A key criticism of all of these medical therapies has been heterogeneity in the populations investigated and the use of kidney function, instead of mortality, as an outcome measure.

Now, how far does this analogy go?

Only the country's capital, Maputo, received 48 of total urban population, and this shows a very heterogeneous pattern of distribution.

This is where the analogy between human sciences and natural sciences breaks down.

As a country's income distribution is related to its productive development pattern, policies are needed to reduce social and productive heterogeneity within countries.

And now the globalization of media and technology are hastening the trend toward linguistic homogeneity.

This homogeneity makes it easier for sellers to agree on the terms of a cartel agreement.

Traditional Chinese culture, with its emphasis on harmony between human beings and nature, was thrown aside.

Bahraini blogger Messiah's Blood (Ar) finds an old picture of a neighbourhood in the capital Manama, which reflects harmony in diversity.

The Dear Leader s declining health will add even more uncertainty and may cause international instability across East Asia.

Stressing the importance of uniformity and clarity in the law applicable to jurisdictional immunities of States and their property,

By being less concerned with preventing default, we can make risk and reward more congruent with each other.

The diameter of the nanotubes, the distribution of the diameter, the homogeneity along the tubes, and the lengths can be controlled.

This means no cross border sovereign debt (or esoteric instruments, such as collateralized debt obligations).

While the expanded goals would ensure that aspiration to development was pursued not through welfare mechanisms but through progress on the economic and social fronts that would allow poor countries to achieve their potential, they should not be tied together as additional conditionalities imposable on those countries.

Blogging from Trinidad and Tobago, Club Soda and Salt is not convinced

The purpose of the Conference is not to settle political disputes between states on the use (or non use) of particular geographical names.

As the political scientist Samuel Huntington has said, Business may bring communities closer but it cannot bring them into harmony.

In this case the cell neither swells nor shrinks because there is no concentration gradient for water across the cell membrane.

TNCs do not generally conduct basic research, and perhaps it is not even desirable to push them into that area.

Previous positions include Finance Director of the Commission of Electric Regulation and head in charge of harmonization of direct taxation.

As regards the text of subparagraph (1) (a), it was agreed that the words and accurate and such that homogeneity in the procurement can be achieved should be deleted.

This new legislation should help minimize property disputes that have the potential to threaten social peace and cohesion.

France will most likely play a critical role as well. France is big enough that if it threw its support fully behind the peripheral countries, Germany would be isolated and would need to respond.

The entity ministers of education have signed on May 10th of 2000 a Declaration and Agreement on Harmonizing Parallel Educational Systems.

One of the dangers of globalization is a tendency towards homogenization and the imposition of the cultural norms and standards of the strong, who have power and influence over those who are weak.

Right now, other Global Voices teams are doing exactly the same, across borders and time zones and languages, to amplify important citizen driven stories the mainstream media doesn't have the time or interest to cover.

Globalization had brought about some homogenization of production and consumption patterns, which available resources could not sustain.

Nine out of 10 either cannot save through their 401 plan, decide not to save or don't decide or save too little.

In some States, such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, the Philippines and Viet Nam, imprisonment was the penalty in several others Colombia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Grenada, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain fines were imposed for transborder cash transactions exceeding a specified amount, which could be combined with a confiscation order.

In a world of divided political sovereignty and diverse national preferences, the push for international harmonization is a recipe for weak and ineffective rules.

Furthermore, the insufficient general knowledge and unskilled labour of the people limit our capacity to respond to the country's development needs with the introduction of modern and innovative technology.

Unlike Tunisia and Egypt, which are largely homogeneous societies, Libya has important tribal cleavages, whereas Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria are riven by sectarianism.

Despite the positive elements of community and tribal cohesion and accessibility found in traditional mechanisms, there are serious concerns about how women and children are treated.

The investment on people, the construction of an active welfare state through the modernisation of the European social model, with cohesion and a labour market without exclusions.

5. Expresses its determination to prevent and mitigate cultural homogenization in the context of globalization, through increased intercultural exchange guided by the promotion and protection of cultural diversity

Stressing the importance of uniformity and clarity in the law of jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, and emphasizing the role of a convention in this regard,

Burundi's cultural and linguistic homogeneity, rare in Africa, belies the simplistic view that the Hutu and Tutsi fight because they are so different.

25. Recognizes that the illegal distribution of pharmaceutical products containing substances under international control via the Internet is an escalating problem and that the unsupervised use of such substances purchased through the Internet by the general public, in particular underage persons, constitutes a serious risk to global health

Naturally, regulatory diversity would require cross border financial controls to ensure that banks do not evade national regulations by operating from foreign jurisdictions.

Although the World Food Programme (WFP) has no direct involvement in the development of biotechnology, it has expressed strong interest in developments in this area.

The second type of regionalism a regional approach to international law making conceives regions as privileged fora for international law making because of the relative homogeneity of the interests and actors concerned.

Even in the absence of international rules, the EU and the US could take two actions to ensure that the TTIP does not have adverse consequences for developing economies.

Overall, emerging economies are well placed to continue to navigate successfully a world rendered unstable by crises in industrial countries.

Its origins were in African American vocal groups of the 1930s and 40s, like the Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers, who had enjoyed considerable commercial success with arrangements based on close harmonies.