If recent hints of movement in the dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Beijing turn into anything concrete, then the status of Amdo, now part of China proper, will become a central issue.
In short, both sides are trying to deliver something concrete before final status issues are brought to the table, if that ever happens.
We hope to hear something concrete about our own status: what is planned for us, how can we offload our patients, and, mostly, when can we go home?
The report credits its high status to concrete security measures as well as "its commitment to and follow-through on international obligations".
An important goal of the investigation was to determine the extent of the reinforcement works developed in 1961, checking geometric features and conservation status of concrete elements.
Results must also be interpreted with care when applied in the absence of more concrete indicators of neurological status [44, 45, 46, 47].
Furthermore, temperature can slightly alter the physical properties of pore solution (e.g. viscosity) and statured vapor pressure, both of which influence the water status in concrete (Chaube et al. 1993).
Rintoul said he expected another group of people from Nauru, up to 130 refugees, to be transferred to the U.S. sometime next month, but said they had received no concrete information about their status.
To identify the corrosion status of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, the fractional derivative (FD) theory is used to establish the integrated recognition algorithm.
"His buildings were very prescient both in terms of the issues and the problems that start to evolve when buildings intersect with government and concrete," he said, alluding to status quo architecture.
