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Regulations and Practices of Polymer Recycling in NATO Countries
1998
Environmental policy in all European NATO countries, with reference to legal regulations about recycling, are nearly the same as the environmental policy in European Community, EC.
Selective collection of glass containers in the Valencian Community (Spain)
2000
Spanish legislation has recently adopted the norms defined by a directive of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers, 20 December 1994, concerning containers and container residues. The purpose of the directive is to harmonize national measures for the processing of these products in member states. Thus, contributing to prevent or reduce their impact upon the environment both in the different member states and in third countries. To this effect, the directive requires the compliance within a given period of a series of recycling and processing objectives applicable to all the packaging and container materials on the market, including glass products. The aims of the present stu…
Aspects of Statistics on Innovation in Latvia and Some Guidelines for Its Effective Use
2016
AbstractStatistical data on innovation in Latvia, at a current stage, were applied only to the particular areas of developing and planning of Latvian innovation support strategies. The aim of the paper is to show Latvian innovative performance and to provide proposals on making statistical data on innovations more useful for the analysis of innovativeness of Latvia. Research methods: bibliography review and methods of statistical analysis, such as processing and comparative analysis.
Conclusion: Hospitality in the New Millennium
2017
The main thesis held here is that Western civilization has subscribed to a medical / surgical metaphor, which consists in extirpating the affected part to save the body. If this is applied in the case of terrorism, the Muslim community runs serious risk of being demonized and martyrized in the name of security.
Introduction to the Special Section on Induction Heating Systems
2014
International audience; This special section aims at bringing some of the most recent and interesting ideas in this area by the worldwide research community and at presenting some of the latest advancements and developments in the field of induction heating technology.
Designing for Networked Community Resilience
2016
Abstract Communities have been described to be at the heart of the preparedness for and the response to disasters. The increasing connectedness has made communities more vulnerable for their dependence on a complex network of critical infrastructures. At the same time, this very connectedness has the potential to enable communities to self-organise, engage, and connect with other communities to improve their resilience. While the pathway to more resilience is promising and has many advocates, the response to crises and disasters, time and again reveals the challenges related to (i) ad-hoc switching from preparedness to response; (ii) ad-hoc connecting professional responders, communities, v…
The TurningPoint application as a transformational learning tool in educational processes
2016
The educational convergence project driven by the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has created new teaching methods and evaluation processes in university education systems. This new pedagogical approach generates an unquestionable opportunity for different segments of the university community see ICTs as an essential tool of the procedure of educational content development, which facilitate the teaching-learning process. This article presents the TurningPoint tool, which focuses on promoting teacher-student interactions, facilitating participation and ongoing assessment. This tool has advantages over other existing applications because of its variety of utilities and potential use. Mo…
The Development of Linguistic Competences for Employability: A Training Project for Teachers
2014
Abstract Employability is a new concept that has just appeared in the Spanish educational system. Its rising importance is due to European Union educational policies which aim to provide young people with training that enables them to take part successfully in the present and future working world. This paper argues for the need to develop employability from the very start of formal education, and within this, we highlight the importance of developing linguistic competence among pre-school and primary pupils as a key element for favouring employability. To be able to do so, the teaching staff must be trained using quality education to enable them to work effectively on this competence. In th…
Determinants and Stakeholders Influencing Children's Road Safety Education
2016
Road safety education is, widely, the best base and the greatest assurance of the future in terms of road safety prevention and promotion. Nowadays, RSE constitutes one of the main growing concerns in terms of complimentary education in many countries, taking into account, among other factors, the high rates of accidents that affect the health and welfare of childhood and adolescence. Furthermore, it is a necessity for the community health to create, train, encourage and lead positives attitudes for good road safety education. The general objective of this study was to describe the factors and stakeholders that have influence on the learning of road safety education and safe behaviors of ch…
Diseño y validación de un cuestionario para conocer la praxis docente del profesorado de flauta travesera en centros superiores de la comunidad valen…
2017
El objetivo del presente estudio es diseñar y validar un cuestionario para conocer la opinión del profesorado de las enseñanzas superiores de flauta travesera de la Comunidad Valenciana sobre la praxis docente. La población de referencia está formada por el conjunto de profesores de flauta travesera de los tres conservatorios superiores de música de la Comunidad Valenciana: CSM “Oscar Esplà” de Alicante, CSM “Joaquín Rodrigo” de Valencia y CSM “Salvador Seguí” de Castellón. El cuestionario fue enviado a toda la población y la muestra generadora de datos resultó ser del 100%. Sin embargo dos de los encuestados no respondieron, por tanto tenemos un sesgo del 33’33%. Se considera que el estudi…