biotechnology s impact on food security
LEADERSHIP’S IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
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13/04/2013, 21:59
... University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece (2008), Leadership s impact on employee engagement - Differences among entrepreneurs and professional CEOs, Leadership & Organization Development ... measures of subordinate performance For the sake of economy of space and in order to avoid repetition, we will refer to this set of characteristics/ states of the collaborators of the CEO, as ... engagement, as a “positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication and absorption” (Salanova and Schaufeli, 2008), successfully portrays the composite state...
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The Broadband Bonus: Accounting for Broadband Internet’s Impact on U.S. GDP potx
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15/03/2014, 22:20
... of consumer surplus consistent with Savage and Waldman s estimates, while varying assumptions about prices and conversions TABLE Consumer surplus in millions of dollars (as a fraction of sum ... interpretation and discussion of issues, see Atkinson, Correa, and Hedlund (2008) From Boswell s Life of Johnson addition, between $6.7 and $4.8 billion is new consumer surplus In both cases, this is above ... areas, households also had access to direct supply of high-speed lines, such as T-1 lines This was prohibitively expensive for almost all users except businesses, and even then, it was mostly used...
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Global Inequalities at Work: Work’s Impact on the Health of Individuals, Families, and Societies pdf
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16/03/2014, 12:20
... exposed to asbestos in the United States (Steenland and Stayner, 1997) By 1997, dust-related lung diseases, including silicosis, asbestosis, and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, accounted for only ... agrichemicals (London, 1994) Exposure to Dusts, Fibers, and Occupational Respiratory Diseases Many kinds of dust in industrial and agricultural activities can cause occupational respiratory diseases such ... 19 and asbestos, which cause pneumoconiosis In addition to causing pneumoconioses, silica and asbestos are known as carcinogens, inducing lung cancer and mesothelioma Asbestos use has declined...
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Under Threat - Sequestration’s Impact on Nondefense Jobs and Services pdf
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22/03/2014, 14:20
... sequestration s effects on Pentagon spending The defense industry has highlighted the potential impact of an across-the-board cut on defense-related jobs and services Some members of Congress ... July 2012 study commissioned by the Aerospace Industries Association found that sequestration s cuts to nondefense spending would reduce the U .S gross domestic product during fiscal years 2012-21 ... medication reduces the amount of virus in a person s blood stream, which reduces his or her ability to pass on the virus to others Thus, a Patients lose access to strong treatment program is essential...
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pagano and schwartz-a closing call’s impact on market quality at euronext paris
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23/04/2014, 21:03
... opening and closing prices We used the Continuous B stocks as a control sample for the Continuous A stocks’ event date, and vice versa Tests on both of these control samples show far less significant ... regression analysis on the market model R2 statistics using the second-pass technique of Equation (1) to assess the statistical significance of the findings Similar to Tables 3, 4, and 5, we estimate ... stock s time series Thus, RRD explicitly considers the covariation in the residuals across our stock sample whereas the R2 statistic analysis focuses on the residuals for each stock across time Together,...
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studying customer satisfaction’s impact on customer loyalty and shirt repeating purchase behavior of urban customers in vietnam under the influence of involvement and fashion style
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30/10/2014, 11:17
... questions and missions 1.2.1 Research objectives This thesis focuses on evaluating, testing the impact of satisfaction on loyalty and repurchase behavior for shirt of Vietnam urban customers, ... the impact of involvement and fashion style Based on the results, this thesis gives some recommendations to enterprises producing and dealing in fashionable shirts to increase satisfaction, retain ... loyalty towards repurchase behavior 1.2.2 Research questions With these above-mentioned objectives, this thesis follows these questions: - How does satisfaction affect the expressions of loyalty...
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ASSESSMENT VAM CONG BRIDE’S IMPACT ON BASSAC RIVER TOPOGRAPHY BY NUMERICAL MODELING
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21/03/2015, 14:42
... EDUCATION MASTER PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE – BELGIUM WATER RESOURCES UNIVERSITY – VIETNAM ON SUSTAINABLE HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS ASSESSMENT VAM CONG BRIDE S IMPACT ON BASSAC ... pore water pressure, it works to reduce stress acting on soil particles This shows that shear strength decreased less, giving the smooth sandy soil easily converted into flow state contributed to ... domain basin is about 1400 mm, divided into two distinct seasons that are rainy and dry seasons that correspond to the southwest monsoon and northeast as described above Rainfall characteristics are...
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Human Trafficking in Indonesia Rethinking the New Order's Impact on Exploitative Migration of Indonesian Women
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14/05/2015, 14:23
... in Indonesia In Losing Control?: Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization (1996) Sassen discusses international migration in the context of globalization She emphasizes that immigration flows proceeds ... U .S does not evaluate itself In addition, some Indonesian Muslims criticize this report because many of the tier three countries are Islamic countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi ... Ani-ani was unsuited to the new rice plants modified by the Bimas-Inmas program because they did not grow as tall as the old ones at the harvest season As a consequence, harvesters started to use clurit...
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Analysis of LAGIC & Solvency II’s impact on Life Insurers
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01/01/2017, 09:03
... Interest Rate Risks Default Risks Fraud Mortality Risks Equity Risks Downgrade Risks System Failures Lapse Risks Currency Risks Liquidity Risks Improper Business Practices Longevity Risks Expenses ... and business communities were seen as acceptable ways of alleviating losses Risk sharing based on solidarity was prevalent among village communities, trade associations and guilds (Swiss Re, ... Adjustment The Combined Stress Scenario Adjustment (CSSA) is calculated from a single scenario where all assets and insurance risk stresses are concurrently applied It aims to allow for a consistent...
