FAO : SD Dimensions : Knowledge Sustainable Development Department helps to strengthen the capabilities of nationaland regional research, extension, education and communication systems so http://www.fao.org/sd/KNdef_en.htm
Extractions: Ensuring food security - the basic right of people to the food they need - is one of the greatest challenges facing the world community. Meeting this challenge will require new technologies and new ways of collaborating. But technologies will be fully exploited only if the knowledge of how to put them to use is widely disseminated and applied. FAO's Sustainable Development Department helps to strengthen the capabilities of national and regional research, extension, education and communication systems so that rural people have the knowledge and skills they need to improve their productivity, incomes and livelihoods, and manage the natural resources on which they depend in sustainable ways. Rural radio and development " presents a critical analysis of rural radio projects implemented by FAO in Western Africa between 1980 and 2000. This power point presentation on " Education for Rural Development: An Agenda for Action " was given at the INRULED International Symposium on Rural Education 20-23 January 2003, in Baoding, China The impact of HIV/AIDS on the different farming sectors in Namibia " issued jointly by the University of Namibia and the FAO Regional Office for Africa, provides background to the situation of HIV/AIDS in Namibia. Issues related to the impact of HIV/AIDS on farming, both communal and commercial are reviewed.
Acoustical Society Of America - Acoustics And You The field of acoustics, because it is so diverse, offers many different career opportunities.Category Science Technology Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration research that seeks to understand how man produces and perceives speech is leadingto the development of methods for improved communication between man and http://asa.aip.org/acou_and_you.html
Extractions: (A Career in Acoustics?) What do all of these people have in common? Their work deals with ACOUSTICS. Acoustics is the science of sound. It relates to recorded music, to speech and hearing, to the behavior of sound in concert halls and buildings, and to noise in our environment. Sound waves are used in medical diagnosis, for testing critical materials, and for locating fish in the ocean or oil-bearing rock formations underground. What career opportunities are available for me in ACOUSTICS? The field of ACOUSTICS, because it is so diverse, offers many different career opportunities. We have asked experts in several branches of acoustics to mention some of the opportunities that exist in their particular fields. Architectural acoustics deals with sound in and around buildings of all kinds. Good acoustical design ensures the efficient distribution of desirable sounds as well as the exclusion of undesirable sound. It is the branch of acoustics that comes most readily to mind when a layperson thinks of "acoustics." Nearly everyone is aware of the importance of good acoustical design in concert halls, recording studios, auditoriums, and churches. But people spend more of their time in homes, offices, factories, or classrooms where little or no attention may have been given to the acoustical environment. Good acoustics should, and can, be engineered during the design of the building, since changes at a later time are expensive.
Networking Research Links And Status Of Standards Networking research National Laboratory for Applied Network research The text FOCUSrepresentative to IFIP's Technical Committee on communication Systems, TC6. http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sos.html
Extractions: CCR Networking Research Links and Standards SIGCOMM, as a service to the networking community, lists web pages that maintain current networking research discussions and Standards web site pointers. The text of various OSI related standards is also available. From here you can go to networking research web sites. The Internet Traffic Archive and Henning Schulzrinne's Bibliograph of Networking Research sites are supported, in part, by grants from ACM SIGCOMM: The text of assorted ISO Standards can be found here Other standards related web servers can be found by following: ACM and the IEEE Computer Society jointly, through the Federation on Computing in the United States (FOCUS), represent the U.S. to the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). SIGCOMM provides support for the FOCUS representative to IFIP's Technical Committee on Communication Systems, TC6. CCR is actively looking for a volunteer to track standards activities in various forums, particularly CCITT and IEEE. If you have any help to offer, please contact the
Welcome To Toda Institute! Brings peace researchers, policymakers, and community activists into communication and collaboration on selected projects in conflict resolution. These three epistemic communities are often divided by different perceptions and actions in conflict resolution. All three communities are needed, however, for understanding conflicts and possible remedies. http://www.toda.org/
IRC Communication Research Resources - Academic Resources Management on Internet Relay Chat. Human communication research, 23, 507 Journalof ComputerMediated communication, 3(3). http//www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol3 http://www2.irchelp.org/irchelp/communication-research/academic/
Extractions: IRC articles CMC articles and books Relevant journals Resources on websites [ Apologies for the mixed referencing ] Articles and Conference Papers (Alphabetical order) Bays, H. 1999. "The Gift Economy in Internet Relay Chat - Giving Immaterial and "Material" Gifts," In Proceedings, "Exploring Cyber Society", 5-7 July, Newcastle, England. Bechar-Israeli, H. 1995. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1 Byrne, E. 1994. Cyberfusion: The Formation of Relationships on Internet Relay Chat. " Diss. U of Western Sydney, Nepean. [While I do not have permission to store this thesis, the original version has been taken off the Internet. This version is missing the bibliography.] December, J. 1993. Characteristics of Oral Culture in Discourse on the Net . Paper presented at the twelfth annual Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, University, Park, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1993. Danet, B., Ruedenberg-Wright, L., and Rosenbaum-Tamari, Y.. 1996.
