... collaboration with DG Education and Culture, Directorate A, Unit A1 (Lifelong Learning: contribution to the Lisbon process) The IPTS contribution to the strategic policy work of DG EAC consists of techno-economic ... techno-economic research and prospective analyses onthe use of ICT for creativity, innovation and lifelong learning for all Studies ontheimpactofsocial computing on (1) formal Education and ... BRIEF The Use ofthe Internet for Information and Learning Purposes Over the last few years, the Internet has had a profound effect onthe private and professional lives of European citizens, offering...
... economic and noneconomic costs of severing a long-time tie and the available social alternatives Thus, the “economic flexibility ofthe system depends onthesocial structure ofthe trade relation” (p ... ofthe situation The theoretical issue is often not one of economic and sociological arguments conflicting, but rather ofthe weakness of both in understanding how actors with simultaneous economic ... “structural holes” in the network 4) The Interpenetration of Economic and Non-Economic Action Much social life revolves around a non-economic focus Therefore, when economic and noneconomic activity...
... groups of rats were significantly different in terms of their IS values The ratio ofthe mean IS values for the two groups of nurses (2.6) and the ratio ofthe mean IS values for the two groups of ... stimulus-response function representing the entire response range ofthe circadian system, from threshold to saturation (Figure 3) The transformation was employed to estimate the functional input to the ... proportional to the covariance ofthe two signals When normalized by dividing by the number of data samples, subtracting the product ofthe individual signal means, and dividing by the product of the...
... intention to use the information in the report, the other using the more complex variable including other items onthe TPB survey To address the second research question, we will use question five on ... assessment ofthe networks among staff in the facility, and theimpactof those networks on adoption of innovation and change, based on prior efforts to introduce new practices There are a total of six ... of their social being is to exist in relationship to each other One way of characterizing the relations among humans is to characterize networks of interactions that bind humans together in social...
... relationships and the emotional well being of many people In one ofthe episodes on Catfish, the narrator ofthe current television show, Nev Schulman, went to meet his online love in person only ... Depression is one ofthe inadvertent consequences of excessive social media usage For clarity, Facebook depression is not just limited to Facebook, but also refers to theimpactof other social ... as being on continuous alert for predators, which causes a release ofthestress hormone cortisol The second way social media causes depression anxiety is from thestress produced from constantly...
... revolutions because ofthe important economic and social effects derived from it This revolution involves the reformulation ofthe key resources for the companies If in the Industrial Revolution the ... measurement which involves the assessment ofthe results derived from the implementation of different marketing strategies One of these barriers is the complexity to isolate the effects of a particular ... are onthe verge ofthe most significant transformation in business Although CRM concept has been the central core of many articles, conferences and seminars, so far most of them corresponds...
... assess theimpactof public/private partnerships onthe practice of budgeting To examine theimpactof cross-service programmes on budgeting practice To compare the two authorities and examine the ... education, social services, and so on, were replaced by a small group of senior members each of whom hold a portfolio of responsibilities The bulk ofthe members (who all formerly sat onthe service ... in Social Theory: action, Structure and contradiction in social analysis Macmillan, Basingstoke Giddens, A (1984), The Constitution of Society Polity Press, Cambridge Giddens, A (1991), The Consequences...
... bonds, Altman (1989) used a mortality rate concept to measure default rates conditional onthe age ofthe bond Altman found that the cumulative bond mortality increases with the age ofthe bond ... where χ2 is the value ofthe model chi-square, k is the number of regressors in the model, and Λ(0) is the value ofthe log likelihood with no variables The second term in the numerator ofthe R statistic ... determine the level of significance ofthe variable coefficients included in the model The ImpactOf Firm's Characteristics On Junk-Bond Default 51 TESTING THE MODEL GOODNESS OF FIT To test the model...
... generalization ofthe findings beyond the Vietnam construction sector and not only on share construction firms Thus, the scope ofthe further research may be extended to the working components and profitability ... recommendations for the target populations Finally, the researcher present the limitations ofthe study, future research directions 5.1 Conclusions The object of this study is to examine theimpactof ... the context of Vietnam along with the importance of working capital management calls for research on their impacton firms’ profitability In light ofthe above points, the general objective of...
... Transition Review Theimpactof rural-urban migration on child survival 139 six months less than children of rural non-migrants, but only one month longer than urban non-migrant children Since all of ... breastfeeding are one aspect ofthe modernization of migrant behaviour in urban areas that confers a wide range of health benefits on children of migrants Onthe other hand, relatively low durations of breastfeeding ... time of life, if they have continued access to the economic resources of a non-migrant father, or if they indirectly benefit from remittances received from the migrant mother or parents Onthe other...
