human rights the environment and armed conflict

... promote social and economic rightsthrough the human rights rubric It also makes an argument for the adoption of an expanded human rights vision that takes the human rights dimensionsand consequences ... remainunderexplored relative to their widespread presence within the era STRENGTHENING THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT At the same time that the text considers the impact and influence of humanrights norms in a post–September ... behaviorbeyond the province of the international human rights order, it qualifies theUnited States to assess other states’ adherence to human rights and, if deemednecessary, intervene to further human rights

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2020, 19:25

... agencies better understand the environmental implications of leanmanufacturing and to help them adjust environmental management and regulatory initiatives to boost theenvironmental and economic benefits ... design-for-environment, and othertools designed to reduce environmental risk and life-cycle environmental impacts are environmentally-sensitive manufacturing processes, the right-sized, flexible, and ... examine further the relationship between lean manufacturing andenvironmental performance and the regulatory framework The goal of this effort is to help publicenvironmental agencies understand ways

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 19:20

... (Figure 12.2a) and reaches a maximum at the pH near the average of the pKas Trang 14pro-274 Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and in Water Treatment Systemsof HOCl and CDX For SMX, the reaction ... pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment have also been reported in the UnitedStates and other parts of the world.1,7–19Among the pharmaceuticals, several widelyapplied human-use and veterinary antibacterial ... describe theequilibrium between the cationic and neutral/zwitterionic forms and the equilibriumbetween the neutral/zwitterionic and anionic forms, respectively Although the mac-roscopic constant is

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... 4-androstenedione and testosterone The two androgens are thenhydroxylated at C-19, and the resulted 19-hydroxyl groups are oxidized and furtherremoved The final products will be estrone and 17C-estradiol ... 5B-DHT.45The primary pathway to inactivate testosterone and DHT is the oxidation of the17-hydroxy group resulting in androstanedione and androstenedione.42Furthermore,the reduction of the keto ... 5B-androstane-3C,17C-diol, and three weakly androgenic steroids—4-androstenedione, dehyroepiandrosterone (DHA), and androsterone—as shown in Figure13.6.43 Testosterone and androsterone are less soluble in water and

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... INTRODUCTION The formation and occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (especially pathogens) in the environment are of significant concern to society, and are the specific focus of the scientific and ... predominantly in the slurry If a lagoon is not mixed prior to land application, only the antibiotics in the slurry may be predomi-nantly introduced to the environment If the lagoon is mixed prior to land ... which the solids may be composted and the liquid passed to a lagoon for storage and treatment, prior to land application (Miner et al., 2000) In a more sophisticated system, the waste from the

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... York, and Holland, New York) The populations served by Amherst and Holland WWTPs are 115,000 and 1,750, respectively Grab and composite samples were obtained twice during the day (8A.M and 4P.M.) ... than the remaining two (Holland, New York, and Lackawana, New York), with the second-stage activated sludge process at the Amherst operating with the longest SRT of the investigated WWTPs The ... traditionally known organic pollutants (such as the persistent organic pollutants DDT, PCBs, and the like) the potential long-term effects of these compounds to humans and wildlife cannot be neglected For

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... yielded Kdand Kdsvalues of 0.47 L/g and 0.56 L/g for the MBR biomass, and 0.32 L/g and 0.61 L/g for the CBR biomass, respectively Using these values, the hysteresis index values for the MBR and CBR ... relationship between what is on the surface and what is in the aqueous phase, a relationship generally referred to as a sorption isotherm The term isotherm comes from the idea that the equilibrium is reached ... function of the sludge retention time (SRT) Oppenheimer and Stephenson5studied the removal of 20 PPCPs in full-scale and pilot-scale WWTPs in the United States, and they organized their data using

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... account the specificities of the on-body channel modeling and the impact of the surrounding environment The obtained results clearly highlight the differences between indoor and outdoor scenarios, and ... from (17) and the final expression is given in (19) D Minimum transmit powers The first terms in the sum at the right-hand side of (17) and the first multiplicative term at the right-hand side ... where, in the last passage, we have used the fact that the RVs {Λi, Λj,Penv, Xi} are independent The term in the third line of the expression at the right-hand side of (13) can be further expressed

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 22:20

... harm These cases exemplify the failure of science and policy to prevent damage to health and ecosystems and the resulting impacts on health and the economy In line with the mandate given by the ... promoting a clean and healthy environment and ensuring an adequate standard of living in the future As the nature of threats to health and the environment becomes more complex, uncertain and global ... the mounting evidence of the effects of human activities on Trang 211 Introduction ecosystems and health, the complexity of contemporary environmental health risks and their uncertainty and the