ISCA Tutorial And Research Workshop Swerts, IPO, Netherlands; Richard Sproat, AT T research, USA; organisation for promotingSpeech communication Science and Email info@iscaspeech.org Web http http://www.ssw4.org/
Extractions: August 29th - September 1st, 2001 Aims This workshop will bring together researchers in all areas of speech synthesis. This is the 4th such workshop on this theme, and the intention is to carry on the successful traditions of the previous ones. Papers involving any aspect of speech synthesis are encouraged, especially in the areas of: Location and Format The workshop, which will be a satellite workshop to Eurospeech 2001 , follows on from previous workshops at Jenolan Caves, Mohonk and Autrans and adopts a similar theme. The workshop will be held in the Atholl Palace Hotel, just outside Blair Atholl in the Scottish Highlands. The hotel has been exclusively reserved for the workshop and will accommodate all the attendees, and hold the talks and poster sessions. The hotel is situated in a stunning location at the foot of the Highlands. Although remote, it is about 1 hour 30 mins drive from both Glasgow and Edinburgh international airports and travel to the venue will not be difficult.
Corporate Communication Institute: Home Relations Association, London http//www.ipranet.org. the Foundation for Public RelationsResearch and Education by and for marketing communication professionals http://www.corporatecomm.org/research.html
Extractions: In the fall of 1999, the founders of CCI carried out a benchmark survey to describe the current state of communication in Fortune 1000 companies. The main objective of the survey was to find out the responsibilities of corporate communication professionals, what they do, and how the corporate communication function is structured in the contemporary corporation. The results of the survey are summarized in a presentation given on March 8, 2000, to the Institute and are made available here. Corporate Communications Benchmark Study Internet Resources (return to top) The Corporate Communication Institute provides links to Internet sites that may be of interest to practicing professionals, academics, researchers, and students. CCI makes no claim about the content of the sites listed here. However, we encourage comments on this section and welcome suggestions for additional sources of information. Please contact Dr. Michael B. LIBRARY CATALOGS (return to top)
Social Psychology Links By Subtopic the Internet; Exploring Nonverbal communication (videos and AnimalConcerns.org (largestanimal rights site on links related to personality theory and research); http://www.socialpsychology.org/social.htm
Action / Research Network On Community Communication Technology Request for Comments. The_Network. A New Action / research Network on Community CommunicationTechnology. the_network@scn.org http//www.scn.org/tech/the_network. http://www.scn.org/tech/the_network/Docs/rfc.html
Extractions: http://www.scn.org/tech/the_network This is the second version of our public announcement of an interdisciplinary action+research network on the development, study, and advocacy of communication technology that will benefit individuals, communities, and society. Its focus is on non-commercial, public networked technology. The Purpose: The idea is to develop and sustain a to-be-defined research / action network on the idea of community and technology with an emphasis on engaging with the world in addition to studying the world. We are concerned with the development of community problem-solving capacity and with equity issues surrounding access to that capacity. We envision that the network will help us share ideas, resources, and information; help legitimatize and promote interest and discussion on the topics ; and develop multiple perspectives. To these ends we plan to write and publish papers, books, and digital information. We also plan to organize a variety of regional, national, and international events on these themes. Themes: Our key themes are (1) technology (particularly digital communications technology); (2) research + activism. These areas could include policy work, education and training, participatory design, Internet campaigns, and, even, development of applications, services, systems, or applications; (3) global reach (we potentially have people from several countries in Western Europe and the states; ultimately we would have people from Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, Latin and South America, Canada, etc.); and (4) defining and exploring what it means to work together as a
Advanced Research and Group communication DASCOM (now part of IBM); Honeywell Spaceystems; Novell;NSWC. Credentials. Our Advanced research Staff. Contacts. research@opengroup.orgor http://www.opengroup.org/ar/
ESCIN: Home Page Aims to improve the appreciation and understanding of basic and applied scientific research among Europe's citizens and opinionformers. http://www.esf.org/escin/default.htm
Extractions: Members Map European Image Bank Useful addresses W elcome to the ESCIN Home Page The European Science Communication and Information Network (ESCIN) aims to improve the appreciation and understanding of basic and applied scientific research among Europe's citizens and opinion-formers. Set up in 1993, ESCIN brings together the heads of communication from 21 of Europe's major research councils, institutes and associations in nine countries. Bookmark this page to keep in touch with the latest developments in European science. This site is kindly provided by the European Science Foundation but it is the sole responsibility of ESCIN.
