ViaJamaica Observer What you see is what you get (WYPIWYG) Dennis ChungFriday, November 30, 2007 WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) is a computer terminology that refers to the way in which a file is output in relation to how it is viewed on the monitor. As it says, what you see on the monitor is the way the file will be output. Before WYSIWYG technology the representation … Continue reading
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s department of food science was ranked in the top 10 nationally for “faculty scholarly productivity” by Academic Analytics, which recently released its 2006-2007 ranking of doctoral research programs at 357 universities and colleges. In the agricultural sciences category, the University of Arkansas was ranked No. 22. Only two other Southeastern Conference schools, Florida and Kentucky, were also ranked in … Continue reading
Introductory Remarks At the Conference on the Role of the Private Sectorin Economic Development and Regional Integration in the Maghreb By Murilo PortugalDeputy Managing Director of the International Monetary FundTunis, Tunisia, November 28, 2007 1. Ministers, Governors, and distinguished guests, 2. I would like to thank the Tunisian authorities for hosting this important conference on the Role of the Private Sector in Economic Development and Regional Integration in the Maghreb … Continue reading
Aboriginals key to economic future Kerry BenjoeLeader-PostPublished: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 A new study released Monday states that education is the key to unlocking billions for Canada’s economy in the next 10 years. “We feel aboriginal Canadians can make a much more greater contribution to the economy in terms of more people working and higher productivity if they had better education,” said Andrew Sharpe, the study’s author. “There’s a lot … Continue reading
Manjeet KripalaniBusinessWeek.com November 26, 2007 In a neat industrial area on the outskirts of Chennai is the factory of export house Farida Group. Inside the spacious workplace are rows of women in uniform blue jackets and men in blue-gray polo shirts who quietly operate moulding and pressing machines. At the beginning of the rows are marked-up productivity and quality charts. The floors have markings in paint for the exact position … Continue reading
ViaJamaica Information Service JPC Head Proposes Greater Investment in S&Tto Increase Productivity Levels BY: SASHA-GAY LEWIS Executive Director of the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), Dr. Charles Douglas, is pointing to the need for greater investment in science and technology (S&T) as one way to boost Jamaica’s declining productivity levels. Speaking against the background of National Science and Technology month in November and the observance of National Productivity Awareness Week from … Continue reading
ViaJamaica Gleaner Online Prime Minister Bruce Golding says if Jamaica is to keep pace with the competition globally, the productivity level of the Jamaican labour force will have to be improved. Addressing the 27th conference of the Human Resources Management Association of Jamaica on Saturday, Golding said he has already approached the Planning Institute of Jamaica to provide an annual index on the productivity level of the labour force to … Continue reading
ViaTopnews.in Researchers at the University of Illinois have devised a new method to successfully simulate photosynthesis in plants, and improve their productivity of leaves and fruit without needing extra fertilizer. The researchers used a computer model, which mimics the process of evolution, for the purpose. They have described their model, the first to simulate every step of the process of photosynthesis, in the journal Plant Physiology. They will also present … Continue reading
ViaREG Monitor By Rachel Ziemba In a recent paper, Song-Yi Kim and Louis Kuijs look at the enduring strength of Chinese corporate profits amid rising imput and wage costs. Overall they argue that growing productivity gains. These gains and efficiencies were greatest, they argue, in sectors with strongest wage pressures. These results do rely on piecing together the available data – for example the broad input/output price indices might obscure … Continue reading
‘R&I in Malta still leaves much to be desired’ by Francesca VellaMalta Independent The sector of research and innovation in Malta still leaves much to be desired and in general, companies do not offer incentives for employees to come up with innovative ideas, said Adrian Said, economist and chief coordinator of Competitive Malta and Partner Institute of the World Economic Forum. Mr Said was giving a presentation as he launched … Continue reading