Summary Findings of Cross-Sectional Nutrition Survey Northern Nigeria‚ February 2012 1. INTRODUCTION Anthropometric and retrospective mortality survey was conducted in eight states of Northern Nigeria from 6th February to 9th March 2012. A cross sectional survey design with two stages of cluster sampling method was used. The survey was conducted in Borno‚ Jigawa‚ Kano‚ Katsina‚ Kebbi‚ Sokoto‚ Yobe and Zamfara states. The main objectives of the survey were to determine the nutritional status of children
Premium Nigeria Nutrition Mortality rate
Northern and Southern Dynasties (386 - 589) The Northern and Southern Dynasties period (386 - 589) was a time of division in Chinese history‚ during which the Yellow River watershed of China first experienced a period of cultural transformation under the rule of a minority group. After the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420)‚ four regimes - the Song‚ the Qi‚ the Liang‚ and the Chen appeared one after the other in south China. In north China the Northern Wei‚ the Eastern Wei‚ the Western
Premium Han Dynasty Han Chinese China
available from bank of England for short term borrowing to provide liquidity to banks Those banks who wished to strengthen capital ratios through the government is required to maintain bank recapitalization fund. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT TO NORTHERN ROCK Northern Rock announced that they would be offering £14 billion worth of new mortgages‚ over the next two years‚ as a part of their new business plan. This type of new lending will be partly funded by an increase in the government loan‚ a reversal
Premium Bank Bank run United Kingdom
In the land of fox hunting‚ shamrocks‚ and pubs‚ a century old confrontational relationship is still being plaid out. Religion is often the grounds for conflict and such is the case in Northern Ireland. For hundreds of years Catholics and Protestants have battled over rights‚ government and land. The spark of this conflict can be traced back to the mid 1500s. Ireland has always had a complicated past concerning rulers‚ government‚ invasion and war. Throughout these changes of conquerors the Irish
Premium Northern Ireland
opportunities is one significant cause of armed conflict within a nation state. But another factor leading to armed conflict is divided loyalties. The case study used in this essay is Northern Ireland. Unequal employment opportunities is one significant cause of armed conflict in Northern Ireland. In Protestant-dominant Northern Ireland‚ the Catholics‚ being the minority in the nation‚ did not receive equal employment opportunities as the Protestants‚ despite their academic qualifications being comparable
Premium The Troubles Northern Ireland Civil rights and liberties
The Irish Republican Army or IRA is Northern Ireland’s most notorious terrorist organization. Like many other groups‚ the IRA is a militant nationalist group with Marxist tendencies. They use violent attacks such as bombings‚ assassinations‚ kidnappings‚ extortion‚ and robberies that they used .to send their message. The ultimate goal of the IRA is to use militant behavior to make British rule in Northern Ireland obsolete‚ thus letting Northern Ireland become an independent republic‚ instead of two
Premium Northern Ireland Ireland Republic of Ireland
Most Northerners didn’t hate slavery enough to do anything about it. Sadly‚ it was an ugly part of American culture and people were content ignoring it so they could go about their lives. They didn’t agree with slavery but they feared that if the slaves were freed they would move north and take jobs away from white families. White people in the North were expanding westward into the territories where they could farm their own land and make money off crops. They did not want the territories to have
Premium American Civil War Southern United States United States
Jing 1 Air Pollution in Northern China Section 18 April 07‚ 2013 Student Name: Yue Jing The latest air quality readings released by the U.S. Embassy in central Beijing in April show that the air has slightly improved‚ dropping from the off-‐chart 517 on January 29th to average 100-‐200 according to the air quality
Premium Air pollution People's Republic of China Pollution
location‚ the Provisional Irish Republican Army serves as a good example of a more tightly knit terrorist group that covers only a small geographic region. The Provisional Irish Republican Army is a paramilitary group located in Northern Ireland‚ who used to operate throughout‚ Northern Ireland‚ the Irish Republic‚ Great Britain‚ and Europe‚ with their tactics consisting of the use of bombings‚ assassinations‚ kidnapping‚ extortion‚ and robberies; and perhaps are best known for their strategy “The Long War”
Premium Irish Republican Army Northern Ireland British Army
territories. Under the Charter‚ the company was empowered to make land grants and to carry out mining activities and to make concessions for mining and other rights. The Northern Rhodesia Order in council of 1911 revoked the two Orders in council of 1889 mentioned above and amalgamated the two territories into one political unit called Northern Rhodesia. The only change made by this Order in Council was the amalgamation while the rest remained the same. For
Premium Zambia Real property law Real estate