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A comparative analysis of institutions, national policies, and cooperative responses to floods in Asia

A comparative analysis of institutions, national policies, and cooperative responses to floods in Asia

... executed previously; due to these constraints existing anti-flood disaster action plans turned into ‘dead letters’. Similar factors are in effect today in Vietnam. Internal factors. Among critical ... be done to enhance institutional capacity in each country to make local communities more resilient to hazards in the coming years. Why are existing institutions and behavior of main actors not ... economic and political reforms. Financing. Problems in financing are often indicated as one of the most important factors defining failures in performance of institutions; while on the contrary...

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Letters For Special Situations: Letters to use in the special situations in life pptx

Letters For Special Situations: Letters to use in the special situations in life pptx

... school as contributing measurably to my ability to interact socially with others in a gracious manner. In high school, in addition to being named to the National Honor Society and winning the Freshman ... part, the background investigation failed to reveal the felony background of Mr. Jarvis. I am not interested in pointing a finger or finding a scapegoat; I want to find a solution to this problem. What ... 90 V3. Seeking first job in publishing or advertising 91 V4 Seeking first job utilizing history degree 92 V5. Seeking first job in media journalism and English 93 V6. Seeking first job in nursing field...

Ngày tải lên: 12/03/2014, 08:20

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Cd availability to plants in relation to major longterm changes in agronomy systems

Cd availability to plants in relation to major longterm changes in agronomy systems

... dietary intake for Cd was estimated at about 23 mg Cd day y1 in Ž. France Table 1 ; in comparison, the increase in Cd in cereals and potato tubers alone may lead to an increase in the range of 41% to ... concentra- tion in wheat grain were generally too inconsistent to allow conclusions to be drawn. However, higher Cd Ž. concentrations were found in wheat grain ) 30% grown was found in a continuous wheat ... between pH 4.0 to 7.7. Increasing soil pH value from 5.7 to 7.6 Ž. using basic slags in truncated Chromic Luvisols over jurassic limestones decreased Cd in wheat grain y1 Ž from 0.14 to 0.05 mg Cd...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:22

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NANOSENSORS AS RESERVOIR ENGINEERINGTOOLS TO MAP IN- SITU TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS IN GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS doc

NANOSENSORS AS RESERVOIR ENGINEERINGTOOLS TO MAP IN- SITU TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS IN GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS doc

... very far into the reservoir. Initial investigations were performed to evaluate the suitability of tin-bismuth alloy nanoparticles as nanosensors with a sensing mechanism of size increase induced ... efficiency. Finally, reservoir engineering techniques will be tailored to promising nanosensors in order to estimate measurement geolocation. In the case of dye-releasing nanosensors, more realistic ... synthesized using a sonochemical method, and a bench heating experiment was performed using these nanoparticles. Particle growth due to melting was observed, indicating that tin-bismuth nanoparticles...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 20:20

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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "The effect of different stand density on diameter growth response in Scots pine stands in relation to climate situations" potx

Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "The effect of different stand density on diameter growth response in Scots pine stands in relation to climate situations" potx

... period. Full stocking and a fi ve-year thinning interval were assumed. Where stocking was not full, the thinning intensity decreased to 30–50% of the original amount. On the variants 4t in young ... likely to result in an increase in drought resistance only in the young pine stands. Subsequently our study suggests that the thinning of older pine stands leads to an insig- nifi cant change in ... 4t) were included in the clusters together with trees from unthinned control plots 1c. Variability of growth response of pine stands to climate characteristic in relation to thinning Variability...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21

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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "A change in structural diversity and regeneration processes of the spruce virgin forest in Nefcerka NNR (TANAP) in relation to altitude" docx

Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "A change in structural diversity and regeneration processes of the spruce virgin forest in Nefcerka NNR (TANAP) in relation to altitude" docx

... virgin forest. e testing of the in u- ence of the altitude revealed its great in uence in the growth stage. In the optimum and breakdown stages a statistically significant difference in the index ... of the virgin forest is very heterogeneous in this altitudinal zone. e number of the individuals from natural re- generation (individuals of the height below 130 cm) is declining in all stages ... altitudes up to 1,300 m confirmed that soil was the prevailing seedbed. In relation to the developmental stage of the virgin forest, we found from 5,600 ind/ha (growth stage) to 18,467 ind/ha (breakdown...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:22

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Osmotic adjustment in Pinus pinaster cuttings in response to a soil drying cycle" pptx

