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AstraZeneca: R&D success could drive growth - CS
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Credit Suisse names AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) one of its potential surprise stocks for 2017, noting that high R&D success in a year of strong pipeline news flow - including the initial outcome of the MYSTIC lung cancer study - would drive the company faster to underlying growth.
Pipeline news expected in 2017, aside from MYSTIC, includes extending Lynparza to breast cancer, and extending Tagrisso to early-stage lung cancer. Outside oncology, there's roxadustat (anemia) and tralokinumab (severe asthma). We should also see the initial approval of durvalumab in bladder cancer.
Success in all projects currently weighted above 50% would mean AZN trades today at an 18% discount on EV/NPV.
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April 5 Essa Pharma Inc:
* Essa Pharma receives US$1.2 million grant payment from Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
* Essa Pharma - payment is part of total non-dilutive grant of $12.0 million originally awarded in July 2014, is repayable out of potential future product revenues Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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BRIEF-Belo Sun receives interim suspension order for Volta Grande Project
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April 12 Belo Sun Mining Corp
* Belo Sun receives interim suspension order related to the construction licence for the Volta Grande Project
* Construction licence is to be suspended until indigenous study has been approved by Funai
* Company believes that following a review of previously completed indigenous study, Court will reconsider their position Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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Dec 12 (Reuters) - Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd :
* Says it received 37.9 million yuan worth of subsidies from Sept. 1 to date
Source text in Chinese: goo.gl/q64hqj
Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News)
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Gray whale numbers remain greatly reduced: study
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The Pacific gray whale population, thought by some experts to have rebounded fully from the ravages of whaling, actually is back to a mere fraction of historic levels, scientists said on Monday.
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Computing pioneer lost Coastguards in northern California are planning to call off the search for missing Microsoft researcher Jim Gray early on Thursday. He went missing on a sailing trip off San Francisco Bay on Sunday.â¦
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Following The Trail Of The Whale Shark
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A nine-year study has tracked more than 800 of the massive and largely mysterious whale sharks. For the first time, researchers have tracked the sharks' far-flung migration and where they may go to give birth. (This piece initially aired Aug. 22, 2013 on <em>Morning Edition</em>.)
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Barrie about his new book, <em>Supernavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way.</em>
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are great white shark endangered
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Reuters. Great white sharks will now be protected under Californiaâs Endangered Species Act starting on Friday. The state Fish and Game Commission approved the designation in February, forbidding the hunting, pursuing, catching, capturing or killing of the animal. California will now allocate funds to a wide study populations of the great white shark -- also known as Carcharodon carcharias -- expected to be released next year. The species has long been an object of fascination among humans, many of whom fear the beast for its size and reputation as a man-eater.
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Humans are not the preferred prey of the great white shark, but, nevertheless, the great white is responsible for the largest number of reported and identified fatal unprovoked shark attacks on humans.
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are sperm whales buoyant
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The spermaceti organs may also help adjust the whale's buoyancy. It is hypothesized that before the whale dives, cold water enters the organ, and it is likely that the blood vessels constrict, reducing blood flow, and, hence, temperature.The wax therefore solidifies and reduces in volume.t is hypothesized that before the whale dives, cold water enters the organ, and it is likely that the blood vessels constrict, reducing blood flow, and, hence, temperature. The wax therefore solidifies and reduces in volume.
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Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales on the planet, and perhaps the most abundant of the great whales, but we rarely get to study them because they spend so much time underwater. Sperm whales are deep divers, holding their breath and diving thousands of feet down to feed on deep sea squid and fish.
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which empire was king charles v of spain from
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RECOMMENDED READING. The Reign of Charles V is an important new study of one of the most important rulers in world history. As the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain during the mid-1500s, Charles V ruled the first truly global empire and was the greatest of all the Habsburg Emperors.
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Habsburg power peaked when, via strategic marriage, a single Habsburg came to be (simultaneously) the Spanish king and Holy Roman emperor. This man is known as Charles V (Holy Roman emperor) or Charles I (king of Spain). Charles' dual reign spanned roughly four decades, near the beginning of the Reformation period.
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Since which century have modern political processes forgone royal assent?
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Royal assent is the method by which a country's constitutional monarch (possibly through a delegated official) formally approves an act of that nation's parliament, thus making it a law or letting it be promulgated as law. In the vast majority of contemporary monarchies, this act is considered to be little more than a formality; even in those nations which still permit their ruler to withhold the royal assent (such as the United Kingdom, Norway, and Liechtenstein), the monarch almost never does so, save in a dire political emergency or upon the advice of their government. While the power to withhold royal assent was once exercised often in European monarchies, it is exceedingly rare in the modern, democratic political atmosphere that has developed there since the 18th century.
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Important geological concepts were established as naturalists began studying the rock formations of the Alps in the 18th century. In the mid-19th century the now defunct theory of geosynclines was used to explain the presence of "folded" mountain chains but by the mid-20th century the theory of plate tectonics became widely accepted.
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Why do I find it difficult to make decisions? What can be done to change this situation?
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Why do I find it so difficult to make decisions?
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Why do I find it so hard to study?
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Experimental study on the effect of the topical application of steroids by the olfactory disturbance in mice.
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The sedative effect of inhaled terpinolene in mice and its structure–activity relationships
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Exogenous growth factors do not affect the development of individually cultured murine embryos
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Carcinogenicity tests of certain environmental and industrial chemicals.
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Twenty-six-week oral carcinogenicity study of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol in CB6F1-rasH2 transgenic mice
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Exposure to toluene in the printing industry is associated with subfecundity in women but not in men
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Activation of hydrazine derivatives to free radicals in the perfused rat liver: a spin-trapping study.
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Biotransformations Leading to Toxic Metabolites
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TPA-induced inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication is not mediated through free radicals.
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Low Dose Carbon Black Nanoparticle Exposure Does Not Aggravate Allergic Airway Inflammation in Mice Irrespective of the Presence of Surface Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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Pulmonary toxicities from a 90-day chronic inhalation study with carbon black nanoparticles in rats related to the systemical immune effects
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Critical Review of Environmental Occurrence and Bioremediation
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Determining the Levels of Volatile Organic Pollutants in Urban Air Using a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method
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Benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylenes in ambient air and Pinus sylvestris L. needles: A comparative study between Belgium, Hungary and Latvia
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A Fast Mass Spectrum Screening Technique for Volatile Organic Compounds Based on Parallel Artificial Neural Networks
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in relation to autism and developmental delay: a case-control study
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Levels of PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs in breast milk of women living in the vicinity of a hazardous waste incinerator: assessment of the temporal trend.
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Occurrence and profiles of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in riverine sediments of Shanghai: a combinative study with human serum from the locals
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Synergistic effects on the initiation of rat liver tumors by trans-4-acetylaminostilbene and 2-acetylaminofluorene, studied at the level of DNA adduct formation.
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Early effects in chemical-induced rat liver carcinogenesis: an immunohistochemical study following exposure to 0.04% AAF
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No association of HLA–DRB1 and TNF alleles in Mexican patients with autoimmune hepatitis
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eng_Latn
| 221,790 |
Surface contamination with ten antineoplastic drugs in 83 Canadian centers
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Study protocol for the assessment of nurses internal contamination by antineoplastic drugs in hospital centres: a cross-sectional multicentre descriptive study
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Surface of localized pleural plaques quantitated by computed tomography scanning: no relation with cumulative asbestos exposure and no effect on lung function
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| 221,792 |
Analysis of trace volatile metabolites in serum and plasma
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Abstract A method is described for analyzing volatile constituents in 5- to 10-ml samples of human serum and plasma. A headspace sampling technique was employed by which volatile sample constituents are carried in a stream of ultra-pure nitrogen and adsorbed onto a porous polymer with subsequent heat desorption. The concentrated volatiles were separated on highly efficient capillary columns. Mass spectrometric identifications were made with 55 ml of serum. Characteristic components in normal serum are: ethanol, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, hexanal, 1-butanol, 2-hexanol, 2-heptanone, and benzaldehyde.
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Traditional multivariate quality control charts are based on independent observations. In this paper, we explain how to extend univariate residual charts to multivariate cases and how to combine the traditional statistical process control (SPC) approaches to monitor changes in process variability in a dynamic environment. We propose using Alt's (1984) W chart on vector autoregressive (VAR) residuals to monitor the variability for multivariate processes in the presence of autocorrelation. We study examples jointly using the Hotelling T2 chart on VAR residuals, the W chart, and the Portmanteau test to diagnose the types of shift in process parameters.
