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This digital document is a journal article from Transportation Research Part C, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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We consider state-space specifications of autoregressive moving average models (ARMA) and structural time series models as a framework to formulate and estimate inspection and deterioration models for transportation infrastructure facilities. The framework provides a rigorous approach to exploit the abundance and breadth of condition data generated by advanced inspection technologies. From a managerial perspective, the framework is attractive because the ensuing models can be used to forecast infrastructure condition in a manner that is useful to support maintenance and repair optimization, and thus they constitute an alternative to Markovian transition probabilities. To illustrate the methodology, we develop performance models for asphalt pavements. Pressure and deflection measurements generated by pressure sensors and a falling weight deflectometer, respectively, are represented as manifestations of the pavement's elasticity/load-bearing capacity. The numerical results highlight the advantages of the two classes of models; that is, ARMA models have superior data-fitting capabilities, while structural time series models are parsimonious and provide a framework to identify components, such as trend, seasonality and random errors. We use the numerical examples to show how the framework can accommodate missing values, and also to discuss how the results can be used to evaluate and select between inspection technologies.
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This digital document is a journal article from World Patent Information, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Trademark offices which run according to principles of new management have an inherent need for dependable forecasting data in planning capacity and service levels. We wanted to find out whether there are factors which positively or negatively influence customers to register trademarks in Switzerland. Lacking literature on the idiosyncrasies of trademark filing behavior, we developed our own forecasting model adapted from those in other fields. It included timelines for trademark applications and corresponding classes over a 9-year period (1992-2001) and internal events which might possibly influence filing. The forecast is based on state space models with and without explanatory variables. We used a standard model with trend, season and random components, then added variables for external interventions and finally, added a model for regressors. The result was a statistical model which produced reliable forecasting over an 18-month period. It compares well to four other forecasting methods. Reliability was improved slightly by adding economic variables such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, SPI, SMI and the Swiss Consumer Index.
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The initiatives created by the pilot cities in the City Development Strategy and City Without Slums programs are presented with vivid on-the-ground examples in this retrospective look at these programs. Detailed plans formulated by cities around Asia—including Manila, Da Nang in Vietnam, and Calicut in India—are explained in terms of their objectives for alleviating poverty and upgrading deprived low-income settlements on a citywide scale. An analysis is provided of past lessons learned in combating the development of urban slums with suggestions for the future.
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This digital document is an article from Finance & Development, published by International Monetary Fund on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1690 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: A bigger role for leqislatures: as elected representatives, legislatures should be involved in developing national poverty reduction strategies and overseeing their implementation.
Author: Frederick C. Stapenhurst
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Finance & Development (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2002
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Development Planning and Poverty Reduction
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The stated aim of much development assistance is the reduction of poverty. This book examines how development interventions might be more effectively targeted to achieve this aim. Part One provides an overview of planning for poverty reduction, and evidence on the extent and causes of poverty. Part Two examines participatory approaches to development planning. Part Three assesses macro-economic strategies and programs for poverty reduction. Part Four concludes with a microeconomic analysis of the distribution of benefits from investment projects.
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Education and Training in Madagascar: Toward a Policy Agenda for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction (World Bank Country Study)
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The prospects for educational development are excellent in Madagascar, in light of the increasingly favorable, policy environment for the sector. Public spending for education, relative to the gross domestic product declined in the 90s, coinciding with a five-fold rise in the country ' s interest payment for external debt. As the debt service burden began to ease in the late 90s, public spending on education began to recover, and can be expected to grow. A key challenge however, is to transform the sector ' s public spending into educational outcomes that would make significant contributions to poverty reduction. The report identifies challenges at all levels of formal education, where a medium term goal is to achieve universal access to basic education, and of reasonable quality, while closely linking expansion of other levels, and types of education and training, to labor market demand. In primary education, challenges remain to raise educational enrollment rates and reduce grade repetition; including the rationalization of teacher allocation, and provision of learning materials. At the secondary level, policy issues should expand enrollment at a moderate pace, focusing on quality improvements. As for vocational and technical education, the provision of training should be rationalized, to reduce costs, aligning training to labor demand; similarly, for higher education.
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Rural Development Strategies for Poverty Reduction and Environmental Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa (Directions in Development (Washington, D.C.).)
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A Sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies (2 Vol. Set)
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Urban Futures: Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction (Urban Management Series)
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Poverty and economic growth are intrinsically related but are not always synonymous. Human wellbeing is as important to economic growth as growth is to wellbeing. Poverty is multi-dimensional, encompassing both income and non-income related factors. Mobility, aspiration, dignity, respect, knowledge, information and ‘savvy’ feature importantly in our understanding of the dynamics of poverty.
