Tabla de Contenidos: “…Living Wages, Federal Jobs, and a Basic Income -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 The Living Wage Movement in Canada -- Introduction -- Characteristics of the Low-Wage Workforce in Canada -- Regionalism and the Living Wage Movement in Canada -- Perspectives From the Workforce and Employers On the Living Wage -- Implementing the Living Wage Among Employers in British Columbia -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 13 The Belated Return of an Australian Living Wage: Reworking 'A Fair Go' for the 21st Century -- Introduction -- The Evolution of Wage Setting and the Return of a Living Wage -- Remaking the Case for a Living Wage -- Adequacy and Capacity: Does Australia Get the Balance Right? -- The Real Minimum Wage -- The Minimum-To-Median Relativity -- Low Pay Prevalence -- Industry Comparisons -- Wage Theft as an Emerging Threat to the System's Integrity -- Conclusion -- References -- 14 Employer and Employee Perspectives On the Living Wage in New Zealand -- Introduction - New Zealand's Living Wage Context -- Employer Perspectives -- Coping With the Rising Minimum Wage -- The Living Wage: Rethinking Jobs and Careers -- The Living Wage: a Social, Not Simply Employment Problem -- Going Living Wage: Mutual Gains, Distinct Challenges -- Internal Complexities in Larger Organizations -- Sustaining the 'win-Win' in Small Firms -- Conclusions -- References -- 15 Living Wage Initiatives in the Garment Sector: Insights From Southeast Asia -- Introduction -- The Regional Context -- Living Wage Initiatives -- Examples of Living Wage Initiatives -- The Institutional Logics of Different Living Wage Initiatives -- Selected Living Wage Initiatives in Southeast Asia's Garment Industry -- Brand-driven Initiatives: H&amp -- M's Living Wage Commitments -- Multi-stakeholder Initiatives: Fair Wear Foundation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reclutamiento 2.0 en Reino Unido -- Reclutamiento 2.0 en Australia: «El mejor trabajo del mundo» -- Reclutamiento 2.0 en Nueva Zelanda -- Reclutamiento 2.0 en Estados Unidos: «Twitter Jockey» -- Aspectos legales en la protección de datos personales en las redes socials -- Legislación aplicable a las redes sociales en la selección de talento -- Políticas de uso de las redes sociales en las empresas -- Política de privacidad en Facebook -- Conclusiones -- Casos de éxito: reclutamiento 2.0 -- Glosario -- Bibliografía…”

