prototypical implementations ; working packages in project phase II

In this technical report, we present the concepts and first prototypical imple- mentations of innovative tools and methods for personalized and contextualized (multimedia) search, collaborative ontology evolution, ontology evaluation and cost models, and dynamic access and trends in distributed (semantic) knowledge. The concepts and prototypes are based on the state of art analysis and identified requirements in the CSW report IV

Needs Analysis and Programme Planning in Adult Education

How to identify, analyse, and assess the various types of adult learning needs? How to develop programmes tailored to these needs? This study guide is written for postgraduate students preparing to become professional adult educators, as well as for those intending to plan educational programmes for adults. The book covers the various types of adult (learning)needs and provides hints on how to identify, analyse, and assess these needs. It presents typical challenges involved in performing such an analysis as well as theoretical considerations of the concept and types of needs, of diagnosing educational needs and their theoretical understanding. The author draws conclusions on how to develop programmes tailored to the needs identified. With a focus on practical concerns, she illustrates the necessary steps as well as the factors to be considered when designing an educational programme for adults, both in the planning stage and in the stages of implementation and evaluation. From the Contents: The Importance of Needs Analysis and Programme Planning in Adult Education Needs: Theoretical Considerations Fields of Needs Analysis in an Educational Context Methods of Needs Analysis in Adult Education Needs Analysis for Planning Educational Programmes Steps in Programme Planning in Adult Educatio

Leveraging Knowledge Assets: Can Law Reform Help?

This paper asks whether there is a need for law-makers to aid in the efficient transition to a new knowledge-based economic and social environment through the use of intellectual property devices. The use of such devices was effective in assisting with the transition to an industrial society that, combined with developments in commercial law and secured transactions, further fuelled economic growth in Canada. Can these disparate areas of law be brought together to provide opportunities for the growth of knowledge-based business? The Law Commission of Canada instigated a two-part investigation into these questions. The investigation culminated in the Commission\u27s report Leveraging Knowledge Assets: Reducing Uncertainty for Security Interests in Intellectual Property (2004). This article describes the process of the investigation undertakend by the Commission and more particularly describes the results of the first branch of the enquiry, which was a three-part empirical study seeking to establish whether legal intervention into harmonizing the law of secured transactions and intellectual property law is warranted from the business perspective. Results of the first empirical branch of the enquiry, a pilot survey of business people and their legal advisors, the second branch, a national teleconference consulting business leaders, and the third branch, a feedback consultation session with conference attendees, are reported against the backdrop of the Commission\u27s subsequent report. It appears that the traditional devices of intellectual property are not adequately serving emerging business needs around knowledge assets. However, it seems to be too simplistic to characterize these inadequacies as exclusively, or even directly, related to the relationship between the law of secured transactions and intellectual property devices. Reactions from study participants in business suggest caution in undertaking law reform in this area - cognizant of changing the current balancing of interests in the knowledge-based business section. The Law Commission\u27s report may serve as a catalyst for an emerging dialogue between legal experts from different fields of law but further direct consultation with the business community they serve appears to be necessary before changes are implemented

Promotion of Lifestyle Changes by Community Pharmacists Among Adults with Hypertension in Nigeria

The growing prevalence of hypertension is a global public health problem. Lifestyle modification is the first-line best practice for the management of hypertension, however there is not enough focus on healthcare professionals’ competencies in managing hypertension in Nigeria. The perspectives of Community Pharmacists (CPs) about promotion of lifestyle modification (PLM) among adults with hypertension have not been explored in Nigeria though they play an essential role in healthcare in the community. This phenomenological study was conducted to document the experiences of CPs about PLM by using in-depth interviews. Social cognitive theory and the health promotion model were used as frameworks to guide the development of the interview questions and interpretation of findings. The knowledge, experiences, and barriers to the practice of PLM by 12 CPs were explored and answers provided to 3 research questions focused on their perspectives about the phenomenon and practice of PLM, and developing a practice protocol for PLM in adults with hypertension. From a thematic analysis of transcribed data, 10 categories of themes evolved to capture the perspectives and experiences of CPs about PLM in hypertension. The themes involved in the practice of PLM by CPs are cognitive factors, contextual factors, self-efficacy, and strategies. A practice protocol was developed that can serve as a guide to CPs while promoting lifestyle modification among adults with hypertension. This can promote social change along with future studies recommended to be carried out in other areas of Lagos State and other States of Nigeria, so the protocol can become standardized for use by all CPs in Nigeria

Needs Analysis and Programme Planning in Adult Education

How to identify, analyse, and assess the various types of adult learning needs? How to develop programmes tailored to these needs? This study guide is written for postgraduate students preparing to become professional adult educators, as well as for those intending to plan educational programmes for adults. The book covers the various types of adult (learning)needs and provides hints on how to identify, analyse, and assess these needs. It presents typical challenges involved in performing such an analysis as well as theoretical considerations of the concept and types of needs, of diagnosing educational needs and their theoretical understanding. The author draws conclusions on how to develop programmes tailored to the needs identified. With a focus on practical concerns, she illustrates the necessary steps as well as the factors to be considered when designing an educational programme for adults, both in the planning stage and in the stages of implementation and evaluation. From the Contents: The Importance of Needs Analysis and Programme Planning in Adult Education Needs: Theoretical Considerations Fields of Needs Analysis in an Educational Context Methods of Needs Analysis in Adult Education Needs Analysis for Planning Educational Programmes Steps in Programme Planning in Adult Educatio

Top 10 technology opportunities : tips and tools

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Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing, Volume 32: 2011

Articles Editing Sophia Peabody Hawthorne’s Travel Writing and the Conundrum of Copies, Patricia Dunlavy Valenti On Editing Late-Nineteenth-Century Author Interviews, Gary Scharnhorst “A Broad, Generous Stream of Love and Bounty”: The Concord Sewing Circle and the Holley School for Freedmen, Mary Lamb Shelden What’s in a Name? Cultural Onomastics and Other Scary Things about the Lincolns and Their Contemporaries, James M. Cornelius Issues and Challenges of Moving and Maintaining The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Ryan P. Semmes and John F. Marszalek The Best Job in the World: Documentary Editor, Beth Luey Preserving the Alliance: The Artful Diplomacy of Benjamin Franklin, John P. Kaminski Editing Non-Canonical Texts: Issues and Opportunities Introduction, Kenneth M. Price From the Canonical to the Non-Canonical: Editing, the Walt Whitman Archive, and Nineteenth-Century Newspaper Poetry, Elizabeth Lorang Rethinking Digital Editing Practices to Better Address Non-Canonical Texts, Amanda Gailey Editing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Fluid Text of Race, Wesley Raabe Presidential Address New Editorial Futures for the Past, Kenneth M. Price Reviews Bosco, Johnson, and Myerson, The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims. Richard Deming Madigan, Link, et al., Youth and the Bright Medusa, by Willa Cather. Nancee Reeves Recent Editions Compiled by W. Bland Whitle

Knowledge for innovation in KIBS: A case study on the balance between exploration and exploitation : looking at the role of the R&D organization and the role of consultants

KIBS : Knowledge Intensive Business Services = Empresas de negocio intensivas en conocimientoTesis doctoral inédita. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Departamento de Estructura Económica y Economía del Desarrollo. Fecha de lectura: 23-9-201