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Acetaminophen overdose in the third trimester of pregnancy.
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Acetaminophen is frequently used in pregnancy but can be lethal when taken in sufficient quantities. How much of an overdose crosses the placenta and exactly how the in vivo fetus deals with this insult are unknown. However, it does appear that both the mother and fetus can have a good outcome in the third trimester, if treatment is begun early and response is rapid. ( JAMA 1982;247:3114-3115)
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Abstract : A study was made of the decomposition of several chlorocarbons in air when exposed to Hopcalite catalyst in a laboratory reactor from 50 to 350 C. The chlorocarbons studied were methyl chloroform, vinylidene chloride, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene. At 300 C the percentage decomposition ranged from 70% for tetrachloroethylene to 100% for methyl chloroform. All yielded substantial amounts of hydrochloric acid as they decomposed. Yields of organic compounds during the decomposition of the chlorocarbons were quite small, except in the case of methyl chloroform, which yielded as much as 50% of vinylidene chloride.
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What particle is associated with the yellowing of newspapers?
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Paper made from mechanical pulp contains significant amounts of lignin, a major component in wood. In the presence of light and oxygen, lignin reacts to give yellow materials, which is why newsprint and other mechanical paper yellows with age. Paper made from bleached kraft or sulfite pulps does not contain significant amounts of lignin and is therefore better suited for books, documents and other applications where whiteness of the paper is essential.
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There have been modern studies that have supported the original autopsy finding. In a 2008 study, researchers analysed samples of Napoleon's hair from throughout his life, as well as samples from his family and other contemporaries. All samples had high levels of arsenic, approximately 100 times higher than the current average. According to these researchers, Napoleon's body was already heavily contaminated with arsenic as a boy, and the high arsenic concentration in his hair was not caused by intentional poisoning; people were constantly exposed to arsenic from glues and dyes throughout their lives.[note 7] Studies published in 2007 and 2008 dismissed evidence of arsenic poisoning, and confirmed evidence of peptic ulcer and gastric cancer as the cause of death.
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Guide for FOIA Requests for Pesticide Information
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Much scientific and regulatory information concerning pesticides is available to the public without submitting a FOIA request. Review pesticide information resources that may include the information you are seeking. Learn how to submit a FOIA request.
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OBJECTIVE To study the effect of solvents on the permeation of leflunomide in excised mouse skin. METHODS Modified Franz-diffusion cell adopted as apparatus for in vitro skin permeation, excised mouse skin as permeation barrier and permeability as index, the concentration of leflunomide in the samples was measured by HPLC. RESULTS Ethanol has enhancement effect on the permeability of leflunomide, propylene glycol and lower concentration DMI have little effect on the permeability of leflunomide. CONCLUSIONS These solvents can be used in the skin local preparations of leflunomide.
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kor_Hang
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Research progress of phenolic environmental estrogens analysis
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Phenolic environmental estrogen is one kind of the most common environmental estrogens.It had been concerned all over the world for its influences to human being,environment and ecosystem.In this paper,the analytical methods of phenolic environmental estrogens in recent five years were reviewed,including gas chromatography,high performance liquid chromatography,gas chromatography-mass spectrometry,liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry,immunoassay,chemiluminescence,electrochemical detection,capillary electrophoresis,capillary electrochromatography and spectroscopic analysis methods.Finally,the analytical methods of phenolic environmental estrogens were summarized and prospected.
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The development of a patented polymer based electron emitting technology (EAC) has provided a means to study the impact of reduced bioload in stable air on productivity. Apart from capturing partic ...
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| 221,882 |
Broad Study Suggests a Lower Tolerance for Exposure to Benzene
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The first study of a large group of workers breathing air with very low levels of benzene suggests that the chemical may harm the bone marrow, the body's main factory for blood cells, even
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In NEW YORK story headlined, "US stocks headed for weak open; oil data on tap" please read in paragraph six "...senior dealer at Binexx.
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From presence to consciousness through virtual reality
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Virtual reality exposure therapy for PTSD Vietnam veterans: A case study
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Tackling the challenge of selective analytical clean-up of complex natural extracts: the curious case of chlorophyll removal.
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when was sarin released in gulf war
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A long term study of soldiers exposed to sarin & cyclosarin during the first Gulf War (1991) indicated that exposure was significantly associated with less proficient neurobehavioral functioning on tasks involving fine psychomotor dexterity and visuospatial abilities 4â5 years after exposure (Proctor et al, 2007).
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He has not been directly involved in the investigation of this outbreak. Sarin is a type of nerve gas that was developed by the Germans in 1938 prior to World War II, originally for use as a pesticide. Chemical nerve agents like Sarin use concentrated amounts of pesticides called organophosphates.ven with treatment, there may still be long-term effects for survivors of a nerve gas attack. Some of the thousands injured in a 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway still experience respiratory and neurological effects that linger to this day, according to Spaeth.
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Estimation of intake fractions for benzene from motor vehicles by prefecture in Japan
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Intake Fraction (iF) for motor vehicle exhausts by city or county, or even through whole county has hardly been estimated in Japan. We estimated iFs of nonreactive pollutants of motor vehicle exhau...
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This article is the second of two parts. The first one was published in the issue no 2 of this same journal. The preseni study uses the dependency index and the youth ratio to describe the aging process both at regional and municipal levels. Our data show a yet moderate aging process in (he region. with an uneven distribution throughout the different municipalities.
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definition of toxicology
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What is Toxicology? Toxicology is the scientific study of adverse effects that occur in living organisms due to chemicals. It involves observing and reporting symptoms, mechanisms, detection and treatments of toxic substances, in particular relation to the poisoning of humans.
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toxic (comparative more toxic, superlative most toxic) ( 1 toxicology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. ( 2 figuratively) Negative; harmful. a toxic environment that promoted bullying.
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what is a toxicologist
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A toxicologist is a scientist or medical personnel who specializes in the study of symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of venoms and toxins; especially the poisoning of people. To work as a toxicologist one should obtain a degree in toxicology or a related degree like biology, chemistry or biochemistry. Bachelor's degree programs in toxicology cover the chemical makeup of toxins and their effects on biochemistry, physiology and ecology.
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What is Toxicology? By Yolanda Smith, BPharm. Toxicology is the scientific study of adverse effects that occur in living organisms due to chemicals. It involves observing and reporting symptoms, mechanisms, detection and treatments of toxic substances, in particular relation to the poisoning of humans.
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What is listed as Chopin's official cause of death?
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Chopin's disease and the cause of his death have since been a matter of discussion. His death certificate gave the cause as tuberculosis, and his physician, Jean Cruveilhier, was then the leading French authority on this disease. Other possibilities have been advanced including cystic fibrosis, cirrhosis and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. However, the attribution of tuberculosis as principal cause of death has not been disproved. Permission for DNA testing, which could put the matter to rest, has been denied by the Polish government.
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There have been modern studies that have supported the original autopsy finding. In a 2008 study, researchers analysed samples of Napoleon's hair from throughout his life, as well as samples from his family and other contemporaries. All samples had high levels of arsenic, approximately 100 times higher than the current average. According to these researchers, Napoleon's body was already heavily contaminated with arsenic as a boy, and the high arsenic concentration in his hair was not caused by intentional poisoning; people were constantly exposed to arsenic from glues and dyes throughout their lives.[note 7] Studies published in 2007 and 2008 dismissed evidence of arsenic poisoning, and confirmed evidence of peptic ulcer and gastric cancer as the cause of death.
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eng_Latn
| 221,979 |
What illness was Nasser diagnosed with in 1960?
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Nasser had few personal vices other than chain smoking. He maintained 18-hour workdays and rarely took time off for vacations. The combination of smoking and working long hours contributed to his poor health. He was diagnosed with diabetes in the early 1960s and by the time of his death in 1970, he also had arteriosclerosis, heart disease, and high blood pressure. He suffered two major heart attacks (in 1966 and 1969), and was on bed rest for six weeks after the second episode. State media reported that Nasser's absence from the public view at that time was a result of influenza.