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the ... assessing the environmental benefits and impacts of ICTs These include the direct impacts of technologies themselves as well the impacts of ICTs in improving environmental performance more widely The ... against the overall growth of the use of ICT products Assessing the overall environmental impacts of ICTs The use and application of ICTs can affect the environment in different ways and at different

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... of these dimensions The soil is the basis for food production and one of the most importantfactors in the environment For the protection of natural resources andfood security for humanity and ... persistenceover the long term, reduces the risks and improves the sustainability ofagriculture Even in the current situation of under-capitalisation in theagricultural sector and other difficulties and risks ... in result demonstrations and in the promotion of Conservation Agriculture These actions would be oriented towardsthe improvement and conservation of the environment and especially ofwater resources,

Ngày tải lên: 07/04/2017, 15:46

... volume fracturing of some tight gas and conventional reservoirs in the southern part of the North Sea and in onshore Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK Preliminary indications are that ... to the risk to the environment and human health of such operations in the EU An analysis of all EU 27 Member States’ legislation and standards was outside the scope of this study, as was the ... tight gas and conventional reservoirs in the southern part of the North Sea and in Ref: AEA/ED57281/Issue Number 17 Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... overview of the key issues to be taken into account for a better understanding of the impact of the conflict on the SRH rights and needs of women displaced by war and armed conflict They should ... CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS On basis of the outcome of the outcome of the literature review, the interviews, the focus group discussions and the visits to the camps and settlements conclusions and ... research for the Belgian Development Co-operation into the sexual and reproductive rights and needs of women displaced by war and armed conflict The basic assumption of the guide is that sexual and reproductive...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... individuals and groups who enrich themselves at the expense of the citizens and the state This phenomenon has plagued the country for decades In the past, factions within the national armed forces of the ... resources and environmental factors in these conflict dynamics In the 1990s, regional conflict, resultant displacement and influxes of refugees shifted land ownership and control in the Kivus Further, ... non-governmental and governmental agencies and academic institutions working to promote coordinated responses and analyses to violent conflict The Association for the Protection of Human Rights and the Rights...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 21:20

... chemistry and is a founder member and former chairman of the Environment Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry and editor of ‘Industry and the Environment in Perspective’ (RSC, 1983) and ‘Understanding ... IN THE SERIES: Mining and its Environmental Impact Waste Incineration and the Environment Waste Treatment and Disposal Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere Agricultural Chemicals and the ... a number of new applications The colour of the emitted light depends on the size of the dot: the larger the dot, the redder the light As the dots become smaller, the emitted light becomes shorter...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2016, 20:27

... reference to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Articles 31 and 32, the nature of the armed conflict, the extent of the armed conflict, the effect of the armed conflict on the treaty, the treaty ... instance, the relationship between armed conflict and the environment) , the Martens Clause stipulates that States should respect a minimum standard as established by the standards of “humanity” and the ... between human rights and the environment The 2005 UN Secretary-General’s report on Human Rights and Environment as part of Sustainable Development acknowledges that the work carried out by human rights...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:21

... onto the instrument through the head of the chromatographic column The sample is then transported through the column by the flow of the inert and gaseous mobile phase of the carrier gas Later, the ... of the interaction between the odorous molecules of butyl mercaptan present in the nose cavity and the sensory cells A.Yuwono and P Schulze Lammers “Odor Pollution in the Environment and the ... phase The chemical state of the environment with its different compounds determines the complete analytical information A.Yuwono and P Schulze Lammers “Odor Pollution in the Environment and the...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 14:20

... research The use of “emerging” is not intended to infer that the presence of these compounds in the environment is new These chemicals have been released into the environment as long as they have ... production or, in the case of hormones and other endogenous compounds, since the rise of animal life What is emerging is the interest by the scientific and lay communities in the presence of these chemicals ... defines the composition and concentrations of PPCPs in potential sources and their fate and effects following release into the environment Independent of the drivers that potentially fuel the interest...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... drugs of abuse, and some human metabolites in the aquatic environment are discussed.17–19 The recent trends in multiresidue methodologies for the determination of the drugs and their human metabolites ... commonly on the basis of their consumption in the country where the study is being conducted, the rate of metabolism of drugs, the environmental occurrence, and persistence in the environment ... close to the landfill Two studies also reported the occurrence of barbiturates in the environment, pentobarbital and 5,5-diallylbarituric acid in groundwater70 and phenobarbital and the metabolite...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... that the unwanted matrix can be captured in the SPE sorbent while the analytes pass through the cartridge and are collected for further concentration Either way, the main purpose of SPE is the ... where the sorbent is “wetted.” Solvents are used to rinse the sorbent and to allow contact of the analytes with the solid phase The next step involves the “loading” of the sample onto the cartridge ... analytes and humic acids is passed through tandem SAX and HLB SPE cartridges The humics are retained by the SAX cartridge and the tetracyclines pass through to the HLB cartridge, where they are...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20