Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.6.2 Access to Higher Education -- 3.6.2.1 Benefits Are Also Accruing to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students and Communities -- 3.6.3 Benefits Are Being Achieved Through Partnership -- 3.6.3.1 The Benefits to the Universities Themselves Are Apparent -- 3.6.3.2 University Applications and Entry -- 3.6.3.3 Economic Benefit -- 3.6.4 Common Features of Successful Bridges Projects -- 3.6.5 Challenges and Barriers -- 3.7 Bridges: Future Directions -- 3.7.1 Building on Bridges -- References -- 4 Supporting Indigenous Students Through the University Journey: The Elder in Residence Program -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Gail's Story -- 4.3 Elaine's Story -- 4.4 Development of the Elder in Residence Role: Elaine's Account -- 4.5 Student and Staff Perceptions of Elder in Residence Role and Value -- 4.6 Outcomes, Reflections, and Recommendations -- References -- 5 Creating Alternate Futures Through Higher Education: The Refugee Mentoring Program -- 5.1 Background -- 5.2 Addressing the Needs of Refugee Youth -- 5.2.1 Demographic Realities -- 5.2.2 A Demanding Transition -- 5.2.3 Enablers and Barriers to Successful Transition and Settlement -- 5.2.4 The Role of Family -- 5.3 The Case for Mentoring -- 5.4 Program Partners: The Schools Context -- 5.5 Development and Implementation of the Program -- 5.6 Impacts and Outcomes of the Program -- References -- 6 Widening Participation to Underrepresented and Disadvantaged Students: Social Identity and the Barriers to Higher Educati... -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Widening Participation Research Evidence -- 6.3 The Widening Participation Policy Agenda: Past, Present, and Future Initiatives -- 6.4 Conclusion: Social Identity and Ways Forward for Widening Participation Initiatives -- References -- 7 Access of Disadvantaged Students to Higher Education in Chile: Current Scenarios and Challenges -- 7.1 Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Avoiding pitfalls in value proposition design -- Not actually solving a real customer need -- Putting features before benefits -- Failing to differentiate from the crowd -- Not targeting specific buyer personas -- Inconsistency across touchpoints -- Failing to evolve messaging -- Focusing excessively on brand image over benefits -- Relying too heavily on industry jargon -- Summary -- Questions -- Answers -- Part 3: A Successful Product-Focused Strategy -- Chapter 7: The Science of Growth Experimentation and Testing for Product-Led Success -- The significance of growth experimentation and user testing -- Reduced risk -- Accelerated learning -- Improved ROI -- Increased agility -- Fostered innovation -- Data-driven alignment -- Optimized user experiences -- Sustained competitive advantage -- Principles of growth experimentation -- Designing and executing growth experiments with precision -- Selecting strategic metrics -- Crafting controlled experiments -- Planning and executing effective growth experiments -- Designing controlled experiments -- Reducing biases through randomization -- Blinding mitigates perception biases -- Leveraging analytics tools -- Minimizing bias throughout the experiment -- Optimization in action - testing to boost app retention -- Analyzing experiment results and iterating on product features and marketing strategies -- Embracing a growth mindset -- Continuous optimization fuels growth -- Types of growth experiments -- A/B testing - crafting the perfect blend of impact and innovation -- Cohort analysis - understanding the evolution of user groups -- Funnel analysis - paving the path of conversion -- Empowering growth product managers for informed experimentation -- Analytics tools setup - crafting the infrastructure of insights -- Data-informed decision-making - the art of insightful direction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La France et l'épicentre méditerranéen de la "crise de l'Occident", 1973-1976 -- De Pompidou à Giscard d'Estaing : les conceptions françaises de la sécurité en Méditerranée au prisme des crises du milieu des années 1970 -- De la guerre du Kippour à la crise chypriote : la posture française au miroir de la diplomatie d'Henry Kissinger -- De l'Est-Ouest au Nord-Sud : une vision désidéologisée et optimiste des relations internationales -- Une perception géopolitique de la menace soviétique -- La "médirerranéisation" giscardienne des outils européens de sécurité et de coopération -- Le vœu gaullien exaucé? