scholarly journals Commission 46: Program Group for the World-Wide Development of Astronomy

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (T26A) ◽  
pp. 387-390
Author(s):  
John Hearnshaw ◽  
Don Wentzel ◽  
Alan Batten ◽  
Hakim Malasan ◽  
Jay White ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
The World

The Program Group for the World-wide Development of Astronomy (PGWWDA) is one of nine Comm. 46 program groups engaged with various aspects of astronomical education or development of astronomy education and research in the developing world. In the case of PGWWDA, its goals are to promote astronomy education and research in the developing world through a variety of activities, including visiting astronomers in developing countries and interacting with them by way of giving encouragement and support.

scholarly journals Special Session 5 Astronomy for the developing world

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (14) ◽  
pp. 639-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Hearnshaw ◽  
Peter Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Special Session ◽  
International Astronomical Union ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
International Astronomical ◽  
The World ◽  
Strong Commitment ◽  
Education And Development

The International Astronomical Union has a strong commitment to the development of astronomical education and research throughout the world, especially in those countries developing economically. This commitment is in part through the work of IAU Commission 46 for astronomy education and development. Within that commission, the Program Group for the World-wide Development of Astronomy (PGWWDA) coordinates many of these activities, promoting the development of astronomy in developing countries.

scholarly journals DIVISION XII / COMMISSION 46 / PROGRAM GROUP WORLD-WIDE DEVELOPMENT OF ASTRONOMY

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (T26B) ◽  
pp. 234-237
Author(s):  
John B. Hearnshaw ◽  
Alan H. Batten ◽  
A. Athem Alsabti ◽  
Alan H. Batten ◽  
Julieta Fierro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
The World

The Program Group for the World-wide Development of Astronomy (PG-WWDA) is one of nine Commission 46 program groups engaged with various aspects of astronomical education or development of astronomy education and research in the developing world. In the case of PG-WWDA, its goals are to promote astronomy education and research in the developing world through a variety of activities, including visiting astronomers in developing countries and interacting with them by way of giving encouragement and support.

scholarly journals DIVISION XII / COMMISSION 46 / PROGRAM GROUP WORLD-WIDE DEVELOPMENT OF ASTRONOMY

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (T27A) ◽  
pp. 429-435
Author(s):  
John B. Hearnshaw ◽  
Alan H. Batten ◽  
A. Athem Alsabti ◽  
Julieta Fierro ◽  
Edward F. Guinan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Astronomy Education

The Program Group for World-wide Development of Astronomy (PG-WWDA) is one of nine Commission 46 program groups engaged with various aspects of astronomical education or development of astronomy education and research in the developing world. In the case of PG-WWDA, its goals are to promote astronomy education and research in the developing world through a variety of activities, including visiting astronomers in developing countries and interacting with them by way of giving encouragement and support.

scholarly journals Factor Associated With Teacher Satisfaction and Online Teaching Effectiveness Under Adversity Situations: A Case of Vietnamese Teachers During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110394
Author(s):  
Phuong-Tam Pham ◽  
Thanh-Thao Thi Phan ◽  
Yen-Chi Nguyen ◽  
Anh-Duc Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Education System ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Teacher Satisfaction ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Pedagogical Skills ◽  
The World

How teachers perform and react to the world-wide pandemic and how the epidemic affects an education system may also be used as new conditions to consider the way to enhance SDG4 in developing countries. Regarding that concern, this study investigated 294 teachers’ perspective on their teaching effectiveness and satisfaction during COVID-19. The findings underlined the significant roles of support from various stakeholders, school readiness toward digital transformation, and teachers’ anxiety over teacher satisfaction. Notably, teachers’ newly absorbed technological and pedagogical skills do elevate their teaching effectiveness but do not lead to higher satisfaction during the pandemic.

The Heifer International Model of Sustainable Adult Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 1150-1163
Author(s):  
Carrie J. Boden McGill ◽  
Lauren Merritt
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Developing World ◽  
International Model ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
The World ◽  
Developed World ◽  
And Training

Heifer International, an organization devoted to ending hunger and poverty through sustainable development, has worked throughout the world by giving “living loans” of gifts of livestock and training while empowering individuals and communities to turn lives of hunger and poverty into self-reliance and hope. To train a country’s population is to increase that country’s “human capital,” and educating the population while expanding the human capital is a necessity in order for developing countries to benefit from globalization. The Heifer model of adult sustainable education demonstrates the importance of education and training for people of the developing world, and not only can this model be adopted in developing countries for emerging “learning societies,” but it may be used to inform policies and practices in the developed world as well.

