UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE RISK TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE: EXPERIENCES FROM GREATER MANCHESTER (UK)

Understanding and Assessing Climate Change Risk to Green Infrastructure: Experiences from Greater Manchester (UK)

The existing body of research into the environmental and socio-economic benefits of green infrastructure supports the case for it to be positioned as a form of critical infrastructure, particularly in urban settings.It is broadly recognized that extreme weather and climate change pose significant risks to critical infrastructure systems linked to t

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Chemical synthesis of all-trans retinoyl beta-glucuronide.

All-trans retinoyl fluoride reacts with the 3,6-lactone of glucuronic acid in slightly alkaline solution to give the lactone of retinoyl beta-glucuronide, along with other retinoyl glucurono-lactones, in about 60% yield.Hydrolysis of the lactone with very dilute alkali Frozen gives the free acid, retinoyl beta-glucuronide, in about 80% yield.Pure a

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The Personalized A-Theory of Time and Perspective

A-theorists and B-theorists debate whether the "Now" is metaphysically distinguished from other time slices.Analogously, one may ask whether the "I" is metaphysically distinguished from other perspectives.Few philosophers would Cube answer the second question in the affirmative.An exception is Caspar Hare, who has devoted two papers and a book to a

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