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Tài liệu The Global Report of the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Study: Consultation Draft doc

Tài liệu The Global Report of the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Study: Consultation Draft doc

... necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work The boundaries, ... Because of the complexity of modeling sectors at a global level, none of the sectoral models is capable of choosing the optimal timing of investments This implies that the time-paths of investments ... intended to inform each other, to improve the overall quality of the analysis This report presents the methodology and the results for the global track The report for the case study track will...

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Biotechnology and Empire: The Global Power of Seeds and Science

Biotechnology and Empire: The Global Power of Seeds and Science

... center of knowledge for the productive management of nature.36 Problems of sugar cane cultivation in the West Indies led to the formation of the Imperial Department of Agriculture at the end of the ... regulations based on the experts’ classifying knowledge.21 Government (the project of the rulers) and mentality (the state of mind of the ruled) then fuse, as both begin to perceive the world in identical ... Foundation For accounts of the scientific and social dimensions of the Green Revolution, see Lily E Kay, The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology...

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The global dimension of water governance: Nine reasons for global arrangements in order to cope with local water problems potx

The global dimension of water governance: Nine reasons for global arrangements in order to cope with local water problems potx

... change the quality of the world’s rivers Nriagu and Pacyna (1988) set out the specific impacts of the use of trace metals in the global economy on the world’s 12 / The global dimension of water ... over reviewing the political feasibility of the identified arrangements The global dimension of water governance / 11 The need for global governance in water issues 2.1 The effect of global climate ... to the Netherlands for consumption there) The water footprints of people are increasingly externalised to other parts of the world Consumers generally not pay for the negative effects of their...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "ON THE LINGUISTIC CHARACTER OF NON-STANDARD INPUT" ppt

Báo cáo khoa học: "ON THE LINGUISTIC CHARACTER OF NON-STANDARD INPUT" ppt

... NV, the most notable being sentences with dummy there subjects Thus, the first of the sentences in (i) is the more likely in NV while, of course, only the second can occur in SWE: (I) a There ... is given in (8), where the object of a prepositional phrase turns into the subject of a following clause: (8) When I was able to understand the explanation of the moves of the chessmen started ... without completely rewriting the grammar of English, and we have done so The point here, as with all these examples, is that close study of the syntax of speech repays the effort with improvements...

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THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE 2004 UPDATE docx

THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE 2004 UPDATE docx

... sixth globally, but is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the African Region and in the low- and middle-income countries of the Region of the Americas In the South-East Asia Region, Global ... deaths globally cancers of the mouth and oropharynx are the second leading cause of cancer deaths For women, 15 cancers are ranked for each of the regions The most common cancer at the global ... individuals will not have symptoms most of the time, but still have the condition The effects of the illness and the loss of health will vary from one individual to another The result may be serious impairments...

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Breakaway: The global burden of cancer— challenges and opportunities pot

Breakaway: The global burden of cancer— challenges and opportunities pot

... up another 24% of the global 2009 total The remainder is comprised of the costs of transportation to and from medical providers, the costs of complementary and alternative treatments, and the value ... Breakaway: The global burden of cancer— challenges and opportunities The health and economic burden of cancer Overview A key objective of this report is an exploration of the global burden of cancer ... Breakaway: The global burden of cancer— challenges and opportunities The costs of cancer, 2009 The global economic cost of the 12.9m new cancer cases in 2009 is estimated to be US$286bn These costs...

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THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE DUE TO OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION ppt

THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE DUE TO OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION ppt

... uncertainty of the base-case estimates was quantified by estimating the joint uncertainty in the estimates of annual mean concentration and the estimates of the relative risks The sensitivity of the ... 100,000 and capital cities The estimated distribution of the world’s urban population and that of the urban population of each of the 14 regions are shown in Figure To allow the most appropriate epidemiologic ... and other risks) (WHO, 2002) DISCUSSION The results indicate that the impact of outdoor air pollution on the burden of disease in the world’s cities is large, but an assessment of sources of uncertainty,...

