Because (of) is ambiguous between a ‘reason’ and a ‘plain cause’ interpretation. Presenting a semantic analysis within the framework of Discourse Representation Theory, I argue that because (of) always denotes a causal relation between causing facts and caused entites of various sorts and that its interpretational variance is dependent on the ontological nature of the caused entity. Finally, I ...

regional agreements can facilitate the integration of world economies by opening the borders to the trade development while accelerating technological changes and maintaining the economic growth. trade potential is defined as the trade that could be achieved at an optimum trade frontier with the open and frictionless trade possible through regional agreements based on the current level of trade...

paying attention to the relative alignment of individual and organization goals requires that this fact be considered sometimes happens struggle between these two phenomena for several reasons. these two can be in conflict with one another. hence, one of the primary problem that managers are encountered, is that they attempt to combine and reconcile two somewhat contradictory issues, and they a...

In this article we review some recent developments in heterotic compactifications. In particular we review an " inherently toric " description of certain sheaves, called equivariant sheaves, that has recently been discussed in the physics literature. We outline calculations that can be performed with these objects, and also outline more general phenomena in moduli spaces of sheaves.

In this paper will explore ways to go beyond the traditional SDI (spatial data infrastructures) in the direction of the Digital Earth, with the objective of supporting environmental policies that will lead to sustainability. We use the Amazon region as a starting point for the discussion. Environmental policy making for a place such as the Amazon has to take into account that phenomena occur an...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Mountain plants are among the species most vulnerable to global warming, because of their isolation, narrow geographic distribution, and limited geographic range shifts. Stochastic and selective processes can act on the genome, modulating genetic structure and diversity. Fragmentation and historical processes also have a great influence on current genetic patterns, but the ...

globalization, more than a concept, is a process in which developing of sciences, technologies of production and information have changed many sides of life and brought some different approaches to them. among these phenomena, power relations have significantly changed. levels and aspects of development have interaction with other changing concepts and sometimes reject the patterns of moderniza...

Maps and geographic information systems (GISystems) both encode spatial relationships in structured formal representations. These representations enable shared understanding of geographic phenomena and their interdependencies. This formal encoding makes maps and GIS well suited inherently to facilitating collaboration among human participants in thinking and decision making about the geographic...