Despite a healthy majority (71 per cent) of the Australian population agreeing that they try to buy Australian-made as often as possible, it is not always easy for them to put their money where their mouth is, as locally produced items ...
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Only a quarter of U.S. primary care physicians surveyed are doing a thorough job of helping patients achieve and maintain a healthy weight, finds a study in the American Journal of Health Promotion. "We found that most primary care ...
Wang Wei and Meng Haoran were both skilled at depicting natural scenery in five-character lines. The extant works of Wang Wei (AD 701 -761) include more than 400 poems. His landscape and pastoral poems mainly describe his reclusive life and ...
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Over the past 2 weeks WHO delivered 2 shipments with more than 125 tons of medical equipment and medicines to health providers in Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic - in both government-controlled and in opposition-controlled areas. All shipments ...
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Big Bend Hospice, Inc., a leading hospice agency located in Tallahassee, Fla., has chosen Allscripts Homecare software solution to improve the delivery of critical clinical information in the home, enabling the agency to focus on patient ...
In Tieshiya village, farming is mostly left to the over 60's as about a third of its population have gone to work in towns or cities. Villager Zhou Douquan is worried, very worried. "Farmers make little profits from their land. Most ...
Cancer patients in rural areas are more likely than those in cities to retire early and less likely to get paid disability while undergoing treatment, a new study finds. The findings indicate that rural cancer patients are more likely to ...
Violence committed against women by men is vastly under-reported in many countries, a large new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from more than 93,600 women in 24 countries who survived sexual or physical violence, often called ...
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The Government of India would not include khadi weavers and spinners under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), Parliament was informed, Business Line reported quoting PTI. In a written reply to the Lok ...
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Briquettes are used for energy production in the industries. Briquetting machines are mostly used to make briquettes of different shapes and sizes for various industrial uses. The briquettes are a great way to convert a waste into energy. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Biomass Briquette
How long can LED lasts? As product prices are reduced, are LEDs lifespan also becoming much shorter? Some in the LED industry have boldly stated: "A person only needs a single LED lamp through their entire life. But in this fast paced ...
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In November, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 3.0 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 3.0 percent in cities and 3.1 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 5.9 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 ...
The term trailer refers to vehicles which are employed in the transport of materials and goods. Trailers come in different shapes and sizes, each of which is devoted to its significant purpose. In general, trailer is a powerless vehicle ...
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XI'AN - Energy-efficient technologies will be promoted in 20 brick manufacturing plants and 40 villages across China next year, as part of pilot efforts to cut emissions and save energy, said the project's authorities. It is part of a ...
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Most Americans have "hot meals" two out of every three sit downs per day, and usually that food itself has already been cooked, maybe at very high temperatures, and then processed, and finally loaded with preservatives and artificial ...