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Sun protection in schools : an educational package to protect children from ultraviolet radiation
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ISBN: 9241590629 Year: 2003 Publisher: Geneva World Health Organization

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The paradox of openness : transparency and participation in nordic cultures of consensus
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ISBN: 9004281193 9789004281196 9789004281189 9004281185 132234356X Year: 2015 Publisher: Brill

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The ‘open society’ has become a watchword of liberal democracy and the market system in the modern globalized world. Openness stands for individual opportunity and collective reason, as well as bottom-up empowerment and top-down transparency. It has become a cherished value, despite its vagueness and the connotation of vulnerability that surrounds it. Scandinavia has long considered itself a model of openness, citing traditions of freedom of information and inclusive policy making. This collection of essays traces the conceptual origins, development, and diverse challenges of openness in the Nordic countries and Austria. It examines some of the many paradoxes that openness encounters and the tensions it arouses when it addresses such divergent ends as democratic deliberation and market transactions, freedom of speech and sensitive information, compliant decision making and political and administrative transparency, and consensual procedures and the toleration of dissent. Contributors are: Ainur Elmgren, Tero Erkkilä, Norbert Götz, Ann-Cathrine Jungar, Johannes Kananen, Lotta Lounasmeri, Carl Marklund, Peter Parycek, Johanna Rainio-Niemi, Judith Schossböck, Ylva Waldemarson, and Tuomas Ylä-Anttila.


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Missed information : better information for building a wealthier, more sustainable future
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ISBN: 0262336251 9780262336253 9780262034920 9780262336246 0262336243 9780262336260 026233626X 0262034921 Year: 2016 Publisher: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press,

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How better information and better access to it improves the quality of our decisions and makes for a more vibrant participatory society.

La cellule de traitement des informations financières et la prévention du blanchiment de capitaux en Belgique
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ISBN: 2802717332 9782802717331 Year: 2003 Publisher: Bruxelles Bruylant

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Le présent ouvrage a été édité à l'occasion du dixième anniversaire de l'institution de la Cellule de traitement des informations financières par la loi du 11 janvier 1993 relative à la prévention de l'utilisation du système financier aux fins du blanchiment de capitaux. Il aborde le rôle primordial de centralisation et d'analyse des informations joué par la Cellule ainsi que les résultats de dix ans de coopération avec les autres acteurs, tant au niveau national qu'international, impliqués dans la lutte contre le blanchiment, et notamment avec les secteurs soumis à la loi antiblanchiment. Plus que jamais, le système préventif antiblanchiment a démontré qu'il constitue un élément indispensable du dispositif de lutte contre la criminalité organisée et le terrorisme, atteintes majeures aux valeurs essentielles de nos sociétés. Son renforcement constitue donc fort légitimement l'une des priorités des Etats et des organisations internationales.

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Belastingfraude --- Crime organisé --- Fraude fiscale --- Georganiseerde misdaad --- Money laundering --- Blanchiment de l'argent --- Prevention --- Prévention --- Financial disclosure --- Law and legislation --- 339.727.2 <493> --- 336.2.04 <493> --- 343.53 <493> --- marche des capitaux --- blanchiment --- fraude --- controle --- belgique --- international --- BE / Belgium - België - Belgique --- 333.139.2 --- 343.35 --- Internationale kapitaalbeweging. Buitenlandse leningen. Buitenlandse kredieten. Internationale kapitaalbeweging. Buitenlandse investeringen. Kapitaalinvoer. Kapitaaluitvoer. Kapitaalvlucht--België --- Belastingontduiking. Belastingontwijking. Belastingfraude. Belastinghaven. Belastingvlucht--België --- Commerciele fraude. Industriele fraude. Ongeoorloofde concurrentie--België --- kapitaalmarkt --- witwassen --- contrôle --- belgie --- internationaal --- Bankcontrole en -reglementering. Reglementering van het bankberoep. --- Misdrijven tegen de openbare administratie, de belasting- en administratieve wetgeving. --- 343.53 <493> Commerciele fraude. Industriele fraude. Ongeoorloofde concurrentie--België --- 339.727.2 <493> Internationale kapitaalbeweging. Buitenlandse leningen. Buitenlandse kredieten. Internationale kapitaalbeweging. Buitenlandse investeringen. Kapitaalinvoer. Kapitaaluitvoer. Kapitaalvlucht--België --- 336.2.04 <493> Belastingontduiking. Belastingontwijking. Belastingfraude. Belastinghaven. Belastingvlucht--België --- Prévention --- Laundering of money --- Money washing --- Washing of money --- Commercial crimes --- Disclosure of personal finances --- Government in the sunshine --- Sunshine, Government in the --- Disclosure of information --- Bankcontrole en -reglementering. Reglementering van het bankberoep --- Misdrijven tegen de openbare administratie, de belasting- en administratieve wetgeving --- Money laundering - Belgium. --- Financial disclosure - Law and legislation - Belgium.