“…Bestselling author Philip Andrews - Adobe Australia's official Photoshop Elements Ambassador -provides a clear introduction packed with step-by-step tutorials, visual examples and tips, equipping you with the knowledge and skills you need to get the most out of this best-selling software. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…An example from the common law: Australia and New Zealand -- XVIII. Other examples of similarities and dissimilarities between GAARs -- A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Continuing our philosophy of student partnership: Working with student interns -- Policy implications and lessons learned -- Next steps and prospects -- References -- 14 Mexico: an innovative focus on evaluation of learning outcomes -- Mexican higher education: Socio-economic and cognitive disparities -- Digital realities exacerbate disparity -- Higher education in Mexico: a complex system -- Building access to and quality of higher education -- Evaluating learning outcomes -- Implementing the CLA+ testing -- Some results: Defiant disparities, once again -- Method of analysis -- Main conclusions about these findings -- What we learned from the CLA+ results -- References -- 15 CLA+ in Latin America: application and results -- Chile -- CLA+ outreach process in Latin America and Spain -- Policy context for CLA+ -- University W -- University X -- University Y -- University Z -- Process of implementation of the CLA+ -- University W -- University X -- University Y -- University Z -- Main results -- University W -- University X -- University Y -- University Z -- Policy implications and lessons learnt -- Another aspect is the length of the decision process in joining the study -- Next steps and prospects -- References -- 16 Assessing students' generic learning outcomes in Australia and New Zealand -- Introduction -- Policy context -- Technical and vocational education and training sector initiatives -- Higher education sector policy initiatives -- Qualification relevance to employability under question -- What about secondary school curriculum? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Continuing our philosophy of student partnership: Working with student interns -- Policy implications and lessons learned -- Next steps and prospects -- References -- 14 Mexico: an innovative focus on evaluation of learning outcomes -- Mexican higher education: Socio-economic and cognitive disparities -- Digital realities exacerbate disparity -- Higher education in Mexico: a complex system -- Building access to and quality of higher education -- Evaluating learning outcomes -- Implementing the CLA+ testing -- Some results: Defiant disparities, once again -- Method of analysis -- Main conclusions about these findings -- What we learned from the CLA+ results -- References -- 15 CLA+ in Latin America: application and results -- Chile -- CLA+ outreach process in Latin America and Spain -- Policy context for CLA+ -- University W -- University X -- University Y -- University Z -- Process of implementation of the CLA+ -- University W -- University X -- University Y -- University Z -- Main results -- University W -- University X -- University Y -- University Z -- Policy implications and lessons learnt -- Another aspect is the length of the decision process in joining the study -- Next steps and prospects -- References -- 16 Assessing students' generic learning outcomes in Australia and New Zealand -- Introduction -- Policy context -- Technical and vocational education and training sector initiatives -- Higher education sector policy initiatives -- Qualification relevance to employability under question -- What about secondary school curriculum? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Communicate Frequently and Regularly -- Remember that Communication is a Net-Sum Gain -- Listen -- Genuine Stakeholder Engagement -- Methods of Engagement -- Chapter 18: Identification of the Emotional Triggers -- Chapter 19: A Strong, Committed, Aligned and Unwavering Leadership Team -- Chapter 20: A Change-ready Culture -- Part Three: Culture Change -- Chapter 21: Cultural Intelligence -- The Four Components of Cultural Intelligence -- The Sources of Cultural Intelligence - Head, Body and Heart -- Observing the Default Settings of Other Cultures -- Observing Your Own Default Settings -- Chapter 22: Instigating Change in a Foreign Culture -- Australia to England -- Translating for the Americans -- Nonverbal Communication in Asia -- Majilis-Style Decision-Making in the Middle East -- Learnings from Working in Foreign Lands…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Methodology -- Results -- Discrediting -- Resistance -- Patriotism -- General Support -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 14 Across Field and Classroom: The Activism of Adam Goodes and the Role of Australian Teachers in Tackling Racism -- The Final Quarter -- "Post-racial" Australia -- Race and Australian Education -- Constructing Racism -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 15 "Best Way to Silence the Haters?"…”

“…Rainwater Tank Systems for Urban Water Supply is based on a comprehensive, multi-million dollar research program that was undertaken in South East Queensland (SEQ) Australia in response to the Millennium drought when the water supply level in the regions drinking water dams dropped to 17% in July 2007 and the area came close to running out of water…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Supplementary table -- Notes -- 8 Country notes: Recent changes in migration movements and policies -- Australia -- Austria -- Belgium -- Bulgaria -- Canada -- Chile -- China -- Colombia -- Costa Rica -- Czech Republic -- Denmark -- Estonia -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Ireland -- Israel -- Italy -- Japan -- Korea -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Mexico -- Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Norway -- Poland -- Portugal -- Romania -- Slovak Republic -- Slovenia -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Türkiye -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Notes and data sources -- Foreign-born population -- Long-term immigration flows -- Temporary migration -- Inflows of top 10 nationalities -- Emigration of nationals to OECD countries -- Components of population growth -- Annual remittances -- Labour market outcomes -- Annex A. …”

“…Temi trattati : Gestione dell’ambiente Gestione dell’aria, dell’acqua e dei rifiuti Protezione della natura e della biodiversità Economia, società e ambiente Integrazione settoriale: trasporti Cooperazione internazionale Esami recenti disponibili Messico 1998 Australia 1998 Svizzera 1998 Belgio 1998 Repubblica ceca 1999 Danimarca 1999 Federazione della Russia* 1999 Turchia 1999 Ungheria 2000 Grecia 2000 Irlanda 2000 Lussemburgo 2000 Paesi dell’OCSE 2001 Germania 2001 Islanda 2001 Norvegia 2001 Portogallo 2001 Repubblica slovacca 2002 Giappone 2002 Regno Unito 2002 Italia 2002 La presente pubblicazione fa parte del programma di esami condotti dall’OCSE sulle performance ambientali di ogni Paese Membro. …”

“…This publication provides a unique set of statistics that reflect the level and structure of the financial assets and liabilities of institutional investors in the OECD countries (with the exception of Australia and Slovak Republic), and in Latvia and the Russian Federation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Friendship, Connection and Loss: Everyday Digital Kinning and Digital Homing among Chinese Transnational Grandparents in Perth, Australia -- Catriona Stevens, Loretta Baldassar and Raelene Wilding -- 5. …”

