Intelligent robots for fruit harvesting: recent developments and future challenges

Australia's maritime challenges and priorities: recent developments and future prospects

Australia, witb its lengthy coastline, vast maritime jurisdiction and multiple offshore territories, undoubtedly fits the description of a maritime nation: but it was not until the issue of Australia's Oceans Policy in 1998 Ihat a comprehensive statement of Australia's maritime challenges and priorities emerged at the Federal Government level. The Oceans Policy arliculated a diverse array of ch...

Laser Doppler anemometry: recent developments and future challenges

The availability of new optical and electronic components and the increasing demands on measurement accuracy have led to a continuous development of the laser Doppler measurement technique in recent years. This article reviews the developments in optical systems, signal processing, data processing and in the application of LDA systems. Particular emphasis is placed on examining how well present...

Modeling Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges, Recent Developments and Future Directions

This paper offers a critical review of modeling practice in the field of integrated assessment of climate change and ways forward. Past efforts in integrated assessment have concentrated on developing baseline trajectories of emissions and mitigation scenario analyses. A key missing component in IAMs is the representation of climate impacts and adaptation responses. Through the examination of c...

Labor Markets in Transition Economies: Recent Developments and Future Challenges

Social Protection Discussion Papers are not formal publications of the World Bank. They present preliminary and unpolished results of analysis that are circulated to encourage discussion and comment; citation and the use of such a paper should take account of its provisional character. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the author(s) and...

Some Recent Developments and Future Challenges in Medical Education