“…Ultimately, the concept of such a space beyond the reach of state administration fosters a broader view of democratic possibility, of the cultural transformation that spurred it, and of the tensions that persist, in a region where democracy is both new and different from the Old World models…”

“…Contents Central Data Repositories 3 Data Information Entry, V erification, and Correction 5 Regional Sharing of Information 5 Data Privacy and Protection 6 Open Systems 6 Compliance 7 Conclusion 8 Areas Covered by This Book 8 References 8--…”

“…Many organizations have begun to rethink the strategy of allowing regional teams to maintain independent databases that are periodically consolidated with the head office. …”

“…Explore the AWS public cloud platform with a focus on IaaS features such as geographic regions, availability zones, and service-level agreements Learn basic networking and security on the AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) platform for launching your compute and storage resources Add compute resources to your newly launched VPC by setting up operational tasks with AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Explore the types of storage available on AWS Elastic Block Storage (EBS), including their cost, performance impact, and examples of operational tasks…”

“…The advantage of this enhancement is that you can increase vertical scaling and decrease the need to scale horizontally, reducing the number of regions that are required to run the production business applications. …”

“…Among other topics, they analyze coders' creation of both transnational communities and local networks of political activists; Moscow's use of IT funding to control peripheral regions; brain drain and the experiences of coders living abroad in the United Kingdom, United States, Israel, and Finland; and the possible meanings of Russian computing systems in a heterogeneous nation and industry. …”

“…Through analysis of the nature of the Teotihuacán deities and exploration of the ways in which these gods were introduced into the Maya region and incorporated into the Maya worldview, Maya Gods of War offers new insights into the relationship between warfare and religious beliefs in Mesoamerica. …”

“…The chapters present case studies on how Covid conspiracism has played out (some focused on a single country, others on regions), using a range of methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including history, politics, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. …”

“…Screening, diagnosis, and management of cardiopulmonary diseases has become difficult owing to the limited availability of diagnostic tools and experts, particularly in resource-limited regions. Early screening, accurate diagnosis and staging of these diseases could play a crucial role in treatment and care, and potentially aid in reducing mortality. …”

“…This book, as it sets out to paint a more comprehensive picture of the different Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq, concludes that these groups indeed have very different policy objectives and diverging regional partners of alliance thereby questioning the underlying assumption of a uniformed Kurdish entity. …”

“…The key recommendations are that: i) Turkey needs to develop robust systems to standardise and monitor the quality of care, encourage continuous professional development and incorporate patient views; ii) some loosening of the governance structure would be welcome, to allow regions greater flexibility to assess and respond to local health needs and to continue to provide health workers with incentives for improve quality; iii) data on health sector activity and outcomes need to be made more available and more usable for individual patients and clinicians, while greater effort is needed to increase the robustness of Turkey’s information systems at national level and harmonise performance measures to OECD and other international comparators…”

“…Les groupes d'acteurs ont-ils une vision constructive et peuvent-ils contribuer à la formulation d'un projet régional crédible ? Ces « réels » espaces, particulièrement ceux définis par des échanges " informels ", ainsi que ceux visés par les sociétés multinationales ont-ils des effets positifs ou négatifs sur l'économie régionale ? …”

“…Beiträge von: Aleksandr Čubar'jan, Aleksandr Kadyrbaev, Nikolaus Katzer, Boris Kotov, Michail Kovalev, Günther Kronenbitter, Stephan Lehnstaedt, Michail Mejer, Velichan Mirzechanov, Horst Möller, Tanja Penter, Benedikt Stuchtey und Daqing Yang This eighth volume of the Communications of the Joint Research Committee on the Contemporary History of German-Russian Relations documents the 2016 colloquium held in Moscow devoted to the theme "Empires, Nations, and Regions: Conceptions of Empire in Germany and Russia at the beginning of the 20th Century."…”

“…Throughout history, countries and regions have exhibited differences in labor productivity growth- a key determinant in poverty reduction and development- and although some nations may catch up with the productivity levels or well-being of developed economies at times, others fall behind. …”

“…"Since the Industrial Revolution, cities and industry have grown together; towns and metropolitan regions have evolved around factories and expanding industries. …”

“…Examples are drawn from a number of developing/transition countries from the Asia-Pacific region, Africa and the OECD, which outline and suggest advisory approaches, tools, principles and good practices and approaches. …”

“…Layers, channels, paths, clipping masks, layer masks, vector masks, the Pen tool, Magic Wand, and so on — all let users work on specific regions of an image, but in fundamentally different ways. …”

“…If we accept the premise that sea level rise is occurring and will continue for the foreseeable future, then we must begin to consider policy responses to this risk in coastal regions. Part of any pragmatic policy response must include a review of the options available to public institutions when developing and implementing rational adaptation policies. …”

“…Topics include color balancing, scene matching, using keys and vignettes to isolate and grade regions, applying advanced color effects, adjusting the composition and framing of a shot, tracking and keyframing, grade management, and advanced workflows. …”

“…The unique metropolitan setting of the Los Angeles region provided a useful setting in which to develop research agendas in urban computing. …”