geography migration climate and environmental plasticity as contributors to human variation

... xliii INTRODUCTION I was very pleased to be asked to write a brief introduction to Hector Olasolo’s new book on criminal liability of political and military leaders as principals to international ... may lead to a sense that the court has lost sight of the true nature of what happened To meet at least the legal aspect of these dilemmas and difficulties, international criminal law has adopted ... Kambanda v The Prosecutor (Appeals Chamber Judgement) ICTR-97-23-A (19 October 2000) The Prosecutor v Jean Kambanda (Judgment) ICTR-97-23-S (4 September 1998) Kamuhanda Case: Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 03:20

... conflict, and development He holds a Ph.D in human geography and has worked in several conflictaffected countries as a humanitarian and consultant He has published articles in Contributors xv African ... theoretical and methodological aspects In geography this led to fragmentation, with a sharper divide between human and physical geography and further specialization into subfields such as cultural geography, ... settings and a tool in the education of the masses and the army of the nation, but a small group was promoting its potential to foster international understanding and cooperation Still, geography was...

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... affinity to HSA, whereas warfarin and FA7 ligands were reported to behave in the opposite way with respect to ferric heme binding to HSA [19,21,31] Additionally, the affinity of Mn(III)heme for HSA and ... by FA binding to domain III (i.e to FA4 and FA5) [26,37–39] On the other hand, myristate bound at the limit of subdomain IA (i.e to FA2) was suggested to be functionally linked to Sudlow’s site ... greater than 8, in the absence of ligands, HSA changes conformation to the basic (B) form with loss of a-helix and an increased affinity for some ligands, such as warfarin [5,18–23] Fatty acids are...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 02:22

... research has been done to describe and explain human responses to artificial team-mates, this thesis contributes to these efforts by increasing our understanding of motivations behind responses to human ... participant was willing to take undue credit for the successes of the team This was true for all conditions including the human and AI teams as well as the human- human teams 6.3.2 Inaccurate skill assessment ... intentions, or motives to non -human entities as ethopoeia [74] and coined a more simple phrase to summarize the effects, Computers Are Social Actors (CASA) Researchers went on to demonstrate through...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 18:58

... short ton, and delivered costs of aspen and spruce pulpwood logs of $70 and $85/cord, respectively b Based on 300 ton/day hemp pulp mill and assuming hemp bast core separation and yield of 35% and ... were assumed to be the same as for kenaf - 91% and 86% for hemp TMP and hemp CTMP, respectively, and 95% for wood TMP as reported by the Paper Task Force (1996) b Based on delivered costs as indicated ... to -10o C (+14 to +18o F), whereas mature plants can handle brief exposures to temperatures as low as -5 to -6o C (+22 to+ 23o F) Compared to several agricultural crops common to Minnesota, frost...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 05:20

... individuals to mass migrations A number of studies have attempted to integrate the 45 Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence Challenges and approaches to measuring the migration environment ... small islands, where there is high exposure of population and infrastructure to projected climate change impacts; and Asian and African mega-deltas, due to large populations and high exposure to sea-level ... approaches to measuring and collecting data on the migration and environment nexus The main aims of this first chapter are to contextualize the migration, environment and climate change debate and to...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 12:20

... coverings, canvas belting, nets, and construction lumber and poles It is used in paints, pulp stock, pulp, and paper, and to cool tower water, and as preservative for hard board and particle board ... The mixture is transferred to a graduated glass vial (20 mL) and left to stand for 15 to allow phase separation 12 The organic phase is pipetted into a graduated glass vial (10 mL), mixed briefly ... (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-furans (PCDFs), of which H6CDD is the most important conveyer toxicologically Subacute effects such as chloracne and animal hepatotoxicity, fetotoxicity, and immunotoxicity...

Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2012, 15:31

... 5.38 %; systolic SR (sSR) -0.65 ± 0.27 s-1; early diastolic SR (Sre) 0.60 ± 0.35 s-1 The analysis of tissue velocities demonstrated a gradient of systolic (S´) and diastolic (early E´ and late ... Cardiovascular Imaging 2010; in press 37 Butz T, van Buuren F, Mellwig K, et al Systolic and early diastolic left ventricular velocities assessed by tissue Doppler imaging in 100 top-level handball ... (38%) as infarcted, 162 (30%) as adjacent and 173 (32%) as non-infarcted The comparison of infarcted and non-infarcted segments showed a significant difference (p < 0.05) according to 2DS, dSR and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:15

... quantified and applied as a safety factor Inherent uncertainty based on the UV reactor’s dose distribution can be quantified in terms of the USEPA-termed RED Bias and Polychromatic Bias, and random ... hypothetical reactor and monitoring system could be far from representative of real reactors A more robust approach to validating polychromatic reactors is to design tests that measure the impacts ... variables and monitoring equipment, and combines them into a safety factor termed the Expanded Uncertainty However, this approach fails to recognize the differences between accuracy (how close a measured...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08

