Database technology is one of the cornerstones for the new millennium's IT landscape. However, database systems as a unit of code packaging and deployment are at a crossroad: commercial systems have been adding features for a long time and have now reached complexity that makes them a

This paper argues that statistical learning from examples is not only useful in nature, but also has its firm utility in conventional software development. It presents preliminary work towards an extension of C++ that makes it possible to "train" C++ programs through examples. A

Environmental education (EE) is a long-term process of developing the skills and behaviour necessary to understand and accept the relationships between people, culture and the natural environment. Its aim is to prepare society in practical decision making and to teach environmentally friendly

field with an avid appetite for novel devices, we experience a great deal of “churn ” of this nature. In this paper, we explore how best to connect our software with the mainstream, so that it can be more stable and long-lasting, without compromising our ability to constantly change our sensors

the uniqueness of its objects, or to create novel concepts – which are likely to remain contested even among Europeanists and have the effect of isolating European studies from the politicalscience mainstream in International Relations and Comparative Politics. These difficulties are bound to continue as long

Background: Data are the evidentiary basis for scientific hypotheses, analyses and publication, for policy formation and for decision-making. They are essential to the evaluation and testing of results by peer scientists both present and future. There is broad consensus in the scientific

of teacher’s perceptions towards mainstreaming SEN students. The study concludes that lack of funds/resources, inadequate SEN component in initial teacher-training curriculum and untrained supporting staff make SEN provision ineffective in the mainstream. Key words: SEN, inclusion and exclusion, management

mainstreaming approach has been adopted, ‘making gender equity ordinary’ by providing tools for reviews of pay and employment opportunity and for remedies such as job re-evaluation. Our focus is on the potential contribution to this agenda of skill reassessments. We outline the research-based development of a

This narrative recounts four experiences of an Indigenous social work academic employed at a mainstream university in Canada. These experiences include: (1) valuing community-based practice and spiritual experiences prior to entering the academy; (2) learning in an Indigenous doctoral cohort; (3

In 1997, as part of its strategic management process, Transport SA set out to get a clear plan on how to work towards a goal of “a transport system in harmony with the environment”. At that time it was recognised that such a goal could never be achieved unless environmental values were infused