abstract in order to evaluate the influence of nitrogen application and duration of weed interference on corn (zea mays l.) yield and yield components, a field study was conducted in 2004 at the ferdowsi university of mashhad research field. the experimental design was a randomized complete block with a factorial treatment arrangement replicated three times. nitrogen fertilizer was applied at r...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the prevalence of chronic pain among Veterans outside the United States. OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of chronic pain and associated sociodemographic, health behaviour, employment⁄income, disability, and physical and mental health factors in Canadian Veterans. METHODS The 2010 Survey on Transition to Civilian Life included a nationally representative...

We examined whether pain outcomes (pain interference, perceived pain treatment effectiveness) vary by race and then whether opioid use moderates these associations. These analyses are part of a retrospective cohort study among 3,505 black and 46,203 non-Hispanic, white Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patients with diagnoses of chronic musculoskeletal pain who responded to the 2007 VA Survey...

In this paper, in order to study the impact of offshoring on sectoral and economywide rates of unemployment, we construct a two sector general equilibrium model in which labor is mobile across the two sectors, and unemployment is caused by search frictions. We find that, contrary to general perception, wage increases and sectoral unemployment decreases due to offshoring. This result can be unde...

Migrants play a prominent role in the Kerala’s economic development and many of them have found greener pastures abroad. Their remittance to Kerala is one major components state Gross Domestic Product. Due various changes migrants are returning their home country. This will negative impact on economy like unemployment, family financial issues, decrease migrant etc. So, government should take ca...

Domestic workers are one of the most vulnerable groups workers. In Ethiopia, however, vulnerability, legal protection, and work conditions female domestic not well-documented researched. Hence, purpose this study was to investigate in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional qualitative research design employed using in-depth interviews, key informant focus group discussions. The participants w...