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... of classical fuzzy mathematics, to theoretically support all the applied studies. Welcome undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and teachers in... ...ple look to science as though it is God, as if it can prolong lives, solve environmental crises, war, disasters, etc. However this is the fiction of ... ...ily mean extinction. Why is it seen as a catastrophe?) P) Neutrosophic Studies and Interpretations of Known Theories, Modes, Views, Processes of R... ...ort of advanced technology that has destroyed our society from the root: “Environmental pollution has become a serious problem, and now humankind has...

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...le foundation. It was a miracle, to him, that he had been able to finish his studies at the University of Houston following his sister's death. Back... ...ad parted from her. When his sister was murdered, he was just beginning his studies at the university. When his father committed suicide, Sang Huin's... ... once, a year ago, after enrolling at Rice University to pursue her graduate studies. Someone had told her that Westheimer finally turned into a farm ... ...e outside pocket of one's suitcase. What would she do now that her graduate studies had ended? She did not know. She had gained the knowledge by whi... ...nd mother and son bonding activities when lugging plastic containers into an environmentally friendly grocery store. From her example she wanted to nu... ...o be reckless with her. She wanted him to gain the habit of being the least environmentally destructive that was humanly possible. One of the bins ha... ...of the war and its casualties. He had never been good at modern math so his studies were centered innocuously in musicology. "What do I know about t... ...o he was. She no longer believed that changing someone was love or that the environmental spark of love (in her case going with him through art museu... ...d justice to the world, halt excessive military spending and wars, slow down environmental degradation, and allow for an extra millennium of life; but...

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...to convey spiritual assistance to others. The historical and philosophical studies I undertook at Union Theological Seminary unexpectedly led me to se... ...sity of Melbourne in Australia and moving gradually from teaching biblical studies and languages (which I had studied at UTS) to teaching the history ... ...of Transformation. This can be a sideways step to the right into his other studies of religiously related subjects, his various volumes on the symboli... ...d subjects, his various volumes on the symbolism used in alchemy, his many studies of the underpinnings of Christian doctrine, and his excursions into... ... comes with this, for I anguish now more than ever about the pollution and environmental destruction of my earth-home and earth- family—which I now un... ...s value of a sacred relationship with the real world. In recent years some environmentalists have begun to rec- ognize the same identification with th... ... of thought and interaction. In the hands of ethnocentric anthropologists, environmental determin- ism led to the erroneous but persistent belief that... ...eel I must emphasize that the whole of the environment means far more than environmental- ists tend to mean, it means the unitary whole of reality. In... ..., the animal and plant life, and, in general, everything that concerns the environmentalists, are now coming to be un- derstood as a delicate balance ...

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...d Khoshnevisan 2 , Sarjinder Singh 3 , Florentin Smarandache 4 1 School of Studies in Statistics, Vikram University, Ujjain - 456 010 (M. P.), In... ...2000 MSC: 62E17 1. INTRODUCTION Identical rudiments subjected to identical environmental conditions will fail at different and unpredictable tim... ...istribution introduced by Weibull(1939), who proposed it in connection with his studies on strength of material. The Weibull distribution includes ... .... K. (1958) : Computer Methods for estimating Weibull parameters in Reliability Studies, Transactions of IRE-Reliability and Quality Control, 13, 15-... ... School of Accounting and Finance, Griffith University, Australia 2 School of Studies in Statistics, Vikram University, Ujjain - 456 010 (M. P.), In...

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...nd 2010. For the Final Assessment of TFAP II, the PSU has commissioned a series of studies into different aspects of the Plan. This report addr... ...withstanding the practical difficulties in doing so. (b) APEC should undertake cases studies of effectiveness of customs procedures in the region... ... lessons from their experiences. It is recommended that APEC undertake a series of case studies on the effectiveness of customs procedures in the re... ...has been concluded the PSU has engaged ITS Global and the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies (CCES) at the University of Canberra to assess the pe... ...s reasons for caution in this regard, quite the contrary. APEC should undertake cases studies of effectiveness of customs procedures in the region ... ... based on merchandise that is widely traded, non-perishable, and does not raise health, environmental, or security issues. The Trading across Bo...

