... allowed the process
for the acceptance ofthe second part ofthe 1999 amendments to theAsiaandPacific Plant Protection
Agreement to proceed. The amendment is about the deletion of Article IV and ... 1
ARTICLE IV OFTHE APPPC
Functions ofthe Commission
1. The function ofthe Commission shall include:
a. the determination of procedures and arrangements necessary for the implementation ofthe Agreement
and ... the
introduction and spread of pests;
c. the promotion of appropriate measures to prevent the introduction and spread of pests ofplants and
plant products, and to control pests, including the use of integrated...
... across Asia, Table 5).
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Peru. From here, they were introduced to the North-western Pacific coast ofthe
Americas in the USA and Hawaii, and to the Eastern Atlantic coast from Carolina
and ... imports and movements.
The recent publication of a number of codes of conduct and management
guidelines (BMPs) for the transboundary importation of alien shrimp and their
subsequent culture by, ... by, amongst others, FAO, the OIE, NACA, ASEAN, SEAFDEC
and the GAA have clearly defined most ofthe issues involved. With the
availability of SPF and SPF/SPR stocks of P. vannamei and P. stylirostris...
... challenge.
Enhancing Elderly Care Services in AsiaandthePacific
Outcome Document of
the
Regional Forum on Elderly Care Services in Asiaandthe Pacific
21-22 January 2011, Nanjing, China ... ensuring quality health and long-term care services for
older persons in Asiaandthe Pacific.
I. Key gaps and challenges
The Forum identified the following gaps and challenges facing ... designing and implementing policies and programmes
towards the full realization ofthe rights of older persons.
Allocate adequate budgetary resources for the implementation of policies
and...
... contribute to the attainment of one objective at the cost of another. Both
financial development and its inclusivity are essential for achievement ofthe MDGs in Asia
and the Pacific.
Box 9. The Post ... Firstly, the financial sector improves the
screening of fund-seekers andthe monitoring ofthe recipients of funds, which improves the
allocation of resources. Secondly, in the presence of information ... for the rights creditors in the event of a default
by the supplier ofthe bond and efficient bankruptcy procedures that lead to the liquidation of
assets of distressed firms.
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into the...
... indicators
I. Asian Development Bank.
The views expressed in this book do not necessarily reflect the views and policies ofthe
Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they ...
and Governance. Each theme is further divided into subtopics. The tables contain indicators related to a subtopic.
The MDGs and themes in Parts II and III start with a brief analysis of key ... (million)
Non-AsiaAsia
Note: Extrapolation and interpolation were used to estimate urbanization level and corresponding starting years for Latin America andthe Caribbean and Northern America.
Sources:...
... responsible for the focus on the health of children under
five years of age, and he was the leader in the definition ofthe health status and
determinants indicators that framed the literature ... sanitation, and air pollution)
3. “Overview of Urbanization in Asiaandthe Near East”: trends and projections of
urban growth and population density in three cities and assessment of urban
poverty and ...
disaggregating data by “urban” and “rural.” The proximity ofthe random housing
areas to municipal services andthe presence of well-off (legal) residents produced
results that were, for the most part,...
... re-evaluation ofthe role of BCG
vaccination in the prevention and control of TB in the United States. CDC, the Advisory
Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET), andthe Advisory Committee ... Control and Prevention. The role of BCG vaccine in the pre-
vention and control of tuberculosis in the United States: a joint statement by the
Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and ... ofthe protective efficacy of BCG vaccines might have been affected
by the methods and routes of vaccine administration andbythe environments and
characteristics ofthe populations in which BCG...
... interpretation of both the crude Chinese nuclear threats
over the Taiwan crisis and Chinese views ofthe U.S. bombing of the
Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia. If the strategic views of China and
the United ... result of agreements
with the United States and unilateral actions in the aftermath of the
Cold War, and partly because ofthe state ofthe Russian economy.
Even if Russia had not ratified the Strategic ... threats
in the future:
• Deterrence of nuclear attacks by threat of nuclear retaliation may
continue to be the best option against the standard nuclear
threats ofthe past.
• Other kinds of deterrent...
...
Finland, the UK, the Netherlands and Spain (Osterkamp, 2002). Therefore, the analysis
of hospital admissions/discharges and contacts with doctors shows the utilisation and
not the demand for these ... calculated. These allow a comparison ofthe results of
the national sources with the results from the ECHP, andthe trends revealed bythe
ECHP between 1994 and 2001.
Table 13 gives an overview ofthe ... 34 show the changes of outpatient consultations by age groups for each
participating country with the exception of Denmark. In the UK, Spain, Finland andthe
Netherlands the number of consultations...
... sails
west,
another
to the
Orient;
one
explores
the
legendary
seas
of the
silent
North,
another
basks
in
the
sunny
South;
but
they
all
the
fantastic
and the
somber,
the
tragic
and
the
gay
fashion their
works
on
some
model
of
form.
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THE
THEORY
OF
MUSIC
al
order,
another
portion
is
sung
without
any
fixed
succession
or
relation
of
accent
and
is
altogether
rhythmless.
The
Gregorian
chant ... features of musical
composi
tion;
for,
however
great
the line
of
demarcation be
tween
the
two
may
have been
in
the
past,
there
can
be
no
question
as
to
the
mixing
and
the
overlapping
of
the
sacred and ... as
humanity
the
same
through
all
generations.
The
value of
a musical work
is
not
in
its form
;
but
the
value
of a
musical
work
is
enormously
enhanced
by
the
selection
on
the
part
of
the
composer
of
that
form
best
adapted
to
the
clear
and
forcible
expression
of...
... diameter.
The administration ofthe sewers, in the
time ofthe Republic, was in the hands of
the censors, but special officers called
curatores cloacarum were employed
during the Empire, andthe workmen
who ... acolyte
holding a cock, the Dioscuri and their
horses, the head of Serapis, and a
headless statue of Apollo.
The Cloaca Maxima was formed of three
tiers of arches, the vault within the
innermost tier ... as
has been shown by Gibbon, tended to the
decay of courage and thus to lessen the
prowess ofthe Roman legions, but there
was compensation for this state of
affairs at the heart ofthe Empire because
strong...
... suggesting the
importance of conformational IgE epitopes [25].
Therefore, we further tested the importance of struc-
tural integrity on IgE binding capacity and allergenic
activity of Phl p 1 by comparing ... recorded and averaged for each spectral point in all
experiments. Thermal denaturation was monitored in the
range of 20 °Cto90°C. The reversibility ofthe unfolding
process was checked by measuring the ... Fund, bythe CeMM Project of the
Austrian Academy of Sciences, andby a research grant
from BIOMAY, Vienna, Austria.
References
1 Wills-Karp M, Santeliz J & Karp CL (2001) The germ-
less theory...
... elected
democratically bythe users ofthe health plan andthe others are appointed by Caixa. The
purpose ofthe Council is to monitor the quality ofthe program and offer support to Caixa
for ... an effort
of financial literacy. The Cajabus staff raise the awareness ofthe people to the safetiness
and convenience of having a bank account and to the importance of savings and credit
allocation. ... activities to meet the demands ofthe market.
In 2004, the Ombudsman received 106,600 reactions by clients to the products and services
offered andthe services provided by branches. This was...