... the use of such weapons in the gulf could result in the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans Therefore, in addition to the standard vaccinations before... Many of ... of agents is the cause of Gulf War veterans’ illnesses Limitations of Exposure Information Determining whether Gulf War veterans face an increased risk of illness because of ... of stress and its consequences The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the US Congress have secured the assistance of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in evaluating the
Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 01:20
... the ex-vessel value of the groundfish catch, the ex-vessel value of the catch in other Alaska fisheries, the gross product value (F.O.B Alaska) of the resulting groundfish seafood products, the ... describe the Alaska seafood industry, discuss the importance of the industry to the state economy, and indicate the importance of regional economic analysis for the Alaska seafood industry Next a theoretical ... profiles for 130 communities located in the state of Alaska These profiles have been compiled in the upcoming publication Fishing Communities of the North Pacific, Volume I: Alaska Longer profiles
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20
\ Interim Guidance on Hurricane Conditions in the Gulf of Mexico
... Authority Of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Legally Binding Document By the Authority Vested By Part 5 of the United States Code § 552(a) and Part 1 of the Code of Regulations § 51 the attached ... citizens and residents of the United States of America. HEED THIS NOTICE : Criminal penalties may apply for noncompliance. Official Incorporator: T HE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER WASHINGTON, ... the early period of the database are probably biased low in terms of intensity A new set of hurricane conditions has been derived for reference by other API standards using the
Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 09:28
Application of morphometric analysis to identify alewife stock structure in the gulf of maine
... classification model, and then the remaining 25% of the data was used to independently test the ability of the model to correctly classify these observations. The maximum chance criterion and the proportional ... selected subset of fish (75%) from each state. Clas- sification from the resultant model correctly predicted the state of origin for all of the remaining 25% of the fish not used to develop the model. ... calculates the Mahalanobis distance from each in- dividual sample to the group’s multivariate mean. The accuracy of the classification model was tested by randomly selecting 75% of the data to build the
Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2015, 08:12
Effect of changes in dissolved oxygen concentrations on the spatial dynamics of the gulf menhaden fishery in the northern gulf of mexico
... concentrations of bottom DO can influence the spatial distri- bution of the catch, effort, CPUE, and probability of fishing in the Gulf Menhaden fishery of the northern GOM. Spatial patterns in the effects of ... linked to records of indi- vidual purse-seine sets in the Gulf Menhaden fishery. We then assessed the spatial effect of DO on four attributes of the com- mercial fishery: the probability of fishing, total ... patterns of fishing within the Gulf Menhaden fishery. We conclude our analysis with a discussion of the potential application of our re- sults to the stock assessment for Gulf Menhaden in the northern
Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2015, 08:12
Compensatory growth of the sandbar shark in the western north atlantic including the gulf of mexico
... waters and the Gulf of Mexico fur- ther support the existence of a single stock that utilizes the area of Cape Cod to the northern Yucatan peninsula (Heist et al. 1995). The Sandbar Shark in the WNA ... year of each other for 86% of the samples and within 2 years for 93% of the samples. For the VIMS2004 data set, PA was 71%. Reader estimates were within 1 year of each other for 95% of the sam- ... with a review of the shark nurseries of the southeastern coast of the United States Environmental Biology of Fishes 38:37–48 Castro, J I 1993b The biology of the Finetooth
Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2015, 17:16
The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 1
... accounted for 22% of the news covered in America, dwarfing the coverage of the next most salient issue, the economy at 12%. Furthermore, the Gulf saga registered as the number one story in the mainstream ... economic impact of the spill 2. The examination of BP’s role and responsibility in the disaster 3. The US government’s actions and responses during the crisis—with much of the focus on the Obama administration ... attitude of its then-CEO, Tony Hayward as well as its immediate responses to the needs of the Gulf residents accounted for most of the negative media coverage. Other legal repercussions as a result of
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22
The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 2
... and novel. The main claim is that the Career of Metaphor Theory offers a sophisticated description of the relation between the cognitive and linguistic forms of metaphor. On the other hand, Fauconnier ... away from the vicinity of the node word – especially if an exhaustive analysis of all the semantic domains is adopted. Hence, a thorough analysis of the metaphorical framing of the Gulf of Mexico ... robust account of the discourse role of metaphor. Partington’s theoretical stipulations are encapsulated within this thesis in the choice of genre (online newspapers), the delimitation of the specific
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22
The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 3 3
... different aspect of the Ontological Metaphors i.e. ? ?the heart” of the industry’s plan, the “heart” of the response and the “heart” of the engineering problem. A separate search for the lemma “heart” ... and the use of resources and technology in order to achieve the relevant definitions of success. A closer examination of the conflation of these three scenarios foregrounds the embodiment of the ... characterisation of the perceptions endorsed by the NYT editorial team. The portrayal of BP as a CRIMINAL and as an INCOMPETENT or UNTRUSTWORTHY person, the highlighting of the role of the government
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22
The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 3 1
... overcoming the pressure of the oil spewing out of the well/ the experimental procedure will help stem the flow of crude oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico/ the picture of an uncontrolled gusher of oil ... relations of the significant collocates are based on the definitions of the two contemporary corpus-based dictionaries and the informed intuitions of the researcher with the aid of the co-text ... selection of the top-5 collocates for the node word “oil” under the “object of? ?? and “subject of? ?? category. The choice of categories is simply because the metaphorical analysis in this thesis will
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22
The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 4
