Estimating the Economic Impact of Mass Digitization Projects on Copyright Holders: Evidence from the
<p>This Article challenges the conventional wisdom propounded by the U.S. and<br />
German governments, as well as Microsoft and other competitors of Google, concerning<br />
the likely economic impact of mass book-digitization projects. Originally advanced by<br />
publishing industry lobbying groups, the prevailing account of mass book-digitization<br />
projects is that they will devastate authors and publishers, just as Napster and its heirs<br />
have sup
Estimating the Economic Impact of Mass Digitization Projects on Copyright Holders: Evidence from the
<p>This Article challenges the conventional wisdom propounded by the U.S. and<br />
German governments, as well as Microsoft and other competitors of Google, concerning<br />
the likely economic impact of mass book-digitization projects. Originally advanced by<br />
publishing industry lobbying groups, the prevailing account of mass book-digitization<br />
projects is that they will devastate authors and publishers, just as Napster and its heirs<br />
have sup
Give evidence in court - Prepare for court
In this task you prepare yourself for a court appearance resulting
from an incident which you witnessed at Kingscliffe Shopping City.
Give evidence in court - Present evidence
In this task a security guard prepares and present evidence in a
court case where they are called as witness.
SocioQuest - Foundations of Sociology
This page is part of a larger website of sociological teaching material. Assignments located on this page include:Hypothesis Testing in the Social SciencesCareers in SociologyDurkheim's Study of SuicideIdentifying Sociological Perspectives
Inequities In Health and Well Being; The Evidence Base for Children Centres
Inequalities in health are: “Differences in the prevalence or incidence of health problems between individual people of higher and lower socio-economic status”. Inequities in health are these differences but articulated as being preventable, unjust and wrong. This presentation gives a perspective into the Evidence Base for Children Centres.
Efficient Markets Hypothesis: Theory and Evidence
These lecture Notes are from a Year 2 economics module on Money, Banking and Finance, delivered by Andros Gregoriou of the University of East Anglia.
Evidence and causes of economic disadvantage: The case for regional policy: lecture notes
Lecture notes supporting RELOCE (Regional and Local Economics), an economics module taught by Dave Clark of the University of Portsmouth in 2010.
Evidence and causes of economic disadvantage - the case for regional policy: presentation slides
Lecture slides supporting RELOCE (Regional and Local Economics), an economics module taught by Dave Clark of the University of Portsmouth in 2010.
Climate change: interpreting geological evidence
YouTube presentation
Foundations in evidence based practice
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online for downloaded as a zip file. As taught in Spring Semester 2010. This module is taught on the Diploma/BSc in Nursing and covers an introduction to evidence-based practice; the nature of evidence; an introduction to the research process; reflective thinking and writing; portfolio development skills; searching/accessing information/literature; summarising literature; referencing literature sources; reviewing literature; an introduction to law and
Research Methods: Qualitative versus Quantitative Approaches to Gathering Evidence
This is one of a series of audio podcasts that addresses issues relating to approaches to gathering evidence when conducting organisational research.This OER discusses some of the issues for consideration when deciding whether qualitative or quantitative approaches are likely to be most appropriate for answering different types of research questions.
What to do when there is no good evidence?
Drs. Steve Budsberg or the College of Veterinary Medicine and Dr. Mark Ebell of the College of Public Health talk about how to find answers when the best available evidence is lacking.
Presented by The Institute for Evidence-Based Health Professions Education (EBP).
The University of Georgia
copyright © 2010
14.74 Foundations of Development Policy (MIT)
Explores the foundations of policy making in developing countries. Goal is to spell out various policy options and to quantify the trade-offs between them. Special emphasis on education, health, gender, fertility, adoption of technological innovation, and the markets for land, credit, and labor. From the course home page: Course Description In this course, we will study the different facets of human development: education, health, gender, the family, land relations, risk, informal and formal
Red de Oportunidades: Conditional Cash Transfer Evidence from Panama
This paper estimates the impact of the conditional cash transfer program, Red de Oportunidades, on school enrollment, child labor, and preventive health services participation in Panama. The analysis relies on data from the Living Standards Measurement Survey of 2008. It uses a propensity score matching technique to identify the impact of the program in rural and indigenous areas of the country by replicating the selection criteria followed by the government to identify potential benefici
Social and Behavioral Foundations of Primary Health Care
Aims at providing you with the knowledge and skills needed to diagnose (understand) community, individual, and organizational behaviors and change processes in developing countries and in cross-cultural settings as a foundation for planning culturally appropriate primary health care (PHC) in the context of the ecological model of health behavior.
Perspectives on the Unfolding Spill: Evidence of the Environmental Impacts of the Event
While the government declared an end to the oil spill at the Macondo well on September 19, 2010, research into the causes and impacts of the Gulf disaster is ongoing. At the kickoff panel of a three-part symposium, three scientists discuss what they are learning about the disposition of the nearly 5 million gallons of oil, as well as gas and c
21L.002-2 Foundations of Western Culture II: Renaissance to Modernity (MIT)
This subject offers a broad survey of texts (both literary and philosophical) drawn from the Western tradition and selected to trace the growth of ideas about the nature of mankind's ethical and political life in the West since the renaissance. It will deal with the change in perspective imposed by scientific ideas, the general loss of a supernatural or religious perspective upon human events, and the effects for good or ill of the increasing authority of an intelligence uninformed by relig
21L.002 Foundations of Western Culture II (MIT)
Complementary to 21L.001. A broad survey of texts - literary, philosophical, and sociological - studied to trace the growth of secular humanism, the loss of a supernatural perspective upon human events, and changing conceptions of individual, social, and communal purpose. Stresses appreciation and analysis of texts that came to represent the common cultural possession of our time. Enrollment limited. HASS-D, CI.
Readings this semester ranging from political theory and oratory to autobiography, p
9.69 Foundations of Cognition (MIT)
Advances in cognitive science have resolved, clarified, and sometimes complicated some of the great questions of Western philosophy: what is the structure of the world and how do we come to know it; does everyone represent the world the same way; what is the best way for us to act in the world. Specific topics include color, objects, number, categories, similarity, inductive inference, space, time, causality, reasoning, decision-making, morality and consciousness. Readings and discussion include
