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Tài liệu 50 Software Tools for Speech Research and Development doc

Tài liệu 50 Software Tools for Speech Research and Development doc

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... compression formats in a variety of standard and specialized formats.Sphereworkswellforsampleddatafiles,butislimitedformoregeneralspeechdatafiles. Ageneralpurpose, public-domain format (Esignal) ... contents and for loading previously saved workspaces.Anextensionmechanismistypicallyprovidedbyacommandinterpreterforasimplelanguagethatincludes the available operations and a means for encapsulating ... data types, and layout of alldata in the file. (For example, this permits programs to retrieve data by name.)There are many popular file formats, and various programs are available for converting...
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Measuring Innovation in OECD and NON-OECD Countries doc

Measuring Innovation in OECD and NON-OECD Countries doc

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... ScerriStatistics฀has฀helped฀determine฀the฀form฀of฀laws฀about฀society and the฀character฀of฀social฀facts.฀It฀has฀engendered฀concepts and classifications฀within฀the฀human฀sci-ences.฀Moreover฀the฀collection฀of฀statistics฀has฀created,฀at฀the฀least,฀a฀great฀bureau-cratic฀machinery.฀It฀may฀think฀of฀itself฀as฀providing฀only฀information,฀but฀it฀is฀itself฀part฀of฀the฀technology฀of฀power฀in฀the฀modern฀state.฀(Hacking฀1991:181)This฀book฀emerged฀from฀the฀seminar฀on฀the฀Measurement฀of฀Innovation฀Activities฀in฀Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and non -OECD countries that฀was฀held฀in฀South฀Africa฀in฀2001.฀The฀motivation for that฀forum฀was฀the฀recognised฀need฀to฀address฀a฀new and exciting฀phenomenon฀in฀the฀area฀of economic policy฀formulation.฀The฀landmarks฀of฀this฀phenomenon฀were฀the฀publication฀of฀the฀1992฀Oslo฀Manual and the฀new฀Eurostat฀Community฀Innovation฀Survey฀(CIS).฀These฀events฀marked฀a฀notable฀rupture฀in฀the฀placement฀of฀innovation฀within฀macroeconomic฀policy฀formulation.฀This฀rupture฀resulted฀in฀a฀shift฀of฀innovation฀theory฀(offering,฀as฀it฀does,฀what฀may฀well฀be฀one฀of฀the฀more฀formidable฀challenges฀to฀the฀neoclassical฀account฀of economic growth)฀from฀the฀realms฀of฀a฀theoretical฀debate฀to฀praxis.฀In฀a฀way,฀the฀paradigm฀shift฀that฀had฀occurred฀in฀theory,฀with฀the฀emergence฀of฀evolutionary฀economics and innovation฀theory,฀now฀became฀manifest฀in฀a฀corresponding฀shift฀in฀the฀nature฀of฀the฀statistical฀tool฀of฀(political) economic governance.Innovation฀theory฀had฀‘arrived’, and its฀legitimacy฀was฀further฀ratified฀in฀a฀later OECD document฀ (OECD 1997)฀that฀explicitly฀articulated฀the฀theoretical฀foundation฀of฀this฀new฀type฀of฀survey,฀which฀had฀gone฀far฀beyond฀the฀previous฀data฀gathering฀on฀research฀ and development in OECD member countries. ฀The฀rupture฀marked฀a฀departure฀from฀an economic planning฀framework฀wherein฀the฀science and technology฀(S&T)฀sector฀was฀incorporated฀in฀the฀orthodox฀neoclassical฀model฀to฀an฀innovation฀theory-based฀approach฀to฀growth฀that฀fundamentally฀challenges฀this฀model.฀It฀redirected฀the฀analysis฀of฀the฀role฀of฀technology, and of฀innovation฀in฀general,฀in฀the฀growth฀of฀nations,฀away฀from฀residual฀analysis฀to฀the฀mainstream.฀This฀rupture฀thus฀arose฀from฀two฀linked฀developments.฀The฀first฀was฀the฀increasingly฀apparent฀importance฀of฀innovation฀in฀the฀growth and development of฀economies,฀especially฀in฀the฀latter฀part฀of฀the฀twentieth฀century.฀The฀second฀was฀the฀realisation฀that฀the฀essentially฀static฀analytical฀framework฀of฀mainstream฀neoclassical฀theory฀was฀ill฀suited for the฀analysis฀of฀the economic role฀of฀innovation.฀These฀two฀developments฀provided฀what฀one฀may฀call฀the฀political฀basis,฀the฀motive฀force, for the฀emergence฀of฀the฀new฀survey.The development of฀a฀new฀survey,฀seeking฀new฀data and new฀ways฀of฀organising฀information,฀is฀no฀light฀matter, and the฀significance฀of฀a฀new฀survey฀is฀obviously฀most฀pronounced฀when฀it฀reflects฀a฀shift฀in฀the฀theoretical฀base,฀in฀this฀case฀from฀neoclassical฀to฀evolutionary฀theory.฀The฀scope฀of฀surveys฀that฀are฀adopted฀by฀governments฀is฀anchored฀in฀governance, and the development of฀such฀surveys฀is฀thus฀fundamentally฀different฀from฀the฀normal฀process฀of฀academic฀enquiry.