... Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC-STD-001.2-2001, Marine and Coastal SpatialData Subcommittee, (Reston, VA: Federal Geographic Data Committee), http://www.csc.noaa.gov/metadata/sprofile.pdf ... institutions for use of spatial information and GIS tools for planning and monitoring purposes Therefore, coastal GIS practitioners need to address their next efforts towards effective usability of coastal ... long-term sustainability of many coastal zone projects and wider coastal zone monitoring initiatives at national and regional levels due to barriers to the access todataand information In summarizing...
... outcomes into summary measures of population health, the development of methods and approaches to estimate missing dataandto assess the reliability of data, and the use of a common metric to summarise ... burden of disease and injury attributable to selected risk factors, 1990 Risk factor Malnutrition Poor water supply sanitation and personal and domestic hygiene Unsafe sex Tobacco Alcohol Occupation ... Physical inactivity Illicit drugs Air pollution Deaths (thousands) As % of total deaths YLLs (thousands) As % of total YLLs YLDs (thousands) As % of total YLDs DALYs (thousands) As % of total DALYs...
... Cataloging-in-Publication Data National identity and global sports events / culture, politics, and spectacle in the Olympics and the football World Cup / edited by Alan Tomlinson and Christopher ... inscribing it in the expanding rituals and protocols of the Olympic event and claiming a remarkable continuity and expansion of impact and importance of the Olympic movement and family It was a ... or evocative ritual forms into being.5 Finally “getting it about the conceptual autonomy of ritual and game made it easier for me to pay attention to my own empirical studies andto recognize...
... for its own sake, and be committed to preserving it over time, in order to be able to reap the other benefits that national solidarity brings with it Whatever value we as outsiders may attach to ... allowed to fall, and if so how should we decide where to set this threshold? What role does responsibility has to play when we make these judgements, and can we attribute collective responsibility to ... resources They must have freedom to think and act, the opportunity to learn and work, and the resources to feed and clothe themselves Where people lack these conditions, it seems that those who are...
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... Indices, sets and elements for competitors, locations and technologies Among domestic competitors, firm i chooses quantities xi,k,l for each technology k and location l, with Xd representing total domestic ... facilities located near ports – i.e., capacity added by firms preparing to import into the region As implied by Proposition 1, there are conditions when no foreign competitors enter, and conditions ... impacts regulators’ ability to influence both emissions and technology choice, and has important implications for regional competitiveness Without a border adjustment, regulators’ ability to influence...
... avoided; it is more cost effective and equitable to integrate these groups into existing services available to their host populations To this, Governments must include refugees and IDPs into their ... United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Guiding Principles and Strategic Plans 2008-2012 for HIV and AIDS, Malaria Control, Nutrition and Food Security, Reproductive Health and Water and ... due to violent conflict and seek protection and refuge away from their home They often live on marginal land in rural areas or in overcrowded urban environments with limited or no access to public...
... understood as ‘‘Land und Leute,’’ ‘‘lands and peoples,’’ discrete unities of territory and ethnicity with characters all their own A complicated and war-wrought history had made this place, giving ... they responded to the territory and its peoples.63 It was decisive that they Wrst saw the lands under Wre and the sword, for they took the abnormal conditions and eVects of war to be characteristic ... similarities to those pursued in other occupied territories, Belgium, northern France, and Poland: harsh economic regimes and requisitions, attempts at political manipulation, outbreaks of brutality...
... nam thời gian qua - Hiến pháp 1992 ( bổ sung, sửa đổi năm 2001) khẳng định tâm xây dựng nhà nước pháp quyền XHCN - Việt Nam gia nhập Cộng đồng ASEAN (1995) Tổ chức thương mại gi i WTO (2007) ... NỘI DUNG CƠ BẢN I - Gi i thiệu số văn pháp luật kế hoạch chương trình quản trị địa phương Việt nam thời gian qua; II - Nhận xét đánh gi chung kết thực hiện; Ưu điểm Tồn Nguyên ... trọng, quyền gi m sát nhân dân hoạt động cq hành 11 III – Những đề xuất, kiến nghị nhằm thực tốt quản trị địa phương Việt nam Cải cách thủ tục hành chính: Rà soát, cắt gi m đơn gi n hóa thủ tục...
... 1983) and predicative validity, where test scores are correlated with some future criterion of performance (Bachman and Palmer, 1981) 2.3.3 Reliability and Validity Reliability and validity are ... remaining items are either too difficult or too easy In addition, the correlation between item - 28 - responses and total scores (point biserial) seem to be satisfactory Moreover, 26% of the items shows ... materials and teaching/ learning conditions and suitability of set-up training objectives Testing and Teaching Testing and teaching are closely related because it is impossible to work in either...