... privacy concerns, the influence of others on their purchasing decision and views about the marketing onthesocial network websites Organization survey consists of questionnaires focusing onthe view ... allows the organization to tag the feedback ofthe product to their customer Once the tag has been done then this tag will then be visible to the Friend List ofthe customer in the News Feed The ... notice thesocial Ads displayed onsocial networking site? The purpose of this question is to ask user whether they notice the different social advertisement ofthe companies when they login to the...
... this section in consultation with the Director of 20 the Office of Research on Women’s Health and with the 21 advisory council for the Institute 22 ‘‘(b) RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND INFORMATION AND ... environmental factors ‘‘(d) COORDINATION OF CENTERS; REPORTS. The Director ofthe Institute shall, as appropriate, provide for the coordination of information among centers under sub6 section (a) ... is conducting multidisci16 plinary research on environmental factors that may be re17 lated to the development of women’s health conditions (as 18 defined in section 486) The Director of the...
... risk onthe cost of bank funding The empirical literature does not provide indications onthe size oftheimpactof sovereign risk onthe cost of bank funding This box examines whether the characteristics ... characteristics ofthe sovereign play a role in addition to the traditional determinants ofthe cost of issuing bonds for banks (ie the characteristics ofthe bank and the bond, and market conditions; see ... funding and the flow -on effects onthe real economy This report outlines theimpactof sovereign risk concerns onthe cost and availability of bank funding over recent years It then describes the channels...
... significantly impacted by SLR (Figure 2d) This is partly explained by theimpactof SLR onthe A.R of Egypt’s agricultural extent Indeed, most oftheimpactof SLR onthe agricultural sector ofthe region ... of threat Under the provisions ofthe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), some work has begun on National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) These are intended ... Approximately half ofthe population of these countries would be impacted with a 5m SLR In terms of economic activity (Figure 1d), theimpactof a 1m SLR on Suriname, Guyana, and The Bahamas’ GDP...
... security, the information quality of website, the company’s reputation strongly affects on Internet consumers’ trust Then, Internet consumers’ trust and perceived risk strongly impacton purchasing ... experience-based factors onthe purchase intention with the mediation of trust in the context of Vietnam B2C environment Little or no research is available in the area of trust, specifically in the e-commerce ... authorization I am concerned about the privacy of my personal information during a transaction This vendor will sell my personal information to others without my permission Perceived Security Protection...
... itemed questionnaire that assesses the individual's view of how their MS has impacted upon their daily functioning during the previous weeks Responses for each ofthe 29 items in the questionnaire ... lower in the Exercisers There was no significant difference between Exercisers and Non-exercisers onthe cognitive component ofthe MFIS Theimpactof disease severity on fatigue, depression and ... a patients' perception oftheimpact their disability has on their physical functioning This improved QoL in the physical function, and physical component summary scores ofthe SF36, may be particularly...
... dimensions ofthe SF-36 and OHIP-49 between BMS patients and controls without increasing in probability of type error, we considered Bonferroni correction So for comparison ofthe dimensions, the ... examinations to confirm the absence of oral lesions The control group consisted of healthy patients seen in the Dental Clinic of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais for periodic reviews of their ... their dental condition Page of They were not receiving any treatment at the time of study, and the patients in the group had no history of chronic pain syndrome or concomitant locoregional disease...
... itemed questionnaire that assesses the individual's view of how their MS has impacted upon their daily functioning during the previous weeks Responses for each ofthe 29 items in the questionnaire ... lower in the Exercisers There was no significant difference between Exercisers and Non-exercisers onthe cognitive component ofthe MFIS Theimpactof disease severity on fatigue, depression and ... a patients' perception oftheimpact their disability has on their physical functioning This improved QoL in the physical function, and physical component summary scores ofthe SF36, may be particularly...
... have addressed the analysis ofthe QoS gain achieved by adoption of AL-FEC, very few contributions concern the gain on QoE In particular, in [3], the authors analyze the reduction ofthe wireless ... into account the type of service associated with the information flow Onthe other hand, the QoS mechanisms enable the network operator to manage the effects of congestion on application performances ... parts ofthe video, and their entity can vary from a JND artifact to an extremely annoying one till the impossibility for the decoder of reconstructing some frames ofthe video The content of the...