Construction of age structures of populations is central to studies of demography of large vertebrates (Caughley 1977). Unlike in the case of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana), there are few published age structures of wild Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) populations (Sukumar 1989, 2003). On the other hand, age/sex structures for several Asian elephant populations are available in repo...

introduction: the quality of the information provided in the public sector is of a high importance due to the specific purpose of reporting. presenting reliable, complete, and timeliness information of the activities in the governmental sector by using desirable public sector accounting system provides a better opportunity for people's monitoring on the offering of governmental services, transp...

The severe accident that broke out at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power stations on March 11, 2011, caused seemingly infinite damage to the daily life of residents. Serious and wide-spread contamination of the environment occurred due to radioactive materials discharged from nuclear power stations (NPSs). At the same time, many issues were highlighted concerning countermeasures to severe nuclear...

This paper reports on research in self-modifying protocol games. A selfmodifying protocol is a set of instructions, rules, or conventions, that can be changed by the systems that communicate with the help of that protocol. The concept is expected to be of great importance for the next generation of intelligent distributed computer systems, such as DPSs, and MASs. This paper tries to show by exa...

For nearly 20 years Australian and international legal requirements have existed around the development of accessible websites. This paper briefly reviews the history of legislation against web disability discrimination, along with the current legal requirements for website development as indicated by current international accessibility specifications, and reports on a manual examination of the...

This paper considers electronic governmental activities f rom a business perspective resulting in a so-called governmental value chain model. This model aims to support practitioners f o r better understanding and realisation of joint organisational and information system innovations in the public sector. It consists of a legislative, administrative and juridical function embracing three fields...

A number of governments have started to publish their statistical data online. Some of them are adhering to Linked Data principles, others are using other standards which often can be transformed in order to be published as Linked Data. RDF vocabularies, such as SCOVO (Statistical Core Vocabulary) are being used for publishing the data. Many of the current translations of the statistical data a...

A recent report of the United States' Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues highlights how important it is for the research community to enjoy the "earned confidence" of the public and how creating a "culture of responsibility" can contribute to that confidence. It identifies a major role for "creative, flexible, and innovative" ethics education in creating such a culture. ...

A literature review of various reports sponsored by federal governmental agencies and proceedings of conferences of Asian Americans' and Pacific Islanders' health organizations provides data of health disparities among and between these diverse ethnic groups. Specifically, demographic and socio-economic data, as well as health care issues, are reported. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders exc...

Government information system failures are filling not only newspapers but also parliamentary and administrative reports. This article deals with a case in which information and communication technologies (ICT)–related failure claimed by the media influenced the parliamentary agenda, and intra-governmental relations. Drawing on a narrative analysis of a Dutch parliamentary commission’s hearings...