implications for social vulnerability and food security

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Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 06:18

... Derivative Forwards Forward rate agreements Foreign exchange forwardsa Total forwards Swaps Interest rate swaps Currency swaps Total swaps Total derivativesb Total derivativesc Sources: Bank for International ... contain equity and commodity derivatives that ranged from 1.1 to 3.4 percent of total derivatives’ notional/contract amounts c Before including GAO estimates for foreign exchange forwards and over-the-counter ... different for derivatives than they are for other banking activities IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY The decline of traditional banking presents a challenge to regulators and policymakers On the one hand,...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 11:20

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 17:20

... the forefront in the assessment and accounting for today’s food security It is within this context that M S Swaminathan has proposed a comprehensive definition of food security in preparation for ... Biotechnology and food security in developing countries Biosafety and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Furthermore, urgent implementation and more widespread ... preparation for the 1996 World Food Summit: Policies and technologies for sustainable food security should ensure: That every individual has the physical, economic, social and environmental access...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 21:59

... needed for monitoring and evaluation, including exposure assessment, indicators and systems for data collection at national level and for poor rural and urban communities where the need for information ... carefully targeted financial support for technical development and production of appliances, and for infrastructure for marketing and transport may be justified For example in the case of the improved ... Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health of the Poor: Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures Paper Prepared for the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health* (Working...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... CCAFS objectives for partnerships, engagement and communications are to provide a credible and authoritative platform  for scientific  information,  knowledge  and tools  on  agriculture  and food security ... process in South Asia.  Under Objective 2.3, analysis of existing climate information initiatives, and evaluation of relatively mature programs in  India and Mali will inform good practice guidance, and investments in climate services for agriculture and food security.   The Climate Services  ... Summary report on gender and social equity of climate information sources and delivery mechanisms, and policy advice to enable equitable access; Synthesis report on  status, gaps, opportunities for climate services for agriculture and food security in EA, ...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 21:20

... organizations; be a tool for documentation and communication; facilitate advocacy work in food and seed security and sustainable land use management; advocate issues of marketing and trade; and develop PELUM ... damage; and viii The food security of any region is not simply a question of producing enough food to meet demand; produces the food, who has access to the technology and knowledge to produce it, and ... productivity of food crops, which challenges Organic production allows access to markets and food for farmers, enabling them to obtain premium prices for their produce (export and domestic) and to use...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... 50 lgÆmL)1 kanamycin and increasing concentrations of TMP for the three rounds of evolution For the first round, lgÆmL)1 TMP was used, and in the second and third rounds, 10 and 20 lgÆmL)1 TMP were ... screened The DNA for the 10 mutant genes from round was shuffled for selection in round 2, and 18 genes were selected from round and shuffled for selection in round Protein expression and solubility ... Resource Facility for DNA sequencing, and Professor Nick Dixon for providing plasmid pPL670 References Graham SC, Bond CS, Freeman HC & Guss JM (2005) Structural and functional implications of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 07:20

... cyber security, and one of its challenges is the need to rapidly acquire and field materiel that provides cyber security Rapid Acquisition and Fielding for Information Assurance and Cyber Security ... Acquisition and Fielding for Information Assurance and Cyber Security in the Navy Operations Command Process An IAVA addresses severe network vulnerabilities that threaten DoD systems and information and ... 24 Rapid Acquisition and Fielding for Information Assurance and Cyber Security in the Navy should be prepared for emerging (and possibly other) needs, along with guides for their application...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 19:20

