Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries

This open access book focuses on the formation and later socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in the Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It also explores claims that a distinctly “westward-looking orientation” in their design produced housing estates that were superior in design to those produced elsewhere in the Soviet Union (between 1944 and 1991, Estonia was a member republic of the USSR). The first two parts of the book provide contextual material to help readers understand the vision behind housing estates in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These sections present the background of housing estates in the Baltic Republics as well as challenges and debates concerning their formation, evolution, and present condition and importance. Subsequent parts of the book consist of: demographic analyses of the socioeconomic characteristics and ethnicity of housing estate residents (past and present) in the three Baltic capital cities, case studies of people and places related to housing estates in the Baltic countries, and chapters exploring relevant special topics and themes. This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and advocates interested in understanding the past, present, and future importance of housing estates in the Baltic countries. ; This open access book focuses on the formation and later socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries

This open access book focuses on the formation and later socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in the Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It also explores claims that a distinctly “westward-looking orientation” in their design produced housing estates that were superior in design to those produced elsewhere in the Soviet Union (between 1944 and 1991, Estonia was a member republic of the USSR). The first two parts of the book provide contextual material to help readers understand the vision behind housing estates in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These sections present the background of housing estates in the Baltic Republics as well as challenges and debates concerning their formation, evolution, and present condition and importance. Subsequent parts of the book consist of: demographic analyses of the socioeconomic characteristics and ethnicity of housing estate residents (past and present) in the three Baltic capital cities, case studies of people and places related to housing estates in the Baltic countries, and chapters exploring relevant special topics and themes. This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and advocates interested in understanding the past, present, and future importance of housing estates in the Baltic countries. ; This open access book focuses on the formation and later socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Ensuring social equity through service integration design

This article poses the question, how can a design-led approach help managers and professionals in public-service systems recognize and reduce barriers to social equity? It introduces a service integration design (SID) model, a co-creative process for public-service managers and professionals in complex service system settings. The study shows how a structured and designed process can benefit the social equity of vulnerable groups, contributing to a timely discussion regarding the role of design in advancing the just and fair provision of public services in complex systems.© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed

How Does Working Memory Training Work? Transfer, Strategies, and Neural Correlates in Children Aged 9-14 Years

Working memory predicts children’s academic achievement at school and future prospects. Working memory training may offer generalised improvements; however, evidence has been mixed and is a source of controversial debate. Training has been shown to improve performance on working memory tasks, but it is unclear if this reflects increased capacity or a change in strategy. Training has been found to improve children’s attention, maths, and reading, but rarely in studies with appropriate control groups. Very few controlled studies have investigated the neural correlates of working memory training in children, obscuring inferences about neural mechanisms. Chapter 2 presents the most comprehensive investigation of the neural correlates of working memory training to date. Training is found to improve children’s working memory performance, increase recruitment of the middle frontal gyrus, and increase connectivity within the posterior parietal cortex, but not change grey matter volume. It is concluded that repeated coactivation of fronto-parietal regions during training may increase executive or attentional control. However, strategy change may influence task-related brain activation. Chapter 3 presents a randomised controlled trial of ‘MetaCogmed’, a novel working memory and metacognitive strategy training programme designed to facilitate transfer to academic outcomes. Working memory training alone is found to improve children’s performance on tasks of working memory and mathematical reasoning. However, only the improvements in working memory were maintained three months later. MetaCogmed did not improve academic outcomes more than working memory training alone. It is concluded that working memory training may improve children’s maths ability in the short-term when offered in addition to school, and that metacognitive training may require more time and activities to promote generalisation. Chapter 4 presents a novel neuroimaging investigation of memory strategies in children. Grouping is found to be associated with decreased recruitment of the left middle frontal gyrus and increased recruitment of the left premotor cortex. It is suggested that grouping may afford an organisational advantage and more efficient use of working memory capacity compared to sequential rehearsal

The global development formula

Development remains a central concept for policy design and implementation aimed at improving the quality of life of the world population, despite a manifest rise in neoliberalist economic growth policy strategic guidance rationales. In accepting the relevance of development processes, this paper proposes a global development formula embracing four main pillars and their respective components: (i) global governance; (ii) global wealth; (iii) global resources; and (vi) global sustainability. Ultimately, this global development perspective presents a more comprehensive and holistic lens than current development visions to demonstrate the development status of territories at all territorial scales. By using existing indexes associated with the proposed main pillars of development, the research presents a novel global development index for 2020.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Kenyon Collegian - November 4, 1982

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In Search of Solutions: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Norwegian GP Crisis

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Kenyon Collegian - September 30, 1982

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Some reflections on the prospects for the harmonization of international business laws in Africa : OHADA and beyond

The evidence of developments in the harmonization of international business laws shows that Africa is lagging seriously behind. There are still some skeptical voices about the need for and the value of harmonization of international business laws, but such voices are now in a minority. The aim of this paper is to assess the prospects for harmonizing international business laws in Africa. The main contention is that the debate today in Africa is not whether or not there should be harmonization of international business laws, but how this should be done. The paper reviews the imperatives for harmonization and the options that exist and then focuses on the present approach to harmonizing business laws in Africa under the auspices of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Laws in Africa, better known under its French acronym, OHADA. Based on the critical review of the weaknesses and strengths of the OHADA regulatory framework, the paper suggests ways in which the agenda to develop a harmonized and modern set of business laws in Africa can be achieved.http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/africa_today/hb201