And a response is 50 percent shrinkage.

Material sciences, in particular solidification processes of metals, diffusion processes in liquid metals and crystal growth in microgravity using sounding rockets.

Several solidification experiments were done in the ESA AGHF kiln, including two French experiments, as well as experiments on crystallization of proteins (ESA APCF instrument).

Jean Jacques Favier carried out an experimental programme that included, in particular, several French experiments on solidification in the Advanced Gradient Heating Facility of ESA.

In the crystallization process, the interface acts as a local heat source due to the release of the latent heat of solidification, and as a source or sink of solute according to the solute thermodynamical segregation coefficient.

Materials sciences, in particular solidification processes of metals, diffusion processes in liquid metals and crystal growth in microgravity using sounding rockets (Dept. of Casting of Metals, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and the University of Sundsvall)

The in situ monitoring available in the MEPHISTO (French Material pour l apos Etude des Phenomenes Interessant la Solidification sur Terre et en Orbite) apparatus enabled the study of transport and kinetic phenomena during crystal growth of bismuth tin alloys.

In one delegation s view, the head of the Department should be consulted on any reform of the Department, and there should be no shrinkage or elimination of programmes in a Department that enjoyed a vast consensus within the Organization.

The Crystal Growth of Solid Solution Semiconductors Experiment, using the Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Furnace on its first mission, successfully grew a crystal of mercury cadmium telluride alloy, a semiconductor, to study the physics of additive thermal and composition driven convection during crystal growth.

The development challenge no longer solely consists in bringing agricultural water to deprived areas. As the dramatic shrinkage of the Aral Sea, Lake Chad, and the Dead Sea illustrate, it now requires preserving scarce natural resources and ensuring their equitable distribution among conflicting needs.

As many as 400,000 people were involved in the functioning of the test site when it was fully operational. Analysis of the effects of the Semipalatinsk testing ground must reflect the overall context of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the massive shrinkage of the economy of the Semipalatinsk region.

Despite the tremendous potential and enormous resources available in Africa, and despite the fact that most African countries carry out appropriate economic policies, the African continent is still suffering from serious political, economic and social crises which have led to the marginalization of our continent and the shrinkage of its role in the international arena.

Four United States investigator teams used the German electromagnetic containerless processing facility (TEMPUS) to conduct studies of nucleation in solidification while also measuring thermophysical properties. One United States investigator used ESA apos s Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility, flown on its first long duration mission, to study crystallization of macromolecules using the quot liquid liquid diffusion technique. quot

The good news from Cushing's disease is that hippocampal shrinkage and memory impairment is at least partially reversible over several years after correction of the excess cortisol. This encourages the belief that structural changes in the brain that are associated with major depression can be prevented or even reversed with the right medications and other treatments.

Indeed, in key respects depression is comparable to Cushing's disease, a disorder cause by excessive production of cortisol. The elevated cortisol in Cushing's patients is higher than that found in major depression, but the psychiatric and somatic features of Cushing's disease are strikingly similar melancholia, depression, abdominal obesity, bone mineral loss, and increased risk for cardiovascular disease, along with shrinkage of the hippocampus and memory impairment.

NWF followed up in the United States with conferences, solidification of the Citizens apos Network, and publication and dissemination of the full set of non governmental organization treaties and the text of Agenda 21.1 NWF carried out press outreach to draw attention to the important agreements reached at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, and sent representatives, who made substantive contributions to every session of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

Rapid demographic decline has been brought to a halt since the turn of the century (a time when coffins outnumbered cribs by seven to four), as generous government subsidies for a third child have boosted the fertility rate from its 1999 low of 1.16 children per woman to 1.58 in 2010. That is still far below the replacement rate of 2.1, but higher fertility, together with successful measures to reduce male mortality, has slowed the pace of population shrinkage.