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In the recent decades the global power center has shifted from West to East and China has witnessed a tremendous rise, accelerating integration in East Asia region. Currently there are at least two significant integration processes there, among which regionalism remains the most visible and powerful (Szczudlik-Tatar, 2013).

Asian regionalism focuses mainly on economic cooperation between ASEAN members, which differ politically and economically. However, deep regional integration in East Asia may result in the establishment of a single market.

This writing analyzes the nature of Asia’s emerging regionalism, the relationship between Asian Regionalism and ...

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The public sector corruption is an impediment to economic growth and advancement and a focal barrier to effective service delivery. This paper will provide the findings of a chronological review on micro level anti-corruption strategies’ effectiveness that receive implementation in some of the developing countries. The narrative synthesis approach will be employed to synthesize the extracted data. The review will focus on the significance between interventions that created a change in the system’s underlying rules and those that utilized incentives and monitoring mechanisms. Incentive based and monitoring interventions either non-financial or financial have a corruption reduction potential, even though it is in ...

The economic crisis in Egypt post January 2011

Abstract The paper looks into the economic crisis in Egypt and how the background was formed for the January 2011 revolution. How the crisis happened, what were the consequences and how Egypt can get back on track are some of the important questions that need to be looked into. The stability of the Mubarak regime was well under pressure even before the major changes in the political system followed. Even before the present revolution and reforms in Egypt, there were significant changes taking place in the political system. The nation was experiencing relative freedom of expression for the ...

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Water, sanitation and Hygiene These are highly fundamental issues that should be considered when providing community based services. For instance, water is a basic need for human survival but not all the water is safe for consumption. The sanitation systems within the community determine a great deal on the safety of the available water for consumption. Water, sanitation and hygiene complement each other and none can exist independent of the other. The importance of water cannot be overestimated and its use immeasurable. Despite the high demand for the resource for sustenance of life, there is always a greater challenge to the ...

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Technology has made an impact on different aspects on our life. The impact entails both individual activities as well as social. Their usage is not just limited to any recreational activity rather and they find application in professional and governmental organizations as well. The electronic books have changed the overall view of reading and at the same time, they have increased the level of reading and opportunities associated. Key words: E-books, learning, virtual vs. physical, academic purposes, literacy rates.

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The Education sector is of those that has benefited directly from the emergence of technology. All these means of ...

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The modern technology has made an impact on different aspects on our life. The impact entails both individual activities as well as social. Their usage is not just limited to any recreational activity rather it finds its applications in professional and governmental organizations as well. The electronic books have changed the overall view of reading and at the same time, it has increased the level of reading and opportunities associated. Key words: E-books, learning, virtual vs. physical, academic purposes, literacy rates.

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Education sector is of those that has benefited directly from the emergence of technology. All these means ...

- Plot the collected FX data on a graph showing the daily movements Figure 1: Daily FX exchange rates for different currencies The selected currencies are US dollar, UK Pound, and Chinese Yuan. To start with, the US Dollar has shown a tremendous increase within the period of between July 1 2010 and July 1, 2012. As shown in figure 1, the rate was low in July 2010 but increased with a very high rate to June 2012. The AUD and USD exchange rate shows the relationship between toe currencies in respect to daily FX exchange rates. The USD exchange ...

Introduction

Health care organization refers to an organization which offers services including prevention and treatment of diseases to patients. Health care practitioners deal in different fields such as dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, medicine, and chiropractic. Various countries have different means of ensuring its citizens get access to quality health care services. As such, some governments tax citizens who earn income to meet health care expenses. Governments offer social health insurance which insures people against various ailments. Nevertheless, health care services can also be funded through charities and individual citizens. Patients and their relatives require quality services whenever they seek for services ...

CHAPTER 2: FIRE SPREAD

Chapter 2: Fire spread 2.1 Introduction The chapter discusses aspects of fire spread so as to understand spread of fire, fire transfer, and how fire moves or escapes. Most fires spread quickly in buildings because of the presence of combustible materials like furniture, and flammable gases. Controlling of fire spread is easy in the first stage also referred to as the insipient fire. Nevertheless, fire can move swiftly and even reach higher speed limits in the presence of assistant factors found in gaps or penetration inside a building. Internally, spread of fire is common in obscured spaces, ...

Several studies have focused on the emerging number of middle class around the world and their role in the economic world. It is predicted by researchers that China’s middle class will grow exponentially for the next two to three decades and will eventually outnumber America’s middle class (Kharas & Gertz, 2010). It said that the bulk of the middle class is slowly but steadily shifting from the west to the east. Middle class in a society are very important because they are considered as one of the biggest consumers in a society. “The focus on the middle class and ...