... of work in progress All RAND occasional papers undergo rigorous peer review to ensure that they meet high standards for research quality and objectivity The Legaland Economic Implicationsof ... corporations, trade and professional associations, and individuals; by government grants and contracts; and by private foundations ICJ disseminates its work widely to the legal, business, and research ... e-discovery This paper presents the results of an exploratory study to identify the most important legaland economic implicationsof e-discovery and to develop a plan of research to be conducted over the...
... Roeser, Rafaela Hillerbrand, Per Sandin, Martin Peterson (Eds.) Handbook of Risk Theory Epistemology, Decision Theory, Ethics, andSocialImplicationsof Risk With 85 Figures and 62 Tables Editors ... Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management Delft University of Technology Delft The Netherlands and Philosophy Department University of Twente Enschede The Netherlands Rafaela Hillerbrand Human ... Hillerbrand, Per Sandin, and Martin Peterson Acknowledgments Sabine Roeser’s work for the Handbook of Risk Theory has been conducted at the philosophy departments of TU Delft and Twente University and...
... practices of the care professionals—not least in learning to operate and manage ICTs, individually and as part of a team In all of these different situations and contexts, the ethical, social, andlegal ... connectivity, equity, quality, cost, and safety offered by the various technology applications involved As some of the most obvious and yet profound ethical, legal, andsocial issues in healthcare information, ... 2004) Legal, .Ethical, .and. Social. Perspectives In the following pages, the practice of online medical consultations is looked at from the three different perspectives: legal, ethical, and social...
... number of new infections due to a combination of factors, HIV-Infection – Impact, Awareness andSocialImplicationsof Living with HIV/AIDS including HIV prevention efforts and the natural course of ... chemoprophylaxis and incidence of sexually transmitted infections and 22 HIV-Infection – Impact, Awareness andSocialImplicationsof Living with HIV/AIDS HIV-1 infection in Kenyan sex workers: a randomized ... Awareness andSocialImplicationsof Living with HIV/AIDS interface contains an antiparallel β-sheet formed by the interdigitation of the N- and Cterminal β-strands in each subunit and by an...
... requirements of ethics diYcult Ethical consequences are often likely to be negative for the dissemination of a technique It is easier to Wnd examples of techniques that Ethicalandsocial aspects of evaluating ... emphasize the health of the newborn population, public health or the health level of a given society And then we would have to face the dilemma of eugenics Ethical andsocial aspects of evaluating ... overall estimate of the health value of a technology, in isolation from the social situation and people This is relatively artiWcial even in regard to health eVects, and when socialandethical dimensions...
... to the history of land concessions in Laos, with an assessment and review of laws and policies related to forestry and land, and an analysis of the process of authorization of land concessions ... development of the meaning of “land”, the history of the land concessions, from the first beginnings to the present, rights and powers in the management and use of land, and the process of granting land ... to land and forest in 19791 with the objective of protection and preservation of the forest This Regulation defined land and forest as “land and forest land in the entirety of the territory of...
... long-term leases of land However, since the irrigated lowlands of Java were mostly owned and controlled by the Dutch, new plantations were established in the central highlands As the numbers of planters ... phone adoption The purpose of the study is to better understand the social- cultural and economic phenomena that occur in the OMW families as the result of the presence of mobile phones A Background ... land use in the Andes, the government argued that there were people and places that are poor, underdeveloped and in need of development Those people and places became the target of development...
... the area The research team consisted of a staff from RIA No 1, DOFI and CSSH and officers of People's Committee of the District (PCD) and People's Committee of the Commune (PCC) The fieldwork was ... pollution by nutrients and organic wastes from effluents and wastes, chemicals and medicinal residues to water and soil, salinisation of agricultural land and introductions of non-native species ... in provincial and national agencies: the Ministry of Fisheries (MOFI), RIA No 1, Hai phong Institute of Oceanography (HIO), DOFI, Department of Resource and Environment (DOSTE), and Hue Science...
... of solid waste will be collected; Reduce the generated rate of solid waste; The amount of solid waste that requires land filling and incineration will be cut down to 40% of the total volume of ... agencies, business sector, and the general public; Rising cost of fossil fuels needs to raise the use of biomass and biogas; Development of researches on biological decomposition and new technologies ... associated with development of evaluation methods: potential and enabling environment; Analysis of future scenario regarding biomass and biogas energy - Conduct CCA Implicationsof sustainable resource...
... which offers protection to individuals, especially minors and other vulnerable groups Promote the secure and responsible use of the Internet that respects international socialandethical norms and ... enabling the connection of large amounts of heterogeneous machines and networks, and the furthering of an environment of innovation and cross-fertilisation 75 An example of a very creative intermediary ... product and price comparisons and creating downward pressure on prices or, in the case of auction platforms, meeting supply and demand and creating new markets Search engines, portals and participative...
... Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Sources: UNDCP country profiles United States Department of Health and Human Services (Substance Abuse and Mental Health ... specific dates and magnitudes), cases of SARM increased by a factor of in Germany and Spain, and a factor of approximately in Austria, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland In France and the United ... abuse, creating something of a vicious circle D Trade and balance of payments The effects of the illicit drug industry on both the balance of trade and the balance of payments of a producer country,...
... corporation Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Office of Thrift Supervision savings and loans Securities and Exchange Commission Summary of Deposits Department of the Treasury This is a work of ... availability and allocation of credit, the stability of the financial system and the economy, and the safe and sound operations of such institutions To determine the number of certain types of financial ... other hand, accounted for about percent of credit card loans, but they accounted for less than percent of construction and land development loans and almost none of any other type of loan Grandfathered...
... GJB SOCIALIMPLICATIONSOF INTERNET 309 powerful collective representations (Alexander 1988) Marxists focus upon exploitation of communications media to enhance elite control of both politics and ... that of the alphabet (p 328), creating new forms of identity and inequality, submerging power in decentered flows, and establishing new forms ofsocial organization The comprehensive visions of ... lowering the cost of information and thus enhancing the ability of low-income men and women to gain human capital, find and compete for good jobs, and otherwise enhance their life chances (Anderson et...
... trips between the offshore islands and Fujian Province, including 144,234 from the offshore islands to the mainland, and 8,200 from the mainland to the offshore islands as of February 29, 2004 ... allowed residents of the Taiwanese-held offshore islands of Kinmen and Matsu to travel directly to the mainland and permitted some direct shipping between the offshore islands and China The mini-three ... between the two offshore islands and the mainland As part of that expansion of the mini-three links, the Taiwanese government also expanded the list of products that the offshore islands can import...
... Freeport’s Social, Employment, and Human Rights Policy by enumerating practices and operational standards in Papua in the areas ofsocialand economic development of the indigenous people of Papua, ... protection of human rights, and economic andsocial development of the local tribes in the area of operations They also set forth Freeport’s commitment for the welfare of the people of Papua and their ... enormous economic wealth and opportunities to help both the nation and the local community to gain and sustain an improved standard of living and quality of life for the current and future generations...
... Northland Polytechnic, New Zealand Peter Lay, Northland Polytechnic, New Zealand Chapter XII Electronic Commerce and Data Privacy: The Impact of Privacy Concerns on Electronic Commerce Use and ... incorporated illustrations of the types of research areas likely to facilitate the formulation of economic andsocial management policies The section on social statements and economic impact has ... awareness of the particularities of local struggles Social movements have become exactly that – movements - but often of socially relevant information rather than actual physical bodies of people...