Developing countries bear the brunt of damage to health from environmental hazards. Yet most of the money the world is spending on environmental health research and on interventions to protect health from these hazards is being spent by the industrialized countries. The sheer size and intensity of this effort greatly influence the entire world agenda, sometimes in ways that do not reflect the r...

All modern industrialized countries are confronted with a series of mega trends. This position paper envisions opportunities and challenges for Architectural Robotics to meet resulting demands. It focusses on typical living environments, i.e. private and residential homes.

In global open market, the trends forcing the companies and countries to change their production strategies are evident. The receiving developing countries have their challenges in adapting to a new situation. In addition, the companies and countries in industrialized countries are trying to find feasible strategies to adapt to the new trends. Value of products, rarity of production factors, in...

Artan nüfus ve gelişen teknoloji ile birlikte günümüz dünyasında hayatın vazgeçilmez parçası olan enerji, tüm ülkeler için öncelikli önemli bir konumdadır. Enerji, özellikle kaynakları yetersiz stratejik konudur çünkü gelişme yolundaki bu büyük ölçüde enerji ithalatına bağımlı hale gelmekte ekonomileri kırılganlaşmaktadır. Bu durumdaki daha çok yenilenebilir kullanımına yönelmekte böylece taraf...

A number of authors have developed varied indices for measuring central bank independence with the aim of determining whether there is any association between central bank independence and inflation rates. Most analyses focused on industrialized countries, although more recently the interest has shifted to the emerging and less developed countries. The general trust of the results of these stud...