Youth and the future: effective youth services for the year 2015

This report provides an understanding of the services required by young people in the year 2015, based on a thorough analysis of recent trends and expert projections of those trends. The report analyses key social and economic changes for young people in Australia over the past 10 to 20 years including movements in population, education, employment/unemployment and the labour market, incomes, family and household structure, health, and crime and justice

Computing the Lambert W function in arbitrary-precision complex interval arithmetic

We describe an algorithm to evaluate all the complex branches of the Lambert W function with rigorous error bounds in interval arithmetic, which has been implemented in the Arb library. The classic 1996 paper on the Lambert W function by Corless et al. provides a thorough but partly heuristic numerical analysis which needs to be complemented with some explicit inequalities and practical observations about managing precision and branch cuts.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure

Charity compliance report December 2012 – December 2014 and beyond

This report provides a thorough analysis of compliance activity that has taken place by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission from December 2012 until December 2014. Foreword This report uses aggregated data and de-identified information to give readers an insight into the compliance work of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. It provides examples of common problems identified and provides practical advice to assist charities to avoid these types of issues occurring. This report also highlights the key areas of concern and the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission\u27s compliance focus for the year ahead

A functional analysis of change propagation

A thorough understanding of change propagation is fundamental to effective change management during product redesign. A new model of change propagation, as a result of the interaction of form and function is presented and used to develop an analysis method that determines how change is likely to propagate. The analysis produces a Design Structure Matrix, which clearly illustrates change propagation paths and highlights connections that could otherwise be ignored. This provides the user with an in-depth knowledge of product connectivity, which has the potential to support the design process and reduce the product's susceptibility to future change

Significance of Trans-European Transport Networks for Logistics Centre Localization as Exemplified by the Łódź Region

This work complements and structures knowledge in the field of logistics centres (with focus on the Łódź region). It presents a thorough analysis of strategic documents of the European Union in reference to the functioning of international transport networks. It also provides a detailed description of logistics facilities operations from the theoretical standpoint and definition of relations in points where logistics centres and TEN-T networks overlap. The result of this work is a set of recommendations referring to effective development of logistics centres on the background of transport corridors

Empathic Agent Technology (EAT)

A new view on empathic agents is introduced, named: Empathic Agent Technology (EAT). It incorporates a speech analysis, which provides an indication for the amount of tension present in people. It is founded on an indirect physiological measure for the amount of experienced stress, defined as the variability of the fundamental frequency of the human voice. A thorough review of literature is provided on which the EAT is founded. In addition, the complete processing line of this measure is introduced. Hence, the first generally applicable, completely automated technique is introduced that enables the development of truly empathic agents

On a Model for Integrated Information

In this paper we give a thorough presentation of a model proposed by Tononi et al. for modeling \emph{integrated information}, i.e. how much information is generated in a system transitioning from one state to the next one by the causal interaction of its parts and \emph{above and beyond} the information given by the sum of its parts. We also provides a more general formulation of such a model, independent from the time chosen for the analysis and from the uniformity of the probability distribution at the initial time instant. Finally, we prove that integrated information is null for disconnected systems

State-of-the-art approaches for evidence-based springshed management to increase resilience to climate change in Nepal

• A thorough understanding of spring systems is essential to design evidence-based springshed interventions. The necessary information can be collected by conducting hydrometeorological monitoring, hydrogeological assessments and isotope analysis. • Springs are recharged by a combination of both surface water and groundwater sources that may extend beyond administrative and surface water boundaries. Identification of the nature and seasonality of springs provides a basis for prioritization of springs and design of interventions. • Considering a broader landscape approach, integrating the management of forests, agricultural fields, soils and water systems over larger areas, is recommended for longterm springshed management and to ensure adequate water supplies under conditions of climate change