฀There฀is฀always฀an฀inevitable฀reciprocal฀relationship฀between฀the฀object฀of฀enquiry and the฀mode฀of฀enquiry,฀but฀in฀the฀case฀of฀official฀surveys,฀Free ... Common฀body฀of฀issues for comparison฀ 161Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za PreparedfortheDepartmentofScienceandTechnologyandtheOrganisationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment (OECD) bytheCentreforScience,TechnologyandInnovationIndicators(CeSTII)intheKnowledgeSystemsProgrammeoftheHumanSciencesResearchCouncilPublishedonbehalfoftheDepartmentofScienceandTechnology.PublishedbyarrangementwiththeOECD.TheopinionsexpressedandargumentsemployedhereindonotnecessarilyreflecttheofficialviewsoftheOrganisationorofthegovernmentsofitsmembercountries.PublishedbyHSRCPressPrivateBagX9182,CapeTown,8000,SouthAfricawww.hsrcpress.ac.zaâ2006HumanSciencesResearchCouncilFirstpublished2006Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.ISBN0-7969-2062-1CopyeditedbyRobynArnoldTypesetbyRobinTaylorCoverbyFarmDesignPrintmanagementbycomPressDistributedinAfricabyBlueWeaverSpecialistPublishersRepresentativesPOBox30370,Tokai,CapeTown,7966,SouthAfricaTel:+27(0)21701-4477Fax:+27(0)21701-7302email:orders@blueweaver.co.zawww.oneworldbooks.comDistributedinEuropeandtheUnitedKingdombyEurospanDistributionServices(EDS)3HenriettaStreet,CoventGarden,London,WC2E8LU,UnitedKingdomTel:+44(0)2072400856Fax:+44(0)2073790609email:orders@edspubs.co.ukwww.eurospanonline.comDistributedinNorthAmericabyIndependentPublishersGroup(IPG)OrderDepartment,814NorthFranklinStreet,Chicago,IL60610,USACalltoll-free:(800)8884741Allotherenquiries:+1(312)3370747Fax:+1(312)3375985email:frontdesk@ipgbook.comwww.ipgbook.comFree ... xiiiForewordThrough฀the฀Department฀of฀Science and Technology฀(DST),฀South฀Africa฀has฀had฀the฀benefit฀of฀observer฀membership฀on฀the OECD s฀Committee for Scientific and Technological฀Policy฀(CSTP)฀since฀1998.฀This฀allows฀South฀Africa฀to฀participate฀in฀the฀Global฀Science฀Forum฀(GSF),฀Working฀Group฀on฀Technology and Innovation฀Policy฀(TIP),฀National฀Experts฀on฀Science and Technology฀Indicators฀(NESTI) and the฀Working฀Party฀on฀Biotechnology฀(WPB).฀The฀work฀of฀NESTI,฀particularly฀in฀the฀areas฀of฀Research and Experimental Development (R&D) and Innovation฀Surveys,฀has฀been฀of฀special฀interest฀to฀the฀Department and led฀to฀the OECD and South฀Africa฀hosting฀a฀joint฀seminar฀on฀the฀measurement฀of฀innovation฀activities฀in OECD and non -OECD countries in฀Pretoria฀in฀March฀2001.฀The฀seminar฀was฀well฀attended,฀with132฀delegates฀from OECD countries and other฀regions฀of฀the฀world฀(Africa,฀Latin฀America and Asia)฀participating฀in฀a฀very฀fruitful฀exchange฀of฀experiences.฀The฀importance฀of฀regular฀measurement฀of฀both฀R&D and innovation฀through฀proper฀national฀surveys฀was฀brought฀into฀focus for South฀Africa฀at฀the฀seminar.฀I฀would฀like฀to฀take฀this฀opportunity฀to฀sincerely฀thank฀the฀Steering฀Committee and the฀team฀from฀the OECD Secretariat for their฀hard฀work฀in฀ensuring฀that฀the฀seminar฀was฀a฀success.I฀am฀pleased฀to฀report฀that฀since฀the฀seminar,฀South฀Africa฀has฀made฀rapid฀progress฀in฀establishing฀a฀reliable,฀nationally and internationally฀accepted฀set฀of฀official฀science฀ and technology฀statistics.฀These฀statistics฀in฀turn฀provide฀the฀main฀indicators฀required฀to฀underpin฀the฀implementation฀of฀South฀Africa’s฀national฀R&D฀Strategy฀as฀outlined฀by฀government.฀In฀2002,฀the฀Centre for Science,฀Technology and Innovation฀Indicators฀(CeSTII)฀of฀the฀Human฀Sciences฀Research฀Council฀was฀commissioned฀by฀DST฀to฀undertake฀a฀regular฀series฀of฀R&D and Innovation฀Surveys฀in฀order฀to฀establish฀a฀baseline฀of฀official฀S&T฀indicators.฀In฀June฀2004,฀the฀DST and Statistics฀South฀Africa฀signed฀a฀Memorandum฀of฀Agreement฀concerning฀the฀recognition฀of฀official฀national฀science and technology฀statistics.฀This฀book฀thus฀records฀an฀important฀historical฀turning฀point฀in฀South฀Africa’s฀progress฀towards฀an฀effective฀national฀system฀of฀innovation.฀The฀seminar฀brought฀to฀the฀fore฀some฀of฀the฀key฀critical฀differences฀between฀developed and developing countries in฀their฀approaches฀to฀measuring฀innovation.฀These฀differences฀are฀clearly฀reflected฀in฀the฀various฀chapters฀of฀this฀book,฀which฀cover฀some฀of฀the฀most฀important฀debates฀that฀emerged฀during฀the฀seminar.Rob฀AdamDirector-GeneralDepartment฀of฀Science and TechnologySouth฀AfricaFree...
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Tài liệu Local Economic and Employment Development Policy Approaches in OECD Countries, A Review docx

