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Tài liệu Design, Lifestyles and Sustainability. Aesthetic Consumption in a World of Abundance pptx

Ngày tải lên : 19/02/2014, 17:20

... more becoming a matter of practice: eating at particular restaurants, staying at particular hotels or choosing particular means of transportation Cultural capital, in Holt’s interpretation, is ... Lester and Weeden, 2004) and environmental, social and sustainable investments (Fayers, 1999; Halme and Niskanen, 2001; Sparkes, 2002; Jayne and Skerratt, 2003) are examples of studies aiming at ... myriad of tools and concepts embracing presented as tools for achieving sustainability (including initiatives such as LCA, dematerialization, factor four and factor 10, ecological footprints, natural...

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Tài liệu Executive coaching: Developing managerial wisdom in a world of chaos doc

Ngày tải lên : 21/02/2014, 16:20

... Conflict Faced by Executives Avoidanceavoidance Approachavoidance External adaptation Multiple approachavoidance Approachapproach Avoidance avoidance Approachavoidance Internal adaptation Multiple approachavoidance ... really wanted to change the nature of their organization and the ways in which their managers and staff interacted They wanted an organization that valued people, encouraged innovation and creativity, ... that people in modern organizations face constant internal and external pressure to change As with Stephen and Ann, often these changes are nonlinear and catastrophic in nature, resulting in...

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Screening of early and late onset alzheimer’s disease genetic risk factors in a cohort of dementia patients from liguria, italy

Ngày tải lên : 15/02/2017, 15:58

... analysed association with disease of the LOAD risk factors (APOE, CLU, CR1 and PICALM) and risk haplotypes (MAPT and ACE in first instance) in the AD and AD + MCI cases only In addition, we also ... findings of our genetic screening of EOAD (PSEN1, PSEN2 and APP) and LOAD (APOE, CLU, CR1 and PICALM, as well as the MAPT and ACE haplotypes) genetic markers in an Italian cohort from a defined ... structured collaborative effort that intends to interactively store, manage and correlate in depth assessments of MCI and AD cases combining clinical, neuropsychological, imaging and genetic data [25]...

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3 5 living things in a world of change (life sciences)

Ngày tải lên : 20/04/2017, 15:09

... building homes and farms They may now be competing with animals for space Plants and Algae Causing Change Changes can help some living things and hurt A Pattern of Change Some changes repeat in a ... eating animals it hunted Other dinosaur fossils found certain kinds of food Meat-eating animals have teeth have grinding teeth These dinosaurs must have that cut and tear Plant-eating animals have ... environment may change more quickly than a kind of living thing can adapt The change can cause these plants and animals to go extinct, or to no longer be living on Earth Many plants and animals have become...

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Lipid profile variations in a group of healthy elderly and centenarians pptx

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 14:20

... calculated using Friedewald’s formula; total cholesterol/HDL-c, LDL-c/HDL-c and Apo B/Apo A- I ratios as indices of cardiovascular risk; Lipoprotein (a) [Lp (a) ] using ELISA method, reader 2550 and ... longevity, another main characteristic is represented by the body weight maintained within the normal range ADL and IADL tests suggest that nonagenarians and centenarians are the two groups composed of ... APURSO A, C OLACICCO AM, R ESTA F et al Serum Lp (a) is high in Healthy Centenarians The rd International Symposium: Multiple risk factors in cardiovascular disease Vascular and organ Protection Abstract...

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LORD NEUBERGER OF ABBOTSBURY, MASTER OF THE ROLLS JUSTICE IN A TIME OF ECONOMIC CRISIS AND IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET ppt

Ngày tải lên : 31/03/2014, 03:20

... that that bargain could be maintained by entirely virtual hearings It may be hard to maintain the seriousness of litigation and the trial process unless court hearings take place in a physical ... on It is inconceivable that a technologically advanced and savvy society will not in ten years be capable of filing and serving all claims via the internet It is equally inconceivable that we should ... finances mean that it is particularly important to bear in mind fundamental principles, because they must always be upheld In facing present challenges and in approaching the future, the starting...

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báo cáo khoa học: " Potential chromosomal introgression barriers revealed by linkage analysis in a hybrid of Pinus massoniana and P. hwangshanensis" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 03:21

... displays a relatively low germination rate In that sampling area, pines dominate the landscape above 600 m Below this elevation, pines mix with abundant broad-leave trees, which will affect the pine ... act as introgression barriers In this paper, we aim to reveal the potential chromosomal introgression barriers between P massoniana and P hwangshanensis by building a genetic map using megagametophytes ... With an increase in elevation, environmental factors, such as oxygen partial pressure, air temperature and moisture regime, soil temperature and water regime, sunray and ultraviolet light intensity,...

