Prenatal Sex Selection and Missing Girls in China: Evidence from the Diffusion of Diagnostic Ultrasound∗ Lingsheng Meng† University of Maryland‚ College Park November 2009 Job Market Paper Abstract How much of the increase in the sex ratio (males to females) at birth since the early 1980s in China is due to increased prenatal sex selection? I answer this question by exploiting the differential introduction of diagnostic ultrasound throughout China during the 1980s‚ which significantly reduced the
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775–780‚ Sep. 1993. [42] V. S. Lee‚ C. E. Spritzer‚ B. A. Carroll‚ L. G. Pool‚ M. A. Bernstein‚ S. K. Heinle‚ and J. R. MacFall‚ “Flow quantification using fast cine phase-contrast MR imaging‚ conventional cine phase-contrast MR imaging‚ and Doppler sonography: In vitro and in vivo validation‚” Am. J Roentgenol.‚ vol. 169‚ no. 4‚ pp. 1125–1131‚ Oct. 1997. Authors’ photographs and biographies not available at the time of publication.
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CHAPTER .1 Introduction Medical tourism in India After the silicon rush India is now considered as the golden spot for treating patients mostly from the developed countries and Far East for ailments and procedures of relatively high cost and complexity. India is also aggressively promoting medical tourism in the current years -and slowly now it is moving into a new area of "medical outsourcing‚" where subcontractors provide services to the overburdened medical care systems in western countries
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The dissertation period gave me an opportunity to explore the field which has always intrigued me and where my interest was- that of facility planning. I am indebted to Dr. Vivek Desai – Director HOSMAC (India) Pvt. Ltd. for giving me an opportunity to work in his organization as there are but a handful of such organizations where I could have pursued such a study. I am extremely grateful to Mr. Hussain Varawalla- Sr. Architect HOSMAC (India) Pvt. Ltd.‚ my guide who took a lot
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The topic of today’s day is - ‘The Women’s Rights in Islam - Modernising or Outdated?’ According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘Women’s Rights are the rights‚ that promote a position of social and legal equality‚ of women to men’ According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘they are the rights‚ claimed for the women‚ equal to those of men‚ as regards to suffrage that right to vote‚ as regards to property‚ etc’. ‘Modernising’‚ according to the Oxford dictionary means‚ ‘to make modern‚ to adapt to modern
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Biology Q. 1. Biological organisation starts with: a. Atomic level b. Submicroscopic molecular level c. Cellular level d. Organismic level Sol. Correct choice: (2) Q. 2. About 98 percent of the mass of every living organism is composed of just six elements including carbon‚ hydrogen‚ nitrogen‚ oxygen and: a. calcium and phosphorous b. phosphorus and sulphur c. sulphur and magnesium d. magnesium and sodium Sol. Correct choice: (1) Q. 3. Which one of the following is an example of negative
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[pic] A PROJECT REPORT ON “Role of HR in Healthcare” AT Bhailal Amin General Hospital (Corporate Hospital of Alembic Group) [pic] [pic] TOWARDS THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUBMITED BY Mr. Sujit Kumar Jha Registration No.: 520825637 MBA 4rd Semester‚ HRM (2010) PREFACE Summer Internship Program (SIP) is a part of MBA curriculum to help the management student in understanding
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A STUDY ON INDIAN HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The report is based on healthcare industry and deals with the analysis of the industry on various parameters. It gives an overview of the industry and goes on to test the healthcare industry further in the subsequent chapters. The focus of the report is getting an over view of the health services market‚ its policy framework‚ the business models of the hospital and technological developments in the healthcare sector. The report also compares
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Female Foeticide in India Submitted by admin on 1 May‚ 2004 - 05:25 • India • IHN 2004.2 May • International Humanist News [pic] Female Foeticide in India By Indu Grewal and J. Kishore Introduction Some of the worst gender ratios‚ indicating gross violation of women’s rights‚ are found in South and East Asian countries such as India and China. The determination of the sex of the foetus by ultrasound scanning‚ amniocentesis‚ and in vitro fertilization has aggravated this situation
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Emergency Resuscitation Perioperative Anesthesia Surgical Management Volume 1 TRAUMA Editors William C. Wilson‚ MD‚ MA Clinical Professor Director of Anesthesiology Critical Care Program Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care University of California‚ San Diego School of Medicine La Jolla‚ California Director of Trauma Anesthesia Associate Director Surgical Intensive Care Unit UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego‚ California‚ U.S.A. Christopher M. Grande‚ MD‚ MPH Executive
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