Báo cáo khoa học: "Osmotic adjustment in Pinus pinaster cuttings in response to a soil drying cycle" pptx

... adjustment in maritime pine cuttings Note Osmotic adjustment in Pinus pinaster cuttings in response to a soil drying cycle Anne Nguyen-Queyrens a* , Paulo Costa †b , Denis Loustau a and Christophe ... cut into small pieces (2–3 mm long) and placed in a 2 mL syringe: needle sap was squeezed out after freezing (in liquid nitrogen) and thawing. Sap osmolality was measured in 10 µL sam - ples using ... the final protocol for a standard genotype testing system remains to be determined with the precautions em - phasized in the present study. In addition, the values reported here should be interesting...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Osmotic adjustment in sessile oak seedlings in response to drought" ppt

Báo cáo khoa học: "Osmotic adjustment in sessile oak seedlings in response to drought" ppt

... developing at rates similar to those observed in natural conditions, and to inves- tigate if the rate of soil drying influences the degree of osmotic adjustment. Oak seedlings ... accli- matation of photosynthesis to leaf water deficit. Photosynth Res 28, 9-20 SAS Institute Inc (1989) SAS/STAT User’s Guide. Ver- sion 6, 4th edn. SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC, ... treat- ment, drought was insufficient in 1992 to induce any change in Π o. However, in 1993, predawn Ψ w and Π o decreased slowly dur- ing summer, and at...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Changes in carbon uptake and allocation patterns in Quercus robur seedlings in response to elevated an 2 CO and water stress: C 13 labelling" pps

Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Changes in carbon uptake and allocation patterns in Quercus robur seedlings in response to elevated an 2 CO and water stress: C 13 labelling" pps

... response to [CO 2] in C allo- cation to fine roots does not mean that root activity has not been modified by CO 2 enrichment. Original insights into fine root activity in response ... five remaining plants were our short-term 13 C labelling and biomass results pointed to a similarity in the patterns of C allocation to fine roots of Quercus robur in both ... expressions). RSA describes the proportion of newly incorpo- rated atoms relative to total atoms in a given sample, and is also interpreted as an index of C turnover whereas %P describes...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Relationship of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia in remission to disability: a cross-sectional study in an Indian sample" pps

Báo cáo khoa học: "Relationship of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia in remission to disability: a cross-sectional study in an Indian sample" pps

... Luria's motor series test (tests motor series programming requiring tem- poral organization, maintenance and execution of succes- sive action), conflicting instructions (tests sensitivity to interference, ... battery: test descriptions, instructions, clinical data and interpretation. In Proceedings of the National Workshop in Clinical Neuropsychology: 24–29 October NIMHANS, Bangalore, India Bangalore: NIMHANS ... attributed to 75% of the sam- ple that remained employed in spite of the significant cog- nitive deficits. Similar employment rates have been shown in previous studies from India [14]. The findings in the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20

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Báo cáo sinh học: "Breeding structure of Drosophila buzzatii in relation to competition in prickly pears (Opuntia ficus-indica)" potx

Báo cáo sinh học: "Breeding structure of Drosophila buzzatii in relation to competition in prickly pears (Opuntia ficus-indica)" potx

... flies emerging from the OPu!atia fruits were too low to obtain meaningful conclusions. Breeding opportunities for Drosophila species in Opuntia sites are frequent during the ... two loci. In: Mathematical Evolutionary Theory (ME Feldman, ed), Princeton Univ Press, Princeton, 86-110 D buzzatii flies, which were kept alive in vials containing 5 mL ... grouped together into a single class. For each species that emerged from the two halves of the 63 fruits that remained in the field for 108 h, the wing length of up to...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:22

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Báo cáo hóa học: " The role of the surfaces in the photon absorption in Ge nanoclusters embedded in silica" potx

Báo cáo hóa học: " The role of the surfaces in the photon absorption in Ge nanoclusters embedded in silica" potx

... ripening mechanism, similar to the Si QD case [33], leading to a size increasing of precipitates with a con- comitant a-c transition occurring in the 600°C to 8 00°C range [20]. The inset in Figure ... open triangles in Figure 5, revealing that after 800°C annealing, the DOS in Ge QDs involved in the light absorption (proportional to B) is strongly reduced to about one third, indepen- dently ... the photon absorption in Ge QDs (2 to 10 nm in size) embedded in silica, providing the ther- mal e volution of the absorption spectra in connection with the a-c transition and the QD ripening....

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