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social economy of the metropolis cognitive-cultural capitalism and the global resurgence of cities jan 2009

social economy of the metropolis cognitive-cultural capitalism and the global resurgence of cities jan 2009

... for the social life of cities In all of this, I lay special emphasis on the idea of the social economy of the metropolis, which is to say, a view of the urban organism as an intertwined system of ... within the major cities of the mass-production system kept them consistently in positions of economic leadership relative to the rest of the national territory Moreover, from the New Deal of the ... 1995) Dear’s account of the “postmodern urban condition” captures much of the spirit of the latter trend (Dear 2000) All of these approaches to urban theory and the urban question offer diverse insights...

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university of california press terror in the mind of god the global rise of religious violence jan 2000

university of california press terror in the mind of god the global rise of religious violence jan 2000

... the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution at the close of the eighteenth century Hence the public response to the violence— the trembling that terrorism effects—is part of the meaning of the ... in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, by Mark Juergensmeyer Page iii Terror in the Mind of God The Global Rise of Religious Violence Mark Juergensmeyer Page iv University of ... raised the possibility of a "righteous rebellion." 22 Just as liberation theologians justify the use of unauthorized force for the sake of their vision of a moral order, Bray sees the legitimacy of...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " Studying the local character of Raman features of single-walled carbon nanotubes along a bundle using TERS" potx

Báo cáo hóa học: " Studying the local character of Raman features of single-walled carbon nanotubes along a bundle using TERS" potx

... function of the height of the bundle at the seven measurements sites (1) and (2) This confirms the contribution of the confocal Raman signal to the TERS signal The absence of RBM_1 in the TERS spectrum ... along a bundle The TERS intensity of G-mode in carbon nanotubes is strongly dependent on the height of the bundle Moreover, the frequency of the G mode changes from one position to the other in TERS ... from to nm The height profiles indicate the presence of an SWCNT bundle Radial breathing modes In the RBM region of the TERS spectra three or four different RBMs are observed at each of the marked...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Research Article On the Well Posedness and Refined Estimates for the Global Attractor of the TYC Mod" docx

báo cáo hóa học:" Research Article On the Well Posedness and Refined Estimates for the Global Attractor of the TYC Mod" docx

... uniqueness of the solution to 1.1 The procedure to show existence and uniqueness of solutions to 1.2 – 1.4 follow similarly We then consider the question of sharpening the upper bounds on the Hausdorff ... the Trojan Y Chromosome model, 1.1 – 1.4 The solutions f, m, r, s of the system are bounded as follows: f ∞ ≤ K, |m|∞ ≤ K, 2.1 |s|∞ ≤ K, |r|∞ ≤ K Proof The proof relies heavily on the form of ... state a theorem about the existence of weak solution in the weighted spaces This in turn will entail making refined estimates on the dimension of the global attractor for TYC system, when the phase...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " Research Article The Periodic Character of the Difference Equation xn 1 f xn−l 1, xn−2k 1" pdf

Báo cáo hóa học: " Research Article The Periodic Character of the Difference Equation xn 1 f xn−l 1, xn−2k 1" pdf

... Therefore, lim x2n M, lim x2n g M , n→∞ lim x2n n→∞ g M 2.22 or n→∞ lim x2n n→∞ M 2.23 The proof is complete Remark 2.2 The proofs of Lemma 2.1 and Theorem 1.1 draw on ideas from the proofs of ... lim x→ ∞ g x a The main result of this paper is the following theorem Theorem 1.1 Every positive solution of 1.1 converges to (not necessarily prime) a 2-periodic solution Proof of Theorem 1.1 In ... solution of E2 converges to not necessarily prime a 2speriodic solution, which generalized the main result of Furthermore, Stevi´ studied the c periodic character of positive solutions of the following...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " Research Article The Periodic Character of the Difference Equation xn 1 f xn−l 1, xn−2k 1" pot

Báo cáo hóa học: " Research Article The Periodic Character of the Difference Equation xn 1 f xn−l 1, xn−2k 1" pot