... sustainable development and poverty reduction, it is positioned within national economic and political agendas and within existing cultural and behavioral traditions and stereotypes It happens often ... IFA to define major trends and processes within institutional cycles, including institutional regime formation and its implementation Both design and performance of institutions is rooted to a ... Livelihood and Community: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges”, ConferenceBrief, Thailand, January, Bangkok, Thailand Lebel L., E.Nikitina, V.Kotov, J.Manuta, 2006 Assessing institutionalised capacities...
... issues: (i) howto enable rural communities in low population density areas to protect their customary land rights without precluding growth, and (ii) howto ensure more equitable access to land in ... countries; and • demand for ready -to- eat foods (peeled, stoned, and sliced fruit; ready made salads; pre-cut vegetables) will drive the development of new packaging and hygiene technologies and favour ... and prioritisation of its major farming systems Historical and anticipated future trends related to agriculture within the given region are also provided Selected farming systems from the region...
... fireplaces and fireplace inserts, meet air emission standards Standard 5.5.0.6: Inaccessibility to Matches, Candles, and Lighters Adds candles as items to be inaccessible to children Standard 5.6.0.1: ... play without dominating the activity; d) Being sensitive to cultural differences; and e) Being sensitive to stressors in the home environment 11 The facility’s nutrition activities complement and ... program and beginning new routines or activities within existing program Standard 3.1.5.2: Toothbrushes and Toothpaste Includes addition that toothbrushes should be replaced at least every three to...
... “exit” relates to the autonomy of actors to leave a given situation of collective decision-making andto (re)gain an autonomous regulatory position “Voice,” on the other hand, is related to integrative ... heterogeneous with respect to capacity, product range and market coverage but also of national regulatory authorities eager to maintain their regulatory positions and impact, andit responds to the heterogeneity ... to only a small additional market Given the institutional opportunity structure, which does not necessarily lead to binding arbitration, and given the interest structure as described above, it...
... care/ART, MCH/PMTCT and TB/HIV should be used as a basis to standardize country-specific monitoring and evaluation activities Monitoring and evaluation provides the means to assess the quality, effectiveness, ... TB/HIV activities Recommendations HIV programme and TB-control programmes should establish harmonized indicators and standard reporting and recording templates to collect data for monitoring and evaluation ... the national monitoring and evaluation system of the country The WHO guide to monitoring and evaluation of collaborative TB/HIV activities and the three interlinked patient monitoring systems...
... and zero-gravity propellant transfer, seeding innovation to expand our capabilities in the skies and in space, to support economic vitality, andto help create new jobs and expanded opportunities ... services, tools and equipment to complete essential tasks, protect and maintain the security and integrity of information and assets, and ensure that personnel work under safe and healthy conditions ... out into the galaxy and beyond NASA’s science program seeks answers to profound questions that touch us all: • Howand why are Earth’s climate and the environment changing? • Howand why does...
... the data collected and not reported in the annual assisted reproductive technology (ART) report to evaluate emerging ART research questions andto monitor safety and efficacy issues related to ... who used standard IVF without ICSI and were not diagnosed with male factor infertility Please note, however, the definitions of infertility diagnoses may vary from clinic to clinic and that a ... into the woman’s fallopian tubes These procedures are known as gamete and zygote intrafallopian transfer (GIFT and ZIFT) Some women with tubal infertility are not suitable candidates for GIFT and...
... individuals and organizations operating loosely but persistently to expand the public accountability of corporations, trade and development regimes, and governments Yet it is not altogether clear howto ... chats and click polls, new possibilities arise for high quality political information governed by more democratic and less elite editorial standards Technologically savvy activists are writing ... enables automated and democratic publishing and editing Ordinary people are empowered to report on their political experiences while being held to high standards of information quality and community...
... DCAH and PPHDs The M&E and QA Directorate monitors and evaluates the MOPH programs and activities It will assist the DCAH in developing and refining indicators that will facilitate monitoring ... growth monitoring and promotion have been limited to facility-based initiatives and not been very successful22 Specific dietary guidance consistent with local food availability and acceptability will ... including tobacco and naswar, …… Work with the MOJ and other ministries to develop laws on tobacco advertising, tobacco sale, tobacco prices and smoking in public places 3.5 Changing priorities...