In 1996 traditional coastal resource knowledge in Tokelau was documented in the local language.
The flex-fuel engine--prized because it uses a renewable resource that reduces dependency on traditional gasoline--on the Cherokee was even worse: three out of 10 and one out of 10 for the air pollution and gas emissions, respectively.
The recognition that behavioral psychology plays a central role in economic development is profound and flies directly in the face of traditional theories of prosperity that focus solely on optimal resource allocation.
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And the comforting news is that the traditional way of doing things makes professors themselves the scarce resource.
The health secretary also said the real-terms cut to the health budget reflected the cut in "traditional capital spending of 36%" and that NHS resource spending in Scotland had been protected.
Social Intelligence Corp. is essentially taking the traditional background checks that are commonly used by corporate human resource departments to look for things like criminal records and moving them online to track social media networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, LinkedIn, and individual blogs.
So when it came time to write, the authors faced a dilemma: Should they release a traditional fitness book and receive industry nods, or create a resource with sass that could make serious waves but risk alienating more timid readers?
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Traditional geopolitical relationships would be turned upside down, with such resource-poor and technology-rich countries as Israel and Japan suddenly able to achieve energy self-sufficiency, while the oil-producing dictatorships would finally have to face the consequences of decades of squandered wealth.
The publication includes nine papers explore the various aspects of local and traditional knowledge and its relation to nature conservation, land management and natural resource management, and industry.
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