Task- and Risk-Mapping Study of Hybrid Vegetable Seed Production in India

Gives an overview of vegetable seed production in India, followed by recommendations for monitoring high-risk tasks, training, and capacity building to improve labor compliance

Regulating factory safety in the Bangladeshi garment industry

This paper examines how far the workplace inspection programme established under the 2013 Accord on Fire and Building Safety has served to improve safety in Bangladesh garment factories, and the extent to which its operation has been influenced by the factors that the literature suggests are important in shaping the outcomes of private regulatory initiatives. Its findings suggest that such regulation can generate positive outcomes, even in the absence of strong public regulatory support. They also caution against discounting the role of compliance-based enforcement strategies, while highlighting the importance of their adequate resourcing and transparency. Some support is also offered for the argument that such regulatory initiatives could directly influence the market dynamics that shape supplier working conditions

Persistence of Virus-Reactive Serum Immunoglobulin M Antibody in Confirmed West Nile Virus Encephalitis Cases

Twenty-nine laboratory-confirmed West Nile virus (WNV) encephalitis patients were bled serially so that WNV-reactive immunoglobulin (Ig) M activity could be determined. Of those patients bled, 7 (60%) of 12 had anti-WNV IgM at approximately 500 days after onset. Clinicians should be cautious when interpreting serologic results from early season WNV IgM-positive patients

Long-Term Prognosis for Clinical West Nile Virus Infection

Patients recovering from West Nile virus infection may experience sequelae for months

David Riesman's social character typology: An investigation of its direction of growth

The primary purpose of this study is to examine the direction of growth of two components of David Riesman's social character typology: inner- and other- direction. The two components are measured through content analysis of one hundred non-fiction best sellers from 1920 to 1969. From the writings of Riesman and other social scientists studying the social character typology, criteria were established with which to rate the best sellers. The best sellers were rated as either other-directed., inner--directed, or neutral. Statistical analysis of all of the books' ratings indicated the components’ direction of growth. Previous studies investigating the direction of growth of the social character typology have indicated that, though other-direction has increased significantly since the early part of this century, the total amount of other-direction has been declining since the 1940's. The latter finding is in contradiction with Riesman’s claim of continual growth of other-direction through the 1950's and 1960's. It is hypothesized in this study that other direction is not declining but instead still is increasing. Thus, the two major hypotheses of this study investigate the difference between the sales of other- and inner-directed non-fiction best sellers for: 1). The two time periods 1920-44 and 1945-69; and, 2). Each decade between 1920 and 1969. A third hypothesis was tested to determine if there is any relationship between social character and book preference. Results of this hypothesis will be used to support the contention that literature may reflect our national social character.Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-59)California State University, Northridge. Department of Business