Engineering bone: challenges and obstacles

Australian Earthquake Engineering: Achievements, Challenges and Obstacles

The Australian Earthquake Engineering Society was established in 1990 with its main objective to promote and advance the practice of earthquake engineering and engineering seismology in Australia. In the decade or so since its establishment the Society has had some successes in this regard as well as some disappointments. In this paper, the author will highlight these along with research and ot...

Obstacles To Literary Translation: Challenges and

Bone tissue engineering: recent advances and challenges.

The worldwide incidence of bone disorders and conditions has trended steeply upward and is expected to double by 2020, especially in populations where aging is coupled with increased obesity and poor physical activity. Engineered bone tissue has been viewed as a potential alternative to the conventional use of bone grafts, due to their limitless supply and no disease transmission. However, bone...

Obstacles and Challenges of Policy-making based on Gender Equity

Gender equity is a controversial social issue and now with its incorporation into the Sixth Development Plan, policy-making for gender equity is essential. To this end, allocation of more resources and opportunities and implementation of affirmative action policies to achieve gender equity are not sufficient. Women's empowerment in various fields, and not just the economy and employment, is ess...

Obstacles and challenges to sexual behaviour change

This chapter discusses three of the general issues that have emerged from the continuing discussion on AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia: whether African and Asian countries can share experiences in their responses to the epidemic; the observed obstacles or resistance to sexual behaviour change; and the concept of community as used in intervention programs. The aim is to explore these issues ...