Future direction for infrastructure research

Infrastructure was not a widely researched topic until Aschauer identified the wider economic benefits of investment in the United States during the 1980s. Achauer's work was a catalyst for further research and debate as researchers tackled weakness in the production function approach to measurement and sought to adjust for two-way causation. The literature that followed confirmed a significant and causal connection between public investment, productivity and output and research moved to international panel data, regional economies and the relationship between infrastructure investment, output capacity, growth and productivity.</jats:p

Infrastructure financing modalities in Asia and the Pacific: Strengths and limitations

Asia and the Pacific is the world's fastest growing regional economy, a position it has held for over a decade. A major challenge for sustained regional growth and development and ensuring greater engagement between national economies is increased investment in economic and social infrastructure. The majority of infrastructure is provided by government as a quasi-public good but governments face difficulties meeting future demand. Private investment provides an important option although investment has mainly taken place in the telecommunications, energy, and transport industries. The objective of this paper is to present a status report about the methods, strengths, and weaknesses of infrastructure financing in Asia and the Pacific at the present time. It adopts a positivist perspective and examines supply and demand conditions today with several recommendations for future policy development in Asia and the Pacific

Four men charged in Crosby Str. Assault

The District Attorney\u27s office has charged four men with assault and criminal mischief because of their alleged involvement in a fight last weekend which left two black men injured

The Irish Conscription Crisis of 1918

The British government's decision to extend conscription to Ireland in the spring of 1918 had implications far beyond the scope of the First World War. The anti-conscription movement in Ireland, led by a coalition of nationalist politicians, the Catholic Church, and the organized labor movement, galvanized tens of thousands in resistance and paved the way for Irish independence, declared by Sinn Féin in January 1919. The development of Irish nationalism throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries combined with the crises of war, creating a unique and significant moment in the Conscription Crisis. First-hand testimony of the Conscription Crisis from the Bureau of Military History shows the power and significance of the anti-conscription movement by providing authentic, and oftentimes quite candid, accounts of the months spent opposing conscription. These testimonies, combined with an examination of the development of Irish nationalism and the impact of the First World War in Ireland, demonstrate the significance of the Conscription Crisis to the larger story of Irish independence.Plan II Honors Progra

KINECTWheels: wheelchair-accessible motion-based game interaction

The increasing popularity of full-body motion-based video games creates new challenges for game accessibility research. Many games strongly focus on able-bodied persons and require players to move around freely. To address this problem, we introduce KINECTWheels, a toolkit that facilitates the integration of wheelchair-based game input. Our library can help game designers to integrate wheelchair input at the development stage, and it can be configured to trigger keystroke events to make off-the-shelf PC games wheelchair-accessible