This paper has three main aims. The first is to ground the subject in current literature. Reference will then be made to two research studies conducted at Dubai Men's College where the use of e-portfolios was proposed and in one case implemented. The barriers identified around e-portfolios are described, along with an overview of current attitudes expressed at Unitec NZ during small-scale trial...

Valuations are measure like functions mapping the open sets of a topological space into positive real numbers They can be classi ed according to some additional properties Some topological spaces are de ned whose elements are valuations from various classes The relationships among these spaces are studied and universal properties are shown for some of them

Coworking in Spain has experienced rapid growth since 2010, propelling it to third place in the Global Coworking Census 2013 which ranks countries based on the number of coworking centres (deskmag, 2014). The two regions that have experienced the highest increases are Madrid and Barcelona. The growth experienced by coworking centres in Spain has triggered the development of initiatives to promo...

Three boundary value problems are consider in a Krĕın space setting.

We investigate the geometry of median metric spaces. The group-theoretic applications are towards Kazhdan’s property (T) and Haagerup’s property.

This paper reviews the literature on cultural and creative spaces, and examines its merits and shortcomings in helping to explain how culture and creativity in the city are supported. Alternative ways of conceptualising cultural and creative spaces which emphasise the importance of networks and multi-scalar relationships and noneconomic considerations will be examined.

of the Dissertation.................................................................................... ii Preface: Minority Merchants: Agents of Neighborhood Change...................................................... iv Acknowledgements............................................................................................ xiii Table of