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There have been modern studies that have supported the original autopsy finding. In a 2008 study, researchers analysed samples of Napoleon's hair from throughout his life, as well as samples from his family and other contemporaries. All samples had high levels of arsenic, approximately 100 times higher than the current average. According to these researchers, Napoleon's body was already heavily contaminated with arsenic as a boy, and the high arsenic concentration in his hair was not caused by intentional poisoning; people were constantly exposed to arsenic from glues and dyes throughout their lives.[note 7] Studies published in 2007 and 2008 dismissed evidence of arsenic poisoning, and confirmed evidence of peptic ulcer and gastric cancer as the cause of death.
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| 221,981 |
FDA Weighs Safety Of Bisphenol A
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A new study says people with high amounts of bisphenol A in their urine were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes or heart disease. The study's author was at a Food and Drug Administration meeting Tuesday on BPA's safety.
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The EPA and BP have cited scientific studies to back their positions on oil dispersants. And while the EPA initially wanted BP to stop using dispersants altogether, it hasn't stopped the company from using them entirely. That may be because the science on the chemicals is pretty murky.
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kor_Hang
| 221,982 |
types of toxic chemicals in rivers
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Tanneries are responsible for the most harmful type of toxins and when concentrated in clusters in a small area like Unnao, where more than 790 times the accepted standard of chromium is dumped into the river (nearly 1,125 tons) entire farms burn up. More details about the issues with chromium in point 7.
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The toxicity of substances can be observed by (a) studying the accidental exposures to a substance (b) in vitro studies using cells/ cell lines (c) in vivo exposure on experimental animals. Chemical toxicants include inorganic substances such as, lead, mercury, hydrofluoric acid, and chlorine gas, and organic compounds such as methyl alcohol, most medications, and poisons from living things.
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| 221,995 |
what are some of the causes of both indoor and outdoor air pollution
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Causes and effects of indoor air pollution: Indoor air pollution occurs when certain air pollutants from particles and gasses contaminate the air of indoor areas. These air pollutants can cause respiratory diseases or even cancer.
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Sources of Indoor Air Pollution. Indoor air pollution can be caused by tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide or nitrogen oxides from unvented or faulty gas appliances, particles from wood-burning stoves, fireplaces and aerosol sprays, and biological agents, such as pet dander, dust and mold. 1987 EPA study ranked indoor air pollution as the fourth highest cancer risk out of 13 environmental problems. Indoor radon exposure, which is the second-leading cause of lung cancer, was rated the number-one environmental health risk.
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different disciplines of toxicology
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Environmental Toxicology. Environmental toxicology is a good area of study for science majors who are interested in pollutants and their effect on the physical environment. Read on to discover academic and career options in this interdisciplinary science that examines how toxins affect human health and other life forms.
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Forensic toxicologists perform scientific tests on bodily fluids and tissue samples to identify any drugs or chemicals present in the body. As part of a team investigating a crime, a forensic toxicologist will isolate and identify any substances in the body that may have contributed to the crime, such as:1 Alcohol.orensic toxicologists also work on cases involving environmental contamination, to determine the impact of chemical spills on nearby populations. Investigators rely on the forensic toxicologist to make reliable conclusions about the impact a specific amount of a specific substance would have on a specific individual.
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eng_Latn
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Websites and place branding for seven Galician cities: An exploratory study
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In this article, we analyse the content of the municipal and tourist websites of the seven main cities in Galicia. The aim was to assess the degree of development of their place branding strategies. Results indicate that graphic brands are not fully developed and functional, and emotional brand attributes, despite being present on sites, are not optimized and thus do not contribute to city identification and differentiation.
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The Impact of Extra-Curricular Activities Focused on Research Training and ::: Formative Research on 6th and 7th Semester Students of Modern Languages ::: Program at University of Quindio
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| 222,139 |
TURKEY: THE INTERFACE COUNTRY BETWEEN ORIENT AND OCCIDENT AND THE FASHION VISUAL COMMUNICATION
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Turkey is an interface country between Eastern and Western cultures, therefore representing an excellent “case study” concerning the meeting of cultures: Occident versus Orient, Europe versus Asia. This paper takes an approach to fashion as a social and cultural phenomenon, therefore capable of communicating and reflecting the cultural identity “traces of a given society. Knowing the importance of visual codes for the communication of the fashion message, we conducted this work, where the image of fashion is the "central pivot" to understand the cultural identity of this Country.
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MAPPING AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY. The Global Economy and Transculturalism. The Rationale for a Co-operative Framework. Investing in Southeast Asia: "Risk" or "Opportunity"? MANAGING CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION. A Comparison of European and Asian Corporate Cultures. Negotiating in a Cross-cultural Context. CREATING EUROPE INC. Learning From the Past. Putting the House of Europe Inc. in Order. Investing in Human Capital. GLOBAL CONCLUSIONS. Global Conclusions. Appendices. Recommended Reading and Intelligence Resources. Index.
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yue_Hant
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You're on this "wing" if you support traditional values & the conservative party line
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Conservatives aren't welcome in New York, according to Governor ... Jan 24, 2014 ... Heather Long: Cuomo's recent remarks crossed a line. In the US, we must support freedom of speech, even when we don't like what's said. ... York for Utah, there's certainly lots of diversity and "traditional values" in the state, ... Whether you're conservative, liberal or mostly apolitical, Cuomo's comments go...
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Dr. Barnett-Recent American History: Exam 1 by Holly Flashcards ... Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. ... both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named; Claimed to have built his .... Usonian! Style of buildings designed in the 1930s by Frank Lloyd Wright; He ..... wrote about ordinary people and contemporary/controversial social themes;...
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Smart Tourism of the Korea: A Case Study
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brand communication in twitter - a case study on adidas .
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A Solution for Preventing Fraudulent Financial Reporting using Descriptive Data Mining Techniques
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kor_Hang
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Immediately after supper, Mrs. Inglethorp retired to her boudoir again.
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Inglethorp went to her boudoir after dinner.
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Inglethorp went to her study after lunch.
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| 222,653 |
what county is the wind river reservation in?
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Wind River Indian Reservation. The Wind River Indian Reservation. Wyomingâs Wind River Country is home to the seventh largest Indian reservation in the country. Encompassing more than 2.2 million acres, the Wind River Indian Reservation is home to the Eastern Shoshone and the Northern Arapaho tribes.
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Thurston County (hereinafter referred to collectively as Thurston County). Within. Thurston County, the Chehalis Indian Reservation and the Nisqually Indian Reservation. are non-participating communities in the NFIP. This FIS aids in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the. Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This study has developed flood-risk data for.
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Studies in vitro of abrasion by different manual toothbrush heads and a standard toothpaste
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Impact of toothpaste slurry abrasivity and toothbrush filament stiffness on abrasion of eroded enamel - an in vitro study.
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Lack of consensus on corneal abrasion management: results of a national survey
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Comparative clinical and cytological studies following the use of 2 toothpastes
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The effect of two toothpastes on plaque and gingiva is tested. This study allows the conclusion that higher portions of detergents in toothpastes are likely to breakup the intercellular structure of epithelium and thus provoke increased epithelial cell disquamation.
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This article describes an EFL course website and blog for a Global Issues communicative English course for first year dentistry students at a university in Tokyo.The rationale for and benefits ofestablishing an online component are explained.An analysis of the students� comments on the blogas well as the result of a student surveyis also explored.Finally future extensions to the online component are discussed.
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Does the company realize that advertising this as leaving in "beneficial fluoride" [LOL] makes people run far, far away from buying this?
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Most dentists would agree that fluoride is beneficial. Scientific studies differ depending on which study is used. If you don't use it and you have fluoride in your water you will be drinking it anyway. There are filters that will filter fluoride out of course. This one is primarily for taste, not for some of the really bad stuff one can get from some water.
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My experience is that it cleans my teeth more thoroughly. The dental hygienist says my teeth are cleaner and have very little plaque. used to use oral b -also -suggest you check out research oral surgeon says it is "the real thing". would recommend
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Post-war large housing estates in Norway – Well-kept residential areas still stigmatised?
