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Sustainable livelihoods in coastal red river delta in the context of climate change a case study in nam dinh province
... Object of the research Object of the thesis is household livelihoods in coastal communities in the context of climate change, including such issues as livelihood assets, livelihoods strategies, livelihood ... livelihood strategies 1.1.3 Criteria to assess sustainability of the livelihoods • Economic sustainability: is normally evaluated by household income increase • Social sustainability: is assessed through ... creates damages to natural resources sensitive to the climate such as land and water source In addition, climate change does affect physical assets such as infrastructure The impacted assets by climate...
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Environmental Adaptations and Stress Tolerance of Plants in the Era of Climate Change pptx
... internal signals and are then used by the plant to regulate various responses to stress Plants respond the abiotic stress by up- and downregulation of genes responsible for the synthesis of osmolytes, ... cap-dependent translation of many mRNAs is suppressed and the expression of a certain set of genes including the luminal binding protein gene BiP is induced The underlying mechanisms of UPR in yeasts and ... (2008) also reported that drought stress increases the ascorbate content in Picea asperata Water stress results in significant increases in antioxidant AsA concentration in turfgrass (Zhang and Schmidt...
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Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Methods and Preliminary Results pdf
... made The cost to produce the 21 syntheses and assessment reports was about the same as the cost of the last national assessment Therefore, a national assessment should be within the scope of existing ... progress in the CCSP This is the second report and it identifies priorities for addressing these issues and for meeting new scientific and societal needs To gather input and discuss the issues, the ... Preliminary Results (NRC, 2007c), assessed CCSP progress over the past years (see the Preface for a summary of the findings) This second report identifies future priorities for addressing pressing...
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Impasses of the Post-Global -Theory in the Era of Climate Change potx
... and the pleasures of annihilation, there might be a relentless shrinkage of earth s ass s skin of surfaces and biosystems, a dispossession that would proceed from the ground up, as a slow, miserable ... parameters of the critical environment that its diverse materials join; also, in setting a distinctive tone, urgent in its measured assessment, for the ongoing discourse of critical climate change These ... IC3 initiative, since its outset, has struggled to budge the discourse and its synthesis away from the corridors of academe and into the tsunami s debris And the discourse must also be budged away...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Ecology and ecophysiology of circum-Mediterranean firs in the context of climate change" ppsx
... Aussenac A pinsapo, des risques importants de régression des aires actuelles des sapins circum-méditerranéens existent dans les zones les plus basses de leur aire, mais aussi dans les expositions ... similar to those seen in France in 1985, where serious cold damage was observed in maritime pines in the Landes Firs are affected by spring frosts when the buds are in the bud burst phase, and when ... worsen the risk of late frost damage It is also known that sensitivity to spring frosts is the major obstacle to using A cephalonica in plantations in the low mountains near the Mediterranean in...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Complement activation in the Parkinson''''s disease substantia nigra: an immunocytochemical study" ppt
... (means ± SEM) are shown for slides from specimens in which iC3b immunoreactivity was assessed; essentially similar results were obtained for slides from specimens in which C9 staining was evaluated ... 96:909-16 Kingsbury AE, Marsden CD, Foster OJ: The vulnerability of nigral neurons to Parkinson 's disease is unrelated to their intrinsic capacity for dopamine synthesis: an in situ hybridization study ... neurons in the YN substantia nigra specimens The increase in iC3b immunoreactivity on melanized neurons in YN substantia nigra specimens in comparison with AN specimens was an unexpected finding...
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Báo cáo y học: " The prevalence of common mental disorders and PTSD in the UK military: using data from a clinical interview-based study" pdf
... these results by ascertaining the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in a large epidemiological study using detailed standardized diagnostic assessments The aim of this study was to assess the ... authors, conducted a proportion of the interviews, assisted with the planning of the analysis, and prepared the first draft of this article for submission LVS assisted in the design of the study, ... 60% response rate The final study had greater statistical power than envisaged as the final response rate was 76% Analysis All statistical analyses were undertaken using the statistical software...
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Báo cáo y học: "Are chiropractors in the uk primary healthcare or primary contact practitioners?: a mixed methods study" docx
... grouping and response variables The descriptive statistics were calculated using Microsoft Excel and the inferential statistics using SPSS (Statistical Program for the Social Sciences, Version ... role in the UK than in the USA However due to the differences in the healthcare systems there are other benefits, such as remunerations, to being classed as primary healthcare professionals in the ... analysis that precedes and informs the quantitative phase of data collection and analysis The findings of the two phases of the study are then integrated during the interpretation phase at the...
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phillips - banking and the business cycle; a study of the great depression in the u. s. (1937)
... helps make possible, the investment boom: the purchase of investments by banks creates new deposits in the banking system in much the same fashion as does the granting of loans The banks thus place ... dollars new deposits in the banking system.1 And to the extent that all banks in the system are possessed of excess reserves and use them simultaneously to buy bonds issued by the Government the ... INTRODUCTION devoted to the formulation of a theory of business cycles for "the present crisis is, in fact, a crisis also for the entire theory of business cycles." * The theory of business...
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Hwang raw, design and planning of the balanced scorecard a case study rubber in taiwan
... P uses the inner factors analysis, competitors analysis, and five forces analysis to analyze business operations Furthermore, due to the professionalism of the rubber industry, Company P has added ... forces.This study uses the five forces of Porter for Company P The synthetic analysis is shown in Table 4.5 Strategic map Following the inner factors analysis, competitors analysis, and five forces analysis ... MacStravic [14] mentioned that the balanced scorecard possesses six advantages: (1) An Increase of firm insights in the understanding of customers, (2) Readjustment of internal operations, (3) Stockholder...