This book brings together a collection of essays from around the world on urban development and poverty. The book reviews current international research in respect to some of the major themes that contribute to improving the equity and efficiency of urban systems. It bridges the need for a strong theoretical understanding of the issues with the demand for an equal understanding of practical application. Importantly, it explores and sets out methodologies for understanding qualitatively the dynamics of poverty and urban development.
Organized into three parts, the book adopts as its principal theme poverty and the eradication of extreme poverty. Part 1: The Dynamics of Poverty and Urban Poverty Research, offers a framework for understanding poverty and a methodology for research. It identifies a range of broadly based, non-country specific themes in respect to the processes of urbanization, urban poverty and child poverty. Part 2 : The Dynamics of Urban Systems, includes a selection of country specific essays each focused on an aspect of urban development and its relation to poverty. Each chapter offers first a theoretical overview in respect to its theme topic (shelter, land, partnership, migration), then explored in practice through case. Part 3: Urban Futures, reviews the principal themes emerging from the chapters and offers a basis for future work.
Each part includes an introductory piece from a southern NGO in response to the question: "What kind of research would help you most in pursuit of your cause." In this way this book contributes to the process of ensuring that international academic research remains grounded and practical.
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Bushmeat and Livelihoods: Wildlife Management and Poverty Reduction (Conservation Science and Practice)
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This book explores the links between bushmeat and livelihoods in Africa and other parts of the world, with a focus on the human dimension of the debate. It begins with a series of case studies that provide insights into what species survive different intensities of bushmeat hunting and trapping, and examine the shape and size of household consumption and market trading. There is considerable variation, both within and between countries, which gives the reader a sense of the diversity of issues involved when considering the bushmeat trade. These case studies are supplemented with additional sections on governance and institutional impacts on wildlife management; lessons learned from agriculture, non-timber forest product and development sectors; and perspectives from other continents which shed light on the biogeographic, cultural, and economic differences in wildlife trade and consumption in those parts of the world.Written by leading scholars in conservation biology, social policy, and development, Bushmeat and Livelihoods reaches beyond simplistic solutions to address one of the major conservation and development issues facing Africa and the world today.
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They are charming and cunning, affectionate and aloof, obedient and stubborn. They are loyal, playful, and sweet-but only on their terms. They have been domesticated for 3,000 years-and we still haven't figured them out.
Mews Items celebrates the enigmatic nature of the cat with more than 150 amazing and astounding stories that will leave cat lovers of all ages clawing for more. Included are tales about such felines as:
" Big Boy, who lived in a tree for three years and never came down.
" An abandoned kitten who was found swimming miles from land in the Gulf of Mexico.
" The cat burglars who sneaked into neighbors' houses and carted off clothes, shoes, and other personal items.
" Skittles, who walked more than 400 miles in the dead of winter to be reunited with his owners.
" Pip, who unwittingly got himself sealed inside a FedEx box and shipped hundreds of miles away.
" Aggie, who drove an intruder out of her owners' home, even though she was blind.
These crazy cat tales will be especially relished by the more than one-third of Americans who own at least one cat.
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Make Music Now! is an easy-to-read, non-technical, fun introduction to putting together and using a home studio. In addition to describing important concepts and gear-related topics, this book offers how-to tips and tricks, cost-effective technological guidance, and creative inspiration for using computers to make and distribute original music. The first section is an overview of gear: what the various pieces are, why they are necessary, how each one works, and tips on what to look for when shopping. The second section suggests fun ideas for home studio projects, and describes the basics of distributing music online, burning CDs, and more. Mitch Gallagher is editor-in-chief of EQ magazine and a former technical editor of Keyboard.
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Thorough, yet EZ.......2005-11-13
I have a lot of books on this subject, but this is the easiest and most clearly written book for the beginning home recordist I have seen. Mitch knows his business and also how to teach. He includes all necessary technical terms but explains them through simple analogy. Its almost like having a personal tutor there to help you. He anticipates and provides soulutiions for common problems that may, and probably will, arise. The book is thorough in that he takes you from shopping for and buying the right equipment, to recording and burning your music CD and distributing it online.
A Must Have for all interested in learning home recording!!!.......2002-04-27
Make Music Now!: Putting Your Studio Together, Recording Songs, Making CDs, and Distributing Online by Mitch Gallagher (Editor)
This inexpensive book is one of the best small recording/music production information sources I have read. It covers many topics, with enough detail to give a firm understanding for the novice-intermediate home recording musician, while at the same time not overwhelming him/her. It is easy to read, well divided by topic and extremely affordable. It is also thin enough to pop into your laptop case. I'd highly recommend buying a copy to anyone confused by the ANY key concepts in recording or home music production. This is a MUST have. I work for a public school system, and this book would also make an excellent text for any teachers interested in adding recording/MIDI to their curriculum.BUY IT!
