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This publication characterizes the environmental burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), measured by the excess number of deaths and illnesses in the population due to exposure to environmental hazards. The robust methods used in this risk analysis can be applied to any country or region. This publication documents the systematic, multi-step process used to identify environmental priorities and the detailed methods used to quantify the disease burden attributable to each risk. Based on the results of the burden of disease assessment, the publication summarizes the subsequent steps that are recommended to further reduce the burden of disease resulting from various environmental r...
In October 2003, Ilham Aliyev became President of Azerbaijan. After a career as a scholar and historian, businessman and oil executive, his sudden rise to political power caught many by surprise. Yet eight years on, Azerbaijan is on the crest of an economic wave despite the global recession. The newly independent nation is building a robust civil society, democracy has taken root, poverty rates have dropped dramatically and Azerbaijan is winning international plaudits for transparency and good governance. Ilham: Portrait of a President is the first English-language biography of this intriguing statesman.
The tiny nation of Qatar on the Arabian Peninsula has made a big impact on the world, especially economically. With large reserves of oil and natural gas, its economy is strong, and it’s developed into a nation of wealth and power beyond what its size would suggest. Readers discover these facts and more as they explore the geographic, political, and cultural landscape of Qatar. With the help of informative sidebars, maps, vibrant photographs, and recipes for national dishes, the detailed text presents a comprehensive picture of life in this exciting part of the world.
Four Ways of Hearing Video Game Music offers a phenomenological approach to music in video games. Drawing on past phenomenological approaches to music as well as studies of music listening in a variety of disciplines such as aesthetics and ecological psychology, author Michiel Kamp explains four main ways of hearing the same piece of music--through background, aesthetic, ludic, and semiotic hearing.
比賽,由確認參賽已悄然啟動﹔挑戰,於跑過一半才真正展開。馬拉松像人生,細水長流,經歷順逆,成功失敗,最後追尋的是財富、權力、成功、健康,還是快樂?是追求最後的快樂結果,還是快樂的過程? 現代人物質豐富,卻不見得多快樂。梁百行承接上一本作品《12馬.跑遊7大洲》,今次繼續跑遊世界不同地方,以長跑人、比賽主辦人、旅遊人、社會企業人、商業人及地球人的角度,分享如何踏入中年創業,為夢想而生活,面對不同的挫折仍然繼續進發,發揮任性的力量,追尋人生的快樂。 書中12趟旅程,包括中國萬里長城馬拉松、北韓平壤馬拉松、紐西蘭街跑、約旦撒哈拉沙漠超馬、台灣環花東超馬、日本石桓島+台灣池上稻浪馬拉松、台灣蘭嶼環島跑、法國白朗峰超馬、法國梅鐸馬拉松、日本東北風土馬拉松和不丹馬拉松。
Hast du schon eine Sprint- oder Jedermanndistanz absolviert und bist jetzt bereit für mehr? Oder steigst du direkt auf der Kurzdistanz in den Triathlon ein? Vielleicht hast du auch schon Erfahrungen auf der olympischen Distanz gesammelt und willst nun deine Zeit verbessern? Dann ist dieses Buch das richtige für dich. Während die Sprintdistanz einen guten Einstieg in die Sportart Triathlon bietet, erfordert die Kurz- oder olympische Distanz mit 1,5 Kilometern Schwimmen, 40 Kilometern Radfahren und 10 Kilometern Laufen eine gezielte Vorbereitung. Vor allem für Einsteiger stellt die längere Schwimmstrecke eine Herausforderung dar. Aber auch das Laufen ist nicht zu unterschätzen, da nicht ...