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Tài liệu A New Angle on Sovereign Credit Risk - E-RISC: Environmental Risk Integration in Sovereign Credit Analysis ppt

Ngày tải lên : 16/02/2014, 03:20

... degradation, separate carbon from Footprint of production, incorporate additional measures of degradation Increase sophistication of analysis regarding carbon pricing, trading, or taxing Systematise ... done separately Against the background of an increasing shortage of natural resources and global climate change we are convinced that environmental aspects will become a vital issue for a country’s ... Project manager and lead author: Margot Hill Of cer in charge UNEP FI: Yuki Yasui Global Footprint Network Project manager and lead author: Martin Halle Project manager and co-author: Gemma Cranston...

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Báo cáo y học: "Prevalence of Overactive Bladder, its Under-Diagnosis, and Risk Factors in a Male Urologic Veterans Population"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 11:35

... demographic data Mean age was 68 years old (quartile range: 59-77) The major ethnicities were European American (44%), African American (37%) and Hispanic American (11%) Table Demographics Characteristics, ... Herschorn S, Gajewski J, Schulz J and Corcos J A population-based study of urinary symptoms and incontinence: the Canadian Urinary Bladder Survey BJU Int 2008; 101:52 Milsom I, Abrams P, Cardozo L, ... Throff J and Wein A How widespread are the symptoms of an overactive bladder and how are they managed? A population-based prevalence study BJU Int 2001; 87:760 Stewart W, Rooyen JV, Cundiff G, Abrams...

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Tài liệu The wisdom of coaching: Essential papers in consulting psychology for a world of change pot

Ngày tải lên : 21/02/2014, 16:20

... Establishing amounts and methods of payment, if appropriate Building a coaching relationship Establishing the working alliance Identifying and managing transferences Initiating and preserving containment ... components—establishing an intervention agreement, building a coaching relationship, creating and maintaining expectations of success, providing experiences of mastery and cognitive control, and evaluating and attributing ... human behavior, and the psychodynamic aspects of organizational and managerial life and the lack of practical guidance for how consultants and coaches can and should work with executives and managers...

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Cornell University Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State (BCERF) pptx

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 01:20

... Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State Smoking has effects that can both increase and decrease breast cancer risk On one hand, tobacco smoke contains chemicals that can ... cause breast cancer in animals and could thus be associated with an increase in breast cancer risk On the other hand, smoking has been shown to have many effects which suggest an opposition of ... that have examined the breast cancer risk of women who have quit smoking have reported an increase in breast cancer risk In many of these studies, breast cancer risk was highest shortly after...

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Information Contagion and Inter-Bank Correlation in a Theory of Systemic Risk potx

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 09:20

... and Mullineaux, 1987) as the formative reason for the commercial-bank clearinghouses in the U.S., and eventually for the Federal Reserve Chari and Jagannathan (1988), Jacklin and Bhattacharya ... Working Paper No 144, Bank of England, London, UK [29] Jacklin, C and S Bhattacharya (1988) “Distinguishing Panics and Information-based Bank Runs: Welfare and Policy Implications,” Journal of ... evidence against a signiﬁcant role being played by inter-bank linkages in contagion.16 9.3 Herding Linked to Managerial Reputation Scharfstein and Stein (1990), Rajan (1994) modeled herding behavior...

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ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS: A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO MEASURING AND REPORTING ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PERFORMANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT pot

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 16:20

... Planning and Development Collaboration International and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, African Data Sampler: An Internationally Comparable Map and Georeferenced Data Base (WRI, Washington, ... environmental, social, and economic variables.24 In their approach, the links in this chain are natural events and human activities; causes of change (both positive and negative); states of economic assets, ... are aggregated first under each attribute and then into a single Approximated Sustainability Index But the indicators of each attribute appear to be assigned somewhat arbitrarily and the attributes...

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A survey of technology thinkers and stakeholders shows they believe the internet will continue to spread in a “flattening” and improving world. There are many, though, who think major problems will accompany technology advances by 2020 doc

Ngày tải lên : 29/03/2014, 19:20

... early 1990s predictions are available in a searchable database online at the site Imagining the Internet: A History and Forecast and they are also the basis for a book by Anderson titled Imagining ... ForgeAhead, an information and communications consulting firm, and a leader with Information Industry of South Africa and the World Information Technology and Services Alliance, pointed out the fact ... southeast Alaska has been preserved in an online database used by schoolchildren in Glacier Bay More places are seeing the development of indigenouslanguage projects and databases online Broadband...

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