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Aid organisations estimate that more than 1.5 million people are under siege in the west, compared to a quarter of a million civilians still in the east.
A slim majority of U.S. respondents, (51 percent, down five percentage points from 2009) felt optimistic about stabilizing Afghanistan, compared to a quarter of Europeans.
Comparison of non-clinical versus clinical staff in this regard indicated that over a third of the non-clinical staff did not need to leave work compared to a quarter of the clinical staff.
For one of the main service operators 'Flinkster', there is a much higher share of men using this service: almost half of the men used 'Flinkster' at least once within the past 12 months compared to a quarter of the women.
What's more, a staggering 42percentt of Muslim children don't know where they will live on release compared to a quarter of non-Muslims.
That's compared to a quarter of Swedish and Australian citizens, while in Azerbaijan and Egypt, nine of ten people have never protested.
Worldwide, it says a third (33%) of larger organizations have resilient processes embedded across their business, compared to a quarter (26%) of those with revenues of less than $500 million.
About half of science, technology, and engineering workers in Silicon Valley are foreign-born, compared to a quarter in the rest of the United States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That's because diesel and other petroleum-based fuels account for only 5% of global power generation today, according to the International Energy Agency, compared to a full quarter piece of the pie in 1973.
Because HFCs remain in the atmosphere for only a short time -- an average of 15 years compared to CO2, a quarter of which remains for thousands of years -- reducing HFCs produces fast climate protection.
Nearly half of response professionals are confident in the ability of officials to respond to a hazardous event successfully compared to only a quarter of laypeople.
