
Gmo risk assessments
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The safe use of stacked transgenic crops in agriculture requires their environmental and health risk assessment, through which unintended adverse effects are examined prior to their release in the environment.
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viminato2711
22-05-2020
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Phenotypic characterization activities are technically and logistically challenging. Ensur- ing that they are well targeted (collect data that are important to the country’s priority AnGR- and livestock-development activities) and are carried out in an efficient and cost- effective manner requires thorough planning and careful implementation. Valid compari- sons among livestock breeds or populations, whether nationally or internationally, require the development and use of standard practices and formats for describing their character- istics.
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conduongdinhmenh
07-05-2013
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The sample was constructed in the following way. First, we dropped all company- years that do not report either executive or non-executive boards. Second, we removed all firms that report either negative equity or negative total assets. At this point the data consisted of about 57,000 director-company-year observations pertaining to 8,506 firm-years. Third, to address the issue of firms in severe financial distress, we have dropped companies that report ROE or ROS less than -1.
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thamgiacongdong
02-05-2013
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Research on livestock resources in Bangladesh, in general, and poultry sub-sector, in particular, is rather limited. The major contributors include Alam (1995, 1997), Mitchell (1997), Quasem (2001) and the studies conducted by the Department of Livestock from time to time. The research by Alam (1995), which has been later updated (Alam 1997), is an useful document on livestock resources in Bangladesh, presenting the existing status and the future potential of the sub-sector.
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loginnhanh
22-04-2013
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In fiscal year 2010–2011, the state of California provided $2.669 billion per year in funding for child care and development programs, though this amount is slated to be cut in fiscal year 2011–2012 (Ehlers 2011). Some of these state expenditures are paid for using federal funding through the Child Care and Development Fund, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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trinhcaidat
19-04-2013
43
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Request tracing. Our view of system logs as providing a control-flow perspective of system execution, when cou- pled with log messages which have unique identifiers for the relevant request or processing task, allows us to ex- tract request-flow views of the system. Much work has been done to extract request-flow views of systems, and these request flow views have then been used to diagnose and debug performance problems in distributed systems [2] [1].
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nhacsihuytuan
06-04-2013
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The ambiguity in Judd’s sculpture relates to most of his sculptures conforming to box like constructions that rely on the precision of the right angle, the consequence of this is that just as square boxes have four sides, so do his sculptures, and in having four sides they can be said to be made up of parts, no matter how pervasive the quality of the orthogonal and the square are. Further to this, the repetition of squareness without variation can result in a work having little or no aesthetic significance, what is required therefore is the addition of a ‘different’...
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yasuyidol
01-04-2013
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Contrary to the common method of analyzing the relationship between painting and cinema, the book disclaims obvious uses of painting in cinema such as in procedures of quotations, thematic coincidences, or formal references3 . In this regard, Bonfand’s approach takes into account one of the main intuitions of Jacques Aumont’s groundbreaking book, L’oeil interminable: the rejection of any literal pictorial citation. Straight citation is a pitfall for cinema: ‘Painting sometimes becomes in the film and even in cinema in general a regressive and often unfounded mean.
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khanhchilam
01-04-2013
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For the past hundred years, innovation within the automotive sector has brought major technological advances, leading to safer, cleaner, and more affordable vehicles. But for the most part, since Henry Ford introduced the moving assembly line, the changes have been incremental, evolutionary. Now, in the early decades of the 21st century, the industry appears to be on the cusp of revolutionary change—with potential to dramatically reshape not just the competitive landscape but also the way we interact with vehicles and, indeed, the future design of our roads and cities.
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nhacnenzingme
23-03-2013
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In September 2001, a survey was carried out among members of the Mexican- Swiss Business Association (Asociación Empresarial Mexicano-Suiza) in Mexico in order to identify business opportunities for Swiss exporters in the Mexican market. Many survey participants – mostly high ranking business executives with a good knowledge of both the Swiss and the Mexican business environment – said they saw good business opportunities for Swiss producers of high quality consumer products.
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nhacchovina
22-03-2013
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While vacationing with my family at Walt Disney World, I decided that I was going to capture some of the marketing genius that I believe began with Walt’s passion and has now grown into one of the world’s most powerful brands. I have long believed that Walt Disney’s genius was not animation or theme park design, but in truly understanding the human heart. Somehow, in the midst of ROI, measurability, counting clicks and studies that can track a person’s eye movements to see what part of an ad captures their attention first -- we have forgotten that marketing and branding is...
