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... Feminine Internationale Australian Soccer Association Hall of Fame Hong Kong Dollar International Association for Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women International Olympic Committee International ... confederations (the six are the Asian Football Confederation (AFC); Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF); Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); ... competition The Second Conference on Women’s Football, in 1980, began by rehearsing well-worn themes The last article on the Provisions of women’s football concerns international competitions played...

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... Wei, and T Maekawa, “Effects of environmental factors on the seasonally change of phytoplankton populations in a closed fresh‐wa‐ ter pond,” Environment International, 2001, p 363-71 [29] R.W Sterner, ... inactivated by conventional water treatment systems 27 International Perspectives on Water Quality Management and Pollutant Control or by natural processes of self-purification of the receiving ... opposing hormones This homeostatic control in response to endogenous hormones is critical for maintaining proper hormone concentrations [35,40] • The Thyroid gland releases thyroid hormones (calcitocin...

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... common law rests on a transaction that involves the interests of donor, charitable organisation, recipient and the State in an amalgam of private and public law concerns Arbitration on any conflict ... Relationship Charity involves the above parties in a complex set of transactions governed by common law and legislation (other interests such as business, politics and international Conventions ... National Revenue [1999] SCR 10, per Gonthier J 64 Gilmour v Coates [1949] AC 426 Also, see Trustees of the Congregation of Poor Clares of the Immaculate Conception v The Commissioner of Valuation...

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... the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and international conferences like the World Summit on Information and Society (WSIS) Scholars and practitioners who seek to analyze this second ... Hamelink 275 233 vi Contents International Regulation of Internet Content: Possibilities and Limits Peng Hwa Ang 305 Creating Conventions: Technology Policy and International Cooperation in Criminal ... Communications Commission (FCC) and the first semicoherent national policy framework for telecommunications AT&T achieved dominance on international voice routes alongside some international record...

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... as sources of both societal contradictions and transformation Durkheim’s definition of social fact, and his distinction 10 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change between normal ... simulation 14 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change effort; yet, it still corroborates to the assumption that system theory concepts can serve as a common ground for interaction ... environmental change emerges in the social world, considering, at the same time, the nature of the contribution of science to this process 12 International Perspectives on Global Environmental...

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... seasonal reversal of Asian winter and summer monsoon circulations results in cold/dry winters and warm/wet summers over the South China Sea Due to strong monsoon precipitation and intrusion of ... each termination occurred when the 30 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change summer monsoon intensity rose from a minimum to a maximum (Fig 3) This observation implies that ... certain regions face longer periods of extreme dry conditions and such fires can contribute to air-pollution The direction and magnitude of the effects of climate change on air pollution levels...

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... low (Table 1) 58 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change Characteristic Population (million) Total area (million ha) Cultivated area (million ha) Contribution of agriculture ... nations The equity implications of climate change are attracting increasing attention because a comprehensive international agreement on climate change will only be agreed upon if it is considered ... questions it is important to develop a normative framework of justice for the international- level funding of adaptation to climate change within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

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... (1999) based on correlations between the Lake Baikal bioSi data and SPECMAP curves 128 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change Fig Diagrams showing (a) relationship between ... Bond et al (2001) 130 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change These tendencies observed in the long-term Lake Baikal records are also identified in the short-term variations ... terrestrial radiocarbon age calibration, 0–26 cal kyr BP Radiocarbon, Vol.46, No.3, (December 2004), pp 1029-1058, ISSN 00338222 136 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change Sakaguchi,...

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... Croatia 174 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change ecosystem processes in bird colonies (Mizutani and Wada, 1988; Anderson and Polis, 1999) In contrast, much less concern has ... colonization on soils and vegetation 1.3 Responses of forest ecosystems to cormorant colonization During the breeding season, the input of bird excreta at Site P was estimated at 2.2 t/ha/month (Kameda ... shows the intensity and duration of cormorant colonization (Kameda et al., 2006) See Table for the description of study sites Site C T Colonization No colonization Spring 1999 P A D 1997-2003...

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... distribution of a single species The concentrations of secondary compounds such as usnic 202 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change acid can vary greatly in Arctic populations of ... gain and loss of functional genes Observations on how specific environmental parameters influence changes in secondary metabolite production Production and regulation of secondary metabolites in ... observed along a gradient of environmental conditions over a species distribution Although Hesbacher et al (1996) showed that thallus age has no affect on secondary compound concentrations for atranorin...

