opportunities for application of climatic information

... (Table 1) The runoff of the Yangtze River and the river systems in the south accounts for 81% of the total runoff in the country, whereas the runoff of the large rivers to the north of the Yangtze ... Railway, Ministry of Communication, Ministry of Information Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, National Bureau of Aviation, National Bureau of Broadcasting and Television, National Bureau of Meteorology ... Reform Commission, State Economic and Trade Commission, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Land Resources, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... sources of support for local planners and public health officials; surveys indicate a high degree of enthusiasm in the public health profession for this kind of collaboration Preliminary findings of ... elected officials From a review of some of this material and from recent conferences, as well as conversations with our respondents, we have learned of many efforts that are underway and of the opportunities ... Appendix C for additional information 16 The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement ii Training Some of the most...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 21:20

... increases of isoforms were observed for both clones (Fig 2B) The maximum SOD activities were reached for the three SOD-isoforms during the severe water deficit (Ψwp < –2.5 MPa) for ‘Dorskamp’ and for ... Determination of superoxide dismutase (SOD) isoforms in poplar One example of SOD zymogram corresponding to two replicates (1 and 2) for recently mature leaves of control cuttings of clone ‘Luisa_Avanzo’ ... important increase of total SOD activity for the mature leaves of ‘Dorskamp’, protein electrophoresis and zymograms were realized from mature leaves of both clones For the two clones, use of inhibitors...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... effects of pollutants on tree health, forest decline is considered one of the most important issues for plant pathologists and physiologists Forest decline not only affects species performances ... mediterraneum Ten plants for each water treatment were inoculated with a mm plug of mycelium of strain HL4 (ATCC 90363), of H mediterraneum, taken with a cork borer from the advancing edge of a 3day-old ... mortality of the trees were carried out by considering all the trees present in the 000 m plots, and causes of death were determined where possible; the presence of black stromata along the stems of...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... and the area of silver granules per cell Dotted lines are for 95% limits for the mean (Left: E coli Right: R eutropha ) Effect of pH on acetate uptake by PAOs and GAOs The profiles of pH, acetate ... of them Fig Results of the first experiment performed with sludge sampled in October 2006 Fig Results of the second experiment performed with sludge sampled in December 2006 - 220 - Journal of ... range of around to The value of pH does not seem to be a major determining factor for these two bacterial groups regarding their competition for substrate under anaerobic conditions Many of the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... 30 For a distinction of the different types of tax models see Wagner (1984, pp 205) 29 For given effective wage and corporate tax rates, the solution of the assignment problem is a straightforward ... rescaling of the productivity ˜i i ˜ parameter is therefore πi j = αi /2πi j See Article 15 (2) of the OECD model tax convention The assumption of a long-term assignment is typically met for expatriates ... or carryforwards of foreign tax credits and not distinguish between a worldwide or a per-country limitation See, e.g., Blouin (2012, pp 10) for the U.S case 14 See Articles 15, 24 (2) of the Double...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:19

... Contrast with formal group, with individual needs and demand, people gather creating informal group Within formal organization, it can appear a lot of informal groups Informal group relates ... you can take advantages of workforce-diversity, for example as a good range of abilities, fields of expertise, personality types, age range, sexual and religion, etc.So for every situation, it ... the presentation” b Advantages of teams and specific applications of team working: A recent study of Edexcel HNC & HND Business (2004, p.231) has defined team as “A formal group established to achieve...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 00:26

... groups as assigned by the instructor Identify the level of impact — high, medium, or low — that each technology type would have on the given layer of a Windows DNA design Write your answers in the ... will write the class consensus on a flip chart Use the space below for brainstorming Activity 7.2: Determining the Impact of Technology on a Windows DNA Design 51 Write your answers in the table ... 50 Activity 7.2: Determining the Impact of Technology on a Windows DNA Design Exercise 1: Determining Technology Implications ! Determine...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 06:16

... score of was assigned to each of the barriers reported Total scores ranged from to 5, with higher scores representing more cultural barriers Results Table presents the demographic information of ... importance of sociocultural determinants of mental health Having lower social support and a lower level of financial adequacy increased the risk for depressive symptoms The prevalence of depressive ... by different levels of cultural values and cultural barriers is a significant predictor of depressive symptoms The findings point to a direction of focus for mental health professionals Although...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... country of organization (for example, a foreign mutual fund) In addition, each holder of record of its equity interests and of its debt interests in excess of $50,000, as well as each other holder of ... to collect information about US accounts and report the information to its local tax authorities The government of the partner country will then transmit this information to the US A foreign investment ... ($250,000 for accounts of entities maintained at an office or branch outside the US and $50,000 for accounts of individuals), a participating FFI must generally review its existing investor information...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 15:20

