Carbonate Pore Systems: New Developments and Case Studies

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
New Developments

On the Development of VR and AR Learning Contents for Children on the Autism Spectrum

2018 ◽  
pp. 106-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerardo Herrera ◽  
Lucia Vera ◽  
Javier Sevilla ◽  
Cristina Portalés ◽  
Sergio Casas
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Brain Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Important Case ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Group A ◽  
Visually Based ◽  
Educational Contents

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an umbrella term used to group a range of brain development disorders. The learning profile of most people with ASD is mainly visual, and VR and AR technologies offer important advantages to provide a visually based mean for gaining access to educational contents. The prices of VR and AR glasses and helmets have fallen. Also, a number of tools that facilitate the development and publication of AR and VR contents have recently appeared. Therefore, a scenario of opportunity for new developments has appeared in this field. This chapter offers guidelines for developing AR and VR learning contents for people on the autism spectrum and analyses those guidelines from the perspective of two important case studies developed in previous years.

scholarly journals Commission 14: Atomic and Molecular Data: (Donnees Atomiques et Moleculaires)

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 380-420
Author(s):  
F. Rostas ◽  
P. L. Smith ◽  
K. A. Berrington ◽  
N. Feautrier ◽  
N. Grevesse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
Molecular Cloud ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Research Community ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Interdisciplinary Character

In recognition of its special interdisciplinary character, IAU Commission 14 is linked directly to the Executive Committee. The Commission’s role is to inform the astronomical community of new developments in the diverse fields of research which involve atoms and molecules. Conversely it endeavors to sensitize the research community active in those fields to the specific needs of astronomy, especially concerning basic data and modeling tools. More generally, Commission 14 tries to foster long term relations and collaborations between the two communities and, when necessary, to alert funding authorities to the specific needs of ground and space based astronomy for specific atomic and molecular data. This report is one of the main contributions of Commission 14 to the information of the astronomical community. Several meetings concerned, at least in part, with the need and availability of atomic and molecular data for astrophysics were also sponsored or co-sponsored. In the last triennium, Commission 14 cosponsored IAU Symposium 194 “Astrochemistry: From Molecular Cloud to Planetary Systems” held in Sogwipo (Korea) from Aug. 23 to 27, 1999 and organized by Commission 34. A Joint Discussion: JD1 on “Atomic and Molecular Data for Astrophysics, New Developments, Case Studies and Future Needs” has been planned for the XXIVth IAU General Assembly in Manchester (Aug. 7-19, 2000) and cosponsored by Commissions 15, 16, 29, 34, 36, 40 and 44. Several other Joint Discussions to be held at the Manchester General Assembly are co-sponsored by this commission.

Forging an External EU Migration Policy: From Externalisation of Border Management to a Comprehensive Policy?

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Papagianni
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Global Approach ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
External Dimension ◽  
External Migration

Abstract This article presents a critical analysis of the new developments in the formation of an external dimension of EU migration policy. It seeks to offer comprehensive answers to why, how and who build(s) external migration policy. The author analyses the current institutional framework emphasising, first, the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, second, the variety of actors involved and the relations between them, and third, the innovative character of certain recent instruments. Next, the comprehensive and balanced character of the new policy is questioned. Its fundamental principles and objectives, as those are described in particular in the new Global Approach on Migration and Mobility, the so-called GAMM, are presented and examined in depth. Readmission agreements, visa facilitation agreements and mobility partnerships are used as case studies that provide a thorough review of the policy-making process and an assessment of the respective policy outcomes.