“…Bringing together new research from leading scholars from Europe, Asia, Australia and North America, this book combines the state of the art in the field with an agenda for a future research…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Municipal waste per capita increased in many OECD regions -- Climate adaptation -- Cities are particularly affected by heat stress -- Regions in Australia, Latin America and the Mediterranean Basin are particularly exposed to wildfires -- Burned area -- Wildfire danger -- Regions in Belgium, Northern Germany and the Netherlands are particularly vulnerable to coastal and river floods -- Soil moisture has decreased in 70% of OECD regions -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Assessing the implementation of a territorial approach to climate action and resilience in OECD countries -- Introduction -- Integrating a place-based perspective into climate policy -- Measuring and monitoring GHG emissions, climate risks and impacts at different territorial levels -- Incorporating local action into national climate plans and strategies -- Global recognition of local climate action and resilience is increasing -- NDCs and LT-LEDS incorporating local action -- NAPs and NAS incorporating local action -- Policy implications -- Developing subnational climate goals and targets reflecting local needs and interests and aligned with the Paris Agreement -- City and regional climate goals and targets and their alignment with those of national governments -- National governments' initiatives to promote subnational climate plans and strategies -- Policy implications -- "Climate-proofing" regional development policy at all territorial levels -- Mainstreaming climate objectives in national urban, rural and regional development policies -- The role of national urban policy in climate mitigation and adaptation -- The OECD Rural Agenda for Climate Action -- Policy implications -- Promoting climate action and resilience at the right territorial scale -- Planning climate action and resilience at the metropolitan scale…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Bridge management - past, present, and future -- Bridge engineering Proving the sustainability case for refurbishment v replacement -- Thermo-mechanistic approach for evaluating service life of bridges and structural concrete -- From empirical and subjective O&amp -- M to statistical and objective asset management -- Innovations in building and bridge engineering associated with circular economy -- AI support for bridge SHM and life cycle assessment -- Innovations in bridge management in Australia to rise to the challenges of today and the future -- MINI-SYMPOSIA MS 01 Prediction and extension of the service duration of bridges -- Field tests for remaining life prediction of aged bridges -- Behavior analysis of an integrated column by multiple steel pipes using monitoring measurement -- Prediction of bridge service duration for CBM by the indirect monitoring using vehicles -- Combining monitoring information and UHPFRC strengthening to extend bridge service duration -- UHPFRC technology for the extension of the service duration of bridges -- Interpreting monitored responses of an orthotropic steel deck using FEM -- Predicting time history response of bridges under vehicle load using CNN -- Behavior of CFST piers with compound concrete under cyclic lateral loading -- Extending the service duration of bridges by means of (R-)UHPFRC -- Optimization study on wet joints construction of steel plate composite beams…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Military Reports -- UNITED KINGDOM -- Chemical Defence Experimental Station, Porton Down -- Other British Military Reports -- AUSTRALIA -- CANADA -- Experimental Station, Suffield, Alberta -- Chemical Warfare Laboratories, Ottawa -- INDIA -- OTHER MILITARY REPORTS -- TECHNICAL REPORTS -- Office of Scientific Research and Development -- 1947-1992 -- AVAILABILITY INFORMATION -- OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT (OSRD) REPORTS: -- COMMITTEE ON TREATMENT OF GAS CASUALTIES (CTGC) REPORTS: -- NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE (NTIS): -- NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY REPORTS: -- BRITISH REPORTS: -- APPENDIXES -- A Scientific and Background Presentations Made to the Committee -- January 6, 1992 -- April 15-16, 1992 -- JUNE 11-12, 1992 -- B Excerpt from The Residual Effects of Warfare Gases (1933) -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- C Involvement of the National Academy of Sciences Complex in World War II Research Programs: A Summary -- REFERENCES -- D Excerpts from Chamber Tests with Human Subjects I, II, and IX. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Children and youth in cities -- The need for indigenous knowledge in adaptation to climate change in Nigeria -- Environmental attitudes and demographics -- The human dimensions of global environmental change -- Climate change, flooding and economic well-being in Nigerian cities -- Social science perspectives on global environmental change in sub-Saharan Africa -- Towards responsible social sciences -- Acknowledgements -- The economics of climate and environmental change -- Industrial Transformation -- Integrated History and Future of People on Earth -- Biodiversity loss and corporate commitment to the UN Global Compact -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Bringing new meanings to molecules by integrating green chemistry and the social sciences -- Environmental issues and household sustainability in Australia -- Dealing with “wicked” environmental problems -- The humanities and changing global environments -- Going green? …”