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Weather Data Inventory, Devils Postpile National Monument
ISBN: 9781491202326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Climate is a major driver of Sierra Nevada ecosystems. The cumulative effects of past and present climates, in concert with geologic factors (such as soil type) and processes (such as fire), largely determine current hydrology and species distribution patterns in the Sierra Nevada. Accelerated climatic change related to anthropogenic influences is expected to result in significant ecosystem effects in western montane systems, including reduced snowpack, altered fire regimes, and modified species vulnerability (CIRMOUNT Committee 2006). In the Sierra Nevada, atmospheric warming is resulting in...
Climate is a major driver of Sierra Nevada ecosystems. The cumulative effects of past and present climates, in concert with geologic factors (such as ...
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Vanishing Treasures: Year End Report, Fiscal Year 2000 and Proposed Activities in FY 2001
ISBN: 9781484917367 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 113th Congress
ISBN: 9781503272323 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has statutory authority to regulate chemical facilities for security purposes. The 113th Congress extended this authority through December 11, 2014. Congressional policy makers have debated the scope and details of reauthorization and continue to consider establishing an authority with longer duration. Some Members of Congress support an extension, either short- or long-term, of the existing authority. Other Members call for revision and more extensive codification of chemical facility security regulatory provisions. Questions regarding the current...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has statutory authority to regulate chemical facilities for security purposes. The 113th Congress extended t...
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Integrated Upland Monitoring in Dinosaur National Monument: Annual Report 2009?2010
ISBN: 9781492202561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The goal of the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) integrated upland monitoring eff ort is to provide park managers with status and trend information on vegetation and soil attributes. This information is intended to determine natural variability of upland resources and provide early warning of resource degradation.
The goal of the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) integrated upland monitoring eff ort is to provide park managers with status and trend inform...
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Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, 2010
ISBN: 9781492947936 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park hosted 277,681 recreation visits in 2010. Adjustments for visitor group size and re-entries resulted in 96,550 visitor group trips to the park in 2010.
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park hosted 277,681 recreation visits in 2010. Adjustments for visitor group size and re-entries resulted in 9...
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Dry Tortugas Light Station - Ancillary Structures, Historic Structure Report
ISBN: 9781548717155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Ancillary Structures of the Dry Tortugas Light Station were built to accommodate the Light Keeper's, their families and the equipment and supplies necessary to maintain the Lighthouse and support habitation in this remote location. The Light Station was originally constructed during a period of transition and significant growth within the Lighthouse Establishment. As a result of hurricanes and fire several of the original support buildings were destroyed. At various periods, advancements in technology and the need to modernize the Light Station have led to the site through the NPS's...
The Ancillary Structures of the Dry Tortugas Light Station were built to accommodate the Light Keeper's, their families and the equipment and supplies...
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Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Statistics and Programs
ISBN: 9781507737392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 2013, U.S. teen births accounted for 7.0% of all births and 15.4% of all nonmarital births. The birth rate for U.S. teenagers (ages 15 through 19) increased in 2006 and 2007 after a steady decline since 1991. However, in each of 2008 through 2013, the teen birth rate dropped below the 2006 teen birth rate, reversing the two-year upward trend. Although the birth rate for U.S. teens has dropped in 21 of the past 23 years, it remains higher than the teen birth rate of most industrialized nations. Preventing teen pregnancy is generally considered a priority among policy makers and the public...
In 2013, U.S. teen births accounted for 7.0% of all births and 15.4% of all nonmarital births. The birth rate for U.S. teenagers (ages 15 through 19) ...
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Energy and Water Development: FY2015 Appropriations
ISBN: 9781502999412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Energy and Water Development appropriations bill provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
The Energy and Water Development appropriations bill provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), for the Departm...
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Upland Vegetation Monitoring in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Analysis of 2011 Pilot Data
ISBN: 9781492894957 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Upland plant communities, which include sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), juniper (Juniperus osteosperma), and juniper-mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) communities, are of interest to resource managers in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA), located in northeast Wyoming, for at least two reasons. First, these communities have been heavily impacted by both historical and modern human activity; and second, the quality and abundance of key plant species in these communities are considered indicators of overall rangeland health (Ricketts et al. 2004, BLM et al. 2008).
Upland plant communities, which include sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), juniper (Juniperus osteosperma), and juniper-mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ...
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Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Reform: An Overview of Proposals to Manage the Growth in the SSDI Rolls
ISBN: 9781507543337 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) provides benefits to nonelderly workers with certain disabilities and their eligible dependents. As in Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI)-Social Security's retirement program-SSDI benefits are based on a worker's past earnings. To qualify, individuals must have worked and paid Social Security taxes for a certain number of years and be unable to engage in substantial gainful activity (SGA) due to a severe mental or physical impairment that is expected to last for at least one year or result in death. In 2015, the monthly SGA earnings limit for...
