The first ever analysis of the global and regional prevalence of dependence upon the four major categories of illicit drugs - amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids (such as heroin) - has revealed that opioid dependence causes the greatest health burden (overall death and illness) of all...
America? Which of the following global trends is most responsible for grassification in Latin America?
international sales of wood products from tropical forests
the international environmental movement
the international trade in cocaine, an illegal product made from the coca plant
growing...
Crop yields worldwide are not increasing quickly enough to support estimated global needs in 2050, according to a study published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Deepak Ray and colleagues from the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the University of Minnesota. Previous studies...
Tender issued for Tasman Global Access cable construction
Posted on 13-Jun-2013 09:51. | Filed under: News :*Broadband.
The three telecommunications companies (Telecom, Telstra, Vodafone) that intend to co-invest in a new submarine cable between New Zealand and Australia have issued a...
Why don’t plant-eating lizards like iguanas grow as large as meat-eating lizards, such as the humongous 10-foot-long, 150-pound Komodo dragons?
A recent discovery at the University of California, Berkeley, shows that at least some herbivorous lizards did grow that large during a warmer era 40...
IBM unveils analytics services to help clients transform their global workforce
Posted on 31-May-2013 08:25. | Filed under: News :*Computing.
IBM has unveiled new Big Data analytics software and services to help organizations build and maintain their global workforce. Developed by IBM...
I plan on getting a droid 2 global and was wondering if it works on t mobile? If so is there anything special you have to do to get it to work with it?
Amazon.com, Inc. continued the global expansion of its Appstore today by announcing that developers can now submit their apps for distribution in nearly 200 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada,Mexico, India, South Africa, South Korea, and even Papua New Guinea and Vatican City.
I'll use the handy trend calculator from skepticalscience.com com so feel free to accuse me of using a realist's data set. http://skepticalscience.com/trend.php
Here are some trends:
1. RSS 1979-1998 (20 years) - Trend: 0.082 ±0.155 °C/decade (2?)
?=0.0082429 ?w=0.0018810 ?=17.050...
As game developers come together from all over the world for the annual Game Developer’s Conference, New Zealand-created games will be featured on many of the top lists and prominent screens.
A new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that alcohol is now the third leading cause of the global burden of disease and injury, despite the fact most adults worldwide abstain from drinking. This research, part of the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study, was...
Despite dire predictions in the wake of the economic crisis, donations to health projects in developing countries appear to be holding steady, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. After reaching a historic high of...
go outdoors? The end is near!
No joke, look at the signs!
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take...
New research reveals that there were two different strains of bacterium that caused the global epidemic of Clostridium difficile between 2002 and 2006, not just one. The two strains developed a resistance to the frontline antiobiotic fluoroquinolone which was used to treat C. difficile...
Hello friends and am trying to find an International Internet services for wireless satellite or broadband connection, the internet service should be high speed, consistent, low price , and also an global access.As would be trying to access it from rural areas, mostly less populated with less...