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41DNA-the Forensic Tool of the '90s — ▪ 2000 The 1990s saw the evolution of one of law enforcement s greatest investigative tools the use of DNA testing as evidence in criminal trials. First introduced in the courtroom in the late 1980s, this new technology was used not only to …
42Moral suasion — (a phrase from the Latin words “moral” and “suasio” which denote respectively “conduct or character that is right and virtuous”[1] and “to present in a pleasing manner”[2] sometimes known as Jawboning[3]), is defined in the economic sphere as… …
43Nonpoint source water pollution regulations in the United States — Nonpoint source (NPS) water pollution regulations are environmental regulations that restrict or limit water pollution from diffuse or nonpoint effluent sources such as polluted runoff from agricultural areas in a river catchments or wind borne… …
44Life-cycle assessment — Cradle to grave redirects here. For other uses, see Cradle to the Grave (disambiguation). A life cycle assessment (LCA, also known as life cycle analysis, ecobalance, and cradle to grave analysis)[1] is a technique to assess environmental impacts …
45Code Access Security — (CAS), in the Microsoft .NET framework, is Microsoft s solution to prevent untrusted code from performing privileged actions. When the CLR loads an assembly it will obtain evidence for the assembly and use this to identify the code group that the …
46Human security — is an emerging paradigm for understanding global vulnerabilities whose proponents challenge the traditional notion of national security by arguing that the proper referent for security should be the individual rather than the state. Human… …
47Mendocino County GMO Ban — Mendocino County, California was the first jurisdiction in the United States to ban the cultivation, production or distribution of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).[1] The ordinance, entitled Measure H, was passed by referendum on March 2,… …
48Howard T. Odum — Infobox Systems scientist region = Systems Ecology era = 20th century color = #B0C4DE image caption = name = Howard Thomas Odum birth = 1 September 1924 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA death = 11 September 2002 Gainesville, Florida, USA school… …
49Stagflation — is an economic situation in which inflation and economic stagnation occur simultaneously and remain unchecked for a period of time. cite book last = Blanchard first = Olivier title = Macroeconomics edition = 2nd ed. pages = p. G8 publisher =… …
50Slavism — A movement with roots in Slavic Romanticism stirred up by the French Revolution and human ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity but also influenced by idealistic German philosophers such as Johann Gottfried von Herder. Slavism was a… …
