Focus on Planning

The Effect of Strategic Planning Focus and Time on Writing Fluency and Accuracy

Following previous studies reporting a beneficial effect for pre-task planning on learners' task performance, the present research takes into account the possible effects of directing learners' attention to meaning and form of language on their written production while they have one- and five-minute strategic planning time. The study randomly categorized 48 intermediate learners of English into...

Planning Greenhouses Energy Supply with Focus on Renewable Energy in Microgrid Mode

Climate change and the increasing population of countries have made the importance of greenhouses more important for future food security. One of the most important considerations in greenhouse production is the need of energy to create suitable greenhouse conditions. Therefore, in this paper, the problem of greenhouse energy planning with a focus on renewable energies will be investigated. To ...

Tool Support for Legal Enquiry: Focus on Spatial-Planning Law

An ideal “law machine” comprises a number of tools and technologies for data processing, storing, exchange, and retrieval. The paper identifies classes of tools and sample tools that support legal enquiry where spatial-planning and environmental law has been taken as the exemplar. Not only the traditional means of text processing and retrieval (e.g., search, taxonomy building, text mark-up, etc...

Renewing focus on family planning service quality globally

Reducing the global unmet need for contraception is currently a priority for many governments, multi-lateral initiatives, non-governmental organizations, and donors. Evidence strongly suggests that the provision of quality family planning services can increase uptake, prevalence, and continuation of contraception. While an accepted framework to define the components of family planning service q...

Ecological Landscape Planning, with a Focus on the Coastal Zone