The Mobile Generation: Global Transformations at the Cellular Level

Every year we see a new dimension of the ongoing Digital Revolution, which is enabling an abundance of information to move faster, cheaper, in more intelligible forms, in more directions, and across borders of every kind. The exciting new dimension on which the Aspen Institute focused its 2006 Roundtable on Information Technology was mobility, which is making the Digital Revolution ubiquitous. As of this writing, there are over two billion wireless subscribers worldwide and that number is growing rapidly. People are constantly innovating in the use of mobile technologies to allow them to be more interconnected. Almost a half century ago, Ralph Lee Smith conjured up "The Wired Nation," foretelling a world of interactive communication to and from the home that seems commonplace in developed countries today. Now we have a "Wireless World" of communications potentially connecting two billion people to each other with interactive personal communications devices. Widespead adoption of wireless handsets, the increasing use of wireless internet, and the new, on-the-go content that characterizes the new generation of users are changing behaviors in social, political and economic spheres. The devices are easy to use, pervasive and personal. The affordable cell phone has the potential to break down the barriers of poverty and accessibility previously posed by other communications devices. An entire generation that is dependant on ubiquitous mobile technologies is changing the way it works, plays and thinks. Businesses, governments, educational institutions, religious and other organizations in turn are adapting to reach out to this mobile generation via wireless technologies -- from SMS-enabled vending machines in Finland to tech-savvy priests in India willing to conduct prayers transmitted via cell phones. Cellular devices are providing developing economies with opportunities unlike any others previously available. By opening the lines of communication, previously disenfranchised groups can have access to information relating to markets, economic opportunities, jobs, and weather to name just a few. When poor village farmers from Bangladesh can auction their crops on a craigslist-type service over the mobile phone, or government officials gain instantaneous information on contagious diseases via text message, the miracles of mobile connectivity move us from luxury to necessity. And we are only in the early stages of what the mobile electronic communications will mean for mankind. We are now "The Mobile Generation." Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology. To explore the implications of these phenomena, the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program convened 27 leaders from business, academia, government and the non-profit sector to engage in three days of dialogue on related topics. Some are experts in information and communications technologies, others are leaders in the broader society affected by these innovations. Together, they examined the profound changes ahead as a result of the convergence of wireless technologies and the Internet. In the following report of the Roundtable meeting held August 1-4, 2006, J. D. Lasica, author of Darknet and co-founder of Ourmedia.org, deftly sets up, contextualizes, and captures the dialogue on the impact of the new mobility on economic models for businesses and governments, social services, economic development, and personal identity

A conditional regularity result for p-harmonic flows

We prove an $\varepsilon$-regularity result for a wide class of parabolic systems $$u_t-\text{div}\big(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u) = B(u, \nabla u)$$ with the right hand side $B$ growing like $|\nabla u|^p$. It is assumed that the solution $u(t,\cdot)$ is uniformly small in the space of functions of bounded mean oscillation. The crucial tool is provided by a sharp nonlinear version of the Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality which has been used earlier in an elliptic context by T. Rivi\`ere and the last named author.Comment: To appear in NoDEA. Referee suggestions implemente

Vasiljko Vukoje: Zabranjena zaborav

Prikaz knjige: Vasiljko Vukoje: zabranjena zaborav, Vlastita naklada, Smederevo, 2019., 98 str

Développement des systèmes financiers ruraux dans les pays en développement - Bibliographie

Pourquoi aujourd'hui les ruraux des pays en développement n'ont pour la plupart peu ou pas accès au crédit ? La présente bibliographie fournit au lecteur, étudiant, chercheur, enseignant, développeur ou décideur, des éléments d'analyse et de réponse à cette question. La très grande diversité des sources et des opinions permet de classer les références par grands thèmes : Au cours des vingt dernières années, l'influence de l'environnement des systèmes financiers ruraux a été déterminante (chap. 2). Dans ce contexte les intermédiaires financiers officiels n'ont pas su adapter leur offre (chap. 3 et 4) aux spécificités de la demande des ruraux. Ces derniers n'ont eu alors d'autre recours que de réactiver leurs institutions financières traditionnelles et d'en créer de nouvelles (chap. 5). Parallèlement, les chercheurs ont orienté leurs investigations vers la meilleure connaissance des caractéristiques des unités de production rurale. Il en résulte des progrès dans la perception de cette demande en financement des ruraux (chap. 6). Les avancées des uns et des autres dans le sens d'une meilleure adéquation de l'offre en crédit avec la demande, sont à l'origine de l'émergence d'initiatives renouvelées ou innovantes (chap. 7

