... measures taken andthe emergency? 347 7B.4 Terrorismandthelegalityprinciple 348 7B.4.1 Terrorism, criminal responsibility and nullum crimen sine lege 350 7B.4.2 Terrorism, penalties and nulla ... Council and criminal tribunals 37 vii viii contents 2.2.3 Meeting thelegality threshold: preliminary conclusions on customary international law? 40 2.3 Filling the gap? Terrorismand other international ... opportunity andthe ‘war on terror’ response 443 9.2 The legal framework 445 9.3 The ‘war on terror’ and international legality: some essential characteristics 447 9.4 Early reactions and key challenges:...
... model The MDL principle finds a compromise between the size of the model andthe accuracy of the data description Our selectional preference model relies on Li and Abe (1998), applying the MDL principle ... minimises the sum of encoding both the model andthe data The model length (ML) is defined as k ∗ log2 |S|, ML = with k the number of concepts in the partial hierarchy between the top concept andthe ... According to the MDL principle, the model with minimal description length should be chosen The description length itself is the sum of the model length andthe data length, with the model length...
... practicing, and producing medicines and fertilizers, and therefore enlarges the audience for this book beyond the scope of soil, agricultural, and chemical science The book starts by examining the concepts ... chelation, and bridging reactions, and deviations from the concepts are questioned as aberrations The importance of these interactions in soils, agriculture, andthe environment are addressed, andthe ... almost all of the biochemical compounds synthesized by plants and other soil organisms These substances are usually subject to further degradation and decomposition reactions, and are the main sources...
... during the years, has set the stage for the development of the concepts and types of humic substances followed today It triggered in the beginning a flurry of investigations andthe ligno-protein theory ... Africa, Scandinavia andthe tundras in the arctic region Many of the coastal plain streams and swamps of the Southeastern United States carry also dark colored water, attributed to the presence ... fouling the water supply in the Lake Waco area, the Playa lakes in the high plains, and east Texas Sitting right on top of the recharge zones of the Paluxy, Trinity and Ogallala aquifers, these...
... does this relate to the soil carbon sequestration theory? On the other hand, the monomers, as noted in Figure 4.14, can also react together as such They are then expected to form the smallest possible ... for differentiating the humic substances The lighter the color of the humic substance, the steeper the slope, whereas the darker the color the more horizontal tends to be the spectral line Fulvic ... 1985;Nissenbaum and Kaplan, 1972), andthe Maillard reaction by others (Ziechmann, 1994; Stevenson, 1994) It is a hypothesis using sugar and amine as starting and key components for the synthesis of...
... weight percentages on the composition of these substances and on the role they play in molecular structure He has used them for the determination of molecular weights and formulas, and in distinguishing ... In the opinion of Schnitzer and Preston (1986), this discrepancy is attributed to the inclusions of amides and esters in the analysis by NMR spectroscopy On the other hand, lack of reactivity and ... humic and fulvic acid does not differ much from each other The data for both of the humic substances are also in the range of the average hydrogen values of 3.2 - 6.2% and 3.8 7.0% in humic and...
... Tan (2000) and molecular weight By assuming that the humic molecules are spherical in shape, the larger the size of the molecule of the humic compound isolated, the larger will be the numerical ... molecules and their spectra reflect the responses of the many different molecular species The use of poorly prepared humic samples andthe publication of poorly resolved spectra have aggravated the ... between 2980 and 2920 cm-' and two strong absorption bands for carbonyls and carboxyls in COO at 1720 and 1650 cm-', respectively In addition, the humic acid spectrum lacks the strong band at 1000...
... pairs to the metal ion The latter is usually a metal in the series of transition metals The ligand, therefore, fits the definition of a Lewis base andthe metal is then the Lewis acid The compound ... distribution of these groups in the humic molecule The larger the concentrations of the functional groups, the higher will be the negative charges of the humic molecule The relative distribution of these ... is the electron-pair donor The latter is usually called a or ligand, and may assume the form of an anion (HK) a neutral molecule (NH,) The metal ion serves as the central atom, andthe ligands...
... process, on the other hand N is being added in the humic structure These processes cause the C/N ratio of the humic substances to decline to the narrowest ratio at which C and N can exist together in ... indication of the reduction-oxidation status of the soils It affects the oxidation and reduction states of H, C, N, , S, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn and many other elements, and as such controls the solubility and ... increases, the reaction shifts to the right, meaning reduction takes place When, on the other hand, electron activity decreases (no e- available), the reaction shifts to the left, or in other words...
