economic imbalances and social disparities are a common feature of developmenteconomies, particularly those which have historical antecedents of colonial rule. the study ofregional imbalances is given focus especially to southeast asian countries owing to its renewedimportance in the global order. post independent india had to tackle with several problems at theoutset, regional imbalance and ec...

With his unique perspective on the public sector, the Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir Amyas Morse, explains some of the elements of financial management and planning that determine success in major reform programmes. He uses examples from local government, adult social care, and NHS reforms to conclude that, too often, ‘efficiency’ improvements have shaded over into unplanned grass roots s...

We present a replication of an experiment [23] where vowel-to-vowel coarticulation was found when an utterance was initiated before an intervening consonant’s identity was known. English nonsense strings [əәˈbVCɑ] were used. In one condition, the V was known but the C was not, with the reverse in the other condition; missing information was presented once phonation began. Results show anticipat...

The extent and sources of coarticulation remain an active topic of research. Whalen [18] found that vowel-to-vowel coarticulation occurred even when the utterance was initiated before an intervening consonant’s identity was known. Here, we address vowel-to-vowel coarticulation in the articulatory domain, replicating [18]. Spoken English nonsense strings [əәˈbVCɑ] were recorded with electromagne...

This study explored the effect of unplanned changes in disability and marital status on labor force participation for a sample of just under 6,000 men and women born between 1931 and 1941. It was based on Wave 1 (1992) through Wave 4 (1998) of the Health and Retirement Study data. Binomial hierarchical linear models were used to evaluate the change in the probability of working. Unplanned chang...

Unplanned excision of extremity soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is common and has detrimental effects not only on patients' oncologic outcomes but also on functional and economic issues. However, no study has analyzed a nationwide population-based database. To estimate the incidence and treatment pattern of unplanned excision in extremity STS in the Korean population, a nationwide epidemiologic study...

OBJECTIVES Readmission and death are frequent after a hospitalisation and difficult to predict. While many predictors have been identified, few studies have focused on functional status. We assessed whether performance-based functional impairment at discharge is associated with readmission and death after an acute medical hospitalisation. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS We prospectively incl...

Because of a number of well-publicised computer break-ins there has been a steadily increasing demand for encryption and related security measures to be included in software products. Unfortunately these measures often consist either of “voodoo security” techniques where security is treated as a marketing checkbox only, or are rendered ineffective by the US governments refusal to allow non-Amer...

Most of the e-government efforts around the world have been sporadic and unplanned. “Technological thrust” rather than “citizen orientation” has been the driving force for most of these initiatives. This paper provides a comprehensive e-government transformation framework, which views this change as a “guided evolution” contingent upon the presence of certain “enablers”. E-government initiative...