Growing Tall but Unequal: New Findings and New Background Evidence on Anthropometric Welfare in 156 Countries, 1810–1989

This is the first initiative to collate the entire body of anthropometric evidence during the 19th and 20th centuries, on a global scale. By providing a comprehensive dataset on global height developments we are able to emphasize an alternative view of the history of human well-being and a basis for understanding characteristics of well-being in 156 countries, 1810–1989.

Why are you tall while others are short? Agricultural production and other proximate determinants of global heights

We analyze the proximate determinants of the biological standard of living from a global perspective, namely high-quality nutrition and the disease environment during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Until the mid-twentieth century, the local availability of cattle, meat, and milk per capita and the local disease environment mainly determined the stature of the population – and, by implication, how long they lived and how healthy they were. During the late twentieth century, the trade of agricultural products and health-promoting technologies increased in relative importance; hence, the local availabilities became less decisive in explaining height differences.

A presença meso-assíria no Médio Eufrates: o contributo da cerâmica de Tall Qabr Abū al-'Atīq (Deir ez-Zor, Síria)

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Arqueologia.

Reglamento particular del Resp.: Tall.: Cosmos No.1 al Or.: de México presentado por su ex-Ven.: el h.: Francisco J. Medina, discutido y aprobado en las T. Ten.: verificadas del 1o. de marzo al 14 de junio del presente año.. Valle de México

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Què vull saber sobre la nota de tall... i no m'atreveixo a preguntar

Un bon batxillerat o uns bons cicles formatius són cosa de tots. Resulta imprescindible que l'orientació es faci i aquesta elecció és feina teva. També és necessari, però, que hi participin els professors i, sobretot, ha de tenir la complicitat de la familia, perquè és una decisió que tindrà repercussions importants i cal mesurar molt bé el camí que es tria

Disseny i projecte per a la construcció d’una màquina per a realitzar el tall a les castanyes

L’objecte del present projecte es el de realitzar el disseny per a la construcció d’una màquina per fer el tall de castanyes. Aquesta maquina inclourà la estructura, tolva d’alimentació, mecanisme de tall i sistema de seguretat. Un cop realitzat el tall a la castanya, aquesta serà evacuada per gravetat. L’alimentació dins la tolva i l’extracció del producte tallat es realitzarà manualment

Automatització d’una màquina de tall rotatiu

Molt sovint, a l’indústria de l’alimentació o de la cosmètica, hi ha promocions on s’afegeixen productes de regal; aquests els embalen amb un sleever (tipus de plàstic força rígid) que després retractilen. Aquestes promocions solen ser esporàdiques i canviants i això fa que no sigui factible la modificació de la línia de producció general per a realitzar-les. Per aquest motiu, moltes empreses disposen d’una petita màquina de tall rotatiu per a poder tallar els sleevers ells mateixos, i així tallar a molta velocitat i precisió aquestes petites produccions. Així doncs, esdevé molt interessant l’adquisició d’aquest tipus de maquinària. L’objectiu del projecte és fer l’automatització d’una màquina que pugui tallar aquest tipus de material ràpidament per fer-lo rentable

Apropar les classes de biologia als debats més actuals : a tall de mostra, els parcs naturals. 'Acercar las clases de biología a los debates más actuales : como muestra, los parques naturales'.

La enseñanza de las ciencias se puede realizar mediante diversas aproximaciones pero el enorme contenido conceptual y cierta actitud de inercia hacen que esta enseñanza a menudo se aleje de la realidad. En los últimos años se ha avanzado especialmente en la significacion de los contenidos para el alumnado y en el tratamiento de las cuestiones más candentes y controvertidas de la sociedad actual. Una buena muestra es el estudio del concepto de parque natural para poder usar algunos recursos educativos. Se aborda el caso de los espacios naturales protegidos en las islas Baleares, su evolución histórica y las tendencias actuales. Finalmente se incluyen algunas propuestas pedagógicas y se aconsejan algunas páginas web.

A tall de reflexió sobre la ciència a l'aula : benvingudes siguin experiències així. 'A modo de reflexión sobre la ciencia en el aula : bienvenidas sean experiencias así'.

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Produktion, skador och grenegenskaper hos 10-årig tall i ett kombinerat förbands- och avkommeförsök : Volume production, damages and branch properties in a 10-year old combined spacing and progeny trial of Scots pine

A Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) progeny trial was established in 1990, in the southwestern part of Sweden. The offspring was from 30 plus trees. The trial is located on abandoned agricultural land and has a single tree block design with a variation in spacing. The trial has been damaged by voles. At a tree age of ten years, growth, damages and branch properties were estimated. An analysis of variance on height, diameter and stem volume shows significant difference between spacing and progenies as well as interactions between these factors. As indicated by a better annual height increment and fewer and thinner branches at each whorl the densest spacing has the highest potential to produce quality logs.There were also differences between progenies in growth and quality traits. Some progenies combined good growth and branch characters with low mortality, straight stems and few damages. Other progenies had superior volume production.

Strategic design guidance on tall buildings in the Arab region

Globally, there has been enhanced media -and public interest in tall buildings following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York. In the Arab region, tall buildings have also become an important topic of debate. The Middle East is set to grow significantly over the next two decades. Soaring population and jobs growth will increase demands for the better use of residential and commercial office space. This is a vital issue for the growth in the economy of the region. The number of construction sites for tall buildings in the Arab world is staggering when compared to European developments. A statistical review of tall buildings has shown for example that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the year 2010 will outnumber UK and Germany together in the number of 30+ floors buildings by reaching (446 UAE) compared to [243 UK(130) + Germany(113)]. Today high buildings are considered flagship developments not only in the Arab World but also worldwide that play an important part in regeneration. Tall buildings are likely to continue to be relevant to the master planning of areas with good public transport access and capacity. A successful tall building must adhere to a set of clear urban design guidelines that affect the following areas: edges, use, public space, urban integration and environmental factors. This paper addresses this issue. The challenge for architects, urban designers, and planners in the Arab world is to provide the right type and quality of new space and new place that won't undermine the question of identity. The paper explores the nature of tall buildings in the Arab region and provides examples of the positive and negative transformation of the urban environments in a number of locales. The paper concludes by drawing some guidelines for future development of tall buildings in the Arab World.

Spatial memory in a food storing corvid I. Near tall landmarks are primarily used

This work suggests how food storing corvids use spatial memory to relocate caches, and how they can do this after some landmarks surrounding caches have become hidden due to leaf fall, snow fall or plant growth. Experiments involved training European jays (Garrulus glandarius) to find buried food, the location of which was specified by an array of 12 landmarks. Tests were then performed with the array rotated, or with certain landmarks removed from the array. The.main findings were: (1) birds primarily remembered the position of the goal using the near tall landmarks (15-30 cm from the goal and 20 cm high); (2) birds obtained a sense of direction both from the landmark array and something external to the array; (3) birds did not use smell or marks in the surface of the ground to find the goal. Memory of near tall landmarks is likely to be functional for these birds since (a) nearer landmarks provide a more accurate fix, and (b) taller landmarks are less likely to be completely obscured by snow fall, leaf fall or intervening vegetation. The work also demonstrates the use of G.I.S. software for the analysis and representation of animal search patterns.