Donohue and Levitt (2001) argue that the legalization of abortion in the United States in the 1970s played an important role in explaining the observed decline in crime approximately two decades later. Foote and Goetz (2005) challenge the results presented in one of the tables in that original paper. In this reply, we regretfully acknowledge the omission of state-year interactions in the publis...

This study evaluates precipitation trends in the upper Mzingwane sub-catchment (UMS) of Zimbabwe using ten World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’s Expert Team for Climate Change Detection Monitoring and Indices climate indices. Trend analysis variables such as annual total precipitation, extremely wet days, consecutive dry days is analysed. The UMS strategic socio-economic significance terms ...

Although hyperglobulinemia is frequently seen in a number of diseases, notably multiple myeloma, lymphogranuloma venereum, kala azar, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, disseminated lupus erythematosus, and hypersensitive states (1--4), its pathogenesis in these various circumstances remains largely unknown. Furthermore, apart from a few investigations on the hyperglobulinemia associated with ~rnrouniza...

vital decisions made at the strategic level in an organization are not only intricate but also costly to alter. it is therefore important to find a comprehensive approach to deal with such a possibility. one of the major problems of a common balanced scorecard (bsc)-based model in strategic management is lack of a ranking system for strategic objectives in order to enable prioritization of the ...

labor pain is a cause of stress and suffering; for which many women seek methods to relieve this pain. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of relaxation techniques on pain relief during labor. this study was carried out on 62 pregnant women referred to fatemieh hospital (hamadan, iran) during their labor. they were selected using convenience sampling and were divided randomly in t...

background and objective: mmp enzymes are a family of membrane proteins that are capable of digesting extracellular matrix compounds (ecm) and basement membrane. matrilysin enzyme is the smallest member of mmp family that is encoded by mmp-7 gene (matrilysin). according to the reports, g allele of -181 a/g single nucleotide polymorphism of mmp-7 gene causes an increase in the expression of this...