Recent studies suggest that deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon could increase sharply in the future as a result of over US $ 40 billion in planned investments in highway paving and major new infrastructure projects in the region.

Recent growth has been fueled by investments in liquefied natural gas ( LNG ), petrochemicals, and steel.

Recent efforts to devise more generic definitions of infrastructure have typically referred to the network aspects of most of the structures, and to the accumulated value of investments in the networks as assets.

Recent major investments by the parent company has resulted in a revamped gaming floor with the newest technologies.

Recent projects include the valuation of investments in R & D, risk management, and the allocation of capital in diversified firms, and the theory of corporate governance.

Recent statements by well-known scientists regarding the destructive power of the newest nuclear bombs and the deadly fall-outs should be sufficient to still the voices of those who advocate nuclear warfare instead of negotiations.

Recent statements by the President and Defense Department spokesmen have, to the contrary, assured us that our lead is very great.

Recent studies by Weston and Stack had indicated that a turbine aerator could be added to an oxidation pond to increase the rate of oxygen transfer.

Recent work with radiocarbon and deuterated alcohols as solvents, however, has given evidence that metal-hydrido and carbonyl complexes may be readily formed by reaction with alcohol in some of these systems.

-- Recent theoretical work to calculate the dimensions of polymeric chains by Volkenstein and Lifson has been extended to include more general types of chains.

Recent studies by the Commission on Race and Housing and others, however, point to a vast complex of factors that often do not warrant this conclusion.

Recent surveys have found that as many as 18 % of Americans may be affected by one or more of them.

Recent observations by the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite may explain the origin of a giant cloud of antimatter surrounding the galactic center.

Recent research has suggested that certain growth factors may work to locally alter bone formation by increasing osteoblast activity.

Recent research by the Imperial College London has focused on finding new cell wall proteins which trigger an immune response and are suitable for use in a vaccine to provide long-term protection against M. tuberculosis.

* Recent ( 2011 ) research by Santer on separating signal and noise in atmospheric temperature changes

Recent papers by Guerreshi, G., Cia, J., Popescu, S. and Briegel, H. could falsify proposals such those of Hameroff which rely on quantum entanglement in protein.

Recent studies have shown that chloroplasts can be interconnected by tubular bridges called stromules, formed as extensions of their outer membranes.

Recent Western scholarship of China has been heavily influenced by postmodernism.

Recent examples of this trend include the conversion of all public transport in the city of Delhi from Diesel engines to CNG engines on the basis of the orders of the Delhi High Court ; the monitoring of forest use by the High Courts and the Supreme Court to ensure that there is no unjustified loss of forest cover ; and the directions mandating the disclosure of assets of electoral candidates for the Houses of Parliament and State Assembly.

Recent artistic projects concentrating on the Cathar element in Provençal and troubador art include commercial recording projects by Thomas Binkley, electric hurdy-gurdy artist Valentin Clastrier and his CD Heresie dedicated to the church at Cathars, La Nef, and Jordi Savall.

Recent discoveries by the American University in Cairo of mummified dachshund-like dogs from ancient Egyptian burial urns may lend credibility to this theory.

Recent advances in manufacturing efficiency and photovoltaic technology, combined with subsidies driven by environmental concerns, have dramatically accelerated the deployment of solar panels.

Recent film releases such as Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer, Good Bye Lenin!

Recent technology has changed the speed of communication between fans and the technology available, but the basic concepts developed by science fiction fanzines in the 1930s can be seen online today.

Recent evidences such as the pool and a turn away from the vestiges of positivism as evidenced by the growing number of books addressing the historicity of John reveal that the final word has not been said on how much of the historical Jesus inhabits John's gospel.

Recent findings have confirmed important examples of heritable changes that cannot be explained by direct agency of the DNA molecule.

Recent wars, such as support of the American Revolutionary War, compounded by the loss of the North American colonies, had effectively bankrupted the state.

Recent historical interpretations, especially those influenced by Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ( 1962 ), portray the history of science in terms of competing paradigms or conceptual systems battling for intellectual supremacy in a wider matrix that includes intellectual, cultural, economic and political themes outside pure science.

Recent archaeological research in the Ganges Valley, India showed early iron working by 1800 BC.