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Teachers' self-efficacy, enthusiasm for better student learning outcomes, job satisfaction and relationships at work -- Teachers' perceptions of subject discipline boundaries for students' curiosity, epistemic knowledge, humility and attitudes towards learning-to-learn -- Teacher agency and co-agency building on mutual trust, respect and responsibility -with students and parents - for better relationships, school climate, and growth mindset classroom cultures -- Which parental attitudes and values can support children's learning and well-being? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Universal design principles -- Equitable use -- Flexibility in use -- Simple and intuitive use -- Perceptible information -- Tolerance of error -- Low physical effort -- Size and space for approach and use -- Accessibility design -- Vision -- Hearing and speech -- Mobility -- Cognitive and emotional -- Additional resources -- Summary -- Chapter 5: User Interface and Input Systems in Unity -- The three UI systems -- Unity UI (or uGUI) -- IMGUI -- UI Toolkit -- Choosing between the UI systems -- The two input systems -- The Input Manager -- The new Input System -- Choosing between the Input System and the new Input System -- Summary -- Part 2: Unity UI Basics…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…General Tips on Taking Interviews -- Common Questions and Flow -- The Detailed Part of the Interview -- The 'Trick Negative' Questions -- Intention Testing Questions -- Compensation and Financial Details -- Differences Between the American and Indian Interviews -- The Interviewer Perspective -- In Summary -- Meetings -- The Purpose of Meetings -- Steps for Getting the Best out of Meetings -- P: Preparing for a Meeting -- What is the Purpose of a Meeting -- Who Should Be the Participants -- What Is Expected of Each of the Participants -- What Is the Estimated Time Duration for the Meeting -- What are the Logistics Required for the Conduct of the Meeting -- R: Reaching Out -- O: Organizing for a Meeting -- O: Orchestrating the Meeting -- F: Following Through After the Meeting -- The Participant Perspective -- Common Perceptions/Pitfalls -- In Summary -- Proposals -- Characteristics of Effective Proposals -- The Process of Preparing an Effective Proposal -- Prewriting Tasks -- The Structure of Effective Proposals -- Putting the Finishing Touches -- Similarity of Proposals to Other Vehicles of Communication -- Pitfalls and Misconceptions in Writing Proposals -- In Summary -- Status Reports -- The Intended Purpose of Status Reports -- Organizing the Contents of a Status Report -- Deciding the Recipients of a Status Report -- What Should be the Ideal Frequency of Status Reports -- What Should the Recipients do with a Status Report -- Some Common Mistakes in Status Reporting -- In Summary -- Giving and Receiving Feedback -- Features of Feedback Process -- Why Feedback -- Receiving Feedback -- Giving Feedback -- In Summary -- Performance Appraisals -- Objectives of Performance Appraisals -- Planning for a Smooth Appraisal -- Planning for a Smooth Appraisal-Special Considerations for the Appraised -- During the Appraisal Meeting -- Challenges in Appraisals…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hydrogen strategies: ambitious and urgent goals for the Netherlands and the EU -- Status quo and future trends in hydrogen use worldwide -- Future trends -- Understanding and managing hydrogen risk -- References -- Notes -- 3 Regulatory governance and delivery in the energy transition -- Regulating innovation in the energy transition -- Regulatory policy and governance -- Risks in regulation -- The agility of regulation -- Regulatory delivery in the energy transition -- Licensing -- Inspections and enforcement -- Exercising precaution -- Precaution principle as regulatory approach -- Risk trade-offs -- Iterative approach -- Socio-political context -- Behavioural biases and public perceptions -- Precaution applied to innovation -- Safety-by-design -- References -- Notes -- 4 Hydrogen governance in the Netherlands -- How is hydrogen currently regulated in the Netherlands? