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Political attention has increasingly focused on limiting warming to 2êC. However, to date the only mitigation commitments accompanying this target are the so-called Copenhagen pledges, and these pledges appear to be inconsistent with the 2êC objective. Diverging opinions on whether this inconsistency can or should be resolved have been expressed. This paper clarifies the alternative assumptions underlying these diverging view points and explicits their implications. It first gives simple visualizations of the challenge posed by the 2êC target. It then proposes a decision tree, linking different beliefs on climate change, the achievability of different policies, and current international policy dynamics to various options to move forward on climate change.

TRABAJO SOCIAL FAMILIAR (3A. ED.) -- PÁGINA LEGAL -- ÍNDICE -- INTRODUCCIÓN -- I. FAMILIA Y SOCIEDAD -- 1.1. Contexto actual de la familia: el proceso de modernización -- 1.2. ¿Qué se espera hoy de la familia? -- 1.3. Familia-sociedad: una relación compleja -- 1.4. Tendencias de cambio en las familias chilenas -- 1.5. Familia y equidad -- 1.6. Las familias pobres -- 1.7. Política social y familia: una relación esquiva -- 1.8. El papel mediador de la familia en las políticas sociales -- 1.9. ¿Política familiar o enfoque familiar de las políticas? -- 1.10. La perspectiva familiar en el análisis de las políticas -- 1.11. ¿Por qué es necesario invertir en la familia? -- 1.12. Profesionales, sociedad y familia -- Referencias Bibliográficas -- II. El TRABAJO SOCIAL Y LA FAMILIA -- 2.1. Recuperando una historia -- 2.2. Nuestra tradición en el trabajo con familias -- 2.3. ¿Qué es hoy el Trabajo Social con familias? -- 2.4. Lo antiguo y lo nuevo en el Trabajo Social Familiar -- 2.5. Trabajo Social Familiar: funciones y niveles de intervención -- 2.6. Intervención profesional y estratificación social -- 2.7. Trabajo Social Familiar: un tema abierto -- Referencias Bibliográficas -- III. DIFERENTES PERSPECTIVAS PARA ANALIZAR LA FAMILIA -- 3.1 Un panorama diverso -- 3.2. La familia como sistema -- 3.3. El enfoque ecológico de la familia -- 3.4. La perspectiva intergeneracional -- 3.5. La teoría del ciclo de vida familiar -- 3.6. La construcción social de la realidad -- 3.7. La perspectiva del poder y de las fuerzas en la familia -- Referencias Bibliográficas -- IV. TRABAJANDO CON LAS FAMILIAS -- 4.1. Aspectos generales -- 4.1.1. Definiendo el nivel de intervención -- 4.1.2. Aspectos éticos en el trabajo con familias -- 4.2. El trabajo directo con familias -- 4.2.1. El inicio de la intervención -- 4.2.l.1. La vinculación con la familia.

"The Communication Yearbook annuals" publish diverse, state-of-the-discipline literature reviews that advance knowledge and understanding of communication systems, processes, and impacts across the discipline. Sponsored by the International Communication Association, each volume provides a forum for the exchange of interdisciplinary and internationally diverse scholarship relating to communication in its many forms. This volume re-issues the yearbook from 1999

Dieser praxisorientierte Handlungsleitfaden richtet sich an Personalverantwortliche und Betriebsräte, die mit der Durchführung des Betriebliche Eingliederungsmanagement (BEM) im Unternehmen betraut sind. Das Buch enthält alle wichtigen Rechts- und Handlungsgrundlagen sowie Vorgaben zum Datenschutz. Sehr detaillierte Beispiele aus der Praxis zeigen auf, welche Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten das BEM den Mitarbeitern bei der Eingliederung nach physischen und psychischen Erkrankungen bietet. Die Verfasserin ist selbstständige Beraterin und Trainerin in der Personalentwicklung.(Verlagstext) (S. Preisler)