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One Hundred Secret Thoughts Cats Have About Humans
Celia Haddon
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The American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era, even after 9/11, than at any time since World War II. How can it be, then, that public attentiveness to U.S. foreign policy crises has increased? This book represents the first systematic attempt to explain this apparent paradox. Matthew Baum argues that the answer lies in changes to television's presentation of political information. In so doing he develops a compelling "byproduct" theory of information consumption. The information revolution has fundamentally changed the way the mass media, especially television, covers foreign policy. Traditional news has been repackaged into numerous entertainment-oriented news programs and talk shows. By transforming political issues involving scandal or violence (especially attacks against America) into entertainment, the "soft news" media have actually captured more viewers who will now follow news about foreign crises, due to its entertainment value, even if they remain uninterested in foreign policy.
Baum rigorously tests his theory through content analyses of traditional and soft news media coverage of various post-WWII U.S. foreign crises and statistical analyses of public opinion surveys. The results hold key implications for the future of American politics and foreign policy. For instance, watching soft news reinforces isolationism among many inattentive Americans. Scholars, political analysts, and even politicians have tended to ignore the soft news media and politically disengaged citizens. But, as this well-written book cogently demonstrates, soft news viewers represent a largely untapped reservoir of unusually persuadable voters.
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Fundamental Concepts for the Software Quality Engineer is a collection of the best articles on software quality, taken from the professional journal The Software Quality Professional and recent International Conferences on Software Quality, and compiled by Taz Daughtrey, editor-in-chief of the Software Quality Professional.
This book offers insights from over thirty leaders in industry and academia with practical real-world experience, and each article in this book has been peer-reviewed for technical content, assuring that the content is accurate and time-worthy. Each section of the book is arranged to follow the ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer Body of Knowledge, giving the book a logical organization, and making this an outstanding overview of the content in the ASQ CSQE exam.
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Good Prepartion for CSQE.......2005-04-01
The book is written in plain, simple terms and is a collection of articlesfrom subject experts. It covers basicly the BOK (Book of knowledge) for the CSQE-Exam from ASQ.
Excellent material for CSQEs (and candidates), and QA pros.......2004-06-22
Before describing this book, I want to clarify what this book is and is not.
It is: background material for candidates pursuing ASQ's Certified Software Quality Engineer, practicing CSQEs, and members of the software quality profession who may or may not be interested in becoming a CSQE.
It is NOT: the principle resource for studying for the CSQE exam, which is based upon the ASQ Software Quality Engineer Body of Knowledge.
What this book contains: twenty articles that comprise this compendium are aligned to the eight Software Quality Engineering Body of Knowledge topic areas:
(1) Standards, Principles, and Ethics
(2) Quality Management
(3) Software Processes
(4) Project Management
(5) Measurement
(6) Inspection and Testing
(7) Audits
(8) Configuration Management
The articles are primarily drawn from ASQ's Software Quality Professional magazine, of which this book's editor is editor-in-chief. Among recognizable names of some of the contributing authors - all of whom have published books in their respective areas of expertise - are: Watts Humphrey, William Florac and Anita Carleton, Tom Gilb, Dorothy Graham, and Tim Kasse. All of the other authors are experts in their respective fields as well, which is reflected by the uniformly high quality of writing and knowledge imparted by each of the articles.
I like the careful selection of articles, and the way they are aligned to the Software Quality Engineering Body of Knowledge. Each goes to the heart of the topic area, and also augment the body of knowledge by providing real-world views. Although this book is not intended to be the official study guide for the CSQE exam, the material will certainly reinforce the body of knowledge and better prepare candidates for the exam. For practicing CSQEs this book will provide a handy reference of realistic applications of the body of knowledge on the job. For others in the software quality profession - from testing professional to SQA analysts and engineers - this book gives a solid framework of the profession as a whole. The knowledge and experience imparted by the authors is invaluable.
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Fundamental Concepts for the Software Quality Engineer, Volume 2
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This volume provides selected articles gathered from the last five volumes of Software Quality Professional (SQP), a peer-reviewed quarterly publication applying quality principles to the development and use of software and software-based systems. This collection of articles provides you with insights from authors around the globe, which is vital in today's global economy. As with SQP and this series' first volume, this book follows the categories of the ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer Body of Knowledge. The articles are each related to one of the seven knowledge areas and provided in numbers proportional to the relative weights assigned to each category in the certification exam. Software engineers should use this book to broaden their knowledge in several important aspects of software quality. The field keeps growing and expanding to meet the changing needs of technology; the insights presented in this book can help you meet the challenge and begin your journey.
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