Communication Disability In Ageing Research Unit University of Queensland speech pathology and audiology centre, dedicated to enhancing the communication of older individuals through quality research, teaching, and service. http://www.uq.edu.au/spaa/cdaru/index.html
Extractions: UQ Home Search Maps Contacts ... Library Communication Disability in Ageing Research Unit About Us CDARU team Research Postgraduate FAQS ... News You are here: UQ Home CDARU homepage Welcome to the homepage of the CDARU which is located in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus. ( Building Location Map Associate Professor Louise Hickson heads the team in the CDARU Unit Back to top About Us CDARU team Research Postgraduate FAQS ... Feedback
Girls And Boys Town Network covering mostly US environmental policy and law issues, as well as information on sustainable development. http://www.boystown.org/
ARL: Office Of Scholarly Communication Issues in Scholarly communication. Presented by the Association of ResearchLibraries. ***Scholarly communication Table of Contents***. http://www.arl.org/scomm/
Hispanic And Asian Marketing Communication Research, Inc. Hispanic, Latino, Portuguese, and Asian Marketing research in Latin America and Asia. Qualitative and quantitative, domestic and international, market research. Strategic research for successful marketing strategies. We open doors to multicultural markets by helping clients make sense of cultural diversity in perception and motivation. http://www.hamcr.com
Extractions: For more information visit: Offering strategic research including qualitative and quantitative methodologies. We design research to meet the objectives of our clients for their understanding of culturally diverse consumer experience. Types of studies typically conducted include: Focus groups, in-depth interviews, ethnographic studies, telephone surveys, usage and attitude studies, day after recall studies, copy testing, and most other marketing research approaches. Beyond research we help clients with strategic marketing advice for product design and communications. With an unparalleled history in multicultural marketing we offer high level consulting in ethnic, and culturally diverse markets. We have the capacity to identify opportunities, capitalize on information, and develop sound strategic approaches to enable our clients to go beyond data into marketing action.
BYU Wireless Communications Research Information on channel probing and modeling, raytracing, space-time coding, and MIMO channels. Site provides publications and measured data for download. http://www.ycomm.org
Forward Coursework in the CDS program includes classes in speech, language, hearing sciences and disorders, as well as classes in counseling, cognitive rehabilitation, research methods, and service delivery. Program offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral level training in speech pathology. http://interact.uoregon.edu/cds/index.html
Wireless Communication Online Resource And News Directory Providing the industry with informative resources and discussion forums on wireless technology.Category Computers Data communications WirelessWireless communication Online Industry Resource Guide PO Box 18982Anaheim, CA 92817 (714) 6857914 Email Us. Site content sponsors http://www.wireless-communication.org/
Extractions: Wireless telephones transmit low-energy radio waves to local antennas. These antennas are connected to a local phone network, or directly to another wireless phone. Cellular phones use the same frequency over and over by dividing up geographic areas into cells. These cells can be as large as an entire country, or as small as a single building. PCS cells tend to be smaller than traditional analog cells. This gives PCS the capacity to handle more subscribers. As the user moves from cell to cell, the call is handed off from one antenna to the next. Digital technologies such as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Global Standard for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) allow cells to handle multiple calls on the same frequency. Large PCS service areas also allow for wider roaming, and new data services linked to the Internet.
Human Communication Research Centre: Home Page An interdisciplinary research group at the University of Edinburgh with interests in dialogue, mechanisms of language processing, graphics language, and technology. http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk/
Extractions: Welcome to the home page of the Human Communication Research Centre (HCRC), an interdisciplinary research centre at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow When people communicate, they process vast quantities of information. HCRC brings together theories and methods from several formal and experimental disciplines to understand better how this happens. We focus on spoken and written language; we also study communication in other media - visual, graphical and computer-based. To navigate the HCRC web site use the buttons on the left and at the bottom of each page. Return to this page by clicking the HCRC logo at the top left or the Home button at the bottom of each page. HCRC Contact: telephone, fax and postal address. HCRC Annual Report 1998-00 in PostScript and PDF formats (Reports from and also available). The ICCS /HCRC seminar timetable ICCS internal home page (ICCS/HCRC users only). SCogS internal home page (ICCS/HCRC users only). HCRC Resources page (CCS/HCRC users only).
