finance telecommunications and the environment

... is therefore critical to understand the environmental effects of FDI and identify appropriate responses Current debates on FDI and the Environment Currently, much of the debate on FDI and the environment ... discussion, and examine the broad interactions between FDI and the environment The main conclusions of the report are set out in two sections; the first summarising the analytical conclusions and the ... and the Environment, 28-29 January 1999; The Hague, Netherlands Greenpeace (1997), Oiling the Machine, Greenpeace Report, Washington, D.C FDI and the Environment WWF-UK, Page 88 Grossman, G and

Ngày tải lên: 27/01/2014, 11:20

... health and the ment in the WHO European Region in the context of the Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe The assessment provides a baseline against which the progress and effects ... Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands Rutger NugterenaNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands Brigit Staatsenc,dNational ... Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands Elise van KempenaNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands Annemiek van OverveldaNational

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... America’sChildrenandtheEnvironment,ThirdEdition DRAFTIndicators Health:ChildhoodCancer EPA is preparing the third edition of America’s Children and the Environment (ACE3), following the previous ... important aspects of the relationship between environmental contaminants and children’s health. ACE includes four sections: Environments and Contaminants, Biomonitoring, Health, and Special Features. ... environmental health topics and presenting a total of 42 proposed children's environmental health indicators. This document presents the draft text, indicators, and documentation for the

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... watching Therefore, the people in the area or overlooking the area from adjacent buildings are able to detect the presence of others and recognize their intentions and actions at a distance From the ... respecting the limits imposed by current regulations (EN 1), the lighting design of the office located in the Kunsthalle was carried out using first the standard lighting system and then the dynamic ... The reflection coefficient of the walls are 0,5 The reflection coefficient of the ceiling is 0,7 The reflection coefficient of the floor is 0,2 The desks and the other furniture have a reflection

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 04:21

... potential The electrostatic repulsion resulting from surface charge can counter the tendency toward agglomeration These properties affect the fate and transport of nanomaterials in the environment, ... becomes transparent at the nanoscale These examples illustrate some of the ways in which the small size of some nanoparticles can affect their behavior and properties It is these changes in ... weight of airplanes and automobiles, and thus their fuel usage Solid-state... nanoscale materials, their properties, and their uses, and describes the processes used to manufacture nanoscale

Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 15:08

... 1.6, including their use and their health risks Since the history of radionuclides is immediately connected with our standing of matter, and thus with the study of atoms and with the discovery ... the essential, and explained naturalprocesses and their substance Pythagoreans had very specific attitudes about theworld; for them the number was the primordial element, and these numbers wereclosely ... Radionuclides? 3The atomic theory became universally accepted by the end of the 19th century.Chemists were filling in the details of the periodic table and physicists wereoccupied with the kinetic theory

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... coals and peat are strong chelating agents for these and other radionuclides [3] Indeed, the first discoveries of radioactivity and the isolation of important radionuclides by the Curies and other ... particles and neutrons Their effects in the upper atmosphere lead to nuclear interactions with nitrogen and oxygen atoms and molecules resulting in the production of 14C and 7Be and other radionuclides, ... Concentrations in Food and the Environmentsecondary radionuclides Thus the key primordial radionuclides of uranium and thorium decay to many other radioactive isotopes that occur in the environment at

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... of radon (and its decay products) and thoron (so-called thoron)from the air causes their deposition on the lining of the lungs These depositedradionuclides irradiate the lungs and other tissues, ... Radionuclide Concentrations in Food and the Environmentaltitude and on geographic latitude The thicker the layer of atmosphere, the lowerthe absorbed dose At sea level, the typical annual effective ... are then transported by diffusion and advection, and are either decayed orreleased to the atmosphere As a result, the volume activity of radon and itsdaughter products in the air is observed The

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... belonging to the same natural series. The water passes through the solid grain either in the bedrock of the aquifers or in the soils from the drainage area. The rate of this weathering is not the same ... and the Environment where A is the nuclide concentration, K is the eddy diffusivity coefficient, x is the distance from the shoreline, ω is the advection velocity, and λ is the ... PBq of 238Pu in the Southern Hemisphere and about 0.2 PBq in the Northern Hemisphere, changing the expected plutonium isotopic ratio in the environment The Soviet Cosmos 9

