R esidential investment is one of the most volatile components of GDP. Coming out of a recession, it is not uncommon for residential investment to jump by more than 20 percent in a year. Going into a recession, it may fall by a similar fraction. Thus, while residential investment accounts for just 4 percent of GDP, it can have a disproportionate influence at critical junctures. Fluctuations in ...

In 1962 the National Council of Social Service set up a committee of enquiry into the staffing of residential homes under the chairmanship of Professor Lady Williams. The report of this four years work and study will be eagerly read by all concerned with 'caring for people'. The report takes a close look at residential care. It limits its scope to those establishments where the first aim is to ...

FOOD RETAILING IN MALAYSIA: A STUDY OF SUPERMARKET USE IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. This study examines the extent and patterns of supermarket use in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia and the town of Alor Star, a small town in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 436 household heads were interviewed for the study. Although the supermarket was first introduced in Malaysia in ...

BACKGROUND Home and garden pesticide use has been linked to cancer and other health outcomes in numerous epidemiological studies. Exposure has generally been self-reported, so the assessment is potentially limited by recall bias and lack of information on specific chemicals. OBJECTIVES As part of an integrated assessment of residential pesticide exposure, we identified active ingredients and ...