Challenges and prospects for negawatt trading in light of recent technological developments

Australia's maritime challenges and priorities: recent developments and future prospects

Australia, witb its lengthy coastline, vast maritime jurisdiction and multiple offshore territories, undoubtedly fits the description of a maritime nation: but it was not until the issue of Australia's Oceans Policy in 1998 Ihat a comprehensive statement of Australia's maritime challenges and priorities emerged at the Federal Government level. The Oceans Policy arliculated a diverse array of ch...

Challenges and Prospects of European Railways

In the present paper, challenges and prospects of the European railways, along with a proposal for a new strategy policy and specific measures are presented. The declining course of European railways concerning traffic and revenues is first analyzed. Conditions to introduce intra - modal competition are surveyed, among them separation of infrastructure fro...

Recent Developments and Future Prospects in the Indian Automotive Industry

The automobile market is growing at about 25% for the last three years. The number of persons per car is 200, which is very large compared to other emerging markets like Korea and Brazil which have about 12 persons per car. There is therefore a very huge untapped market. Uncertainty exists about the extent of growth, but a minimum growth rate of 20% is expected until the year 2000. Sales are ex...

Recent technological developments in industrialized production of housing.

Measles in India: Challenges & recent developments

M easles is an infectious disease caused by Morbillivirus, with a secondary attack rate in excess of 80%, that usually affects children (1). However, multiple outbreaks of the disease have even been reported among adults in heterogeneous settings (urban areas, university campuses, disaster sites, during international travel, etc.) (2Á5). The disease is characterized by the presence of fever, co...