Hong Kong is a leading financial, trade and business centre. Although lacking in natural resources, its fabled harbour is one of the finest deep water ports in the world. Hardworking, entrepreneurial and well-educated people form the foundation of Hong Kong’s productivity and creativity. Upon the resumption of exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), t…
The Indo-Pacific region will play a critical role in shaping Canada’s future over the next half-century. Encompassing 40 economies, over four billion people and $47.19 trillion in economic activity, it is the world’s fastest growing-region and home to six of Canada’s top 13 trading partners. The Indo-Pacific region represents significant opportunities for growing the economy here at home,…
Nothing is more important than children’s welfare. Every child deserves to grow up in a safe, stable, and loving home. Children who need help and protection deserve high quality and effective support. This requires individuals, agencies, and organisations to be clear about their own and each other’s roles and responsibilities, and how they work together. In this guidance, a child is defined…
In cooperation with the UN, Japan contributes to international peace and stability through exercising leadership in its areas of expertise, such as agenda-setting and rule-making for the international community. A case in point is human security. Japan has upheld human security as a guiding principle in international cooperation for the 21st century. This principle won the common understanding …
Cyber and digital issues are growing in scope and importance as an item on the foreign and security policy agenda. The emergence of new strategic digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum technology, advanced semiconductors and next-generation communications networks (6G) is a key factor in international cooperation and the global balance of power. By virtue of its role as a…
Feral camels live in three main types of non-territorial groups: year-round groups of bulls (males), summer groups of cows (females) and calves, and winter breeding groups that include a mature bull and several cows with calves. Old bulls tend to be solitary (DEH 2004). Herds average 11 individuals but larger herds of up to several hundred animals may form in summer or during droughts when grou…
Alongside tomato and onion, peppers chilli ranks as one of Ghana's three most important vegetable crops in terms of hectares and crop value with significant potential for generating income, creating jobs, and contributing to foreign exchange through exportsPepper can be produced in the field and under greenhouse farming using conventional organic procedures. Select well drained soil on a gentle…
The development of Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry is an important initiative of Australian governments to guide new, nationally consistent policies to enhance animal welfare arrangements in all Australian states and territories. The development process is supported and funded by all governments and the major poultry industries. The standards provide a basis for d…
Base isolation is an effective approach for reducing damages to structures and their contents under severe earthquake excitations. It is generally implemented by using special isolators, such as laminated rubber bearings (e.g., Kelly, 1986; Kikuchi & Aiken, 1997; Skinner et al., 1993; Yamamoto et al., 2009) and friction pendulum (FP) bearings (e.g.…
Fresh water is essential for human life [1, 2]. Securing fresh water is one of the most important issues for humankind. However, human population has increased steadily, and millions of people are concentrated in metropolitan cities [3, 4]. The amount of natural freshwater is insufficient to meet the demands of the population [5]. Thus, fresh wate…
How can we begin to chronicle the ecological ruination of the Pacific and Transpacific? What radiates outward to reveal the extent of the catastrophe? The editors and authors of Empire and Environment offer profound analyt-ics, poetics, and tools toward understanding the historical and contemporary dynamics of the relationship between capitalism, empire, and our planet in crisis. …
The geographic scope of FTFT-MnM encompasses 16 districts in the mainland, focusing on the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) - Morogoro, Mbeya, Songwe, Iringa - and 10 districts in the Zanzibar Islands of Unguja and Pemba. The activity uses a value chain approach to ensure integrated development. Interventions encourage the development of business relations; efficient t…
Getting your driver licence is a journey. In NSW, it starts with getting your learner licence. Your learning is spread over 3 or 4 years to help build experience to become a safe and skilled driver. A driver licence gives you freedom but also brings responsibility. It’s a commitment between you and the NSW community to keep the roads safe for everyone. There’s a set process and set fees for…
The arts are organised expressions of ideas, feelings and experiences in images, in music, in language, in gesture and in movement. They provide for sensory, emotional, intellectual and creative enrichment and contribute to the child’s holistic development. Much of what is finest in society is developed through a variety of art forms which contribute to cultural ethos and to a sense of well-b…
It is becoming more apparent that the role of fathers in families is changing. Fathers, whether they are the primary caregiver, separated from the family, step-fathers or grandfathers are increasingly playing a greater role and becoming more active in their children’s lives. However many fathers are still reluctant to approach or utilise services because of the many and varied accessibility i…
Water is one of the most widely occurring substances on Earth. It covers seventy percent of the planet’s surface. Water is the only substance that exists naturally in all three states—solid (ice), liquid, and gas (water vapour and steam). Water falls as various types of precipitation—rain, hail, sleet, snow—and collects on the surface in glaciers, lakes, marshes, rivers, and oceans. It …
The creative spirit does not only live from the intern-alization of concepts, rules, practices, and concep-tions. To trigger the creative process, it needs to fantasize, idealize, ramble and harmonize.In the creative process, time is differential, and space is unifying. It can be said that time is memory and utopia; space is the real, the concrete, and the representation. A…
The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities (PHI) Time and Space were compiled to establish a multidisciplinary platform for presenting, interacting, and disseminating research. It also aims to foster awareness and discussion on Time and Space, focusing on different visions relevant to Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Design and Social Sciences, and its importance and benefits …
Bagaimana anda menjaga dan mencintai diri sendiri? Metode Pelatihan Mandiri untuk Harga Diri ala Dokter Kejiwaan 'dr. Yoon si Penjawab'. Selain mengandung 24 latihan untuk meningkatkan kepercayaan diri, buku ini juga terbagi dari tujuh bagian berikut: # Bagian pertama penanganan kesalahpahaman dan prasangka atas 'harga-diri' serta mengajak anda menyadari pentingnya kepercayaan diri dalam keh…
Over the past few decades, Computational Thinking (CT) has gained widespreadattention and been regarded as one of the essential skills required by those growingup in the digital era. To nurture the next generation to become creativeproblem-solvers, there is a growing need to implement CT education into the schoolcurriculum. This book is an edited volume with a specific focus on CT education.The…