The authors also examine the influence of shopping habits and the recent rapid growth of cities in China.

Rapid response teams for emergencies will be expanded, based on lessons learned during recent humanitarian crises.

Recent advances in nanoscience, materials science, chemistry, and physics have provided the tools needed to make rapid progress in this field.

After the recent entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, a rapid acceleration of this programme can be expected.

In recent years Japan had witnessed a rapid increase in the abuse of amphetamine type stimulants (ATS), such as methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy).

This rapid overview summarizes the many changes that have occurred in nearly every area of our activities in recent years.

(b) A number of developing countries have experienced rapid economic growth in the recent past and have become dynamic partners in the international economy

In recent decades the most rapid expansions in membership have been within Eastern Europe (especially since the collapse of the Soviet Union) and India.

Although Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and other Central Asian countries have resumed rapid economic growth, much of their recent progress simply correlates with surging world oil and gas prices.

(Another reason stems from recent reports concerning the rapid melting of the polar ice cap, which seem to reconfirm worries about global warming.)

That view is supported by recent scientific work showing that much of our behavior is based on very rapid, instinctive, emotionally based responses.

The Committee is deeply concerned that despite the rapid economic development in recent years, poverty persists in the country, disproportionately affecting the rural population.

Recent research by the International Monetary Fund on the context specific variability of fiscal multipliers has raised serious questions about the costs and effectiveness of rapid fiscal consolidation.

Rapid and automatic serial reconstruction of large tissue volumes, enabled by the recent development of automated electron microscopy techniques, is the method of choice in defining the synaptome.

Growing environmental awareness and food safety concerns among consumers and large purchasers (such as supermarket chains and government procurement) have fueled rapid growth of organic agriculture (OA) markets in recent years.

The rapid expansion of humankind to North America and Oceania took place at the climax of the most recent Ice Age, when temperate regions of today were extremely inhospitable.

Rapid output growth without equally rapid capital stock or employment growth must have reflected rapid productivity growth.

Iran is a land of contrasts. On a recent visit organized by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), the coexistence of entrenched tradition and rapid transformation was starkly apparent.

Just as the population policies of recent years play some role in present day demographic dynamics, population policy could also be used to reverse rapid fertility declines.

China s rapid rise, and America s equally rapid loss of power and influence, has created a dangerous situation.

Given the highly complex nature and rapid evolution of energy research and development, it is important that decision makers at all levels have access to the most recent and accurate scientific and technological information.

Use in online social networksThe rapid, recent (as of early 2007) growth in online social networks (and other virtual communities) has led to an increased use of the Bass diffusion model.

We were able to do this after the recent tsunami thanks to the rapid response from donors, but we should be ready to do it whenever and wherever an emergency occurs.

Rapid and effective deployment capacities

Longlines are also one of the main threats to the survival of sharks and billfish. Recent studies have documented the rapid decline of large predatory fish species such as billfish, sharks and tuna.

Rapid response

Rapid eye movement sleep is a stage of sleep characterized by the rapid and random movement of the eyes.

Inequality trends among households at the global level were less clear because of the recent rapid growth in East Asia, especially in China and India, and the relatively slower growth seen in parts of Europe and in Japan.

Growth can be rapid.

Mass Rapid Transit Subway

For the moment, such immigration has almost stopped, owing to rapid economic growth indeed, the fastest in Europe in recent years, which is absorbing the country s available labor and has thus stemmed the flow of emigrants.

In addition to the transformation of socio economic structures, the recent rapid developments in communications technology and transportation have promoted globalization, with the growth of transactions and diversification of economic activities, which are becoming increasingly transnational in nature.

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

One P 4 to develop options for a rapid response to given situations by OHCHR and to participate in rapid response missions

Will China s rapid growth persist?

These molecules are in constant, random, and rapid motion.

Rapid deployment required well trained and well equipped troops.

In particular, the hardware advances in rapid neutron detection arrays and active time of flight probing techniques have been a recent focus of attention, as have the various post data acquisition analysis and modelling methodologies that are under development internationally.

The most common presenting symptoms are rapid weight loss, tachycardia (rapid heart rate), vomiting, diarrhea, increased consumption of fluids (polydipsia) and food, and increased urine production (polyuria).

Systems and procedures are designed for flexibility, rapid response and functionality.

The second approach is rapid resolution.

The Roots of China s Rapid Recovery

But rapid change entails immense pain.

Rapid environmental changes typically cause extinctions.

NEW DELHI Success breeds confidence, and rapid success produces arrogance.