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SETTING: In the Cape Town suburbs of Ravensmead and Uitsig, tuberculosis has reached epidemic levels, with notifications of 1340/100 000 in 1996. These suburbs are characterised by overcrowding, high unemployment and poverty. It is traditionally believed that tuberculosis transmission takes...
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Marine Inseln beherbergen einen großen Teil der biologischen Vielfalt unseres Planeten und weisen gleichzeitig einen hohen Anteil endemischer Arten auf. Inselbiota sind allerdings zudem besonders anfällig für anthropogene Einflüsse wie den globalen Klimawandel, Habitatverlust und invasive...
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The inbetweenness refers to boundaries that, instead of separating, serve as a means for interaction and confluence. In tourism such cases can be observed on many levels, whereby there exists a 'gray' area between the coverage of various scientific disciplines: it is about the general ambiance,...
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sustainability and the appropriate strategies required to improve business sustainability. In addition, there are international calls … for educators to address sustainability in their programs. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which … business sustainability is being incorporated into undergraduate business and management courses in Australian universities …
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No single set of sampling decisions is optimal for all monitoring programs. Cost-effective decisions will have to be made in an adaptive framework, constantly changing yet having a basic structure. The major objectives of this paper are to develop and illustrate such a model structure for...
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Concerns over declining water quality have led many home owners to install point-of-use water treatment units to improve potable supplies. This industry has grown considerably in recent years. However, some questions have been raised regarding misleading advertising and improper claims being...
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by industry recognition of the triple bottom line making sustainability their focus. This is also driven by industry …
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Claims have been made about the role of ICTs in regional sustainability for some time. However, ICT initiatives have … clarity in specifying sustainability goals; • Leverage micro-business enterprise development off government funded technical …
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Individuals, organizations, and governments are increasingly becoming aware of the necessity of sustainability in … the sustainability challenge and a potential enabler for green and sustainable practices. To date, however, there are few … reported studies on the role of information systems for the challenge, and solution, of sustainability. This paper presents …
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’ policies and strategic plans. As road infrastructure projects involve huge resources and mechanisms, achieving sustainability … sustainability is a logical link to infrastructure development, literature study and consultation with the industry found that there … is a lack of common understanding on what constitutes sustainability in the infrastructure context. Its priorities are …
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