BACKGROUND The World Health Organization Essential Medicines List (WHO-LIST) and national essential medicines lists differ because many countries face significant challenges, such as product availability, cost, product quality and epidemiological disease profiles. In Brazil, governments pay for drugs that are included on the federal, state and municipal government (REMUME) lists. The extent to ...

P 2121 Myocardial 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) Scintigraphy for the assessment of cardiac sympathetic nervous dysfunction in diabetic patients J. Nunomura, O. Uehara, M. Baba, M. Matsunaga Department of Neurology, Municipal Kuroishi Hospital, Kuroishi, Aomori, JAPAN, Department of Internal Medicine, Municipal Kuroishi Hospital, Kuroishi, Aomori, JAPAN, Department of Neurology, Hirosaki U...

Department of Pediatrics, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Akita, Japan Division of Pediatrics, Yamamoto General Hospital, Noshiro, Akita, Japan Division of Pediatrics, Akita Municipal General Hospital, Akita, Akita, Japan Division of Pediatrics, Akita Red-Cross Hospital, Akita, Akita, Japan Division of Pediatrics, Ogachi Central Hospital, Yuzawa, Akita, Japan Division of Pe...

The recent implementation of soil and drinking water screening guidance values for two perfluorochemicals (PFCs), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), reflects the growing concerns regarding the presence of these persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals in the natural environment. Previous work has established the pote...

Mercury pollution is a persistent and increasing problem in the environment. Along with some natural sources of the metal, major man-made sources of mercury pollution include incinerators, fossil fuel plants, and municipal sewage systems. The EPA estimated that in 1989, approximately 643,000 kg of mercury was discarded as municipal solid waste, with 84% of it landfilled.

this experiment was conducted in order to study the influence of different levels of municipal solid waste compost and nitrogen rate on grain quality of sweet corn (zea mays l. saccharata) and some soil properties under marvdasht conditions during growing season of 2008-2009. the experiment was arranged as split plots based on a randomized complete block design with two factors and three replic...

Department of Dietetics, Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC Medical Laboratory, Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC Doctoral Program in Physical Education, Taipei Physical Education College, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Sport Science Research Center, National Taiwa...

A waste Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool, called Waste and Resources Assessment Tool for the Environment (WRATE) has been developed on the behalf of the Environment Agency for England and Wales, Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Department of Environment, Northern Ireland. This tool provides life cycle information to municipal authorities, central government and other stakeholders invo...

Hiroto Kitahara*, Gaku Uchino and Katsuyoshi Hayashi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iida Municipal Hospital, IidaCity, Nagano, Japan * Corresponding author. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iida Municipal Hospital, 438, Yawata, Iida City, Nagano 395-8502, Japan. Tel: +81-265-211255; fax: +81-265-211266; e-mail: [email protected] (H. Kitahara). Received 29 March 2013; receive...

This paper aims to assess the French Front national’s performances in municipal office following its success in securing a majority in four city councils in the mid-1990s. First, a brief account of the local political opportunity structures that participated in the municipal success of the FN is provided. The paper then suggests a characterisation of two divergent models of policy and vote-seek...