... incurred as a result of its use The designations employed and the presentation ofthe material in this overview not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part ofthe World Health ... society and the private sector with key economic insights needed to help reduce the growing burden of NCDs: • A global analysis ofthe economic impactof NCDs by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard ... The content of this report stems from the work published in two separate reports, one led by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health, and the other developed by the...
... the community and respects the rights of people - all these add together to form theimpactof that business on society” The GREENER EVENTS CHECKLIST within this guide can be discussed with the ... have the added benefit of helping to reduce the cost of running the event Event managers can refer the guide to potential venues to highlight the fact that these are the range and type of issues ... organisations can improve their contribution to sustainable development and reduce their environmental impacts but one area that is often overlooked is the use of resources and the release of carbon dioxide...
... the effect ofreducing dirty aid and increasing environmental aid on the social development ofthe poorest states There are many ‘lost’ countries that receive little aid of either type, and often ... generating hypotheses, and establishing the scope conditions of more general theories However, no matter how compelling the case studies, they cannot alone bear the weight ofthe broad theoretical ... instance of a cooperative equilibrium’ (1997b: 332) From Rio to Gleneagles the likely effectiveness of these two different types of aid 23 Throughout the rest ofthe book, we will explore whether environmental...
... D.H (1968) Pheromones ofthe honey bee – the secretion ofthe Nasanoff gland ofthe worker J Insect Physiol 15, 237–244 54 Boch, R and Morse, R.A (1974) Discrimination of familiar and foreign ... acid in the mandibular glands ofthe worker bee J Insect Physiol 16, 17–24 Boch, R., Shearer, D.A and Shuel, R.W (1979) Octanoic acid and other volatile acids in the mandibular glands ofthe honeybee ... involved in the release of worker aggression Behaviour 39, 212–226 51 Boch, R and Shearer, D.A (1962) Identification of geraniol as the active component in the Nassanoff pheromone ofthe honey bee...
... particularly in relation to the reliability ofthe tests requested and their feasibility The assessment ofthe effects of plant protection products is based on the calculation ofthe Hazard Quotient, ... guideline being the CEB test No 95 method ofthe Commission des essais biologiques (CEB) [13] Assessment ofthe effects of application ofthe product outdoors under a wire meshed tunnel; theof cial ... to classifying the product into one ofthe following categories: high-, medium-, and low-risk products Each stage ofthe procedure leads to either an assessment ofthe risk (and therefore classification...
... to testing), the motivation ofthe bees to get food would not overpass the fifth trial, the level ofthe CR then starting to decrease Most often the level of CR reaches a maximum by the third trial ... insect- proof tunnel, the percentage of flights back to the hive decreased in treated foragers, the deltamethrin-treated bees flying in the direction ofthe sun, without using the local landmarks The ... according to the treatments During the extinction phase, the level ofthe CR slowly decreased, back to the initial level of spontaneous response (B) This expresses the resistance ofthe bee’s response...
... side ofthe box allowed the introduction of a single honey bee for a 5-min observation period The position ofthe honey bee was recorded every s The duration of successive 5-s periods in the same ... effect ofthe drug at the dose of 1.25 ng/bee was observed on the other functions after the shortest interval We not retain the possibility that the drug needs more time to diffuse from the thorax ... reported as immobility as the locomotor activity ofthe honey bee in the same square was very low, if nonexistent Otherwise, the honey bee was moving around The effect ofthe drug on locomotor activity...
... section ofthe chapter will briefly review the LANL field studies and the results of these studies The significance of each of these experiments will be examined in the Discussion section of this ... differences in the levels of contaminants in the flowers ofthe three main forage plants Therefore, the species of flower the bees had visited probably had little influence on the concentrations of radionuclides ... one of these scientists is interested in using these long-term data to estimate the concentration of radionuclides in the environment based on the levels of radionuclides in the bees? If the...
... segments The concentrations or activities ofthe majority ofthe elements studied were lower in the 1-year-old branch segments compared to the branch tops In the case of Rb, 40K, and 137Cs they were ... pierce the bark ofthe youngest branches and the needles of fir and spruce trees in search of food Honeydew is the secretion of these insects The results of electrical conductivity measurements and ... each of following years, the tips ofthe branches and older branch segments, including the segments grown in 1994, were taken for analyses The tips ofthe spruce branches were collected for the...
... the preparation and chemical analysis ofthe honeys, the samples were coded and randomized to avoid identification of their location and characteristics by the chemists The mineralization ofthe ... percent ofthe total inertia ofthe system The factorial map F1F2 (Figure 12.2), which accounts for most ofthe variance ofthe system (i.e 62.23 percent), clearly reveals an opposition between the ... for 56.86 percent ofthe total inertia ofthe system, emphasizes the fact that the presence of cobalt (Co) in the honey samples is correlated with that of molybdenum (Mo) Ofthe 46 samples containing...
