scholarly journals Development and Application of Online Courseware for English Teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Shansong Huang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Generation System ◽  
Teaching Activities

Since the second decade of the 21st century, the rapid development of computer information technology promoted the internet use throughout society. We are now in an era in which life and learning are closely intertwined with the internet. In Western Europe, the United States, and other developed countries, teaching activities by online multimedia and offline technology have been long implemented. However, local online automatic generation software is inflicted with many issues, particularly, with the inability to meet the most student needs. Hence, we developed a new online courseware generation system to address this problem. After testing, the system functioned effectively, and the educational effect enhanced significantly.

The Growth of E-Commerce in Developing Countries

2013 ◽  
pp. 29-43
Author(s):  
Japhet E. Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Market ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Use Of The Internet

The growth of the Internet has opened up a vast arena, providing more opportunities for businesses, particularly small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to sell their products and services to a global audience than they would have been able to afford to reach using the traditional methods. SMEs are extremely important to many countries and their contribution to economy cannot be over emphasized. Several researchers have studied the contribution of the Internet and highlight the importance of convenience, satisfaction, quality, and consumer purchase behavior. In this study, it is argued that SMEs stand to benefit significantly from the opportunities and benefits that the Internet offers to businesses. Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market. The study is exploratory in nature and will be conducted in three stages. The findings presented in this paper, argues that SMEs in developing countries must learn from the experiences of developed countries, such as the United States and European countries, and use the Internet more frequently.

Why Is the U.S. Preterm Birth Rate So Much Higher Than the Rates in Canada, Great Britain, and Western Europe?

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 622-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet M. Bronstein ◽  
Martha S. Wingate ◽  
Anne E. Brisendine
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Preterm Birth ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Multiple Gestation ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Preterm Birth Rate

The portion of newborns delivered before term is considerably higher in the United States than in other developed countries. We compare the array of risk exposures and protective factors common to women across national settings, using national, regional, and international databases, review articles, and research reports. We find that U.S. women have higher rates of obesity, heart disease, and poor health status than women in other countries. This is in part because more U.S. women are exposed to the stresses of racism and income disparity than women in other national settings, and stress loads are known to disrupt physiological functions. Pregnant women in the United States are not at higher risk for preterm birth because of older maternal age or engagement in high-risk behaviors. However, to a greater extent than in other national settings, they are younger and their pregnancies are unintended. Higher rates of multiple gestation pregnancies, possibly related to assisted reproduction, are also a factor in higher preterm birth rates. Reproductive policies that support intentional childbearing and social welfare policies that reduce the stress of income insecurity can be modeled from those in place in other national settings to address at least some of the elevated U.S. preterm birth rate.

The Growth of E-Commerce in Developing Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Japhet E. Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Market ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Use Of The Internet

The growth of the Internet has opened up a vast arena, providing more opportunities for businesses, particularly small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to sell their products and services to a global audience than they would have been able to afford to reach using the traditional methods. SMEs are extremely important to many countries and their contribution to economy cannot be over emphasized. Several researchers have studied the contribution of the Internet and highlight the importance of convenience, satisfaction, quality, and consumer purchase behavior. In this study, it is argued that SMEs stand to benefit significantly from the opportunities and benefits that the Internet offers to businesses. Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market. The study is exploratory in nature and will be conducted in three stages. The findings presented in this paper, argues that SMEs in developing countries must learn from the experiences of developed countries, such as the United States and European countries, and use the Internet more frequently.

scholarly journals Morgellons disease vs dermatozoic delusion: unexpected psychodermatological problem for parasitologists and infectious disease doctors. Personal observations and review of the literature

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-50
Author(s):  
A. M Bronshtein ◽  
N. A Malishev ◽  
N. G Kochergin ◽  
I. V Davydova
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
United States ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The Media ◽  
Morgellons Disease

The term "Morgellons disease" has been introduced by patients, who pointed to the emerging from the skin threads, worms, insects, etc. For the study and dissemination of information on Morgellons disease funds have been established. Since 2002 through the Internet and the media the information about Morgellons disease in the United States and Western Europe began to spread. Since 2009 Morgellons disease was started to be detected in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The term "Morgellons disease" is used by some doctors in medical certificates for the purpose of information for other doctors in the free, not encrypted form about the presence of the mental disorder in a patient. Morgellons disease is one of the manifestations of dermatozoic delusion. Patients with Morgellons disease ask parasitologists and infectious disease doctors for medical help, write complaints to the overhead organizations, and flatly refuse to be observed by the psychiatrists. Parasitologists and infectious disease doctors should treat patients who claim that they have Morgellons disease, as patients with the dermatozoic delusion, and must not use the diagnosis of Morgellons disease in their practice.

scholarly journals Investment Partnership in the realm of Other Forms of Joint Ventures Existing in Russia in comparison with US Limited Partnership

Lex Russica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (10) ◽  
pp. 147-155
Author(s):  
E. E. Yakusheva
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Limited Partnership ◽  
Venture Investment ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Legal Forms

Globally the developed countries economies exist in conditions of ever-increasing competition. In recent decades, the states whose economy is based on modern technologies, the introduction of innovations and the creation of a favorable environment for their emergence has gained some advantage. Venture investment is an important component of the innovation economy, without which it is difficult to imagine the rapid development of new technologies. Under these conditions, the task of the legal systems of developed countries has become to create a legal framework for venture investment: convenient, transparent and understandable for national and international investors.In Russia, an important stage in the creation of a legal infrastructure for investment was the adoption of the Federal Law “On Investment Partnership” in 2011, designed to provide the investment community with contractual organizational and legal forms of collective investment activity, taking into account the specifics of the implementation of venture (especially risky) business projects. The Russian investment partnership is a direct analogue of the American limited partnership (limited partnership).The paper considers the main advantages of an investment partnership over other forms of collective investment activity, as well as analyzes some aspects of the regulation of investment partnerships in Russia and limited partnerships in the United States. The author concludes that an investment partnership is the optimal form of collective investment activity provided for by Russian legislation. There is no doubt that the general proximity of the construction of an investment partnership and a limited partnership, common in the United States (and other common law countries), makes an investment partnership the most attractive form of attracting foreign investment to the Russian market.

