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Study of the integration of operations through the application of computer technologies has focused on the manufacturing sector. In looking at the difficulties found in operating these technologies, increasing emphasis is being placed on their organizational aspects. These have been examined in depth by Ebers and Lieb, who concentrate on the social processes in implementation and the effects of reducing organizational slack. Applies this framework to the integration of information systems in a UK hospital. Examines the effects of integration: the new system is circumvented and organizational slack is redistributed as well as removed. Shows the importance of the cultural differences underlying the social processes between those introducing and those using the system, as well as within each of these groups. The framework of analysis provided by Ebers and Lieb thus proves to be quite robust. Concludes that our concern should not be computer‐integrated manufacturing but computer‐integrated operations.

"This handbook provides an overview of the state-of-the art of current research in contact linguistics. Presenting contact linguistics as an established field of investigation in its own right and featuring 31 chapters, this handbook: brings together a broad range of approaches to contact linguistics that include historical-typological, sociolinguistic and discourse-based approaches. is divided into four sections that deal with: methodological and theoretical approaches; the factors that condition and shape language contact; the impact of language contact on individuals, and language change, repertoires and formation; and outlines the geographical spread of structural features through language contact combines theory with empirical approaches in each chapter The Routledge Handbook of Language Contact includes original contributions from an international range of renowned scholars as well as academics at the forefront of innovative research and is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area"--

The main argument advanced in this article that frames this special issue is that citizenship is not just a highly polysemic word employed by the media and other political institutions; it is also a set of norms and (linguistic) behaviours that individuals are socialised into, as well as a series of practices that social actors perform through an array of semiotic means including multilingualism, multivoicedness, the body, and affect. In light of this, it is proposed that the linguistic/discursive study of citizenship should be expanded beyond a rather narrow emphasis on political proposals about language testing to include the diverse, more or less mundane, ways in which citizenship is enacted via an array of multivocal, material, and affective semiotic resources.

Brazil's success in implementing a computer policy that explicitly aimed to reduce technological dependency on outside sources.

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Since Ukraine gained its independence in 1991, except during Viktor Yanukovych's presidency, Ukraine's
language policy has been marked by efforts to close the prestige gap between the Russian and Ukrainian
languages and to enforce the Ukrainian language in all domains of public use. When it joined the Council
of Europe in 1995, Ukraine was obliged to implement the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages,
which strengthens the position of Russian. The controversial language law of 2019 gives the Ukrainian
language supremacy in all areas of public life, which is hardly questioned anymore due to Russian aggression.

Research findings and dissemination are making healthcare more effective. Electronic health records systems and advanced tools are making care delivery more efficient. Legislative reforms are striving to make care more affordable. Efforts still need to be focused on making healthcare more accessible. Clinical Videoconferencing in Telehealth takes a comprehensive and vital step forward in providing mental health and primary care services for those who cannot make traditional office visits, live in remote areas, have transportation or mobility issues or have competing demands. Practical, evidence-based information is presented in a step by step format at two levels: for administrators, including information regarding selecting the right videoconferencing technology, navigating regulatory issues, policy temples, boilerplate language for entering into care agreements with other entities and practical solutions to multisite programming; and for clinicians, including protocols for safe, therapeutically sound practice, informed consent and tips for overcoming common technical barriers to communication in clinical videoconferencing contexts. Checklists, tables, templates, links, vignettes and other tools help to equip professional readers for providing safe services that are streamlined and relevant while avoiding guesswork, false starts and waste. The book takes a friendly-mentor approach to communication in areas such as: Logistics for administrators: Clinical videoconferencing infrastructures and technologies Policy development, procedures and tools for responsible and compliant programming Navigating issues related to providing services in multiple locations Protocols for clinicians: The informed consent process in clinical videoconferencing Clinical assessment and safety planning for remote services Minimizing communication disruption and