sustainable development as a concept

... (e.g Graham and Harris [19]; Mason, Harris and Graham [18]; Harris, Graham and Mason [20]; Chalk, Hagan-Burke and Burke [21]) Information collected at the earlier stage will be analyzed and taken ... in language teaching and learning, Language Teaching 40 (2006) 21 [6] D Little, Language learner autonomy: Some fundamental considerations revisited, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching ... teacher and learner roles above is only the author’s subjective view based on personal observation Although it is true in many classrooms, it cannot be confirmed as true in all classrooms and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 11:20

... *denominator of 15 interview participants only **13 identified themselves as African/African Caribbean/Black African/Black; Jewish; West Indian; Latin; Italian Canadian; Irish Canadian; French Italian; ... in a symptom or impairment (such as fatigue) was sometimes associated with an increased ability to carry out day-to-day activities (such as obtaining groceries) Exacerbation of uncertainty was ... wellness and illness Episodes of disability were described as health-related setbacks that manifested from HIV disease or its associated treatments Disability was not an absolute state, but rather a...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Education Standards for educational and psychological testing Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association; 1999 30 American Psychological Association., American Educational Research ... Research Association., National Council on Measurement in Education., American Psychological Association Standards for educational & psychological tests Standards for educational and psychological ... 1991 29 American Educational Research Association., American Psychological Association., Joint Committee on Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (U.S.), National Council on Measurement...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... important? To start with an example, a natural disaster brought most of Japan’s automobile manufacturers to a halt for several days On July 16, 2007, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in central Japan ... this conceptual framework into a successful managerial tool History has proven over the past two centuries that America as a nation is “far more resilient than the companies it has spawned” (Hamel ... resilience increases as capabilities increase and vulnerabilities decrease Moderate Increasing Resilience Low Capability Increasing Resilience Low Moderate High Vulnerability Figure 2.3: Measurement...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2014, 00:45

... those  measures  that  are  being  used  in the target areas as well as foreign countries,  such  as Indonesia,  China,  Bangladesh,  Germany,  Mexico,  Colombia,  USA.  Some  of  them are introduced as follows.  ... Table 7. Standardized score for costs of combinations  Measure  A1 +A2 .3  A1 +B1  A1 +B2  A1 +B1+B2  A2 .1 +A2 .3  A2 .1+B1  A2 .2 +A2 .3  A2 .2+B1  A2 .3+B1  A2 .3+B1+B2  Standardized cost  Standardized score ... doing so, the consensus on the problems and  their solutions can be reached. However, it is  noted that MCA is subjective in its nature. In  case  the  quantitative  data  are  available,  quantitative  analysis  (i.e.  numerical ...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... Grey Water Reuse As A Sustainable Alternative Water Resource The laundry greywater is more contaminated with faecal pathogens from soiled clothing than the bathroom source, though laundry water ... Piping and Conveyance, Surge/Balancing Tanks, Filters, Pump and delivery piping system A separate sanitary plumbing system has to be installed to separate the grey water from the wastewater discharges ... irrigation and also landscaping Mature Cotton plants Photo: Texas A& M University Young Tomato Plants Photo: Texas A & M University The Water Environment Research Foundation, USA carried out a study...

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2013, 08:20

... from Japan”, Organization Studies, Vol 16, No 6, pp 971-989 Nahapiet, J and Ghoshal, S (1998), “Social capital, intellectual capital and the organizational advantage”, Academy of Management Review, ... which researchers are supposed to have an advantage over consultants as development partners of companies, owing to their basically critical scientific approach towards the ‘reality’ It is an open ... infrastructure-creating network (The TEL LAPLAND Network) Case I – The Lohja Area Environmental Cluster The Lohja area is an old industrial area in western Uusimaa province in southern Finland...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 00:20

... Piedras Feria 142 The creative economy and the development possibilities in Argentina Facundo Solanas 160 Creative economy as a strategy for Jamaica and the Caribbean growth and wealth generation ... urban socioeconomic set, based on local specifics, such as Guaramiranga, with its Jazz and Blues Festival, and Paraty, with FLIP (the International Literary Festival of Paraty) as examples (read ... it has not been established as a second language; c) skilled human resources; d) communications infrastructure in large areas of Africa, of developing Asia, and of several countries in Latin America,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 08:20

... Klabin and Aracruz that present data for years 2003, 2004 and 2005 and Cenibra which data are available only for 2005 ** The companies not have this value calculated All plants, excepting Aracruz and ... industrial phase -11- Table presents an indicator, based on Almeida (2001), that classifies the environmental management system of each company in three categories: initial, intermediate and advanced: ... Graduates: 10 Masters and doctors: 12 Klabin Yes 0.09% 0.30% Graduates: 19 Masters and doctors: Ripasa Yes 0.12% 0.40% Graduates: Masters and doctors: Suzano Bahia Sul Yes 0.49% 0.79% Graduates:...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 09:20

