Between 1990 and 2013, the amount of FDI received by Africa increased from $1bn£70m0m) to $56bn (pdf), overtaking overseas development assistance (ODA) – historically, the predominant source of foreign exchange in many parts of Africa.
The second variable is the predominant source of input -- in waking, for instance, the brain's attention is concentrated on the external environment, but in REM sleep the brain is mostly minding itself.
Conflict with humans, especially herders, outside parks is a major problem, and humans living around parks remain the predominant source of mortality for most populations.
The predominant source of magnesium is dolomite (CaMg(CO3 2).
Transport has all along been the predominant source of NOx.
Exothermic pyrite oxidation is the predominant source of heat.
But as any of them will attest, email is the predominant source of valuable data.
Subsequently, it was realized that K-cells are the predominant source of circulating GIP.
Dolomite is the predominant source of the huge amounts of magnesium found in the groundwater.
NAPL partitioning was the predominant source of retention for FTOH, contributing ~ 98% of total retention.
Fossil fuel is still a predominant source of the global energy requirement.