Recent notable buildings designed by the firm include the headquarters for the National Association of Realtors in Washington, D. C., occupying a prominent location on New Jersey Avenue, the conservatory for the Cleveland Botanical Garden, the Lansburgh Theater for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, The Fannie Cox Math and Science Center for Friends ' Central School in Wynnewood, PA, the synagogue building for Young Israel of Brookline, Massachusetts, the Kenyon Athletic Center, and buildings on many American college campuses, including those of Harvard University and Kenyon College.

Recent awards by Freshfields include: " Global Law Firm of the Year " ( Who's Who Legal Awards 2012 ); " M & A team of the year " ( IFLR European Awards 2010 ); " M & A team of the year " ( British Legal Awards 2009 and 2008 ); " Germany law firm of the year " and " UK law firm of the year " ( Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2009 ); " Most innovative law firm " ( Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards 2009 ); " Law firm of the year " ( The Lawyer Awards 2008 ); " International law firm of the year " ( PLC Which Lawyer?

Recent agrarian thinkers are sometimes referred to as neo-Agrarian and include the likes of Wendell Berry, Paul B. Thompson, and Gene Logsdon.

Recent additions include 1000 AD ( Cthulhu: Dark Ages ), 23rd Century ( Cthulhu Rising ) and Roman times ( Cthulhu Invictus ).

* Recent advances have been made in ceramics which include bioceramics, such as dental implants and synthetic bones.

Recent changes to Spanish civil procedure rules include the introduction of a quasi-class action right for certain consumer associations to claim damages on behalf of unidentified classes of consumers.

Recent industries include food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles, salt, cement, and commercial ship repair.

Recent high-profile missions that were controlled from ESOC include ERS-2, SMART-1 and Huygens.

Recent examples of nations which have undergone democratic reforms but have not adopted the FPTP system include South Africa, almost all of the former Eastern bloc nations, Russia, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Recent books published on the topic include:

Recent historians in this tradition include Thomas Kuhn.

Recent developments in KR include the concept of the Semantic Web, and development of XML-based knowledge representation languages and standards, including Resource Description Framework ( RDF ), RDF Schema, Topic Maps, DARPA Agent Markup Language ( DAML ), Ontology Inference Layer ( OIL ), and Web Ontology Language ( OWL ).

Recent philosophers who defended moral rationalism include R. M. Hare, Christine Korsgaard, Alan Gewirth, and Michael Smith ( 1994 ).

Recent former sponsors include Miller Brewing and North Fork Bank.

Recent examples include Vice President Dick Cheney's whirlwind two-hour visit to collect $ 300, 000 in 2006 and Senator Barack Obama's somewhat longer three-hour trip in November, 2007 to collect $ 200, 000 Both refused to meet with the news media, press the flesh or meet with local politicians, inconceivable in Iowa or New Hampshire.

Recent portrayals of prefects in modern popular culture include Jet Li ’ s portrayal of the nameless prefect in the movie Hero.

Recent infrastructural developments include the opening of the fast tram route ( Poznański Szybki Tramwaj, popularly Pestka ) in 1997, and Poznań's first motorway connection ( part of the A2 autostrada ) in 2003.

Recent PLAN incidents include the 2001 Hainan Island incident, a major submarine accident in 2003, and naval incidents involving the U. S. MSC-operated ocean surveillance ships and during 2009.

Recent interfaith initiatives include " A Common Word ", launched in 2007 and focused on bringing Muslim and Christian leaders together, the " C1 World Dialogue ", the " Common Ground " initiative between Islam and Buddhism, and a United Nations sponsored " World Interfaith Harmony Week ".

Recent involvement of science fiction writers include Harlan Ellison who served as a creative consultant on Babylon 5 and John Scalzi who served as a creative consultant on Stargate Universe.

Recent popular shows produced in Vancouver include The Dead Zone, Smallville, Andromeda, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe, The 4400, Sanctuary, and the reimagined Battlestar Galactica.

Recent English verse translations include those by British Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis ( 1963 ) which strove to render Virgil's original hexameter line, Allen Mandelbaum ( honoured by a 1973 National Book Award ), Library of Congress Poet Laureate Robert Fitzgerald ( 1981 ), Stanley Lombardo ( 2005 ), Robert Fagles ( 2006 ), and Sarah Ruden ( 2008 ).

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Recent designs include anti-reflective coatings and tilted waveguide and window regions which can reduce endface reflection to less than 0. 001 %.