Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) was known throughout Eurasia in the second millennium BC in regions with warm, moist summers, where its cultivation reduced agricultural risk. Its cultivation during the warm, but dry months at Kyzyltepa and other Iron Age sites in western Central Asia was probably made possible through irrigation practices that were long known and originally developed in th...

The purpose of the research paper is to examine and compare the risk management practices of Conventional and Islamic banks in Pakistan. A modified questionnaire on six aspects understanding risk and risk management, risk identification, risk assessment and analysis, risk monitoring, risk management practices and credit risk analysis, has been used containing 45 questions of likert scale. A tot...

OBJECTIVE To explore what individuals at risk of injury from using paraffin (also known as kerosene) know about paraffin safety, what they do to protect themselves and their families from paraffin-related injury, and how they perceive their risk for such injury. Also, to explore interrelations between these factors and age, sex, education and income. METHODS A sample of 238 individuals was ra...

For companies seeking to operate and expand in China, as in any market, numerous permits, approvals, and reviews are required before they can proceed. From selling products to creating new manufacturing facilities, these processes—often referred to generally as “administrative licensing”—are necessary steps to invest, expand and conduct commercial operations in China. While administrative licen...

This article is reprinted with permission from StandardView (volume 4, #1), a publication of the ACM dedicated to improving the standards. The issue, titled "Best Practices for Standardization" was guest-edited by Jonathan Morell, a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at the Industrial Technology Institute's Center for Electronic Commerce. Information on StandardView can be obtained from th...

Granular computing studies a novel approach to computing system modeling and information processing. Although a rich set of work has advanced the understanding of granular computing in dealing with the “to be” and “to have” problems of systems, the “to do” aspect of system modeling and behavioral implementation has been relatively overlooked. On the basis of a recent development in denotational...

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INTRODUCTION Run charts are quality improvement tools. AIM To investigate the feasibility and acceptability of run charts displaying weekly cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessments in general practice and assess their impact on CVD risk assessments. METHODS A controlled non-randomised observational study in nine practices using run charts and nine control practices. We measured the weekly ...

BACKGROUND One important public health issue associated with opioid use today is the risk of hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Although methadone maintenance may help to decrease HCV-related risk practices, HCV risk behaviors persist and are strongly associated with specific substance use patterns, mental status and social context. The ANRS-Methaville study gave us the opportunity to better disentan...