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In the face of the broad political call for an "energy turnaround", we are currently witnessing three essential trends with regard to energy infrastructure planning, energy generation and storage: from planned production towards fluctuating production on the basis of renewable energy sources, from centralized generation towards decentralized generation and from expensive energy carriers towards cost-free energy carriers. These changes necessitate considerable modifications of the energy infrastructure. Even though most of these modifications are inherently motivated by geospatial questions and challenges, the integration of energy system models and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is still in its infancy. This paper analyzes the shortcomings of previous approaches in using GIS in renewable energy-related projects, extracts distinct challenges from these previous efforts and, finally, defines a set of core future research avenues for GIS-based energy infrastructure planning with a focus on the use of renewable energy. These future research avenues comprise the availability base data and their "geospatial awareness", the development of a generic and unified data model, the usage of volunteered geographic information (VGI) and crowdsourced data in analysis processes, the integration of 3D building models and 3D data analysis, the incorporation of network topologies into GIS, the harmonization of the heterogeneous views on aggregation issues in the fields of energy and GIS, fine-grained energy demand estimation from freely-available data sources, decentralized storage facility planning, the investigation of GIS-based public participation mechanisms, the transition from purely structural to operational planning, data privacy aspects and, finally, the development of a new dynamic power market design ; (VLID)1568019

BACKGROUND: Changing immigration trends pose new challenges for the UK's open access health service and there is considerable speculation that migrants from resource-poor countries place a disproportionate burden on services. Data are needed to inform provision of services to migrant groups and to ensure their access to appropriate health care. We compared sociodemographic characteristics and impact of migrant groups and UK-born patients presenting to a hospital A&E/Walk-In Centre and prior use of community-based General Practitioner (GP) services. METHODS: We administered an anonymous questionnaire survey of all presenting patients at an A&E/Walk-In Centre at an inner-city London hospital during a 1 month period. Questions related to nationality, immigration status, time in the UK, registration and use of GP services. We compared differences between groups using two-way tables by Chi-Square and Fisher's exact test. We used logistic regression modelling to quantify associations of explanatory variables and outcomes. RESULTS: 1611 of 3262 patients completed the survey (response rate 49.4%). 720 (44.7%) were overseas born, representing 87 nationalities, of whom 532 (73.9%) were new migrants to the UK (< or =10 years). Overseas born were over-represented in comparison to local estimates (44.7% vs 33.6%; p < 0.001; proportional difference 0.111 [95% CI 0.087-0.136]). Dominant immigration status' were: work permit (24.4%), EU citizens (21.5%), with only 21 (1.3%) political asylum seekers/refugees. 178 (11%) reported nationalities from refugee-generating countries (RGCs), eg, Somalia, who were less likely to speak English. Compared with RGCs, and after adjusting for age and sex, the Australians, New Zealanders, and South Africans (ANS group; OR 0.28 [95% CI 0.11 to 0.71]; p = 0.008) and the Other Migrant (OM) group comprising mainly Europeans (0.13 [0.06 to 0.30]; p = 0.000) were less likely to have GP registration and to have made prior contact with GPs, yet this did not affect mode of access to ...

Academic mobility is a valuable and indispensable mechanism in each country's higher education quality assurance system. It also contributes to building and improving the capacities of individual universities because it enables the introduction of positive and proven teaching practices, modern teaching and research methods, and operational and administrative processes. The added value of mobility is the establishment of personal contacts and professional networking of teaching, scientific, artistic and non-teaching staff of the University of Sarajevo (from now on: "UNSA"), which has a long-term effect on the development of teaching, scientific and technological capacity. Studying through mobility gets an international note - students understand their work in a global context, their CV is enriched with new experiences, their knowledge of a foreign language (s) is improved, and after graduation, they become a competitive workforce. Teaching / scientific, artistic and non-teaching staff gain international experience through mobility, improve themselves, participate in active professional development, and increase the quality of the working environment. In the last 15 years, the University of Sarajevo has had over 2,500 outgoing mobility while hosting more than 1,500 international students, teaching / scientific, artistic and non-teaching staff. The mobility of students and staff significantly improves both the quality and the professional standard of UNSA activities. It indirectly contributes to the development and transformation of society as a whole. Through the integration of UNSA, many processes are uniform and simplified, but still, the heterogeneity and specificity of each organizational unit are present. In addition to all the benefits of student mobility, the most significant administrative challenge is the equivalence and recognition of ECTS credits earned at foreign institutions upon return to home institutions. Student services are faced with many formalities around keeping registers and other administrative forms that need to be tailored to exchange students. The current legal regulations in higher education do not value participation in mobility programs, which is undoubtedly not motivating for students and staff to get involved in them. On the contrary, the current vague legal framework and administrative barriers are significantly demotivating for students as they lose a semester or school year due to participation in mobility programs. It is necessary to develop more adequate regulations that will encourage more frequent, productive, more straightforward and better implementation of academic mobility for students. This could be achieved through participation in programs intended for international students (one-year specialist study, master's degree, dual education, summer schools, etc.). It is necessary to develop mechanisms for adequate evaluation of mobility for teaching, artistic and scientific staff of UNSA, which is particularly important for advancement to higher academic titles. It is also crucial to promote the exchange of administrative staff, which is often unjustifiably neglected, to improve the administrative processes at UNSA and its (sub) organizational units. To achieve this, we should be focused on developing cooperation with potential partners interested in administrative / non-teaching staff mobility.

