this study identifies and compares the antecedent of nigerian students’ perception on business social responsibility. part of its objectives is to examine the perception of business students in terms of importance of business social responsibility with respect to profitability, and the effectiveness of social responsibility in both long and short terms. the study reviews the related literature ...

The use of cementitious products isincreasing in the world,Thusreplacement part of cement with pozzolanic materials reduced energy consumption and preserve natural resources and the environment and also improve the mechanical properties and durability of the cement mortar.Furthermore Nano technology has promptedto tremendous developments in technology of building materials in recent yearsso use...

The Energy Issues Working Group on Long-Term Visions for Fusion Power considered the following four questions: 1. What is the projected market for electrical energy production in the next century? 2. What is fusion's potential for penetrating the energy market in the next century? 3. Is there a potential role for advanced fusion fuels? 4. What is fusion's potential for applications other than c...

introduction: verapamil, a phenylalkylamin –type ca2+ channel blocker, is widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders especially as an antiaryhthmic and antiangina agent. theoretically, calcium can influence thyroid function and there are evidences that ca2+ channel blockers are able to interfere with thyroid function. in this study, the effects of chronic oral administration of ve...

Based on the experiences of Japan and Germany, Ikegami argues that middle-income countries should introduce public long-term care insurance (LTCi) at an early stage, before benefits have expanded as a result of ad hoc policy decisions to win popular support. The experience of the Netherlands, however, shows that an early introduction of public LTCi may not prevent, but ...

Background. Music has been seen as a motivator to help individuals who are not persistent enough to do a full set of exercises. However, the effect of long-term using music has not been determined, especially for amateur students who participated in Physical Education courses. Objectives: The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of popular music on female physical fitness students w...

Current motor imagery-based brain-computer interface (BCI) systems require a long calibration time at the beginning of each session before they can be used with adequate levels classification accuracy. In particular, this issue significant burden for term BCI users. This article proposes novel transfer learning algorithm, called r-KLwDSA, to reduce long-term The proposed r-KLwDSA algorithm alig...

BACKGROUND The risk of infection following a visit to the emergency department is unknown. We explored this risk among elderly residents of long-term care facilities. METHODS We compared the rates of new respiratory and gastrointestinal infections among elderly residents aged 65 years and older of 22 long-term care facilities. We used standardized surveillance definitions. For each resident w...

BACKGROUND Projections of physician shortages, an aging population, and insurance expansions have increased interest in expanding the number of primary care nurse practitioners (PCNPs) in the United States. Although information about the number and distribution of nurse practitioners is known, there is little information about the practice characteristics of PCNPs. The purpose of this study was...