The former convicts provided Wagner with a near-constant influx of reinforcements. Prigozhin promised that they would receive presidential pardons after six months of service if they survived the hostilities. Once sent to the front, some were threatened with death if they retreated or refused to ...
Eretz can also refer to the nations of the earth, regions, cities, ground, soil, even the underworld. It can also mean world to describe planet earth, but not other planets. Moreover, God said to “subdue [kabash]” the land. To subdue a land is to bring it under subjection. (...
The world has transitioned from an era when underweight prevalence was more than double that of obesity, to one in which more people are obese than underweight. However, underweight remains a public health problem in the world's poorest regions—namely south Asia and central and east Africa. If...
Brazil is the world’s 5th most populous country (after China, India, USA and Indonesia), and has about half of the population of South America. The population has grown very rapidly (1872: 9.9 million, 1950: 51.9 million, 1970: 93.1 million, 1980: 119 million, 2000: 169.8 million, 200...
We kept simul-climbing. When i got up and looked at the description we had simul-climbed 2 full pitches of 5.7 and 5.8. The next pitch started at a chimney which was kind of heinous and had no pro. I grabbed the ledge up top but was backwards so i had to do an over the ...
In spite of his predictions, there was no net increase in the death rate around the world due to famine as a result of the conditions Ehrlich predicted. Actually, accordingly to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, famine has become rarer around the world, from 1 out of 4 suffering ...
Overall, we found that two fathers, one mother, and four zoos had three or more times higher risk of their calves becoming sick when compared to all others, pointing us to the presence of a management or environmental element, which can have paternal and maternal influence and leads to calf...
A teaser (e.g., a pen) inside the envelope and a financial incentive on condition of response more than doubled the response rate, while the response rate almost doubled when incentives were not conditional on response. Addressing respondents personally can also enhance the response rate. More...
When I walked into the newsroom on the first day, I truly believed everything would be different. I thought I had an incredible group of people who were interested in being the best editors in the world and that we were all going to work together in some form of sick harmony to ...
8 Furthermore, it is not known how trends in prevalence, together with population growth and ageing, have affected the number of adults with diabetes. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in the prevalence and number of adults with diabetes. We also estimated the probability of achieving ...