Vasiljko Vukoje: Zabranjena zaborav

Prikaz knjige: Vasiljko Vukoje: zabranjena zaborav, Vlastita naklada, Smederevo, 2019., 98 str

Le Conservatoire National des Pierres et des marbres (CNPM), réseau interdisciplinaire d’érudits au xxie siècle

Le Conservatoire national des pierres et marbres (CNPM) a 12 années d’existence. Un noyau de membres pérennes anime un réseau de participants temporaires, autour d’événements liés aux matériaux « pierreux » utilisés dans la construction et la décoration. La fréquence des rencontres est liée à la conjoncture, le lieu est choisi en fonction de sa centralité. Née d’un mode de fonctionnement original, la structure est réactive et activable dès sollicitation d’un de ses membres. Les thèmes abordés sont traités par des intervenants spécialistes dans leur domaine, dans un climat de respect et de prise en compte des idées de chacun. Le bureau exécutif de l’association juge des limites à fixer, afin de conserver un axe directeur compatible dans ses relations avec l’environnement. Par la cohérence de ses individualités, femmes et hommes de l’Art, érudits, chercheurs et passionnés, le réseau a su trouver un mode de vie différent de celui d’autres associations, et pleinement assumé. Il en tire une force capable d’effets de levier.The National Conservatory of Stone and Marble (CNPM) has twelve years of existence. A core of permanent members runs a temporary network of participants, around events related to “stony” materials used in construction and decoration. The frequency of meetings is related to the economic situation and the place is chosen according to its centrality. Born of an original mode operation, the structure is reactive. It can be activated as soon as asked by one of its members. The topics are treated by specialists in their field players in a climate of respect and consideration of everyone’s ideas. The executive office of the association evaluates the limits to be set to maintain a serious and consistent steering axis in relations with its environment. For the coherence of its individuality, women and men of art, scholars, researchers and enthusiasts, the network was able to find a different lifestyle from that of other associations, but fully assumed. He draws a force able to leverage

Katalonsko pitanje na izborima u studenom 2019.: analiza predizbornih sučeljavanja

Porast potpore pokretu za neovisnost u Kataloniji za posljedicu je imao institucijsku nestabilnost i promjenu španjolskoga stranačkog sustava. Ovaj rad istražuje razlike u interpretacijskim okvirima katalonskog pitanja na temelju izjava stranačkih čelnika koji su sudjelovali na četiri predizborna sučeljavanja za parlamentarne izbore u studenom 2019. Interpretacijski okviri definirani su s obzirom na tri pitanja: 1) jesu li stranački čelnici u predizbornim sučeljavanjima prikazali katalonski proces (Procés) kao neprijateljski, tj. kao onaj koji ruši ustavni poredak ili kao legitimno pravo građana na prosvjed; 2) kako stranački čelnici uokviruju španjolsku državu – kao izričito unitarnu zemlju ili višenacionalnu državu; 3) sma-traju li stranački čelnici da su nužne ustavne promjene da bi se riješilo katalonsko pitanje ili preferiraju status quo. Analiza provedena metodom uokvirivanja utvrdila je pet interpretacijskih okvira te pokazala da dva interpretacijska okvira koja podrazumijevaju afirmativno rješavanje katalonskog pitanja dijalogom s katalonskom vladom (Generalitat) uživaju većinu i na sučeljavanjima i nakon izbora

Haemovigilance u Općoj bolnici Dubrovnik

Sigurnost davatelja i postupaka donacije krvi, kvalitetni krvni proizvodi i optimalna skrb bolesnika u liječenju sa krvi i krvnim pripravcima misija je transfuzijske struke.Hemovigilance je proces neprekidnog otkrivanja, prikupljanja i analize informacija koje se odnose na neželjene i neočekivane događaje nastale prilikom transfuzije krvi i krvnih derivata. Sustav uključuje krvni pripravak i cijeli transfuzijski ciklus od odabira davatelja do bolesnika koji prima krv budući da neželjeni incident može nastati u svakoj fazi ovako posloženog ciklusa. Dobiveni podaci omogućuju na više načina i razina poduzimanje korektivnih mjera kako bi spriječile ponavljanje određenih nezgoda u odnosu na pripravak ili nefunkcionalnosti u transfuzijskim procedurama.U Općoj bolnici Dubrovnik od 2004 g. mogu se pratiti svi postupci, procedure i osobe u procesu rada od «vene davatelja do vene bolesnika« i u slučaju neželjenog incidenta moguće je razjasniti njegovu prirodu i poduzeti mjere da se ne ponovi. Da bi to postigli bazu podataka davatelja krvi trebali smo povezati sa bazom bolesnika bolnice