Biennial report on carcinogens. A work in progress.

3rd Pakistan International Biennial Conference on Ramadan and Health

During recent years, there has been an emerging, upward trend in research and publication of studies on the effects of Ramadan fasting on the healthy population as well as on the populace diagnosed with various diseases and conditions. To publicize the outcomes of these research works, many awareness programs, symposia and conferences are being organized globally. International coordination gro...

OVERALL PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION Current status of implementation

This report represents a summary of the full 2014 global progress report on implementation of the Convention, and has been prepared by the Secretariat in accordance with decision FCTC/COP4(16). In that decision, the Conference of the Parties (COP) requested that global progress reports be prepared based on the biennial implementation reports of Parties and submitted to each regular session of t...

A progress - Report on 18 years of continuous Measles Vaccination in Rural Areas of Iran

15 Years of Language Resource Creation and Sharing: a Progress Report on LDC Activities

This paper, the 5 in a series of biennial progress reports, reviews the activities of the Linguistic Data Consortium with particular emphasis on general trends in the language resource landscape and on changes that distinguish the two years since LDC’s last report at LREC from the preceding 8 years. After providing a perspective on the current landscape of language resources, the paper goes on ...

2nd Pakistan international biennial conference on Ramadan and health

The ninth month of Islamic calendar is known as Ramadan, in which fasting is obligatory for every adult man and woman, except in certain health conditions and during travelling. Since Islamic jurisprudence follows the lunar calendar, which is about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian, Ramadan falls in different seasons throughout the year. The duration of fasting hence may differ by 11 to 18 hou...