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) provides benefits to nonelderly workers with certain disabilities and their eligible dependents. As in Old...
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School Resource Officers: Law Enforcement Officers in Schools
ISBN: 9781502728616 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Some policymakers have expressed renewed interest in school resource officers (SROs) as a result of the December 2012 mass shooting that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. SROs are sworn law enforcement officers who are assigned to work in schools.
Some policymakers have expressed renewed interest in school resource officers (SROs) as a result of the December 2012 mass shooting that occurred at S...
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Developing Rare and Exotic Plant Geographic Information System Databases for Indiana Dunes and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshores
ISBN: 9781492160618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Populations of rare and exotic plants were mapped at Indiana Dunes and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshores during the summer of 2003. At Indiana Dunes, 127 populations of statelisted plants and 205 populations of the federally threatened Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) were mapped.
Populations of rare and exotic plants were mapped at Indiana Dunes and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshores during the summer of 2003. At Indiana D...
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Cape Lookout National Seashore, Portsmouth - Ed Styron House Historic Structure Report
ISBN: 9781482076295 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Ed Styron House is a small, two- room house and one of only twenty historic structures remaining in historic Portsmouth Village in the Cape Lookout National Seashore. The house was leased as a temporary lodge for hunters and fishermen under one of the park's special use permits until 1989 but has been vacant and deteriorating since that time. Whatever its historical and architectural significance, the mere presence of the house upon the Portsmouth landscape is critical, given the small number of historic structures that remain in the village; with repairs the Styron House could again be...
The Ed Styron House is a small, two- room house and one of only twenty historic structures remaining in historic Portsmouth Village in the Cape Lookou...
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Blue Ridge Parkway Saunders Farm Historic Structures Report
ISBN: 9781490418568 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 1Located just off Virginia Highway 43 near the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Peaks of Otter Recreational Area, Saunders Farm is reported to have been owned by three generations of an African-American family in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century but has been unoccupied since at least 1947. The two surviving buildings on the farm are excellent examples of vernacular architecture, and the materials and craftsmanship with which they were constructed are a primary component of the site's significance.
1Located just off Virginia Highway 43 near the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Peaks of Otter Recreational Area, Saunders Farm is reported to have been own...
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Vision, Courage, and Determination: A Century of Cross-Border Social Work
ISBN: 9781956897562 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate
ISBN: 9781508432388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Definitions of "Inherently Governmental Function" in Federal Procurement Law and Guidance
ISBN: 9781505875515 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Functions that federal law and policy require to be performed by government personnel, not contractor employees, are known as "inherently governmental functions." Such functions have been a topic of interest in recent Congresses, in part, because of questions about sourcing policy (i.e., whether specific functions should be performed by government personnel or contractor employees). There have also been questions about the various definitions of inherently governmental function given in federal law and policy and, particularly, whether the existence of multiple definitions of this term may...
Functions that federal law and policy require to be performed by government personnel, not contractor employees, are known as "inherently governmental...
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Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2014
ISBN: 9781505450736 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the nation's highest award for military valor. It is presented by the President in the name of Congress and is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor. Since its first presentation in 1863, nearly 3,500 MOHs have been awarded. In 1973, the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs issued a committee print, Vietnam Era Medal of Honor Recipients 1964-72, followed by the committee print, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1978, in 1979. Both committee prints list recipients and provide the full text of the citation, which describes the actions that resulted in the...
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the nation's highest award for military valor. It is presented by the President in the name of Congress and is often calle...
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Submerged Cultural Resources Survey: Portions of Point Reyes National Seashore and Point Reyes-Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary
ISBN: 9781491030479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The volume reports the results of a shipwreck survey made possible through the cooperative efforts of the National Park Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The survey was conducted on submerged lands within the jurisdiction of both agencies and was designed and executed to provide baseline information on potentially significant historical shipwreck sites.
The volume reports the results of a shipwreck survey made possible through the cooperative efforts of the National Park Service and the National Ocean...
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The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post-9/11 GI Bill): Primer and Issues
ISBN: 9781503177253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post-9/11 GI Bill(r))-enacted as Title V of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (P.L. 110-252) on June 30, 2008-is the newest GI Bill and went into effect on August 1, 2009. There were four main drivers for the Post-9/11 GI Bill: (1) providing parity of benefits for reservists and members of the regular Armed Forces, (2) ensuring comprehensive educational benefits, (3) meeting military recruiting goals, and (4) improving military retention through transferability of benefits. By FY2010, the program had the largest numbers of...
The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post-9/11 GI Bill(r))-enacted as Title V of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (P.L....
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