this survey is carried out with the aim of investigating iran’s export potentials of agricultural products to member countries of the organization of islamic conference (oic) through use of such appropriate methods as: rca, hs and cosine index. the dates are computed be means of hs data codes in the range of 010000-240000 during 2002-2006. the islamic countries are divided into 3 groups as base...

In Switzerland, the federal authorities, the cantons, and the communes share the responsibility of healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion policies. Yet, the cantons are in most health matters independent in their decisions, thus defining as a matter of fact their own health priorities. We examined and analysed the content of the disease prevention and health promotion plans elabora...

Foreword At its recent plenary meeting, the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) discussed the issues surrounding the implementation of the Biosafety Protocol (BSP). During that discussion, IPC Members expressed grave concerns that the potential implications for the agricultural trade system, in particular for importing and developing countries, were not well documented ...

Since its foundation ten years ago, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has become the focus of debate about governance of the world economy. It has been denounced by its critics and lauded by its supporters as a standard-bearer for free trade. In practice, it has become a central battle-ground over fairness and justice in a wide range of global economic regulation issues. The current suspension...

Federal and state transportation laws require that a long range transportation plan (LRTP) be developed in urban areas of greater than 50,000 people. The agency responsible for conducting the long range transportation planning process is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council (MPOAC) assists individual MPOs in carrying out t...

Researchers have extensively studied the issues that arise in applying a general-purpose planner to the problem of stacking blocks. The interesting question is whether these are the same issues that arise in solving real-world problems. In this paper we focus on the problem of applying a general-purpose planner to generate query access plans for a multidatabase system. We identify both the repr...

 This work was supported by the Academy of Korean Studies of the Republic of Korea in year 2012-2013 (AKS-2010-CAA-2101) Energy security has assumed newfound geopolitical importance at the outset of XXI century (Moran and Russell, 2008). Diminishing fossil fuel supplies have led to fears of energy shortages, while rapid economic and population growth have fuelled the demand for cheap, clean and...

Life-cycle management of drug safety issues requires vigilant postmarket monitoring. Increasingly, however, this concept also includes direct management of how drugs are used, to minimize risks and maximize benefits. Legislative proposals from Senators Kennedy and Enzi, as well as plans offered by the Institute of Medicine, are promoting the more widespread adoption of risk-management plans to ...