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SARS was the ?rst new plague of the twenty-?rst century. Within
months, it spread worldwide from its "birthplace" in Guangdong
Province, China, affecting over 8,000 people in 25 countries and
territories across ?ve continents. SARS exposed the vulnerability
of our modern globalised world to the spread of a new emerging
infection. SARS (or a similar new emerging disease) could neither
have spread so rapidly nor had such a great global impact even 50
years ago, and arguably, it was itself a product of our global
inter-connectedness. Increasing af?uence and a demand for wild-game
as exotic food led to the development of large trade of live animal
and game animal markets where many species of wild and domestic
animals were co-housed, providing the ideal opportunities for
inter-species tra- mission of viruses and other microbes. Once such
a virus jumped species and attacked humans, the increased human
mobility allowed the virus the opportunity for rapid spread. An
infected patient from Guangdong who stayed for one day at a hotel
in Hong Kong led to the transmission of the disease to 16 other
guests who travelled on to seed outbreaks of the disease in
Toronto, Singapore, and Vietnam, as well as within Hong Kong
itself. The virus exploited the practices used in modern intensive
care of patients with severe respiratory disease and the weakness
in infection control practices within our health care systems to
cause outbreaks within hospitals, further amplifying the spread of
the disease. Health-care itself has become a two-edged sword.
This book focuses on the adoption of new technologies led by
information and communication technologies by SMEs in developing
countries. It identifies several factors that augment
competitiveness of firms in the era of globalization. Contrary to
the general belief, these factors are not uniform across developing
world. Based on the empirical evidence from firms located in
Malaysia, India, Nigeria, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, the study
concludes that firms cannot remain competitive without
institutional support. Since firms operate in different
institutional and economic environment, form of support varies from
one country to another.
Using the findings from data analysis of fifty-one developing
countries, this bookanalyses several national and international
factors that have resulted in uneven development of the textiles
and clothing industry inthe developing world. The findings are
further substantiated by case studies of major players in this
industry, such as India and China. While international trade rules
have played a critical role in the growth of the textiles and
clothing industry, country- and industry-specific policies and
capacity building initiatives have also resulted in the present
scenarioin several countries. There is no common recipe for all
developing countries for sustaining market share in the domestic
and international markets.Regional and local factors need to be
taken into consideration while formulating policies for the
industry.
Recent empirical evidence across countries shows a substantial and
increasing return to IT investment. New technologies open up
opportunities for small firms to expand their markets beyond
national borders. This books looks specifically at ICT adoption and
learning trajectories in developing countries; a context
characterized by skill deficiencies and weak institutional support.
The authors employ a systemic theoretical framework and a variety
of research techniques to present firm-level evidence on learning
in firms in an Internet-based production environment. This book is
an invaluable addition to the literature on small firms and
economic development.
SARS was the ?rst new plague of the twenty-?rst century. Within
months, it spread worldwide from its "birthplace" in Guangdong
Province, China, affecting over 8,000 people in 25 countries and
territories across ?ve continents. SARS exposed the vulnerability
of our modern globalised world to the spread of a new emerging
infection. SARS (or a similar new emerging disease) could neither
have spread so rapidly nor had such a great global impact even 50
years ago, and arguably, it was itself a product of our global
inter-connectedness. Increasing af?uence and a demand for wild-game
as exotic food led to the development of large trade of live animal
and game animal markets where many species of wild and domestic
animals were co-housed, providing the ideal opportunities for
inter-species tra- mission of viruses and other microbes. Once such
a virus jumped species and attacked humans, the increased human
mobility allowed the virus the opportunity for rapid spread. An
infected patient from Guangdong who stayed for one day at a hotel
in Hong Kong led to the transmission of the disease to 16 other
guests who travelled on to seed outbreaks of the disease in
Toronto, Singapore, and Vietnam, as well as within Hong Kong
itself. The virus exploited the practices used in modern intensive
care of patients with severe respiratory disease and the weakness
in infection control practices within our health care systems to
cause outbreaks within hospitals, further amplifying the spread of
the disease. Health-care itself has become a two-edged sword.
This books looks specifically at ICT adoption and learning
trajectories in developing countries; a context characterized by
skill deficiencies and weak institutional support. The authors
employ a theoretical framework and research techniques to present
firm-level evidence on learning in firms in an Internet-based
production environment.
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Compilation of Input-Output Tables - Proceedings of a Session of the 17th General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Gouvieux, France, August 16 - 22, 1981 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
J. V. Skolka; Contributions by S. B. Algera, O. Aukrust, J -F Divay, A. Franz, …
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Those familiar with input-output analysis know well that
compilation of input-output tables is a difficult statistical work.
The very first input-output tables (e.g. such as those for the
United States economy in 1919 and 1929 or for the Federal Republic
of Germany in the fifties) were the results of applied economic
research. But soon after, official statistical bodies, who
understood that input-output tables consistent with national
accounts can very much improve the quality of economic statistics,
started systematic work in this field. It was also obvious that
international exchange of experience can be useful. The two main
internatio nal fora in which discussion of input-output compilation
took place were the international input-out put conferences and
United Nations bodies. Already at the First International
Conference on Input-Output Techniques (Driebergen 1950) several
authors analysed the relations between input-output tables and
national accounts. The topic was also on the programme of the
Second Conference (Varenna 1954). At the Third Conference (Geneva
1961) standardization of input-output statistics was a topic of a
panel discussion of eight experts. The relevant papers, which are
still of interest, can be found in published conference
proceedings."
This book focuses on the adoption of new technologies led by
information and communication technologies by SMEs in developing
countries. It identifies several factors that augment
competitiveness of firms in the era of globalization. Contrary to
the general belief these factors are not uniform across developing
world. Based on the empirical evidence from firms located in
Malaysia, India, Nigeria, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, the study
concludes that firms cannot remain competitive without
institutional support. Since firms operate in different
institutional and economic environment, form of support varies from
one country to another.
This book presents drug repurposing strategies to combat
infectious diseases and cancer. It discusses key experimental and
in silico approaches for modern drug repositioning, including
signature matching, molecular docking, genome-wide associated
studies, and network-based approaches aided by artificial
intelligence. Further, the book presents various computational and
experimental strategies for better understanding disease mechanisms
and identify repurposed drug candidates for personalized
pharmacotherapy. It also explores the databases for drug
repositioning, summarizes the approaches taken for drug
repositioning, and highlights and compares their characteristics
and challenges. Towards the end, the book discusses challenges and
limitations encountered in computational drug repositioning.
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