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... press them against thefilter and to ensure close contact between the soil and the absorbent The poly-ethylene box was then tightly closed to avoid the evaporation of water from thesystem and prevent ... Concentrations in Food and the EnvironmentOn the other hand, artificial radionuclides are stored in the stratosphere andfall to the Earth’s surface according to atmospheric dynamics Artificial andcosmogenic ... from the soil surface Then a fraction (unsupported) of 210Pb in the soil is derived from the atmosphere via fallout or wet deposition The origin of the other natural fraction (supported) is the

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... null hypothesis value On the other hand, the main emphasis in this example was on the regression coefcients associated with the extreme events, and especially on the coefcients of s(t) in the expressions ... Conversely, if the threshold is too low, the GPD may not be a good t to the excesses over the threshold and consequently there will be a bias in the estimates There is an extensive literature on the attempt ... analyzed separately from the rest of the data The case for doing this is strengthened by the fact that these were the only two claims in the entire data set that resulted from the total loss of a...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 19:20

... in the water at the tap The chapter describes the structure of the works, the distribution of contaminated water, the nature of the contamination of the water supply, water quality data on the ... turned on and allowed to flush for minutes The tap is closed and the water is then left to stand in the pipe for 30 minutes, after which the sample is taken These samples give a more standardised ... markedly thereafter The proportion of iron samples exceeding the relevant 1984 WHO Guideline Value rose in the month after the incident and remained high to the end of 1990 On the basis of the toxicity...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20

... Mention the agreements that are relevant to the setting of the course and participants, and mention those ratified and/ or followed-up in the country.>> Ref: •WHO Children's Health and the Environment: ... determinants and characteristics Informing the community – and the children! Educating colleagues and other professionals Raising the awareness of policy-makers Promoting the implementation of the appropriate ... health history and examination before and after spraying The goal is to raise awareness among children and their parents about the hazards of pesticides and to eliminate exposure and the resulting...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and ... performed by the ICT sector for the FOS category “Earth and related environmental sciences” and/ or the SEO categories “Control and care of the environment and “Production, distribution and rational ... BETWEEN ICT AND THE ENVIRONMENT Other factors affecting ICT and the environment  Domestic policy and regulatory environment, global factors and relationships, and influence of other factors such...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 09:20

... that they acknowledge the poor level of understanding of ice behaviour and exclude possible effects of the melting of the big ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica in their predictions; they ... of the land mass of the Earth; humans controlled the flow and levels of 2/3 of the rivers of the Earth; humans had already harvested to the limit or exhausted 2/3 of all marine fisheries; and ... of new driving forces and global environmental changes pose challenges to human health and to the environment These challenges contribute to environmental degradation – and environmental degradation...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... including the ability to activate and detoxify carcinogens, the presence of stem cells, and possibly others Usefulness for human risk estimation would be strengthened by the study of these factors ... powerless; they are defenceless With no political standing of their own, they must rely on adults to protect them from toxic environmental agents Each of these points is illustrated in more detail in the ... been based on exploiting gender and polymorphic differences between the fetus and mother The recent discovery of epigenetic differences between the maternal and the fetal DNA detectable in maternal...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... are defined in the glossary (see page 38) CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT The importance of the environment can be seen in the differences in cancer rates throughout the world and the change in cancer ... CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT 37 GLOSSARY Anal cancer: Cancer that begins in the anus, the opening at the end of the large intestine where the waste from the body’s digestive system passes out of the ... the waste from the body’s digestive system is stored until it passes out of the body through the anus The colon makes up the first four to five feet of the large intestine and the rectum is the...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... abnormalities and their links to the environment are essential, even though they present various limitations to their applicability and the extent of assessment they offer Even then, the information they ... described and the Romans thought that an abnormal child was born as a predictor of the future, using the word “monstrum” Moreover, in the middle-ages many mothers, together with the midwife and the ... Diseases and the Environment Environmental Science and Technology Library VOLUME 23 Congenital Diseases and the Environment Edited by P Nicolopoulou-Stamati National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20

... scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress ... DEVELOPING THE VISION 11 productivity Currently, how microbes perceive their surroundings and interact with each other and with plants in the environment around them is mostly unknown She and other ... understanding of microbes, their functions, and their interactions is essential to meet the goals set out in the New Biology report Charles Rice went further and suggested that understanding and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20

... foods and in the air Finally, we must become vigorous advocates for the protection of food from contamination with mycotoxins and other toxins These and other measures are crucial for protecting the ... eating and drinking, breathing, and through their skin Molds have been with us for hundreds, even thousands of years, and many of us used to consider them simply a nuisance in the house They were ... physicians may have difficulty handling the patients because of the lack of recognition of the relationship between the often complex symptoms and the indoor environment (Etzel RA) •Flappan SM...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20