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Organizational and economic aspects of housing management in deprived areas
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Residential area deprivation predicts smoking habit independently of individual educational level and occupational social class. A cross sectional study in the Norfolk cohort of the European Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk)
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Research on the Consumption Characteristic of the Ultra High-grade Cigarette based on the Economic Theory
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This paper describes the background and significance of the high-grade cigarette,and evaluates the market characteristic of the high-grade cigarette based on qualitative and quantitative analysis.Professional concept and industry conditions have been introduced in the part of qualitative analysis.Case study and comparative analysis have been adopted to reveal the consumption conditions of the high-grade cigarette in the part of quantitative analysis.At last,author will apply the theory of luxury and Veblen effect to explain the phenomenon refered above.
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This paper introduce the integration of graphite industry under the government support and the status of the natural graphite deep processing in the recent years.Then the author give advice for the further integration,analysis and prospect for the graphite material industry and the deep processing technology.
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Passive smoking increases children's risk of nasal cancer
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Passive smoking in childhood may increase the risk of nasal cancer, says a study of children whose parents had lung cancer. The incidence of bladder and kidney cancer was also greater in the offspring, possibly as a result of exposure to tobacco carcinogens either in the womb or through breast feeding, say researchers writing online in the International Journal of Cancer on 10 August (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/, doi: 10.1002/ijc.21387). ::: ::: Although the carcinogenic effects of active smoking have been seen at many sites, the effects of passive smoking and exposure in pregnancy and breastfeeding are less well documented, say the researchers. ::: ::: The authors used …
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The results from the regional air quality analysis for the Four Corners Study are discussed in the paper. The study was one of five regional studies conducted for the National Commission on Air Quality. Potential regional air quality impacts were evaluated through the year 1995 for alternative energy scenarios under current and alternative regulatory policies. The alternative regulatory policies include emission fees, technology standards, emission ceilings, and prevention of significant deterioration class elimination. The alternatives were compared in terms of their impacts on regional visibility and on the ambient concentrations of SO/sub 2/, SO/sub 4/, and primary fine particulates. The fate of the pollutants was estimated. The alternative regulatory policies were quite different with respect to their control of SO/sub x/ emissions and their impacts on regional visibility. Sources located outside of the study region were estimated to have a major impact on regional air quality within the study region.
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An analysis of cigarette demand in China (I)——current status and model building
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In order to analyze cigarette demand and establish reasonable cigarette demand model of China's cigarette market,relationship between macroeconomic indicators and cigarette consumption was investigated.Based on five assumptions,Theil-Barten demand model was revised to construct the basic cigarette demand model from which derived four models to analyze the impacts of residents consumption expenditure,cigarette price,regional difference,economic growth,industry upgrade,consumption difference between rural and urban residents,and average propensity to cigarette consumption on cigarette demand in China.
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In this paper, we study the effects of youth readership, price of advertisements, and audience size on alcohol advertising in 35 major magazines. The regressions also account for readership demographics (adult reader age, income, gender, race), magazine characteristics (newsstand sales, number of annual issues), and type of beverage (beer, wine, spirits). Using count data models, the results indicate significant effects for price, audience size, and adult demographics, but fail to support claims that alcohol advertisers target adolescent readers. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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History repeats itself: tobacco industry's behaviour does not change. -letter-
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The author outlines the measures adopted in Hungary in the banning of direct and indirect tobacco advertising. He contrasts this with the Victorian situation and concludes that the industry uses the same strategies, tactics and arguments when trying to preclude stricter regulation. (non-author abstract)
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In this paper, we study the effects of youth readership, price of advertisements, and audience size on alcohol advertising in 35 major magazines. The regressions also account for readership demographics (adult reader age, income, gender, race), magazine characteristics (newsstand sales, number of annual issues), and type of beverage (beer, wine, spirits). Using count data models, the results indicate significant effects for price, audience size, and adult demographics, but fail to support claims that alcohol advertisers target adolescent readers. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Researchers say eating peanuts could prevent allergy relapse
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Doctors know that about 20 percent of children with peanut allergies will outgrow the problem, but a new study suggests avoiding peanuts all together could make the allergy come back.
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How a residence for formerly substance-abusing students helps them stay sober
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12/23/04 Fewer teens are smoking, using drugs, but more needs to ...
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A new study shows public education efforts have been successful in reducing the number of teenagers who smoke cigarettes or use illegal drugs.
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Fit or fat? What's it gonna be? We all know the answer to that one. But what if the question's a little tougher: If you could pick only one, would you choose to be fit but fat?
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Marijuana use boosts risk of psychosis: study
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LONDON - Teens and young adults who frequently use marijuana are at higher risk of developing psychotic symptoms later in life, researchers say.
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Was it a pro-drug banner or just a silly joke? Either way, the Supreme Court says it isn't protected by the First Amendment, setting a new (but fair) limit on student free speech
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Nicotine Up Sharply In Many Cigarettes
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The amount of nicotine in most cigarettes rose an average of almost 10 percent from 1998 to 2004, with brands most popular with young people and minorities registering the biggest increases and highest nicotine content, according to a new study.
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E.On becomes the latest of the big energy firms to increase prices of gas and electricity.
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In Barrooms, Smoking Ban Is Less Reviled
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The ban has not had the crushing effect on New York's economic, cultural and political landscapes predicted by many opponents.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Facial piercings and tattoos may be becoming more common and prominent -- but that doesn't mean they are any more accepted in the workplace, according to a new study.
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Philip Morris lab discovered passive smoking risk in 1982: Lancet
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PARIS - A lab owned by US tobacco giant Philip Morris uncovered evidence in the early 1980s about potential risks from passive smoking but its findings were never made public, a study charges.
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To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS Contact: Gregg Perry, +1-401-351-5200, Mike Tetuan, +1-202-207- 3638, or Dale Leibach, +1-202-207-3630, all of Prism Public Affairs, for Millennium Holdings, LLC, NL Industries, Inc., and The Sherwin- Williams Company PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb.
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Workplace smoking bans help smokers cut back, says study
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Employees in workplaces with no smoking restrictions smoke almost five more cigarettes daily than those whose workplaces completely ban smoking, says a study by the University of Toronto's Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU).
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A scientific report, inspired by an episode of âSeinfeld,â may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip.
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Philip Morris Knew of Passive Smoke Danger in 1982
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Philip Morris, one of the nation's biggest manufacturers of tobacco products, conducted a study in 1982 that revealed the dangers of passive smoking.
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By Daniel Patrick Sheehan, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Sep. 16--The Motion Picture Association of America has filed 14 lawsuits against people it claims have sold counterfeit DVDs online, including a Lehigh University junior.
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Workplace smoking bans help smokers reduce intake, study finds
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TORONTO (CP) - Workplace smoking bans can help both non-smokers and smokers, a new study has found. Smokers whose workplaces are smoke-free consume on average five fewer cigarettes each day than those who
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A scientific report, inspired by an episode of âSeinfeld,â may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip.
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Smoking is bad for the brain
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Given the wealth of evidence that smoking damages your health, you would have to be stupid not to kick the habit. Now a study suggests this could be a self-fulfilling prophecy, because smoking reduces your IQ.
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Entreprenuer.com Partners with IndustryBrains for Sponsored Links IndustryBrains, which focuses on site specific contextual Pay-Per-Click advertising programs, announced that it has partnered with Entrepreneur Media, Inc. to provide its content-targeted sponsored links on Entrepreneur.com and SmallBizSearch.com, two of the most respected online resources for business owners and partners. IndustryBrains will provide its ...
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Eight-year study links air pollution to a reduction in their lung ...
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New research shows that teenagers who grow up in heavy air pollution have reduced lung capacity, putting them at risk for illness and premature death as adults.
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Drivers spend hours, sometimes days, waiting in traffic, a small example of the epic scale, and epic inefficiency, of ChinaÂs coal economy.
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Pollution Study Shows Lung Damage In Children
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A new study says long-term exposure to pollution can cause irreversible lung damage in children. California air pollution experts are calling the study landmark news.
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Hong Kong's worsening air quality is driving down analyst estimates for real estate companies?and could start driving residents away
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California Smoking Study
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NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on California's statewide efforts to cut back tobacco use. She looks at the payoff from educational programs, laws that prohibit smoking in public places and other efforts by the state. One recent study found that lung cancer rates are lower in California as a result of these initiatives.
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Clinton's speech with several voters in California, and reports on their reaction.
