"We may be the world champions in self-destruction... [caused by] our characteristic demand for perfection, for totality, for squeezing our ideal to its last dregs or to die trying.
In the UK for example, attempts to control public expenditure on health are challenged by changing population characteristics; increasing demand for more complex and long-term healthcare; and increasing costs associated with technological and pharmaceutical innovation.
The increasing penetration of renewable/distributed sources with non-linear characteristics demands a clear methodology for determining the amount of generation which can be connected to the system without deteriorating the performance (the hosting capacity).
Beside biocompatibility, nontoxicity and degradability these characteristics are demanded for new biomaterials in the field of tissue engineering.
The women completed a self-administered questionnaire that contained questions regarding the social-demographic characteristics, sexual behavior, demand for abortion, the cost of abortion and post abortion care.
This paper then considers the impact of different shading devises and building envelopes characteristics on the demand for air-conditioning in Burkina Faso public buildings.
Information on fertility preferences is useful for understanding future fertility patterns, its characteristics and the demand for contraception.
