... Toro was born in Medellin, Colombia He received his degree in civil engineering in 1993 He worked in Colombia inthe construction ofthe Metro inthe city of Medellin and in an engineering consultant ... ofGIS since the mid-1980s More recently, he has started investigating the incorporation of marine and coastal areas into SDI initiatives, issues surrounding the diffusion to and use ofGISin ... incorporation ofGIS within wider information infrastructures to techniques of visualisation, the importance of error and uncertainty in coastal databases, and the interfacing ofGIS with simulation...
... changes inthe comparative magnitude of most conditions, the single exception being HIV/AIDs, largely as a result ofthe explosion ofthe epidemic during the 1990s in Southern Africa Nor have these ... example, inthe case of tobacco, the theoretical minimum distribution would be 100% ofthe population being life-long nonsmokers; for BMI it would be 100% ofthe population having a BMI of 21 (SD1) ... well as for the world These regions were further grouped into "developed" "low-mortality developing" including China and much of Latin America, and "high mortality developing" including Sub-Saharan...
... as shown inthe case ofthe national distinctiveness ofthe mainstream sports ofthe United States and football’s continued marginalization there despite the staging ofthe most commercially ... nations and soaring through the highest imaginable roof in costs, the glamour ofthe World Cup in Italy in 1990, or the multicultural optimism ofthe French triumph when hosting the 1998 World ... distinguish the characteristics of spectacle as one performance genre among others, retaining the critical edge without lapsing into the hyperboles that inthe end reveal the critiques of Boorstin,...
... duties to the members of these groupings as such The pervasive injustice that they generate deprives them of such intrinsic value as they might otherwise have had, so they are not the kind of attachments ... planes, they can see only the desperation and the wounds, and would never think of asking whether the migrants have not brought their troubles on themselves There is also another cast of mind that, ... One involves denying that national borders any longer have the importance they once had in marking off separate spheres of human interaction The intensification of investment and trade across these...
... publications 420 The end of agribusiness or the emergence of biotechnology Kostas Vergopoulos The agribusiness question has been evolving since the beginning ofthe 1970s within a shifting frame of reference, ... sense ofthe term, that is, the transnationalization not only ofthe ownership ofthe capital operating inthe sphere, and not only ofthe production process, but also ofthe cycle ofthe food ... h e industrialization of raw materials, privatization, the merging ofthe stages of food production these are the means towards the elimination ofthe stage of primary production within the agribusiness...
... country so inthe UK There has been a marked change inthe composition of overseas students In particular, there has been a substantial growth inthe number of incoming EU students, increasing from ... community, particularly in light ofthe significant developments inthe rest of Europe The expansion of higher education inthe United Kingdom inthe 1990s opened up a series of new policy discussions ... plan was required The first step toward the plan was the introduction ofthe Education Act in 1989 One ofthe highlights ofthe Act was thedevelopmentof a 44 Educational Policy Institute framework...
... offshoring increasing global emissions by a minimum estimate of million tons of CO2 (Boston Consulting Group 2008) Within settings where domestic firms produce locally (i.e., ε < εo ), increases in ... technology k − inthe interval [˜o , εd ), for all k ∈ {2, , k o } Following from Proposition 1, the number of entrants increases εk ˜k in ε within this interval at a rate of −αk +nd (αk−1 ... where the regulator can shift market share inthe favor of domestic firms by increasing emissions price, which they are incapable of doing through emissions price without a border adjustment In settings...
... in drafting ofthe manuscript HH participated inthe research, analysis and drafting ofthe paper EP participated inthe research, analysis and drafting ofthe paper MS participated inthe analysis ... additional cost in including them in proposals and programmes is marginal, as Governments must also provide such interventions to their citizens already living in these areas Governments may ... the analysis and drafting ofthe paper All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Page of Received: 31 August...
... moved to assess the importance ofthe First World War in molding the distinctive contours ofthe modern Robert Wohl’s study ofthe mythologizing ofthe generation of 1914 demonstrated the war’s impact ... Warsaw, as winter closed the campaign With the start ofthe new year in 1915, German armies went over to the oVensive inthe East They regained their foothold inthe Russian empire after the winter ... politics and the acceptance of political violence in Germany between the wars As the mythical Wgure inthe West gained in deWnition, growing clearer in outline, inthe East limits were lost There,...
... chuyển biến rõ rệt theo hướng công khai, minh bạch tạo thuận lợi cho người dân, doanh nghiệp; + Bộ máy hành hoạt động hiệu (do tinh gọn hơn, cấu bên phân định rõ hơn, công khai, minh bạch hơn, quyền ... cho phát triển kinh tế - xã hội b) Tiếp tục đổi chế, sách tài doanh nghiệp nhà nước c) Đổi chế sử dụng kinh phí nhà nước chế xây dựng, triển khai nhiệm vụ khoa học, công nghệ theo hướng lấy mục ... hành tiến tới xóa bỏ chế độ cấp kinh phí theo số lượng biên chế, thay chế cấp ngân sách dựa kết chất lượng hoạt động, hướng vào kiểm soát đầu ra, chất lượng chi tiêu theo mục tiêu, nhiệm vụ quan...
