'Virtuous cycle' presentation slideshows

Anchored by (against?) a tide of idealism: the ebb and flow of academic engagement with student activism for sustainabi

Anchored by (against?) a tide of idealism: the ebb and flow of academic engagement with student activism for sustainability. Rehema M. White and Shona Russell University of St Andrews. Contents. Wider context Contemporary narratives of academic change Aims and research questions

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Crays, Clusters, Centers and Grids

Crays, Clusters, Centers and Grids. Gordon Bell (gbell@microsoft.com) Bay Area Research Center Microsoft Corporation. Summary. Sequential & data parallelism using shared memory, Fortran computers 60-90 Search for parallelism to exploit micros 85-95

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GE 541 October, 2008

GE 541 October, 2008. MACRO-ECONOMIC MODELS OF TRANSPORT PRODUCTIVITY. Historically , the focus of most productivity studies has been the private sector --- how private sector decisions with respect to output, employment, and capital accumulation have contributed to productivity growth. .

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Improving the Quality of Public Investment and Public-Private Partnerships

Improving the Quality of Public Investment and Public-Private Partnerships. Brasilia, April 25-27, 2005 The IDB Santa Catarina Road Program: Lessons and Recommendations Juan Benavides Inter-American Development Bank. Contents. Presentation objectives Background Fiscal situation

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Technical computing: Observations on an ever changing, occasionally repetitious, environment

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE

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Hub Airports and Government Policy Fred Lazar Schulich School of Business York University March 4, 2011

Hub Airports and Government Policy Fred Lazar Schulich School of Business York University March 4, 2011. Connectivity and Productivity. Networks and externalities Aviation Telecommunications Financial services Energy transportation. Connectivity and Productivity.

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The Case for Software Infrastructure Maintenance

The Case for Software Infrastructure Maintenance. Jim Horning Chief Scientist Information Systems Security Operation SPARTA, Inc. Sonoma State University, November 13, 2008. Overview. Definitions Some ancient history Some recent history Maintenance of civil infrastructures

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Objectives

Objectives. To examine the four phases of the business cycle. To relate the business cycle to current trends in the market, analyzing specific companies.

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How To Manage Engineering Know-How

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Fostering Innovation

Fostering Innovation. Adapt or go extinct. Agenda Technology Changes Fast Business Models Change Innovation In Your Organization. Technology Changes Fast. Legal technology evolves Delivering Content Extracting information and knowledge from large data pools

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ESD at University of St Andrews

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Toward Internet of Things Application Markets

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Simple, timely and actionable information improves commercial office building performance

Simple, timely and actionable information improves commercial office building performance. Craig Roussac, Investa Property Group. After initial improvements, rate generally slows. Natural Gas 49 percent reduction since 2003/04. Electricity 30 percent reduction since 2003/04. MJ/m2. kWh/m2.

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Advocacy strategy Presentation by PARIS21 Secretariat

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Chapter 3 Data Mining Methodology and Best Practices

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Clustering Technology For Scaleability

Clustering Technology For Scaleability. Jim Gray Microsoft Research http://www.research.Microsoft.com/~Gray. The Answer: BOTH SMP and Cluster?. Grow Up with SMP 4xP6 is now standard Grow Out with Cluster Cluster has inexpensive parts. Cluster of PCs. Clusters being built.

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Clustering Technology For Scaleability

Clustering Technology For Scaleability. Jim Gray Microsoft Research http://www.research.Microsoft.com/~Gray. The Answer: BOTH SMP and Cluster?. Grow Up with SMP 4xP6 is now standard Grow Out with Cluster Cluster has inexpensive parts. Cluster of PCs. Clusters being built.

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