... damage to the crop, very often other insects can feed on the plant If they are sensitive to the expressed toxin, they will also be affected which, of course, is advantageous in terms of crop protection ... on the protease content ofthe gut of different Coleoptera have shown the presence of cysteine proteases, which, in many cases, represent the major class of digestive proteases [33] The cDNA of ... nematodes (Cry 5) Most of these proteins, even in the Cry1 subfamily, have a distinctive insecticidal spectrum The size of most of these Cry proteins is about 130 kDa and they are produced in an...
... from the top ofthe flower visited on the plant), or the type of behavior (exploration ofthe flower, foraging for nectar, scratching of stamina, pollen pellet gathering, cleaning, etc.) The mean ... parcels of each type, were sown in the South-west of France (Spring 2000) From the beginning ofthe flowering, the diversity ofthe pollinators was evaluated by counting the foragers visiting the ... conclusion, there are two possibilities to avoid risk for honey bees: the nonexpression ofthe toxin in the tissues bees feed on, or the innocuousness ofthe toxin for bees The risk assessment of the...
... exist into theenvironmental impacts of products; Chapter forms the second main pillar ofthe study: it gives a detailed analysis oftheenvironmental impacts of products in the EU-25, with the newly ... be identified on the basis oftheenvironmental impacts ofthe whole volume ofthe product used Theimpact per euro value will also be taken into account EnvironmentalImpactof Products (EIPRO) ... policy ofthe Journal of Industrial Ecology, Spring 2006 22 2.1 Objectives ofthe project The objective ofthe project is to identify the products that have the greatest environmental impact...
... Look, the public benefits from our products They use them and they get jobs Part ofthe price of this benefit is theimpact we have on the environment That should be born by the public, not the ... these differences tabulating and comparing the characteristics ofenvironmental policies among the states produces an interesting snapshot ofthe relative degree of “environmentalism” among the ... for environmental controls.) Moving into the 1980s these same states might feel the drag of their environmental policies accumulating to a degree sufficient to slow their growth relative to their...
... predictive cut-off value was evaluated as the nearest point from the left upper edge ofthe ROC curve analysis graph Sensitivity was calculated as the mean confidence interval (CI) ofthe area Table ... refer to IL-6 mRNA, IL-6, mean of normal IL-6 level in plasma, and predictive cut-off level of IL-6 mRNA, respectively (c) SPSS software analysis ofthe AUC ofthe ROC curve was 0.809 and 0.453 ... al.: Prognostic impactof clinical coursespecific mRNA expression profiles in the serum of perioperative patients with esophageal cancer in the ICU: a case control study Journal of Translational...
... Labem city and the edge ofthe SPA Meanwhile, development consent for another section was issued which led the highway to the borders ofthe SPA from the other side Necessary changes: The Directive ... with the basic goals ofthe Directive (see above), with Article and Annex II ofthe Espoo Convention or with the special requirements of other EU environmental norms (see namely Article 6.4 ofthe ... activity nearby A further serious impactofthe project is the absorption of large amounts of agricultural land Despite all these facts, the competent authority decided that the estate shall not...
... quality or the safety ofthe food? • (Similar to above) In general, are people in China concerned about such matters as the nutritional value ofthe food or the contents ofthe food they buy (for ... to the food)? FQ (This question might include: the packaging and the origin ofthe food) • What are the possible results if all (or the majority of) the people were not very concerned about the ... about the contents ofthe food they eat? (假设的问题) • (Similar to above) What could happen if all (or the majority of) the people were not very concerned about the contents ofthe food they eat? Food...
... (38—63%) in the European Region; and 64% (51—77%) in the Region ofthe Americas The potential ofenvironmentalmanagement to reduce the disease burden of malaria differed according to the type of environment ... n m e n ts ANALYSIS OF ESTIMATES OFTHEENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION, BY DISEASE There are three main approaches to theenvironmentalmanagementof malaria: • Modify the environment This ... At the time these definitions were formulated, the third approach included the use of mosquito nets The successful introduction of insecticide-treated mosquito nets has put them in a category of...
... non-profit that advocates for affordable housing, retained Civic Economics to analyze the economic impactofthe 2006 commitment and to consider the prospective impactof another round of bonds ... of these costs, we elected to take a conservative approach b The costs of these supportive services are here treated as positive in terms of local economic impact There exists a strong body of ... 3.6 THE ECONOMIC IMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY 2012 Map Civic Economics THE ECONOMIC IMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT...
... senior management, the Office ofthe Chairman and Chief Executive (OCCE) as well as theEnvironmental and Public Policy Committee ofthe Board of Directors What you will read in the following pages ... program to offset the CO2 emitted from the production of our hybrid vehicles in the U.S The purchase price ofthe offset is applied to a project that reduces or sequesters the emission of CO2 elsewhere ... recovered in the sales price Third, the GHG footprint ofthe in-use phase of light duty vehicles must be measured on a well-to-wheels basis, that is, the total emissions from the production ofthe original...