... tests Chapter 3- The study is the main part ofthe thesis showing the context ofthe study and the detailed results obtained from collected tests and findings in response to the research questions ... fed into a common item bank that is controlled by a kind of software in a server Before the examinations, the person who is in charge of preparing the tests will use the software to mix the test ... study Finally, the writer collected the data, analysed and evaluated the data in order to find answers to the research questions raised at the very beginning ofthe study The study answered the...
... also on the advances of domestic economic and political reforms Financing Problems in financing are often indicated as one ofthe most important factors defining failures in performance of institutions; ... Journal of Environment and Development 11 Bankoff, G 2004 Inthe eye ofthe storm: the social construction ofthe forces of nature and the climatic and seismic construction of god inthe Philippines ... weakness oflocal and regional authorities and deficit in financial resources during the transition period inthe nineties in Russia had been the major reason explaining the neglect of structural...
... refinement 49 Rice-Wheat Farming System This farming system covers 19 percent ofthe land inthe region, and dominates the Indo-Gangetic plain, including the Terai of Nepal, the Gangetic plain in ... building and training 37 Human resource development is key for the future developmentof this system, including training in financial and business management and in human resource management Training ... Mountain and hilly areas of more the 30 percent slope comprise the remaining 11 percent of total area ofthe region The level ofdevelopment differs widely across the region On the average, in 1998...
... during sleep, caregivers/ teachers could consider discontinuing the practice of placing infant(s) in a separate room for sleep, but instead placing the infant’s crib inthe area used by the other ... services in settings including children without special health care needs The following are the guiding principles used in writing these standards: The health and safety of all children in early ... needs ofthe child; Child care staff members are important figures inthe lives ofthe young children in their care and inthe well-being of families and the community Child care staff training...
... push the CP into a joint decision-making framework re-opening the procedure to interadministrative/intergovernmental negotiations Inthe MRP, the first phase mode of open coordination dominates the ... focuses mainly on implementation Policy-making inthe European multi-level system has received most ofthe attention inthe last decades But when inquiring into the governing capacity ofthe EC, the ... mentioning this facilitating factor for successful Europeanization, one is also reminded again ofthe type of companies mainly involved inthe CP They are the ones not only with a high interest in...
... from the evidence are close to the actual effects of interest The usefulness of an estimate ofthe effect (of the intervention) depends on the level of confidence in that estimate The higher the ... distinct objectives (establishing and strengthening the mechanisms for delivering integrated TB and HIV services, reducing the burden of TB among people living with HIV, and reducing the burden of ... the burden of TB in people living with HIV, their families and communities by ensuring the delivery ofthe Three I’s for HIV/TB and the early initiation of ART in line with WHO guidelines; (3)...
... developmentofthe ground system, resulting in an increase inthe ground systems development cost but offset by a reduction in operations costs Minor changes included increases for thedevelopmentofthe ... research in interdisciplinary areas Present foci for the Interdisciplinary Science investigations include studies ofthe physics ofthe ocean-ice shelf interface and the impacts of urbanization on the ... integration onto the Observatory The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) has completed developmentofthe instrument and began environmental testing during the fourth quarter of FY 2011 The GPM GMI instrument...
... combining them with sperm inthe laboratory, and returning them to the woman’s body or donating them to another woman They NOT include treatments in which only sperm are handled (i.e., intrauterine—or ... Westat review the report • Necessary changes are incorporated and proofread • The report is submitted to theGovernment Printing Office to begin the printing and production process These steps ... vitro fertilization) Involves extracting a woman’s eggs, fertilizing the eggs inthe laboratory, IVF and then transferring the resulting embryos into the woman’s uterus through the cervix For some...
... rights, developmental and protectionist groups and individuals who came together around the turn ofthe century against the injustices ofthe international financial system and its leading member, the ... Internet Thus informed, the activists use major worldwide meetings of officials ofthe international as forums to gather in protest and publicly communicate the threats they perceive Their often militant ... actions inthe name ofthe organization, the agenda ofthe organization reflects the churn oflocal initiatives and virtual deliberations One result is that ATTAC (Association for the Taxation of Financial...
... facilitate the joint monitoring at provincial level under the authority ofthe PPHD The HMIS Unit manages all the routine statistics ofthe MOPH, and will assist the DCAH in determining the indicators ... completion ofthe missing vaccines Evaluate the pilot of offering vaccination through private outlets, and scale up the intervention according to the findings 2.5.1 Immunization of mothers Immunization ... with the MOHE, ensure inclusion ofthe IMCI approach inthe pre-service training of MDs and mid-level health workers in all major training institutions; Decentralize the case management training...