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Service Provision

Author : Kenneth J. Turner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470020490
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Service Provision written by Kenneth J. Turner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-01-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first overview of the service technologies available to telecoms operators working in a post-convergence world. Previous books have focused either on computer networks or on telecoms networks. This is the first to bring the two together and provide a single reference source for information that is currently only to be found in disparate journals, tool specifications and standards documents. In order to provide such broad coverage of the topic in a structured and logical fashion, the book is divided into 3 parts. The first part looks at the underlying network support for services and aims to explain the technology that makes the user-visible services possible. This section covers multimedia networking, both traditional (legacy) and future (softswitch) call processing, intelligent networks, the Internet, and Wireless networks. Part 2 deals with how these services may be analysed and managed. Chapters cover topics such as commercial issues, service management, quality of service, security, standards and APIs. Part 3 concludes the book by looking ahead at evolving technologies and more speculative possibilities, discussing the kinds of services that may be possible in the future and the technologies that will support them. * Focuses is on how the technology supports the services, rather than on technology for its own sake * Contributors drawn from both academia and industry (companies such as Marconi, BT, Telcordia, Cisco, Analysys) to give both theoretical and real-world perspectives * Unique singe-reference source for a wide range of material currently found only in disparate papers, specs and documentation * Covers brand new technologies such as JAIN, JTAPI, Parlay, IP, multimedia networking, active networks, WAP, wireless LANs, agent-based services, etc.

The IMS

Author : Miikka Poikselkä
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118691164
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book The IMS written by Miikka Poikselkä and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 3rd edition of this highly successful text builds on the achievement of the first two editions to provide comprehensive coverage of IMS. It continues to explore the concepts, architecture, protocols and functionalities of IMS while providing a wealth of new and updated information. It is written in a manner that allows readers to choose the level of knowledge and understanding they need to gain about the IMS. With 35% new material, The IMS,IP Multimedia Concepts and Services, 3rd Edition has been completely revised to include updated chapters as well as totally new chapters on IMS multimedia telephony and IMS voice call continuity. Additional new material includes IMS transit, IMS local numbering, emergency sessions, identification of communication services in IMS, new authentication model for fixed access, NAT traversal and globally routable user agents URI. Detailed descriptions of protocol behaviour are provided on a level that can be used for implementation and testing. Key features of the 3rd edition: Two new chapters on IMS multimedia telephony service and IMS Voice Call Continuity Updated information on Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 7 level, including architecture, reference points and concepts Substantially extended coverage on IMS detailed procedures Completely rewritten and extended chapters on IMS services

Service Provision and Migration

Author : Simon J. Tans
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900433680X
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Service Provision and Migration written by Simon J. Tans and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Service Provision and Migration provides a thorough overview of EU and WTO service trade liberalization related to movement of natural persons (GATS Mode 4) and the implementation of the resulting obligations within Dutch and UK immigration law.

Service Provision and Rural Sustainability

Author : Greg Halseth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351054023
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Service Provision and Rural Sustainability written by Greg Halseth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to quality services and community infrastructure are vital parts of supporting sustainable and resilient rural and small town places. Renewing outdated infrastructure and supporting the delivery of services in rural communities present significant challenges from the constrained fiscal and policy realities of the 21st century. Drawing upon contributors from five Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, this book describes innovative service delivery and community infrastructure models that are appropriate to the contemporary rural and resource-dependent regions of developed economies. The examples show that an entrepreneurial approach to service delivery and infrastructure provision by local organizations and governments is needed. Critical economic and community development supports are crucial to assist creative and innovative sets of solutions that work for small communities. Chapters in this book argue that community development foundations for resilient rural and small town communities and regions must be co-constructed and co-delivered in partnership by both local and senior government actors, in terms of both policy and committed resources. This volume will be extremely valuable for students, scholars, and community development practitioners exploring policy-making, government initiatives, and community service provision in rural and small town places.

Service Provision and Rural Development in India

Author : Sudhir Wanmali
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896290387
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Service Provision and Rural Development in India written by Sudhir Wanmali and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1983 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research report on the role of infrastructure and service provision in rural development, based on a case study of Miryalguda Taluka, India - discusses theoretical aspects, development planning, spacial policy trends since 1969; examines the impact of services (incl. Educational facilities, retail trade, irrigation, agricultural markets, storage, agricultural credit, on rural employment, agricultural production, agricultural income and regional development; outlines economic policy implications. Bibliography, graphs and maps.

