a case study from sw china

... typical steppe Thus, a tree-ring database covering a broad range of spatial and temporal scales may provide an alternative approach to assess and understand the stand dynamics of the remnant Meyer ... 10 km is situated along the middle reaches of the Xilin River Perennial and annual grasses are dominant in this region and form a typical steppe landscape A patch (about ha) of natural Meyer spruce ... Daihai Lake in central Inner Mongolia had a surface area of 50 km2 from 1927 to 1929, compared to a normal area of 134 km2 in 1988 [54] It was noteworthy that drought-induced famines and disease...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... International Agricultural Research Ayyanar Kovil Salaikadu Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation Danish International Development Agency Department ... • Category = small and marginal farmers whose home and poultry are adjacent to their agricultural land • Category = small and marginal farmers whose home and poultry are separate from their agricultural ... cooperating with the project team in the research; and partly because it was reasonably accessible from Namakkal, where the TANUVAS researchers are based The TANUVAS team itself did not have a previous...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20

... ecological recreation and is visited for its panoramic and breathtaking landscapes spread into three municipalities: Kabayan and Bokod both in Benguet and Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya The dynamics of rain and ... Patmasiriwat, T Panayotou, and J.R Deshazo (1995), Green Financing: Valuation and Financing of Khao Yai National Park in Thailand, Thailand Development Research Institute, Bangkok Khan, Himayatullah ... Pay for Recreational Services: A Case Study of Nairobi National Park', Eastern Africa Economic Review 3, (2):111-119 Bann, C 1997 An Economic Analysis of Alternative Mangrove Management Strategies...

Ngày tải lên: 25/03/2014, 20:23

... line care Practice management: the module aimed at making participants acquainted with Malian laws and regulations related to health centre functioning, and with practical skills and tools related ... related to quality and affordability of clinical care, community health activities, practice management, team leadership, and interactions with district authorities and hospital Finally, we measured ... (Kirkpatrick level 2) are less conclusive: the tool meant to evaluate learning during practicums was felt as too demanding and was not systematically applied Informal feed back from teachers and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... informal task shifting-that happens when advanced clinical staff, such as PAs, are unavailable to the tasks required at these facilities Alternatively, CMs and RNs are concentrated at hospitals, leaving ... health: a case study from Liberia Human Resources for Health 2011 9:11 Author details Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia 2Clinton Health Access Initiative, Monrovia, Liberia Authors’ ... of management capacity at all levels and a shortage of qualified healthcare workers exacerbated each of these challenges The rapid assessment determined the total clinical workforce (private,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... chrysophekadion Probarbus jullieni Pangasius conchophilus Pangasianodon hypophthalmus Wallago attu Helicophagus waandersi Catlocarpio siamensis Pangasianodon gigas Chitala ornata Boesemania microlepis ... chrysophekadion Probarbus jullieni Pangasius conchophilus Pangasianodon hypophthalmus Wallago attu Helicophagus waandersi Catlocarpio siamensis Pangasianodon gigas Chitala ornata Boesemania microlepis ... Pangasius larnaudiei Pangasianodon hypophthalmus Probarbus jullieni Morulius chrysophekadion Pangasius bocourti Catlocarpio siamensis Pangasianodon gigas Pangasius conchophilus Lates calcarifer Wallago...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 22:20

... Zealand Vegetation – Expanded Manual – Version Landscape Research, Manaaki Whenua: 64 Available at http://nvs.landscareresearch.co.nz Cited 20 August 2008 ISSS-ISRIC-FAO, 1998 Word reference base ... 2002 Are potential natural vegetation maps meaningful alternative to natural landscape models? Applied Vegetation Science, 5: 271–275 SCHWARZ M., 2005 Príručka prieskumu ekológie lesa Available at ... pubescenti-petraeae Folia Geobotanica and Phytotaxonomica, 32: 221–258 CHYTRÝ M., 1998 Potential replacement vegetation: an approach to vegetation mapping of cultural landscapes Applied Vegetation Science,...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:22