Economies and employment in growing and declining urban peripheries in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 391-410
Author(s):  
Alison Todes ◽  
Jennifer Houghton
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Urban Edge ◽  
Industrial Decline ◽  
Urban Periphery ◽  
The City ◽  
Eastern Edge

Urban peripheral growth takes diverse forms, including the development of new economic centralities, raising questions about access to employment for residents, especially in contexts where unemployment is high and economies are shifting towards more skilled and service-related employment. This article explores two case studies of residents’ experience of access to employment close to economic centralities on the urban edge in South Africa: the growing northern eThekwini area (Durban), which has developed major retail and office complexes since the 1990s and more recently a new airport and industrial spaces, and a declining industrial decentralisation point established in the 1980s on the eastern edge of the City of Tshwane (Pretoria). It shows the severe impact of industrial decline in the Tshwane case, but while unemployment is less in northern eThekwini, access to employment for low-income residents in these areas is still very limited and constrained. Experiences are however differentiated, suggesting a complexity of outcomes. The cases point to the vulnerability of these economic centralities to economic change and the limits of new developments on the urban periphery to addressing unemployment. These findings have implications for the current advocacy of ‘new cities’ in economic contexts such as South Africa.

scholarly journals Defense economics: Achievements and challenges

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Hartley
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Defense Economics ◽  
International Peacekeeping

Defense economics is now an established part of economics. This article reviews its achievements as represented by papers published in the research journal Defense and Peace Economics. The range of topics in the journal is reviewed, especially since 2000, and major gaps in coverage are identified. A changing research agenda reflects new developments such as terrorism and international peacekeeping. Gaps remain such as the need for good quality case studies of conflict (e.g., Iraq) and of major weapons projects (e.g., F-22 Raptor). Some challenges are outlined, namely, the choices resulting from the defense economics problem, the U.K.'s nuclear weapons policy, project case studies (e.g., Eurofighter Typhoon), military outsourcing, and data problems.

PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN PREDICTIVE OCEANOGRAPHY OF BENEFIT TO THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

1994 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 799
Author(s):  
Kerry Black
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Biological Responses

With improvements in equipment, satellite observations and basic knowledge, oceanographers are becoming more effective in predicting or hindcasting coastal and ocean circulation. Advantages which lead to better environmental outcomes for the oil and gas industry which arise from some of these improvements are discussed with case studies drawn from the Great Barrier Reef and Bass Strait. New developments in knowledge are particularly relevant to issues such as dispersal of produced water, oil spill modelling and environmental impact assessment, including a better understanding of the links between physical processes and biological responses. The case studies form part of a comprehensive hydrodynamic database developed on behalf of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority for an effective numerical modelling response to oil spills.

Environmental Defence: What More Can the Salvor Do?

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
Michael J. Lacey
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Central Position ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Control Functions ◽  
Integrated Response ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACT Casualty response must be a team effort if it is to be successful. Equally, the hard decisions must be taken by the Salvage Master at the scene. This paper considers the ways in which the objectives of integrated response and efficient command decision making can be achieved in a spill situation. The paper reviews the role of the Salvage Master, salvage strategies that aim to keep the pollutant in the ship, the integration of command and control functions in the light of the Salvage Master's central position, the questions surrounding responder liability, new developments in salvage contracts, and the role of the P&I Club in relation to the salvage function. The paper explores these issues by reviewing a series of major salvage cases, including the Sea Empress, Nassia, and Nakhodka. The case studies provide an overview of each operation, consider the command and control issues and set out the lessons for the handling of future operations.

Conclusion: American Buddhism in a “Post” Age

2019 ◽  
pp. 281-304
Author(s):  
Ann Gleig
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Buddhist Modernism ◽  
American Buddhism

This chapter suggests that to understand recent patterns and turns in American meditation-based convert Buddhism, one has to go beyond theories of modernity and explore what has come after it—as indicated by sociocultural signifiers such as postmodern, postcolonial, and postsecular. As the case studies have shown, new developments often explicitly and implicitly assert pressure on modernist characteristics and cannot be fully explained within the parameters of Buddhist modernism. The chapter then reviews a number of frameworks that either change the category of Buddhist modernism slightly or introduce a new analytical paradigm, and considers how well these alternatives attend to and account for emerging trends identified in this book.

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