Situation and world

N. W. Childs, "The Changing Role of the United States in the World Rice Market," in U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rice Situation and Outlook Yearbook, Economic Research Service, RS-55, Washington, D.C., 1989. 

Toenniessen, G.A. (1984). Review of the world food situation and the role of salt-tolerant plants. In Salinity Tolerance in Plants Strategies for Crop Improvement, ed. R.C. Staples and G.A. Toenniessen, pp. 399-413. New York John Wiley. 

Worldwide over 150 demonstration plants have been installed. These represent around 40 to 50 MW of electrical generating capacity. Nearly 75% is installed in Japan, over 15% in North America, and 9% in Europe. The U.S.-based International Fuel Cells (IFC) and its partner Toshiba are responsible for producing over 70%, Fuji over 25%, and Mitsubishi about 2% (WFCC analysis). These phosphoric acid systems are operating in real world commercial situations and have clearly demonstrated their suitability for on-site cogeneration. 

Batik, H., Kocak, A., Akkus, I., Simsek, S., Mertoglu, O., Dokuz, I. Bakir, N. 2000. Geothermal energy utilization development in Turkey - present geothermal situation and projections. In Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2000, Kyushu-Tohoku, Japan, 28 May-10 June 2000, 85-91. 

To the extrovert, according to Rowe, the external world actually seems more real than the inner world while to the introvert the inner world seems the more real. These differences in perception profoundly influence how we evaluate situations and set our priorities. It is the ability to switch between the introversion and the extroversion perspectives that Rowe is primarily referring to in the successful self being able to understand and work with other models or views of the world. 

F. Urban and A.J. Dommen, The World Food Situation in Perspective , in World Agriculture Situation and Outlook Report , Washington D.C., National Agrochemicals Association, 1989. 

Our price forecast for sulfur over the next decade is predicated primarily upon two basic assumptions (1) that the Frasch sulfur producers, although now a less dominant supply source in the North American and world markets, will continue to exert price leadership, especially during periods when a tight supply demand situation exists, such as today, and (2) that the pricing of sulfur in the U.S. will be determined, in large part, by the production economics of the U.S. Frasch industry - that is, the highest cost marginal supplier. 

Ordinarily, we think that after we are faced with a situation and become aware of it, we may remember some relevant information, evaluate the nature of the situation and make a decision about it, and then act in some fashion, initiating Motor Output through our muscles to affect the external world or our own bodies. Sometimes, we consciously experience those special... 

This means that the continued (rather primitive in most cases) description of the GCC and the practical absence of parameterization for other GHGs cannot lead to reliable estimates of possible future climate change due to anthropogenic activity in the NSS. The means of identifying situations and the capacities of C02 sources and sinks on land and in the World Ocean declared by the first GCP report was not supported by serious and substantiated motivation of the development of new information technologies for complex analysis of the Earth s radiation balance. 

If you can no longer go outdoors, it s still very important to entertain yourself with something. Find hobbies that are still possible or pick up the activities that you never got around to but always wanted to do, which you ll have all the time in the world for now. There is more out there than you think. It s often just a matter of realigning your perspectives and learning to look for that which you can still do. Also see Part II The Personal Situation and Part III The Voices of Others. 

To classify risks, a system or framework for classification must be agreed upon. In a perfect world, a societal consensus on levels of "risk acceptability" would be at hand and be straightforward in how it would be applied in each situation being evaluated. However, in the real world there is no consensus, and we can only evaluate and then define the ranges of risks posed in actual situations and then judge them for their acceptability to society. 

WMO (World Meteorological Organization), Report of the Expert Group Meeting on the Climatic Situation and Drought in Africa. Geneva, October 6-7 (1983). 

Electricity generated at nuclear power stations presently accoimts for some 8.4 EJ y or 2% of global energy use (USDoE, 2003). The technology used is primarily light water reactors, a commercial spin-off from the submarine nuclear-powered propulsion systems introduced in the 1950s. The situation after World War II was characterised by two factors of some importance for the development of nuclear energy and the specific reactor choice ... 

USDA, World Oilseed Situation and Outlook, USDA FAS Circular Series FOP 6-93, Foreign Agriculture Service, Washington, D.C., 1993. 

It will be interesting to see how the access to drugs, price controls, and quality improvement forces will interact and what the actual situation will be in South Africa in the coming years, especially as the country complies with intellectual property and World Trade Organization policies and rules. ... 

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