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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Arguments for and Against the Commissioner's Appointment by the State Government -- Term of the Commissioner -- Powers and Functions of the Commissioner -- Functions of Municipal Corporations -- Performance of the Functions: An Appraisal -- Erosion of Their Functions -- Notes and References -- Chapter 8: Urban Local Government Personnel Administration -- Separate Personnel System -- Merits -- Demerits -- Unified Personnel System -- Merits -- Demerits -- Integrated Personnel System -- Merits -- Demerits -- Position in India -- Provincialization of Municipal Services -- Recruitment of Municipal Personnel -- Promotion of Municipal Personnel -- Training of Municipal Personnel -- Transfers -- Service Benefits -- Conduct and Discipline -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- Chapter 9: Urban Local Government Finances -- Powers of Taxation of Local Government -- Municipal Budget -- Sources of Income of Municipal Bodies -- Local Taxes -- Octroi: Case for Its Abolition or Retention -- Property Tax -- Profession Tax -- Entertainment Tax -- Advertisement Tax -- Grants-in-Aid -- Loans -- Municipal Expenditure -- Accounting and Auditing -- Reasons for Critical Financial Condition of Urban Local Bodies -- Unjust Distribution of Revenue Sources -- Defective Budgeting -- Hesitation to Impose New Taxes -- Defective System of Grants -- Rigid Government Attitude -- Defective Accounts and Audit System -- Limited Borrowing Powers -- Faulty Tax Administration -- Poverty -- Suggestions for Augmenting Municipal Finance -- Maximum Utilization of Existing Resources -- Assignment/Sharing of Proceeds of Certain Taxes Levied by the State Government -- Commercial Undertakings -- Need for Maximum Economy -- Utilization of Resource Potential from Municipal Fees and Property -- Revolving Fund -- Municipal Finance Corporation -- Urban Development Finance Corporation -- Municipal Finance Commission…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Eocene Chronofauna: Subtropical Forest -- White River Chronofauna: Woodland Savanna -- Runningwater Chronofauna: Transitional Savanna -- Sheep Creek Chronofauna: Park Savanna -- Clarendonian Chronofauna: Grassland Savanna -- Early Pliocene: Spread of Steppe -- Late Pliocene and Pleistocene: Further Continentality and Provincialism -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- Mammal Turnover on Other Continents -- European Land Mammal Record -- Chinese Land Mammal Record -- Indian Land Mammal Record -- African Land Mammal Record -- Oxygen Isotopes and Mammal Immigrations -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 12 Biotic Responses to Temperature and Salinity Changes During Last Deglaciation, Gulf of Mexico -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Ecology of Modern Planktonic Foraminifera -- The Last Deglaciation -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 14C Chronology -- Stable Isotopic Records -- Faunal Response to Temperature and Salinity Changes in the Gulf of Mexico -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 13 Pollen Records of Late Quaternary Vegetation Change: Plant Community Rearrangements and Evolution Implications -- INTRODUCTION -- SENSITIVITY OF POLLEN DATA TO VEGETATION PATTERNS -- MAPS OF CHANGING TAXON DISTRIBUTION THROUGH TIME -- IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIES AND EVOLUTION -- TIME AND SPACE SCALES OF VEGETATIONAL AND TAXONOMIC UNITS -- SPACE-TIME PERSPECTIVE -- REFERENCES -- 14 Climatic Forcing and the Origin of the Human Genus -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEVELOPMENT IN APES, HUMANS, AND AUSTRALOPITHECINES -- THE LIFE OF GRACILE AUSTRALOPITHECINES -- Arboreal Traits -- The Arboreal Imperative -- THE NATURE OF EARLY HOMO -- CLIMATIC FORCING -- REFERENCES -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Institutional leadership for co-ordination -- Co-ordination at the national level -- Coordination at the provincial and local levels and for specific services -- 3.3.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frangopol -- Self-healing performance of aged bacteria-based cementitious materials: An overview -- Degradation prediction of FRP bars within concrete bridge decks in service -- Load-bearing capacity assessment of RC beams using corrosion crack widths -- Probabilistic structural identification using time-dependent deflection of prestressed concrete bridges -- Advanced framework for degradation modeling of operating structures -- Modeling the deterioration of road bridges at the provincial level in Lao PDR -- Experimental investigation on shear behaviour of corroded and repaired prestressed concrete beams -- Risk-based retrofit optimization of deteriorating reinforced concrete bridge columns subjected to corrosion and earthquakes -- Life-cycle assessment of riverine bridges under flood and corrosion -- Life-cycle cost-benefit analysis of an SMA-steel reinforced