... as the value of including the World Heritage Convention (WHC) in the template due to the bio- diversity focus of the template, and the length and complexity of the template For many PICs, there ... on information needs and sources In the case of CBD and Ramsar on the issue of inland water biodiversity, the two conventions agreed on the use of the following: • Define the information needs ... determined by the Conference of the Parties, present to the Conference of the Parties, reports on measures which it has taken for the implementation of the provision of this Convention and their effectiveness...
Ngày tải lên: 25/03/2014, 06:21
... of the key environments in which this work formed and developed These include the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences (and especially the Interact Lab) at the University of Sussex, UK; the ... Space The year is 1960 The pulse of space travel beats insistently within the temples of research and power, and the journal Astronautics publishes the paper that gave the term “cyborg” to the ... bypass, rather than penetrate, the old biological borders of skin and skull To see what I mean, let us return to the realms of the concrete and the everyday, scene-shifting to the flight deck of a...
Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 00:24
Global warming and the future of the earth
... to the salinity of seawater, of 12 Global Warming and the Future of the Earth FIGURE 1.4: The thermohaline circulation: the ocean conveyor belt The cool, salty water in the high latitudes of the ... equator Because of the rotation of the Earth, water piles up on the western sides of the oceans and flows toward the equator in rather narrow currents The Gulf Stream off the coast of the United States ... understandable to the layman, the evidence for and against the idea that global warming due to the emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is a threat to the future of the...
Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2014, 23:04
ghosh - the global economic crisis and the future of migration; issues and prospects (2013)
... competitiveness and productivity growth, on the one hand, and the demand as well as exchange rates of its trading partners, on the other Few of these, especially the demand from the rest of the rich ... 2011a)1 (further discussed in Chapter 7) The spread and speed of the contagion effect of the crisis and the closely interwoven global economy If the geographical scope of globalization has changed, ... the earlier phase of globalization, the core of the global economy was still confined within a few countries, and their links extended 15 16 The Global Economic Crisis and the Future mostly to...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2014, 11:35
varoufakis - the global minotaur; america, the true origins of the financial crisis and the future of the world economy (2011)
... The gist of their response was that, while they had their finger on the pulse and their eye on the data, they had made two related diagnostic mistakes: the error of extrapolation and the (rather ... his close study of the history of the Arab states of Spain and North Africa, he told a story of the rise and fall of regimes, in which rulers play the role of the predator and there is something ... stagnation and a revival of heightened insecurity will be the order of the day 22 the global minotaur The Global Minotaur: a first glimpse The collapse of communism in 1991 saw the conclusion of a...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 13:49
CLIMATE CHANGE DISAS CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER RISK AND THE URBAN POORTER
... Assessment: A Review of Global Best Practices Addressing Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management for the Urban Poor, and The Impacts of Climate Change and Disasters on Urban Services); and David Satterthwaite ... Settlement Patterns of the Urban Poor Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Delivery of Basic Services for the Urban Poor Other Key Issues Affecting the Vulnerability of the Urban Poor 28 38 ... practitioners in the fields of climate change, disaster-risk management, and urban development The work is part of a broader program under the Mayor’s Task Force on Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2015, 19:13
Báo cáo y học: "Human toxoplasmosis and the role of veterinary clinicians"
... where the consequences of infection can be very severe, while the risk of living with one’s beloved cat is practically nill References Angulo FJ, Glaser CA, Juranek DD et al Caring for pets of immunocompromised ... with the human immunodeficiency virus Clin Infect Dis.1994;18:14-24 Han K, Shin DW, Lee TY, et al Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors associated with seropositivity of ... women in Korea J Parasitol 2008; 94: 963-965 Grant S and Olsen CW Preventing zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised persons: the role of physicians and veterinarians Emerg Infect Dis 1999; 5: 159-163...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:06
Human Capital and the Development of Financial Institutions: Evidence from Thailand docx
... in the education variables, only the direct effects of the years of schooling of the head of the household, the years of schooling of the money manager and the average schooling of the heads of ... Sixty-eight percent of the banks in the Northeast and 81% of the banks in the Central region make loans, while only 35% of the banks in the Northeast and 53% of the banks in the Central region offer savings ... savings and lending services In the Northeast, only 17% of the banks offer savings and lending In the Central region, 40% of the banks offer both savings and lending services In the Northeast, the...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 10:20
Officer Classification and the Future of Diversity Among Senior Military Leaders doc
... report was prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) This research was conducted under the auspices of the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research ... funded research and development center sponsored by the OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... of how the racial and ethnic distribution of officers Officer Classification and the Future of Diversity Among Senior Military Leaders Figure 1.1 Racial/Ethnic Distribution in the Enlisted, Officer,...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20
The Peloponnesian War and the Future of Reference, Cataloging, and Scholarship in Research Libraries potx
... overview of all relevant sources as they can achieve They want to see the shape of the elephant” of their topic the full extent of its different important parts and how the parts fit together Librarians ... on the “shape” of the book literature on their topics, too many digital library theorists fail even to notice their existence–or they dismiss them out of hand because the system that created them ... survey of Athenian financial history from the transfer of the Delian Treasury in, probably, 454 to the end of the Peloponnesian War some fifty years later, in the hope that future research will profit...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 23:20
Hampering the Human Hacker and the Threat of Social Engineering pptx
... Spoof Detector analyze the phone number of incoming calls to determine if the Caller ID/ANI is spoofed If the number has been spoofed, the call is rejected and never reaches the called party The ... Newer SpoofCard features allow pretexters to record conversations and change their voice to be male or female • SpoofApp – SpoofApp is SpoofCard for the cell phone However, instead of calling ... 800 number, the pretexter enters the number to call and the number to display and SpoofApp does the rest • Asterisk Servers – A spare computer, a VoIP service, and free Asterisk software is all...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 15:20
Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
... estimate of the age of Earth In comparison, the WMAP satellite today has measured the echo of the big bang itself to give us the most authoritative age of the universe The WMAP data reveals that the ... most of it is in the form of hydrogen and helium, and probably only 0.03 percent takes the form of the heavy elements.) Most of the universe is actually made of mysterious, invisible material of ... represent the crowning achievement of the last two thousand years of research in physics, ever since the Greeks first began the search for a single coherent and comprehensive theory of the universe The...