Models of Care for Drug Service Provision

Author : Richard Bryant-Jefferies
Publisher : Radcliffe Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781857756159
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book Models of Care for Drug Service Provision written by Richard Bryant-Jefferies and published by Radcliffe Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Models of Care for Drug Service Provision encourages a greater understanding of the Models of Care system, and how it can be used in the interest of clients' health and well-being. It describes the different range of treatment responses that can be offered and illustrates the patient's journey through this model. It uses a fictitious account of a client with a drug problem to highlight the various technical aspects of treatments and issues that can commonly arise. "This new book is a wonderful reminder that we are dealing first and foremost with human beings who are complex, vulnerable and who also happen to have a drug problem. Our treatment professionals need to be well informed, up to date and responsive to the needs of clients. They also need to be understanding, tolerant and resourceful. Models of Care for Drug Service Provision assists them by providing a framework within which to work and by helping to bind together the range of professionals and services into a system of care." -- Don Lavoie, National Treatment Agency

Social Security Administration Electronic Service Provision

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309179173
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Social Security Administration Electronic Service Provision written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Security Administration Electronic Service Provision examines the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) proposed e-government strategy and provides advice on how the SSA can best deliver services to its constituencies in the future. The assessment by the Committee on the Social Security Administration's E-Government Strategy and Planning for the Future was based on (1) its examination of the SSA's current e-government strategy, including technological assumptions, performance measures and targets, planned operational capabilities, strategic requirements, and future goals; (2) its consideration of strategies, assumptions, and technical and operational requirements in comparable public- and private-sector institutions; and (3) its consideration of the larger organizational, societal, and technological context in which the SSA operates.

Public Service Provision and Urban Development

Author : Andrew Kirby
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351686968
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Public Service Provision and Urban Development written by Andrew Kirby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1984. The authors of this study address a number of major themes related to the analysis of public services: the role of public choice theory, the importance of professors and organisations, the value of neo-Marxist theories and the importance of space. These issues are considered in the context of case studies of school closures, the provision of medical care, the relationships between Federal outlays and presidential politics, the provision of nurseries, demand-making in local government and the fiscal crisis facing many American cities. The subject of public service provision is of great interest not only to political scientists but also to geographers and to sociologists. This book presents a great deal of new thinking and new research from both North America and Britain.

Religion, Welfare and Social Service Provision

Author : Robert Wineburg
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038977608
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Welfare and Social Service Provision written by Robert Wineburg and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion, Welfare, and Social Service Provision: Common Ground delves deeply into the partnerships forged between religious communities, government agencies and nonprofits to deliver social services to the needy. These pages offer a considered examination of how local faith entities have served those in their midst, and how the provision of those services has been impacted by evolving social policies. This foundational volume brings together the work of more than two dozen leading researchers, each providing long overdue scholarly inquiry into religiously affiliated helping and the many possibilities that it holds for effective cooperation.

Improving agricultural productivity for poverty alleviation through integrated service provision with public-private sector partnerships: Examples and issues

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Author : Hussain, Intizar
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290905360
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Improving agricultural productivity for poverty alleviation through integrated service provision with public-private sector partnerships: Examples and issues written by Hussain, Intizar and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2004 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enduring low agricultural productivity is one of the major causes of rural poverty in South Asia. Based on a review of recent empirical studies, this paper focuses on three key questions: (1) why is agricultural productivity low in the region?; (2) what are the key constraints and opportunities for enhancing agricultural productivity; and (3) what are the effective mechanisms to improve access to key productivity enhancing technologies, factors and services. Two major points raised in the paper are: (a) improved management of land and water is important for increasing productivity, but equally important is farmer access to non land and water-related inputs and services, which through their complementary relationships with water, increase the productivity and value of water. Even if most of the constraints related to land and water are removed through improved management, the resulting gains in productivity may not be sufficient-in the presence of constraints related to other factors and services-to have any significant impacts on poverty. Therefore, in order to generate any major increases in productivity, improved access for farmers to non land and water-related factors and services is also important; (b) access to these factors and services can be improved by providing them in an integrated manner with public-private sector partnerships. Based on examples of various models, initiatives and practices from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, China, Sub-Saharan Africa and other countries, the study suggests a framework for integrated services provision in the agriculture sector, and raises key research issues and questions to be explored.

Opportunities and Challenges for Community Involvement in Public Service Provision in Rural Guatemala

Author : Johanna Speer
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opportunities and Challenges for Community Involvement in Public Service Provision in Rural Guatemala written by Johanna Speer and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the research summarized in this paper is to provide policy-relevant knowledge on the governance of rural services in Guatemala and thus to contribute to improving the provision of services that are essential for agricultural and rural development. Almost 10 years ago, the Guatemalan government decided to strengthen decentralization and community participation to improve the quality of public services, as well as access to these services for the poor, especially in rural areas. Based on quantitative and qualitative primary data, we examine how services are actually provided today and how community preferences and participation affect service provision in rural Guatemala. Our main finding is that the provision of formally decentralized services by local governments is incomplete. As a result, many rural communities continue to lack access to services, and some of them engage in supplying these services themselves. However, communities do not consider themselves to be more effective at service provision and would therefore prefer to be served by the government. Moreover, we find that community participation in the planning and evaluation of services has a positive impact on the responsiveness of the local governments service provision. However, the effectiveness of community participation varies greatly among the examined cases, with several participatory governance bodies not functioning properly due to low education levels, poverty, and weak civil-society organization.

