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The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting

The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting

Tổng hợp

... using these common variables and then apply the food and overall poverty lines developed by the GSO and the World Bank for use with the VLSS surveys (Poverty Working Group, 1999) The lower of these ... included in the urban and rural regression models, with, the Northern Uplands, as the base region Even after controlling for other household characteristics, rural households in the four southern regions ... as in the rural Southeast and in urban areas) and lower where the incidence is high (such as in the rural Northern Uplands) In every region except one (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City), the standard...
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(CSUGSPE 136871) The Potential for Slot Closure, Screen Damage, and Collapse of Liners in  Thermal Horizontal Wells

(CSUGSPE 136871) The Potential for Slot Closure, Screen Damage, and Collapse of Liners in Thermal Horizontal Wells

Hóa học - Dầu khí

... on the liner or sand grains and is the stress used to calculate the vertical, horizontal and shear forces on the liner The pore pressure u is equalized inside and outside of the liner so the ... key results for each case The cases are for both L80 and K55 grade liners and for screened and slotted liners Cases are presented for 500m and 200m depths; and for zero, partial, and full earth ... for the wrapped on screen The liners were assumed fixed at one end The graph shows that the free ends of the liners will extend by 1.06 and 2.07 m for the 350 and 700 m lengths respectively The...
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Biochemical characterization of thermophilic lignocellulose degrading enzymes and their potential for biomass bioprocessing

Biochemical characterization of thermophilic lignocellulose degrading enzymes and their potential for biomass bioprocessing

Môi trường

... (filer paper), BWX and PWSD The enzyme kinetic studies for cellulase and xylanase (Km and Vmax) were performed with 1-10 mg/ml of CMC and BWX, respectively [35] The crude cellulase and xylanase were ... 60 to 800C [55-57] The TMC enzymes retained 98% of cellulase activity after incubation at 50ºC for h, and 77%, after incubation at 600C for h (Figure 4a) On the other hand, the residual xylanase ... temperature because of the heat released during its processing The pH was above in the YWC-I and –II samples, however, the FYWC sample showed acidic pH due to the formation of organic acid and reduced levels...
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Tài liệu Security Essentials Day 2 Threat and the Need for Defense in Depth docx

Tài liệu Security Essentials Day 2 Threat and the Need for Defense in Depth docx

An ninh - Bảo mật

... integrity, and availability; and you may experience attacks against these dimensions We can think of these as the “primary colors” of information assurance By mixing and matching these and we mix and ... diagram shows another way to think of the Defense In Depth concept At the center of the diagram is your information However, the center can be anything you value, or the answer to the question, ... can be used to attack other systems, either in the same facility or in other organizations This is one reason for the statement that “risk assumed by one is shared by all” In the early stages of...
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Tài liệu The international community and the “NTP for coping with CC” pdf

Tài liệu The international community and the “NTP for coping with CC” pdf

Điện - Điện tử

... (UNDP and others) What is needed, now and later? International support, cooperation and coordination Current international support to Viet Nam on CC • Support to the mitigation of effects of CC and ... In-depth consultation with key stakeholders and the wider public • Refine the CCA strategy • Adopt CC impact scenarios as the basis for public and private investments • Mainstream reduction of CC-related ... average the developing countries should start that after 2020) What is needed, now and later? (b) • Formulate a strategic framework to achieve both policy aims • Stress the importance of and potential...
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Tài liệu The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory docx

Tài liệu The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory docx

Vật lý

... four fundamental forces One of these is the gravitational force The other three are the electromagnetic force, the weak force, and the strong Force Force particle Mass force Strong Gluon Electromagnetic ... Saturn, Jupiter, and every other planet; the sun and every other star in the Milky Way; the Andromeda galaxy with its 100 billion stars and each and every other of the more than 100 billion galaxies—is ... between the two presidents and that therefore, without further ado, the light it emitted traveled the same distance to reach each of them Since the speed of the emitted light to the left and to the...
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Tài liệu Male Reproductive Health Disorders and the Potential Role of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals pdf