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... to SP4 240 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change 4.3 Vegetation - Environment relationships Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) diagrams show the interrelationships between ... African continent experienced several phases characterised by very different environmental conditions On a time scale of 106 to 108 years, 254 International Perspectives on Global Environmental ... of Arid Environments 10, 1-12 250 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change Goudie, A.S., & Wells, G.L.1995 The nature, distribution and formation of pans in arid zones.Earth Science...

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... examining non-point source pollution focused on the effects from runoff over the agricultural land and concluded that agricultural coverage strongly 276 International Perspectives on Global Environmental ... the rainy season in southern Zimbabwe Splash erosion and rill erosion affect the small slopes of the "badland" area (Photo Römer) 262 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change ... consumption of atmospheric carbon According to this concept, savannas may become a carbon sink when the processes are balanced through vegetation regeneration Studies of the annual gas emissions...

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... related to the environmental conditions of the studied lakes The applied HPLC method with multi-wavelength detection did not alter the 326 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change ... adaptation are characteristic features of non-native species for a successful colonisation in a new environment (Mooney & Cleland, 2001) Whilst the impacts of invasion on native populations has ... TP concentrations, often a strong seasonal variation occurs as well as this can usually be high in the summer when P is released from the sediment under anoxic conditions Nitrogen concentrations...

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... second is the ex ante estimation of welfare gains from reducing SLR risks, since this estimation constitutes an important input for decision-making regarding 376 International Perspectives on ... Regulating services Atmospheric regulation Local climate regulation Sediment retention Biological regulation Pollution control Eutrophication mitigation Provisioning services Food Inedible resources ... perceptions in section 4.3 The Greek coastal zone has a total length of approximately 16,200 km, being one of the longest coastal zones among European countries Almost half of the coastal zone belongs...

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... circulation patterns (Hastenrath and Heller, 1977) During strong El Niño conditions, precipitation tends to decrease (i.e., causing drought) on the state On the other hand, the strong La Ninã conditions ... 404 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change Fig The vegetation dynamic of the Brazilian Caatinga and the African Savanna is directly connected to the climatic conditions (photos) ... in the region’s precipitation to both large-scale oceanic forcing (i.e., region-global SST anomalies and its 408 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change distribution) and atmospheric...

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... monsoon season of 1999 to 2001 The correlation co-efficients between soil wetness and brightness temperature along with the regression expressions for the selected stations for south-west monsoon ... deleting of an interconnection or a concept FCMs are used to represent both 430 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change qualitative and quantitative data The construction of a FCM requires ... analyzed in relation to the number of concepts, connections, connection-to-concept ratio, and density (calculated by dividing the number of connections in the map by the square value of concepts) To...

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... Australia Wind Development Australia Pty Ltd Published On- line 472 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change Firestone, J., Kempton, W., Krueger, A & Loper, C E (2005) Regulating ... 470 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change Bond, S (2009) The tale of two windy cities: Public attitudes towards ... http://www.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/attachments/new0048 Nelson, S (2005) Wind generation and the South Australian economy Economic Issues, 15 Published On- line Nolan, T (February 9, 2011) Australia’s emissions projected to rise sharply...

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... debate on medical futility and its use in critical care practice Competing interests None declared References Crippen D, Kilcullen JK, Kelly DF: Three Patients: International Perspectives on Intensive ... LJ, Jecker NS, Jonsen AR: Medical futility: Its meaning and ethical implications Ann Intern Med 1990, 112: 949-954 Schneiderman LJ, Jecker NS, Jonsen AR: Medical futility: response to critiques ... Intern Med 1996, 125:669-674 Curtis JR, Park DR, Krone MR, Pearlman RA: Use of the medical futility rationale in do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders JAMA 1995, 273:124-128 Lantos JD, Singer PA,...

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... categorisation is detailed below Construction A water use coefficient was developed for the construction industry (ANZSIC 4111 to 4259) based on employed persons These were developed based on consumption ... capital formation Material input Environmental stock Environmental activity Growth $ Environmental Protection Accounts includes only transactions relevant to environmental protection $ I-O tables ... employment was done for the subdivisions in construction: general construction (ANZSIC 4111 to 4122) and construction trade services (ANZSIC 4210 to 4259) Estimated employment in each subdivision was...

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