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Abortion policy and teen reproductive behavior in the u s, the case of parental involvement laws
... where the increase was greater among teens ages 17 years and 6-7 months Since we find no change in the pregnancy rate in response to Texas 's law, the rise in the probability of birth is most likely ... after the law was introduced Reporting was quite good over these two years In section we discuss the possibility of bias as it relates to the specific methods we employ and the measures we take ... discouraging non-resident older minors from obtaining an abortion in the state Furthermore, the lack of minors from Mississippi, Arkansas, or Tennessee—states with parental involvement laws that...
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Check Your English Vocabulary for Living in the UK.pdf
... furniture …is well-known mainly for its men 's and women 's clothes and clothing accessories …mainly sells stationery, greetings cards, books, magazines and newspapers …only sells shoes and shoe-related ... collectively as the treecoatel 22 When 20 across (plural) ask questions of the ruling party ministers in the 34 across, this is called sQuotine meTi 24 When politicians and their assistants provide information ... responses The UK A – Z Utilities and services Where are they? A year in the UK: Traditions, holidays and other occasions A year in the UK: Traditions, holidays and other occasions A year in the...
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Báo cáo y học: "An unusual case of gout in the wrist: the importance of monitoring medication dosage and interaction. A case report"
... bony erosions [14] Joint space is generally well maintained Subchondral cysts may be present as they were in this case (See Figure 1) Due to the increasing rarity of these x-ray changes because of ... previous gouty attacks in the first metatarsophalangeal joint he was unaware that gout could occur in his wrist Typical presentation includes sudden onset of intense pain, redness and swelling of the ... medications that their patients are taking In addition, they should be prudent to be made aware of any changes in prescribed dosages In this case, the patient was taking diuretics as well as other...
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An analysis of the inaugural address by g w bush in the u s president election 2004 from a perspective of discoure analysis
... findings answer the research questions Part 3: Conclusion summarizes the findings of the study, giving concluding remarks, implications, limitations of the study and suggestions for further studies ... at the beginning of the war), fighting against terrorists and so forth This has been the issue that sharply divided the U .S and is still causing many controversies in the society as the fatality ... uncover some aspects However, due to the scope of a graduation thesis, the investigation is confined into aspects of the speech Though the findings quite satisfactorily prove the assumptions made...
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Tài liệu Material Usage and Condition of Existing Bridges in the U.S pptx
... Congress passed legislation that required each state to inspect and maintain an inventory of all bridges on the Federal-aid system Inspection standards were issued in 1971 to satisfy this mandate ... Congress Most states completed their inventory of bridges on the Federal-aid system by the end of 1973 In 1978, Congress passed the Surface Transportation Assistance Act which expanded the law ... owners of all bridges on public roads perform the required inspections Each state then collects the inspection reports for all bridges in the state and submits them annually to the FHWA, where they...
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Tài liệu Module 18: Case Study Working with the Foodmart Database ppt
... Defining the Sales Schema ! Introducing the Dimensions and Levels ! Analyzing the Measures ! Defining the Calculated Members In this section, you will learn about the schema of the database used ... Database Analyzing the Measures Topic Objective To describe the use of measures in the Sales cube ! Store Sales Lead -in ! Store Cost ! Unit Sales You will create three measures in the Sales cube ... three measures in the Sales cube All measures come from the sales fact tables The measures to include in the cube are: ! Store Sales ! Store Cost ! Unit Sales BETA MATERIALS FOR MICROSOFT CERTIFIED...
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Tài liệu UNIT 4: IN THE MIND’S EYE docx
... immediately; I insist insist (that): She insisted that we stay at her house instead of a hotel insist on: Some companies insist on staff undergoing regular medical checks insistence /In sIstCns / noun ... very firm statement that something must happen or that something is true insistence on: We applaud the president s insistence on tougher environmental laws insistence that: Despite his insistence ... wasn’t involved, most people think he s dishonest insistent /In sIstCnt/ [adjective] saying very firmly that something must happen or that something is true: khăng khăng, định insistent on: She...
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Tài liệu Mothers’ Investments in Child Health in the U.S. and U.K.: A Comparative Lens on the Immigrant ''Paradox'' docx
... changes in relationships across nonlinear models are best assessed through comparing changes in predicted values; in a nonlinear model changes in the coefficients also depend on changes in the other ... lower baseline smoking intercepts among South Asian, black and other immigrant mothers, there are no differences in the latent smoking growth factor In the case of drinking frequency, there is some ... disparity in the quality of mothers’ health-related behaviors and parenting inputs across nativity groups, these disparities are, for the most part, stable over time This finding is interesting...
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Tài liệu The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation’s Elderly: Evaluating Coverage of Nutrition Services for the Medicare Population ppt
... question to be answered was—What are the costs and possible offsets for the provision of such services? The Lewin Group, a quantitative analysis consulting firm in the Washington, D.C area, assisted ... advice (including assessments of scientific evidence) and the views of patients, families, clinicians, health industry manufacturers, administrators, and other interested groups Until it was terminated ... important factors in achieving and sustaining dietary changes For these reasons, it was concluded that at least one session of individualized nutrition therapy is necessary and should be included for...
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