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...There is growing recognition across business that the reductionist ‘mind set’ founded on unlimited economic growth impervious to the social and environmental impacts of commercial activities will not resolve the converging environmental, social and economic crises now faced by the global community. Ever greater numbers of Boards and CEOs are grappling with a notion o...

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...text, the term ‘migration’ refers to the ‘permanent or semipermanent change in the residence of an individual person or group of people.’ Traditional studies classify migrants under two broad heads: voluntary migrants and involuntary migrants....

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...n the residence of an individual person or group of people.’ Traditional studies classify migrants under two broad heads: voluntary migrants and in... ...or war and the consequent persecution or in some of the cases because of environmental degradation. In between these two diverse classifications, t... ...re this with the resultant vector given by A in pages 42 to 50. Similar studies using the C –program is carried out. Now we use the attributes P ... ...s or feelings of different nodes; but it is unfortunate that in all these studies the concept of indeterminacy was never given any place, so in this... ...ere by poverty, no road facility (that is even to send their children for studies to neigbouring school) living conditions is poor and government u... .... Kosko, B., “Fuzzy Cognitive Maps,” International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 34 (1986) 65-75. 59. Kosko, B., “Fuzzy Entropy and Conditioning,”... ...ical system, 42 Economic factors, 7 Edge values, 38 Edge weights, 41 Environmental degradation, 7 Equilibrium of the system, 105 Equilibrium s...

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...ocal people, what do they lose and what gain instead? This book represents environmental anthropology, but I do not consider as fundamental the adapta... ...a. Helsinki, 15 December 2004 Academy of Finland Nordic Institute of Asian Studies University of Helsinki Niilo Helander Foundation Matti Sarmela ... ...ur factory? have two children, and I send them money constantly for their studies. Thanks to the factories, the village has developed. I would like a... ...r prospect of earning a good living in the future. I intend to complete my studies. Fine, because at the seminary the teachers understand that I also ... ...e coped together, like self-sufficient agrarian villages everywhere. Local environmental systems created a culture that included shared events of the ... ...mercial production farming is based on scientific-technological knowledge, environmental knowledge and farming skill are produced elsewhere, outside l... ... will grow without artificial fertilizers and so-called plant protectants, environmental poisons. Interviewees from Ban Srii Muod Klao are already pes... ...mmals and birds die of poisoned grain, and man himself is not untouched by environmental pollution. Various allergies have increased dramatically, par... ...ting matters Miss, are you still a student? Do you intend to continue your studies? How many children are there in your family? How do people start co...

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...ve the best interests of people-better nutrition, physical exercise, conservation, environmental protection-to the point where people might act on w... ... was to examine consumer behavior in the adoption of ideas. The reporting of these studies, for purposes of this volume, has been reduced to the sim... ...ng of social marketing is a book by Lazer and Kelley (1973). Another, focusing on environmental conservation factors is that of Perry (1976). Howev... ...rticular topic. That model has been applied widely in nutrition and birth control studies and is a useful research guide for many social cause proje... ..., in order of importance: 1. Withdrawal of all American forces from Vietnam. 2. Environmental protection. 3. Revitalization of government. 4. Eq... ... heritage 58 11. Inefficient criminal justice system 12. Women's issues 13. Environmental pollution 14. Privacy and constitutional rights 15... ...ibution to the innovation and diffusion of social communication literature. These studies, summarized in Medical Innovation (Coleman, Mendel and Ka... ...st (DeFleur and Ball-Rokeach 1975, p. 15). The hybrid corn and medical innovation studies established the empirical models that have held for some t... ...e two-step-flow model of communication but it has been validated in many empirical studies. Communication Effects In addition to communication e...

