implications for research and policy

... Sudan, Syria, and Tunisia € Data on population living below poverty line reflects 1997 estimates for Jordan, 1998 for Iran and Yemen, 1999 for Libya and Oman, and 2000 for Egypt and Syria ¥ Data ... for the EMR (68.2% missing data for Midwives; 63.6% for Community workers; 50% for Environmental and Public Health workers; 45.5% for Lab technicians, Health Management and support workers; and ... 8: Priorities for research in terms of management and planning for HRH Priorities for research Management and utilization of existing HRH HRH planning - Employee characteristics and productivity...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... Coibion, O and Y Gorodnichencko 2012 What can survey forecasts tell us about informational rigidities? Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming Committee on International Economic and Policy Reform ... debt, monetary policy, and nancial stability: Still searching for a unifying model, Bank for International Settlements, Research Paper Galati, G and R Moessner 2011 Macroprudential policy, A literature ... knowledge is imperfect 12 See, for example, Kannan, Rabanal and Scott (2009), Angelini, Neri, and Panetta (2010), Christensen and Meh (2011), and Lambertini, Mendicino and Punzi (2011) then, the...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 08:20

... Congressional Research Service Economics and National Security: Issues and Implications for U.S Policy overhead, gaining efficiency, and closing the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia.19 (For further ... R&D and research alone, the compound annual growth rates are positive Table Compound Annual Growth Rates for Federal Research and Development and for Federal Research Federal Outlays for Research ... Specialist in Industry and Trade, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Congressional Research Service Economics and National Security: Issues and Implications for U.S Policy the growing presence...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20

... improvement of forecasting methodologies and should preserve historical predictions, forecasts, signals, and data In doing so, forecasts and methodologies can be easily compared and measured for effectiveness ... R&D and intellectual property creation Over time, despite both gains and setbacks between the U.S and Asian nations, U.S and global demand for better information hardware, smarter software, and ... platforms are currently used by researchers and governments to aid in the forecasting of disruptive technologies—TechCast and X2 are used by the U.S government and Delta Scan was developed for...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... account for time effects; understand biogeochemical processes in soils and rocks; stabilize soils and rocks; use enhanced computing, information, and communication technologies; and understand geomaterials ... sustainable development • Promote performance-based standards and guidelines as bases for voluntary actions and for regulations, in sustainable development for new and existing infrastructure Rationale ... containment and remediation technology for developing countries and technology for reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste materials Cleanup, restoration, and protection of wetlands, rivers, harbors, and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... current domestic and export demands for food, feed, and fiber and still produce ample raw materials for biobased industrial products except for massive fuel production SILVICULTURE CROPS Forests are ... industrial production’s growing demand for biological raw materials The country has abundant croplands and forests, favorable climates, accessible capital, and a skilled labor force that uses sophisticated ... biomass and also contribute to the nation’s liquid transportation fuel needs Productivity of U.S farms and forests has been rising to meet domestic and export demands for traditional food, feed, and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 06:20

... Birthday Wanda June, Hannah and Her Sisters and All About Eve In the lower-left corner of the figure we can find movies with few dialogues and few turns, as for instance: 1492 Conquest of Paradise and ... thank the Institute for Infocomm Research for its support and permission to publish this work Molla-Aliod D, Vicedo J (2010) Question answering In Indurkhya and Damerau (eds) Handbook of Natural ... types of information elements are extracted from the scripts: speakers, utterances and context The utterance and speaker information elements contain what is said at each dialogue turn and the corresponding...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 18:20

... Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health were crucial to the planning and conduct of the workshop, Systems for Research and Evaluation for Translating Genome-Based Discoveries for Health Federal ... the VA and create a secure, high-performance computing environment for researchers to access data Research Agenda The VA research agenda is informed by the health care needs of veterans and, Muralidhar ... of South Pacific Islanders, most 28 SYSTEMS FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION likely as a result of the LDS Church’s missionary efforts in Samoa, Tonga, and other island locales, and there is a Native...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:20

... manacapi@ rand.org RAND Project AIR FORCE RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF), a division of the RAND Corporation, is the U.S Air Force’s federally funded research and development center for studies and analyses ... Level Users and Training Infrastructure Information Needs and Flows by Type and Level AETC Management Information Needs and Flows Cost Information Data Needs and Flows Capacity Information ... information useful for decisionmakers The research reported here was sponsored by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC/CV) and HQ Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel (AF/DP) and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 20:20

