Asian Social Science December‚ 2009 Factors Effecting Drug Relapse in Malaysia: An Empirical Evidence Fauziah Ibrahim‚ PhD Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia E-mail: ifauziah@ukm.my Naresh Kumar‚ PhD Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Putra Malaysia E-mail: naresh@putra.upm.edu.my Abstract It has been noted that many drug addicts relapse to drug use after discharged from successful treatment and rehabilitation programs. Thus it is imperative
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Asian American’s have engaged on the issue of sexuality. It started with the same sex marriage ordeal in Hawaii in the 1990’s. Same sex marriage has been a regular ongoing debate and Asian American became involved since the 1998 ballot in Hawaii. In Hawaii there was huge debate between many groups. First off‚ The Japanese American Citizens League in 1994 decided to affirm its commitment to support the basic human right of marriage which included the right to marry for same-sex couples. In Helen
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Kazuki Aoyama Elements of Literature 2 C-8 Final Draft New Radio Tower The new radio tower was built in Tokyo last year. It is called Tokyo Skytree‚ and it had to be built for the purpose of adaptation to a new type of television‚ digital terrestrial broadcasting. However‚ there are several reasons because of radio interference‚ the Japanese companies were change their type of television‚ and influence on public opinion‚ why the Tokyo Skytree was built. First of all‚ the Tokyo Skytree had
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The Outsiders: Response to Literature Friendship is a very important bond shared by two friends that cannot be described by mere words. In the fictional narrative The Outsiders‚ S.E. Hinton shows us the importance of friendship through the hardships of the two protagonists‚ Johnny and Ponyboy. They use their friendship to overcome many obstacles throughout their story. One example of friendship can be found in the movie “Toy Story‚” in which the main protagonists‚ Woody and Buzz‚ must find
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Asian Paints: A well focussed company 2 The company shows an uninhibited appetite for growth in revenues and profits Colours of many vibrant hues The financials of Asian Paints are awash in as many brilliant hues as the varied colours of the paints that it has on offer. The company’s revenues and profits are growing yearly at a fast clip‚ (revenues up 26% at Rs 91.2 bn‚ with pre-tax profits growing 21.5% to Rs 13.6 bn in 2011-12 as compared to the preceding year) and the company is simultaneously
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Religion in Asian Theatre From 350-1350 c.e. theatre began to die off in the western countries due to Christianity and the fall of Rome. At about this time‚ the performing arts began to emerge on the Eastern hemisphere. The creators of Asian theatre new nothing of the theatre in Rome or Greece so there was no influence during the fabrication of this new form of theatre. Eastern theatre is much more stylized in that they believe in “total theatre‚” which is using every element of theatre be it
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GROUP 5 : ASIAN DEVELOPMEN T BANK ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 which is headquartered in Metro Manila‚ Philippines‚ to facilitate economic development in Asia. The bank admits the members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP‚ formerly the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East or ECAFE) and non-regional developed countries. "HISTORY ” 1962–1972 The concept of a regional bank was
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The Asian societies successfully restricted the Europeans in terms of Christianity and some terms of trade by isolation and banishment but they were unsuccessfully restricted by means of trade with the Mughal India and South East Asia. The Christians were banished from Japan and China and the others refused to conform to Christianity. The Christians did not have much success anywhere spreading Christianity. In Saint Francis Xavier’s letter on the missions to India in 1549 he discussed his unsuccessful
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Analysis for Apple’s Asian Strategies Introduction The increasing attractive Asia Pacific digital product market provides Apple with a new battlefield for its expansion‚ especially in Mac computer and iPhone. The company owns one of the top brand names in technology worldwide with 54% of their profits coming from foreign markets (Apple Annual Report‚ 2006). Furthermore‚ Apple was able to win an important place as the fashion of the market took place. Since‚ Apple image is also related to its
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it is today. During the fall semester of world history‚ the main religions that were brought to my attention were Christianity‚ Polytheism‚ Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ Islam‚ And Confucianism. Hinduism was like an umbrella for the religious ideas in the Asian continent. These ideas go closely to the first Vedic tradition‚but over the years many have added local influences with many other variations. Hindu denominations fall in three main groups: Vaishnavaism‚ which is the worship of Krishna and His incarnations;
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