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is the tobacco industry dying
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Cigarette Stocks: The Myth of the Dying Tobacco Industry. (Written by Rebecca Lipman. Despite the passage of smoking laws, anti-smoking campaigns and an increased overall awareness of the danger of smoking, the tobacco industry is still making strong profits. Stanfordâs Robert Proctor recently released his 750 study Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition.
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Globally, tobacco use killed 100 million people in the 20th century, much more than all deaths in World Wars I and II combined. Tobacco-related deaths will number around 1 billion in the 21st century if current smoking patterns continue.
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is coal tar banned in california
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Coal tar, which is distilled from coal, has been used in dandruff shampoo for decades. But it is now banned in all consumer goods in Europe because of health concerns. California, using its tough anti-toxics law, would be the first state in the country to restrict use of the substance.
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In the 16 months since the InvestigateWest/msnbc.com story, bans or restrictions on the use of the sealants also have been adopted in several towns, mostly in the Midwest, where they have been heavily used. McHenry County, Ill., near Chicago, is studying whether to ban the coal tar sealants.
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She became so interested in the area's ongoing struggle and the local culture that she decided to study it systematically, exiting from her marriage to return there.
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She left her marriage to return to her study of the local culture.
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She didn't care about their struggles.
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Jones Is in Only Two Events, And That's Too Bad
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If we think it's strange that Marion Jones has been here all week but not competing, we probably can't even imagine how annoyed she must be.
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Physician participation in an interactive asthma seminar leads to enhanced asthma care and improved outcomes for children with asthma from low-income families, a group at high-risk for poor asthma-related outcomes, according to a study in the journal Chest.
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Many people will remember SHEILA JAMES KUEHL as Zelda Gilroy on the old T-V show "The Many Lov...
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2: Many people will remember SHEILA JAMES KUEHL as Zelda Gilroy on the old T-V show "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis." Her T-V career ended when rumors began to circulate that she was a lesbian -- and those rumors were true. She's now a prominent lesbian activist and women's rights lawyer in Los Angeles. In November 1994, she became the first openly gay or lesbian person to be elected to the California State Assembly. (REBROADCAST FROM 3
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A new study has found that, in some parts of Cleveland, people live 12 years less on average than people less than 10 miles away.
Here & Now’s Robin Young visited a neighborhood clinic to see some of the health issues hitting poorer neighborhoods. She spoke with patient Molly Hileman and Dr. Heidi Gullett.
Guests Molly Hileman, patient at neighborhood Family Practice in Cleveland. Dr. Heidi Gullett, assistant professor and associate program director at the department of family medicine and community health at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
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While attending college, this president served as an editor of the "Princetonian"
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Letters to the editor - The Daily Princetonian Apr 14, 2005 ... I am a graduate of Princeton and Princeton Army ROTC, and served on active duty. ... You realize that fact when you sign on the dotted line and acknowledge ... Have President Tilghman and her administrators ever set foot in a ... Already, sophomores do not attend RA study breaks, and tables in college...
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SCG Daily - I'll Take Magic Writers on Jeopardy! for $200: My ... I was just thinking alright, let's kick this pig, before I fall asleep! After a quick touch-up of ... I don't have the timing down. Catherine and Jim trade correct responses until they get to the $1000 answer: She was president (Natl. Pres. of the Girl Scouts, that is) in the 1920s while her husband was merely Secy. of Commerce.
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A roadmap to implementing ISO 9000
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Technical specifications may not in themselves guarantee that a customer’s requirements will be consistently met, if there happen to be any deficiencies in the specifications or in the organizational system designed to produce the product or service. It was in this context that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) started its work on quality standardization. Offers an overview of the key concepts underlying the quality management and quality assurance standards that have come to be known as the “ISO 9000 series”. Presents the main themes of the ISO 9000 literature followed by a case study of a large manufacturing organization that has recently achieved the ISO 9000 certification. Explains the eight‐step process used by the company to achieve its registration. Although the certification process was lengthy and the documentation extensive, ISO can help the company gain substantial operational and financial benefits.
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The terms of reference for the SEQ 2001 Project were to come up with policies and processes for managing the region. The author's assignment as Director of the SEQ 2001 Project was completed in July 1993 with the release for comment of a set of policy reports including a report on institutional arrangements.
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nasw ethical code
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NASW Code of Ethics. OVERVIEW. The NASW Code of Ethics is intended to serve as a guide to the. everyday professional conduct of social workers. This Code. includes four s ections. The firs t s ection, P reamble,. summarizes the social work profession's mission and cor e. values. The second section, âPurpose of the NASW Code of.
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Course Summary. This course is based on the NASW Code of Ethics, the document that summarizes the basic values, ethical principles and ethical standards of the Social Work profession. The participant will study the Code of Ethics then demonstrate their level of competency by taking a posttest.
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Do the built in locks satisfy the TSA requirements? Are they able to open and re-lock the built in locks to inspect when the case is being screened?
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Only if they have the key. When I shipped my firearms to AK this summer, I followed the airlines instructions about putting them in my luggage. The went there and came back without an issue. I used a nylon fastener to secure my luggage. The case is fiberglass and may be x-rayed, why would the TSA need access, thereby leaving you liable to theft by airline employees etc.? You need to further study the regulations.
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I purchased this stroller for my daughter. She loves it, she says it is the most compact stroller on the market. Yes, all strollers can go to the gate and be checked at the gate. The biggest issue is getting it through security, she says she has seen them go through security many times.
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The cooperative behaviour of interacting neurons and synapses is studied using models and methods from statistical physics. The competition between training error and entropy may lead to discontinuous properties of the neural network. This is demonstrated for a few examples: perceptron, associative memory, learning from examples, generalization, multilayer networks, structure recognition, Bayesian estimate, on-line training, noise estimation and time series generation.
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The exchange of ideas between statistical physics and computer science has been very fruitful and is currently gaining momentum as a consequence of the revived interest in neural networks, machine learning and inference in general. Statistical physics methods complement other approaches to the theoretical understanding of machine learning processes and inference in stochastic modeling. They facilitate, for instance, the study of dynamical and equilibrium properties of randomized training processes in model situations. At the same time, the approach inspires novel and efficient algorithms and facilitates interdisciplinary applications in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines.
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Federal and State housing policies have changed the face of public housing, which is increasingly becoming the accommodation of last resort. This social residualisation of public housing in Australia and elsewhere has meant that sustaining tenancies is a challenge for public housing authorities because of the need to balance the sometimes conflicting objectives of social outcomes for tenants with difficult behaviours and the neighbours and communities who are negatively impacted upon by their behaviour, to say nothing of the need for sustainability outcomes for business managers in social housing. The difficulties of meeting this challenge not only increase the risk of homelessness for these vulnerable tenants through their eviction, but may also threaten the tenancies of those affected by their behaviours.
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Long-term investment incentives in peaking facilities in the electricity industry
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Energy-only markets do not produce the adequate incentives to invest in peaking facilities. Additional incentives to those inherent to markets have been imposed. Capacity mechanisms are distinguished between market-based and contract-based design.
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A brief analysis of the Jilin province of housing guarantee rental subsidy policy implementation and the effect on the foundation of investigation are studied here and the paper puts forward some solutions of study data,indepth excavation of the present Jilin province housing security rental subsidy policy problems.
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This paper considers a class of multi-period dynamic supply contracts in which a buyer orders a product from a supplier in each period and the supplier allows the buyer to cancel a portion of an outstanding order with penalty during a planning horizon. We assume that both the buyer and the supplier have common knowledge. We first characterize the buyer's ordering and canceling policy that minimizes his expected cost during the planning horizon. We also characterize the supplier's optimal production policy under a very mild assumption on the costs of production and storage. Based on this structure, we then use simulation to show how the supplier chooses cancellation costs that minimize her expected cost during the planning horizon. Our simulation shows that both the buyer and the supplier would benefit from the contract.
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This paper studies the problem of how to coordinate a one-supplier, multi-retailer supply chain by requiring retailers to adopt the unified number of annual orders proposed by the supplier. The paper presents two coordination models: one considering a small number of retailers; the other considering a large number of retailers. In the proposed models, the supplier views all retailers or some selected retailers (if more beneficial) in the supply chain as one group, then offers a price discount to entice the retailers in this group placing their orders only with the specific number of annual orders. A heuristic is developed for each model to let the supplier know which retailers will be selected to implement the common number of annual orders, and how to determine the corresponding optimal number of annual replenishments and price discount. By using a numerical study, we evaluate the benefit of the proposed coordination strategy.
