The new Allen Center for Business Activities is nearing completion between the Cohen House Faculty Club and the old wing of Baker College. The million dollar building was a gift f rom Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Allen. The center, to be finished in June, will house treasurer, cashier, accounting, campus business, and development offices. In addition, the building will be a temporary home for offices a...

Abstract: Explores the concept of sustainability and the derivation of sustainability indicators. Two general conceptions of sustainability; Criteria proposed for indicators; Indicators developed in the area of sustainability; Development of indicators in the national and international levels; Development of sustainability indicators in Scotland. INSETS: Frameworks for sustainability indicator ...

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One of the key success factors of the financial institution sustainability is operational efficiencies. Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), this paper measures the relative efficiency of the executing banking units of  people business credit (KUR) program in Indonesia. Sample data of this study were obtained from all banking units from banks providing KUR located in the district of Pati, Cen...

Venous leg ulcers are a symptom of chronic insufficiency of the veins. This study considered the sustainability of behavior changes arising from a client focus e-Learning education program called the "Leg Ulcer Prevention Program" (LUPP) for people with a venous leg ulcer. Data from two related studies were used to enable a single sample (n = 49) examination of behavior maintenance across an av...

a complexity approach to sustainability theory and a complexity approach to sustainability theory and application author angela espinosa jul 2011 document about a complexity approach to sustainability a complexity, a complexity approach to sustainability theory and ebook pdf a complexity approach to sustainability theory and application author angela espinosa jul 2011 verified book library eboo...

in recent century, sustainability has been the most important feature especially in economic, social and environmental issues. so that it has always been the main concern of regional, national and even international planners as the consequent challenges were the main threat to achieving sustainable development of human society. in this study, all aspects of sustainability including environmenta...

the old parts of the iranian cities, which have survived over the past few decades, are now suffering degradation due to the long-term lack of maintenance and conservation. based on the comprehensive approach to urban planning, despite the high social potentials of some of these deteriorated areas, in order to improve their physical quality; complete demolition is the ultimate suggested solutio...

Despite a long history of using participatory methods to enable public engagement with issues of societal importance, interactive displays have only recently been explored for this purpose. In this paper, we evaluate a tabletop game called Futura, which was designed to engage the public with issues of sustainability. Our design is grounded in prior research on public displays, serious games, an...

Our infrastructure touches the day-to-day life of each of our fellow citizens, and its capabilities, integrity and sustainability are crucial to the overall competitiveness and prosperity of our country. Unfortunately, the current state of U.S. infrastructure is not good: the American Society of Civil Engineers’ latest report on America’s infrastructure ranked it at a D+ — in need of $3.9 trill...