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Impacts of climate change on food security in vietnam
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10/01/2018, 12:43
... issue, impact of climate change on food security is studied The objectives and contributions of this study also present in the first part Second, Chapter presents basic concepts and defmitions ... climate scenarios Finally, Chapter concludes the paper It discusses the main findings as well as offers some recommendations The limitations of this research are also raised in the last section Chapter ... Components of Food Security • • • • Food availability Food accessibility Food utilization Food system stability I t Possible Changes in Food Consumption Patterns • Shift away from grain fed livestock...
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ISYP Journal on Science and World Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005 45-60 © 2005 Magdalena Kropiwnicka Biotechnology and food security in developing countries
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13/03/2014, 21:59
... protected Conclusions Although this article s assessment of the impact of the biotechnological revolution on developing countries’ food systems began from a discussion on lessons learned from the ... access and utilisation [28] Each of these components needs to be considered at the level of individuals, households, nations and international relations Additionally, the UN Conference on Environment ... statistics demonstrate that on the global scale the food production rate, despite sometimes serious regional variations, is going upwards and in tune with population growth [17] FAO defines food security...
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Tài liệu Child Food Insecurity: The Economic Impact on our Nation pdf
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12/02/2014, 12:20
... Among obese adolescents, lower levels of self-esteem have been associated with increased rates of sadness, loneliness, nervousness, smoking, and alcohol consumption.121 One study of adolescents ... “hunger” is useful in describing the most severe levels of food insecurity Table 1: Questions Comprising the U .S Food Security Scale with Child Food Security Scale Questions in the Lower Section “W ... found associations between food insecurity and maternal depression.133, 134 A recent Children s HealthWatch study examined associations among mothers’ positive depressive symptoms (PDS), food insecurity...
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Tài liệu THE IMPACT OF FIRM''''S CHARACTERISTICS ON JUNK-BOND DEFAULT pptx
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15/02/2014, 13:20
... regulators to assess the valuation and risks of the asset portfolios of savings and loans more accurately Finally, bonds represent a major instrument firms employ to raise their capital This is supported ... than those on newly issued ones Consequently, in a market The Impact Of Firm 's Characteristics On Junk-Bond Default 49 dominated by new issues, the returns could be overestimated Based on the ... outstanding bonds rated below BBB- on the S& P scale, our study addresses the question of whether bond default could be predicted If a set of warning signals can be identified, investors might reassess the...
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Tài liệu Hybrid Rice Technology Development Ensuring China’s Food Security potx
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22/02/2014, 05:20
... 1990 Research progress on heterosis utilization in two-line system intersubspecific crosses Hybrid Rice 3: 32–34 27 IFPRI DISCUSSION PAPERS Prepared for the “Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural ... separate research and seed business to an incorporation of research, production, extension, and sales into a single seed business Current consolidation phase (2001–present): The implementation ... “household responsibility” system after 1981, it is also possible that farming decisions became less driven by government pressure Under the household responsibility system, the decision to cultivate...
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CESNET Technical Report 13/2008 Impact of Network Security on Speech Quality pot
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05/03/2014, 23:20
... consists of the IxChariot console and IxChariot endpoints e IxChariot console allows a selection of several test configurations, such as the used codec, timing, number of concurrent calls, test ... duration and so on e test is initialized at the console, the conditions are uploaded into endpoints and consequently the test is performed e results are sent back to the console ere was observed ... algorithms but subsequent data exchange is usually done by symmetric ciphers because of considerably faster processing Of course, symmetric encryption is more suitable for IP telephony and this paper...
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Undying Promise: Agricultural Biotechnology’s Pro-poor Narrative, Ten Years on
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13/03/2014, 21:55
... non-Bt cotton during the season in question That being the case, one is left with the nagging question why, in a season with low pest pressure, so many cotton farmers apparently still spent significant ... initially sprayed slightly less pesticide against sucking pests on Bt cotton than non-Bt cotton, but in the second season slightly more, Bennett and colleagues wrote: It may be that in the first season ... of crop insurance It only confers a substantial economic advantage in seasons where there is a serious outbreak of the target pest In other seasons, adopters of insect-resistant crops have to...
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Massachusetts Health Reform: Impact on Women’s Health doc
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14/03/2014, 12:20
... programs Along most measures, access to care has also improved, although some women remain at risk for gaps in access to specific services Reasons for this are varied, and include health system ... there has not been a comprehensive assessment of women s experiences with Massachusetts health reform Most research on Massachusetts’ approach stratifies data by income, age, health status, race ... expensive care This leaves young adults enrolled in these plans with exposure for high health care expenses in cases of serious illness (See Malika s Story, Appendix D) Access to Essential Women’s...
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RESEARCH PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY: 2013 BUSINESS PLAN docx
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15/03/2014, 21:20
... decision support tools for food security response strategies. regional and national food system crisis recovery) in the face of and food security response climate fluctuations organizations Objective 2.3: Support risk management through enhanced prediction of climate impacts on agriculture, and enhanced climate information and services ... also introduce a new focus on predicting the food security impacts of climate fluctuations, integrating work on seasonal climate prediction, crop and rangeland forecasting, forecasting price response to production shocks, and disaggregated estimation of impacts on consumption and food ... gov’t agencies and University Regions approaches, policies, and investments processes; Synthesis and research reports developed on lessons partners, PROLINNOVA, CARE, CG contributing to improved science‐...
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