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doiroimavanchuadc
06-02-2013
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In its bearing on modern life and modern business, the "machine process" means something more comprehensive and less external than a mere aggregate of mechanical appliances for the mediation of human labor. It means that, but it means something more than that. The civil engineer, the mechanical engineer, the navigator, the mining expert, the industrial chemist and mineralogist, the electrician, −− the work of all these falls within the lines of the modern machine process, as well as the work of the inventor who devises the appliances of the process and that of the mechanician...
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bi_ve_sau
05-02-2013
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We seek to be people who are honorable, forthright, and upright at all times. Our commitment to integrity demands more than mere satisfaction of legal and ethical obligations, although we comply with the law and conform to the highest standards of ethical conduct. Our commitment to integrity means that we actively discern what is right from what is wrong, that what we do flows directly from who we are, that we seek consistency between our inner self and our outward conduct. We value people, we speak the truth, we have the courage of our convictions, and we keep our commitments....
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bi_ve_sau
05-02-2013
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The most well-known contribution to the analysis of contagion through direct linkages in nancial systems is that of Allen and Gale (2000). 2 Using a network structure involving four banks, they demonstrate that the spread of contagion depends crucially on the pattern of interconnectedness between banks. When the network is complete, with all banks having exposures to each other such that the amount of interbank deposits held by any bank is evenly spread over all other banks, the impact of a shock is readily attenuated. Every bank takes a small `hit' and there is no contagion.
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mebachano
01-02-2013
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There exists a range of solutions to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution. This includes reducing the source of pollution and altering the living environment and user behavior. Source reduction involves improved cooking devices (with or without flue attached), cleaner fuel, and reduced need for fire. Alterations to the living environment include improved ventilation and improved kitchen design and stove placement. Altered user behavior includes fuel drying, stove and chimney maintenance, use of pot lids to conserve heat, and keeping children away from the smoke (Bruce et al.
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saimatkhauroi
01-02-2013
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While structuring financing packages for vital projects is among the most impor- tant roles the federal government plays in infrastructure investment, its activities extend well beyond this role and into research, issuing regulations, awarding grants, environmental protection, and even directly operating and maintaining locks, dams, bridges, and utilities throughout our country. To coordinate all of these activities and maximize the efficiency of federal infrastructure programs, we need a national infrastructure planning council.
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enterroi
02-02-2013
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The U.S. postal savings system had a later start than most, as well as an earlier end. Advocates, from the 1870s on, had cited the success of postal banks in most of the leading countries of the world in arguing for such a system to encourage household saving in the United States. 5 But commercial bankers successfully opposed this as an unnecessary incursion into the province of private business, until the banking panic of 1907-1908 brought the issue of safe banking facilities for ordinary people to national prominence.
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bi_ve_sau
17-01-2013
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As, in accordance with the acting banking regulations in Bulgaria bank are required to take collateral, the prior is that, in the case of proper screening, there would be a positive association between bank lending and the fixed capital ratio. Size is another variable that would allow to test the credit channel hypothesis. The prior is that a credit squeeze is more likely to affect smaller firms. Several variables reflect the specificity of bank lending in a transitional environment.
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enterroi
01-02-2013
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Credit is valuable. The importance of how much credit you have and how you use it goes far beyond shopping. Whether you have good or poor credit can affect where you live and even where you work, because your credit record may be considered by prospective employers. That is why you need to understand how credit is awarded or denied and what you can do if you are treated unfairly. The major laws that regulate credit are outlined in this brochure. Fair Credit Reporting Act The Fair Credit Reporting Act promotes the accuracy and privacy of information in consumer credit reports.
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enter1cai
12-01-2013
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The tobacco smoke a smoker inhales is different from the smoke inhaled by those nearby. The major source of passive smoke is from the burning of the cigarette rather than what is exhaled by smokers. Both types of smoke contain thousands of chemicals. The chemicals present in both these types of smoke are similar, but the concentrations of the chemicals are different. Many of the toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke are found in higher concentrations in the tobacco smoke as it leaves the cigarette compared to inhaled smoke; in some cases, the concentrations are far higher.
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taisaokhongthedung
09-01-2013
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