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pasma

A culture-bound (“folk”) syndrome described in Filipinos, which is characterised by tremors, sweaty palms, numbness and pain. It is most common in those who work with their hands (e.g., laundry women, farmers, secretaries, pianists, students and factory workers) and overlaps with symptoms of diabetes and hyperthyroidism, suggesting some form of neurological dysfunction.
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Pasma said that the production cost of sugar had risen to Rs64.19 per kgm, therefore, purchase of sugarcane at Rs182 per kg was not feasible for them until and unless they were allowed export of surplus sugar and given subsidy on export at Rs20 per kg because the sugar price in the international market was very low.
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(5) Bueno de la Fuente, E., La Pasma del Resucitado.
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A third grouping consisted of members of the Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania (PASMA), arguably the most militant group.
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La denuncia del inmovilismo por esta causa pasma a la voz poetica, que tiene que invocar a los muertos para buscar un ejemplo valido para sus propositos y despertar la conciencia de los vivos.
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The free training places under this incentive are: CITB Site Safety Plus - One Day |Health and Safety Awareness course CCNSG Site Safety Passport - Two | Day course Asbestos Removal New Operative |Training - Three Day Course NDTG Demolition Safety Aware-| ness and Asbestos Awareness - One Day Course Asbestos Removal Category B |Training - One Day Course Emergency First Aid at Work |Course - One Day Asbestos Awareness Course - Half |Day PASMA Scaffold Tower Training - |One Day Northern Safety are also offering subsidised places for the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (10-day) and the First Aid at Work Course (three-day).
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Mr Abdul Majeed Nizamani , General Secretary Zulfiqar yousifani, president Chamber of Agriculture Mr Nabi Bux Sathio and representative of Sugar mills (PASMA) Mr Muhammad Aslam and others also gave their input and views in the meeting.
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Para el analisis revisaremos la legislacion minera argentina; el Programa de Asistencia Tecnica brindada al Sector Minero Argentino (PASMA) otorgado por el Banco Mundial en el periodo 1996-2001 y algunos numeros de la revista Panorama Minero de la Argentina.
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(3) Chandra Pasma and Mulvale make the same point in Income Security for All Canadians: Understanding Guaranteed Income, retrieved from http://www.cpj.
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