Economics has been defined as the science of allocation of scarce resources towards alternative ends. This definition implies that the first step in economic analysis is to determine what ends are desirable for society. Most sectors of the society would agree that sustainability is a desirable end, but there is little agreement as to what a sustainable future would look like. The University of ...

This paper investigates the logic of Ockhamism, a view according to which future contingents are either true or false. Several attempts have been made to give rigorous shape to this view by defining a suitable formal semantics, but arguably none of them is fully satisfactory. The paper draws attention to some problems that beset such attempts, and suggests that these problems are different symp...

We discuss the aspect of measurement period length in the detection of dynamic application profiles in the future Internet solutions requiring automatic network based traffic differentiation. We base the analysis on a measurement-based method to form dynamic application profiles and observe the effect of the measurement period to the quantity and quality on the dynamic application profile. We s...

We offer an initial exploration of the architectural constructs required to support selective connectivity, whereby a host can choose the degree to which it maintains a network presence, rather than today’s binary notion of “connected” or “disconnected”. The driver for our thinking is to allow hosts to go to sleep to Proposed architectural elements We can view end systems as having three basic ...

The purpose of this study was to describe student teachers’ perceptions and preferences of the type of supervision they experienced while interacting with their university supervisors and cooperating teachers. Results revealed that student teachers perceived both their cooperating teachers and university supervisors to engage in contextual and clinical supervision practices. Cooperating teacher...

In this issue... The authors provide insights into Canadians' state of retirement preparedness, not only across income groups, but also within them.

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Over the last two years, much discussion has taken place about an advanced Internet that will somehow replace or supercede the Internet of today. What is this future Internet? Where will it come from? Why do we need it? How might it impact higher education? How should we be involved? While this article may not provide definitive answers to each of these questions, it does explore the key issues...

Introducing a new hobby for other people may inspire them to join with you. Reading, as one of mutual hobby, is considered as the very easy hobby to do. But, many people are not interested in this hobby. Why? Boring is the reason of why. However, this feel actually can deal with the book and time of you reading. Yeah, one that we will refer to break the boredom in reading is choosing the semant...