The purpose of this article is to identify the business strategies of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the telecommunications sector in Argentina, considering the economic and technical uncertainties and the regulatory constraints they face. We focus on MSMEs because, even though these small businesses provide critical access to infrastructure in remote communities, there is litt...

on the development of several prototypes, we have built a semi-automated Deaf Telephony prototype on the SoftBridge platform. This prototype relays text and speech between Deaf users on the Internet and hearing users on the telephone system. Previous work with a pilot trial in the laboratory revealed several opportunities for enhancement. We added a Wizard of Oz (WoOz) to replace the poorly per...

When merged with new pedagogical practices the use of open social web tools as a means to mediate and support teacher training triggers a whole new set of implications for education and individuals. It is important for teachers, learners and other educational agents to think of themselves as co-learners in a social collective aware of their role in developing the skills and knowledge they need ...

Young people have been perceived as a group that benefits most directly from China’s education aspirations and modernization campaign. Given their high social and spatial mobility related to education and career pursuits, it is intriguing but also difficult to follow them in panel studies. This methodology paper summarizes how the Panel Study of Nanjing High School Graduates explores different ...

Technology integration into contemporary society and business operations is a reality in Namibia. The financial services sector is a vibrant sector that embraces global trends and boasts an advanced ICT infrastructure. The banking sector, though challenged by the lack of expert knowledge, is directly connected to South Africa where the banking sector sources the knowledge it needs to support lo...

One of the major goals of the Sustainable Agriculture Farming initiatives at UC Davis is to provide information about the feasibility of adopting conservation tillage and cover cropping at the farm level. The project includes two tillage schemes: standard tillage (ST) and conservation tillage (CT), and three farming methods: conventional, organic, and winter legume cover crop. All three product...

Global biodiversity continues along a trajectory of decline despite enormous conservation efforts (Rands et al., 2010). This is also true in China, one of the most biodiversity-rich countries in the world (Liu and Raven, 2010; Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, 2010a). To fundamentally change this trajectory, it is essential to understand complex interactions among various forces af...

Three BODIPY derivatives substituted at meso position by aryl (phenyl or N,N-dimethylaminonaphthyl) groups and functionalized 2 with electron-withdrawing formyl electron deficient benzimidazole heterocycle were synthesized completely characterized the usual spectroscopic techniques. A comprehensive photophysical study showed a remarkable enhancement of singlet oxygen sensitization quantum yield...