... water as the adherent chlorine slowly damages the organism to the point of fatal consequences (Dunk et al 2005) The technology holds the promise of reducing the impact of water borne diseases throughout ... and slow fabric filtration using Moringa oleifera seeds African Journal of Agricultural Research, 5(11): 12 56-126 Raja G, Venkatesan P 2010 Assessment of groundwater pollution and its impact ... Adams DB The Report of the Water Sector Assessment Team of the National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change Water: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 21:20
... the growing burden of NCDs: • A global analysis of the economic impact of NCDs by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health • An analysis of the costs of scaling up a core ... level) Trillions of 2008 US$ Total, low and middle (84%) Low (12%) Lower middle (36%) Upper middle (36%) Income group (% of world population) Source: Based on The Global Economic Burden of Non-communicable ... the low- income countries, in part because the value of lost earnings in this group is low and in part because the total population of this country income group is much smaller than that of the...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 19:20
Air Pollution and the Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone pot
... effects is found below the lowest measured level, an assumption supported by the lack of evidence of a health effect threshold Air Pollution and the Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles ... understand the burden of air pollution on New Yorkers’ health, the health benefits of addressing it and the costs of inaction 37 I Air Pollution and the Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles ... data on air pollution, mortality and illnesses I Air Pollution and the Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone Introduction and Background Air pollution is one of the most...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20
Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health of the Poor: Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures pot
... the overall body of research on the effects of air pollution on human and animal health 14 | Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health of the Poor Implications ... proportion of the population, especially those in poverty, or below average levels of household income (81) 30 | Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health of the ... Public-health impact of outdoor and traffic-related air pollution: a European assessment Lancet, 2000, 356: 782-783 40 | Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health of...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20
The impact of related variety on regional employment growth in Finland 1993- 2006: high-tech versus medium/low-tech potx
... panel regression whether the impact of related variety among high-tech sectors on regional growth in Finland is different from the impact of related variety among low- and-medium-tech sectors Methodology ... sectors, all of which are listed in Table Low- and-medium-tech related variety (RELVARLMTECH) measures related variety within all of the remaining industries Because of the decomposable of the entropy ... positive and significant impact on regional employment growth, whereas related variety among low- and-medium-tech sectors has a negative but insignificant impact Although the impact of RELVARHTECH is...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN NATURAL AQUATIC SYSTEMS ppt
... covers the following areas: the environmental impact of heavy metal discharge into the aquatic systems, the study of the mobility patterns of different heavy metals as function of geoenvironmental ... oxides of iron and manganese While the role of clays and biota in affecting the transport of pollutants is commonly recognized, the significance of iron and manganese is often overlooked In view of ... of metals (may be from body fluids) soon after the death of an organism (Price & Skei,1 975); and (ii) a slower release of metals from the degradation of more resistant structures A variety of...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20
Impact of indoor air pollution on health, comfort and productivity of the occupants pot
... health or the synergetic effect of these factors may be the cause of health related problems in buildings The following list covers the broad areas of sources of indoor pollution. " Materials - - formaldehyde, ... have become more aware of environmental pollution, acid rain, depletion of ozone, global warming, additives in food, CFCs, so their awareness of the impact of the places in which they live and work ... economic impact (Singh, 1994b) Indoor environment The quality of the indoor environment reflects on the health, comfort and productivity of individuals in buildings The main reason for the lack of...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:20
The impact of water pollution on the socio-economic status of the stakeholders of Ennore Creek, Bay of Bengal (India) docx
... influences of various reasons were cited by 15.2 % and 11.9 environmental factors like water % of the sick persons respectively 19 Shallowing of pollution, air pollution and the degraded Sewage pollution ... and income of stakeholders of Ennore Creek Hypotheses of the study There is an influence of environmental factors on the prevalence of disease and the working days lost due to sickness of the stakeholders ... socioeconomic impact of water pollution of the Ennore Creek on the socio-economic status of the stakeholders, it has been decided to draw 350 sample households from villages located at the banks of Ennore...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 21:20
The Impact of Feedlot Waste on Water Pollution under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) docx
... nutrient levels in the Gulf of Mexico, creating a "seven thousand square mile 'dead zone' of hypoxia (low oxygen) that cannot support most aquatic life."9 Hundreds of miles of rivers and streams and ... standards.0 Inherent Risks of Lagoons While lagoons share many of the same problems as sprayfields, the structure of the lagoon itself poses a set of unique issues CAFOs oftentimes construct lagoons, ... elements relating to the physical layout of the sprayfields may also impact the amount of nutrient runoff into nearby waterbodies 3 Intentional placement of grass or vegetation buffer strips, terraces,...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 21:20
THE IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION ON HEALTH, ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURAL SOURCES docx
... effect of air pollution on health and human body organs, for example the impact of atmospheric pollution in the development of respiratory diseases, air pollution and cardiovascular disease, the impacts ... the impact of air pollution on plants and agricultural sources and methods of resistance The chapters deal with the effects of air pollutants on vegetation, current state of phytoremediation of ... 36.3 µg/m3) of fine particles (PM2,5) was reflected in significantly lower mean weight (128.3g) and length (0.9cm) and lower mean head circumference (0.3) of newborns Impact of Air Pollution on...
Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 09:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Impact of neoadjuvant treatment on total mesorectal excision for ultra-low rectal cancers" doc
... Lim et al World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2010, 8:23 http://www.wjso.com/content/8/1/23 The objective of this study was to examine the impact of multimodality treatment of either pre-operative ... After our analysis of the results of patients who underwent APR and low anterior resection with hand- Page of sewn coloanal anastomosis [19], preoperative chemoradiation was offered to those who ... surgeries were performed electively with no incidence of perforation or obstruction at the time of surgery The cohort had a mean follow-up period of 52.98 months (range: 0.57 to 178.9 months) Sixty-nine...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:21
Báo cáo y học: " The effects of low-impact mutations in digital organisms" ppsx
... generations, allowing it to regain a high frequency in the population Evolutionary consequences of low -impact mutational fitness effects To explore the evolutionary consequences of low -impact mutational ... more biologically common mutational fitness effects of 1.0 and below The effects of low -impact mutations are explored and the biological relevance of digital life is discussed Avida An experiment ... evidence Avida’s impact on biological theory In addition to the evolution of biological complexity [11,13], the software has been used to study the evolution of sex [9,14,15], the evolution of altruism...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20
Impact of China’s WTO Accession on East Asia
... looking at the impact of accession induced technological change in China on the East Asian region The paper is organized as follows Section provides a qualitative analysis of the impact of WTO accession ... provides a quantitative assessment of the impact of accession on individual country’s output, exports, investment flows and welfare Section discusses the impact of accession induced productivity ... reforms as part of China’s WTO accession and their impact in light of existing distortions to agricultural incentives in China Francois and Spinanger (2002) studied the impact of WTO reforms on...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2012, 13:09
Báo cáo y học: "Impact of the Kenya post-election crisis on clinic attendance and medication adherence for HIV-infected children in western Kenya"
... an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicines and Co-Field Director of Research for AMPATH SEW is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Page of 10 (page number ... informations RCV is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine in the Division of Children's Health Services Research and Co-Director of Pediatric Research for the ... crisis impact from the perspective of the healthcare providers, but not necessarily from the perspective of families and children In-depth exploration of the longer-term psychological and social impact...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31
Báo cáo khoa học: "Impact of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription errors in the intensive care unit: a controlled cross-sectional trial"
... with varying degrees of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) Only a few authors have studied the impact of CPOE in the ICU, and even less have investigated the occurrence of medication prescription ... In one unit of our ICU, we implemented an ICIS with incorporated CPOE and a moderate level of CDSS The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the incidence and severity of medication ... implementation of the ICIS in the latter unit Patients were randomly assigned to either of these units by an independent nurse All units had a similar case mix of patients Medical staff, consisting of five...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39
Báo cáo y học: "The Impact of a Nationwide Antibiotic Restriction Program on Antibiotic Usage and Resistance against Nosocomial Pathogens in Turkey"
... resistance patterns of certain pathogens Since parenteral forms of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin were not restricted for the first three days of therapy by NARP, the consumption of these quinolones ... Thộbault A, Chouaùd C Impact of a multidisciplinary approach to the control of antibiotic prescription in a general hospital J Hosp Infect 2003; 53:177-182 Garau J Impact of antibiotic restrictions: ... financial impact of antimicrobial restriction program has been shown both in developed and developing countries [6, 17, 20-23] The resistance rates of given microorganisms for all of the antibiotics...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00
Báo cáo y học: "Functional genomics analysis of low concentration of ethanol in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cells. Role of genes involved in transcriptional and translational processes"
... advance in the characterization of the molecular mechanisms of low concentration of ethanol in HepG2 cells Moreover, it constitutes a necessary step in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms ... 1mM concentration of ethanol in HepG2 cells [19] Int J Med Sci 2007, 32 Figure Functional genomics of low concentrations of ethanol in HepG2 cells (A) Reported interactions of each ethanol-regulated ... concentrations of ethanol (100 mM) induced the expression of genes involved in the metabolism of ethanol [16] In addition, the metabolism of ethanol 33 results in an increased production of toxic metabolites...
Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 15:28
Báo cáo y học: "Monte Carlo Commissioning of Low Energy Electron Radiotherapy Beams using NXEGS Software"
... width of the profile at half its central axis value Fr: difference in beam fringe or penumbra, which we define as the distance between the 90% of maximum and 50% of maximum points on the profile ... percentage of maximum dose at the depth of the profile δ3: for points within the beam but away from the central axis, measured as a percentage difference of the local dose This includes points just off ... on the order of 20-40 times per PDD, while δ2,pdd is sampled on the order of 10-20 times per PDD Because any one calculated PDD (or profile, for that matter) is one of an ensemble of five trials,...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 10:05