Intro -- PROGRESS IN ECONOMICS RESEARCH. VOLUME 22 -- PROGRESS IN ECONOMICS RESEARCH. VOLUME 22 -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: DYNAMIC INVESTOR RISK PREMIA AND RECESSIONS -- THE INVESTMENT DECISIONS OF FIRMS -- THEORETICAL DYNAMICS OF THE RISK PREMIUM -- ASSET PRICING MODELS AND THE RISK PREMIUM -- MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS AND THE FAMA-FRENCH RISK PREMIA -- DISCUSSION AND INTERPRETATION -- NEW DIRECTIONS IN RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: TRANSITIONAL DYNAMICSAND WELFARE EFFECTS OF THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT/OUTPUT RATIO -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. TheEnvironment -- 3. The Equilibrium, the Calibration, the Simulation and the Government Problem -- 4. The Public Investment Policy under Alternative Tax Scenarios -- 5. Sensitivity Analysis -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix: Solving the Dynamics -- References -- Chapter 3: CUSTOMER RELATED FACTORS IN PARTNER SELECTION, MARKET ORIENTATION, AND PERFORMANCES OF INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES IN TAIWAN -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LITERATURE REVIEW AND HYPOTHESES -- 3. METHODS -- 4. RESULTS AND ANALYSES -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: THE CHOICE OF EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES: EVOLUTION AND DETERMINATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES: CLASSIFICATION AND EVOLUTION -- 3. DETERMINATION OF EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: MANAGING EXTERNAL VOLATILITY: CENTRAL BANK OPTIONS IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE MODEL -- 2. FISCAL AND MONETARY RULES -- 3. LINEARIZATION AND CALIBRATION -- 4. MANAGING AID SHOCKS -- 5. SHOCKS AND INTERVENTION POLICY -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.

On 22 February 2011, Canterbury and its largest city Christchurch experienced its second major earthquake within six months. The region is facing major economic and organisational challenges in the aftermath of these events. Approximately 25% of all buildings in the Christchurch CBD have been "red tagged" or deemed unsafe to enter. The New Zealand Treasury estimates that the combined cost of the February earthquake and the September earthquake is approximately NZ$15 billion [2]. This paper examines the national and regional economic climate prior to the event, discusses the immediate economic implications of this event, and the challenges and opportunities faced by organisations affected by this event. In order to facilitate recovery of the Christchurch area, organisations must adjust to a new norm; finding ways not only to continue functioning, but to grow in the months and years following these earthquakes. Some organisations relocated within days to areas that have been less affected by the earthquakes. Others are taking advantage of government subsidised aid packages to help retain their employees until they can make long-term decisions about the future of their organisation. This paper is framed as a "report from the field" in order to provide insight into the early recovery scenario as it applies to organisations affected by the February 2011 earthquake. It is intended both to inform and facilitate discussion about how organisations can and should pursue recovery in Canterbury, and how organisations can become more resilient in the face of the next crisis.

Injury from causes such as falls, traffic accidents, or violence is a major public health issue globally. Injury prevention research aims to identify vulnerable populations and places by analyzing the spatial patters of demographic and socio-economic risk factors associated with elevated injury rates. The stakeholders in injury prevention and control are often distributed across government and public health institutions, non-profits, and even the private sector (e.g. insurance firms). While this situation calls for distributed, online research tools, their implementation may conflict with health data confidentiality and license limitations for socio-economic data. In this paper, we present the Online Injury Atlas for Ontario, which was designed with the explicit goal to make use of, and contribute to, the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure. We propose a service-based architecture that integrates publicly accessible map services with protected data layers. Thereby, we demonstrate the benefits of using spatial data infrastructures alongside private data at different levels of protection. In addition, we discuss the extensive data processing needs and specific cartographic design requirements of a Web atlas in the health and social sciences domain. ; C. Rinner, B. Moldofsky, M.D. Cusimano, S.P. Marshall, T. Hernandez (2011) Exploring the Boundaries of Web Map Services: The Example of the Online Injury Atlas for Ontario. Transactions in GIS 15(2): 129-145

Over time, with the profound changes in the learning and in research provided by technological advances, and especially because of the extreme value of higher education and scientific research, there is an intense discussion around the old and worn slogan "publish or perish". Increasingly, mentors or directors of thesis and university papers, en general, put themselves as first author or coauthor of work performed by their students, by the argument that the author, as activity and process, suffers herself social, cultural, economic and political mutations. This is a topic that arouses controversy and leads to conceptual changes, which require the deconstruction of its foundations, which, however, must respect the ethic behaviour ; A lo largo del tiempo, con los profundos cambios en la enseñanza e investigación provenientes de los avances tecnológicos, y sobre todo por el valor creciente de la educación superior y de la investigación científica, hay intensas controversias alrededor del viejo y gastado lema "publicar o morir". Cada vez más, tutores o directores de tesis y monografías académicas en general, se colocan como primer autor o coautor de los trabajos realizados por sus alumnos, utilizando el argumento de que la autoría, como actividad y proceso, sufre ella misma intensas mutaciones sociales, culturales, económicas y políticas. Este es un tema que despierta discusiones y conduce a cambios conceptuales que requieren la reconstrucción de sus fundamentos, ya que con respecto de la cuestión ética, debe tenerse en cuenta.