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2.1 Payments Dollarization and Currency Exchange in Cambodia -- 5.2.2 Banks and Money Changers in the Currency Exchange Business -- 5.2.3 Money Changers and Central Bank Auctions -- 5.2.4 Firms' Payment Methods in Cambodia -- 5.3 Related Literature -- 5.4 Data and Methodology -- 5.4.1 Data -- Currency Mismatch -- Methods of Currency Exchange -- Methods of Payments -- Criteria for Selection of Currency Exchange Methods -- 5.4.2 Analytical Framework -- 5.5 Empirical Results and Discussion -- 5.5.1 Results -- 5.5.2 Discussion -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Appendix 5.1: Results of the Bivariate Probit Model -- Appendix 5.2: Effects of Firms' Perceptions On the Probability of Selecting Money Changers -- 6 Electronic Payment and Promotion of Local Currency -- 6.1 Overview of Cambodia's Payment Landscape -- 6.1.1 Evolution of Payments in Cambodia -- 6.1.2 Development of Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Payment -- 6.1.3 Behavioral Change Toward Digital Payments -- 6.2 Dollarization in Digital Payments in Cambodia -- 6.2.1 Payment System Infrastructure -- 6.2.2 Payment Services -- 6.2.3 The Bakong Backbone Payment System Infrastructure -- 6.3 Digital Currency and Dollarization in Cambodia's Context -- 6.3.1 Digital Currency in Cambodia -- 6.3.2 The Bakong Payment System -- References -- 7 Dollarization in Other Emerging Economies and Developing Countries -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Conventional Arguments On Dollarization -- 7.2.1 Voluntary and Formal Dollarization -- 7.2.2 Dollarization in Post-Conflict Economies -- 7.2.3 Hyperinflation and Dollarization in Latin America -- 7.2.4 Fatalistic But Formal Dollarization -- 7.3 The International Economic Structure and Dollarization -- 7.3.1 Oil Exporters and Dollarization -- 7.3.2 Remittances as the Source of Dollar Inflows…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2.1 Payments Dollarization and Currency Exchange in Cambodia -- 5.2.2 Banks and Money Changers in the Currency Exchange Business -- 5.2.3 Money Changers and Central Bank Auctions -- 5.2.4 Firms' Payment Methods in Cambodia -- 5.3 Related Literature -- 5.4 Data and Methodology -- 5.4.1 Data -- Currency Mismatch -- Methods of Currency Exchange -- Methods of Payments -- Criteria for Selection of Currency Exchange Methods -- 5.4.2 Analytical Framework -- 5.5 Empirical Results and Discussion -- 5.5.1 Results -- 5.5.2 Discussion -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Appendix 5.1: Results of the Bivariate Probit Model -- Appendix 5.2: Effects of Firms' Perceptions On the Probability of Selecting Money Changers -- 6 Electronic Payment and Promotion of Local Currency -- 6.1 Overview of Cambodia's Payment Landscape -- 6.1.1 Evolution of Payments in Cambodia -- 6.1.2 Development of Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Payment -- 6.1.3 Behavioral Change Toward Digital Payments -- 6.2 Dollarization in Digital Payments in Cambodia -- 6.2.1 Payment System Infrastructure -- 6.2.2 Payment Services -- 6.2.3 The Bakong Backbone Payment System Infrastructure -- 6.3 Digital Currency and Dollarization in Cambodia's Context -- 6.3.1 Digital Currency in Cambodia -- 6.3.2 The Bakong Payment System -- References -- 7 Dollarization in Other Emerging Economies and Developing Countries -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Conventional Arguments On Dollarization -- 7.2.1 Voluntary and Formal Dollarization -- 7.2.2 Dollarization in Post-Conflict Economies -- 7.2.3 