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Démocratie, cohérence et transparence : vers une constitutionnalisation de l'Union européenne ?
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ISBN: 9782800414072 2800414073 Year: 2008 Volume: *100 Publisher: Bruxelles : Editions de l'Université libre de Bruxelles,

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Démocratie et transparence étaient deux thèmes centraux de la déclaration de Laeken ; la cohérence de l’action de l’Union, tout particulièrement dans le domaine des relations extérieures, s’est quant à elle imposée comme un enjeu crucial dans les travaux de la Convention sur l’avenir de l’Union. Il n’est donc pas étonnant de les retrouver parmi les principes considérés comme innovateurs du traité établissant une Constitution pour l’Europe. Certes, il est acquis maintenant, avec la signature du traité de Lisbonne, que la révision des traités européens a perdu son caractère constitutionnel. Mais il n’en demeure pas moins intéressant de vérifier si les principes de la transparence, de la démocratie et de la cohérence, interprétés comme des principes constitutionnels, se perpétuant au-delà de l’échec de l’adoption d’une Constitution formelle pour l’Europe, sont respectés par l’Union européenne en voie de rénovation. L’Union européenne évolue-t-elle vers plus de transparence et de démocratie ? Telle a été la question à laquelle la première partie de cet ouvrage a tenté de répondre. Au fil des différentes contributions, se dessine une réponse nuancée : progrès incontestable du côté de la démocratisation de l’Union, bilan nettement mitigé en ce qui concerne la transparence et la simplification, surtout dans le traité de Lisbonne. La cohérence de l’action extérieure de l’Union est au centre de la deuxième partie de l’ouvrage et analysée dans ses multiples dimensions : cohérence institutionnelle d’abord, dans sa dimension verticale – entre l’Union et les Etats – et horizontale – entre les institutions de l’Union ; cohérence substantielle ensuite, entre les différentes politiques européennes ayant une dimension externe et entre l’action extérieure de l’Union et ses politiques internes. Les diverses contributions convergent vers un constat similaire : même si le traité de Lisbonne reste en retrait par rapport à la Constitution, plusieurs réformes devraient permettre à l’Union d’avancer en direction de cet objectif : personnalité juridique unique de l’Union, définition de principes et objectifs qui doivent guider l’action de l’Union sur la scène internationale dans tous ses aspects, création de la fonction de ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union devenu haut représentant de l’Union pour les affaires étrangères et la politique de sécurité. Le présent ouvrage, édité par Marianne Dony, directeur de l’Institut d’études européennes de l’Université libre de Bruxelles, et Lucia Serena Rossi, professeur à l’Université de Bologne, est le résultat d’une recherche internationale financée par la Commission européenne – Action Jean Monnet et menée par l’Université de Bologne, l’Université libre de Bruxelles et l’Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis sous la coordination du professeur Lucia Serena Rossi.

