Change Begins with Awareness

Equity begins with children

measure of income poverty and the more directly observable – and more reliable – indicators of human well-being. The former frequently yields a distorted view of reality. After examining the role of social services in human development, Anand and Ravallion (1993) conclude ‘that certain components of public

Respect Begins with Knowledge : Assessing Diversity - Awareness among College - aged Students

Research and present polls indicate that educational institutions and workplaces are becoming more diverse in gender, ethnicity, and nationality (Milem, Chang, & Antonio, 2005; Burns, Barton, & Kerby, 2012). As the demographics in the United States change, the global economy expands, and the new concept of “tossed salad” America emerges, Americans will experience new dimensions of diversity (In...

Traceability-Based Change Awareness

Many tools in software engineering projects support the visualization and collaborative modification of custom sets of artifacts. This includes tools for requirements engineering, UML tools for design, project management tools, developer tools and many more. A key factor for success in software engineering projects is the collective understanding of changes applied to these artifacts. To suppor...

Poverty Reduction Begins with Children

Nuclear medicine begins with a boa constrictor.

In the beginning, a boa constrictor defecated in London and the subsequent development of nuclear medicine was inevitable. It took a little time, but the 139-yr chain of cause and effect that followed was inexorable ( 1 ). One June week in 1815 an exotic animal exhibition was held on the Strand in London. A young "animal chemist" named William Prout (we would now call him a clinical pathologist...