The international agreements, made by International Maritime Organization in 2008 are an encouraging start to reduce the SO2 emissions caused by the use of bunker oil.Port authorities are confronted with a dilemma.From an environmental point of view, a proactive attitude is preferred.However, a unilateral initiative may jeopardize their bunker oil

Background/Objectives: Intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) is an enzyme expressed in the intestinal brush border, which may exert anti-inflammatory effects by detoxifying lipopolysaccharides (LPSs), thereby preventing metabolic disorders.Various food components have been reported to influence IAP activity.However, few studies have evaluated the e

Law is impossible to die, even if we can strangle it until limp.This questions appeared the possibility of killing the law by tracing the ideas about the law and the state that appears in the passage of time.What emerges is that the order or disorder always presupposes the emergence of law.Although it does abito not indicate whether the law appear

Majority of researcher are attracted by the social network analysis due to the rush of people towards socialnetwork.Along with many problems, social network analysis is facing an interesting problem that is rankingof users in social network which is gaining more attention due to the increasing number of social users.Measuring centrality of Crossbod

This article presents the results of a study on the acceptability of emergency contraception (EC) in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico.Opinions of potential users and possible providers were obtained through discussion groups and those of authorities and policy-makers through semi-structured interviews.Most participants had a positive opinion of EC, 2 Ply