bridge under earthquakes -- Probabilistic assessment of corrosion initiation in RC structures under chloride attack…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Le poids financier des Guerres civiles -- Un monnayage particulier : les émissions au type de Marcus Tullius Cicéron -- La Lydie face au régime du Principat -- L'organisation administrative de la Lydie au ter siècle -- Le koinon d'Asie -- Les conuentus "lydiens" -- Innovation romaine et héritage attalide -- Une répartition à l'image de la mosaïque lydienne -- Poliadisation et "hellénisation" de la Lydie -- Fondation ou élévation civique : les témoignages monétaires -- Une "hellénisation" qui progresse : le cas des monétaires -- Du chalque à l'assarion -- Les conséquences de la réforme monétaire d'Auguste en Orient -- Les principales caractéristiques du système monétaire provincial -- Les ateliers lydiens au début du Principat -- Le Princeps, un basileus de plus ? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Creative competences of collegial organs in a particular Church 4.1 The notion of creative competence 4.2 The origin of creative competences of collegial organs in a particular Church 4.3 Creative competences of collegial organs in a particular Church under the Code of Canon Law 4.3.1 In the situation of sede plena 4.3.1.1 The election of a group of pastors by the presbyteral council 4.3.1.2 Electing representatives for a provincial council from among the members of the cathedral chapter, presbyteral council, and pastoral council 4.3.1.3 The election of representatives for a diocesan synod by the pastoral council 4.3.2 Creative competences under sede impedita and sede vacante 4.3.2.1 The election of a diocesan finance officer by the diocesan finance council 4.3.2.2 The election of an interim diocesan leader by the college of consultors 4.3.2.3 The election of a diocesan administrator by the college of consultors 4.3.2.4 The election of a parish administrator by the college of consultors in extraordinary circumstances 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…MILLIONS OF NUMBERS WITHOUT SOUL -- NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF GROUNDWATER CIRCULATION WELLS: A STOCHASTIC APPROACH TO EVALUATE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS -- COMPOSITIONAL FINGERPRINTING TOOLS FOR HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED SITE CHARACTERIZATION: SOURCE APPORTIONMENT AND SPILL DATING APPLICATIONS AT TWO FIELD CASE STUDIES -- MULTI-ISOTOPIC APPROACH FOR THE GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CONTAMINANTS CHARACTERIZATION IN A COMPLEX CONTAMINATED SITE: EX-ACNA DI CENGIO (SV) -- AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO EVALUATE THE NATURAL ATTENUATION AS POTENTIAL REMEDIATION ACTION -- INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES FOR THE REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS -- INTEGRATED USE OF BIODEGRADABLE SURFACTANTS AND ISCO REAGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED SOILS AND AQUIFERSHYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A CLOSED MSW LANDFILL USING MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND GROUNDWATER NUMERICAL MODELLING -- URBAN HYDROGEOLOGY -- HOW MODELS SURPRISE -- NULLSPACE MONTE CARLO PARTICLE TRACKING TO IDENTIFY SOURCE AREAS OF GROUNDWATER POLLUTION IN THE N-W MILANO FUA (AMIIGA PROJECT-CE No 32) -- WATER RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE MAJOR AQUIFERS IN THE PROVINCE OF SIENA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROVINCIAL TERRITORIAL PLAN (PTCP) -- HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTING OF A ROME CITY SECTOR: SHALLOW GROUNDWATER IN THE RIGHT BANK OF TIBER RIVER INSIDE THE G.R.A HIGHWAY -- A PRELIMINARY METHOD FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER FLOODING SUSCEPTIBILITY IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS -- HYDROTHERMAL MANAGEMENT OF AN ATES SYSTEM IN WALLONIA, BELGIUM -- EVALUATION OF HYDROFACIES CONNECTIVITY AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES BY USING FACIES AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY ANALYSIS: THE CASE OF THE PALATINE HILL, CENTRAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA OF ROME -- EVALUATION OF NITRATE TRENDS IN GROUNDWATER: A CASE STUDY IN A GROUNDWATER BODY IN SOUTHERN ITALY -- PRESERVING ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGES FROM FLOOD HAZARD: USE OF 3D GEOLOGICAL MODELS AS A BASE FOR CONCEPTUAL HYDROGEOLOGICAL SCHEME IN THE AREA OF THE COLISEUM (ROME) -- FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION ON GROUNDWATER FLOWPATH AT REGIONAL SCALE USING A MULTI-ISOTOPIC APPROACH: THE CASE STUDY OF LOMBARDY REGION -- ASSESSING AQUIFER VULNERABILITY TO SEAWATER INTRUSION ACCOUNTING FOR SURFACE WATER BODIES -- EVALUATION OF THE DEPOSITION, INFILTRATION AND DRAINAGE OF THE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS IN THE VADOSE ZONE -- HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? …”