Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development

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Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development: A Cascades-Driven Approach

Learn how to leverage the BlackBerry 10 Cascades framework to create rich native applications. Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development gives you a solid foundation for creating BlackBerry 10 apps efficiently. Along the way, you will learn how to use QML and JavaScript for designing your app’s UI, and C++/Qt for the application logic. No prior knowledge of C++ is assumed and the book covers the fundamental aspects of the language for writing BlackBerry 10 apps. Also a particular emphasis is put on how to create a visually enticing user experience with the Cascades framework, which is based on Qt and QML. Starting with the native SDK configuration and an overview of the Momentics IDE, the book is fast-paced and you will rapidly learn many of the best practices and techniques required for developing beautiful BlackBerry 10 apps. Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development is written for developers wishing to learn how to write apps for the new BlackBerry 10 OS and those interested in porting existing iOS and Android apps to BlackBerry 10 as native applications

Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development

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A conceptual framework for development of public health oriented environment planning and design measures with focus on childhood obesity

There is a worldwide concern about increasing non-communicable diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma and depression related to obesity in urban population. The built environment has an important role to support human health. Characteristics of the built environment can be modified to influence and facilitate or hinder public health. The rapid development of major towns and cities in developing countries producing urban sprawl, lower densities, environmental pollution, inconvenience and unsafe public spaces as well as transportation infrastructure that encourages car ridership over active transportation has altered the built environment in ways which effect health negatively. Urbanization in developing and less developed countries, therefore, is linked to rising obesity and incidence of metabolic syndrome. For instance the Malaysian Ministry of Health states that just over a quarter of Malaysian school children were obese and overweight and have the tendency to become obese adults. This research will outline and identify the significant variables concerning the built environment and childhood obesity by examining previous literature studies. There are three major aspects where urban planning and design can most effectively influence childhood obesity, namely, physical activity, community interaction and healthy eating. These three aspects address the principle risk factors for contemporary non-communicable diseases. Hence, the current research will focus on the three mentioned aspects as the keywords to extract the relative factors and indicators associated to built environment and childhood obesity. As the final outcome this research will construct a conceptual framework to serve as a basis for developing a public health-oriented built environment with focus on childhood obesity