... protection, andthe effectiveness of compliance and enforcement This chapter examines the tensions between the principles of precaution and pollution prevention, on the one hand, and actual practices ... practices relating to landbased pollution control in the Arctic, on the other Following an introductory summary of the sources of land-based marine pollution in and into the Arctic, further sections review ... serve as further avenues for controlling land-based pollution relevant to the Arctic: the 1992 Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic andthe 1992...
... structures pt(d) = [Pt(d) –c/i]/q What about the price of land beyond the current border (b0) In t years from now the border will have expanded to b0egt Inverting, land at distance d> b0 will be developed ... multiple With no growth [g=0] the multiple is the inverse of the discount rate – at all locations More? Capozza/Helsley MIT Center for Real Estate 11) Like land rent, land price is a residual from ... Notice that as g hits zero the last term vanishes Where are land prices most volatile as g fluctuates? MIT Center for Real Estate Land Price p0 (d) The components of Land Prices Current Location...
... each other The first, the cult of the Above, of the Blue Sky, was directed towards the sun andthe planets and stars intimately associated with sunrise and sunset, amongst them the Pleiades The ... another to Oco-telulco, the third to Tizatlan andthe fourth to Quiahuiztlan, that is to say, the men of the Mountains, the men of the Limepits, the men of the Pinetrees, andthe Watermen; all these ... the tau-shape not merely with the idea of the Male and Female principles, but also with theThe Fundamental Principles of Old and New by Zelia Nuttall 26 Above andthe Below, or Heaven (air and...
... possession of principles But the bulk of mankind require either to understand the theory of what they are doing, or to have rules laid down for them by those who have understood the theory In the progress ... they appear at the time, andthe size and color of the same or of similar objects as they appeared when close at hand, or when their degree of remoteness was known by other evidence The perception ... either in the best, or even in the most current, conception of the scope and province of our science The employment of the word Logic to denote the theory of Argumentation, is derived from the...
... take measures to minimize these problems is essential So, to better understand these issues I would like to present the theme: The importance and effective of the ethical principles within an organization ... andthe manager will then face either reporting truthfully and reversing their past entries, or continuing down the path towards accounting fraud Empirical and anecdotal 26 evidence support the ... Investigation Standards, but tailored to the agency’s particular needs); and development and delivery of employee training Other specifications in the contract also address the following issues: the quality...
... Transference Principle that Hf (Sk (ψ)) = Hf (Ik ) and this completes the proof of Theorem 3.2 The Jarn´ ık-Besicovitch theorem In the case k = and ψ(x) := let us write S(τ ) for Sk (ψ) The Jarn´ ... noting that f k the ratio of the radii of the balls Bi and Bi are uniformly bounded between positive constants and then adapting the proof of Lemma in the obvious manner In view of the above discussion, ... view of (11) and (12) the collection KG,B satisfies the desired properties Lemma shows that the full measure property (9) of the Mass Transferf ence Principle implies the existence of the collection...
... the axial length (Figure 1B) The anterior chamber is placed between the cornea andthe iris The posterior chamber is the space situated between the iris andthe lens The vitreous chamber of the ... which are sent to the brain The visual organ is formed by the eyeball andthe accessory ocular organs Lids, lacrimal glands and extraocular muscles provide protection and help to the visual function ... retina; the vascular layer, where can be found choroid, ciliary body and iris; andthe external layer, which is formed by cornea and sclera [25] (Figure 1B) The retina is the most complex part of the...
... (PDUFA) Federal Agency and Policy: Supply and Demand Reducing the Supply of Illegal Drugs in the United States The Other Side of the Coin: Reducing Demand for Drugs in the United States Conclusion ... rejected If the committee decides to report the bill to the entire house, the bill is then debated on the floor of the house Members of the house may argue for or against the bill and may offer ... judgment and memory, andthe role of other mental aspects contributing to the act The testimony often revolves around the responsibility of the individual beyond the intent to commit the crime...
... principle is corroborated and becomes, on the one hand, a guide in the construction of new theories, and on the other, a means of understanding more deeply the content of existing theories It is often ... always the same one) is in motion during anyone step, and (ii) the motion depends only on the state of a finite subsystem, and (iii) the rule that specifies the motion can be given finitely in the mathematical ... — must remain open until the state space and dynamics of the universe are understood better What little is known seems to bear out theprinciple If the theory of the thermodynamics of black holes...