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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"Global and regional"”.
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Modeling Global and Regional Energy Futures
… for population growth, GDP growth, energy use, and carbon use compatible with a gradual transition to energy sustainability. Results for the fractions of energy use from various sources by grouping nine commercial primary energy sources into pairs of competing fuel categories are presented in …
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Global and regional assessments of unsustainable groundwater use in irrigated agriculture
… both current use of groundwater for country- to global-scale agriculture, and looks at the future of groundwater. The focus is on 1) quantifying food directly produced as a result of groundwater use across spatially-varying agricultural systems, 2) projecting future groundwater demands with …
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Modeling Interactions of Aircraft Emissions With Global and Regional Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate
… impact of aircraft flights from Chicago O'Hare and Midway Airports on the regional air quality of the region using the Community Multiscale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) system. Our results suggest that the aircraft traffic at the Chicago O'Hare and Midway Airports do not contribute significantly to …
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Global and regional central nervous system sequelae of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
… to control subjects using quantitative MRI and cognitive testing. Among AAV survivors with a median disease duration of 64 months, we found no difference in imaging markers of global white matter abnormality, although there was evidence of regional differences in the insular cortex and …
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The role of historical land-cover changes as a mechanism for global and regional climate change
… the results from several modeling studies and an observational analysis as to the effect of historical land-cover change on regional and global climates. We discuss methods for determining historical vegetation change and present results from model simulations at the global and regional …
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INTER-COMPARISON AND VALIDATION OF GLOBAL AND REGIONAL REANALYSES PRODUCTS FOR THE STUDY OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS OVER ITALY
… an urgent need for reliable tools to understand, monitor, and predict the evolution of atmospheric phenomena. Meteorological reanalyses, blending observations with dynamical models, respond to this need by providing gridded datasets that reconstruct past atmospheric conditions at high …
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Assessing the representation of teleconnective drivers of rainfall over Eastern Africa in global and regional climate models and projected future changes
… variability is an important characteristic of regional climate, and a subject to significant control from teleconnections. An extended diagnosis of the capacity of climate models to represent remote controls of regional climate (teleconnections) is vital for assessing model-based predictions of …
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Reducing sugar intake in South Africa: a multilevel policy analysis of how global and regional diet policy recommendations find expression at country level
… a contributing factor to diet-related overweight and obesity, and as a determinant for non-communicable disease (NCD) emergence in LMICs. In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a guideline giving specific advice on limiting sugar intake in adults and children. Policy guidance has …
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Understanding the Global and Regional Landscape of Fractures, and the Impact of Sex on Hospital Admission Delays, in Women Across 17 Low and Middle-Income Countries
… a significant burden of disease for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Within LMICs, women possess reduced agency to make health care decisions and represent a vulnerable population. In this thesis, I aimed to characterize priority fractures among women within LMICs, and …
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Guarantees of Non-Repetition and the Right to Health: Review of the Law and Evolving Practice of Judicial and Semi-Judicial Bodies at Global and Regional Levels
… of non-repetition (GNR) in international law and to consider how to apply GNR in violations of the right to health. GNR are, together with compensation, restitution and satisfaction, forms of reparation. Although international tribunals and UN bodies have increasingly made use of this form of …
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Network Hierarchies: Nested Hegemonies and the Global-Regional Orchestration of Order in International Politics
… investigates how networked hierarchies structure global and regional orders. This question unfolds in a twin research problem, which requires a combined solution. Firstly, it raises the question of how international hierarchies and international orders relate. Secondly, it inquires how global and …
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Simulating the characteristics of droughts in Southern Africa
… Previous studies have projected that global warming may enhance the frequency and intensity of droughts over Southern Africa in the future. However, the credibility of this projection depends on the ability of the global and regional climate models (GCMs and RCMs) in simulating the …
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Einfluss der direkten myokardialen Revaskularisation mittels Laser auf die globale und regionale linksventrikuläre Funktion : Ergebnisse einer randomisierten, doppelblinden und placebokontrollierten Multicenterstudie
… This study investigated the impact of DMR on the global and regional left ventricular performance as a subanalysis of a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled multicenter trial (EURODIRECT). Six month follow-up was completed for 29 “no-option” patients receiving either DMR (n=14) or …
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The Intifada, the PlO, and the Middle East peace process, 1987-1993
… of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The global and regional implications of the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union, the Second Gulf War, and developments in the occupied territories culminating in the Intifada are …
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Towards Characterisation and Classification of Canadian Macrotidal Salt Marshes
Despite interest in understanding the extent, distribution, and condition of tidal marshes in Canada, they have yet to be comprehensively mapped. Existing inventories show significant overestimation of Canadian tidal marsh extent, indicating that a regional model may be required. This thesis …
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An Investigation of magnetic storm effects on total electron content over South Africa for selected periods in solar cycles 23 and 24
The development of regional ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) models has contributed to understanding the behavior of ionospheric parameters and the coupling of the ionosphere to space weather activities on both local and global scales. In the past several decades, the International Global …
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Cross check survey : World Commission on Dams
… World Commission on Dams (WCD) has completed a global survey of the performance, impacts and decision-making aspects of 125 large dam projects - th Cross-Check Survey. The primary aim of the Survey was to determine broad patterns and trends indicative of past performance, impacts and …
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Derivatives and Economic Growth in South Africa: Lessons for Kenya
… the effect of derivatives on economic growth and growth volatility, learning from the South African experience. The study also identifies some of the factors that drove South Africa’s implementation of derivatives as a development tool - Some countries have enacted legislation for it yet have …
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Evolutionary and ecological genomics in deep-sea organisms
Hydrothermal vents and coral ecosystems are conspicuous biological hotspots in the deep-sea. These ecosystems face increasing threats from human activities. Having thorough taxonomic inventories as well as understanding species’ relatedness, diversity, connectivity patterns, and adaptive potential …
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