Hyperinflation and Dollarization in Latin America -- 7.2.4 Fatalistic But Formal Dollarization -- 7.3 The International Economic Structure and Dollarization -- 7.3.1 Oil Exporters and Dollarization -- 7.3.2 Remittances as the Source of Dollar Inflows…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Why Community Is Your Only Long-Term Company Growth Strategy -- Community Is Fundamental to a Technology Company -- The Unique Value Levers of a Customer Community -- Connections -- Confidence -- Collaboration -- Content -- Careers -- Community as Strategic Priority -- Chapter 3 How the Next Generation of Communities Drives Success: The New Company-Wide Strategy to Drive Net Revenue Retention -- The Evolution of Business Communities -- Phase 1 -- Phase 2 -- Today -- The Old Perception of Communities -- How We See the Next Generation of Communities -- Chapter 4 A Community for Customer Success, Support, Marketing, and Product Teams: How Every Department Can Benefit from a Next-Generation Community -- How Support Teams Benefit from Community -- How Customer Success Teams Benefit from Community -- How Marketing Teams Benefit from Community -- How Product Teams Benefit from Community -- How Sales Teams Benefit from Community -- Conclusion -- Part II The 10 Laws of Community Building -- Chapter 5 Law 1: You Can Start Anytime: It Doesn't Have to Be Expensive and Everyone in Your Organization Can HelpBy Scott Salkin, Harshi Banka, and Kenneth Refsgaard…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 4.4 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ATTENDING VETERINARIAN (SEE 9 CFR 2.33) -- REFERENCES -- 5 Pain and Distress -- 5.1 DEFINITIONS -- 5.2 CATEGORIES OF PAIN (AVMA, 1986) -- 5.3 PAIN PERCEPTION -- 5.4 ASSESSMENT OF PAIN (AVMA, 1986) -- 5.5 STRESS (NRC, IN PRESS) -- 5.6 DISTRESS (NRC, IN PRESS) -- 5.7 ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS -- 5.8 LEGAL OBLIGATIONS (OVERSEEN BY THE INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE) -- 5.9 ADEQUATE VETERINARY CARE -- REFERENCES -- 6 Anesthetics, Tranquilizers, Analgescis, and Neuromuscular Blocking Agents…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM METHODOLOGY IN THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PRIMARY EDUCATION -- CAPÍTULO 22. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Le modèle AEP face à la sociologie de la traduction -- Les rapports entre dynamique de confinement et dynamique de relation -- Dynamique de la relation de la réception de la découverte à la controverse sur la génération spontanée -- La réception -- La prolifération des observations microscopiques -- La découverte ambiguë: la division dans l'Europe du Nord -- La mobilisation du réseau bonnetien -- La dynamique de la diffusion -- Les tentatives de reconstruction du triplet : Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen -- Le renouveau du transmutationnisme végétal -- Des générations ambiguës : Bonnet contre Müller -- La diffusion inambiguë : le développement des expériences en Italie -- Les laboratoires de la correspondance et la genèse des Opuscoli de 1776 -- Métamorphoses heuristiques : les procédés saussuriens dans les Opuscoli -- Bonaventura Corti et la tradition bonnetienne -- Les dernières recherches sur la division en Italie -- La communication -- Négocier la communication -- Une vraie fausse découverte -- Errances et erreurs de la communication -- Attendre pour communiquer -- Des prophéties aux affinités perceptives -- Dire le futur : les stratégies de la prédiction -- Matérialisme, science et morale -- La hantise du matérialisme -- Le sacré et le profane -- Quand la vérité scientifique devient un problème moral -- Les codes de la communication savante -- Discerner les risques : Needham contre Voltaire -- Le code comme lieu d'échange des valeurs -- La vraie querelle : le conflit des codes -- Des figures de la communication -- La dialectique de la candeur et de l'autorité -- La personnalisation des débats -- La recherche d'alliances -- Amitié, confiance, indifférence -- L'attaque au lien -- Processus textuels et principes