We should like to re-emphasise the importance of stating results solely in terms of international units of TSH activity and of avoiding the re-introduction of biological units.

It is not surprising that the international obligations of states were also viewed in terms of contract.

This matter is addressed by the use of the Apostille, a means of certifying the legalization of a document for international use under the terms of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents.

Elections since 1998 have represented an improvement in terms of both fairness and efficiency, although they are still considered to have fallen short of international standards.

Sixteen of the schools have been affiliated with the United Nations ' UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network, which sponsors education projects that foster improved quality of education throughout the world, in particular in terms of its ethical, cultural, and international dimensions.

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (), is an international standards organisation, one of three such organisations established to maintain the International System of Units ( SI ) under the terms of the Metre Convention ( Convention du Mètre ).

The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, telecommunications, and transportation, with O ' Hare International Airport being the second-busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements.

** Economic Reform, 1991 – 2007, reform policies were introduced to meet the terms of international institutions, lenders and donors, including wider incentives to the role of the private sector in all economic activities.

* 1920 – Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.

which define the furlong in terms the international yard of exactly 0. 9144 metre, a furlong is 201. 168 m.

does not formally define the furlong, but does define the chain and link in terms of the international yard.

In terms of international comparison, with the most efficient and corruption-free application procedure, lowest income tax and lowest corporate tax as well as abundant and sustainable government finance that the government of Hong Kong consistently upheld the policy of encouraging ( and supporting ) activities of private businesses and this is having a sound impact on the overall economic performance by removing unnecessary barriers for the private enterprises in the Special Administrative Region.

Located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in West London, Heathrow is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest airport in the world ( as of 2012 ) in terms of total passenger traffic, handling more international passengers than any other airport around the globe.

Some restrictions preclude the South African market from following international trends, the local is restricted to local investment opportunities in terms of exchange control, the lack of regulated structures restricts the amount of exposure which the South African retirement fund industry has to hedge fund strategies and foreign investors are put off investing directly into South African hedge funds by adverse taxes and other obstacles.

Democracies in the developing world, due to their past colonial histories, often insist on non-interference in their internal affairs, particularly regarding human rights standards or their peculiar institutions, but often strongly support international law at the bilateral and multilateral levels, such as in the United Nations, and especially regarding the use of force, disarmament obligations, and the terms of the UN Charter.

In international law interpretation is within the domain of the protagonists, but may also be conferred on judicial bodies such as the International Court of Justice, by the terms of the treaties or by consent of the parties.

Sometimes, " international English " and the related terms above refer to a desired standardisation, i. e. Standard English ; however, there is no consensus on the path to this goal.

As one of the most vulnerable nations on the planet in terms of the effects of climate change, Kiribati has been an active participant in international diplomatic efforts relating to climate change, most importantly the UNFCCC conferences of the parties ( COP ).

The economic situation was particularly dynamic in late 2010 and early 2011 but there were signs of a slowdown, both in the international economic environment and in terms of national indicators.

It contained the international machinery for the enforcement of the terms of the treaty.

This definition, however, was inadequate for the precision requirements of modern technology, and the metric kilogram was redefined in terms of a man-made platinum-iridium bar known as the international prototype kilogram.

Long-term international studies of schizophrenia have found that over a half of individuals recover in terms of symptoms, and around a fifth to a third in terms of symptoms and functioning, with some requiring no medication.

The Imperial ( UK ) nautical mile, also known as the Admiralty mile, was defined in terms of the knot such that one nautical mile was exactly 6080 international feet ( 1853. 184 m ): it was abandoned in 1970 and, for legal purposes, old references to the obsolete unit are now converted to 1853 metres exactly.

The Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA ) is responsible for managing Nigeria ’ s ports, some of which have fallen behind international standards in terms of the quality of facilities and operational efficiency.

Soviet defensive tactics were by now hugely improved, particularly in terms of artillery and effective use of air support.

In view of the durability of meteoric iron, metal came to be associated with the aether, which is sometimes conflated with Stoic pneuma, as both terms originally referred to air ( the former being higher, brighter, more fiery or celestial and the latter being merely warmer, and thus vital or biogenetic ).

Further, density may be expressed in terms of weight density ( the weight of the material per unit volume ) or as a ratio of the density with the density of a common material such as air or water.

Other terms, including " firearm " itself, have been defined in specialized ad hoc ways by various legislation ; air weapons, for example, are sometimes so classified.

Lift may also be described in terms of air pressure: pressure is the normal force per unit area.

In broadest terms, these will either be surface ( ground or water ) or air, and then sub-categorized by range and the exact target type ( such as anti-tank or anti-ship ).

In terms of acoustics, nasals are sonorants, meaning that they do not significantly restrict the escape of air ( as it can freely escape out the nose ).

Novelty almost matched it in terms of efficiency, but its firebox design caused it to gradually slow to a halt due to a build up of molten ash ( called " clinker ") cutting off the air supply.

The SS rank system was unique in that it did not copy the terms and ranks used by the Wehrmacht's branches ( Heer (" army "), Luftwaffe (" air force "), and Kriegsmarine (" navy ")), but instead used the ranks established by the post-World War I Freikorps and taken over by the SA.

* Other terms identified with Satan include " the prince of this world " in the Book of John 12: 31, 14: 30 ; " the prince of the power of the air " also called Meririm, and " the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience " in the Book of Ephesians 2: 2 ; and " the god of this world " in 2 Corinthians 4: 4.

JetBlue handled 6. 8 % of scheduled air carrier passengers, and American Airlines is the airport's third largest carrier in terms of tickets sold and handled 5. 4 %.

* April 25 – Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes in Tenerife, killing all 146 occupants and marking the worst air disaster involving a British-registered aircraft in terms of loss of life.

Until March 2012 ( when it was converted into a business airport ), it was the second airport in Romania in terms of air traffic and Bucharest's low-cost hub.

These reports contain all environmental protection measures performed by airport administration in terms of water, air, soil and noise pollution, resource conservation and protection of natural life around the airport.

Starved Air Incineration is an improvement of the traditional incinerators in terms of air pollution.

Other terms in this context include " dark " or " silent ", though those terms were typically used for a station that has left the air for an extended period of time, or permanently ; while " off-the-air " is generally used for a brief period of time, or for a station that has recently stopped broadcasting.

As this usage may be confusing due to the term's other meanings, the terms " over the air " or " on the air " are more standard in the broadcasting industry.

The largest Fox affiliate ( in terms of Nielsen market ranking ) without any news programming whatsoever is WUTV / Buffalo, which is within range of Toronto and targets Southern Ontario heavily with its syndicated programs and advertising and has long opted to air sitcom reruns instead of investing in a news department or contracting news programming to another station in a television market with a large number of stations available from Buffalo, Hamilton and Toronto that produce local newscasts already.

Another problem is that many transport projects have impacts that cannot be expressed in monetary terms, such as impacts on, for example, local air quality, biodiversity and community severance.

It recorded more aircraft movements during the peak summer months than any other airport in the UK, and only Heathrow and Northolt were busier in terms of annual air freight volume.

* 1772 – Black's student Daniel Rutherford discovers nitrogen, which he calls phlogisticated air, and together they explain the results in terms of the phlogiston theory

The inversion boundary varies its altitude primarily in response to the weight of the air above it which is measured in terms of atmospheric pressure.

* Pressure altitude – the air pressure in terms of altitude in the International Standard Atmosphere