Aid (ODA, Official Development Assistance) statistics are routinely produced by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD on the basis of data provided by bilateral donor agencies and using definitions and guidelines that represent a broad donor consensus. The use of new aid instruments, such as debt relief, has led to several changes and additions to DAC procedures over the years,...

Background Global health policy is created largely through a collaborative process between development agencies and aid-recipient governments, yet it remains unclear whether governments retain ownership over the creation of policy in their own countries. An assessment of the power structure in this relationship and its influence over agenda-setting is thus the first step towards understanding w...

—In this survey various soft computing techniques, such as, neural networks, fuzzy logic, evolutionary computation, statistical discrimination and Bayesian inference in processing human scalp EEG have been discussed. To aid the discussion, physiological basis of scalp EEG has been briefly presented, followed by a discussion on dimensionality reduction of the EEG data. For readability the paper ...

The purpose and the main aim of the pedagogic experiment were to practically verify the success of Multimedia Teaching Aid (MTA) in conditions of primary schools. We assumed that the use of our multimedia teaching aid in teaching technical education on the 2nd level of primary schools would significantly affect the level of knowledge of pupils from the issue of Road Safety Education (RSE), part...

Foreword This paper draws from a larger study, conducted for the U.S. Agency for International Development's Bureau for Africa, Office of Analysis, Research and Technical Services (AID/AFR/ARTS). The study was funded through a buy-in to the Implementing Policy Cha.ige (IPC) Project, managed by USAID's Research and Development Buieau, Office of Economic and Institutional Development (AID/RD/EID)...

background global health policy is created largely through a collaborative process between development agencies and aid-recipient governments, yet it remains unclear whether governments retain ownership over the creation of policy in their own countries. an assessment of the power structure in this relationship and its influence over agenda-setting is thus the first step towards understanding ...

Comment on 'Capnography as an aid in localizing the phrenic nerve in brachial plexus surgery. Technical note' Bhagat H, Agarwal A, Sharma MSJournal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008, 3:14 (22 May 2008).