Unidad de Investigación Ecología Terrestre, Centro Nacional Patagónico-CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina), Puerto Madryn, Argentina;Blackwell Publishing LtdEthologyMarino, A., 2010. Costs and benefits of sociality differ between female guanacos living in contrasting ecological conditions. ...
became shorter, and hence fell further behind their urban peers. The difference between the age-standardized mean BMI of children in urban and rural areas was <1.1 kg m–2in the vast majority of countries. Within this small range, BMI increased slightly more in cities than in rural ar...
Chevron's compensation and benefits programs are designed to be competitive within local labor markets and to meet the needs of employees living in Angola. Programs include the following: Competitive base pay Annual incentive awards when the company meets its established goals Family allowance Social ...
and include an annual enrollment period during which time changes may be made to benefit options. Options for medical insurance include PPO and a Consumer Driven Health Plan. Healthcare cover also includes egg freezing and gender reassignment. For those living in California, an HMO may be offered...
except in south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and some countries in central and eastern Europe. Our results show that in much of the world, the growth and developmental advantages of living in cities have diminished in the twenty-first century, whereas in much of sub-Saharan Africa they have ampli...
students from the poorest fourth of the population currently pay net tuition at either two-year or four-year institutions….Richer students currently receive much fewer tuition and living grant benefits”(113). Free college should benefit poorer students, but actually could end up helping wealthy st...
You see, every country has specific living standards. Iceland, which is one of the most expensive countries, won’t be the same as Bulgaria or Croatia. These countries have lower costs, which translates to cheaper flight tickets, for example. Some countries, like Turkey and Argentina, are ...
Permanent residence is another form of long term residence. There are two types of permanent residence. According to the Measures for the Administration of Approval of Foreigners' Permanent Residence in China⁴: Foreigners under the age of 18 who have been approved for permanent residence in China...
The relationality between humans and the rest of nature is also a crucial way of knowing and living in many African traditional environmental knowledge systems (Abrha2019). However, there is little attention given in the non-human agency debate to contributions of traditional environmental knowledge...
Living in a high-risk environment, it is only common sense that one would want to have a nest egg stored in a different location for safekeeping. Even in more 'democratic' countries that might not be directly threatening there are still economic and financial uncertainties that one would want...