scholarly journals Spoken Dialogue System: Its Applications in the Developing Countries and a Technology for Bridging the Digital Divide and Augmenting Scarce Services in those Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Oyelami Olufemi Moses
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Dialogue Systems ◽  
Dialogue System ◽  
Spoken Dialogue Systems ◽  
Spoken Dialogue ◽  
Spoken Dialogue System ◽  
The World

Aims: This article reports the various application areas of the spoken dialogue system in the developing world to determine if the system could be used to bridge the digital divide prevalent in these regions of the world. The work also aims to identify in which developing nations is the system currently being put to use. Study Design:  A survey of twenty articles on the subject matter was carried out and their domains of the application were identified. The different forms of the evaluation carried out on them were also identified towards determining their outcomes positivity for bridging the digital divide. Various comments made of the different evaluations were also considered in determining the suitability of spoken dialogue systems in bridging the digital divide. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria, between February 2013 and October 2019. Methodology: The different domains of the works, the different forms of the evaluation carried out on the systems, the various comments consequent upon the testing of the systems by the participants and the developing countries where those works were carried out were identified. A position was now taken based on the results obtained.   Results: Nine of the works are in the healthcare domain, three in agriculture, one in banking, one in aviation, one in secretarial work, one in the accuracy of recognition, one in education and three having multiple domains. The various comments and results from the evaluations all point towards the system’s suitability for bridging the digital divide. The spoken dialogue system is currently being used in only six developing nations of the world. Conclusion: Consequent upon the results obtained, it is clear that spoken dialogue systems can be used to bridge the digital divide in the developing world and that other application areas not yet covered could be explored for the benefits of the citizens of these regions, especially the digitally disadvantaged ones.

scholarly journals The international organizations

1980 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-134
Author(s):  
Milos Bjelic ◽  
Jerzy Krol
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Plenary Session ◽  
Developing World ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Widespread Interest

During the Plenary Session on Prosthetics and Orthotics in the Developing Countries the representatives of the United Nations and the World Health Organization expressed the personal views which follow. They are presented here to the membership at large in view of the widespread interest and the Society's involvement in the problems of improving service in the developing world.

Ultrastructure of “putative” neurotransmitter sites in Schistosoms mansoni Miracida

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 424-425
Author(s):  
Betty Ruth Jones ◽  
Steve Chi-Tung Pan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Complex Life Cycle ◽  
Rational Approach ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Infective Stage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Basic Biology

Schistosomiasis has been described as “one of the most devastating diseases of mankind, second only to malaria in its deleterious effects on the social and economic development of populations in many warm areas of the world.” The disease is world wide and is probably spreading faster and becoming more intense than the overall research efforts designed to provide the basis for countering it. Moreover, there are indications that the development of water resources and the demands for increasing cultivation and food in developing countries may prevent adequate control of the disease, and thus, the number of infections are increasing.Our knowledge of the basic biology of the parasite causing the disease is far from adequate. Such knowledge is essential if we are to develop a rational approach to the effective control of human schistosomiasis. The miracidium is the first infective stage in the complex life cycle of schistosomes.

Tourism Marketing in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 802-816
Author(s):  
Nermeen Atef Ahmed Hegazy
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Tourism Marketing ◽  
The World

Tourism is an attractive tool for economic development, especially in the developing world because tourism industry is considered as one of the largest and the most diverse industries in the world and it is one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economic. Many countries are seeking a way to improve their economic conditions; they see tourism as a major source of income, employment, and development of economic. The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) researches assesses that the Travel & Tourism industry's contribution to GDP and jobs for 184 countries and 24 regions and economic groups in the world1.

Cyber Criminals on the Internet Super Highways

2014 ◽  
pp. 198-216
Author(s):  
Edwin Agwu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Wide ◽  
International Community ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Services ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The World ◽  
Cyber Criminals

The internet has impacted the lives of individuals, organisations, and governments all over the world. However, it is now viewed and adopted with caution due mainly to the criminal tendencies of some misguided elements within the society. The internet technology has evolved to become a weapon of “mass robbery” in the hands of criminals. Fraudulent mails emanating from Africa, in general and Nigeria in particular have received world wide attentions. These and more have dented the image of the country home and abroad. This study presents the various ways in which the internet is used for criminal purposes within the Nigerian polity. It further examined the various crime related laws, their adequacies, and implications. Findings revealed the interplay of different methods through which vulnerable individuals and organisations are defrauded. The strategies proposed for addressing these crimes with a view to giving the country a clean bill of health in the international community are as well applicable to other developing countries. The findings also lay solid foundations for further research within different strands of crimes. It also concludes with recommendations for policy makers, businesses, and internet services providers with emphasis on the need for greater awareness creation.

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