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We prove that groups acting geometrically on delta-quasiconvex spaces contain no essential Baumslag-Solitar quotients as subgroups. This implies that they are translation discrete, meaning that the translation numbers of their nontorsion elements are bounded away from zero.
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In summary, this study found that the expected demand for resources resulting from a multipollutant control strategy could be met.
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The study found that the demand for resources count be met.
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The study found that the demand for resources count not be met.
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Improving efficiency of a production line by Using Overall Equipment Effectiveness : A case study
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Manufacturing productivity improvement using effectiveness metric ! ~ and simulation analysis
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No evidence for apparent extent between parallels as the basis of the Poggendorff effect
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This study analyzes the private and social gains of two duty-free incentive schemes that are currently available to small- and medium-sized firms, namely the duty drawback and the common bonded warehouse schemes. Private and social criteria within the cost-benefit framework were constructed to evaluate the effects of the two schemes on a representative export firm. At the firm level, the study finds that the common bonded warehouse scheme is superior to the duty drawback in effectively decreasing the cost of production and increasing profit. The study makes a modest attempt at evaluating the two schemes at the social level. With some qualifications, the common bonded warehouse scheme may also be socially superior than the duty drawback.
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Owing to the transparency in supply chains, enhancing competitiveness of industries becomes a vital factor. Therefore, many developing countries look for a possible method to save costs. In this point of view, this study deals with the complicated liberalization policies in the global supply chain management system and proposes a mathematical model via the flow-control constraints, which are utilized to cope with the bonded warehouses for obtaining maximal profits. Numerical experiments illustrate that the proposed model can be effectively solved to obtain the optimal profits in the global supply chain environment.
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Berzelius failed to make use of Faraday's electrochemical laws in his laborious determination of equivalent weights.
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The Impact of Exports on Productivity: Evidence from China’s Machinery Manufacturing Firms
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The relationship between export and economic growth is one of the key problems in international trade research. The economists focus on how export impacts economic growth recently. Many developed and developing countries' firms and plants have been most extensively studied. However, Chinese firms or plants have not been studied yet. Based on a panel data, we utilize the basic model and improved model to make an overall analysis on the efficiency of China's machinery manufacturing industry. We find that self-selection effect is positive and statistically significant, while learning-by-exporting effect is not significant and the productivity advantage enjoyed by China is static and no productivity growth advantage is found.
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ABSTRACTThis study investigates the structural linkages of product quality, corporate image, store image, and price on customer satisfaction and loyalty towards green products usage in Malaysia. The research used structural equation modelling technique via AMOS 21.0 computer program for data analysis across a sample of 200 university students who applies a green lifestyle, such as purchasing green products which are referring to only retail goods, using recyclable products, and ozone-free products. Empirical analysis divulged that product quality followed by corporate image, store image, and product price jointly affected customer satisfaction in using green products. They are highly concerned that the green store provides a variety of good quality products with good value for money. Marketers should aggressively promote the identification of green products and overcome the problem of just noticeable difference between green product and non-green product among consumers for business sustainability. Empiri...
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eng_Latn
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Toward a study of bidding processes : part IV, games with unknown costs
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This paper represents a continuation of three previous papers [1-.3] in the study of competitive bidding processes. It treats the case where a bidder's knowledge of his competitor's cost i s given by a probability distribution over a certain interval. The results obtained extend the work of Vickrey [4] to the case where the cost intervals a r e not necessarily symmetric.
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This article reviews Uncertainties in the Estimation of Radiation Risks and Probability of Disease Causation, NCRP Report No. 171. , Bethesda, MD, 2012. 418 pp. Price: $155.00. ISBN: 9780983545019 (hardcover).
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| 227,197 |
STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO POOR PERFORMANCE IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY: A TEST OF COMPETING PREDICTIONS.
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This study investigated the relationship between poor performance and subsequent organizational action using longitudinal data on 87 hospitals. It tested predictions derived from two competing perspectives, prospect theory and the threat-rigidity perspective. Results provide partial support for the expectation of prospect theory that poorly performing hospitals implement riskier actions.
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e22216 Background: Early diagnosis in lung cancer could improve its treatment and, subsequently, its prognosis and survival. New proteomic techniques can identify potential diagnostic and prognosti...
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yue_Hant
| 227,202 |
Knowledge integration in a product development organization accompanied by M&A: A case study of a precision device manufacturer
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This case study of a precision device manufacturer discusses knowledge integration in a product development organization after M&A. The goal is to contribute to establishment of a methodology that helps to accomplish the purpose of M&A. The special feature is to analyze establishment of a new product development organization, and its entry into a new market from the standpoint of knowledge management.
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The formation of purchaser market and the further development of market economy directly contribute to the convertion from "co-existing competition "to "eliminating competition" among enterprises.Along with the entry of WTO,our marketing extent will further step up.To surrive and develop in the more intense competition, enterprises only have to establish either national or international famous brards and form brand strategy ideology .On the basis of analyzing several problems in enterprises such as how to establish famous brand and conduct brand strategy management,the paper presents six strategies.
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| 227,204 |
Advertising and monopoly power: The case of the electric utility industry
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With respect to R-H's conclusion, the authors stand by their original hypothesis and results given in their paper. Furthermore, although 1974 is likely a transitional year, it is more comparable to 1977 than to 1967. Thus, R-H's results support, rather than contradict, the results of the C-C study.
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EDITOR—I agree with Treasure and MacRae that the greatest determinant of the power of a study is its design.1 Minimisation improves power by comparing similar groups but there is a similar technique—randomised block design—which has even more power.2 ::: ::: In …
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Understanding Firms' Relocation and Expansion Decisions Using Self-Reported Factor Importance Rating
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Using individual business surveys, this study examines the most important factors for firms' decisions to relocate or expand in the past as well as their intention to relocate or expand in the future. Results indicate that factors related to firms' internal characteristics, features of location sites, and the general economic environment may affect firms' past and future decisions. These factors are found to be generally consistent in their impact upon the past and future decisions with several noticeable differences. The hypothesis of footloose firms is supported by this study.
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The impact of revenue sharing contract in the coordination of a two-stage brand franchise supply chain system is studied.The result shows the above contract can eliminate the double marginal effect and risk aversion effect so as to making the supply chain coordinated.Furthermore,the parameters of two contracts are designed and the impacts of retailer's risk aversion preference in supply chain decision are discussed.
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| 227,212 |
Innovation strategies geared toward the circular economy: A case study of the organic olive-oil industry
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Circular Economy (CE) focuses on the (re)design of processes and products aiming to minimize negative environmental impact, by reducing the use of non-renewable resources, increasing products durability, improving waste management and enhancing the market for secondary raw materials. In the management field very few contributions deal with the topic of CE as a model that firms can implement from a business model perspective. The aim of the present study is to describe, by using a case study in olive oil industry, how firms in practice adapt their business model towards CE paradigm and the influence of personal drivers and stakeholders in this adaptation. The findings reveal that circular economy is for the firm an important paradigm not only to pursue environmental sustainability but above all to pursue economic sustainability.
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In this paper the binding-contracts open-loop von Stackelberg equilibrium in the cartel-vs.-fringe model of the supply side of a market for a raw material from an exhaustible natural resource is reconsidered. It is shown that the equilibrium for this model differs from what the previous literature on this model suggests. In particular, the equilibrium price trajectory can display discontinuities.
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| 227,214 |
Toward Successful IC Foundry Venturing
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The goal of this research is to analyze the evaluation criteria used by integrated circuit (IC) designers when selecting foundry service providers. With an MCDM model considering the aspects of technology, production, customer service and support, and manufacturing location, we interviewed managers and experts of Taiwan's IC design firms, using the AHP survey with 16 attributes, to determine the areas of top concern with respect to foundry evaluation criteria. In this study process technology has been found to be the most significant evaluation criterion in view of competitiveness in the customer market.
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The variational trend of agglomerate intensity after enhancing ferrum and reducing silicon in vanadium titanium magnetite and the measures of improving intensity at the condition of high-ferrum and low-silicon have been studied.
