“…Notwithstanding the importance of its ranking, the full strength of PISA unfolds when data it delivers is utilised in the national policy domain. Linking PISA outcomes and policy choices, and monitoring the impact on education quality is thereby a demanding task, which requires sound analytical capacity, and also knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the respective education system. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Scandinavian Neutrality, International Law and Great Power Politics in World War I / 7 Civil and Military Relations in Spain in the Context of World War I / 8 World War i and Its Impact on Catalonia / 9 Fabricating National Unity in Torn Contexts: World War I in the Multilingual Countries of Switzerland and Luxembourg / 10 Imperial Service, Alienation, and an Unlikely National “Rebirth”: The Poles in World War i / 11 The Ukrainian Moment of World War I / 12 Small War on a Violent Frontier: Colonial Warfare and British ­Intervention in Northern Russia, 1918–1919 / 13 Fighting for the Tsar, Fighting against the Tsar: The Use of Folk Culture to Mobilize the Tatar Population during World War I and the Russian Revolution (1914–1921) / 14 Continuing the Great Game: Turkestan as a German Objective in World War I / 15 Paths Not Taken: Mukhtar Al-Ayari and Alternative Voices in Post-War Tunisia / 16 Defining Imperial Citizenship in the Shadow of World War I: Equality and Difference in the Debates around Post-War Colonial Reform in Algeria / 17 German East Africa: A Territory and People in World War I / Index…”

“…First national adult cardiac surgical database report…”

“…First national congenital cardiac surgical database report…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Matter; Reviewers; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Re-Envisioning the NHQR and NHDR; 3 Updating the Framework for the NHQR and NHDR; 4 Adopting a More Quantitative and Transparent Measure Selection Process; 5 Enhancing Data Resources; 6 Improving Presentation of Information; 7 Implementing Recommended Changes; Acronyms; Appendix A: Previous IOM Recommendations for the National Healthcare Reports; Appendix B: Key Findings of the NHQRs and NHDRs; Appendix C: Previous Conceptual Framework…”