épistémologiques -- L'écriture scientifique de Needham -- La sémantique de la diminution -- Formules préformées et écriture des détails -- Des précautions inutiles aux généralisations -- Interaction humaine et maîtrise de l'écriture -- Journal d'expériences et processus textuels -- La consignation immédiate des traces -- Bruit expérimental et maturation de l'écrit -- Epistémologie, morale et écriture -- Expérience répétée et révélée -- L'ordre moral du fait face à l'ignorance avisée -- Lecture et lectorat scientifique -- L'exigence de la lecture -- L'antilecture -- Les figures du lecteur -- Écriture et exclusion -- La responsabilité d'auteur -- La peur des mots -- Obscurité littéraire et digression -- Les Opuscoli di fisica animale et vegetabile de Spallanzani (1776) -- La grande réponse -- Les actes textuels des Opuscoli -- Épilogue le pari de Reggio -- L'économie morale de l'historien -- Spallanzani, un parcours tumultueux -- Maître, disciple et appartenance -- La genèse des observations microscopiques -- Le changement de système -- Le pari de Reggio -- Needham et les aléas de la manipulation -- Le dosage des silences -- Nier le passé -- La stratégie de la désinformation -- Conclusion le parcours obligé ou le triplet en relation -- La dynamique de relation -- Une vue d'ensemble -- Les figures de la dynamique de relation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…12 ADVANCES IN DATA MINING 328 -- 12.1 Graph Mining 329 -- 12.2 Temporal Data Mining 343 -- 12.3 Spatial Data Mining (SDM) 357 -- 12.4 Distributed Data Mining (DDM) 360 -- 12.5 Correlation Does Not Imply Causality 369 -- 12.6 Privacy, Security, and Legal Aspects of Data Mining 376 -- 12.7 Review Questions and Problems 381 -- 12.8 References for Further Study 382 -- 13 GENETIC ALGORITHMS 385 -- 13.1 Fundamentals of GAs 386 -- 13.2 Optimization Using GAs 388 -- 13.3 A Simple Illustration of a GA 394 -- 13.4 Schemata 399 -- 13.5 TSP 402 -- 13.6 Machine Learning Using GAs 404 -- 13.7 GAs for Clustering 409 -- 13.8 Review Questions and Problems 411 -- 13.9 References for Further Study 413 -- 14 FUZZY SETS AND FUZZY LOGIC 414 -- 14.1 Fuzzy Sets 415 -- 14.2 Fuzzy-Set Operations 420 -- 14.3 Extension Principle and Fuzzy Relations 425 -- 14.4 Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Inference Systems 429 -- 14.5 Multifactorial Evaluation 433 -- 14.6 Extracting Fuzzy Models from Data 436 -- 14.7 Data Mining and Fuzzy Sets 441 -- 14.8 Review Questions and Problems 443 -- 14.9 References for Further Study 445 -- 15 VISUALIZATION METHODS 447 -- 15.1 Perception and Visualization 448 -- 15.2 Scientifi c Visualization and -- Information Visualization 449 -- 15.3 Parallel Coordinates 455 -- 15.4 Radial Visualization 458 -- 15.5 Visualization Using Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) 460 -- 15.6 Visualization Systems for Data Mining 462 -- 15.7 Review Questions and Problems 467 -- 15.8 References for Further Study 468 -- Appendix A 470 -- A.1 Data-Mining Journals 470 -- A.2 Data-Mining Conferences 473 -- A.3 Data-Mining Forums/Blogs 477 -- A.4 Data Sets 478 -- A.5 Comercially and Publicly Available Tools 480 -- A.6 Web Site Links 489 -- Appendix B: Data-Mining Applications 496 -- B.1 Data Mining for Financial Data Analysis 496 -- B.2 Data Mining for the Telecomunications Industry 499 -- B.3 Data Mining for the Retail Industry 501 -- B.4 Data Mining in Health Care and Biomedical Research 503 -- B.5 Data Mining in Science and Engineering 506.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- How Brands Add Value -- Brands Shape Perceptions -- Brands Differentiate Products and Services -- Brands Attract and Retain Employees -- The Modern Challenge for Branding -- Challenge 1: Cash -- Challenge 2: Consistency -- Challenge 3: Clutter -- Summary -- Notes -- SECTION ONE Thinking Strategically about Your Brand -- Chapter 1 Brand Positioning: The Foundation for Building a Strong Brand -- The Brand Positioning Statement -- Target -- Frame of Reference -- Points of Difference and Reasons to Believe -- Representing a Point of Difference in Terms of Value -- Orchestrating the Frame of Reference and Point of Difference -- Testing Your Brand Positioning Statement -- Sustaining a Brand Position -- Modern Instantiation -- Switching from Attribute to Image Reasons to Believe -- Laddering -- Brand Purpose -- Repositioning a Brand -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Leveraging the Power of Brand Purpose -- The Case for Purpose -- The Business Case for Purpose -- The Purpose Perfect Storm -- The Purpose Path to Growth Model -- Keys to Making the Model Work -- Common Understanding of the Case for Purpose -- Shared Leadership and Advocacy -- Top-Down and Bottom-Up Engagement -- Integrate. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Working with anchors -- Delineating subexpressions using grouping constructs -- Using Pattern Matching in Analysis -- Working with Pattern Matching in Haskell -- Performing simple Posix matches -- Matching a telephone number with Haskell -- Working with Pattern Matching in Python -- Performing simple Python matches -- Doing more than matching -- Matching a telephone number with Python -- Chapter 8 Using Recursive Functions -- Performing Tasks More than Once -- Defining the need for repetition -- Using recursion instead of looping -- Understanding Recursion -- Considering basic recursion -- Performing tasks using lists -- Upgrading to set and dictionary -- Considering the use of collections -- Using Recursion on Lists -- Working with Haskell -- Working with Python -- Passing Functions Instead of Variables -- Understanding when you need a function -- Passing functions in Haskell -- Passing functions in Python -- Defining Common Recursion Errors -- Forgetting an ending -- Passing data incorrectly -- Defining a correct base instruction -- Chapter 9 Advancing with Higher-Order Functions -- Considering Types of Data Manipulation -- Performing Slicing and Dicing -- Keeping datasets controlled -- Focusing on specific data -- Slicing and dicing with Haskell -- Slicing and dicing with Python -- Mapping Your Data -- Understanding the purpose of mapping -- Performing mapping tasks with Haskell -- Performing mapping tasks with Python -- Filtering Data -- Understanding the purpose of filtering -- Using Haskell to filter data -- Using Python to filter data -- Organizing Data -- Considering the types of organization -- Sorting data with Haskell -- Sorting data with Python -- Chapter 10 Dealing with Types -- Developing Basic Types -- Understanding the functional perception of type -- Considering the type signature -- Creating types -- Composing Types…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.3.3 - Multisource Manufacturing Information Processing and Sharing -- 3.4 - Deployment of multisensors -- 3.4.1 - Description of Multisource Manufacturing Information -- 3.4.2 - Multiple Sensors Selection -- 3.5 - Multiple sensors manager -- 3.6 - Multisource manufacturing information capturing and sharing -- 3.6.1 - Data Preprocessing -- 3.6.2 - Information Encapsulation -- 3.6.3 - Manufacturing Information Sharing -- 3.7 - Case study -- 3.7.1 - Hardware Device -- 3.7.2 - Software System -- References -- Chapter 4 - IoT-Enabled Smart Assembly Station -- 4.1 - Introduction -- 4.2 - Related works -- 4.2.1 - RFID-Based Applications in Assembly Line -- 4.2.2 - Assistant Services for Assembly Line -- 4.3 - Overall architecture of IoT-enabled smart assembly station -- 4.4 - Real-time status monitoring -- 4.5 - Real-time production guiding -- 4.6 - Real-time production data sharing -- 4.7 - Real-time production requeuing -- References -- Chapter 5 - Cloud Computing-Based Manufacturing Resources Configuration Method -- 5.1 - Introduction -- 5.2 - Related works -- 5.2.1 - Cloud Manufacturing -- 5.2.2 - Real-Time Production Information Perception and Capturing -- 5.2.3 - Cloud Service Selection and Composition -- 5.3 - Overall architecture of manufacturing resources configuration method -- 5.4 - Cloud machine model -- 5.4.1 - The Information Model of Manufacturing Service -- 5.4.2 - The Ontology Model of Manufacturing Service -- 5.5 - MS-UDDI -- 5.5.1 - UDDI -- 