In this paper we present a preliminary study aimed at the construction of an intelligent tutoring/assessment system for the courses of statistics, psychometrics and data analysis of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Padova, Italy. Our intention is to base such a system on some modern psychometric models and methods provided by the theory of knowledge spaces (Doignon & Falmagne, 198...

In Australian welfare reform debate, a range of approaches and policies have been advocated. Regardless of their diversity, I argue that the debate has an unnecessarily narrow framework resulting from the widespread acceptance of at least three welfare reform myths. First, is the idea that the current system is anachronistic and in disrepair. Instead of this narrow focus on welfare policy, I ar...

Cape Dorset is a community on BaSn Island in Canada's Northwest Territories. An art co-operative the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative (W.B.E.C.) was formed there in 1959 to encourage the production of drawings, prints, sculpture, and other handicrafts. The Co-operative purchases hundreds of drawings from artists annually and selects and translates some of these into prints for its yearly collect...

This paper outlines the components of a mobile education system and lists selected examples of universities employing m−education. Several possible approaches in designing and installing such a system are discussed. The main focus is on the project WELCOME (Wireless E−Learning and Communication Environ− ment) at the University of Regensburg. We argue that mobile/electronic education should not ...

Nonhuman primates are excellent subjects for the enhancement of care and welfare through training. The broad range of species offers tremendous behavioral diversity, and individual primates show varying abilities to cope with the stressors of captivity, which differ depending on the venue. Biomedical facilities include small single cages, pair housing, and breeding corrals with large social gro...

The GTAP version 5 dataset has three transportation sectors. However, household transportation expenditures related to private automobiles are not represented explicitly in the data. We augment the existing GTAP data to separately disaggregate household transportation and explore the implications of this extension in the MIT Emissions Predictions and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model. Climate policy...

In view of the rapid population growth during the last four decades and resulting economic problems and social tensions, the family welfare programmes are gaining momentum in developing countries. Governments of such countries take various measures to uplift the social structure and these measures include programmes such as family planning services, child welfare, immunisation and other health ...

Nowadays communications, decision-making, reporting manner and hierarchy are controlled by organizational structure getting an inside into such structure means getting an insight over the whole organization. It serves as a platform for operation of plans and strategies and also determines links among personnel or executive body of the organization. In line with developments in other elements, o...

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