... mean trees for each 2-cm-DBH class The growth of stand basal area for each day of measurements was estimated by two steps: multiplication of the mean basal area changes for each class by corresponding ... European taiga The area of the southern European taiga is characterised by moderate humid climate Annual precipitation usually exceeds the evapotranspiration [13] Very high level of ground water ... spruces (Picea abies (L.) Karst.), 11 aspens (Populus tremula L.), birches (Betula alba L.), mountain ashes (Sorbus aucuparia L.) and alders (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) by stainless steel band dendrometers...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... Equisetaceae: Equisetum giganteum Fabaceae: Inga sp Maranthaceae: Calathea sp Onagraceae: Ludwigia peploides Headache 15% Anacardiaceae: Tapirira guianensis Araceae: Anthurium dombeyanum Asteraceae: ... divaricata Bignoniaceae: Mansoa alliacea Combretaceae: Terminalia sp Costaceae: Costus spp Cucurbitaceae: Momordica charantia Cyclanthaceae: Cyclanthus bipartitus, Carludovica palmata Euphorbiaceae: ... Psychotria poeppigiana Solanaceae: Brunfelsia grandiflora, Cestrum hediondinum, Nicotiana tabacum Urticaceae: Urera cf baccifera, Urera cf capitata, Urera laciniata Verbenaceae: Lippia alba Zingiberaceae:...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... Neptunia oleracea Ikaithabi 4 14 Nymphaea alba Tharo-angouba 2 2 Nymphaea nouchali Tharo-angangba 2 2 Nymphaea pubescens Tharo-ashangba 2 2 Nymphaea stellata Thariktha 2 2 Nymphoides indica Thariktha-macha ... status Taste preference* Availability status* Conservation status* Alocasia cuculata Singju-paan 4 Total score 14 Alpinia galanga Kanghoo 2 Alpinia nigra Alternanthera philoxeroides Pullei Kabo-napi ... local environments Page of 17 Materials and methods Study Area Seven northeastern states of India (namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura) form an...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... intention and behaviour, because the behaviour data were at a practice level, a summary measure of intention for each practice had to be calculated This was generated in two ways – by taking the mean ... Government Health Directorate Ruth Thomas was funded by the Wellcome Trust (GR0673790AIA) Bernard Croal was supported by a grant from Grampian Endowments Jeremy Grimshaw holds a Canada Research Chair ... practice However, it was not possible to obtain data on individual primary care doctors’ requesting patterns from the administrative data systems The implication for statistical analysis was...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... Nicaragua 3.9 Central America 38.8 AVAILABILITY FOR CONSUMPTION Costa Rica 3.4 El Salvador 4.0 Guatemala 6.1 Honduras 3.6 Nicaragua 2.6 Central America 19.6 Source: [19] * three-year average ... Average 1990/02 IMPORTS Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Central America PRODUCTION Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Average 2003/05 % increase 1990/92–2003/05 Million ... Food availability and production data were sourced from the FAOSTAT database [14,15] FAO food balance sheet and supply utilization account data were used to provide information on food availability...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... easily available in Nairobi and Tanzanian cities such as Zanzibar, Arusha and Dar es Salaam, than at the Kenyan Coast The recent study from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [7] indicates that injecting drug ... figure was an average obtained from rural and urban areas within the district In 2001 local health officials estimated that the HIV prevalence rate in the town was approximately 20% It appears that ... originate from mainstream Tanzanian dialects of Swahili and have been diffused into Kenyan drug slang Other terminology, such as kubwenga meaning 'to inject', or noma meaning 'a bad or dangerous...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... of Sweden Health Policy 2006, 75:214-29 Culyer AJ, Wagstaff A: Equity and equality in health and health care J of Health Economics 1993, 12:431-457 Dobson AJ, Evans A, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa KA, ... requires a trade off between conflicting principles An ambition to establish a general balance seems to imply futile efforts Rather, the balance has to be set from case to case Baltuseen and Niessen ... the calculations that are controversial from a normative point of view It has been argued that QALY's are ageist because younger people typically have a longer life expectancy and treatment of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Area Development Officers ADSS – Area Development Service Society AGRC - Auroville Greenwork Resources Centre AIADMK – All India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam AIF – Action for Welfare and Awakening ... Rural Environment India Foundation AKRDP – Aga Khan Rural Development Programme AKRSP - Aga Khan Rural Support Programme AWARE – Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural Environment BAIF - Bharatiya ... BAIF - Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation BJP – Bharatiya Janata Party CAPART - Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology CARE - Christian Action Research and Education CBSE...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 17:11

... and technology (KNUST) generates a colossal amount of waste (solid and liquid) The solid waste is dumped at a site far away from the inhabited part of campus and the liquid waste is sent to a ... (GTZ), Biogas Digest Volume II: Application and Product Development, Frankfurt, Germany, 2007 [5] Elango D., Pulikesi M., Baskaralingam P., Ramamurthi V and Sivanesan S J Hazardous Materials 2007, ... potential of the sewage at the Primary Sedimentation Tank (PST) at the KNUST sewage treatment plant and its potential power production Feedstock analysis 2.1 Wastewater handling at KNUST Liquid waste...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:11

... and Atmospheric-Ocean Global Circulation Models, are used to assess climate change impacts in Lao Cai Province, namely: Baseline scenario using the historical data and simulating the climate ... (80%) and an average annual energy production of 2,816 GWh (72%), would in that case be economically viable [3] b) Water allocation and conflicting demands The conflicting demands from various water ... production; Climate change adaptation related to changes of the hydrological pattern with increased floods, such as increased occurrences of flash-floods, that may be alleviated by storage capacities...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... cognition artifact location Sense act Dative Alternation Alternating allot, assign, bring, fax, feed, flick, give, grant, guarantee, leave, lend offer, owe, take pass, pay, render, repay, sell, ... Balancing Act: Combining Symbolic and Statistical Approaches to Language, pages 49-66 MIT Press, Cambridge, MA Hoa Trang Dang, Karin Kipper, Martha Palmer, and Joseph Rosenzweig 1998 Investigating ... correctly alternate (cause, deliver, hand, refuse, report and set for the dative alternation and cause, spoil, afford and prescribe for the benefactive), and 12 can appear in either frame but not alternate...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 19:20

... of Association of Traditional Akha in Myanmar (ATAM), there is about 250,000 Akha in Myanmar But, Mr Artseir Ghoeqlanq, an Akha cultural expert from Kengtung, Shan State, informed that the Akha ... Bahanhuang), Han and Hani (Nasha Yidui, Nasha Erdui, Nasha Sandui), and Buxia (Buxia Huixian) Baka natural village will be my major research site here Baka village is located at northeastern corner ... same year The last wave of rubber plantation in Baka occurred at Bada in 2006 Bada was Baka’s traditional swidden lands but was identified as state forests during the national forestry and land...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:22

... constrain policies and public discussion of policy alternatives? How state authorities use educational language policies to manage access to language rights and language education, and what are ... Hu, Jianhua 2010 Reforms in higher education: a view from China In Educational reforms in Russia and China at the turn of the 21st century: a comparative analysis, ed Nina Ye Borevskaya, Borisenkov ... language teaching in East Asia today: Changing policies and practices, ed Wah Kam Ho, Ruth Yeang Lam Wong 131–146 Singapore: Eastern Universities Press Kachru Braj, B 1985 Standards, codification...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20