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...or internationally rather than achieving any economies of scale. Empirical studies have shown that that there are no significant economies of scale in... ...l approaches do not give adequate attention to these economic, social, and environmental costs and thus fail to establish the links between foreign in... ...17 Fixing Global Finance Earlier strategies of campaigning (e.g., labor or environmental action) on FDI flows may not be appropriate in the case of fo... ... to devise a new development strategy so as to avoid financial, social and environmental crises in the future. In this regard, some groups have taken ...

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...th paperless trading. The full assessment report combines the results of two studies that were undertaken in parallel. One part of the assessme... ...PEC. Prepared by ITS Global in association with the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies at the University of Canberra and the Australian APEC Stud... ...traded, non-perishable merchandise that does not involve special phytosanitary or environmental safety standards. It may therefore not be representa...

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...ely traded, non-perishable merchandise that does not involve special phytosanitary or environmental safety standards. It may therefore not be repre... ... or any other special environment, and does not involve any special phyto-sanitary or environmental safety standards, other than accepted internatio... ...on Costs in APEC 2007-2010 42 and consultation with the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies at the University of Canberra. This represents a ...

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...urial skills, preparation of business plans, marketing plans, feasibility studies, credit applications and interview skills. The Employment Burea... ... age and level of education. This surprising result has emerged from many studies. The massive retraining and re-qualification programs needed to ... ...urial skills, preparation of business plans, marketing plans, feasibility studies, credit applications and interview skills. The Employment Burea... ...of workers and to moderate their wage claims. IIb. Collective Bargaining Studies linked collective bargaining to an increased wage level, decreased ... ...effects of asymmetrical shocks - which bodes ill for the eurozone. Other studies (e.g., the 1994 OECD one year study, the more substantial DiTella-... ...onism, they wholeheartedly believe. Stringent - and expensive - labor and environmental provisions in international treaties may well be a ploy to f...

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...e public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent, and trademark laws. In a series of fascinating case studies, Boyle explains why gene sequences, basic business ideas and pairs of musical notes are now owned, why jazz might be illegal if it were invented today, why most of 20th century culture is legally unavailable to us, an...

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... 6 I Got a Mashup, 122 7 The Enclosure of Science and Technology: T wo Case Studies, 160 8 A Creative Commons, 179 9 An Evidence-Free Zone, 205 10 An... ...se Studies, 160 8 A Creative Commons, 179 9 An Evidence-Free Zone, 205 10 An Environmentalism for Information, 230 Notes and Further Readings, 249 Ind... ...en an inspi- ration to mine. Arti Rai’s remarkable theoretical and empirical studies have helped me to understand everything from software patents to ... ... 10 has its roots both in my article “A Politics of Intellec- tual Property: Environmentalism for the Net?” 3 and in the symposium, Cul- tural Environ... ...cisely because we are in the information age, we need a movement—akin to the environmental movement—to preserve the public domain. The explosion of in... ...alue of the public domain. This enlightenment does not happen by itself. The environmentalists helped us to see the world differently, to see that the... ... creative expression. The promise of copyright is this: if you are a radical environmentalist who wants to alert the world to the danger posed by clim... ...nomically efficient—fewer people end up with music they do not like. 28 Other studies, by contrast, support the record company position—suggesting that... ...e, the record companies did not want to engage in a war of dueling empirical studies. So, if Napster’s users were not infringing copyright law in the ...

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...morrows. Dare we evade that challenge? Ismail Serageldin Chairman, The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Vice President for Environmentally Sustainable Development, The World Bank...

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... Food Production 42 Sustainability and Image 45 People and Agriculture 47 Towards an Alternative Approach 51 Chapter 3. UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION: ENVIRONMENTAL EMPATHY 55 Awareness 55 Bread Baskets of the World 58 The Global Need 59 The Imperative of Education 60 Public Environmental Education 63 Changes in Agricultural Education 66 Information or Knowledge 70 Chapte...

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...search and oral history interviews conducted for this study were performed in a manner consistent with Federal and State laws and guidelines for such studies. Among the pertinent laws and guidelines are the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended in 1992 (36 CFR Part 800); the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's “Guidelines for Consideration o...