scholarly journals Digitalization of the Economy: the New Role of Social Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 006-026
Author(s):  
Rustem M. Nureev ◽  
◽  
Islam D. Surkhaev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Conflicting Information

The article is devoted to the analysis of social networks, the role of which is constantly growing in the context of the digitalization of the economy. The Internet has become an important prerequisite for their spread. If at the beginning of 1990, even in the most developed countries, less than 1% of the population used the Internet, then by 2020 the level of its prevalence in North America and Western Europe exceeded 90%, and in the countries of East, Southeast and West Asia, and Latin America has exceeded 2/3. We live in a rapidly changing world, when the number of active Internet users exceeded 4.66 billion people in early 2021. The speed of obtaining information is currently an important factor in economic activity. Therefore, contacts are growing rapidly, which is reflected in e-mail, which has become an integral part of modern life, pushing far back other forms of communication (newspapers, mail, telegraph, etc.). The rapid acceleration of conflicting information increases the risk of decision-making, many of which must be made in the face of uncertainty. With the growth of social networks, the density of contacts increases and the importance of a fuller use of network benefits increases. Not only is the number of participants changing, but so is the quantity and quality of the most popular websites. Citizens of modern states are more informed than their previous generations. Conducting an electoral system under such conditions turns out to be a task with many unknowns. In these conditions, voting manipulation takes on new features, which were clearly manifested during the American presidential campaigns in the United States in 2008, 2012, 2016. In addition, opportunities are being created to improve the quality of public finance management by increasing the openness of budgeting at the federal and regional levels, that is, the actual implementation of the Vernon Smith auction in practice, which will be an important step in the formation of a genuine civil society.

Transnational Distance Learning

2012 ◽  
pp. 68-85
Author(s):  
Awnesh Singh ◽  
Glen Cochrane ◽  
Zeynep Uyar ◽  
Chetan More ◽  
Joseph Scarcella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transnational Education ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Global View ◽  
The World

This chapter describes the online educational experiences of students in both emerging and developed countries around the world. The authors are from France, Japan, India, Cyprus, Canada, the United States, and Fiji. This cross-section was chosen to present a global view of student needs for transnational education. The chapter presents personal vignettes of the online educational experiences, as well as the authors’ views of student needs in the future. The authors also describe how they used technology to coordinate writing this chapter from six countries around the world.

scholarly journals Maternal Abortifacient use for Clandestine Abortion

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana L. Hopson ◽  
Jennifer Ross
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Pregnancy Termination ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Clinical Staff ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Future ◽  
At Home

Abortion is a highly debated topic. In the United States and other developed countries, the vast majority of abortions performed are done in a clinical setting or under the supervision of clinical staff. However, clandestine abortions still occur. Previously published reports have described clandestine abortions performed using crude and often dangerous methods. In the United States, published reports on the clandestine use of medications for abortions is rare. We report a series of cases in which maternal use of misoprostol and or a combination of misoprostol and mifepristone was used or suspected to have been used for the purpose of at-home pregnancy termination. These medications, purchased from Internet sites, were believed to have been shipped from countries outside of the United States. With ready accessibility to and increased prevalence of these sites on the Internet, it is likely that maternal abortifacient use will become more common in the future. This paper will provide guidance for the investigation and workup of these cases that come to the attention of the medical examiner or coroner.

The Comparative Study of Ethnic Minority Disadvantage

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTHONY HEATH ◽  
SIN YI CHEUNG
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Comparative Study

Ethnic minority disadvantage in the labour market has been a matter of growing concern in many developed countries in recent years. Discrimination on the basis of ascriptive factors, such as social origins or ethnicity, is generally regarded to be a source of economic inefficiency and waste. More importantly, it is a source of social injustice and social exclusion. This book explores ethnic inequalities in the labour market, particularly with respect to access to jobs. It examines whether ethnic minorities compete on equal terms in the labour market with equally qualified members of the charter populations and focuses on the experiences of the ‘second generation’, that is, the children of migrants who have themselves grown up and been educated in the countries of destination. In addition to the classic immigration countries of Australia, Canada, Israel, and the United States, the book also covers the major new immigration countries of Western Europe, such as Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, and Sweden, as well as South Africa.

scholarly journals Learning to Identify the Foreign in Developed Countries: The Example of Ireland

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
Colin Ireland
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Students ◽  
Globalized Economy ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Sense Of Identity

This article presents an essay that highlights how an English-speaking country with a developed, open, globalized economy in Western Europe—in this case, Ireland—can be used to teach American undergraduates how to identify, appreciate, and learn from the foreignness they inevitably encounter when they travel beyond the boundaries of the United States. American students must leave behind the mindset of a superpower and become sensitive to the strategies that a small, relatively powerless nation must adapt in order to survive and thrive economically, politically, and militarily in the community of nations. Ameican students enter an ancient culture that has maintained a remarkable continuity for millennia despite significant linguistic, political and social disruptions; that has suffered the loss of a language and its literature; that has been subjugated by a powerful neighbor and recovered its independence; that for centuries has had its population dispersed worldwide and yet retained a sense of identity.

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