... Tetracyclines and their Degradation Products in Environmental Waters by Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry, J Chromatogr A, 1216(22), 4655-4662 Kohno T and Suzuki K (1999) ... S and Takada H (2008) Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals in the Aquatic Environment in Japan and Tropical Asian Countries, J of Water and Waste, 50(7), 559-569 Nonaka L and Suzuki S (2007) Monitoring ... Suzuki T and Kunikane S (2008) Occurrence and Removal of Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water Treatment Plants, J of Water and Waste, 50(7), 581-586 Simpson J M., Santo Domingo J W and Reasoner D...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15

... sustainability assessment model (SAM) was developed to assess water main replacement options [14] and reduce environmental impact Although standards exist for both energy and environmental management ... characteristics, and the EPA standards The factors considered as part of the integrated model for energy and environmental management are then divided into dependent and independent variables, and the ... high-performing energy management and environmental standards In addition, the approach was applied and validated through a case study Materials and methods A successful wastewater utility management...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... Functions…………………….………………………………… ….19 III.3.2.2.1 Some basic functions of intonation……….……………… 19 III.3.2.2.2 Some communicative function of tones……….………… 20 CHAPTER II: Grammatical means as cohesive devices in narrative ... Summary…………………………………………………………………30 CHAPTER III: Intonation as a cohesive device in narrative discourse……………….31 I Introduction…………………………………………………………………………31 II Intonation as a mean of cohesive device in “The ... 1992 Introduction to Linguistics London: Penguin Georgakopoulou, A and Goutsos, D 1997 Discourse Analysis: An introduction Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Halliday, M, and Hasan, R 1976 Cohesion...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:02

... also classified as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) The ultimate goal is the introduction of these phytochemicals with low toxicity, which comply with health and environmental standards, as alternatives ... most tolerant, followed by Oryzaephilus, Rhyzopertha, and Sitophilus In the case of larvae and pupae, Trogoderma was the most tolerant, followed by Tribolium and Plodia (Table 16.7) CS2 was less ... stored-product insects, followed by CS2 and C7 H6 O CH3 I was found to be less sorptive and less penetrative in wheat than CS2 CH3 I is toxic to humans and its use in food as a fumigant is therefore limited...

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Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2013, 02:15

... concepts and terms Migration Migration can be considered as a process of social change in which an individual moves from one cultural setting to another There are many reasons for, and types of, migration, ... identified (Bhugra and Jones, 2001): * Pre -migration decision to move and planning; * Transition movement from one setting to another; * Post -migration coming to terms with a new life, roles and country ... two-year period in south-east London and Nottingham and over a nine-month period in Bristol, and 568 cases were identified Standardised incidence rates for the main ethnic groups and incidence rate...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20

... each co-worker helps to avoid errors as well as to detect and eliminate the causes of errors as early as possible To see to it that our coworkers will be able to meet the demands in this request, ... quality and environmental relevant areas and enterprise levels are to be determined in co-operation with the assigned ones For the conversion of the individual targets measures are to be compiled as ... selection, development and optimization of our manufacturing methods and materials, we want to contribute to the reduction of environmental impacts such as energy consumption, waste arising, emissions...

Ngày tải lên: 12/12/2013, 00:15

... understood as contrast through inference such as he is in debt, so he needs money to pay for his debt, and he must make a decision that he has to sell Tom It is in contrast to the first clause" Master ... England.(*) [9a] He was unhappy about it, and yet he did what he was told [9b] He asked to be transferred, because he was unhappy and because he saw no prospect of promotion [10] He asked to be ... was sound asleep At least she pretended to be The answer is OR , great number of pupils make errors(74%), with both AND( 14%)(" Elizabeth was sound asleep, and At least she pretended to be") and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 18:16

... thesis, I wish to understand more about cohesion as well as to improve my ability to use language as an effective mean of communication but understanding about cohesion is not an easy task to In this ... are linked to each other into phrases, phrases into clauses, clauses into sentences, sentences into discourses, and discourses into texts Halliday, for example, use “text” refers to “discourse”: ... mother and how she overcomes and get through her troubles when she has to change a lot of living places, schools and friends as well as how Holly and her mother understand each other and become...

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 10:33

... Perfect Man” and then described and analyzed to form the general rules and principle RATIONALE OF THE STUDY The linguists has discussed and given various concept about cohesive devices The demands of ... applying means of cohesion to gain the best RATIONALE OF THE STUDY The linguists has discussed and given various concept about how intonation and grammatical means as cohesive devices in narrative ... Introduction • Literature review and theoretical background • A study on grammatical means and intonation as cohesive devices in narrative discourse • Conclusion AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY How...

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 10:33