... the language of the economics of sustainable development, this is an assumption that natural resource assets can be substituted by fixed assets if society's total capital does not decrease as a ... Canada O t t a w a Ontario KIA 0H3 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Aspendalc, Vicloria Australia Environment Canada - Atmospheric Environment Service - Conservation ... Other approaches to measuring sustainability based on natural resource accounting or on alternative economic concepts—such as sustainable economic welfare—have also been proposed and illustrated...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... modifications that will enable students from a variety of linguistic, ethnocultural, and educational backgrounds to participate as quickly and as fully as possible in all program areas and to achieve ... English-speaking peers are available on a regular basis; • mistakes are accepted as a part of learning; • the purpose of various oral communication, reading, and writing tasks is clear to the learner; ... grade-appropriate – understand grade-appropriate text, with assistance text that may be unfamiliar and unsupported by visual – select main ideas in short pascontext clues, and that may sages from a variety...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 08:20

... Cell Signal 21, 1626–1633 Kurabayashi N, Hirota T, Sakai M, Sanada K & Fukada Y (2010) DYRK 1A and glycogen synthase kinase 3beta, a dual-kinase mechanism directing proteasomal degradation of ... Guimera J, Casas C, Pucharcos C, Solans A, Domenech A, Planas AM, Ashley J, Lovett M, Estivill X & Pritchard MA (1996) A human homologue of Drosophila minibrain (MNB) is expressed in the neuronal ... increased dosage of DSCR1 and DYRK 1A on chromosome 21 Nature 441, 595–600 Gwack Y, Sharma S, Nardone J, Tanasa B, Iuga A, Srikanth S, Okamura H, Bolton D, Feske S, Hogan PG et al (2006) A genome-wide...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... industrialization, modernization, and market economy opening Although Van Lam village has a great advantage for trade and tourism development, Van Lam embroidery village is now facing many challenges ... theoretical research, not analyzing any particular case to clarify the issue Van Lam embroidery village has been mentioned in the books of traditional crafts such as Traditional handicraft villages ... books Rural areas in Vietnam by Nguyen Hong Phong The author approach was in ethnological point of view and referred to the many basic issues of Vietnamese rural areas, such as: feudalism and public...

Ngày tải lên: 20/04/2014, 17:13

... large physical movements as occurs during flight simulations [27] and gaming We have also observed measurable increases in the variability of head and trunk coordination and increased lateral ... NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2004, 1:13 the remote collaborator (this often is referred to as an avatar); the video and/or audio channel (that facilitates face-to-face conversation.) Video has limited ... of the available fiber has been lit, and each fiber has several terabits/s of capacity The dot-com implosion has made this dark fiber and wavelengths of light in the fiber, very affordable The...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... enemies and cashew orchard management skills are ready for the preparation of cashew IPM posters In our field surveys, we found that cashew trees with abundant crematogaster ants were much less damaged ... Data analyses and writing up Cashew trees have been either in dormancy or in monsoon leaf flush since the project started Baseline data of the insect pest assemblage and their damage were obtained ... designated cashew development as a national priority Productivity of cashew has been increased since 2002, but the extensive use of pesticides has caused health problems to farmers, their animals and...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... outcome/impact assessment will change according to the maturity of a national sustainable development strategy ‘Process assessment has been very useful in the formative years of a national strategy development ... Feedback-cycle: monitoring and evaluation play a central role in a national sustainable development strategy That is why conducting a review should not be seen as a one-off event, but as part of a ... historical, cultural, and ecological situations UNDESA (2002) Guidance in Preparing a National Sustainable Development Strategy: Managing Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, Background Paper...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 19:20

... affordable housing programs mainly in Latin America and Asia • Over 27,000 families have benefitted from affordable housing schemes A model affordable home being constructed in Nagarote, Nicaragua ... waste as an alternative fuel provides a benefit to Holcim and society © Holcim Ltd 2010 Population growth and urbanization will increase demand for construction materials • World population to ... performance is recognized by third parties • Member of the DJSI World and Stoxx Index and the FTSE4Good Index • SAM Gold Class – rated as a leading company in sustainability worldwide and across...

Ngày tải lên: 26/07/2014, 21:43

... Osaka Cairo Karachi Shanghai Dhaka Mumbai Kolkata Manila Lagos Los Angeles Mexico City Jakarta Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Buenos Aires Served by Holcim today Cities with over 10 million inhabitants ... Ltd/Switzerland Holcim Awards: from idea to reality Venezuela South Africa Spain Germany Italy USA China Philippines 14 © 2008 Holcim Ltd/Switzerland Environmental performance Vision, strategy & governance ... Environmental performance Social performance Production of cement and aggregates depends on access to raw materials Commitment to quarry rehabilitation and biodiversity conservation Collaboration...

Ngày tải lên: 26/07/2014, 22:16

... identified as a transcriptional activator that interacts with the SAGA transcription factor, opens up the possibility of a co-transcriptional action of THO in higher eukaryotes [9] The impact of ... in development and differentiation The relevance of THO in cell physiology has been clearly shown from yeast to humans Yeast THO null mutants are sick and slow growers and THO depletion has a ... ubiquitination, and so on) that might change its pattern of activity Acknowledgements We thank R Luna and AG Rondón for critical reading of the manuscript The work of AA’s laboratory is funded by the Spanish...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:21