“…We share the conviction that the Issue can serve as a useful tool for updating the literature and to aid with the conception of new production and/or research programs. …”

“…It is now recognized that workplace aspects (scheduling, shift work, physically demanding work, chemical exposure) not only increase the risk of injury and illness, but also impact health behaviors (smoking, physical activity) and health outcomes (sleep disorders and fatigue, obesity, musculoskeletal disorders). …”

“…The CZ spans from the top of the vegetative canopy to the actively cycled groundwater providing life sustaining ecosystem services. …”

“…These arrival cities developed into hubs of artistic activities and transcultural contact zones where ideas circulated, collaborations emerged, and concepts developed. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING -- Title Page - Parkinson's Disease Management through ICT: The REMPARK Approach -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - Parkinson's Disease Management: Trends and Challenges -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Impact and Strategies of PD at Different Stages -- 1.2.1 Patients in Early Stages -- 1.2.2 Moderately Affected Patients -- 1.2.3 Severely Affected Patients -- 1.3 QoL in PD -- 1.4 State of Art of Current Trends in PD Management -- 1.5 Needs and Challenges for Optimal PD Management -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 - Objective Measurement of Symptoms in PD -- 2.1 Advancing Parkinson's Disease: Motor and Non-Motor Fluctuations -- 2.1.1 Motor Fluctuations -- 2.1.2 Non-Motor Fluctuations -- 2.2 Challenges in Documenting "Real-World" Fluctuating PD Symptoms -- 2.3 Emerging Technologies to Monitor Symptom Fluctuations -- 2.4 Challenges in the Use of Inertial Sensor Technology in Monitoring PD Symptoms -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 - The REMPARK System -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 REMPARK System Overview -- 3.2.1 The Immediate Level -- 3.2.2 The Mid-Term Level -- 3.3 Definition of the REMPARK System Main Characteristics -- 3.4 Subsystems Specification -- 3.4.1 Sensor Module -- 3.4.2 Auditory Cueing Subsystem -- 3.4.2.1 Gait guidance ACS functional description -- 3.4.2.2 Need of an adaptive ACS -- 3.4.3 Drug Delivery Pump Considerations -- 3.4.4 The smartphone Technical Requirements -- 3.4.5 The REMPARK Platform Architecture and Functionality -- 3.4.5.1 Important functional parts -- 3.4.5.1.1 Rule Engine -- 3.4.5.1.2 Disease Management System -- 3.4.5.2 Platform technical constraints -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References…”

“…The specific areas of focus of the research activities are architectures and semantic interoperability, which reliably cover multiple use cases. …”

“…Gas consumption is expected to fall by 4% in 2020, under the successive impacts of lower heating demand from the warm winter, the implementation of lockdown measures in almost all countries and territories to slow the spread of the virus, and a lower level of activity caused by the Covid-19 induced macroeconomic crisis.Faced with this unprecedented shock, natural gas markets are going through a strong supply and trade adjustments, resulting in historically low spot prices and high volatility. …”

“…Since 2019, the IEA has initiated a programme of work in the form of enhanced institutional engagement, as well as an increase in technical activities in support of the energy strategies and objectives of African countries. …”

“…The study assesses the risk exposure of this sector to weather-related disasters and reviews risk management policies using an OECD policy framework on the mitigation of droughts and floods in agriculture as a benchmark The analysis reveals several priority areas to strengthen the resilience of the agricultural sectors in these four Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, including: 1) improving the prevention and mitigation components of disaster risk management by aligning policy incentives and by integrating risk-reduction measures into infrastructure planning and extension systems; 2) implementing and enforcing water allocation and water use restriction instruments to steer farmers towards more efficient water use; 3) enhancing the co-ordination of government and partner institutions' activities to enable a more timely response to disasters; and 4) improving the timely distribution of inputs, equipment and social protection measures like disaster-linked cash transfers to strengthen the capacity of farmers to recover from disasters…”

“…This is related to de-concentration of logistics activity and “port regionalisation” tendencies (Notteboom and Rodrigue, 2005). …”

“…Ecosystem accounting is a relatively new and emerging field dealing with integrating complex biophysical data, tracking changes in ecosystems and linking those changes to economic and other human activity. Considering the increasing demand for statistics on ecosystems within analytical and policy frameworks on environmental sustainability, human well-being and economic growth and development, there has been an increasing urgency to advance this emerging field of statistics. …”

“…When designing tax preferences, care must be taken to ensure that they do not encourage technological lock-in, provide perverse incentives for environmentally harmful activities (the rebound effect), or reward producers or consumers for actions they would have taken anyway. …”

“…Finally, the report explores the reasons and routes for embedding deliberative activities into public institutions to give citizens a more permanent and meaningful role in shaping the policies affecting their lives."…”

“…Transparency can help mitigate the negative effects of export restrictions by enabling affected stakeholders to better understand and anticipate policy change and adjust their activities. This paper develops a checklist of good practice in transparency which can serve as a tool for self-evaluation by governments and for promoting better and more consistent transparency practices in this area. …”

“…Government at a Glance provides reliable, internationally comparative data on government activities and their results in OECD countries. Where possible, it also reports data for Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, the Russian Federation and South Africa. …”

“…Within GVCs, there is also a shift from employment in core manufacturing activities to employment in service support functions such as R&D, distribution, logistics, marketing, sales and customer services. …”

“…For example, reduced rates of corporate tax for small firms do not seem to enhance growth, and high top marginal rates of personal income tax can reduce productivity growth by reducing entrepreneurial activity. While the paper focuses on how taxes affect growth, it recognises that practical tax reform requires a balance between the aims of efficiency, equity, simplicity and revenue raising…”

“…Part of the effect is likely to have taken place through entry and exit of firms and relocation of activities. Finally, this project provides evidence on the anti-competitive bias of some aspects of environmental policies. …”

“…Policies that raise the absorptive capacity of the economy (the capacity to understand and make use of new knowledge) are likely to have dual benefits, not only helping to stimulate new innovative activities, but also helping to maximise the benefits to be gained from the existing stock of knowledge. …”

“…Chihuahua can gain from a territorial approach to policymaking that integrates sectoral policies, fostering value-added in rural activities, better linking SME-development and FDI-attraction policies, as well as between innovation capacities and applications. …”