Although he deals with a horror that has been widely described elsewhere, Kevin Bales, a sociology professor at the University of Surrey Roehampton in London, provides a stirring, solid picture of the economic forces and personal catastrophes that constitute the prostitution industry in Thailand.
Most of all, though, the mere suggestion of a "catastrophe" raised an alarming question: What constitutes a catastrophe at the world's largest dam?
Thus, the killing of TP53−/− cells triggered by SP600125 is closely coupled to abortive mitosis, indicating that SP600125 constitutes a novel inducer of mitotic catastrophe (Vitale et al, 2011).
The proposed method is applied to simulate a catastrophe involving the explosion of an oil storage facility which constitutes our case study.
More than 800 miles of the 1,200-mile-long 1,200-mile-long 1,200-mile-longplains to the south constitute "a catastrophe zone" that is "ripe, mountainand range to go," sand Dr. Roger G. Bilham, a geologisthet the University of crowdedo and an author of the new study, which is described in the current issue of Science.
How to discuss, then, the barbarian forms of violence that are not a catastrophe or do not constitute a direct threat, but that are capable of triggering PTSD?
Since it costs about 30p to produce a litre of milk, the cuts constitute yet another catastrophe for a benighted domestic industry, and may put many thousands of dairy farmers out of business.
The near disappearance of corals and the myriad organisms that depend upon them would constitute a true biodiversity catastrophe, but also a grave human crisis for the many millions of people who rely upon reefs for their health and wellbeing.
The man-made catastrophe in the gulf does not yet constitute an existential threat to Mr. Obama's presidency.
Fires, earthquakes, floods, acts of terrorism, nuclear accidents and other catastrophes that may occur in (or affect) urban areas, constitute an important concern for emergency and rescue services, such as fire departments and medical assistance.