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This paper intends to perform a terminological analysis of the definitions set in the Decree 390, 2016 —Colombia's customs regulations in force. These regulations were enacted by the Colombian government aiming at aligning with international conventions, including those referring to the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures at international trade. This terminological analysis is ground-ed upon theoretical bases for terminology management regarding concepts, terms and definitions. Meanwhile, the theoretical framework provides basic parameters in making definitions, which are used to assess the terms selected. Since customs procedures necessitate an accurate use of language in order to facilitate trade, the definitions appearing in regulatory documents should be developed with care. Thus, this terminological analysis highlights how terminology principles can help improve communications in highly specialized contexts and reduce ambiguity when interpreting regulatory documents. The analysis also aims to establish the extent to which the Colombian government's efforts to modernize its customs procedures comply with international conventions. As a result of this analysis it is possible to identify some ambiguous definitions in Decree 390 that may lead to misinterpretations with the opposite effect of facilitating trade. It casts light also on the issue of the ever-changing technological advance and how the global language of technology should be also included in this new set of regulations for Colombian international trade practices. ; Este artículo se propone hacer un análisis terminológico de las definiciones establecidas en el decreto 30 de 2016, estatuto aduanero vigente en Colombia. El estatuto fue presentado por el gobierno colombiano como un documento en concordancia con las convenciones internacionales en torno a la simplificación y armonización de los procedimientos aduaneros para el comercio exterior. El análisis terminológico se fundamenta en bases teóricas de la gestión terminológica en lo concerniente a conceptos, términos y definiciones. Al mismo tiempo, emarco teórico establece parámetros básicos para la creación de definiciones, que se usan para evaluar los términos seleccionados. Dado que los procedimientos aduaneros requieren un uso preciso de la lengua para facilitar el comercio, las definiciones contenidas en este tipo de documentos regulatorios deben elaborarse cuidadosamente. Por tanto, este análisis terminológico expone cómo los principios terminológicos pueden ayudar a mejorar las comunicaciones en esferas de alta especialización y así reducir la ambigüedad a la hora de interpretar documentos normativos. El análisis también pretende determinar en qué medida las iniciativas del gobierno colombiano por modernizar los procedimientos aduaneros se ajustan a las convenciones internacionales. Como resultado de este análisis, es posible identificar algunas definiciones ambiguas en el decreto 390 que pueden llegar a ser mal interpretadas, lo que frustrará el objetivo de facilitar el comercio. También aclara el problema del avance tecnológico en continuo cambio y cómo el lenguaje global de la tecnología debe ser considerado en las nuevas regulaciones para las prácticas de comercio exterior en Colombia. ; Cet article envisage de faire une analyse terminologique des définitions établies dans le décret 390 (nouveau régime douanier). Ce nouveau règlement a été présenté comme un document qui est conforme aux conventions internationales à propos de la simplification et l'harmonisation des procédés douaniers dans le cadre du commerce international. Cette analyse terminologique est effectuée sur des bases théoriques de la gestion terminologique par rapport aux concepts, termes et définitions. En même temps, ce cadre théorique établit les paramètres basiques pour l'élaboration des définitions et pour l'évaluation des termes choisis dans cet article. Les procédés douaniers nécessitent un usage précis du langage qui rend le commerce plus facile, donc c'est pour cela que les définitions contenues dans ce genre de documents règlementaires méritent une construction soigneuse. Par conséquent, cette analyse terminologique expose comment les principes terminologiques aident à améliorer la communication dans les milieux d'haute spécialisation et réduire ainsi l'ambiguïté au moment de comprendre des documents règlementaires. Cette analyse vise aussi à déterminer la mesure dans laquelle les efforts du gouvernement colombien pour moderniser les procédés douaniers sont alignés sur les conventions internationales. Grace à cette étude il est possible de remarquer quelques définitions ambigües dans le décret 390 qui par sa mauvaise interprétation aboutissent à atteindre l'effet inverse de celui qui est recherché, à savoir la facilitation du commerce ; d'ailleurs, il éclaircit le sujet du développement technologique en constante évolution et explique comment doit se considérer le langage global de la technologie dans le nouvelles normes pour les pratiques de marché internationales mises en place en Colombie.