... ensure the health of the gulf economy. The reference to the Obama Administration preserving the health of the “national psyche” draws on an extension of the BODY POLITIC metaphor where the state ... causing the catastrophe 188 the first place. The less palatable aspects of a pro-business stance such as the plight of the gulf coast residents, the destruction of the economy and the environment ... beliefs” (p.4). The concept of evaluation is key as the main aim of this thesis is to examine the range of metaphors framing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill from large representative corpora of selected
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22
The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 5
... implicates the owners of the Deepwater Horizon Rig, Swissbased Transocean as well as the US government for the approval permits granted for the operation of the rig. The reference to the ? ?Gulf of Mexico’s ... that these nonsympathetic portrayals of BP can be attributed to the high proportion of statistics addressing the scale and the extent of the damage incurred by the blowout whilst the non-sympathetic ... axioms. These include protecting the weak (a repentant BP) and upholding the interests of all parties concerned (the interests of BP investors all around the globe, the economic livelihoods of the gulf
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22
The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 6 1
... bear the costs of the cleanup and the brunt of the negative media backlash on its own. The emotional impact of this portrayal is further exploited by the poignant reference to BP being the LONE ... conveys the full extent of the moral accounting metaphor. It is clear that the victims of the oil spill claim “justice” and “rationality” as guarantees of full compensation and the castigation of the ... pressure as a POISON. The use of the term “poison” in the context of politics often denotes the agency of a COWARDLY AGGRESSOR and evokes strong emotions of indignation for the VICTIM. Hence, this
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22
The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 7
... collection of representative texts. The overarching aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed IICM framework by examining a cross-section of the repeated patterns of metaphor ... bias. For example, the findings in the British broadsheets show the tendency of the relevant editors to adopt mitigating strategies in order to downplay the agency of the cause of the entire catastrophe ... However, the study in this thesis focuses on the range of metaphorical sub-types that emerge from the metaphorical study of the selected entities in the discourse (such as BP itself, the British
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:22
The economist the rise of the gulf
... himself with the pathos of the fawn discovering his mother dead in the snow, or acknowledging with a slight, shy droop of the head the magnificence of his father, or stumbling through the forest ... production line The constant perusal of the storyboards pinned along the wall; the mute challenge of the pile of medium-grade bond paper and the pencil-sharpener full of shavings; the exposure-sheet ... Those of the Gulf owe their living to geological serendipity The harder China works, the faster India grows, the higher oil prices climb The Gulf swells with confidence or despair depending on the
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2017, 14:16
Female return migration from the gulf states pre return expectations, post return experiences and prospects of voluntary returnees in ejersa lafo woreda, central ethiop
... prospects of voluntary returnees in Ejersa- Lafo Woreda, and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work complies with the regulations of the university ... observation The place where the returnees live: Where the returnees residing? What the natural setting of their residence looks like? Are they comfortable with it? The activities the returnees ... Scope of the Study 1.6 Significance of the Study 1.7 Definition of Terms 10 1.8 Organization of the Study 11 Chapter Two: Review of Literatures
Ngày tải lên: 15/08/2017, 15:10
DSpace at VNU: Tidal characteristics of the gulf of Tonkin
... on the Gulf of Tonkin and generally at low resolution They show that the tidal regime of the Gulf of Tonkin is diurnal (as in the SCS), with larger amplitudes in the north at the head of the gulf ... the forcing period, leading to large tides at the head of the bay Tidal waves enter the Gulf of Tonkin from the adjacent South China Sea, and are partly reflected in the northern part of the Gulf ... contain further information on the fine-tuning of the responses and of the tidal processes Tides of the diurnal type are predominant in the Gulf of Tonkin There is a similarity between the diurnal
Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2017, 08:49
Shark predation on migrating adult american eels (anguilla rostrata) in the gulf of st
... a large body? ?of? ?water (12 600 km2) approximately 50 km across at? ?the? ?release point? ?of? ?the? ?eels.? ?The? ?estuary empties into? ?the? ?Gulf? ?of St. Lawrence (GSL), a semienclosed sea? ?of? ?226 000 km2 [22].? ?The? ?Gulf? ?is bisected by? ?the? ?deep Laurentian Channel that reaches ... As a result,? ?the? ?tag was positioned just above? ?the? ?dorsal side? ?of? ?the? ?eel anterior to? ?the? ?dorsal fin.? ?The? ?ends? ?of? ?the? ?monofilament at each? ?of? ?the? ?four points were secured by compressing very small lead fishing weights around them and knotting? ?the? ?distal end? ?of ... below? ?the? ?dorsal surface and 0.5 mm surgical steel wire was fed through? ?the? ?bore? ?of? ?the? ?needles before they were removed.? ?The ends? ?of? ?the? ?wire were then threaded through a protective neoprene pad and a small plastic plate on both sides? ?of? ?the? ?eel. A 10 cm length? ?of? ?3 mm nylon braid was attached to each? ?of? ?the? ?plastic and? ?the? ?free ends attached to? ?the? ?transmitter. This secured and held
Ngày tải lên: 26/09/2019, 16:15
Monitoring the eutrophication of freshwaters
... through the River Pollution Index From calculations and analysis, there has been no eutrophication phenomenon affecting the quality of the water as well as the harmful effects of solar panels on the ... at the European level Following the Survey of the State of the World's Lakes- a promoted project by the International Lake Environment Committee announced that eutrophication affects on 54% of ... source discharges of the chemical nutrients (phosphates and nitrates) into aquatic systems Some of the consequences of eutrophication include threatens the survival of fish and other aquatic life
Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2021, 04:53
Monitoring the eutrophication of freshwaters
... at the European level Following the Survey of the State of the World's Lakes- a promoted project by the International Lake Environment Committee announced that eutrophication affects on 54% of ... source discharges of the chemical nutrients (phosphates and nitrates) into aquatic systems Some of the consequences of eutrophication include threatens the survival of fish and other aquatic life ... consists of a continuously growing in the contribution of nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus (organic load) up to it overloads the capacity of the water body (i.e the capacity of a lake,
Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2021, 16:15
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