... livelihood ofthe people;, and management strategies for the exploitation, development and conservationofthe wetland. The multi-level action plan for theconservationof forest wetlands in the MD ... countries in the world for preventing the further wetland forest loss or degradation. Implementing in Vietnam the above described action plan, it is believed that consultancy and support of international ... and ecological value ofthe wetland, and the type and incidence of human threat [2]. They are used as basis for the formulation of conservation priorities, the drafting of planning and management...
... claimed that the gradual attainment of more complete dynamic equilibrium . . . is the fundamental characteristic” of ecosystems, and thatthe order of stability of all of the chemical elements is of ... value ofthe nonservice benefit that is being enjoyed. The demand for the services, in other words, is a derived demand that depends on the demand for the structural benefit (Boyd and Banzhaf ... Professor of Property andcodirector ofthe Environmental, Natural Resources, and Land Use Law Program at Florida State University School of Law. Steven E.Kraftis professor and chair ofthe Department...
... isincreasing at the Northern boundary ofthe population. Results show that there is an overallincrease in the number of Clouded Apollo in Estonia, with 73% of all sighting having been madeduring the last ... attractiveness ofthe sampling sites. From the point of view of Iberianand Balearic butterflies, adequate inventories at the scale investigated may probably suffice forfurther studies on the diversity of ... credence to the hypothesis that, unlessanthropogenic change is mitigated, the world is indeed approaching the sixth major ‘extinctionevent’ in the history of life on this planet. The conference...
... satelliteis for 8h40m; July 16, planet unsteady.93 Colors ofthe Equatorial Belts.North ofthe narrow, light rift in the northern part ofthe north belt, the color wasfrequently of a deep, ... gift.Resolved, That on the ac ceptance ofthe gift by the Society, Mr. Donohoe’s name be placedon the roll of Life-Members; thatthe Donohoe Fund for the maintenance ofthe Comet Medal of the Astronomical ... always the same, whatever the unit ofenergy (intensity) may be, the totalamount ofenergy for the same telescope canbe considered as varying directly with the area of the aperture, or with...
... conduct ofthe office of district attorney ofthe United States for the southern district of Alabama." The incumbent of this office on the 1st day of January, 1885, and until the 17th day of ... education ofthe deaf mutes therein. It also appropriated for the support ofthe Territorial insaneasylum, as well as the salaries of Territorial officers, including thatofthe superintendent ofthe ... _December 21, 1885_._To the Senate ofthe United States_ :In the matter ofthe removal of Horatio C. } Burchard as Director ofthe Mint. }In conformity to section 343 ofthe Revised Statutes of the...
... factors must be checked in the following order: the intensionality of the descrip- tor, the time of reference of the descriptor, and the agents of the descriptor. We must establish the ... whom the target descriptor is ascribed, then the descriptor canbe substituted in the target. The resulting clause will have the substituted descriptor attributed to the same agents as the ... agent ofthe descriptor equivalence asserted in the background assumptions to those ofthe target descriptor, and then assert the intensionality, time, and agent ofthe descriptors in the...
... models that allow the characterization of the molecular profile of non-cancer cells in the TME and of their soluble products, and how these cells canbe regu-lated at different stages of cancer ... biologicalagents thatcan target the TME and exert beneficial influ-ences on cancer patients. The focus of this new section ofthe JTM is on studies that bridge the laboratory and the clinic. We ... lev-els. In contrast, there is a lot to be done with respect totranslating the insights gained in the laboratory on the involvement ofthe TME in cancer pathogenesis to the clinic and the biomedical...
... familyshould bethe focus ofthe professional. Also, profession-als should be made aware ofthe consequences of care forparents during their training. Furthermore, they should be trained in how ... on the guidelines ofthe TAAQOL. Incalculation ofthe scale scores one missing combined-itemscore was allowed for, the missing score is replaced by the mean value ofthe non-missing item scores. ... andemotional support. When looked at the size ofthe (signif-icant) effects, dependency ofthe child, chronic illness of the parent, days on holiday, and the support system seemto bethe main factors predicting...
... by the severity ofthe airflow limitation. For instance, it has beenshown thatthe health condition perceived by the patientscorrelates better with the degree of dyspnea [29,30] or with the ... 2003).Subjects of both sexes, aged 40 years or older and diag-nosed of COPD at least 12 months before the start of the study, were included. The diagnosis ofthe disease was per-formed according to the ... pop-ulation has been used as reference [19]. The SF-12 isscored from 0 to 100 so that, the higher the score, the bet-ter the health condition.Statistical analysis The analysis ofthe data was...
... totalLCU score canbe calculated for each respondent as aweighted sum of all the LCU scores (range of LCUs forone LE: 5-216). We used the Spanish version of CLES that has been found to be valid ... categorized according to the amount of stress suffered.We calculated both the number of LEs and the Life Change Unit (LCU) score, a summary ofthe amount of stressinherent to the event and the ... representative sample ofthe European gen-eral population so that scores over (or under) 50 indi-cate better (or worse) HRQoL than the general EUpopulation. The Spanish version ofthe questionnairehas...
... points (33.3-53.9) for the Physical Composite Score and 43.4 points(64.2-50.3) for the Mental Composite Score. These scoresare below the norm when compared to the median scores of healthy population ... in the amount of PA using the PASIPD, after controlling formotor impairment. The dependent variable for the thirdand fourth regression models was the Mental CompositeScore ofthe HRQL. The ... 10-12% ofthe variance of the physical (but not the mental) composite score of the SF-36. Overall low levels of daily PA were revealed forthese individuals with a mild motor impairment. The median...
... significant, with the exception ofthe risk score as a measure ofthe severity of the illness. While the differences between the variousHRQOL scales are considerable for individual predic-tors, the ... and correlations can be overestimated [66]. The problem is somewhat mitigatedby the fact that we did not measure the objectively obser-vable behavior ofthe physician, but rather the behaviorassessed ... mean that in the group of non-participants, if the number of c aseswerethesame,itwouldbemoredifficulttoprovetherelevance ofthe predictors studied here.We studied two personality traits important...
... the dainty boys ofthe presenttime think of going to mill on a frostymorning astride of a bag of corn on the horse's back, without stockings or shoesand with trousers half way up to the knees? ... the manufacture, and forsome years several parts ofthe processwere thus performed. Gradually, hismachines were discarded, and for manyyears before his retirement, every portion of the work ... precisely the bestform of every part. There is not a turn or curve about either the handle orthe headwhich has not been patiently considered,and reconsidered, and considered again,until no further...