... in Thailand as the ‘tom yum kung’ crisis, as if it had some special Thai characteristic attached to it, brought the IMF and its conditionalities to Thailand and encouraged policy- makers and financial ... competition, some firms will fail and others will flourish and grow in size and their structures become part of internationalized (and sometimes globalized) firm-firm networks and are embedded in international ... sub-contractor companies and brokers If transportation infrastructure improves, alongside personal living standards and hence the access to personal forms of transport, then the labour force may become...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 13:20

... a clandestine manner and may file patent and the patent examiner may find novelty and grant patent to 30 Traditional and Alternative Medicine: Research and Policy Perspectives individuals and ... TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Research and Policy Perspectives "This page is Intentionally Left Blank" TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Research and Policy Perspectives - ... commercialized research results stifle research as revolving research fund can not be generated nor could any reasonable patent be obtained for simple basic research In the same vein, industry demanded researches...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 20:21

... the National Policy and Strategic Framework for Micro and Rural Finance This Forum and its subcommittees served as a sounding board for policy and legal drafts emanating from BOU, and also helped ... benchmarks and performance standards will be reference points that can be used by the unregulated RMFIs (especially NGOs) for self-regulation and by donors, BOG and MOF to monitor the growth and performance ... encouraging entry and then adjusting regulation has fostered a wide range of RMFIs and products in formal, semi- formal and informal segments, including some suitable for microenterprises and lower-...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... carbon, and economic comparisons between first and second-generation biofuels; and (d) finally, to speculate on the implications for trade and development of future expansion in global production and ... with the capacity for joint ventures, government agencies that can recognize and support requisite research and technology adaptation needs, and a technology-informed public policymaking system ... publication provides information about biofuels for use in helping to understand technology-related implications of biofuels development It seeks to (a) provide some context for understanding the limitations...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 00:20

... exists for construction and expansion of new interstate petroleum product or crude oil pipelines To better understand changes in domestic and international markets for petroleum products and the implications ... local and national biomass estimates were reviewed The paper also discussed the challenges facing biomass and bioenergy research in tropical Africa, and xvi A L Zenfora stressed the need for more ... designed and regulated based on the manufacturer’s experience or on handbook values In order to protect customers, and to assure compliance with minimum requirements for energy performance and maximum...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 11:39

... Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli, and Amir Mahdi Hendi’s focus on information sharing in Chapter Improved supply chain performance and the associated production and delivery policy implications are investigated ... chain practices and lean performance In term of demand management, it is very important that how well firms manage the demand signal, demand collaboration, sales and operation planning and inventory ... best practices and performance Accordingly, there is a research by Accenture, INSEAD and Stanford University show correlation between companies with a successful supply chain strategy and significant...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 15:20

... alliance and describes information flow by three characteristics: level of information sharing, information quality and IT supply chain applications The dimensions undertaken for the study for information ... provide their information Five point likert-type scale ranging from 1- which refer as “strongly disagree” for 1, “disagree” for 2, “neutral” for 3, ‘agree’ for and ‘strongly agree” for is used on ... Therefore, information flow is process of linking all the members in a supply chain through information It involves the process of collecting and transmitting and processing data to create information...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 15:20

... flexibility and responsiveness, reduces costs and improves quality throughout the supply chain Therefore, an effective information system and associated processes to gather and distribute information forward ... Management – Pathways for Research and Practice  Supplier quality management  Process management  Quality performance  Quality data and reporting  Financial and market performance  Management ... suppliers, and monitor and improve relationships, products and processes Total Quality Management programs between suppliers and buyers should focus on prevention of defects, and product and process...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 15:20

... and use three layers as basic, technical, and operating environment, highlighting the need for the integration of information, standards and organisation with business requirements, society and ... Quality information integration and implementation platform An internal quality information integration model is suggested on top of this structure, defining the subsystems and the critical data and ... integrity stands out as the backbone of the platform, with clear definitions for critical data and information flows Ho et al., (2009) suggest a co-operative distributed process mining system for quality...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 15:20

... individual and organizational biases (Oliva & Watson, 2009), leading to forecast sharing and improved predictive accuracy for the whole supply chain In summary, collaborative forecasting and forecast ... of flexible supply chains: forecasting, risk management, and decision making Forecasting and supply chain flexibility Forecasts represent main inputs into planning and decision making processes ... delivery, storage and operational decision flexibilities in a supply chain under uncertain demand and arrive at a trade-off between volume and delivery flexibility and operational decision and storage...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 15:20