... evident then, that the future ofthe English nation now lay “with the middle-aged andthe unfit”.71 The Limits of Knowledge: The Medical Profession andTheGreat Flu At the time oftheGreat Flu, the ... comparable to the rest of Britain, and so were their expressions of frustration and fear.47 Across Great Britain, people had to manage with wartime privations on top ofthe harrowing scale oftheGreat ... State and Public Reactions TheGreat Flu of 1918-1919 challenged the limits of British society on multiple fronts, at the level ofthe state, the public, andthe profession An exploration of contemporary...
... sponsored by the Director of Operational Planning, Headquarters U.S Air Force, and conducted within the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE RAND Project AIR FORCE RAND Project AIR ... activities, and propaganda/psychological warfare All of these instruments are designed to weaken and/ or destroy thepowerand legitimacy of a ruling government, while at the same time increasing thepower ... Terrorists and insurgents share important features (e.g., their status as nonstate actors, their use of violence, andthe clandestine nature of many of their activities), but these are outweighed by their...
... and no weaker system of law enforcement than this; for it delivers the enforcement ofthe law to the vicissitudes ofthe distribution ofpower between the violator ofthe law andthe victim of ... years, not only as a result ofthe end ofthe Cold War, the disintegration ofthe Soviet Union andthe demise of most command economies The earlier process of decolonisation, the acquisition by non-industrialised ... ask what is evidence of practice required for the loss of obligatory quality of a norm is the mirror ofthe evidence of practice required for the 14 formation ofthe norm in the first place.’ See...
... emissions of other harmful pollutants Studies on concentrations of individual 35 I Air Pollution andthe Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone air pollutants andthe risk of ... pollution, mortality and illnesses I Air Pollution andthe Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone Introduction and Background Air pollution is one ofthe most serious environmental ... understand the magnitude and distribution of mortality and disease caused by air pollution in order to weigh the benefits against the cost of improving air quality This report provides estimates of...
... funded research and development center sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense ... study by the author on U.S carrier air operations and capability improvements since the end ofthe cold war They should interest U.S naval officers and other members ofthe defense and na- iii ... sponsored by the Director ofAir Warfare (OPNAV N78) in the Office ofthe Chief of Naval Operations and was conducted in the International Security and Defense Policy Center ofthe RAND National Defense...
... the hands ofthe police He wanted to have some liquor, the selling of which was against the law He tried to buy some illegally, but his possession ofthe contraband was discovered by one ofthe ... Historically the time ofthe plot is 1930's As the book shows, this historical period was very difficult for the country, because it was the time of "great reforms", i e the time of passage from the monarchism ... masterfully with the mystery ofthe God, with people's beliefs In ThePowerandthe Glory Greene illustrates God's kindness as it defies the violent, atheistic government through the faith of his flawed,...
... andthe costs and benefits of each of them It assesses the impact ofthe Strategy based on the best scientific understanding of emissions, atmospheric transport, andthe human health and environmental ... on the VSL approach The first uses the median of values of VSL, i.e the value for which half ofthe values are greater and half ofthe values are smaller The second uses the arithmetic mean (i.e ... EN Measures and instruments The impact assessment ofthe different options is based on the analysis of a set of technological measures with the RAINS model The level of ambition ofthe Strategy,...
... conceptions ofthe social identities of those implicated in the particular operation ofpowerThe rest of Chapter is devoted to presenting the main idea ofthe book, in that it characterizes the primary ... lens ofthe State of Nature story about the origins ofthe concept of knowledge I argue that we can understand the wrong in terms of epistemic objectification, and I explain that notion by way of ... silencing of Marge here involves an exercise of power, andof gender power in particular But what we mean by power? And how does gender power relate to the general notion of social power? In...
... wave, andthe waves scatter off the layers or rows of atoms Part ofthe wave scatters back the way it came, and if the wavelength is about the same as the spacing of successive layers, all the backscattered ... justifiable to claim the example ofthe Neanderthals shows The Neanderthals left behind precious few hints of symbolic abilities in the abundant record they bequeathed us of their lives, and it is clear ... cancel one another out according to the light’s wavelength, its direction of travel through the crystal, the refractive index ofthe glass, andthe size and arrangement of all the holes Perfect...
... link the major gene to other genes and thus violate the assumption of independent segregation of a major gene and polygenes The objective of this paper was to study the effect of violation ofthe ... generated under the finite locus model than under the mixed model Violation ofthe assumption of independent segregation ofthe major gene and other genes had a negative effect on thepowerofthe mixed ... than the mixed model The finite locus model did not have a negative effect on thepower compared with the mixed generating model Instead, thepowerofthe methods was often higher under the finite...
