against it. Starfield (1973) suggested that health status is determined by a confluence of factors that can be classified into four major categories: (1) a person’s individual behaviors‚ (2) genetic makeup‚ (3) medical practice‚ and (4) the environment (Shi & Singh‚ 2007‚ p.49). Coronary heart disease and stroke--- the primary types
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Earthquakes‚ which usually account for $119 million in losses (UNISDR‚ 2015). Followed by wind damage ($40.6 million)‚ storm surge ($10.5 million)‚ and floods ($32.7 million) (UNISDR‚ 2015). The 2010 disaster made a dire economic situation worse (Hou & Shi‚ 2011). Haiti still ranks as one the most vulnerable countries at risk for exposure to numerous environmental hazards (cyclones‚ landslides‚ earthquakes‚ hurricane‚ flooding‚ tropical storms‚ and droughts). According to the UNISDR’s Haiti Disaster
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Model Will Dominate the 21st Century. New York: Basic Books Hutton‚ Will Hutton‚ Will. 2009. Review: When China Rules the World. Accessed 2nd August 2011. Available at http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/21/when-china-ruled-the-world-jacques Huang‚ Yasheng Index mundi. 2010. Accessed 3rd October 2011. Available at http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=ch&v=66 Jacques‚ Martin Kynge‚ James. 2006. China Shakes the World: A Titan’s rise and the troubled future—and the challenge for America. New
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The 1920s was a decade of many changes and conflicts. Benton MacKaye‚ an environmentalist during the time‚ was quoted as saying the 1920s were “the most volcanic of any area on earth” (Tindall and Shi 790). Due to the upheaval of World War I‚ so many people were forced to change their ideals. It pushed forth many positive and negative reactions and transformations in the people and society‚ such as: fundamentalism‚ new immigration laws and restrictions‚ a rise in organized crime‚ the modern
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Received February 13‚ 2013‚ accepted April 24‚ 2013‚ published May 10‚ 2013. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ACCESS.2013.2260792 Technology Advances in Flexible Displays and Substrates JANGLIN CHEN AND C. T. LIU Industrial Technology Research Institute‚ Hsinchu 310-40‚ Taiwan Corresponding author: J. Chen (JanglinChen@itri.org.tw) ABSTRACT This paper reports the latest technological advances made by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in flexible displays‚ especially
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: Hi Sarah : Nĭ hăo. Anis and Zazlyn : Hi Anis and Zazlyn : Nĭ hăo. Aisyah : We are new students here. How about you? Aisyah : Wŏmen shì xīn xuésheng‚ nĭ ne? Zazlyn : We are also new students. Zazlyn : Wŏmen yě shì xīn xuésheng. Sarah : Oh… My name is Sarah. This is my friend‚ Aisyah. What are your names? Sarah : Oh… Wŏ jiào Sarah. Tā shì wŏ de péngyou . Nĭ men jiào shénme míngzi? Zazlyn : My name is Zazlyn. Zazlyn : Wŏ jiào Zazlyn. Anis : My name is Anis .Where are you from
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creature not endowed with like strength and constancy of mind.” (Tindall and Shi 2010‚ 113) Due to social custom and legal codes women had little to no rights. The few exceptions for women to have any type of right or gain respect were if and only‚ it seemed‚ family circumstances required a woman to continue on the family reputation‚ business‚ or social standing. An example would be Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney (Tindall and Shi 2010‚ 114) who was highly educated and left to take care of her family while
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According to Shi and Singh (2008) American medicine did not emerge as a professional entity until the beginning of the 20th century with the progress in biomedical delivery (Shi and Singh‚ 2008‚ p.84). Based on‚ hi-tech advancement it has been mainly responsible for getting medication into the public sector. According to Shi and Singh (2008) the growth of medical science and technology (discussed in chapter 5) has also played a key role in shaping the system of health services delivery (Shi and Singh
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Issue 3 Taijiquan-Lilun Q Journal of the Theory of Wu Style Taijiquan Focus: The cultural (wen) and the martial (wu) aspect of Taijiquan Forum for Traditional Wu Tai Chi Chuan Imprint For Freya Boedicker 1970-2010 Taijiquan-Lilun Copyright 2009 by Freya and Martin Boedicker Original Issue published 2003 in German In this journal (also in the citations) the official short characters and the pinyin of the PR of China are used. Characters on the cover: above wen‚ below wu Cover photo:
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"gu" means old and qin means "musical instrument". Historically‚ guqin was rendered as "Qin" in most ancient texts. Because its long history‚ it has during the last 100 years been widely called guqin. There is much symbology surrounding the instrument. For example‚ it measures 3’ 6.5" (Chinese feet and inches)‚ to symbolise the 365 days of the year; the upper surface is rounded‚ representing the sky‚ the bottom is flat and represents the earth. The five strings of the earliest qins symbolise the five
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