nyabochwa, Mary Mamo 1st February 2011 Lecture: Dr. Isaac Were. Table of Contents ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................... 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................
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SMEs are very heterogeneous business operating in many different sectors such as trade, agri- business and manufacturing (Hussain et al, 2009). Pakistan is a very potential market for SMEs. Before very less or no importance is given on the business research which could attract many foreign investments. There are certain issues regarding the success and failures of SMEs which need to explore out and address. What is Entrepreneur? The term entrepreneur was first introduced by the early 18th century
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