Monitoring Our Nation S Pulse
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Monitoring Our Nation S Pulse
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census
language : en
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Release Date : 2006
Monitoring Our Nation S Pulse written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
Taking The Pulse Of Us National Parks
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Author : Erin Kathleen Shanahan
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2023-08-15
Taking The Pulse Of Us National Parks written by Erin Kathleen Shanahan and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-15 with Science categories.
If you’ve ever had a medical check-up, did you wonder why they put a cuff around your forearm, gave it a squeeze, and made you sit still and quiet? Or why they asked you to open your mouth so they could stick a thermometer under your tongue? Or put that cold stethoscope against your chest while you took deep breaths followed by sticking a clothespin thingamabob on your finger? What’s up with all the gizmos and gadgets and why all the bother?
What’s up is that all of these instruments measure the conditions of some of the most important, life-supporting functions, or vital signs, which keep your carcass from becoming, well, a carcass. The squeezy cuff is reading your blood pressure, which indicates how strongly your blood is pumping through your pipes. The thermometer measures your core body temperature, which affects many chemical reactions in your body that supply energy for your cells. With a stethoscope, the swooshing sound of air moving in and out of your lungs can be listened to. And the clothespin doohickey tracks the amount of oxygen being carried by your blood. Vital signs are critical indicators of your body’s overall health. By tracking them as you grow and mature, these measurements can be used as a guide or reference point for when your body isn’t feeling all that great.
Now what does your blood pressure have to do with US National Parks? While human vital signs are important in evaluating your body’s health, ecological vital signs are indicators for measuring ecosystem health. An ecosystem is a community of living organisms like frogs, trees, or bacteria, and nonliving materials such as water, dirt, and rocks that are located together and interact on some level. In a healthy ecosystem, all of the living and nonliving members exist in a state of natural balance in harmony with their environment. When something new enters the community, say a strange weed or insect, or something in the environment shifts, such as the air temperature becoming warmer, the health of the ecosystem can be threatened. Monitoring ecological vital signs gives scientists a reference point or baseline of the natural condition and alerts them when there is a change. While a healthy ecosystem can continue to support all its members and adapt to change, sometimes changes are too great and members of the ecosystem become stressed and have a hard time keeping up.
Although US National Parks are some of the most protected areas on the planet, the ecological health of many of these carefully safeguarded lands is increasingly uncertain due to our rapidly changing global environment. Here we present a collection of articles about how we study and understand the health of park ecosystems by measuring and tracking the condition of ecological vital signs. This scientific data helps park managers protect the valued resources of our parks and lessen harmful impacts when change is inevitable.
Monitoring The Pulse Of The Nation
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Author : Thawilwadee Bureekul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Monitoring The Pulse Of The Nation written by Thawilwadee Bureekul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Democratization categories.
Monitoring The Pulse Of The Nation
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Author : Curtis N. Thomson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Monitoring The Pulse Of The Nation written by Curtis N. Thomson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Thailand categories.
Diplomatic Strategies Of Nations In The Global South
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Author : Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-10-19
Diplomatic Strategies Of Nations In The Global South written by Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-19 with Political Science categories.
At a time of change in the international system, this book examines how non-traditional leading nations from the Global South have fared to date and what the chances are of their rise to continue. In the second decade of the twenty-first century, the enthusiasm of observers of the international scene about the “rise of the rest” is waning as many countries that were expected to lead the evolving multipolar order are experiencing economic contraction and governance problems. In order to predict further developments, the contributors to this volume focus on the types and sources of the diplomatic strategies that must be executed by rising states if they are to preserve domestic advances as well as gain influence regionally and internationally. Through a comprehensive examination of case studies from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, they show that while there are commonalities among these rising states, unique domestic conditions, values, and traditions impact and predict diplomatic strategizing and the ability for sustained projection on the international scene.
Directory Of Federal Laboratory Technology Resources
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language : en
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Release Date : 1993
Directory Of Federal Laboratory Technology Resources written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Administrative agencies categories.
Directory Of Federal Laboratory And Technology Resources
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language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 1994
Directory Of Federal Laboratory And Technology Resources written by and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
Describes the individual capabilities of each of 1,900 unique resources in the federal laboratory system, and provides the name and phone number of each contact. Includes government laboratories, research centers, testing facilities, and special technology information centers. Also includes a list of all federal laboratory technology transfer offices. Organized into 72 subject areas. Detailed indices.
Statement Of Secretary Of Defense Robert S Mcnamara Before The House Armed Services Committee The Fiscal Year 1964 68 Defense Program And 1964 Defense Budget January 30 1963
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Author : United States. Department of Defense
language : en
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Release Date : 1963
Statement Of Secretary Of Defense Robert S Mcnamara Before The House Armed Services Committee The Fiscal Year 1964 68 Defense Program And 1964 Defense Budget January 30 1963 written by United States. Department of Defense and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with United States categories.
Decentralization Policies In Asian Development
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Author : Shinichi Ichimura
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2008-12-29
Decentralization Policies In Asian Development written by Shinichi Ichimura and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-29 with Business & Economics categories.
This book explores the important topic of fiscal decentralization in Asian countries, and focuses on how government finance and administration are being reformed to bring budgetary decisions closer to voters. The focus on Asia is especially important because all countries in this region have been undergoing serious fiscal reforms in the past decade. They include one of the biggest decentralization reforms in Indonesia, significant reforms in democratic Philippines and Vietnam which are in transition, and Japan, whose fiscal reconstruction program is covered extensively. India and China, which are also covered, are very special cases because of their size and because their policies must fit decentralization into a significant economic growth scenario.
Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists
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language : en
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Release Date : 1998-11
Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-11 with categories.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.