... and index ISBN 0-415-31972-2 Coast changes—Congresses Environmental mapping—Congresses Coastal zone management—Congresses Geographic information systems—Congresses I Bartlett, Darius J., 1955- ... (APSDI), what are termed “fundamental datasets” are only presented in the most general terms and with no detail The discussion on what data should be included in the APSDI began in 1998 and has yet ... regional or global level What we can conclude from the above examination of various types of spatial data infrastructures that are under development—national, regional and global—is that, at regional...
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... by the deceased, but translating these into reliable cause of death information for populations has only met with limited success [6-9] Moreover, reliable information on the incidence and prevalence ... prevalence of diseases, injuries and risk factors is rarely available in developing countries, and what data are collected, particularly hospital records, are unlikely to reflect the true pattern ... that cause http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/1/1/5 those health outcomes The approach has been widely adopted by countries and health development agencies alike as the standard for health...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20
National Identity and Global Sports Events ppt
... Whannel London: Pluto Press — — 1986 Going global: The FIFA story In Off the ball: The football World Cup, ed Alan Tomlinson and Garry Whannel London: Pluto Press — — 1994 FIFA and the World Cup: ... Tomlinson Aldershot, UK: Ashgate — — 1996 Olympic spectacle: Opening ceremonies and some paradoxes of globalization Media Culture & Society 18 (4): 583–602 — — 1999 FIFA and the men who made ... Orban Miami: Symposia Specialists — — 1981 This great symbol: Pierre de Coubertin and the origins of the modern Olympic Games Chicago: University of Chicago Press — — 1984a Cultural performances,...
Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 02:21
national responsibility and global justice jan 2008
... to see why: if what really matters is one’s membership in the cosmic city and not the territorially bounded human city, then imperial conquest—at least by the wise and the good—does no wrong, ... condition—if we not try always to see human beings both as needy and vulnerable creatures and as responsible agents— we cannot properly understand what justice means, and especially perhaps what ... inequality, a person’s life chances—how much freedom they enjoy, what economic opportunities they have, what level of health care they can expect, and so forth—depend much more on which society...
Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 22:24
Tài liệu MODERN TECHNOLOGY, TRANSNATIONALIZATION, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SITUATIONS potx
... the last fifteen years, the concept of agriculture has undergone a remarkable change Traditionally situated outside the economic system, it has been introduced into the centre of economic analysis, ... with the principal firms combining contract purchases at farm gate with direct ownership of tropical and semi-tropical plantations Given the simplicity of the processing techniques, the agricultural ... incursion into cooking has been directed primarily at the institutional forms of cooking, whether of army, school and hospital meal services or of restaurants, and it has been represented by...
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Student Mobility & Credit Transfer: A National and Global Survey pot
... Zealand and Great Britain, the emphasis in credit-transferability has been to promote credit transfers within the higher education system This has not been done out of a concern to promote geographic ... transferability Some work on this subject has been done in British Columbia through the BC Admissions and Transfer Council, however, more work could be done there and equivalent work should be ... university courses Has this had any impact on student mobility in Canada? If not, why not? And what lessons does it hold for future attempts to promote national credit mobility? Assess what changes...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 08:20
Carbon Tariffs: Impacts on Technology Choice, Regional Competitiveness, and Global Emissions pdf
... debate has centered primarily on the legality issues related to WTO and GATT, with little work focusing on its impact Technology innovation and adoption in response to environmental regulation has ... Within the general OM literature, Cournot competition has been widely used as a foundation to study various competitive environments It has been used to study competitive investment in flexible ... those transport costs, 95% of the European cement capacity added since 2004 is represented by finishing facilities located near ports – i.e., capacity added by firms preparing to import into the region...
Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 05:20
Báo cáo y học: "Conflict-affected displaced persons need to benefit more from HIV and malaria national strategic plans and Global Fund grants" doc
... population sizes were used from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre of the Norwegian Refugee Council[ 5] Tuberculosis was excluded as refugees and IDPs are generally included in national tuberculosis ... the planning and revision of national plans is sorely needed The importance of their inclusion has grown considerably with the recent Global Fund Board’s decision to move towards funding countries’ ... years and even decades The divide between humanitarian and development funding is well known and has never been sufficiently addressed Ultimately, however, the Global Fund is a country-driven process...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20
Cambridge.University.Press.War.Land.on.the.Eastern.Front.Culture.National.Identity.and.German.Occupation.in.World.War.I.May.2000.pdf
... were not reliable indicators of what a person’s hotly professed identity would turn out to be Rather, ethnicity seemed very much determined by choice ‘‘Elective ethnicity’’ ruled Families splintered ... experiences in terms of ordinary lives, insisting that ‘ what battles have in common is human.’’8 The ascendancy of social history further strengthened emphasis on experience as a category of historical ... add that the very multiplicity of languages also presents a speciWc problem for any historical narrative on this area In northeastern Europe’s contested lands, each city and town bears many names...
Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 11:02
National Framework and recommendations for better local governance in Vietnam
Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2012, 09:05
Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of an English Achievement Test for Third-year Non- major students at the University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh National University and some suggestions for chan
... mastery of what has been learnt, what has been taught or what is in the syllabus, textbook, materials, etc An achievement test therefore is an instrument designed to measure what a person has learnt ... statistical validation of whether a test has measured a construct that has a reality independence of other constructs To understand whether a piece of research has construct validity, three steps ... measures what it is supposed to measure Anastasi (1982: 136) pointed out that face validity is not validity in technical sense; it refers, not to what the test actually measures, but to what it...
Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:05
A comparative analysis of institutions, national policies, and cooperative responses to floods in Asia
... national and regional institutions are designed and what policies and measures are undertaken and what can be done to enhance institutional capacity in each country to make local communities more ... practices with regard to flood-related disasters Phase of Disaster Cycle Functions (Timing) done? What should be Who is responsible? How was it done? Coordination Implementation Preparedness Emergency ... stated project goals IFA has applied the following research methodology IFA research and networking are performed within two major consecutive phases: • During the first phase (2004-2005) the study...
Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2013, 10:15
Tài liệu Global Farming Systems Study: Challenges and Priorities to 2030 SYNTHESIS AND GLOBAL OVERVIEW doc
... past 30 years, the approach has evolved markedly, as shown in Table 1-4 Essentially, the scope of the analysis has gradually 12 13 expanded, placing increasing emphasis on non-production activities ... separate objectives In many developing countries, poverty alleviation has been the responsibility of social affairs ministries, and has involved measures such as subsidies, safety nets and social investment ... countries has been declining In the year 2000, World Bank commitments to the rural sector reached their lowest ever levels, measured as a proportion of their total lending portfolio Moreover, this has...
Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 19:15
Tài liệu Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, Third Edition doc
... keeping the standards up-to-date (4) Caring for Our Children has been a yardstick for measuring what has been done and what still needs to be done, as well as a technical manual on how to it 2) Telephone ... of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC Sandra Hassink, MD, FAAP American Academy of Pediatrics, Obesity Initiatives, IL Paula James Contra Costa Child Care Council, Child Health and Nutrition Program, ... Miotto, MD, FAAP American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Communication and Media, IL Michael Leu, MD, MS, MHS, FAAP American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Communication and Media, IL Antoinette...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu Regulatory Europeanization, National Autonomy and Regulatory Effectiveness: Marketing Authorization for Pharmaceuticals pptx
... of the Commission’s proposal and may confront the Council with an opinion that the Commission has exceeded its implementing powers The Council has to respond decisively to such an opinion expressed ... pharmaceuticals (derived from biotechnologi14 The three texts are Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309 /93 of July 22, 1993, Council Directive 93 /39/EEC and Council Directive 93/41 EEC, adopted on June 14, 1993 ... gradual yearly increases Yet, at the same time, the data signify to what extent the procedure does not work as intended What has been criticized with respect to the preceding multi-state procedure...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 07:20
Tài liệu WHO policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities -Guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders doc
... not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning ... activities, rapid generation of evidence was emphasized to inform and update the policy Since then, additional evidence in the field of TB and HIV has been generated from randomized controlled ... programmes should ensure that there is sufficient capacity to deliver health care (e.g adequate laboratories, supplies of medicines, referral capacity, private sector involvement, focus on key populations...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20
Tài liệu NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION FY 2013 PRESIDENT''''S BUDGET REQUEST SUMMARY ppt
... in January 2010, and is now in Phase B of the mission Phase B has a strong emphasis on risk reduction, and on requirements and interface maturation In FY2011 SMAP has completed the Preliminary ... IN FY 2011 LDCM made progress towards completing the development phase (Phase C) and beginning the integration and test phase (Phase D) Progress toward completion of the spacecraft development ... the LDCM project made progress towards completing the development phase (Phase C) and beginning the integration and test phase (Phase D) Progress toward completion of the spacecraft development...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 05:20
National Summary and Fertility Clinic Reports 2007 pdf
... another woman They NOT include treatments in which only sperm are handled (i.e., intrauterine—or artificial—insemination) or procedures in which a woman takes drugs only to stimulate egg production ... includes several steps, it is typically referred to as a cycle of treatment (See What is an ART cycle? below.) What is an ART cycle? Because ART consists of several steps over an interval of approximately ... organization of ART providers affiliated with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), has been collecting data and publishing annual reports of pregnancy success rates for fertility...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20
New Media Power: The Internet and Global Activism doc
... in the media spotlight has become an important power tactic in the fight for greater corporate responsibility (Bennett, 2003b) This analysis is concerned with identifying what conditions enable ... communication medium Admittedly, the Net has a number of distinctive design features and capabilities, but these differences not inherently or necessarily change who we are or what we together However, personal ... forthcoming) As noted above, the recent period has been marked by impressive levels of global activism, including: mass demonstrations, sustained publicity campaigns against corporations and world...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health National Child and Adolescent Health Strategy 2009 - 2013 pdf
... towards healthy behaviors is done at home To improve this care and successfully promote healthy behaviors, families often need to change behaviors, which can be done through repeatedly providing ... and characteristics of the services Communities need to know what the appropriate preventive and curative care is for children and what they should expect from the health services They will be ... Introduction In spite of impressive progress made in Afghanistan since 2001, the country still has the highest infant and child mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean Region1, and it is clear...
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