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Task shift of automakers to steel suppliers in the value chain of automotive sheets
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This study considers the shift of tasks in customer-supplier relations of automakers and steel mills in the automotive steel sheets market. We analyse competitive environments of automotive steel makers, and supplier relationships of automakers with steel mills in North America, Japan and Western Europe, based on regional market characteristics. The essential role of steel mills in new vehicle development is then defined with the importance of early vendor involvement. It is shown that the conventional roles of automakers in stamping and painting processes are being transferred to steel mills with more interdependent and collaborative relations. Finally, the organisational structure of global leading mills is investigated, in order to perform effective intra- and inter-firm relations of steel mills with major automakers.
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This paper describesthe basicmethodologyused by San DiegoGas & ElectricCompanyto determinethe contribution to system reliability made by various resource alternatives.In particular, thismethodhas beenusedto evaluatetheextentto whichloadmanagement in the form of air conditionercyclingcan be depended on to reducesystemload. Theseresultswere includedin an economic analysisthatdeterminedthat continuedsupportof SDG&E'sresidentialair conditioner cyclingprogram (PEAKSHIFT)was not cost effective.
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Using customer-focused research and design to build a self-service online store: a case study
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American government information centers need to be responsive to an increasingly customer driven information environment while ensuring the sustainability of operations. Enhanced self-service options offer one avenue for addressing both of these needs. This article presents a case study of how the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration used extensive stakeholder research and a customer-centric design to reframe its service model by building a self-service online store that integrates access to more than 1300 behavioral health publications previously housed in two separate clearinghouses. The redesigned Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Store offers users a modern e-commerce website that not only helps customers find, order, download, and share products, but also encourages serendipitous content exploration, which has led to increased orders containing both substance abuse and mental health publications.
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The question as to whether the globalisation-related increase in competitive pressure may have caused the importance of exchange rate pass-through and pricing-to-market for export pricing in Germany to shift since the 1990s is addressed by testing the long-run export pricing behaviour of German enterprises for changes in the impact of its determinants. As globalisation may have affected competitive pressure in individual product markets differently, export pricing is analysed for 11 product categories. Analytically, this problem is solved by applying the Saikkonen (1991) approach to estimate the individual export price categories in single equations. Moreover, error correction models are used to test exporters' short-run price-setting behaviour for asymmetry, ie whether short-run increases in the export price determinants are passed through to a different extent than decreases.
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| 227,225 |
The Study of the Lead Logistics Model and Its Enlightenment
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The paper introduces the development of oversea logistics industry with the focus on the study of the character of lead logistics phase.It has the strong practical guidance to the development of China logistics industry and logistics companies.
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I read with interest the paper by McNamara et al. ([1][1]), which supports the findings of our previous report of a logistic model that identifies factors associated with restoration of normal ventricular function in this patient population ([2][2]). As we noted in that paper, which indeed
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Simulation Analysis of Rabbit Chase Models on a Cellular Manufacturing System
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Cellular manufacturing system facilitates lean manufacturing in terms of production flexibility and control simplification. The paper presents a case study on a newly constructed cellular manufacturing system adopted by an electronic assembly factory as the back end process. The original rabbit chase is infeasible in this case because products handled are multi-types and multi-paths. Further, the cycle times are largely imbalance. The application of two proposed rabbit chase models was investigated through computer simulations enhanced with ANOVA and surface response methodology. The allocation of operators and the impact of changing lot size to the performances of the cell are investigated. For the findings, there are clear indications of the effects of the number of operators and the lot size for the performances of the system, regardless which rabbit chase model used.
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In this paper, competition between a private label and a national brand is investigated in a marketing channel. We considered a marketing channel formed by one manufacturer and one retailer. The retailer sells the manufacturer’s brand and also sells her own private label. The manufacturer is considered as the leader of marketing channel, so the retailer plays the follower role in a Stackelberg differential game. Considering pricing decisions, advertising effort and promotion expenditure in the model provides a complete analysis of market conditions. The obtained results show the optimal marketing strategies including pricing and advertising for each of players. Eventually, a numerical example is presented to illustrate the applicability of the proposed model.
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The Time Variation of Liquidity Risk on US Stock Markets
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The influence of liquidity costs and liquidity risk on asset returns has been proven by several empirical studies. This paper analyzes the conditional version of the liquidity-adjusted capital asset pricing model and shows that betas significantly vary over different economic regimes and that liquid portfolios provide diversification benefits compared with illiquid portfolios. The results support the effects of a flight-to-liquidity. The time variation of liquidity betas induces additional risk for investors, which has important implications for investment decisions and asset allocation.
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With the prevalence of data online, consumers increasingly shop not only for the product that best fits their needs, but also for the best time to purchase the product in order to reduce its cost. In line with this behavior, ecommerce websites often not only offer products, but also provide analytics based statements and recommendations relating to the best time to purchase a perishable product (e.g., air travel). This study examines the effects of such purchase timing statements and recommendations on consumers’ trusting beliefs in the recommendation facility. Our theoretical background comes from Toulmin’s (1958) argumentation model and the literature related to the role of explanation facilities in enhancing consumers’ trust. Results from our pilot study show evidence for the different roles Toulmin elements have, serving as explanation facilities in the context of predictive analytics.
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kor_Hang
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Scale and Scope Economies in Chinese Life Insurance Industry
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Using the Translog model and the data of all life insurance companies in China from 2012 to 2015, this paper analyzes the scale effect and scope effect in China's life insurance market. In this paper, the premium income of various types of insurance as the output of the company, rent and wages as input elements, Commission and commission expenditure, business and management fees as the operating costs of insurance companies. The results show that both large & medium-sized life insurance companies have economies of scale, and the scale effect of small life insurance companies is significantly stronger than that of large & medium-sized life insurance companies. In terms of scope effect, it is difficult to draw a unified conclusion from the 2012-2015 year's model results. According to the results of the model in 2015, ordinary life insurance and health insurance, health insurance and other insurance have cost-complementary effects.
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With Shanghai stock exchange market as a research object, this paper studies the complexity of the stock exchange market using the cellular automata theory and model. With the fractal theory as a tool, the R/S method is used to compare the real and the simulated data, which verifies the validity of the simulation. In the CA model, with different initial values and rules, we can improve the study on complexity in the stork exchange market.
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Goal-oriented Balancing : a New Model of Contemporary Sales Management
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This study focuses on the substantive area of sales management and it suggests that the main concern of a sales manager is to reach the sales and economical goals of the sales organization. The social process by which this main concern is resolved is called goaloriented balancing and it describes two complementary organizational dimensions, frame development and individual development that are continuously balanced against each other. That is, the sales manager must establish effective organizational processes and structures as well as find the keys to maximum individual performance. These two processes have to be in balance and supportive of each other.
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Bliss [Bliss, C., 2008. Multiple equilibrium in the Diamond capital model. Economics Letters 100, 143–145] finds numerically that the Diamond OLG model can have uncountably many steady states. We use log preferences and show analytically that a continuum of steady states can still exist.
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Conclusions: The Future of Political Risk Assessment
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The case was made in Part One of this book that political risk assessment, as a distinct outgrowth of the environmental scanning activity, has an important influence on corporate profitability. Part Two analyzed the evolution of political risk assessment, both as a corporate function and as an academic sub-discipline. Examining the assessment function in American, Canadian and West European corporations, it was found that: i) the corporations’ sector of business and individual corporate structure both have an important influence on the way the corporation organizes the political risk assessment functions; ii) the function itself appears to be going through a ‘shake out’ phase, with increasing emphasis being placed on the business implications of political risk rather than on risk assessment per se; and iii) that the major challenge for the future is the better integration of political risk assessments into corporate decision making. I look at each of these in succession, below.
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With the prevalence of data online, consumers increasingly shop not only for the product that best fits their needs, but also for the best time to purchase the product in order to reduce its cost. In line with this behavior, ecommerce websites often not only offer products, but also provide analytics based statements and recommendations relating to the best time to purchase a perishable product (e.g., air travel). This study examines the effects of such purchase timing statements and recommendations on consumers’ trusting beliefs in the recommendation facility. Our theoretical background comes from Toulmin’s (1958) argumentation model and the literature related to the role of explanation facilities in enhancing consumers’ trust. Results from our pilot study show evidence for the different roles Toulmin elements have, serving as explanation facilities in the context of predictive analytics.
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| 227,275 |
An appointment-keeping improvement package for outpatient pediatrics: systematic replication and component analysis.