... completion of the surgery and then processed by standard methods for paraffin embedding and microtome sectioning In some instances, tissue pieces were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen for cryostat sectioning ... results and prepared the first draft of the paper DMM developed the fundamental procedures to work with tonsil and study HIV virion binding and infection and established fundamental protocols for ... surface macromolecules and migrating cells implicated in HIV binding and uptake Schematic representation of cell surface macromolecules and migrating cells implicated in HIV binding and uptake The inset...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... changes and service strengthening are needed to effectively enforce legislation that protects women and girls from gender-based violence and enables effective care and legal redress and protection for ... implications of these for HIV risk, prevention and care? This paper seeks to move beyond the epidemiology and the measurement of behaviours and associations and enable us to understand these empirical ... displaying signs of non-conformity and resistance and of bucking the patriarchal trend of passively subordinating themselves to men What are the implications for prevention and care? Thus far, we...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... toxicities, and 18 (51%) and 11 (32%) of the 86 cited reasons for ART discontinuation and modification This gives a total error rate (comprising missing and incorrect items) of 67% for OIs, 52% for ART-related ... 559 and 1233 patients in the routine clinic database were recorded for severe bacteria pneumonia (81.8% and 96.4%, respectively), herpes zoster (83.3% and 88.8%), oral candidiasis (55.9% and ... selected medical records, we found an error rate of 67% for OIs, 52% for ART related toxicities, and 83% and 58% for ART discontinuation and modification, respectively From this data audit exercise,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... role for land quality and agricultural productivity in refining our understanding of food security This role is explored after a brief overview of ERS’ food s security assessment research Food security ... between land quality and the productivity of agricultural land, Wiebe and Tegene (2000) recently combined information on soil and climate quality with data on land, labor, fertilizer, and other ... Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (2001) Agrostat Wiebe, Keith D.; and Abebayehu Tegene (2000) “Resource Quality, Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in Developing Countries.” Food Security...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 22:20

... 33.7±10.4 years and 35.9±11.5 years in men and women, respectively The total PANSS, total positive PANSS and total negative PANSS score was 65±17, 15±6 and 17±8 in men, and 68±23, 16±6 and 18±8 in ... GM, J Hel, J Ho and J Heg designed the study J Heg and GEN recruited patients, performed VO2peak testing and other data acquisition GM and J Heg undertook the statistical analysis and J Heg wrote ... the VO2peak estimated from sex and age strata independent of physical activity level, as HUNT general The VO2peak from age and sex strata for healthy inactive men and women were titled HUNT inactive...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... daily cocaine injectors, and individuals involved in the sex trade, and were less likely to be Aboriginal Our findings have implications for the role of peer education and Lloyd-Smith et al Harm ... Canada: Application for an exemption under Section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act for a scientific purpose for a pilot supervised injection site Office of Drug Strategy and Controlled ... and provided written informed consent At baseline and semi-annually, participants complete an interviewer-administered questionnaire, which elicits demographic data, and information regarding drug...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... providing a written informed consent, completing an interviewer-administered questionnaire and supplying a blood sample for HIV and hepatitis C testing All SEOSI participants provide informed consent ... Eastside vulnerability to illicit drug use and HIV infection [14,15] Providing culturally relevant services for Aboriginal people is a priority for this community as the uptake of services and supports ... people, and can provide an important point of contact for those who may be reluctant to participate in other health and social services The association between intensive cocaine use and HIV infection...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... estimate for Askes insurance was positive for public and private providers, but only significant for the former with a p-value at the 1% level The findings hold true for both unconditional and conditional ... p-values of the Sargan-test for the public and private models were 0.36 and 0.11, respectively Whilst in conditional estimates, the p-values were 0.513 and 0.363 for the public and private models, respectively ... participation R2 for the insurance equation (first-stage regression) in the unconditional estimate was 0.31 and 0.21 for Askes and Jamsostek, respectively While for conditional estimate, it was 0.26 and 0.31...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Biology and Medical Modelling 2006, 3:34 describe a computer simulation model that follows the formation and destruction of red blood cells (RBC) When standard assumptions about red cell formation and ... well-known process of RBC formation and destruction In so doing it shows the cause for hitherto unexplained observations [13] and predicts other clinical applications for routine blood analysis ... unexplained changes in the MCV and RDW-CV% and their clinical significance For simplicity, I have Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2006,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... 1eup) binding site Two androstenedione molecules (Andro1 and Andro2 colored in blue and purple, respectively) are bound to the protein The binding site (in spacefill) for the androstenedione is divided ... division coincides with the specialized regions of this binding site for ligand binding only (pink module) and ligand binding and information transfer (blue module) The binding site residues are depicted ... of one androstenedion (Andro2) induces conformational changes in the active site and increases its hydrophobicity, resulting in increased binding affinity to the other androstenedion (Andro1)...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... receptors and some invertebrate GABA receptors, allow the flow of cations, whereas the inhibitory receptors, such as those for glycine and GABA, invertebrate glutamate and histamine receptors, and ... ART-LGIC superfamily and discuss the general implications of these proteins for the mechanisms and origin of the Cys-loop receptors of the animal nervous system Results and discussion Volume ... motif and the basic residue could potentially form a salt bridge to stabilize the 'outer sheet' of the β sandwich and thereby regulate the preferential movement of the sheets after ligand binding...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 14:21