E-mail: bishopobey@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effects of banking sector reforms on economic growth of Nigeria over the period 1986-2010. The study adopts multiple regression analysis of ordinary least square (OLS) and descriptive analysis in establishing the relationship between gross domestic products that proxy economic growth and interest rate‚ exchange rate‚ cash reserve ratio‚ total asset and loan and advances. The study shows that total asset‚ cash
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Smoking Ban Introduction Nearly 20% of adults in the United States smoke‚ according to a 2008 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than 77% of them smoke every day. Smoking had steadily declined among adults in recent years; though the trend has stalled between 2004 and 2006‚ according to the latest CDC report there was a 1% drop in smoking prevalence among U.S. adults in 2007. (Simon‚ 2009) The addictive effects of tobacco have been well documented. Tobacco
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Advanced * Journal list * Help Bottom of Form * Journal List > * Paediatr Child Health > * v.12(8); Oct 2007 > * PMC2528798 * Performing your original search‚ journal on poverty and education‚ in PMC will retrieve 17018 records. Paediatr Child Health. 2007 October; 12(8): 701–706. PMCID: PMC2528798 The impact of poverty on educational outcomes for children HB Ferguson‚ PhD‚1‚2 S Bovaird‚ MPH‚1 and MP Mueller‚ PhD1 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright
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Oedipus Journal Setting: When and where does the story take place? The play occurs several years after Oedipus had become king of Thebes—mythical city that shares some resemblance of Athens at the time Sophocles wrote the play. The plays’ set is Oedipus royal place and the timeline can be estimated around the year 429 B.C.E. Characterization: Who are the main characters of the story? The main characters in the story are Oedipus‚ his wife Jokasta‚ and Tiresias—blind prophet who told Oedipus the
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DRUG ARTICLE ANALYSIS DRUG TRADE NAME: Restasis DRUG GENERIC NAME: cyclosporine ophthomalic emulsion 1. STRENGTHS OF DRUG ADVERTISMENT: • The article states the relationship of inflammation and the eyes ability to produce tears may be suppressed due to Chronic Dry Eye. Restasis is a prescription medication indicated to increase tear production in patients with these conditions. The article is correct that ocular inflammation is associated with keratoconjuctivitis sicca.
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Journal of Accounting and Economics 29 (2000) 1}51 The e!ect of international institutional factors on properties of accounting earnings Ray Ball ‚ S.P. Kothari *‚ Ashok Robin Graduate School of Business‚ University of Chicago‚ Chicago‚ IL 60637‚ USA Sloan School of Management‚ Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02142‚ USA College of Business‚ Rochester Institute of Technology‚ Rochester‚ NY 14623‚ USA Received 3 August 1998; received in revised form 9 June 2000 Abstract
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Banning Smoking in Public Places Should the people decide to ban smoking from public places? Today people smoke and don’t realize of their surroundings. People who smoke are inconsiderate of those who don’t smoke. Don’t non-smokers have the right not to be secondhand smokers? Smoking can do lots of harm to the person smoking as well as the nonsmoker. A person inhaling or smelling smoke will have the same effect as if they were smoking; this would be considered as secondhand smoke. Tobacco smoke
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lNicole Cofield Journal 9-18-11 “A Specific Scenario for the Origin of Life and the Genetic Code Based on Peptide/Oligonucleotide Interdependence” Citation Information Article Title: A specific Scenario for the Origin of Life and the Genetic Code Based on Peptide/Oligonucleotide Interdependence Year published: 2009 Authors: Robert W. Griffith Authors Affiliation: Department of Biology‚ University of Massachusetts Darmouth Publication: Springer Science Introduction Central question/hypothesis:
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Smoking in the Media Tobacco has plagued the world since the Native Americans introduced it to the European settlers. The dangerous effects of smoking have been devastating the bodies of in takers ever since tobacco was invented. The number of tobacco smokers has changed since the 1400’s. Now in modern times‚ the introduction of Radio‚ Television‚ and other forms of media‚ has affected smoking habits. It has been proven that consumers make choices based on sights and sounds‚ so now smoking companies
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August 2013 Smoking: The Hay Day of the Yesteryear is Gone For many‚ what starts as a teenage attempt to fit in with their peers leads to a life long battle with smoking. One can remember the “Marlboro Man”‚ candy cigarettes‚ and let us not forget the Virginia Slim slogan‚ “You’ve Come a Long Way Baby”. Yes‚ smoking sure has come a long way. The smoking hay day of the 60’s‚ 70’s and 80’s is gone. One is now ostracized in society if they make the choice to continue to smoke. Anti-smoking campaigns
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