Tài liệu Male Reproductive Health Disorders and the Potential Role of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals pdf

Y học thưởng thức

... lifestyle or other factors in the mother – in other words, it is the lifestyle that is causal but this lifestyle also happens to increase phthalate exposure of the mother (for example, by heavy use ... Asian and western men (Johnson et al 1998) This and the other factors outlined above have raised questions about the comparability of data for sperm counts reported over the past few decades, and ... edge of the glans or to the top of the penile shaft In moderate cases the meatus is located lower down the shaft and in severe cases lower still and perhaps even in the perineal region, the latter...
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Tài liệu the supply oF money – banK behaViour and the implications For monetary analysis doc

Tài liệu the supply oF money – banK behaViour and the implications For monetary analysis doc

Ngân hàng - Tín dụng

... market interest rates and accommodating the demand for outside money Changes in these interest rates alter the opportunity costs of money holdings and thereby affect the demand for broad money however, ... to alleviate the funding risks faced by the banks It should therefore facilitate the provision of money and credit to the economy.22 Understanding the funding models of banks and the interlinkages ... borrower and on the value of collateral that the bank receives For instance, a positive shock to the value of the collateral that is pledged to banks implies a lower risk for the bank and thus the...
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THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE USE OF ELDERLY CARE AND THE NEED FOR RESOURCES BY 2030 IN FINLAND pot

THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE USE OF ELDERLY CARE AND THE NEED FOR RESOURCES BY 2030 IN FINLAND pot

Sức khỏe người cao tuổi

... have value of AGE for the respondents in the reference group, otherwise zero 2.1.3 Other variables The other determinants of the service utilisation considered necessary are the client’s gender ... stimulointimallit Foreword The ageing of the population is a major challenge for Finland, where the population is ageing faster than in the other EU countries This means that the need for institutional ... costs and the expenses of the social and health services are increasing The report analyses the factors influencing the use of social and health services by the elderly On the basis of the analysis,...
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The challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response pptx

The challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response pptx

Cao đẳng - Đại học

... WHA55.25) The Regional Office will publish the research papers later this year This publication outlines the extent of the problem, the implications for the health sector and other sectors, and the ... National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands Rudolf Hoogenveen National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands Alan A Jackson ... encouraged the production of sugar, fats and oils, meat and alcohol at low cost through subsidies and other measures, and limited the market supply of fruit and vegetables Food surpluses (of butter, for...
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The Heart of Grief Death and the Search for Lasting Love pptx

The Heart of Grief Death and the Search for Lasting Love pptx

Thời trang - Làm đẹp

... sky near sunset As they walk, the grandfather tells tales of the Old Ones, the elders of the community, and of their wisdom As the boy absorbs the stories and begins to make their wisdom his own, ... groaning woods, the crying grass, and the moaning rocks They are also in the woman's breast, the wailing child, the home, and the crowd The last line tells us, "The dead have a pact with the living." ... parents and children, siblings, other family pairings, and friends: We shall still ache But we are not at all—if we understand ourselves—seeking the aches for their own sake The less of them the...
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Internal Audit 2012*: A study examining the future of internal auditing and the potential decline of a controls-centric approach docx

Internal Audit 2012*: A study examining the future of internal auditing and the potential decline of a controls-centric approach docx

Kế toán - Kiểm toán

... control, such as the one promulgated by COSO, and to formally document their internal control activities The Act also provides the impetus for many companies to formalize their approach to the management, ... your company For instance, many companies not contract with foreign governments and are therefore outside the scope of the FCPA At other companies, only certain subsidiaries deal with foreign governments ... factor the information into risk-based audit planning activities, and communicate findings to the audit committee and management • For a company’s new or existing investments or operations, and for...
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leaving earth space stations, rival superpowers and the quest for interplanetary travel

leaving earth space stations, rival superpowers and the quest for interplanetary travel

