STRENGTHENING KNOWLEDGE BASED SERVICES IN ARGENTINA

Strengthening accountability for urban services

This article explores participatory governance in the context of participatory mechanisms of accountability for urban services. In the past few years, accountability has become a buzzword internationally and, as is the case with many such terms, there is confusion as to what exactly is meant. The people and organizations promoting accountability view it as critical to solving problems with urba...

Risk Management: Strengthening Knowledge Management

Deliberate exploitation of natural resources and excessive use of environmentally abhorrent materials have resulted in environmental disruptions threatening the life support systems. A human centric approach of development has already damaged nature to a large extent. This has attracted the attention of environmental specialists and policy makers. It has also led to discussions at various natio...

Using Ontology Based Knowledge Discovery in Location Based Services

Rapid development of information technology for mobile computing, improvement in the accuracy of positioning systems, and ubiquitous use of mobile devices has generated large quantities of raw trajectories that represent the movement of moving objects. Mining such data, which contain not only space and time attributes, but also context attributes, is significant for many applications within the...

Strengthening Health Systems to Provide Rehabilitation Services

demographic trends: populations are ageing, and the number of people living with noncommunicable diseases and the consequences of injuries is increasing [1–3]. The health, social and economic consequences of these trends should serve as a call to policy-makers to invest not only in health services that reduce mortality and morbidity, but also in those that improve functioning and consequently w...

Knowledge - Based Web Services for Context