... many of them the treasury is amply remunerated, and more, by the increased sale ofthe public lands, the increase of population, andthe consequent increase ofthe revenue from the custom-house And ... defray the expense of sending mails to the new and distant parts ofthe country There is no justice in it The extension of these mails is a duty ofthe government; and let the government, by the ... beyond thepowerofthe post-office, and could only be done by reducing the rates of postage Mr G R Huddlestone, superintendent ofthe ship-letter office, gave an account ofthe illicit sending of...
... to settle them In acceding to such a solution ofthe point of difference between the two Powers, the honor ofthe United States andGreatBritain surely will be as safe in the hands of their respective ... the Canal a part ofthe region of war and could, therefore, make it the theatre of war The mere fact that Article III ofthe HayPauncefote Treaty refers to the rules in existence concerning the ... the construction ofthe Canal as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management ofthe Canal there is thereby indirectly recognised thepowerofthe United States...
... with the life ofthe villages; and penetration ofthe ranks ofthe bureaucracy to divert public funds and money to the benefit ofthe tribe But at times, it also manifests itself in the form of ... the defining debate ofthe alliance And so, the risks ofthe mission are the risks ofthe alliance’s continued existence And any reform agenda in NATO, whether it is about creating a new command ... chieftains ofthe subtribes and clans ofthe Abdali tribe.”9 The election was closely contested by the more powerful clans and, as the Afghan chronicler Kohzad correctly For the best account of the...
... because the region is producing two rising great powers: China and India They are likely to be competitive with each other and with the other regional great power, Japan The role ofthe region’s other ... Turkey, and Australia It is the hostile regional powers that have been the focus of U.S military strategy and defense planning andthe target ofthe most intense uses of U.S military power over the ... understand better the capabilities that the USAF can bring to bear in support of U.S interests andthe ability ofthe USAF to meet the challenging demands of a changing technological and security...
... assigned to the distance function according to the size and ranking ofthe coefficients of strata variables The quality of match is evaluated by comparing the marginal and joint distributions ofthe ... amount of debt, and, if no amount is given, whether the total amount of debt exceeds a series of amounts.8 Further questions ask whether any ofthe debt is held jointly with another individual and ... amount of wealth, an interest rate, and life expectancy The annuity is the same for the remaining life ofthe wealth holder andthe terminal wealth is assumed to be zero (in the case of households...
... statement and analysis in regard to the character of Adams "Mr Adams is son of John Quincy Adams, the fifth P ofthe U.S., and grandson of John Adams, the second P The grandfather was the first ... England The father was one ofthe Plenipotentiaries who signed in London the Convention ofthe 3rd July, 1815 Mr Adams as a member ofthe H of R for one ofthe districts of Mass., acted with the ... previous history, but by the conduct they pursue andthe position they maintain among the Powers ofthe earth Their internal institutions are their own affair; their financial and political arrangements...
... preference of living in the UK (7.4%) andthe presence of family and friends in the UK (7.1%) (Figure 4) All respondents were asked to report their 'main' and 'other' reasons of immigration to the UK ... along with the increased resource investment in the NHS at the end ofthe last century resulted in an influx of doctors to the UK [6] Places available for the final part of Professional and Linguistics ... Percentage of responses Figure Other Reason for migration to United Kingdom andGreatBritain Other Reason for migration to United Kingdom andGreatBritain Number of respondents: 1615 Total number of...
... Skinner and Penny Summerfield The expansion of research into the history of women and gender since the 1970s has changed the face of history Using the insights of feminist theory andof historians of ... upon the portrayal ofthepowerof wives and widows The vulnerability of women, and their dependence on their husband or kin, are a recurring theme in Orderic’s history ofthegreat Norman families ... the obedience of women to their husband and sons, and approves of chastity in widowhood The articulation of such values confirms the importance ofthe female life cycle and gender roles upon the...
... position at the present day The present theories ofthe transmission of light and sound; ofthe production of winds, and sun-spots, andofthe method of development and dissemination of heat, are ... except in the direction of other spheres These theories throw new light upon the character and extent ofthe atmosphere ofthe moon and planets, andthe consequent availability of those and other ... owing to the action ofthe active fluid ofthe cone-space upon the static fluid ofthe atmosphere The untempered force ofthe former might not be endured The pale and steady light ofthe moon and...