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THE UNIVERSITY AS A COMMON POOL RESOURCE: a set of resources, moral and cultural values from the Academic Community of Universidad Politécnica Salesiana
This book contains information from Universidad Politecnica Salesianaâs Commons Research Group, created in 2016 to deepen as well as identify the implication and the possibilities of imagining the university as a âcommon pool resourceâ . This alternative must be explained because the connection of the use of commons â as explained by Elinor Ostrom in her book Governing the Commons. The evolution of institutions for Collective Action (2011) â with the possibility of reconsidering the university in all areas is not immediate nor casual and, at first, such connection seems odd in a time when we value belonging based on evidence accessible at first sight. In fact, what does a proposal which analyzes community and local government decision making methods regarding common resources have to do with university life? The aim of this preface is to answer this question and explain the connection that encourages and gives meaning to several contributions of this book. Each contribution deepens its derivations in the field of management, decision making and knowledge production
04451 Abstracts Collection -- Future Generation Grids
The Dagstuhl Seminar 04451 "Future Generation Grid" was held in the International
Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl from 1st
to 5th November 2004. The focus of the seminar was on open problems and
future challenges in the design of next generation Grid systems. A total of 45
participants presented their current projects, research plans, and new ideas in
the area of Grid technologies. Several evening sessions with vivid discussions
on future trends complemented the talks. This report gives an overview of the
background and the findings of the seminar
RICIS Software Engineering 90 Symposium: Aerospace Applications and Research Directions Proceedings Appendices
Papers presented at RICIS Software Engineering Symposium are compiled. The following subject areas are covered: flight critical software; management of real-time Ada; software reuse; megaprogramming software; Ada net; POSIX and Ada integration in the Space Station Freedom Program; and assessment of formal methods for trustworthy computer systems
The Lottery of Birth: Giving all Children an Equal Chance to Survive
Based on inaugural analysis of disaggregated data from 87 low and middle income countries around the world, this report reveals that in more than three quarters of these countries, inequalities in child survival rates are actually worsening, resulting in some groups of children making far slower progress than their better-off peers. In 78 percent of the countries covered in the report, at least one social or economic group has fallen behind and is therefore making slower progress in reducing child mortality, and in 16 percent of these countries, inequalities in child survival rates have increased across all social and economic groups. Save the Children's analysis suggests that, without a true step change in action, the lottery of birth will continue into the future, slowing progress towards the ultimate goal of ending preventable child deaths for generations to come. However, tackling this inequality is possible. Almost a fifth of the countries in the report, including Rwanda, Malawi, Mexico, and Bangladesh, have successfully combined rapid and inclusive reductions in child mortality, achieving faster progress than most countries, while at the same time ensuring that no groups of children are left behind.The agency calls for the international community to commit to ending preventable child deaths by 2030.The new development framework, which will replace the MDGs, will be agreed upon at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015. This framework must set out ambitious child and maternal survival targets and commit to working towards universal health coverage
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