The Measure of Consumption Taxes

The paper explores to which extent teacher unions have been involved in discussions, consultations and negotiations with goverments in relation to initiatives taken to achieve education for all (EFA). The paper deals with three questions: 1) Whether teacher unions were aware of the existence of EFA (Education For All) forums in their countries and if their answers were yes, to which extent they had participated in the National EFA Forums. 2) Whether teacher unions were aware of the existence of National EFA Plans or the active work to establish such a plan. If their answers were yes, in what ways had they participated in consultations on the National EFA Plan. 3) Whether the teacher unions had taken any initiative related to EFA. Based on answers given by teacher unions to a questionnaire it is concluded that many unions have not been involved in the EFA process in an appropriate way

FARM PRICE AND INCOME SUPPORTS: THE LEVELS AND METHODS

Agricultural and Food Policy,

A PRICE-SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR FARM COMMODITIES

Agricultural Finance,

BYOD-Insure: A Security Assessment Model for Enterprise BYOD

As organizations continue allowing employees to use their personal mobile devices to access the organizations’ networks and the corporate data, a phenomenon called ‘Bring Your Own Device’ or BYOD, proper security controls need to be adopted not only to secure the corporate data but also to protect the organizations against possible litigation problems. Until recently, current literature and research have been focused on specific areas or solutions regarding BYOD. The information associated with BYOD security issues in the areas of Management, IT, Users and Mobile Device Solutions is fragmented. This research is based on a need to provide a holistic approach to securing BYOD environments. This dissertation puts forth design science research methods to develop a comprehensive security assessment model, BYOD-Insure, to assess the security posture of an organization’s BYOD environment. BYOD-Insure aims to identify security vulnerabilities in organizations that allow (or are planning to adopt) BYODs. The main questions this research aims to answer are: 1) In order to protect the enterprise and its corporate data, how can an organization identify and mitigate the security risks associated with BYOD? 2) How can a holistic approach to security strengthen the security posture of BYOD environments? BYOD-Insure is composed of 5 modules that, in tandem, use a holistic approach to assess the security posture of the four domains of BYOD environments: assessment of management (BYOD-Insure-Management), assessment of IT (BYOD-Insure-IT), assessment of users’ behavior/security (BYOD-Insure-User), and assessment of the mobile device security adopted by the organization (BYOD-Insure-Mobile). The combined results of the 4 domains provide the overall security posture of the organization (BYOD-Insure-Global). The evaluation process for this model is based on a design science method for artifact evaluation. For BYOD-Insure, this process involves the use of descriptive scenarios to describe different types of BYOD security postures. This entails a detailed description of scenarios that depict low, moderate and high security postures with respect to BYOD. The results, for a particular organization, show the security controls that need to be strengthened, and the safeguards recommended. The BYOD-Insure assessment model helps answer the research questions raised in this study

The Anxiety Within Us

This zine focuses on G.A.D. (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) in the black community, more specifically with black women.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/illustrationstudents/1001/thumbnail.jp

A cholera model linking between-host, within-host and environmental disease dynamics

Cholera is an acute intestinal illness caused by infection with the Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The dynamics of the disease transmission are governed by human-human, environment-human, and within-human sub-dynamics. In this paper, a model is presented to incorporate all three of these dynamical components. The model is divided into three subgroups where the dynamics are analyzed according to their respective time scales. Specifically, the within host system incorporates the interaction of virus and immune cell interaction with the vibrios. For each subgroup, we discuss the existence and uniqueness of a DFE (Disease Free Equilibrium) by calculation of the Basic Reproduction number R_0, when applicable, and the existence and uniqueness of a positive EE (Endemic Equilibrium) solution. We also discuss the conditions needed to achieve local and global stability in each system. Finally, we combine the three smaller models together and discuss the existence and uniqueness of a DFE and EE for the full system

Financial condition and performance of local cooperatives in Missouri, 1970, 1978, and 1983

July, 1985.Cover title

Financial structure and condition of locally owned farm supply and marketing cooperatives in Missouri

Includes bibliographical references

Role of state and land-grant University Extension services in eliminating rural poverty

"11/67/1M""The land-grant universities, through their Cooperative Extension Services, have been, by all odds, the most important university outreach function in rural America. There is a university extension office in almost every county of the country, usually located in the county seat, and staffed with from one to more than a score of professional workers. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 stated the function of Cooperative Extension as providing practical instruction in subjects relating to agriculture and home economics. Subsequent amendments to the act and earmarked congressional appropriations have made it clear that the service is to deal with all matters of vital concern to rural Americans. The Cooperative Extension Services of the land-grant universities have not been the only university forces at work in rural America. Most land-grant universities and state universities have General Extension or Continuing Education Services, which often pre-date Cooperative Extension. These enterprises have also had a direct effect in rural America in several ways. Many people have been brought from rural areas to campus to participate in conferences and short courses on a wide range of subjects. The universities have offered both credit and non-credit courses in rural areas designed to help professional and non-professional people keep up-to-date with the changing world. Some have extensive programs in the many facets of community, economic, social and cultural development, with many of the services beamed to non-metropolitan areas. University extension is by no means the exclusive domain of state and land-grant universities. Indeed much of the pioneering work in extension education has been done by private universities. With, however, the exception that proves the rule, the private universities which have been most active in extension have been in metropolitan areas, while the impact they have had on rural areas has been of a secondary nature. It is for this reason that the paper directs itself to the role of state universities and land-grant colleges in rural America."--Introduction.C. Brice Ratchford (Vice-President, University of Missouri