Tài liệu Local Economic and Employment Development Policy Approaches in OECD Countries, A Review docx

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... Evidence Base, OECD, Paris. OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme A Review of Local Economic and Employment Development Policy Approaches in OECD Countries Executive ... policies and programmes that affected economic growth, job creation and workforce development; craft new policies and programmes for business development and job creation; establish metrics for ... LESSONS FOR INNOVATION AND LABOUR MARKET POLICY DEVELOPMENT FROM EXISTING OECD WORK – 19 A REVIEW OF LOCAL ECONOMC AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT POLICY APPROACHES IN OECD COUNTRIES â OECD 2008...
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FEBRUARY 2008 Policy Brief: ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT pot

FEBRUARY 2008 Policy Brief: ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT pot

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Software Design and Development (A guide) is help you how to managed IT Project. Especially for Design and Develop software project.

Software Design and Development (A guide) is help you how to managed IT Project. Especially for Design and Develop software project.

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For dummies PHP and MySQL web development all in one desk reference for dummies

For dummies PHP and MySQL web development all in one desk reference for dummies

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Tài liệu European strategy for child and adolescent health and development pptx

Tài liệu European strategy for child and adolescent health and development pptx

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... Nations Development Programme and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the World Bank, and encourage intersectoral cooperation ... potential for health and development and to reduce the burden of avoidable disease and mortality. The intention is to encourage healthy growth and development and to reduce illness and mortality, ... Priority areas for action 24. Strategic directions for improving the health and development of children and adolescents sets forth seven priorities for WHO’s global work in child and adolescent...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo " Spatial organization for rational land use and environmental protection in Uong Bi Town by functional sub-areas" docx

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... (mining, forms of land use, degree of urbanization and industrial development, rural areas and agricultural, forestry and fishery development) ; ã Assemblage of urgent environmental problems and ... 7.8, ArcGIS 9.0) were used for compiling thematic maps and territorial organization maps of land use and environmental protection. 3. Spatial organization of land use and environmental protection ... and Development Sciences, VNU Received 05 February 2007 Abstract. Spatial or territorial organization is one of effective tools for sustainable land use. Spatial organization of land use and...
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