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Sea Grant International: Extending The Model Of Applied Research, Extension/Outreach To Foreign Countries, Matthew Wilburn King, Dosoo Jang, Jill Hepp, Janelle Bruce

Matthew Wilburn King PhD

NOAA Research’s Office of International Activities and the National Sea Grant Office are extending the Sea Grant model to other countries. The National Sea Grant College Program is a proven, effective model to engage universities and government agencies acting in partnership to promote research, education and outreach/extension related to marine issues. Through network contacts at 30 universities and research institutes and the NOAA National Sea Grant Office, individual Sea Grant programs stay connected to issues at a national level while being responsive to local level needs. Because the Sea Grant model is inherently flexible — both culturally and administratively — …

Empowering Rural Women Through Entrepreneurship Development-Leaning From Experiences, Samanta Rk, Aneeja Guttikonda

aneeja guttikonda

No abstract provided.

When The Saints Go Marching Out, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

No abstract provided.

Retuning The Harmonization Of Eu Asylum Law: Exploring The Need For An Eu Asylum Appellate Court, Ariel Meyerstein

Ariel Meyerstein, JD, PhD

This Comment takes as its starting point the adoption of the first five pieces of harmonized legislation created as part of the EU’s asylum regime overhaul of the early 2000s and proposes constructive solutions to compensate for the inadequate results of the May 2004 negotiations in Brussels. Specifically, it is proposed that an EU-wide asylum appellate court could assist the Member States in completing the work they started by creating a comprehensive harmonization consistent with international law.

Community Hospital Risk Management, Vikas Singh

Vikas Singh

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The Panacea community hospital in the Hot springs County, Arkansas is a big community hospital 52-inpatient beds providing medical. Surgical, mental health, pediatrics, Ob-gyn services and emergency care.

Of late there has been serious concern about the patient safety and quality of patient care delivered by the hospital. Close examination for the causes of the unsatisfactory quality of care and patient safety reveals that the hospital lacks proper and adequately supported risk management department. One employee only who is a part of the Quality Improvement cell sees the risk management program of the hospital and there is lack …

The Economic Costs Of The War In Iraq, Scott J. Wallsten, Katrina Kosec

Scott J. Wallsten

No abstract provided.

Gastos Sociais, Pobreza E Desigualdade De Renda No Brasil, Eduardo Meira Zauli Dr.

Eduardo Meira Zauli

No abstract provided.

Book Review 5 Confidence: How Winning Streaks And Losing Streaks Begin And End By Rosabeth Moss Kanter, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End by Rosabeth Moss Kanter and published by Crown Business in 2004.

Accommoplishment Of Job Growth With Social Security Maintenance-Theoretical Disputes And Policy Implications From The Dutch Social Reform, Chih-Lung Huang, Shrsyung Chang

Chih-lung Huang

Western advanced industrial states have recently been stumbling over a dilemma resulting from both growing unemployment rates and welfare expenditures. Such a dilemma was once known as “Dutch Dis-ease” in the 1980s. Following a series of policy reform, a “Dutch Miracle” has occurred since the 1990s in both job growth and suc-cessful redeployment of social security. Meanwhile, policy processes and acquired outcomes in the Netherlands have provoked and stimu-lated almost a “research industry” in itself, and have sparked a hope that might shed some light on the way to go beyond this current post-industrial dilemma. This paper provides an analytic-dynamic …

The Two Faces Of Intercountry Adoption: The Significance Of The Indian Adoption Scandals, David M. Smolin

David M. Smolin

This article summarizes international law, and the law of India and the United States, relevant to intercountry adoption. The article then presents extensive information and analysis of a major series of adoption scandals in Andhra Pradesh, India. The article uses this analysis of law and a major series of adoption scandals to present the "two sides of intercountry adoption:" positively, as a humanitarian act, and negatively as a form of child trafficking. The weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the intercountry adoption system that led to the Indian adoption scandals are extensively analyzed.

Intercountry Adoption As Child Trafficking, David M. Smolin

David M. Smolin

This article analyzes when intercountry adoption constitutes a form of child trafficking, particularly under international law. The article reviews relevant Treaties on the subjects of slavery and human trafficking, as well as analyzing the problem of money and adoption within the domestic (United States) adoption system.

Book Review 4 Leadership And Self Deception: Getting Out Of The Box, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by the Arbinger Institute and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers in 2002.

Safeguards In A World Of Ambient Intelligence: Outline Of A Research Agenda On The European Level, Michael Friedewald

Michael Friedewald

Ambient Intelligence is a vision of the future information so- ciety stemming from the convergence of ubiquitous computing, ubiqui- tous communication and intelligent user-friendly interfaces. Beyond the possible benefits that are associated with this vision, it also requires a proper balance of a complex diversity of interests and values. These are related to access to information, protection of the individual sphere, trust, security, protection against discrimination, protection of identity, free speech, protection against intrusions by public and private actors and so on. The design of such a balance demands an approach which is not only driven by one or two …

Book Review 3 What Is Lean Six Sigma By Michael L. George, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of What is Lean Six Sigma by Michael L. George and published by McGraw-Hill in 2003.