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Democracy --- Constitutional law --- Transparency in government --- Démocratie --- Droit constitutionnel --- Transparence (Sciences sociales) --- European Union --- European Union countries --- Pays de l'Union européenne --- Treaties --- Foreign relations --- Traités --- Relations extérieures --- Politics and government --- BPB0806 --- 327 EU --- democratie --- politique --- 321.7 EU --- -Constitutional law --- -341.2422 --- Uc2 --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Constitutions --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Government in the sunshine --- Openness in government --- Sunshine, Government in the --- Transparence in government --- Public administration --- Buitenlandse betrekkingen. Buitenlandse politiek. Internationale betrekkingen. Internationale politiek. Wereldpolitiek--EU --- politiek --- Democratie. Plurale samenleving. Pluralisme. Democratische pluraliteit--(moderne democratie politieke stelsels)--Europese Unie --- Interpretation and construction --- 327 EU Buitenlandse betrekkingen. Buitenlandse politiek. Internationale betrekkingen. Internationale politiek. Wereldpolitiek--EU --- Démocratie --- Pays de l'Union européenne --- Traités --- Relations extérieures --- 341.2422 --- EU countries --- Euroland --- Europe --- Union européenne --- European Union. --- Constitutional law - European Union countries - Congresses --- European Union countries - Politics and government - Congresses --- European Union countries - Foreign relations - Congresses --- Institutions européennes --- Processus de démocratisation --- Transparence des processus décisionnels --- Politique de coopération --- Relations internationales --- Union européenne --- Institutions européennes --- Processus de démocratisation --- Transparence des processus décisionnels --- Politique de coopération

Climate Change and Human Health : Risks and Responses
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ISBN: 924156248X 9786610542741 1417534303 1280542748 9240680209 Year: 2003 Publisher: Geneva : World Health Organization,

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Over the ages, human societies have altered local ecosystems and modified regional climates. Today, the human influence has attained a global scale. This reflects the recent rapid increase in population size, energy consumption, intensity of land use, international trade and travel, and other human activities. These global changes have heightened awareness that the long-term good health of populations depends on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's ecological, physical, and socioeconomic systems. The world's climate system is an integral part of the complex of life-suppor

