Blindness in the developing world.

Blindness in the developing world.

Vitamin A deficiency and child blindness in the developing world

Vitamin A deficiency is present worldwide in the developing countries. Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and the Philippines appear to be the most afflicted but many countries in Africa and some in Central and South America have the same problem. The most tragic manifestation of the deficiency is blindness in young children; xerophthalmia, leading to keratomalacia with melting or dense scarring of t...

Vitamin A deficiency and child blindness in the developing world.

Vitamin A deficiency is present worldwide in the developing countries. Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and the Philippines appear to be the most afflicted but many countries in Africa and some in Central and South America have the same problem. The most tragic manifestation of the deficiency is blindness in young children; xerophthalmia, leading to keratomalacia with melting or dense scarring of t...

the tragedy of modern man in arthur millers world

what miller wants is a theatre of heightened consciousness. he speaks of two passions in a man, the passion to "feel" and the passion "know". he belives that we can have more of the latter. he says: drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us know more and not merely to spend our feelings. the writing of the crucible shows us that he is trying to give more heightene...

Human resource management applications in the developing world: Empowering employees

This manuscript illustrates how the human resource management concept of employee empowerment likely has benefits in both developed and developing economies. Studies in the hospitality sector and the manufacturing sector in Canada, India, and Turkey show that, in general, empowering supervisory behaviors, such as transformational leadership, increase feelings of psychological empowerment of emp...