... the information contained in advertising is “hard” (e.g relative quality information) rather than “soft” (e.g image oriented).19 It could be argued that advertising provides more “soft” information ... Mean “offer” price is per 50 oz of toothpaste, per unit of toothbrush, per 32 oz of ketchup and per 64 oz of detergent Ad frequency: For toothpaste and toothbrush, we report average GRP For ketchup ... also argued that the information view of advertising is misleading.2 In Erdem and Keane (1996) and Erdem et al (2005) we have been strong proponents of the information view of advertising, and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 08:20

... government Each type of users requires different accounting information for relevant decision making Therefore, the big issue for accounting harmonization is how to satisfy all requirements of different ... this information will support for the test hypothesis later All of these questions take easy form to fulfill in few minutes The questions focus on the awareness of accountants about the term of ... take easy form, and help the respondents save time when fulfillment this set of questionnaire The different types of companies are also collected from information involved for the purpose of test...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 14:20

... firm‟s operating profits at different levels of unit sales: Cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis expands the use of information provided by breakeven analysis A critical part of CVP analysis is ... much 18 more profit and benefits from foreign investors and companies LCC is one of many companies in Vietnam is affected by the global trend The profit of LCC‟s financial performance increases ... reflect much of the known information about a company and are fairly good indicators of a company‟s true value Hence, market value ratios indicate the market‟s assessment of the value of the firm‟s...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 14:20

... of such measures in the formation of an index of educational quality For example, a recent study found that per-pupil spending is a poor proxy for and index of school quality.14 Alone, none of ... is a key component of an economy’s human capital, average years of education within the workforce may serve as a component of an estimate of an economy’s human capital The use of averages, however, ... criticism of the use of standardized tests in recent years For further information, see: Gordon, Edmund (1995) “Toward an Equitable System of Educational Assessment.” Journal of Negro Education,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 08:20

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 12:20

... evidence of the impacts of microfinance, and a review of the impact of formal banking initiatives Lastly, in all we are aware of three overlapping systematic reviews of the impacts of microfinance: ... many of the first institutions offering microfinance were not -for- profit local NGOs driven by a development paradigm, microfinance is now a global industry driven by a commercial for- profit paradigm ... of microfinance (Bateman 2010) Synthesise what these studies tell us about: a  The impact of microfinance on the incomes of the poor b  The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/ wealth of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... tourist sites Production forest, used primarily for timber and other forest products, and associated with the other types of forest to protect the environment Fig Rationale for forestland allocation ... defines forestland as ‘‘all land identified as being destined for sylviculture, natural forest regeneration, reforestation, timber, nurseries, forestry research and experimentation’’ Because forestland ... mountainous regions Forests were classified into three distinct types:    Protected forest, for the preservation of water resources; the prevention of erosion, natural disasters, and climatic risks;...

Ngày tải lên: 25/03/2014, 13:47

... type of individual or collective drought prevention strategies and this predominantly at the end of the survey period Unfortunately, the information is not available for the whole period of analysis, ... socio-demographic determinants of illness, and – in subsequent analyses – the interactions of both This first part of the empirical investigation therefore also bears insight into which parts of the population ... household The role of drought for health outcomes is analyzed in a reduced-form regression that relates a measure of health conditions on drought incidence and other determinants of health: healthihdt...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:19

... module Managing the information state of the dialogue (Larsson and Traum, 2000), which includes the beliefs and intentions of the participants, is important in the implementation of any dialogue ... model to assist in management of the information state This student model tracks the current state of problem solving as well as estimates the student’s knowledge of concepts involved in solving ... will be an extension of the TuTalk system, which is designed to support natural language dialogues for educational applications (Jordan et al., 2006) TuTalk contains a core set of dialogue system...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 00:20

... growth of information workforce ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Increasing complexity of production processes WORKFORCE SPECIALIZATION Reduction of uncertainty in information handling GROWTH OF INFORMATION ... manipulation of information for purposes of organizing the production of goods At some point, however, information- processing workers become a bottleneck in the economic system They cannot grow forever ... amount of information workers and IT capital investment in a given economy: as expected, the larger the proportion of information workers in a given the economy, the more capital is invested in information...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 05:21