OECD Experts’ Meeting on Libraries and Resource Centres for Tertiary Education

Historically thought to be the ‘centre’ of tertiary education, the library is changing with developments in information technology, teaching and learning methods and changes in society. Coupled with budget pressures, demands for expansion and increased expenditures, the maintenance of library services requires examining new methods of delivery and use. Overall, with regard to the future of…

Providing Sustainable Mental and Neurological Health Care in Ghana and Kenya

Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders have a substantial impact on global health and well-being. Disorders such as depression, alcohol abuse, and schizophrenia constitute about 13 percent of the total burden of disease (WHO, 2009). Worldwide, MNS disorders are the leading cause of disability, and the 10th leading cause of death (WHO, 2008a). Despite this high burden, there is …

Strategic Approach to the Evaluation of Programs Implemented Under the Tom La…

Since the first case was recognized in the early 1980’s, the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), has achieved pandemic proportions (CDC, 1981; UNAIDS, 2006). According to the latest report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) (2009), HIV/AIDS continues to be a…

Radioisotope Power Systems

For nearly 50 years, the United States has led the world in the scientific exploration of space. U.S. spacecraft have circled Earth, landed on the Moon and Mars, orbited Jupiter and Saturn, and traveled beyond the orbit of Pluto and out of the ecliptic. These spacecraft have sent back to Earth images and data that have greatly expanded human knowledge, though many important questions remain una…

Advanced Management Accounting

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XQuery

The use of XML has exploded in recent years. An enormous amount of information is now stored in XML, both in XML databases and in documents on a file system. This includes highly structured data, such as sales figures, semistructured data such as product catalogs and yellow pages, and relatively unstructured data such as letters and books. Even more information is passed between systems as tran…

XPath and XPointer

Referring to specific information inside an XML document is a little like finding a needle in a haystack. XPath and XPointer are two closely related languages that play a key role in XML processing by allowing developers to find these needles and manipulate embedded information. By the time you've finished XPath and XPointer, you'll know how to construct a full XPointer (one that uses an XPath …

ADVANCED ACCOUNTING

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Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management

The dynamic capabilities framework analyzes the sources and methods of wealth creation and capture by private enterprise firms operating in environments of rapid technological change. The competitive advantage of firms is seen as resting on distinctive processes (ways of coordinating and combining), shaped by the firm's (spec$c) asset positions (such as the firm's portfolio of difficult-to-trad…

Working with Microsoft® FAST™ Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (FS4SP) is Microsoft’s flagship enterprise search product and one of the most capable enterprise search platforms available. It provides a feature-rich alternative to the limited out-of-the-box search experience in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and can be extended to meet complex information retrieval requirements. If your organization is looking f…

WordPress 3 for Business Bloggers

Blogging has been a part of the web landscape for over a decade now. From personal journals to big corporate marketing, the medium has matured to become a ubiquitous mode of live communication. The power of blogging has been recognized by the business community, and canny marketers view it as a powerful weapon in their digital arsenal. If blogging is done well, it can bring myriad benefits to b…

Windows 7 and 8 For the Beginning User

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Simulation and a theory of organizational behavior

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Windows Vista Annoyances

Imagine a windowless room in a nondescript office building. Inoffensive tan carpet lines the floors, fluorescent lights hum softly overhead, and 20 seated Microsoft employees flank a rectangular folding table in the center of the room. On the table rests a Windows PC, and at its helm, a slack-jawed cipher punches blindly at the controls in a vain attempt to carry out a task requested by the tea…

Windows Vista Administration

So here it is. Nearly six years since its release of Windows XP, Microsoft has released its latest operating system, and it’s coming soon to a computer near you. And because you’ve picked up this book, chances are that said computer is the one you’re using right now. “But so what,” you say. “What’s so great about Windows Vista? Why should I upgrade my own computer to Windows Vist…

SAVE MONEY AND ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY WITH HR OUTSOURCING

Should you outsource human resources? The definitive answer to this question lies with you and your knowledge of your company and its needs. However, there are a few key factors that should be weighed when making your decision. This guide will cover some of the pros and cons you will want to consider as well as tips for getting started if you should choose to outsource. First, what types of …

7 VITAL WAYS HR SERVICES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR BOTTOM LINE

Should you outsource human resources? The definitive answer to this question lies with you and your knowledge of your company and its needs. However, there are a few key factors that should be weighed when making your decision. This guide will cover some of the pros and cons you will want to consider as well as tips for getting started if you should choose to outsource. First, what types of …

Eliminate Hassles and Get it Done Now with Low-Cost Payroll Services

Globalization has afforded great opportunities for companies who take advantage of them. Outsourcing is one of these, and payroll outsourcing is gaining popularity throughout the business world. Processing payroll in a timely and accurate manner is critical for business success. Maintaining salary, benefit, and tax information can be complex, which is why increasing numbers of small to medium b…

The Retrospective Handbook

Over fifteen years ago, Norm Kerth (author of Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews) asked me to lead are trospective for a team. He was acting as interim manager for the project which made him ineligible for the role of neutral facilitator - he knew he had opinions about the project and wanted to contribute them. We’d met through a mutual friend,and he had learned that I had ex…

A Mid-Market Supply Chain Manager’s Roadmap to Mobile

Mobility is a hot topic these days. Regardless of industry or profession, there is a mobile application or ecosystem in development to serve it. The supply chain is no different. In fact, given its very manual and distributed nature, it is better suited to mobile application deployment than most business processes. For distribution and fulfillment services, where most of the activities take p…

Windows® Communication Foundation 4 Step by Step

Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), alongside Windows Workflow Foun- dation (WF) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), has become part of the primary framework for building the next wave of business applications for the Microsoft Windows operating system . WCF provides the underpinning technology driving distributed solutions based on the Microsoft platform; with it, you can …

Wikis For Dummies

You have a thought. You want to write it down. You’re thinking your computer might be pretty good for that, but, surprise — it’s not. You need two things when you want to write. You need the words to say what you are thinking, and you need a place to put them. Before wikis, computer writing was all about the words. The computer could help you type them, spell them, hyphenate them, size…

Web Information Retrieval

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6 Questions For a Prospective Cloud Service Provider

In order to remain competitive in today’s global marketplace, organizations must constantly improve customer service, reduce IT overhead, and increase efficiency—frequently with fewer resources than ever before. This may seem like an impossible feat, but the advent of UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) has enabled many IT departments to be viewed as business drivers rather than cos…

Strategic Analysis of Supply Chain Design

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REASON, MORALITY, AND LAW

With these words, John Finnis, while still in his late 30s, began his masterwork, Natural Law and Natural Rights—the book that would not only revive scholarly interest in the venerable, but deeply misunderstood, idea of natural law and natural rights, but also powerfully challenge dominant ways of thinking among philosophers of law and moral and political philosophers in the analytic traditio…

Planning and Managing your Work Based Project

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THE REAL BUSINESS OF REAL BUSINESS

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Fundamentals of Communication, P.R. and leadership

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