BACKGROUND Fishing is one of the oldest human activities and constitutes a source of income and livelihood for millions of people, particularly in coastal regions. This study aimed to characterize the types of fish use and test whether there is a relationship between uses of fish in the communities studied. METHODS This study was conducted during the months of January to October 2013, on the ...

Many, but not all, Indian CS & IT academics tend to have a focus on theory and research. They do not give much importance to the practice of software development. This paper proposes an additional software development career track for Indian CS & IT academics different from the existing research oriented career track. A measure of software contribution record is suggested. It opines that adopti...

The reduction in protectionist barriers in India has made the Indian business environment more competitive. For surviving and growing in the new scenario, Indian companies need to improve their competitiveness and choose effective strategies. This paper attempts to identify critical success factors and key strategies to be pursued by companies. Based on questionnaire data collected from 125 CEO...

ghestas-ol-atebba , written by noureddin mohammad ben abdollah shirazi, known as noureddin mohammad shirazi, an iranian physician, scholar and persian author in the indian subcontinent in the eleventh century a.h. he has some works such as alfazol-advieh, tebbe-darashekouhi, ghestas-ol-atebba  and etc. his book, ghestas-ol-atebba , has a simple prose and belongs to the saffavi period. this book...

Native American children in the United States have been adopted by non-Indian families at rates that threaten the preservation of their Indian history, traditions, and culture. The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which established restrictive parameters that govern the placement of Native American children into foster care and adoptive homes, was ratified in an effort to keep American Indian f...