“…To achieve these goals one needs not only the development of new experimental and observational techniques but also a deep understanding of the underlying theoretical frameworks. …”

“…Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is a signal-processing method to extract independent sources given only observed data that are mixtures of the unknown sources. …”

“…Some describe the complexities and challenges that humanity faces in its efforts to experiment and establish a new partnership with nature in places designated as biosphere reserves by UNESCO under its Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. …”

“…New approaches - considering points of view still not explored - may introduce useful tools in the study of Hydrodynamics and the related transport phenomena. …”

“…The chapters of this book offer a broad overview of phenology observations and climate impacts. Hopefully this book will stimulate further developments in relation to phenology monitoring, modeling and predicting…”

“…Regressions on micro-data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) show how skills, education and other socio-economic background variables explain some of the observed differences in labour market outcomes across age and gender. …”

“…The estimates of air pollution at (TL2) regional level have been used in the newly released OECD Regional Well-Being Database as a measure of the environmental dimension…”

“…This report presents a typology of metropolitan governance arrangements observed across OECD countries and offers guidance for cities seeking for more effective co-ordination, with a closer look at two sectors that are strategic importance for urban growth: transport and spatial planning. …”

“…In the absence of a generally accepted indicator of monetary conditions the current and expected stance of monetary policy remains undefined. However, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, by directly surveying perceived and expected monetary conditions, have enabled both a mean index of current and future monetary conditions, as well as a proxy of respondents’ uncertainty, to be generated. …”

“…This suggest that remaining cross-country differences in product market regulation can partially explain the recent observed divergence of productivity in OECD countries, given the emergence of new general-purpose technologies over the 1990s. …”

“…While agricultural policy instruments are less efficient at raising rural incomes than direct payments, the degree of inefficiency of some market interventions, notably input subsidies, is not inevitably as high as observed in developed OECD countries…”

“…Overall, a slightly increasing trend is observed over time. The study discusses various policy levers for shaping individual incentives to invest in tertiary education and provides some illustrative quantification of the impact of policy changes on those incentives…”

“…Complaints about domestic governance practices, such as impediments related to government procurement, investment restrictions, or insufficient intellectual property rights protection account for almost a third of all NTM observations and are in ..…”

“…Many authors have suggested this is the case, given the high levels of inequality, the low levels of taxation and the low quality of public services observed in the region. This paper analyses empirically the relationship between fiscal policy, social mobility and democratic consolidation in Latin America and the Caribbean, using the 2007 and 2008 rounds of the regional Latinobarómetro survey. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…VOLUNTARY GROUP ACTION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: ISSUES -- Voluntary, co-operative approaches: a public choice perspective -- General strengths and weaknesses of using voluntary groups as agents of public policy -- Factors influencing the suitability of voluntary co-operative approaches to sustainable agriculture -- Framework for evaluation -- 3. …”

“…LES PERSPECTIVES ÉCONOMIQUES POUR 1971 TENDANCES GENERALES Perspectives d'évolution des conjonctures -Production, pression de la demande et évolution des coûts et des prix -Les échanges et les transactions invisibles La nouvelle configuration des balances des paiements - Les balances des paiements courants après les modifications des parités monétaires -Le caractère massif des mouvements de capitaux et les répercussions sur l'état des réserves de change -Conséquences pour les liquidités internationales ÉVOLUTION DANS LES PRINCIPAUX PAYS -France -Allemagne -Italie -Royaume-Uni -États-Unis -Canada -Japon ANNEXE TECHNIQUE -Notes et Tableaux supplémentaires -Sources et méthodes…”

“…Le marché du travail au Royaume-Uni -Observations liminaires -Évolution récente du chômage -Aspects régionaux -Historique de la politique régionale -Incidence de la politique régionale -Conséquences pour la politique économique IV. …”

“…On 23 July 2001, negotiators from 178 nations reached an unexpected political agreement on how to proceed with the international struggle against unwanted climate change.Specifically,they set out detailed rules for implementing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climat Change.Participants and observers in Bonn, Germany quickly dubbed the accord a turning-point in the fight against global warming. …”

“…It also considers summarily the significance of observed trends and the reasons for them. Profits are generally seen as an essential feature of market economies. …”

“…Among the key findings: in reading in PISA 2000, females significantly outscored males in all countries; in mathematics in PISA 2003, males outscored females somewhat; in the combined science scale in PISA 2006, there was no overall significant difference observed between males and females. However, when examining the various science competencies, knowledge components and attitudes to science, there were some marked differences…”