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Soils are receptacles for a wide range of hazardous chemicals generated by human activities. Whether or not this contamination is deliberate, accurate toxicity assessments are important for health and economic reasons. Soil Ecotoxicology discusses the sources, fate, and transport of hazardous chemicals in soils. The fate (biodegradation and modeling) and the potential impacts of pesticides on soil ecosystems are emphasized, and methodologies for performing toxicity assessments are provided.
"Catalonia: the struggle over independence offers an overview of Catalonia's political, cultural and economic life and its relations with the rest of Spain. It shows how Catalonia has long displayed the characteristics of a nation: distinct language and culture, separate social and political institutions, and a strong collective identity. At the same time, Catalonia has been one of Spain's primary centres of economic dynamism and innovation. As such, it is an especially striking instance of "minority' or 'internal' nations within a larger political order. During the Franco years, the Spanish state made a concerted effort to eliminate Catalonia's national characteristics. Subsequently, as it ...
Landmines, cluster-bombs, chemical pollutants, and other remnants of war continue to cause death to humans and damage to the environment long after the guns have fallen silent. From the jungles of Vietnam to the arctic tundra of Russia, no region has escaped the legacy of warfare. To understand the legacy of modern militarism, this book presents an overview of post-conflict societies, with an emphasis on the human toll exacted by modern warfare.
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Cataluña en sus documentos constituye un recorrido histórico a través de una selección de 106 documentos de relevancia político-jurídica. Tal andadura empieza en 1883 con el Projecte de Constitució de l´Estat Catalá y concluye en 2006, fecha del vigente Estatuto de Autonomía. Desde la pureza de las fuentes e incluso del idioma, los documentos reflejan una Cataluña viva, retratada en textos de diversa naturaleza. Unos documentos que se presentan clasificados en cinco etapas: el "catalanismo" en la Restauración, la cuestión catalana en la II República, la dictadura franquista, la transición catalana y finalmente lo que las autoras han denominado "una nueva etapa para Cataluña"....
Described as "Who owns whom, the family tree of every major corporation in America, " the directory is indexed by name (parent and subsidiary), geographic location, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code, and corporate responsibility.