Institutional landscape

Despite some therapeutic advances, improvement in survival rates of unresectable and/or metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has been minimal over recent decade. We aimed to evaluate the impact of different treatment sequences on clinical outcomes of advanced PDAC at our academic institution.

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In the era of globalization and internationalization, students have many choices when pursuing their educational paths. Students today are more mobile and willing to leave their homes to study at their desired university. Building a brand name in this increasingly competitive landscape can be the primary tool for higher education institutions, particularly for universities, to differentiate themselves and gain a competitive advantage.

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Ebook "The new global regulatory landscape: Impacts on finance and investment" provides a benchmark tool for financial intermediaries and Institutional Investors. Covering 24 international regulations across the UK, Europe, Asia/Pacific and the USA, the authors provide practical compliance tips for financial intermediaries and guidance on best practice for investors. The book highlights eight areas of critical overlap where regulatory requirements conflict and give rise to potential risk and liability.

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Higher education institutions in different countries around the world have adopted a variety of sustainability strategies in their policies, management, and scholarly activities. However, the campus landscape has not been explored to promote sustainability. To address this gap, this paper provides a systematic and comprehensive review of the literature on the sustainable campus landscape.

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In Vietnam, EPR has stipulated in the Law on Environmental Protection (LEP) 2020. Learning from the experience of implementing EPR in some countries around the world, models for producers to carry out their responsibilities in waste collection, recycling and treatment have been proposed.

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A long-term investigation to under-stand soil fertility and scope of improvement in building-up of fertility and nutrient levels was carried-out adopting khejri based crop production site management approaches at ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner under hot arid agro-climate.

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An investigation was carried out at the Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during 2014-2016 on the improvement of tuberose var. Prajwal through mutation breeding. The bulbs were treated with gamma rays, diethyl sulphate (DES) and ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS). The treatments consisted of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 kR of gamma rays, 15, 20, 25 and 30 mM of DES and 30, 45, 60 and 75 mM of EMS and control (untreated). Various morphological and floral characters were observed.

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An experiment was conducted at the Botanic Gardens, Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during 2015-2016. The present study pertains to the effect of salt stress on three ornamental shrubs of Clerodendrum inerme, Leucophyllum frutescens and Acalypha hispida and their suitability for salinity condition. Ten saline treatments were taken viz., 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54dS/m and0.04 dS/m (Control).

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Tuberose is one of the important commercially cultivated loose flower crops known for its fragrant white flowers. The area under the cultivation of tuberose is being increasing among the farmers. But, the availability of quality planting materials and high cost for the healthy bulbs remains a great hindrance for tuberose cultivation.

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An experiment was conducted at the Research Farm of the Division of Floriculture and Landscaping, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during Rabi season of 2016-17 to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on corm yield and nutrient uptake of gladiolus cv. Pusa Red Valentine and Pusa Jyotsna. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with a total of twelve treatments and replicated three times. Among all treatments, T11 (75% RDF + FYM @ 5 t/ha + Vermicompost @ 5 t/ha + Azospirillum + PSB) obtained maximum number of corms per plot (134.

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Vietnam has been reforming its forest management in favour of household and local organization (Barney 2005). The government increasingly gives local people the right to manage the forests. Unfortunately, in this changing environment, recognition of local people’s rights is still limited and local knowledge and perspectives are rarely taken into account by the state institutions implementing land titling and decentralization. The challenge is to better inform each stakeholder on the perspectives of people living in and near the forest on the natural resources and landscapes.

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Protected areas remain the fundamental building blocks of virtually all national and international conservation strategies, supported by governments and international institutions such as the Convention on Biological Diversity.

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The scientific literature suggests that the best unit to assess ecosystems is the 'socio-ecological system (SES)' (Gallopin, 1991, Glaser, 2008). SES integrates ecosystem functions and dynamics as well as human activities and the interactions of all these. The SES is equivalent to the SNA's institutional unit. Considering the production of ecosystem services, and in particular provisioning services, SESs are more or less homogenous.

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Life-cycle finance is arguably the most important specialty in finance. At some level, all institutions exist to serve the individual. But investing directly by individuals, who reap the rewards of their successes and suffer the consequences of their mistakes, is becoming a dramatically larger feature of the investment landscape.

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Centre for Applied Research in Remote Sensing and GIS, College of Science, VNU 2 Norwegian Mapping Authority, Norway. 3 University of Social and Human Sciences of Ho Chi Minh City 4 Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Centre, Tokyo, Japan. 5 VTGEO, Institute of Geology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology ABSTRACT. The Mekong Delta in the south of Vietnam is a highly dynamic landscape with rapid changes in land use. Costal forests of mangrove (Rhizophoraceae, Sonneratiaceae and Avicenniaceae) and the more inland Melaleuca forests are changed into shrimp ponds and rice fields.

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Performance Measurement: Accelerating Improvement is the first in a new series of reports by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), representing the latest phase of the ongoing IOM effort on health care quality. This report introduces a framework and implementation strategy for translating public and professional concerns about performance and accountability into measures of health care quality.

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) – the private sector arm of the World Bank group - has already been working for several years on how to galvanize institutional investors around the issues of climate change and investment in poor countries. 37 The organisation is looking at instruments - whether funds or funding facilities - that can combine the IFC‟s ability to source projects, know the investment landscape and risks in developing countries and bring projects to the table for potential P8 investment.

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Hedge Funds have grown quickly over the past ten years, and are important part of the financial landscape. They are difficult to define as entities, because the line between what hedge funds do that other institutions do not is blurred – proprietary traders in investment banks, private equity funds, and fund managers all use extensive leverage and derivatives to trade markets or to shift risks.

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This book is about the evolution of self-help movement organizations in the United States. The dramatic rise and ubiquity of self-help during the mid- to late twentieth century positions it high among other healthcare institutions such as drug rehabilitation, the health maintenance organization (HMO), and patient rights as an integral part of the landscape marking our daily lives.

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In response to a request from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Research Council convened a committee to assess the importance and impact of glycoscience, explore the landscape of current research, and identify the challenges that will need to be addressed to enable the field to move forward.

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