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A Hidden Contributor to the Korean Miracle: The Korean Credit :union: Movement

Korean credit :::union:::s (CUs) are considered to be a hidden contributor to the “Korean miracle”, characterized by remarkable economic growth and relatively low income inequality. The Korean miracle not only generated wealth in an economically strapped and socially under-privileged people, but also contributed to regional community development and the democratization of Korean society. In...

Inputs Accumulation Or Productivity: Which Factor Is The Leading Contributor To Economic Growth In Iran?

Esteemed connection: creating a mentoring relationship for nurse leadership.

Mentoring relationships occur across a range of nursing contexts and are shown to have multiple, favourable personal and professional outcomes. Specifically, mentoring has been associated with the development of nurse leaders. This study describes features that are integral to initiating mentoring relationships that focus on nursing leader development. These significant features are addressed i...

The Connection between Laceration of the Perinæum and Prolapsus Uteri

our Society. In that paper it was denied that laceration of the perinaeum had anything to do with prolapsus uteri; and altogether this part of the female, in relation to this displacement, was, in my humble estimation, by far too lightly esteemed. I most certainly believe that the peringeum plays a very useful part, though by no means the most important one, in the way of supporting the uterus;...

The low AGE diet: a neglected aspect of clinical nephrology practice?

Increasing evidence in the literature suggests an important role for advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the generation of a state of increased oxidative stress and chronic subclinical inflammation, which underlies most modern chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although AGEs were originally thought to form only endogenously, prim...