The need for models that forecast land use change spans many disciplines and encompasses many approaches. Pattern-based models were the first in which projections of change at specific locations in actual landscapes could be predicted. In contrast, recent economic models have modeled the underlying behavioral process that produces land use change. This paper combines attributes from each approa...

At what level should government or companies support research? This complex multi-faceted question encompasses such qualitative bonus as satisfying natural human curiosity, the quest for knowledge and the impact on education and culture, but one of its most scrutinized component reduces to the assessment of economic performance and wealth creation derived from research. Many studies report evid...

This article provides an explication of the concepts democracy and democratic citizenship from a political dimension, it also offers insight into nature in post-apartheid South Africa. The further outlines relationship between mathematics democracy, as well number pedagogical approaches which are capable fostering principles education classrooms. Finally, proposes model encompasses trilogy prin...

among the most important issues in the software industry is the interoperability of computer programs that encompasses a numerous legal and economic results. advocating interoperable creation leads to software development, whereas a sheer and full support shall contravene the rights of the original program authors. therefore, on the other hand, different legal systems in order to protect the ri...

In a series of papers (Kovalenkov and Wooders 2001a, Games and Economic Behavior, 2001b, Mathematics of Operations Research, and 1997, Journal of Economic Theory to appear), the authors have developed the framework of parameterized collections of games and also that of parameterized collections of economies with clubs. These papers apply to collections of games with nontransferable utility and ...

This article describes a best practice in the field of intellectual disability, a program for independent living offered by the Center for Integral Training and Development (CADI per its abbreviation in Spanish) for people with intellectual disability in Mexico. A detailed description of an effective program that fosters autonomy, social inclusion and high quality of life in people with intelle...