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Teaching and Learning Materials and the Internet by Ian Forsyth, London: Kogan Page, 1996. ISBN: 0–7494‐ 20596. 181 pages, paperback. £18.99

Iphone Book

The iPhone is a line of Internet- and multimedia-enabled smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007. An iPhone can function as a video camera (video recording was not a standard feature until the iPhone 3GS was released), a camera phone, can send texts and receive visual voicemail, a portable media player, and an Internet client with email and web browsing capabilities, and both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard rather than a physical one. Third-party as well as Apple application software is available from the App Store, which launched in mid-2008 and now has over 350,000 "apps" approved by Apple. These apps have diverse functionalities, including games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, e-booksEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de TelecomunicaciónUniversidad Politécnica de Cartagen

Iphone Bookshelf

The iPhone is a line of Internet- and multimedia-enabled smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007. An iPhone can function as a video camera (video recording was not a standard feature until the iPhone 3GS was released), a camera phone, can send texts and receive visual voicemail, a portable media player, and an Internet client with email and web browsing capabilities, and both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard rather than a physical one. Third-party as well as Apple application software is available from the App Store, which launched in mid-2008 and now has over 350,000 "apps" approved by Apple. These apps have diverse functionalities, including games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, e-books... To create applications for this device it’s use the APPLE SDK.Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de TelecomunicaciónUniversidad Politécnica de Cartagen

How has the Indian Corporate Sector Responded to Two Decades of Economic Reforms in India? An Exploration of Patterns and Trends

In the context of various policy initiatives made during the last two decades to reform the Indian economy in general and corporate sector in particular, the present paper attempts to assess how the firms have responded to these policy measures and the resultant changes in the business conditions in a long run perspective. The paper finds that although the rate of growth of the Indian industry sector has not accelerated following economic reforms probably due to slow growth in agriculture and industrial productivity, investment in general and FDI in particular have shown considerable increase. Increase in competitive pressures during this period has forced the firms to adopt a variety of strategies. While reliance on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has increased to restructure business and grow, the role of embodied and disembodied technology purchase has declined with firms relying somewhat more on in-house R&D. On the other hand, although strategies of building marketing and distribution related complementary assets continue to dominate the strategy of product differentiation, their role in a relative sense seems to have declined as these expenses as a proportion of sales show a declining trend. However, the emerging competitive pressures have raised the importance of sub-contracting/ outsourcing manufacturing, reducing the degrees of vertical integration. Interestingly, while cost-efficiencies do not show improvements, export orientation has increased across the industries significantly signaling enhanced global competitiveness of Indian firms, although imports have risen faster than exports. Overall, the observed trends of corporate response to economic reforms are interesting, but one need to systematically explore how M&A led consolidation and flows of FDI are linked to the adoption of various non-price strategies relating to technology and product differentiation. As economic reform deepens and competitive pressures build up, an analysis of these interactions would provide useful insights for understanding corporate behaviour and for making policy choices.

Europeanization of Minority Policies under Conditionality: A Comparative Study of Latvia, Bulgaria and Turkey.

This study analyzes the impact of domestic factors on the Europeanization of minority protection policies in Latvia, Bulgaria and Turkey. The study argues that domestic conditions have significant impact on the decision of the candidate states on fulfilling the EU requirements in the field of human rights issues during the candidacy period. The study specifically analyzes the impact of ‘governments’, ‘significant institutions’ and ‘mobilization of ethnic minorities’ as domestic factors during the time frame between the official candidacies to accession to the European Union. The methodology combines a review of official European Union documents such as progress reports, accession documents and human rights reports, press articles, speeches, and academic literature. The study found that Europeanization can occur with the support of domestic factors in the field of human rights/ minority protection

Space and Earth Sciences, Computer Systems, and Scientific Data Analysis Support, Volume 1

This Final Progress Report covers the specific technical activities of Hughes STX Corporation for the last contract triannual period of 1 June through 30 Sep. 1993, in support of assigned task activities at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). It also provides a brief summary of work throughout the contract period of performance on each active task. Technical activity is presented in Volume 1, while financial and level-of-effort data is presented in Volume 2. Technical support was provided to all Division and Laboratories of Goddard's Space Sciences and Earth Sciences Directorates. Types of support include: scientific programming, systems programming, computer management, mission planning, scientific investigation, data analysis, data processing, data base creation and maintenance, instrumentation development, and management services. Mission and instruments supported include: ROSAT, Astro-D, BBXRT, XTE, AXAF, GRO, COBE, WIND, UIT, SMM, STIS, HEIDI, DE, URAP, CRRES, Voyagers, ISEE, San Marco, LAGEOS, TOPEX/Poseidon, Pioneer-Venus, Galileo, Cassini, Nimbus-7/TOMS, Meteor-3/TOMS, FIFE, BOREAS, TRMM, AVHRR, and Landsat. Accomplishments include: development of computing programs for mission science and data analysis, supercomputer applications support, computer network support, computational upgrades for data archival and analysis centers, end-to-end management for mission data flow, scientific modeling and results in the fields of space and Earth physics, planning and design of GSFC VO DAAC and VO IMS, fabrication, assembly, and testing of mission instrumentation, and design of mission operations center

Dynamics of public relations and journalism : a practical guide for media studies

Unravelling the complex worlds of public relations and journalism in a single publication is not easy. However, when the dynamics of these two unique occupations are established, their interaction becomes apparent. This book follows a unique approach, illustrating how public relations and journalism interact in the field of Media Studies. This work shifts the strong emphasis currently placed on journalistic skills to public relations and media handling. It also focuses on the journalistic skills that the public relations practitioner needs to complete technical tasks effectively. This edition is an attempt to keep up with the strong digital media influence in organisations. In looking at how public relations is evolving, we also need to look at how journalism is evolving because the two have a direct influence on each other. Digital media may be changing the face of both the public relations and journalism professions, but the basic principles of good public relations and journalism remain unchanged. Technology changes so quickly – you as a public relations practitioner will always need to keep up with the trends and changes in the digital media environment

Integrated Application of Active Controls (IAAC) technology to an advanced subsonic transport project: Test act system description

The engineering and fabrication of the test ACT system, produced in the third program element of the IAAC Project is documented. The system incorporates pitch-augmented stability and wing-load alleviation, plus full authority fly-by-wire control of the elevators. The pitch-augmented stability is designed to have reliability sufficient to allow flight with neutral or negative inherent longitudinal stability