Sophie Laws, with Caroline Harper and Rachel Marcus. Research for Development: A Practical Guide. New Delhi: Vistaar Publications. 2003. xiii+475 pages. Paperback. Indian Rupees 450.00.

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-172
Author(s):  
Mir Annice Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Policy Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Is Research ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Development Workers

To implement any successful policy, research about the subject-matter is essential. Lack of knowledge would result in failure and, from an economic point of view, it would lead to a waste of scarce resources. The book under review is essentially a manual which highlights the use of research for development. The book is divided into two parts. Part One informs the reader about concepts and some theory, and Part Two deals with the issue of undertaking research for development. Both parts have 11 chapters each. Chapter 1 asks the basic question: Is research important in development work? The answer is that it is. Research has many dimensions: from the basic asking of questions to the more sophisticated broad-based analysis of policy issues. The chapter, in short, stresses the usefulness of research which development workers ignore at their own peril.

scholarly journals Telemedicine: challenges to dissemination in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (suppl 2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Manuel Santos de Varge Maldonado ◽  
Alexandre Barbosa Marques ◽  
Antonio Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interdisciplinary Nature ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Universal Health

Abstract: Telemedicine has been seen as an important tool for facing the challenges of universal health systems. The goal of this article is to discuss the main challenges to its full dissemination in Brazil. Being a somewhat new area, there are not many scientific papers that systematize it. This article is an exploratory paper, as it aims to provide an overall perspective on the subject. From an economic point of view, telemedicine is a strategic area due to its an intrinsic potential of being a source for generating innovation, for requiring and incorporating technological breakthroughs from other areas, and for its interdisciplinary nature and dynamic inter-relations that drive different industries. From the social perspective, it has the potential to make access to health services democratic, by connecting remote regions with health services located in hospitals and centers of reference for prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

scholarly journals Property as an economic category

2020 ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Yaroslav HROMOVYI
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
General Concept ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction. Property is a multifaceted phenomenon, so that, even within one science, there is no general concept that would reflect its meaning. At the same time, we are of the opinion that the most important aspects of property for modern society are economic and legal, despite the fact that property, first of all, was considered as a philosophical category. In scientific sources, the commonality of features that characterize the property on the legal side (possession, use and disposal), is called the legal (legal) category, and economic (the desire to own goods (both tangible and intangible), the relationship between owners, owner and direct producer of goods (subject-subject relations)) - economic category. The purpose of the paper is to consider the essence of property as an economic category. Results. Analyzing the category of «property» from an economic point of view, we can identify its basic basis: the relationship of different owners with each other, as well as owners and direct producers of goods. In the «owner – owner» relationship, we observe the economic process of exchange of goods. At the same time, the owner-non-owner relationship is non-economic, so it is not the subject of economists' research. The relationship between different owners, as well as owners and direct producers of goods is the material basis of our society. Conclusion. Property as an economic category is characterized by: first, the result of the manifestation of the subject of his will - the desire to own the goods of the world; secondly, goods both material and non-material; third, the social relations and interrelationships of the owners among themselves, as well as the owners and direct producers of goods.

scholarly journals Leadership and conflict management in production organisations

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-362
Author(s):  
Jerko Glavaš ◽  
Veljko Kondić ◽  
Iva Balić
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
High Conflict ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Production Organization

Conflicts between different interests are inevitable in every business organization. Therefore, it is not surprising that the number and intensity of conflicts is sometimes very high. Conflict resolution is a skill without which managers can hardly succeed in their business. The subject of research in this paper is conflict management from a technical and economic point of view. The paper defines and analyzes the notion of leadership, that is, elements and dimensions of leadership, the notion of leader, and theoretical approaches to leadership. In addition to the above, the concept of conflict, more specifically its type, levels of conflict, consequences and causes, and techniques of conflict resolution have been defined and analyzed. An online survey (based on the LinkedIn Business Social Network) was conducted to determine how individuals in a production organization respond and resolve conflicts as well as the results of the same. Based on theoretical scientific approach, the conducted research and the analysis of the results, conclusions and recommendations are given, as well as key questions for future research.

Presidential Address

1936 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. M. Powicke
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
The Subject

The literature about the medieval state is enormous. Many very distinguished scholars, especially in Germany, have given their ripest thought to the problems which the word “state” suggests when it is applied to medieval society. In recent years several manful efforts have been made to extricate the subject from the trammels of law and philosophy. In Germany, for example, Georg von Below, Fritz Kern and, latest of all, Heinrich Mitteis, have, each in his own way, tried to deal with it as earlier writers, like Waitz, Ranke and Ficker, dealt with it. They have approached it from a political or social or economic point of view, and have made themselves independent, so far as they could, of the categories of the jurists and the generalisations suggested by a study of medieval political thought. Even these exceptional men have not found it easy to avoid categories of their own.

scholarly journals A repercussão geral no recurso extraordinário e seu impacto na seara tributária / The overall impact on the extraordinary appeal and its impact on tax field