Đại cương

... in the Solar System The road was open before us, ours for the taking And then the will faded For the next 30 years, the trail-blazing was taken up by others, as Americans chose to less risky and ... during their lifetimes, the tide of change inexorably rolls forward, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse The story of the first space stations and the men and women who built and flew them ... self-centeredness In the early 1970s, the United States had the tools, the abilities, the vision, the freedom, and the will to go to the stars We had already explored the moon Our rockets were the most powerful...
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signature in the cell  dna and the evidence for intelligent design

signature in the cell dna and the evidence for intelligent design

Tâm lý - Nghệ thuật sống

... biology and, therefore, no good evidence for the existence of God According to Oxford evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and other New Atheists, the lack of evidence for design has made the idea ... evidence: the information the digital code—stored in DNA and the other large biological molecules The case I make for intelligent design is less well known than Professor Behe’s and, therefore, to ... into the earth, geophysicists would time the resulting echoes as they traveled back to the surface and then use the information from these signals to reconstruct a picture of the subsurface of the...
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university press of kentucky peace out of reach middle eastern travels and the search for reconciliation jun 2007

university press of kentucky peace out of reach middle eastern travels and the search for reconciliation jun 2007

Cao đẳng - Đại học

... between the ends they seek and the means they use to realize them The idea that the end justifies the means has always rested on casuistry It only begs the question of what justifies the end, and to ... a high price for their liberation from the Taliban Aside from the thousands killed and the tens of thousands injured in the initial bombing campaign, the economy has collapsed to the point where ... shambles; and the exodus of the middle class Iraq has become the most dangerous place on earth—not merely for the soldiers of the occupying power but also for the citizens forced to endure the descent...
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university of minnesota press revolution televised prime time and the struggle for black power oct 2004

university of minnesota press revolution televised prime time and the struggle for black power oct 2004

Cao đẳng - Đại học

... Race: Television and the Struggle for Blackness examines television shows of the 1980s and 1990s and provides another helpful framework for understanding television texts Gray avoids the positive/negative ... entertainment outside the home Many of the southern theaters, which formed the TOBA, closed their doors The rise of the American economy caused by the start of World War II, as well as the continued ... North The Apollo in Harlem, the Howard in Washington DC, the Royal in Baltimore, the Uptown in Philadelphia, the Regal in Chicago, and other black theaters made up the Chitlin’ Circuit and became...
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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp:

Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Afforestation/reforestation of New Zealand marginal pasture lands by indigenous shrublands: the potential for Kyoto forest sinks" ppt

Báo cáo khoa học

... indigenous shrubland or forest remnants We assume, for the purposes of this study, that all such land is eligible for the creation of Kyoto forest (for further discussion, see Sect 3.3) The VCM/LCDB ... [11, 21], for a km radius around the Gisborne sites The similarity of SU values for land around the mānuka/kānuka sites, and the mean from the wider geographic spread of farms for which the agricultural ... east coast Potentially, then, there is a total of about 1.45 Mha of marginal pasture lands available for A/R by indigenous shrubland and forest To make an initial estimate of the national potential...
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Báo cáo khao học:

Báo cáo khao học: "The heritability of wood density components in Pinus pinaster Ait. and the implications for tree breeding" ppt

Cao đẳng - Đại học

... from the 6th or 7th year On the other hand, with regard to the genetic control evolution in the characteristics related to the radial growth of trees (LWP and RW), a tendency for an increase of the ... Talbert et al [38] for P taeda and Yanchuk and Kiss [45] for Picea engelmannii Only Vargas-Hernandez and Adams [41] and Zhang and Morgenstern [48] estimated an h2i = 0.60 value for RD for Pseudotsuga ... where h2i is the individual heritability and b, f, and t, are the number of blocks, families, and trees/family/block, respectively RESULTS The summary statistics, at tree level, and the individual...
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