... allowed the processfor the acceptance ofthe second part ofthe 1999 amendments to theAsiaandPacific Plant ProtectionAgreement to proceed. The amendment is about the deletion of Article IV and ... 1ARTICLE IV OFTHE APPPCFunctions ofthe Commission1. The function ofthe Commission shall include:a. the determination of procedures and arrangements necessary for the implementation ofthe Agreement and ... the introduction and spread of pests;c. the promotion of appropriate measures to prevent the introduction and spread of pests ofplants and plant products, and to control pests, including the use of integrated...
... across Asia, Table 5). 10 Peru. From here, they were introduced to the North-western Pacific coast ofthe Americas in the USA and Hawaii, and to the Eastern Atlantic coast from Carolina and ... imports and movements. The recent publication of a number of codes of conduct and management guidelines (BMPs) for the transboundary importation of alien shrimp and their subsequent culture by, ... by, amongst others, FAO, the OIE, NACA, ASEAN, SEAFDEC and the GAA have clearly defined most ofthe issues involved. With the availability of SPF and SPF/SPR stocks of P. vannamei and P. stylirostris...
... challenge. Enhancing Elderly Care Services in AsiaandthePacific Outcome Document of the Regional Forum on Elderly Care Services in Asiaandthe Pacific 21-22 January 2011, Nanjing, China ... ensuring quality health and long-term care services for older persons in Asiaandthe Pacific. I. Key gaps and challenges The Forum identified the following gaps and challenges facing ... designing and implementing policies and programmes towards the full realization ofthe rights of older persons. Allocate adequate budgetary resources for the implementation of policies and...
... contribute to the attainment of one objective at the cost of another. Both financial development and its inclusivity are essential for achievement ofthe MDGs in Asia and the Pacific. Box 9. The Post ... Firstly, the financial sector improves the screening of fund-seekers andthe monitoring ofthe recipients of funds, which improves the allocation of resources. Secondly, in the presence of information ... for the rights creditors in the event of a default by the supplier ofthe bond and efficient bankruptcy procedures that lead to the liquidation of assets of distressed firms. 5 Pinto the...
... indicatorsI. Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this book do not necessarily reflect the views and policies ofthe Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they ... and Governance. Each theme is further divided into subtopics. The tables contain indicators related to a subtopic. The MDGs and themes in Parts II and III start with a brief analysis of key ... (million)Non-AsiaAsiaNote: Extrapolation and interpolation were used to estimate urbanization level and corresponding starting years for Latin America andthe Caribbean and Northern America.Sources:...
... responsible for the focus on the health of children under five years of age, and he was the leader in the definition ofthe health status and determinants indicators that framed the literature ... sanitation, and air pollution) 3. “Overview of Urbanization in Asiaandthe Near East”: trends and projections of urban growth and population density in three cities and assessment of urban poverty and ... disaggregating data by “urban” and “rural.” The proximity ofthe random housing areas to municipal services andthe presence of well-off (legal) residents produced results that were, for the most part,...
... re-evaluation ofthe role of BCGvaccination in the prevention and control of TB in the United States. CDC, the AdvisoryCouncil for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET), andthe Advisory Committee ... Control and Prevention. The role of BCG vaccine in the pre-vention and control of tuberculosis in the United States: a joint statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and ... ofthe protective efficacy of BCG vaccines might have been affected by the methods and routes of vaccine administration andbythe environments and characteristics ofthe populations in which BCG...
... interpretation of both the crude Chinese nuclear threatsover the Taiwan crisis and Chinese views ofthe U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia. If the strategic views of China and the United ... result of agreementswith the United States and unilateral actions in the aftermath of the Cold War, and partly because ofthe state ofthe Russian economy.Even if Russia had not ratified the Strategic ... threatsin the future:• Deterrence of nuclear attacks by threat of nuclear retaliation maycontinue to be the best option against the standard nuclearthreats ofthe past.• Other kinds of deterrent...
... Finland, the UK, the Netherlands and Spain (Osterkamp, 2002). Therefore, the analysis of hospital admissions/discharges and contacts with doctors shows the utilisation and not the demand for these ... calculated. These allow a comparison ofthe results of the national sources with the results from the ECHP, andthe trends revealed bythe ECHP between 1994 and 2001. Table 13 gives an overview ofthe ... 34 show the changes of outpatient consultations by age groups for each participating country with the exception of Denmark. In the UK, Spain, Finland andthe Netherlands the number of consultations...
... sailswest,anotherto the Orient;oneexplores the legendaryseas of the silentNorth,anotherbasksin the sunnySouth;buttheyall the fantastic and the somber, the tragic and the gayfashion theirworksonsomemodel of form.28 THE THEORY OF MUSICalorder,anotherportionissungwithoutanyfixedsuccessionorrelation of accent and isaltogetherrhythmless. The Gregorianchant ... features of musicalcomposition;for,howevergreat the line of demarcation between the twomayhave beenin the past,therecanbenoquestionasto the mixing and the overlapping of the sacred and ... ashumanity the samethroughallgenerations. The value of a musical workisnotinits form;but the value of amusicalworkisenormouslyenhanced by the selectionon the part of the composer of thatformbestadaptedto the clear and forcibleexpressionof...
... diameter. The administration ofthe sewers, in the time ofthe Republic, was in the hands of the censors, but special officers calledcuratores cloacarum were employedduring the Empire, andthe workmenwho ... acolyteholding a cock, the Dioscuri and theirhorses, the head of Serapis, and aheadless statue of Apollo. The Cloaca Maxima was formed of threetiers of arches, the vault within the innermost tier ... ashas been shown by Gibbon, tended to the decay of courage and thus to lessen the prowess ofthe Roman legions, but therewas compensation for this state of affairs at the heart ofthe Empire becausestrong...
... suggesting the importance of conformational IgE epitopes [25].Therefore, we further tested the importance of struc-tural integrity on IgE binding capacity and allergenicactivity of Phl p 1 by comparing ... recorded and averaged for each spectral point in allexperiments. Thermal denaturation was monitored in the range of 20 °Cto90°C. The reversibility ofthe unfoldingprocess was checked by measuring the ... Fund, bythe CeMM Project of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, andby a research grantfrom BIOMAY, Vienna, Austria.References1 Wills-Karp M, Santeliz J & Karp CL (2001) The germ-less theory...
... elected democratically bythe users ofthe health plan andthe others are appointed by Caixa. The purpose ofthe Council is to monitor the quality ofthe program and offer support to Caixa for ... an effort of financial literacy. The Cajabus staff raise the awareness ofthe people to the safetiness and convenience of having a bank account and to the importance of savings and credit allocation. ... activities to meet the demands ofthe market. In 2004, the Ombudsman received 106,600 reactions by clients to the products and services offered andthe services provided by branches. This was...