Marine organisms: Potential source for drug discovery. Life has originated from the oceans that cover over 70% of the earth’s surface and contain highly ecological‚ chemical and biological diversity starting from microorganisms to vertebrates. This diversity has been the source of unique chemical compounds‚ which hold tremendous pharmaceutical potential. New trends in drug discovery from natural sources emphasize on investigation of the marine ecosystem to explore numerous complex and novel chemical
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responsibility principles‚ the outcome being a substantial difference to the durability‚ prosperity and liveability of the communities in which they operate (Smith 2008).GlaxoSmithKline is a world leading research based pharmaceutical company‚ with a mission that is challenging and arousing to improve the quality of human life. GlaxoSmithKline has a robust combination of resources and skills delivering strong growth in today’s rapidly changing environment (Pangarkar 2006). The company also has leadership
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Executive Summary Now a day’s drug addiction has become a great problem in all over the world. Third world countries like Bangladesh are greatly sufferer from this problem. It’s just like cancer. As a part of the society different Universities are facing this problem. Our university ‘University of Asia Pacific’‚ specifically our department ‘Department of Business Administration’ is facing greatly by this problem. Recently it has become the top concern issue for the disciplinary committee. Considering
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Ratio Analysis Perform traditional comparative and trend analysis as well as multivariate financial statement analysis for 1980 to 1990. Can you analyze the performance of Wheeling Pittsburgh in a manner that reveals if WHX was heading towards distress before 1985? The table below shows calculated financial ratios for the period 1980-1990. Calculation details include: * ROE was calculated using Reported Net Income prior to preferred dividends and Total Common Equity without including
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How does the poem”Understand Old one” portrait the concept of “discovery”? Discovery can have a different impact on different individuals. The composer ”Oodgeroo Noonuccal” reflects on her discovery of the” old native burial ground” as a spiritual journey‚ rather than an intellectual journey experienced by the scientists and the modern world. Discovery can offer us a positive or negative experience. Oodgeroo Noonuccal felt strongly reverential towards the old one and the past‚ but she was more
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THE DISCOVERY THE DISCOVERY ‘The Discovery’‚ by J.C Squire describes a historical event: Christopher Columbus’s ‘discovery’ of the New World on his 1942 expedition across the Atlantic Ocean which initiated the process of Spanish colonisation. The poem has gone by several names including ‘The Caravels‚ ‘Sonnet’ and ‘There was an Indian’. John Collings Squire (J.C Squire) (1884-1958) was a British poet‚ writer‚ historian‚ influential literary critic and editor of the post WW1 period.
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1 / 54 Drug seizures Report Region: Asia Until Year: 2011 Asia Central Asia and Transcaucasian countries Armenia 2011 Drug Group ATS ATS Cannabis-type Cannabis-type Cannabis-type Cocaine-type Hallucinogens Non-specified Opioids Opioids Opioids Opioids Opioids Opioids Opioids Opioids Prescursors Prescursors Sedatives and Tranquillizers Substances not under international control Drug Methamphetamine Amphetamine Cannabis oil Marijuana (herb) Hashish (resin) Cocaine salts Non-specified hallucinogens
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that it is as effective as the leading chemotherapy drug - and may have fewer side-effects. Results from the study at the University of Leeds‚ published in Dalton Transactions‚ show that particular silver compounds are as toxic to cancer cells as the platinum-based drug Cisplatin‚ which is widely used to treat a range of cancers. But the crucial difference is that silver is thought to be much less toxic to healthy human cells‚ and in some cases‚ can be beneficial. Silver is currently used for its
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Reorganizing the Woody Company � PAGE * Arabic �1� Reorganizing the Woody Company: A Strategy for Growth University of Phoenix � Background Woody Company is a small sole-proprietorship that specializes in the manufacture of high quality bar stools. Currently‚ three types of bar stools are marketed with increases in standing orders currently reaching $750‚000. Mr. Woody has decided to expand his organization to and aggressively pursue the market‚ but realizes that issues with defective wood
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• Case – 2 Marks-20In 2004‚ the United Nations estimated that the previous year 5 million more people around the world hadcontracted the AIDS virus‚ 3 million had died‚ and a total of 40 million people were living with theinfection. Seventy percent‚ or about 28 million of these‚ lived in sub – Saharan Africa‚ where the epidemicwas at its worst. Sub – Saharan Africa consists of the 48 countries and 643 million people who residesouth of the Saharan desert. In 16 of these countries‚ 10 percent are
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