WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN ADULTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HOW SHOULD MEDICINES BE USED TO REDUCE THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT? Dementia is a progressive disease that associates with memory impairment and cognitive deficit. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. In AD‚ brain is damaged by the presence of beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. There are an approximately 820‚000 people (1.3% of population) with dementia in UK. Among them‚ population
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Coming to the issue of the impact of the new economic policy on the vulnerable sections‚ Rangarajan argues‚ "analytically‚ we need to address two sets of issues. One is whether the new economic policy affects in any way the specific policy measures that we normally undertake in order to improve the conditions of the poor. Second‚ is there anything in the new economic policy which per se has an anti- poor bias? The new economic policy which may be a convenient expression to refer to the measures
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MALAYSIA THE IMPACT OF TRAVEL &TOURISM ON JOBSANDTHE ECONOMY CHAIRMAN: Sir Ian Prosser Chairman Six Continents PLC VICE CHAIRMEN: Donald Carty Chairman‚ President & CEO American Airlines Jean-Marc Espalioux Chairman of Management Board & CEO Accor S.A. André Jordan Chairman Lusotur S.A. Jonathan S. Linen Vice Chairman American Express Company Vincent A.Wolfington Chairman Carey International‚ Inc. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Peter Armstrong President & CEO Rocky Mountaineer
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the states in Malaysia. It is the second smallest state after Perlis state in Malaysia. Malacca covered an area of 1650 sq km which only takes a percentage of 1.3% of the whole Malaysia. Malacca can be divided into three parts which included the Central‚ Alor Gajah and Jasin. From the 13th century to the 14th century‚ Malacca has been one of the world greatest trading cities and it has been developed for more than 500 years in trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of
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Hospitality Management 18 (1999) 331}343 Life and tourism in the year 2050 Abraham Pizam* Department of Hospitality Management‚ University of Central Florida‚ P.O. Box 161400‚ Orlando‚ FL 32816-1400‚ USA Abstract This article is an essay that represents the author ’s personal vision of life and the state of the tourism industry in the year 2050. It describes the major expected developments in the areas of environment‚ demographics‚ economy and business‚ lifestyle and values‚ politics‚ housing
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In earlier days meaning of tourism was basic but now a day’s scenario is totally changed now as discussed by poon (1993) interest of tourists has diverted from popular destinations to more specific and virgin locations to meet their individual needs. These tourists are more adventurous‚ more experienced‚ travel for fun‚ independent and with more cash in their accounts. Special interest tourism is new concept of tourism where there are additions in the type of tourism. Now days it is being created
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The Civil War left our nation in ruins in several areas. The many mixed feelings of what it did to us as a people and our nation have been felt for many years since its end in 1865. It not only abolished slavery but also effected the industries‚ exports‚ and technology throughout the country. Although the Civil War was primarily a conflict fought between the North and South over slavery‚ it was a turning point that greatly influenced the economy of both regions- both then and today. The Northern
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: Paul Stolk Today‚ increase in the discretionary leisure time and disposable income of the society has undoubtedly created tourism boom in many countries. As soon as tourism industry is measured as a fundamental factor in improving the economy‚ local governments and other corporations in a destination have shifted their focus towards creation of more tourism attractions in order to compete with related destinations on targeted markets. In the olden days‚ people who travelled with the leisure
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By: Anne Vilagut Tourism The French define tourism as "the art to satisfy the most diverse aspirations which invite man to move out of his daily universe." The Webster’s dictionary defines tourism as "the guiding or managing of tourists; the promotion or encouragement of touring: the accommodation of tourists." Both definitions are apt for tourism. The private sector of tourism includes lodging‚ food‚ transportation‚ recreation facilities‚ attractions‚ travel agents‚ and tour operators. These
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Tourism is an activity that is critical to the economic and social development. By World Tourism Organization (World Tourism Organization) has predicted that by the year 2563 will have a number of international tourists to 1‚600 million of the estimated growth rate of tourism in developing countries. Expected to increase approximately 4 percent per year‚ particularly the industrialized countries have a rate increase of about 2.5 percent per year‚ the study found. Tourists with travel in most foreign
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