“…This Special Issue comprises 19 papers by authors from 14 countries in Asia, North America and Europe. They represent a wide range of aspects related to wood protection and wood preservation, and give timely examples of research activities that can be observed around the globe. …”

“…The contributions to the present volume show that the countries that are often presented in the literature as forming part of a stereotypical and seemingly monolithic “Islamic world” in fact represent considerable diversity. From Iran to Senegal, we encounter a vast array of social and religious structures, historical trajectories, political regimes and relative positions of societies and individuals. …”

“…The new 5th edition of the Glossary comprises 744 definitions and represents a point of reference for all those involved in transport statistics. …”

“…The report New insights from TALIS 2013: Teaching and learning in primary and upper secondary education (OECD, 2014a) presents an overview of teachers and teaching in primary and upper secondary education for a sample of countries that participated in the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) in 2013. Women represent the majority of the teaching workforce for most countries at all levels of education. …”

“…This report makes the case that IPv6 represents an example of a platform; within the context of IPv6, the sides of the platform are Internet service providers, backbone providers, device manufacturers, content providers, and so forth. …”

“…The paper then demonstrates the applicability of this theory, which represents a significant departure from the neo-classical theory of the firm, in such diverse areas as intermediate product markets, corporate finance and governance, the modern corporation, regulation and deregulation and the failure of ..…”

“…Specialisation or division of labour is an important source of economic growth, but the degree of division of labour is constrained by the extent of the market. Trade in tasks represents the latest turn in a virtuous cycle of deepening specialisation, expansion of the market and productivity growth. …”

“…In practice, transfers often represent a large proportion of sub-national governments’ revenues, and many countries use income taxes instead of property taxes at the sub-national level…”

“…Power generation from fossil fuel is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, representing 41% of global energy-related CO2 emissions. …”

“…The establishment in many central and eastern European countries of public procurement offices that are not responsible for actual purchasing but set national policy, organise training, draft legislation, etc., represents a great change from the earlier central monopoly purchasing systems. …”

“…This paper represents an attempt to set out a conceptual framework for the OECD’s Health Care Quality Indicator (HCQI) Project. …”

“…It is suggested that such agreements be organised and overseen by joint Development Commissions made up of representatives of the donors, the recipient ..…”

“…This compendium represents a starting point for those who wish to review the main topics of Physics in view of the admission tests to the scientific faculties. …”

“…Although it is still not clear how this knowledge is represented in our brain, it is reasonable to think that such internal models of the body undergo a continuous process of adaptation. …”

“…This work questions the relationship between innovative collective actors, such as the "new social movements" and the political institutions of representative democracy, starting from a basic hypothesis: the idea that civil society is the main source of political legitimation of democracy liberal. …”

“…The view of modernism as representing an epistemological break between technology and history and tradition has long been challenged. …”

“…The information is organized into seven parts representing key domains of knowledge and practice that are essential for effective public administration. …”

“…Ultimately, Thormann's interest here is in the ways these five narratives represent and deal with sexual division, in their means of handling what, in any case, cannot be avoided or mastered. …”

“…Fisheries represent up to 30% of state budget revenues in West African countries and employ 7 million people in West and Central Africa. …”

“…The ACM/SIGGRAPH Workshop on "User-Oriented Design of Interactive Graphics Systems" was conducted at the Hilton Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pa. on October 14 and 15, 1976. It represents a major attempt on the part of a highly technically oriented organization to bring together selected individuals from various disciplines, including psychology, for purposes of jointly addressing the objective of mutual interest: deliberate design of interactive graphics systems with the user (in addition to the technology) in mind. …”