EVOLUTIONARY AND NEW GROWTH THEORIES. ARE THEY CONVERGING?

Toxic Christmas and New Year Holiday Plants...or Are They?

Background: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), holly (Ilex opaca) and mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens) adorn homes during the Christmas and New Year holiday season and create the potential for curious children to sample their colorful leaves and enticing berries. This study was aimed to review the American Association of Poison Control Centers National Poison Data System (AAPCC NPDS) to des...

toxic christmas and new year holiday plants...or are they?

background: poinsettia (euphorbia pulcherrima), holly (ilex opaca) and mistletoe (phoradendron flavescens) adorn homes during the christmas and new year holiday season and create the potential for curious children to sample their colorful leaves and enticing berries. this study was aimed to review the american association of poison control centers national poison data system (aapcc npds) to des...

Are any growth theories linear?∗

Theories of Localised Resource-Based Growth and Development - from Marshall to New Evolutionary Economics

This paper presents a set of theories of localised resource-based growth and development that have helped analysts and policy makers to consider if and how alternative employment can be promoted in relation to the natural-resource-based industries that show a rapid decrease of employment in many regions. Marshall’s theory of industrial evolution and industrial districts has especially emphasise...

Herbal drug leaflets: are they in compliance with standards?

Leaflets inside pharmaceutical packages should include focal points about medicines being used by patients. The current study was designed to assess the compliance of information cited in herbal medicine leaflets with the standards released by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran (MHMEI). Leaflets of commonly used herbal pharmaceutical products sold in pharmacies of Iran were co...