4,833 research outputs found
Towards a Community Framework for Agent-Based Modelling
Agent-based modelling has become an increasingly important tool for scholars studying social and social-ecological systems, but there are no community standards on describing, implementing, testing and teaching these tools. This paper reports on the establishment of the Open Agent-Based Modelling Consortium, www.openabm.org, a community effort to foster the agent-based modelling development, communication, and dissemination for research, practice and education.Replication, Documentation Protocol, Software Development, Standardization, Test Beds, Education, Primitives
Market scenarios and alternative administrative frameworks for US educational satellite systems
Costs and benefits of developing an operational educational satellite system in the U.S. are analyzed. Scenarios are developed for each educational submarket and satellite channel and ground terminal requirements for a large-scale educational telecommunications system are estimated. Alternative organizational frameworks for such a system are described
THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS WITH DISABILITIES
This meta-synthesis of the literature on K-8 teachers with disabilities examines the profound
influence that teachers with disabilities can have in our classrooms. Teachers with disabilities act
as valuable and realistic role models for all students and bring unique qualities to the classroom,
including a passion for inclusive education and creative methods of instruction. However,
prejudicial barriers to success often restrict these exceptional teachers from access to our
classrooms, undermining the inclusion movement present in most special education programs
and schools today. When these teachers are denied employment, students with disabilities suffer
in and out of the classroom from a lack of identity construction, reduced self-esteem, and
nonexistent advocacy skills
On the detection of virtual machine introspection from inside a guest virtual machine
Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2015With the increased prevalence of virtualization in the modern computing environment, the security of that technology becomes of paramount importance. Virtual Machine Introspection (VMI) is one of the technologies that has emerged to provide security for virtual environments by examining and then interpreting the state of an active Virtual Machine (VM). VMI has seen use in systems administration, digital forensics, intrusion detection, and honeypots. As with any technology, VMI has both productive uses as well as harmful uses. The research presented in this dissertation aims to enable a guest VM to determine if it is under examination by an external VMI agent. To determine if a VM is under examination a series of statistical analyses are performed on timing data generated by the guest itself
Following the Money: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data
Grades states' efforts to provide public spending data through Web portals; lists the benefits of "transparency 2.0," including cost-efficient and targeted spending; and outlines best practices for comprehensive, one-stop, one-click searchable sites
Public Libraries and the Internet 2006
Examines the capability of public libraries to provide and sustain public access Internet services and resources that meet community needs, including serving as the first choice for content, resources, services, and technology infrastructure
Trendswatch 2013: Back to the Future
TrendsWatch 2013 highlights six trends that CFM's staff and advisors believe are highly significant to museums and their communities, based on our scanning and analysis over the past year. For each trend, we provide a brief summary, list examples of how the trend is playing out in the world, comment on the trend's significance to society and to museums specifically, and suggest ways that museums might respond. We also provide links to additional readings. TrendsWatch provides valuable background and context for your museum's planning and implementation
Assessment of plastics in the National Trust: a case study at Mr Straw's House
The National Trust is a charity that cares for over 300 publically accessible historic buildings and their contents across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There have been few previous studies on preservation of plastics within National Trust collections, which form a significant part of the more modern collections of objects. This paper describes the design of an assessment system which was successfully trialled at Mr Straws House, a National Trust property in Worksop, UK. This system can now be used for future plastic surveys at other National Trust properties. In addition, the survey gave valuable information about the state of the collection, demonstrating that the plastics that are deteriorating are those that are known to be vulnerable, namely cellulose nitrate/acetate, PVC and rubber. Verifying this knowledge of the most vulnerable plastics enables us to recommend to properties across National Trust that these types should be seen as a priority for correct storage and in-depth recording
Tired Of Dancing To Their Song: An Assessment of the Indigenous Womens Reproductive Justice Funding Landscape
The Ms. Foundation for Women's Pocket Change: How Women and Girls of Color Do More with Less report revealed a dearth of philanthropic dollars for Indigenous women and girls. Less than 3% of the more than $350 million in foundation funding was allocated for this group, which has enormous ramifications especially when it comes to reproductive justice.Pocket Change set the stage for larger conversations and initiatives that addresses the historically low levels of philanthropic investment in Indigenous women and girls â examining the needs of Indigenous communities, with Indigenous leaders, to understand how such funding discrepancies are a direct byproduct of colonization and institutional systems and how to shift the philanthropic paradigm to one that prioritizes Native communities.In our convenings with Indigenous women, what emerged as funding priority was the lack of quality health care and that the limits placed on Native women's reproductive choices are directly tied to colonization. Instead of being relegated to a secondary issue, Indigenous Women's Reproductive Justice must be put front and center and made part of a fully inclusive conversation.This assessment, informed by an Indigenous Women's Council, discusses how funders' priorities are not aligned with the needs of the very people who are most lacking reproductive justice and shares their recommended actions to advance reproductive justice in Indigenous communities
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