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101Climate Change Science Program — The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) was the program responsible for coordinating and integrating research on global warming by U.S. government agencies from February 2002 to June 2009.[1] Toward the end of that period, CCSP issued 21… …
102Lean construction — is a translation and adaption of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the end to end design and construction process. Unlike manufacturing, construction is a project based production process. Lean construction is concerned with the… …
103US Climate Reference Network — The US Climate Reference Network (USCRN) Program was begun in 2002 and remains under construction with an expected completion date in late 2008. It has the long term commitment of the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the National Oceanic and… …
104human development — ▪ biology Introduction the process of growth and change that takes place between birth and maturity. Human growth is far from being a simple and uniform process of becoming taller or larger. As a child (child development) gets bigger,… …
105Smart grid — Public infrastructure …
106Non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement methods — Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is one of the major causes of secondary brain ischemia that accompanies a variety of pathological conditions, most notably, traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, and intracranial hemorrhages. However, aside… …
107Ozone depletion — Image of the largest Antarctic ozone hole ever recorded (September 2006) Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth s… …
108Uranus — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Uranus (disambiguation). Uranus   …
109Murray-Darling Basin — The Murray Darling Basin is 3,375km long, drains one seventh of the Australian land mass, and is currently by far the most significant agricultural area in Australia. The name of the basin is derived from its two major rivers, the Murray River… …
110hydrologic sciences — Introduction the fields of study concerned with the waters of the Earth. Included are the sciences of hydrology, oceanography, limnology, and glaciology. In its widest sense hydrology encompasses the study of the occurrence, the… …