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Child health-care appointments that are not kept are an important pediatric problem. Previous research has shown that reducing effort (with a parking pass) and reminding patients (with mailed and telephone reminders) significantly improved appointment keeping for first-time and patient-scheduled appointments. This study, using a posttest-only group design, evaluated the effects of various combinations of that intervention applied to clinic-scheduled follow-up appointments. All combinations of the intervention significantly increased cancellations, but none increased appointments kept or decreased appointments not kept significantly. Log linear analyses showed that the lag time between scheduling and the appointment significantly influenced appointment keeping. The results suggest that if clinics want to increase cancellations, a mailed reminder and effort reduction are sufficient. To increase appointment keeping, other interventions, such as reduced lag time, may be necessary.
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To optimize supply chain performance and achieve savings that enhance the bottom line, hospitals should: Generate purchase orders for every item purchased. Ensure the organization is protected from undue vendor influence. Keep track of where supply chain dollars are going. Review contracts regularly to ensure competitiveness. Have a contract for each product category. Buy only what the organization is sure to use. Get rid of excess inventory. Develop a strategic plan for continued supply chain savings.
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| 227,277 |
Crumb coating for food products
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A method of producing crumb coated food product comprising the steps of: forming an aqueous mixture, the mixture comprising: a flour comprising one or more of a mixture of flour, sodium bicarbonate, optional additive selected from processing aids agents, salt, coloring agent, and water; the mixture was added to an extruder; the aqueous gelling agent is added to the extruder; extruding the final mixture at a temperature of higher than 100 deg.] C, to form an extrudate thereof; have extrudate expands to form a porous product; drying the article, and the milled product has been dried to form a crumb.
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With the prevalence of data online, consumers increasingly shop not only for the product that best fits their needs, but also for the best time to purchase the product in order to reduce its cost. In line with this behavior, ecommerce websites often not only offer products, but also provide analytics based statements and recommendations relating to the best time to purchase a perishable product (e.g., air travel). This study examines the effects of such purchase timing statements and recommendations on consumers’ trusting beliefs in the recommendation facility. Our theoretical background comes from Toulmin’s (1958) argumentation model and the literature related to the role of explanation facilities in enhancing consumers’ trust. Results from our pilot study show evidence for the different roles Toulmin elements have, serving as explanation facilities in the context of predictive analytics.
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| 227,278 |
The value of safety as revealed in the Swedish car market: an application of the hedonic pricing approach
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In this article the hedonic regression technique is used to estimate the value of traffic safety, using information from the Swedish market for automobiles. The results from the study show that the market price of an automobile is negatively correlated with its inherent risk level, i.e. Swedish car consumers pay a safety premium for safer cars. In comparison to previous Swedish stated-preference studies, this study reveals a lower willingness to pay for additional car safety, which might be a result of the interaction between government interventions and individual self-insurance and self-protection.
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Abstract The article analyzes the human resource management impact of competitiveness of transport companies. According to the scientific literature article discusses human resource management, Competitive advantage and competitive analysis concepts, evaluated modern human resource management models and theories of the relationship between companies and the allocation of human resources and competitiveness. The paper describes the Lithuanian transport sector companies operating in human resource managements research processes.
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Human consumption of agricultural toxicants from organic and conventional food.
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Over the past 60 years both the number of agricultural toxicants in use and rates of toxin-related diseases have increased dramatically, and countless studies attest to a link between the two. While data from residue surveys confirms higher levels of toxicants in conventionally farmed produce, few studies directly assess whether consuming organic produce results in a reduction in pesticide exposure in humans or confers any health benefits. Future research needs to confirm whether and to what extent agricultural toxicant levels vary between consumers of organic and conventional produce before attempting to draw any conclusions about the potential health implications of such differences.
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ABSTRACTThis study investigates the structural linkages of product quality, corporate image, store image, and price on customer satisfaction and loyalty towards green products usage in Malaysia. The research used structural equation modelling technique via AMOS 21.0 computer program for data analysis across a sample of 200 university students who applies a green lifestyle, such as purchasing green products which are referring to only retail goods, using recyclable products, and ozone-free products. Empirical analysis divulged that product quality followed by corporate image, store image, and product price jointly affected customer satisfaction in using green products. They are highly concerned that the green store provides a variety of good quality products with good value for money. Marketers should aggressively promote the identification of green products and overcome the problem of just noticeable difference between green product and non-green product among consumers for business sustainability. Empiri...
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Some corrosion failure mechanisms of AMTEC cells
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Simulated models of four existing types of alkali metal thermoelectric converter (AMTEC) devices were chosen for this study. Each cell model was analyzed to determine whether metal is dissolved by sodium from cell materials and is deposited in regions that can degrade performance of the cell. Results of the study show that each cell model has at least one failure mode caused by dissolution of metal from the AMTEC surfaces.
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The goal of this research is to analyze the evaluation criteria used by integrated circuit (IC) designers when selecting foundry service providers. With an MCDM model considering the aspects of technology, production, customer service and support, and manufacturing location, we interviewed managers and experts of Taiwan's IC design firms, using the AHP survey with 16 attributes, to determine the areas of top concern with respect to foundry evaluation criteria. In this study process technology has been found to be the most significant evaluation criterion in view of competitiveness in the customer market.
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| 227,293 |
On the convergence of genetic learning in a double auction market
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Abstract We study the learning behavior of a population of buyers and a population of sellers whose members are repeatedly randomly matched to engage in a sealed bid double auction. The agents are assumed to be boundedly rational and choose their strategies by imitating successful behavior and adding innovations triggered by random errors or communication with other agents. This process is modelled by a two-population genetic algorithm. A general characterization of the equilibria in mixed population distributions is given and it is shown analytically that only one price equilibria are attractive for the GA dynamics. Simulation results confirm these findings and imply that in cases with random initialization with high probability the gain of trade is equally split between buyers and sellers.
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It is well known that economic globalization for enterprise merging frequently is inevitable, which is the basic premise for making decisions to evaluate enterprises. Therefore the enterprises must choose and use methods of valuation reasonably. However, traditional methods of valuation of target enterprise have flaws. In view of the fact, this paper has constructed a scientific valuation model of target enterprise based on options&game theory in hope of providing instructions for merging practice.
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| 227,298 |
The Leader/Member Attribution Process.
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The literature regarding leader and member attributional responses is reviewed and an interactive attributional model is proposed. Combinations of leader and member attributions considered in conjunction with the literature on attributional biases suggest that, under some conditions, conflicting attributions may occur. Strategies for maintaining healthy and productive leader/member interactions are proposed and implications of the model for the wider context of leader/member relations are discussed.
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In the overall ownership cost of enterprise system, the maintenance cost consists of a major percentage. During the lifetime of an enterprise system, process customization is the most frequent maintenance efforts. However, current processing method has limited scalability and efficiency. In this case study, we explained how a scalable and efficient customization processing method was implemented. This method used the carbon emission trading mechanism to facilitate the cost benefit analysis of customization request. It also used distributed processing principle to improve the overall processing efficiency. Feedback from a pilot implementation in a large manufacturer included.
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Advances in Study of Plant Induced Disease Resistance Mechanism
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Aim To study advances of plant induced disease resistance mechanism.Method Through reading the large number of literature data.Results This article mainly introduce plant induced disease resistance mechanism from the organization pathology,the physiological biochemistry and even the molecular structure and the function a series of changes.The existing problems and foreground development of induced resistance to agricultural,forestry production application were also discussed.Conclusions Although the plant induced disease resistance is the new way and technology of plant protection,its mechanism is complex and multi-level.Therefore it is further discussed.
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Abstract Although they create considerable economic benefits, industrial parks emit tremendous amounts of pollution and consume significant environmental resources. This investigation examines problems associated with managing an industrial park. It begins by defining an industrial park system and its sustainability. Next, using systems thinking, managing for results, driving-force-pressure-state-impact-response, and system dynamics, we develop a management framework and an indicator system. A framework with triple decision layers is established to link the management of an industrial park with its manufactories. Based on this framework, proposed indicators and their driving force–pressure–state–impact–response relationships are integrated into an optimization model to maximize sustainability, so that sustainability of an industrial park is assessed as total quantity management is performed. A prototype of a total quantity and sustainability management strategy for industrial parks is developed, based on ...
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