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Exploiting information and communication technologies for rural development
(Elsevier, 1992-07)This paper examines how information technology (IT) might be exploited to promote rural development; it also considers how IT impacts on the rural periphery. The appropriate adaptation of this technology for indigenous ... -
The ideology of population control in the UN draft plan for Cairo
(Springer, 1994-09)This paper examines the influence of population control ideology on the draft plan for the UN Cairo Conference on Population and Development. It is argued that this draft plan can only be fully understood in the context ... -
Evaluation of a novel PCR based diagnostic assay for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens
(ACM, 1996-06-18)We report on a PCR-based assay we have developed for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples. One hundred sputum specimens, which included 34 culture-positive and 66 culture-negative specimens, were ... -
Ireland, peacekeeping and policing the 'new world order'.
(Centre for Research and Documentation, 1997)The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the 'Cold War' has given rise to a situation where there is in effect one world 'superpower', the United States of America (US). The so called 'new world order' was intended ... -
Reconsidering the exclusion of metaphysics in human geography
(Fabrizio Serra Editore, 1997-05)From its beginning as a systematic branch of knowledge, human geography was strongly influenced by developments in the other branches of the social sciences. Once a predominantly descriptive and ideographic discipline, ... -
E-tailing in Ireland: a review of Ireland's top 25 retailers
(2002)Electronic commerce provides a new sales channel for traditional retailers (Gulati and Garino, 2000, Griffith and Krampf, 1998). Yet, many traditional retailers have been slow to embrace the new technology (Bellman, ... -
Growing older in socially deprived areas: social exclusion in later life
(Help The Aged, 2002)This report presents research findings from a study investigating the impact of social exclusion on older people living in some of England¿s most deprived urban areas. It examines the degree to which people living in inner ... -
Israeli Action in Jenin far from a Proportionate Response
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Methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of CRM training: A survey of UK aviation operators.
(2002)This study examines the techniques which UK aviation operators are employing to evaluate crew resource management (CRM) training. A questionnaire designed to elicit information on the methods used in industry to evaluate ... -
Methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of CRM training: A literature review.
(Ashgate, 2002)This review paper examines the methods used to evaluate Crew Resource Management (CRM) training in 48 published studies from aviation (40) and other industries. The training evaluation techniques are categorised in terms ... -
Developing a method for evaluating CRM skills: A European perspective.
(Taylor & Francis, 2002-11)The European Commission in conjunction with the European Joint Aviation Authorities (Human Factors Project Advisory Group) has been sponsoring a series of studies investigating a culturally robust method for the evaluation ... -
Selective Conscientious Objection in International Law: Refusing to Participate in a Specific Armed Conflict
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Web Services: Quo Vadis?
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The Role of Process Evolution in Achieving Citizen Centred e-Government
(2003)The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector organizations to redefine their levels of service. In the late 1990's E-government provided unparalleled opportunities for governments ... -
The Internet, A Creator of Electronic Markets for Airline Tickets?
(2003)In 1987 Malone, Yates, and Benjamin proposed that the use of information technology would alter market structures, the result of which would be more use being made of electronic markets. One of the primary examples given ... -
Assessing the community development-family support relationship: an exploratory examination of projects & programmes in the West of Ireland
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EU Bewildered by Ireland's Attitude to Peacekeeping Force for Macedonia
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The role of process evolution in achieving citizen centered e-government
(Association for Information Systems, 2003)The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector organizations to redefine their levels of service. In the late 1990¿s E-government provided unparalleled opportunities for governments ... -
Human chorionic gonadotrophin relaxation of human pregnant myometrium and activation of the BKCa channel
(2003)The uterorelaxant effect of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is regarded as an important mediator in maintenance of uterine quiescence during pregnancy with clinical potential for tocolysis, the mechanisms of which are ...