... Therefore, lim x2n M, lim x2n g M , n→∞ lim x2n n→∞ g M 2.22 or n→∞ lim x2n n→∞ M 2.23 The proof is complete Remark 2.2 The proofs of Lemma 2.1 and Theorem 1.1 draw on ideas from the proofs of ... lim x→ ∞ g x a The main result of this paper is the following theorem Theorem 1.1 Every positive solution of 1.1 converges to (not necessarily prime) a 2-periodic solution Proof of Theorem 1.1 In ... solution of E2 converges to not necessarily prime a 2speriodic solution, which generalized the main result of Furthermore, Stevi´ studied the c periodic character of positive solutions of the following...

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THE GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY ppt

THE GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY ppt

... innova tions in the steel indu stry are alive and well in new and often unexpected places THE RESTRU CTURI N G OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY The 1980s also marked the en d of the tradition of the state-owned ... the centrality of innovations in the open-ended capitalist industrial system THE RESTRU CTURING OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY Rather than summarize the salient dynamics of the industry's evolution, the ... further to technological capability The waves of investment mobilized by the state adds to the global capacity Japan, like the US, is confronted with the challenges of excess capacity and the...

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THE MECHANICAL CHARACTER OF SOILS pptx

THE MECHANICAL CHARACTER OF SOILS pptx

... supply them with a part of their food, while the oxygen of that air renders available the minerals of the soil; and its carbonic acid, being absorbed by the water in the soil, gives it the power of ... cultivation of the land, but they cause much waste of room, as we can rarely plow nearer than within six or eight feet of them There are none of these objections to the use of under-drains, as these ... growth of grass until the nutriment of the soil is exhausted 10 Draining enables us to deepen the surface-soil, because the admission of air and the decay of roots[Pg 225] render the condition of the...

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báo cáo khoa học: "Local suffering and the global discourse of mental health and human rights: An ethnographic study of responses to mental illness in rural Ghana" pptx

báo cáo khoa học: "Local suffering and the global discourse of mental health and human rights: An ethnographic study of responses to mental illness in rural Ghana" pptx

... and their family members questions focused on the history of the person's illness, the symptoms and course of the illness, possible causes, the impact of the illness on the individual and the ... healers' view of mental illness, including possible causes, the methods of treatment provided and the ideology/theology on which they were based, the efficacy of the treatment and the reasons for ... chain them to be able to pray for them for the evil spirit to leave them, for them to have their peace There is no money, otherwise we wouldn't chain them, and I also don't have a room to put them...

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báo cáo khoa học: " The evolution of the Global Burden of Disease framework for disease, injury and risk factor quantification: developing the evidence base for national, regional and global public health action" pps

báo cáo khoa học: " The evolution of the Global Burden of Disease framework for disease, injury and risk factor quantification: developing the evidence base for national, regional and global public health action" pps

... distribution of exposure that would lead to the lowest theoretical minimum levels of disease burden Thus, for example, in the case of tobacco, the theoretical minimum distribution would be 100% of the ... Comparative Quantification of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors: The Global Burden of Disease 2000 Study The initial Global Burden of Disease Study represented a quantum leap in the global and regional ... as guiding the determination of health research priorities [11-14] Global Burden of Disease 1990 Study The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study was commissioned by The World Bank in the early...

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Báo cáo y học: "The global role of ppGpp synthesis in morphological differentiation and antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)" pdf

Báo cáo y học: "The global role of ppGpp synthesis in morphological differentiation and antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)" pdf

... particularly characteristic of the genus: the repression of conservons, the induction of antibiotic gene clusters, and the expression of the morphogenetic sapB, chaplin and rodlin genes While the exact ... http://genomebiology.com/2007/8/8/R161 The purpose of this study was to use methods for the genomewide analysis of gene transcription to more fully characterize the regulatory influence of ppGpp synthesis on the biology of S ... differentiation during growth The results extend the known involvement of ppGpp synthesis in the regulation of antibiotic and secondary metabolite production, and paint a picture of a global regulatory mechanism...

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