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Cataclysmes naturels --- Catastrophes climatiques --- Catastrophes naturelles --- Désastres naturels --- Natural calamities --- Natural disasters --- Natuurrampen --- Rampen [Natuur] --- Medical climatology. --- Climatologie médicale --- 540 Luchtverontreiniging --- Klimaatverandering --- Europese Unie --- Climatic changes. --- Climatology. --- Communicable diseases. --- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric. --- Natural disasters. --- Risk assessment. --- World health. --- Climatic changes --- Medical climatology --- Risk --- Epidemiologic Measurements --- Environment --- Risk Management --- Light --- Sunlight --- Public Health --- Climatic Processes --- Ecological and Environmental Processes --- Probability --- Weather --- Environment and Public Health --- Radiation, Nonionizing --- Optical Phenomena --- Ecological and Environmental Phenomena --- Organization and Administration --- Atmosphere --- Statistics as Topic --- Meteorological Concepts --- Physical Phenomena --- Health Care --- Health Services Administration --- Biological Phenomena --- Radiation --- Phenomena and Processes --- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms --- Epidemiologic Methods --- Electromagnetic Phenomena --- Investigative Techniques --- Quality of Health Care --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Greenhouse Effect --- Climate --- Ultraviolet Rays --- Risk Assessment --- Climate Change --- Disease Transmission, Infectious --- Disasters --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Medical Geography --- Meteorology & Climatology --- Health aspects --- Climate. --- Disease Transmission. --- Greenhouse Effect. --- Natural Disasters. --- Risk Assessment. --- Ultraviolet Rays. --- Health aspects. --- Climatologie médicale --- Quality of Care --- Quality of Healthcare --- Care Qualities --- Care Quality --- Health Care Quality --- Healthcare Quality --- Investigative Technics --- Investigative Technic --- Investigative Technique --- Technic, Investigative --- Technics, Investigative --- Technique, Investigative --- Techniques, Investigative --- Electrical Phenomena --- Electrical Phenomenon --- Electromagnetic Phenomenon --- Electromagnetics --- Electrical Concepts --- Electromagnetic Concepts --- Concept, Electrical --- Concept, Electromagnetic --- Concepts, Electrical --- Concepts, Electromagnetic --- Electrical Concept --- Electromagnetic Concept --- Electromagnetic Phenomenas --- Phenomena, Electrical --- Phenomena, Electromagnetic --- Phenomenon, Electrical --- Phenomenon, Electromagnetic --- Epidemiologic Method --- Epidemiological Methods --- Methods, Epidemiologic --- Epidemiological Method --- Method, Epidemiologic --- Method, Epidemiological --- Methods, Epidemiological --- Epidemiology --- Healthcare Evaluation Mechanisms --- Evaluation Mechanism, Healthcare --- Evaluation Mechanisms, Healthcare --- Healthcare Evaluation Mechanism --- Mechanism, Healthcare Evaluation --- Mechanisms, Healthcare Evaluation --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Biologic Phenomena --- Biological Phenomenon --- Biological Process --- Phenomena, Biological --- Biological Processes --- Phenomena, Biologic --- Phenomenon, Biological --- Process, Biological --- Processes, Biological --- Administration, Health Services --- Health Services --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- Physical Phenomenon --- Physical Process --- Physical Concepts --- Physical Processes --- Concept, Physical --- Concepts, Physical --- Phenomena, Physical --- Phenomenon, Physical --- Physical Concept --- Process, Physical --- Processes, Physical --- Meteorologic Factors --- Meteorological Factors --- Concept, Meteorological --- Concepts, Meteorological --- Factor, Meteorologic --- Factor, Meteorological --- Factors, Meteorologic --- Factors, Meteorological --- Meteorologic Factor --- Meteorological Concept --- Meteorological Factor --- Area Analysis --- Correlation Studies --- Correlation Study --- Correlation of Data --- Data Analysis --- Estimation Technics --- Estimation Techniques --- Indirect Estimation Technics --- Indirect Estimation Techniques --- Multiple Classification Analysis --- Service Statistics --- Statistical Study --- Statistics, Service --- Tables and Charts as Topic --- Analyses, Area --- Analyses, Data --- Analyses, Multiple Classification --- Analysis, Area --- Analysis, Data --- Analysis, Multiple Classification --- Area Analyses --- Classification Analyses, Multiple --- Classification Analysis, Multiple --- Data Analyses --- Data Correlation --- Data Correlations --- Estimation Technic --- Estimation Technic, Indirect --- Estimation Technics, Indirect --- Estimation Technique --- Estimation Technique, Indirect --- Estimation Techniques, Indirect --- Indirect Estimation Technic --- Indirect Estimation Technique --- Multiple Classification Analyses --- Statistical Studies --- Studies, Correlation --- Studies, Statistical --- Study, Correlation --- Study, Statistical --- Technic, Estimation --- Technic, Indirect Estimation --- Technics, Estimation --- Technics, Indirect Estimation --- Technique, Estimation --- Technique, Indirect Estimation --- Techniques, Estimation --- Techniques, Indirect Estimation --- Atmospheres --- Radiations --- Administration and Organization --- Administrative Technics --- Administrative Techniques --- Coordination, Administrative --- Logistics --- Supervision --- Technics, Administrative --- Techniques, Administrative --- Administration --- Administrative Coordination --- Administrative Technic --- Administrative Technique --- Technic, Administrative --- Technique, Administrative --- Ecological and Environmental Concepts --- Optical Phenomenon --- Optical Process --- Optical Concepts --- Optical Processes --- Concept, Optical --- Concepts, Optical --- Optical Concept --- Phenomena, Optical --- Phenomenon, Optical --- Process, Optical --- Processes, Optical --- Non-Ionizing Radiation --- Nonionizing Radiation --- Non Ionizing Radiation --- Non-Ionizing Radiations --- Nonionizing Radiations --- Radiation, Non-Ionizing --- Radiations, Non-Ionizing --- Radiations, Nonionizing --- Fog --- Fogs --- Probabilities --- Climatic Process --- Process, Climatic --- Processes, Climatic --- Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health --- Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health --- Health, Public --- Sunshine --- Visible Radiation --- Light, Visible --- Photoradiation --- Radiation, Visible --- Photoradiations --- Radiations, Visible --- Visible Light --- Visible Radiations --- Hospital Incident Reportings --- Incident Reporting --- Incident Reportings, Hospital --- Management, Risks --- Reporting, Hospital Incident --- Reportings, Hospital Risk --- Voluntary Patient Safety Event Reporting --- Hospital Incident Reporting --- Incident Reporting, Hospital --- Hospital Risk Reporting --- Hospital Risk Reportings --- Incident Reportings --- Management, Risk --- Reporting, Hospital Risk --- Reporting, Incident --- Reportings, Hospital Incident --- Reportings, Incident --- Risk Reporting, Hospital --- Risk Reportings, Hospital --- Risks Management --- Environmental Impact --- Environmental Impacts --- Impact, Environmental --- Impacts, Environmental --- Environments --- Measurements, Epidemiologic --- Epidemiologic Measurement --- Measurement, Epidemiologic --- Relative Risk --- Relative Risks --- Risk, Relative --- Risks --- Risks, Relative --- Climatology, Medical --- Medical meteorology --- Meteorology, Medical --- Natural Disaster --- Natural Disasters --- Disaster --- Disaster, Natural --- Disasters, Natural --- Autochthonous Transmission --- Communicable Disease Transmission --- Horizontal Transmission of Infection --- Horizontal Transmission of Infectious Disease --- Infection Transmission --- Infection Transmission, Horizontal --- Infectious Disease Transmission --- Infectious Disease Transmission, Horizontal --- Pathogen Transmission --- Pathogen Transmission, Horizontal --- Transmission of Infectious Disease --- Transmission, Infectious Disease --- Autochthonous Transmissions --- Disease Transmission, Communicable --- Infection Horizontal Transmission --- Transmission, Autochthonous --- Transmission, Communicable Disease --- Transmission, Infection --- Transmission, Pathogen --- Transmissions, Autochthonous --- Disease --- Change, Climate --- Changes, Climate --- Climate Changes --- Heatlh Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Heatlh Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Assessments, Benefit-Risk --- Assessments, Heatlh Risk --- Assessments, Risk --- Assessments, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Heatlh Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Heatlh --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessments, Heatlh --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- Black Light, Ultraviolet --- UV Light --- Ultra-Violet Rays --- Ultraviolet Light --- Actinic Rays --- Actinic Ray --- Black Lights, Ultraviolet --- Light, UV --- Light, Ultraviolet --- Ray, Actinic --- Ray, Ultra-Violet --- Ray, Ultraviolet --- Rays, Actinic --- Rays, Ultra-Violet --- Rays, Ultraviolet --- Ultra Violet Rays --- Ultra-Violet Ray --- Ultraviolet Black Light --- Ultraviolet Black Lights --- Ultraviolet Ray --- Climates --- Effect, Greenhouse --- Healthcare Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- methods --- Environmental aspects --- organization & administration --- transmission --- Pharmacy Audit --- Audit, Pharmacy --- Pharmacy Audits --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Dose Hypofractionation --- Community Health --- Health, Community --- Preventive Medicine --- Education, Public Health Professional --- Photobiology --- Truth Disclosure --- Environmental Health --- Risk Reduction Behavior --- Harm Reduction --- Bioclimatology --- Medicine --- Human beings --- Medical geography --- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident --- Fomites --- Health Risk Assessment --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessments, Health Risk --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments, Health --- UV Radiation --- Ultraviolet Radiation --- Radiation, UV --- Radiation, Ultraviolet --- Ultraviolet Radiations --- Greenhouse Gases --- Carbon Footprint --- Effect of climate on --- Radiation Dose Hypofractionation --- Greenhouses --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Incidence --- Close-Contact Infectious Disease Transmission --- Close-Contact Transmission --- Community Spread --- Community Transmission --- Droplet Transmission of Infectious Disease --- Droplet Transmission, Infectious Disease --- Infectious Disease Droplet Transmission --- Person-to-Person Transmission --- Close Contact Infectious Disease Transmission --- Close Contact Transmission --- Close-Contact Transmissions --- Community Transmissions --- Person to Person Transmission --- Transmission, Close-Contact --- Transmission, Person-to-Person --- Transmissions, Community --- Risk Analysis --- Analysis, Risk --- Risk Analyses --- Global environmental change

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