The results showed that indicators considered for geology criterion are main factors affecting desertification, so that about 88% areas are prone-area to desertification.
However, despite its rich scenic and natural endowments, population growth and poor planning has caused serious social, infrastructure and environmental problems so that about a third of its population live in slums.
The order of the CROSS and NO-CROSS versions was counterbalanced across participants, so that about half of them saw the stimuli with NO-CROSS first.
The population of the city of Paris, however, steadily declined, from a peak of about 2,900,000 in 1931 to roughly 2,200,000 in 2012, so that about four out of five Parisians were suburbanites.
European banks have been a target lately — so much so that about 50 percent of the funds' $1.6 trillion in prime money market assets is in the debt of European banks.
The mountains of excess flesh soon slip off, so much so that about half of bariatric patients later undergo surgery to remove surplus skin flapping around their abdomen, upper arms and legs.
