Natural Resources Administration of Akita Prefecture.

Tourism And Natural Resources

First-Ever Acute Stroke in the Very Elderly: A Retrospective Study in Akita Prefecture, Japan,

Stroke is the 3rd leading cause of mortality and one of the main causes of long-term intellectual, psychological, and physical disability in Japan as well as in the other industrialized countries [1]. It is well known that the incidence of stroke increases with age [1-4]. In most of the developed countries the mean age of the population increased significantly in the last few decades due to the...

The Impact of Natural Resources on Innovation

N owadays, innovation considered as the most important factor, which can affect economic growth extraordinary. Therefore, investigating the effect of variables affecting innovation has priority. In this study, we try to investigate 1) the natural resource curse hypothesis and 2) the effect of institutional quality on the way in which natural resources affects innovation. To investiga...

Allocation of natural resources.

(31 Aug., p. 819) argue that, because current pricing practices do not internalize environmental costs, some mechanism other than the market is needed to protect environmental values. They propose a system of environmental credits-natural resource units (NRU's)-to be allocated to individuals and industrial organizations. Although their system is ingenious, I offer the following objections. 1) T...

Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains harboring the bla(VIM-2) metallo-beta-lactamase gene in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Strains Harboring the blaVIM-2 Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene in Akita Prefecture, Japan Jun Yatsuyanagi*, Shioko Saito, Yuko Ito, Kazuko Ohta, Jun Kato, Seizaburo Harata, Noriyuki Suzuki and Ken-ichi Amano Akita Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Akita 010-0874, Akita Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 011-0911, Odate Municipal Hospital, Oodate 027-...