2.1.1. Introduction to Birth Defect Birth defect is one of the significant indicators of health status of every individual. The incidence of birth defects remains an important public health concern. Inadequate knowledge about the defects among prospective mothers (or the family) could result in delayed medical managements. It is also under-recognized cause of infant’s and children’s death and disability. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined birth defect as structural or functional abnormalities
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“The challenge of development: abject children disregarded by education.” It is ago. Now, we are haunted again. This has been proven for centuries; the key to address this horrible fact lies in our hands. According to a report by the World Poverty Statistics in 2012, 1 billion out 2.2 billion children worldwide is living in poverty. 22,000 children die each day because of hunger. An estimated 870 million people worldwide do not have enough food to eat and 80 percent of the world population lives
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Introduction When a teenage girl gets pregnant, this phenomenon is called teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy is treated differently in many cultures. A great number of countries, mostly in Asia treat it like a regular thing due to their traditions and peculiarities of the culture. But the Western civilization treats teenage pregnancy like a negative phenomenon, because young people are supposed to study and have normal years of life, without burden and big problems. Unfortunately, teenage pregnancy
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effort is made to praise God for the blessings of topography that He has endowed to this country. CYNTHIA L CARRION Undersecretary, Sports and Wellness Tourism Play Philippines One-Stop Action Destination SITES/FACILITIES National Capital Region PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION City of Manila ELORDE BOXING GYM Paranaque City ELORDE BOXING GYM AT ROCKWELL CENTER Makati City ELORDE BOXING GYM AT GOLD‟S GYM Quezon City ELORDE BOXING GYM AT GILMORE QC Quezon City ELORDE BOXING GYM AT KATIPUNAN Quezon
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installations or in regions with electricity shortage. With the distribution of solar lighting products, it is important to note the socio economic characteristics of those who have availed the products so as to identify or determine the market segment for solar products as a basis for expansion. Table 1. Unelectrified areas in the Philippines, December 2011 ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES HOUSEHOLDS % access HH without access I (ILOCOS REGION) II (CAGAYAN VALLEY) CAR (CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION) III (CENTRAL
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Evaluation of Various Botanical Insecticides to Control Insect Pests of Pechay ( Brassica chinensis ) Introduction : Many plants and minerals have insecticidal properties which are toxic to insects. Botanical insecticides are naturally occurring chemicals (insect toxins) extracted or derived from plants or animals. They also called natural insecticides.http://landscapeipm.tamu.edu/types-of-pest-control/chemical-control/organic/botanical/ As
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Importance of computers in our daily life In today’s world, it is almost impossible to think that one can survive withoutcomputers. They have become a gadget of almost daily use for people of every age. Computers are important in almost all the business transactions that are made today. The most that any field has gained from the invention of the computers is the business field because of its nature. Computers have gained importance as they have increased the productivity and efficiency of
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As a newly industrialized country, the Philippines is still an economy with a large agricultural sector; however, services have come to dominate the economy. Much of the industrial sector is based on processing and assembly operations in the manufacturing of electronics and other high-tech components, usually from foreign multinational corporations. Filipinos who go aboard to work–-known as Overseas Filipino Workers or OFWs—are a significant contributor to the economy but are not reflected in the
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Philippine Institute for Development Studies Surian sa mga Pag-aaral Pangkaunlaran ng Pilipinas Toward Measuring Household Vulnerability to Income Poverty in the Philippines Jose Ramon G. Albert, Lilia V Elloso . and Andrei Philippe Ramos DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES NO. 2007-16 The PIDS Discussion Paper Series constitutes studies that are preliminary and subject to further revisions. They are being circulated in a limited number of copies only for purposes of soliciting comments and suggestions
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Poverty remains a critical problem that needs to be addressed. All over the world, it remains number 1 problem to all states especially in South Africa where more than half of the population lives below the poverty line. The gap between the rich and the poor is among the worst in the world. (Oxfam, 2015) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ranks as the poorest country in the world based on its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita over the 2009-2013 period. Out of the
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