The Deregulation Policy Of The Down Streamsector Of The Nigerian Petroleum Industry: A Critical Reveiw, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp

Dr Ozy B.Orluwene,JP

Abstract The article attempts to take a critical look at the current deregulation policy of the present administration. It examines the main components of the reform policy programme. The article notes that the current policy just like the previous ones will fail because they are based on erroneous assumption of the failure of the previous policies without identifying and addressing the fundamental problems why the previous one failed. The paper contends that the prevailing neo capitalist political economy for better or for worse continues to influence what happens in the public sector. It therefore concludes that the policy or programme …

Model Polityki Rozwoju Regionalnego A Konkurencyjność Województw Na Przykładzie Województwa Małopolskiego, Dariusz Woźniak

Dariusz Woźniak

An abstract of unpublished (avalaible only in printed form) ph.d. thesis, which was directed to evaluation of regional policy in Poland, in years 2001-2003. In abstract the main findings from the dissertation were placed.

‘Empowering Europe’S Citizens’? Towards A Charter For Services Of General Interest, Judith Clifton, Daniel Díaz-Fuentes, Francisco Comín

Judith Clifton

This article analyses the development of the European Union (EU) project of a Charter for Services of General Interest (SGI) from the mid-1990s to the publication of the White Paper on Services of General Interest and the draft European Constitution in 2004. Though service charters are often associated with New Public Management (NPM) reforms related to privatization, they are also an integral part of the process of EU institution building, and need to be understood alongside developments such as the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Using a four-stage model of international NPM convergence analysis four phases of the Charter for SGI …

Rethinking The Puzzles Of The Science-Policy Nexus: From Knowledge Utilization And Science Technology Studies To Types Of Boundary Arrangements, Robert Hoppe

Robert Hoppe

No abstract provided.

Science/Policy Boundaries: A Changing Division Of Labour In Dutch Scientific Policy Advice., Robert Hoppe, Willem Halffman

Robert Hoppe

No abstract provided.

Rethinking Regional Innovation And Change: Path Dependency Or Regional Breakthrough?, Gerhard Fuchs, Philip Shapira

Philip Shapira

Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change is an edited volume bringing together papers from leading international scholars in the field of regional development and policy. Contributors to the book examine the interactions between path-dependent developments, institutions, and governance structures in influencing regional innovation capacity. The invariably complex interrelationships between technical and industrial development paths and regional institutions are explored, using cases from both highly developed and lagging regions. The book offers an assessment of the extent to which regional innovative capacity can be increased by strengthening, re-orientating, or creating institutions and policies and examines opportunities for reflexive practice at the regional …

A Report On Benue Valley Conflict Assessment, Kogi State Of Nigeria, Marietu S. Tenuche

Marietu S Tenuche (PhD)

No abstract provided.

Perspectives Of Ambient Intelligence In The Home Environment, Michael Friedewald, Olivier Da Costa, Yves Punie, Petteri Alahuhta, Sirkka Heinonen

Michael Friedewald

Ambient Intelligence is a vision of the future information society stemming from the convergence of ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous communication and intelligent user-friendly interfaces. It offers an op- portunity to realise an old dream, i.e. the smart or intelligent home. Will it fulfil the promises or is it just an illusion – offering apparently easy living while actually increasing the complexity of life? This article touches upon this question by discussing the technologies, applications and social implications of ambient intelligence in the home environment. It explores how Ambient Intelligence may change our way of life. It concludes that there are great …

Science And Technology Roadmapping For Policy Intelligence: Lessons For Future Projects, Olivier Da Costa, Mark Boden, Michael Friedewald

Michael Friedewald

No abstract provided.

Limits Of Truth: Exploring Epistemological Approaches To Argumentation, Michael H.G. Hoffmann

Michael H.G. Hoffmann

Some proponents of epistemological approaches to argumentation (Biro, Siegel, Lumer, Goldman) assume that it should be possible to develop non-relative criteria of argument evaluation. By contrast, this paper argues that any evaluation of an argument depends (a) on the cognitive situation of the evaluator, (b) on background knowledge that is available for this evaluator in a certain situation, and (c)—in some cases—on the belief-value-system this person shares.

Logical Argument Mapping: A Method For Overcoming Cognitive Problems Of Conflict Management, Michael H.G. Hoffmann

Michael H.G. Hoffmann

A crucial problem of conflict management is that whatever happens in negotiations will be interpreted and framed by stakeholders based on their different belief-value systems and world views. This problem will be discussed in the first part of this article as the main cognitive problem of conflict management. The second part develops a general semiotic solution of this problem, based on Charles Peirce's concept of "diagrammatic reasoning." The basic idea is that by representing one 's thought in diagrams, the conditions that determine interpretations can become visible, we can "experiment" with them, and we can change them eventually. The third …

The International Transmission Of Capital Shocks: Implications Of A Revised Basel Accord For Developing Countries, Kevin T. Jacques

Kevin T Jacques

No abstract provided.

Designing Stakeholder Boards In Developing Countries, Bryane Michael

Bryane Michael (bryane.michael@stcatz.ox.ac.uk)

This short article describes the prospects and pitfalls of using stakeholder boards -- particularly with references to companies incorporated in third-world countries. This article appeared in Governance Magazine (UK) and derives from a paper presented at the World Council for Corporate Governance.

Town Of Middletown Comprehensive Plan, Troy D. Mix, Jonathan Justice, Barrett Edwards, Garrett Wozniak

Troy D Mix

No abstract provided.

Princípios Do Direito À Cidade, Rafael De Oliveira Alves

Rafael de Oliveira Alves

No abstract provided.