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...elopment Eco-Tourism Funding Sources for Non-Profi ts Forestry Franchises Environmental Stewardship High Value Hardwood Timber Production Environm... ... at the highest level of energy efciency in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. The development, built especi... ...f ocean water, the ultimate goal is to produce massive amounts of clean, environmentally sustainable electricity from 100-MW land-based plants. BIO... ... based in Boston, chose the spot as the perfect place to demonstrate the environmental and economic benefts of combining wind turbines with cuttin... ...r Hawai‘i community afairs, says the University of Hawai‘i has completed environmental reviews and is close to obtaining permits that will enable a... ...of Hawai‘i Cancer Center to host multiethnic clinical trials in national studies that might otherwise have too many white Americans. Currently, Ca... ... and Cancer (MEC), one of the largest and most ethnically diverse cancer studies in the world. Funded by the National Cancer Institute, the study’... ...ch, which means taking research discoveries from the lab and preclinical studies to the next step – practical application in medical technology and... ... from Antarctica to the North Pole. THE ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES: This U.S. Department of Defense academic institute, located at F...

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...sider to be free will is merely an illusion. Some research shows that we are determined— determined by our genes and our past experiences. Many studie... ...ost of them are probably not consciously decided. But we hope that as we become more humanized we are more able to think for ourselves. ―Studie... ...ll and are replaced by new dynamic societies whose citizens look to the future and work for their dreams.‖ —―It‘s not all about sex, Lee. Studie... ...e question of whether our motivations are learned or inherited? As we have said, Freud thought that we inherited our basic drive for pleasure. Studie... ...ncer cases have been the same? What if we took 37,000 Chinese nurses? The problem in seeking scientific validity or certainty in sociological studie... ...seem to double the chance that a particular stressor will develop depressive symptoms in a person. But while heredity can be a major factor, enviro... ... 115 the disease the other twin's chance is 50 to 60% of developing it. However it seems to be the enviro...

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...mental development. Increasing dairy production is a major challenge for those engaged in international livestock development. Moreover, there are environmental concerns about livestock production in fragile landscapes, so increasing milk supply should be done in an environmentally sustainable manner. Research can help meet this challenge. Meeting the growing demand ...

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... generate satisfying jobs. Millions, pursuing secular as well as religious studies, were products of edu- cational systems that generally devoted litt... ... Saudi Arabia. By some accounts, he had been interested there in religious studies, inspired by tape recordings of fiery sermons by Abdullah Azzam, a ... ...es or universities offered programs in Middle Eastern languages or Islamic studies.The total number of undergraduate degrees granted in Arabic in all ... ...e fall of 1999. He appears to have applied himself fairly seriously to his studies (at least in comparison to his jihadist friends) and actually recei... ...rrorism to global FinalCh12_13.4pp 7/17/04 4:14 PM Page 361 disease or environmental degradation, the challenges have become transnational rather ... ...ice President–DFW Hub, and former Vice President of Safety, Security, and Environmental,American Airlines Acts of Courage in the Sky Nydia Gonzalez, ... ... Justice; DOS—Department of State; DOT—Department of Transporta- tion; EPA—Environmental Protection Agency; FAA—Federal Aviation Administration; FBI—F... ...ommission’s February 3, 2004, requests, Mar. 15, 2004;AAL record, Dispatch Environmental Control/W eekly Flight Summary for Flight 11, Sept. 11, 2001;... ...aig Marquis interviews (Nov. 19, 2003;Apr. 26, 2004); AAL record, Dispatch Environmental Control/Weekly Flight Summary for Flight 11, Sept. 11, 2001;A...

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... Created the Bunsen Burner. EDWARD FRANKLAND (1825-1899) English Chemist 146 Postulated the Theory of the Valence of chemical Elements. Started Environmental Protection and Pollution Control. STANISLAO CANNIZZARO (1826-1910) Italian Chemist 149 Reintroduced the use of Avogadro’s Hypothesis and Number. Organized the First International Chemical Congress with F. ...