5.5.2 - The Framework of MS-UDDI -- 5.6 - Manufacturing service registration and publication -- 5.7 - Task-driven manufacturing service configuration model -- 5.7.1 - Task-Driven Service Proactive Discovery -- 5.7.2 - Service Optimal Configuration Method -- References -- Chapter 6 - IoT-Enabled Smart Trolley -- 6.1 - Introduction -- 6.2 - Related works -- 6.2.1 - Material Handling…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adoption of the 0.7% target has been uneven and budget cuts are hampering progress -- Practical and conceptual challenges undermine progress towards the 0.7% ODA/GNI target -- Targets can be interpreted as caps -- New financing targets could undermine ODA -- Perceptions regarding developing countries' capacity to spend ODA effectively to achieve development outcomes -- Challenges to the concept of the 0.7% ODA/GNI target -- Focusing on collective impact -- Responding to crises may have implications for ODA composition and focus -- ODA is not consistently allocated according to need -- DAC members have not achieved the ODA/GNI target for the LDCs -- Allocation of bilateral ODA has become more focused on middle-income countries -- ODA is not allocated according to poverty or inequality metrics -- Categorisations of need overlap while the use of allocation models is at an early stage -- Budget cuts, increased earmarking and lack of strategic engagement undermine the value of the multilateral system -- Improving ODA quality -- Concessional lending is an important ODA mechanism, but conditions should be closely monitored -- Budget support increased during the COVID-19 crisis, reigniting debates about impact, conditionalities and relevance -- ODA spending is spread out across many countries and dominated by low value projects -- Support to and through country systems is decreasing and focus on the political economy needs to be stepped up -- Untying ODA contributes to value for money and country ownership, but the urgency needed to overcome long-standing barriers is lacking -- Making the Recommendation more inclusive -- Taking policy coherence to the next level -- Identifying the focus of coherence efforts -- Designing arbitration mechanisms and understanding policy sets…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dubai's economy has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic recession, but is expected to recover in 2021 -- Dubai has a very diverse population, made up predominantly of expatriates and individuals of working age -- Dubai's private school sector -- Governance -- Institutions -- Well-being as a key goal of KHDA's forward-looking strategy -- Funding -- The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated disparities in the private sector -- School choice is shaped by perceptions of quality, demographics and a unique job market -- Market pressures can encourage improvement, but may create unintended consequences -- Dubai's private education sector has become a profitable sector of the economy -- The sector has attracted professionals and centres that provide important services for strengthening well-being -- The structure of Dubai's private school system -- Dubai has a large and expanding private education system -- There is a wide diversity of curricula on offer -- Private schools in Dubai benefit from a high degree of autonomy over teaching and learning -- Teachers and teaching -- Dubai has a diverse teacher workforce, made up predominantly of expatriates -- Dubai's private sector benefits from a highly-qualified teacher workforce, with access to support and development opportunities -- Main trends in participation, outcomes and equity -- In the last three decades, Dubai's private student population has increased three-fold and enrolment is high -- Student learning outcomes are high, compared to benchmark countries -- Students' outcomes have improved in Dubai's private sector -- Disparities in performance across the sector and the student population -- Stakeholders, including parents and students, have high aspirations for their future -- References -- Notes -- 2. …”