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In the on-going ICT world revolution, e-government applications are considered as one of the modern, growing, and important applications delivered over the Internet. These applications, enabling citizens to interact with government, have emerged in recent years, and are likely to have a positive impact on citizens, government, business and society. This study will explore the adoption and implementation...
Many countries in the world have now realized the relevance of adopting e-Government as a medium for providing effective and citizen-centered services. Developing countries like Nigeria have adopted e-government and are taking yet another step at improving their ranking in the United Nations (UN) e-Government Survey carried out bi-annually. The Federal Government of Nigeria in February, 2014 contracted...
Technology and private-sector funding will drive progress towards the UN's ambitious development goals. The United Nations summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) confirmed one important aspect of their viability that was probably tacitly understood. Achieving the ambitious programme within its 2015 deadline will require an increasing contribution from the private sector. The MDG Gap Task...
This paper presents the procedure to obtain the construction permit for new renewable energy capacity in Kosovo. Since the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) intervention in 1999 the Kosovo have been administrated by the United Nations under Security Council Resolution 1244 (United Nation Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo-UNMIK). Kosovo in the beginning of 2008 has declared independency...
In Kosovo 97% of total electricity is generated from lignite power plant, with total install capacity 1512 MW, but with current available capacity of 834 MW. The generation system, during the past eight years, was not in position to meet domestic demand. After the war in Kosovo the shortages of production has required importation of great amount of electricity. Following the intervention of the NATO...
There is a vigorous debate now about whether oil, natural gas, and coal resources will be sufficient in the future. At the same time, there is an intense effort to predict the changes in climate that will result from consuming these fossil fuels. There has been surprisingly little effort to connect these two. Do we have a fossil-fuel supply problem? Do we have a climate-change problem? Do we have...
The human mediated transfer of aquatic organisms and pathogens via shipping, specifically with ballast water, is a continuing global threat to biodiversity, human health and economic values. In February 2004, as a result of long-term effort of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations body which deals with shipping, the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments...
The aims of this work is to assess how well prepared are European administrations to take full advantage of e-government and e-participation services, and to assess how much are currently benefiting European administrations from e-government and e-participation services. The methodology stems from that used by the United Nations. Specifically, we have built indices to measure e-government readiness...
The degree to which nations have come together to consider a potential global problem and possible solutions is remarkable. Most nations have participated in the United Nations sponsored study of the climate change problem. A report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change constitutes a major summary of thinking on climate change science. Still, climate science is in a state of early...
This paper presents an interview with Yuri Sokolov, deputy director general of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), about some issues regarding the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons throughout the world and how the IAEA works to prevent the spread of nuclear arms and promote the safe use of atomic power.
The United Nations estimates that 38 million people worldwide are infected with HIV/AIDS, and that more than 22 million have died. Like most diseases, treatment decision-making for this disease is currently more an art than science. This is partially because every patient is unique, with his/her own history, set of genetic traits, predisposition to side effects, and prognosis. We reported previously...
Submarine groundwater discharge can significantly influence the near shore transport of chemicals into surface waters. Quantification of the sources and rates of such discharge is critical to development of management strategies. Quantification requires a groundwater seepage meter that provides continuous measurements at high resolutions over an extended period of time. An ultrasonic flow meter has...
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