For the Round Table participants, the idea implicit in the separation between infrastructure manager and providers of transport services in the rail sector is actually to end another form of separation, namely that between the railways and the transport market. Many experts think that a single national railway undertaking is far too rigid to be able to develop a full range of products capable o...

This paper presents an evaluation of the long-term impact of microfinance programmes on Acehnese children during the post-tsunami recovery. The study, conducted from June to August 2010, examined the impact of microfinance programming six years after the tsunami. The sample consisted of 185 microfinance participants, with a comparison group of 192 individuals who did not participate in microfin...

In a critical and provocative paper, Abramo and D’Angelo claim that commonly used scientometric indicators such as the mean normalized citation score (MNCS) are completely inappropriate as indicators of scientific performance. Abramo and D’Angelo argue that scientific performance should be quantified using indicators that take into account the productivity of a research unit. We provide a respo...

the experiences by different societies reveal that consistent social and economic development results from the development of science and technology, and that the latter takes place only in a process that includes: comprehensive policy making; precise planning; determining relevant strategies and finally the effective implementation of plans in different areas. providing a clear picture of scie...

This research contributes to the body of knowledge in information systems development (ISD) with an empirical investigation in form of a case study that demonstrates the positive impact of the agile development and project management method Scrum on information systems and software development productivity and it provides a useful operationalization of the concept through seven identified indic...

For to identify functioning problem of railway lines various mechanisms are used, including the mechanism low-intensity line exploitation diagnostics which allows raise their efficiency. The proposed evaluate current state and establish cause-and-effect relationships leading unprofitability, give analysis indicators greatest extent influence negatively functioning. Cognitive modeling method is ...