Ngày tải lên: 10/03/2014, 21:20
Stem CELLS and the FUTURE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE pdf
... or the brain, in the adult body They can renew themselves in the body, making identical copies of themselves for the lifetime of the organism, or become specialized to yield the cell types of the ... that they have the characteristic of plasticity that enables them to change into precursors of cell types of other tissues, and that they will someday be used to produce the tissues for therapeutic ... regenerative therapies in humans Even the genetic programs that control the differentiation of human fetal liver stem cells and human HSCs, both of which evolve into the components of the blood,...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20
Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism
... to take advantage of these government handouts of your money, and wineries represent just a handful of the thousands of industries and mostly wealthy households that have done the same Fifth, photovoltaic ... within the communities of scientists, engineers, and other experts who work on solar energy But because of specialization and occupational silo effects, few of these professionals capture the entire ... owners are often shocked by the underwhelming performance of their solar arrays in the real world For example, roof jobs may require that they disconnect, remove, and reinstall their rooftop arrays...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 22:02
human intent and the aftermath of it
... dealwith the devil for personal gain In the narrative, Jabez is frustrated with the illness ofhis wife, the condition of his animals, and his unproductive crops Jabez inadvertentlysummons the devil and ... political andspiritual lessons to be learned from "The Devil and Daniel Webster" are those whichare very important to the existence and survival of every human being alive today Both "The Devil and ... "While the selling of one's soul and the inhumaneconsequences of greed are significant, they become subjects for laughter throughIrving's character portrayals and his use of ironic understatement",...
Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:04
Research Universities And The Future Of America potx
... university The Department of Homeland Security should set the criteria for and make selections of areas of national need and of the set of accredited institutions in cooperation with the National ... 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public The Institute ... become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 15:20
báo cáo sinh học:" Human resources and the quality of emergency obstetric care in developing countries: a systematic review of the literature" potx
... hours; the greatest part of that delay was attributed to the purchase of therapeutic material by patients and their families [48] The overall evaluation of professional skills, together with the ... six, human resources; and four, organizational resources The structural aspects of EmOC and the interpersonal constituents of the EmOC process were easily identified The clinical aspects of EmOC, ... phase of labour [28,45] and on interpersonal communication with the patient [53] Further studies are needed to determine the ideal number of training years, the type of staff to train and the number...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20
Hampering the Human Hacker and the Threat of Social pptx
... Spoof Detector analyze the phone number of incoming calls to determine if the Caller ID/ANI is spoofed If the number has been spoofed, the call is rejected and never reaches the called party The ... Newer SpoofCard features allow pretexters to record conversations and change their voice to be male or female • SpoofApp – SpoofApp is SpoofCard for the cell phone However, instead of calling ... 800 number, the pretexter enters the number to call and the number to display and SpoofApp does the rest • Asterisk Servers – A spare computer, a VoIP service, and free Asterisk software is all...
Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 23:20
Research Universities and the Future of America pptx
... university The Department of Homeland Security should set the criteria for and make selections of areas of national need and of the set of accredited institutions in cooperation with the National ... 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public The Institute ... become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and...
Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 17:20
The precautionary principle: protecting public health, the environment and the future of our children pptx
... only of the level of risk and the strength of evidence and uncertainty, but also of the magnitude, reversibility and distribution of the risk, the availability of opportunities to prevent risk, the ... of the level of risk and the strength of evidence and uncertainty, but also of the magnitude, reversibility and distribution of the risk, the availability of opportunities to prevent risk, the ... convincing proof of harm These cases exemplify the failure of science and policy to prevent damage to health and ecosystems and the resulting impacts on health and the economy In line with the mandate...
Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20
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