As US President-elect Donald TrumpTrump, prepares his administration’s policy toward ChinaChina, he should be wary of two major traps that history has set for him. The “Thucydides TrapThucydides trap,” cited by Chinese President Xi JinpingXi Jinping, refers to the warning ancient Greek historian cataclysmic war can erupt if an established power (like United StatesUnited States (US), The) become...

BACKGROUND During the Suharto era public funding of health in Indonesia was low and the health services were tightly controlled by the central government; district health staff had practically no discretion over expenditure. Following the downfall of President Suharto there was a radical political, administrative and fiscal decentralization with delivery of services becoming the responsibility ...

This investigation is part of an internally-funded research initiative towards processing open source texts (i .e . , free natural language texts drawn from broadcast transcripts, news wires, etc .) . This initiative has been underway for just over half a year, prior to which our group was focusing nearly exclusively on natural language interfaces t o expert systems . We are thus newcomers to t...

Beth McNeil , dean of libraries and school information studies Esther Ellis Norton professor library science at Purdue University, is the 86th president ACRL. “What an exciting dynamic time in academic libraries, full both opportunities challenges facing us as workers members ACRL,” said. “I am delighted to serve ACRL President deeply honored have been selected do so. Throughout my career, has ...

I have just come back from attending ECMI 2002 in Latvia. About 150 people took part in the conference which was held in the delightful resort town of Jurmala, about 20km south of Riga. The invited speakers covered a wide range of topics and all gave interesting talks as did the minisymposium speakers and the other contributors. The participants enjoyed the weather and surroundings in Jurmala a...

US President Donald Trump’sTrump, administration has shown little interest in public diplomacy.