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastião Sergio da Silveira ◽  
Alcides Belfort da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
The North ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
American Law ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Speedy Trial ◽  
The Impact

Resumo: O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o impacto do filtro processual instituído pela Emenda Constitucional nº 45, qual seja, a repercussão geral no recurso extraordinário e o seu propósito de celeridade processual junto ao Supremo Tribunal Federal. Trata-se de um requisito de admissibilidade do recurso extraordinário, que foi inspirado no direito norte-americano e tem como principal objetivo solucionar a crise vivenciada pela Suprema Corte. Para a verificação da repercussão geral deverá ser levada em consideração a existência, ou não, de questões relevantes do ponto de vista econômico, político, social, ou jurídico, que ultrapassem os interesses subjetivos da causa (CPC, §1º do art. 543-A), atual redação dada pelo NCPC nos termos do artigo 1.035. É justamente neste ponto a pertinência que guarda com o Direito Tributário, vez que tal ramo (ou setor, como preferem outros) impacta na vida do cidadão de maneira incisiva. Assim, a maioria das causas tributárias, devido ao seu impacto social e jurídico, desembocam no Supremo Tribunal Federal, sendo que a Corte é responsável por delimitar o tema da forma mais consentânea possível.Abstract: This study aims to analyze the impact of procedural filter established by Constitutional Amendment 45, which is the general impact on the extraordinary appeal and its aimed speedy trial by the Supreme Court. This is an extraordinary appeal admissibility requirement, which was inspired by the North American law and aims to resolve the crisis experienced by the Supreme Court. To check the general defense must take into account the existence or not of relevant issues from the economic point of view, political, social, or legal, exceeding the subjective interests of the cause. It is precisely at this point that the relevance guard with the Tax Law, since this branch (or sector, as they prefer other) impacts the life of incisively citizen. Thus, most of the tax claims, due to their social and legal impact, leading into the Supreme Court, and the Court is responsible for defining the subject of more consistent as possible.

Convolution and Equidistribution

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas M. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Finite Field ◽  
Finite Fields ◽  
Mellin Transform ◽  
Exponential Sums ◽  
Multiplicative Group ◽  
Input Function ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
Mellin Transforms ◽  
The Subject

This book explores an important aspect of number theory—the theory of exponential sums over finite fields and their Mellin transforms—from a new, categorical point of view. The book presents fundamentally important results and a plethora of examples, opening up new directions in the subject. The finite-field Mellin transform (of a function on the multiplicative group of a finite field) is defined by summing that function against variable multiplicative characters. The basic question considered in the book is how the values of the Mellin transform are distributed (in a probabilistic sense), in cases where the input function is suitably algebro-geometric. This question is answered by the book's main theorem, using a mixture of geometric, categorical, and group-theoretic methods. By providing a new framework for studying Mellin transforms over finite fields, this book opens up a new way for researchers to further explore the subject.

A Marine Radar System Incorporating Automatic Plotting

1962 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-438
Author(s):  
J. H. Beattie
Keyword(s):  
Radar System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Simple Application ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Marine Radar ◽  
Economic Need ◽  
Complex Matter ◽  
The U.S

The possibility of completely automatizing the navigation of merchant ships has been the subject of a recent study and prototype anti-collision radar equipment has already been engineered and evaluated. Indications are that, particularly from an economic point of view, there is little likelihood of such equipment going to sea in the foreseeable future, if it is accepted that a principle aim of any such system should be to reduce manning requirements below three watch-keeping deck officers and a captain. The main reason is that complex navigational problems exist at the beginning and end of the voyage and the presence of a trained watch-keeping deck officer offers the most economic solution to these problems. Detailed analysis of these navigational problems shows that the simple application of automatization techniques to existing equipment offers improved, standards of navigational efficiency and thus increased safety and higher productivity. A new radar plotting system, the Decca 969/ARP, is designed to assist a single watch-keeping deck officer to navigate more efficiently by automatizing certain difficult navigational tasks now performed manually.That the economic need for automatic or semi-automatic navigational equipment and the design of such equipment is a relatively complex matter is illustrated by the recent very full report issued by the U.S. Maritime Administration. It was clear by 1958 that new navigational radar equipment would be required; a design study was therefore commenced.

A Modified Chair Geometry for Whole Body Counting

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (05) ◽  
pp. 246-247
Author(s):  
S. C. Jain ◽  
G. C. Bhola ◽  
A. Nagaratnam ◽  
M. M. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Marked Improvement ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Spatial Response ◽  
Body Counting ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Whole Body Counting ◽  
The Buddha

SummaryIn the Marinelli chair, a geometry widely used in whole body counting, the lower part of the leg is seen quite inefficiently by the detector. The present paper describes an attempt to modify the standard chair geometry to minimise this limitation. The subject sits crossed-legged in the “Buddha Posture” in the standard chair. Studies with humanoid phantoms and a volunteer sitting in the Buddha posture show that this modification brings marked improvement over the Marinelli chair both from the point of view of sensitivity and uniformity of spatial response.

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