The Rationale Behind Strategic Alliances in Application Service Provision

Author : D. E. Sofiane Tebboune
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1605666300
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book The Rationale Behind Strategic Alliances in Application Service Provision written by D. E. Sofiane Tebboune and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria

Author : Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria by : Takeshima, Hiroyuki

Download or read book Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria written by Takeshima, Hiroyuki and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nigeria, despite the scarcity of tractors, average horsepower and prices of tractors appear high. These patterns are different from the experiences in other parts of the world where initially tractor horsepower was often smaller, such as Asia, or farmers were better endowed with land and wealth, such as Latin America. In Nigeria, joint ownership of tractors is rare, and formal loans are often unavailable due to high transactions costs. IFPRI’s survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa states in 2013 suggested that the spatial mobility of tractors is generally low and the use of tractors is highly seasonal. There do not seem to be plausible explanations for the seeming dominance of large tractor use based on available information on prices and soils. Nevertheless, these patterns seem driven by the own initiative of the private sector rather than by government policies. Indivisibility of large tractors and limited mobility of supplies may cause imperfections in the custom tractor hiring market. In order to distinguish the impacts of technology adoption at the extensive margin from those at the intensive margin, in the empirical analyses for the research presented here we tested these hypotheses focusing on the differences among marginal adopters of tractor hiring services and non-adopters with similar characteristics. The results are three-fold: (1) adoptions patterns of tractor services are partly explained by basic factor endowments, suggesting that the market for custom hiring is in some way functioning efficiently in response to economic conditions; (2) adoptions are, however, affected by supply-side factors, including the presence of large farm households (and thus potential tractor owners) within the district, and (3) per capita household expenditure level differs significantly between the marginal adopters and non-adopters with similar characteristics. This difference seems to arise from adoption per se, rather than the intensity of adoption, which is consistent with the hypothesis of imperfection in the custom tractor hiring market.

Women's mental health: promoting a gendered approach to policy and service provision

Author :
Publisher : The Women's Health Council
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's mental health: promoting a gendered approach to policy and service provision written by and published by The Women's Health Council. This book was released on 2004 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Socio-Economic Human Rights in Essential Public Services Provision

Author : Marlies Hesselman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317209885
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Socio-Economic Human Rights in Essential Public Services Provision written by Marlies Hesselman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a clear overlap between securing socio-economic human rights for all persons and arranging adequate access to essential public services across society. Both are necessary to realise thriving, inclusive societies, with adequate living standards for all, based on human dignity. This edited volume brings together the two topics for the first time. In particular, it identifies the common challenges for essential public services provision and socio-economic human rights realisation, and it explores how socio-economic rights law can be harnessed to reinforce better access to services. An important aim of this book is to understand how international socio-economic human rights law and guideposts can be used and strengthened to improve access to services, and assess socio-economic legal and policy decisions. The volume includes contributions from different continents, on a range of different services, and engages with the realities of different regulatory settings. After an introduction that sets out the most important challenges for universal access to services – including sufficient resources mobilisation, private actor involvement and regulation, or the need for improved checks and balances – the book goes on to discuss current issues in services provision and socio-economic rights, as well as explores the place and role of private business actors in the provision of services. In particular, it assesses how the responsibility and accountability of such actors for human rights can be improved . The final part of the book narrows in on the under-explored human rights concepts of ‘participation’ and ‘accountability’, as essential prerequisites for better ‘checks and balances’. Overall, this volume presents a unique and powerful illustration of how socio-economic human rights law supports improved access to essential public services for all.

Performance Comparison and Organizational Service Provision

Author : Christopher Dorn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000349519
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Performance Comparison and Organizational Service Provision written by Christopher Dorn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the mechanisms underlying performance comparisons, Performance Comparison and Organizational Service Provision investigates how such assessments shape hospitals’ service provision and medical professionals’ work. With a focus on U.S. health care, this study outlines how medical quality was defined and compared in the hospital sector from the late 19th century to the present. Developing a novel theoretical framework to investigate performance comparisons, several different forms of internal and external performance assessments are contrasted throughout this period. The transformative effects of these comparisons on hospitals’ relationships to patients, insurers, regulators, and staff are analyzed and their ramifications for current hospital care are explored. Drawing on this analysis, the book examines the controversial nature of these measures and the struggles among hospital managers, patients, physicians, and policy makers to determine hospital quality. Affording a deeper understanding of how performance comparisons influence organizational service provision, the book will be of interest to researchers in a broad range of fields including organization studies, accountability and evaluation, health care, and policy research as well as practitioners in hospital care and management.

Cross-Border Provision of Air Navigation Services with Specific Reference to Europe

Author : Niels van Antwerpen
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9041145087
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Cross-Border Provision of Air Navigation Services with Specific Reference to Europe written by Niels van Antwerpen and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2008-05-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tremendous flow of air traffic traversing the airspace of the European Union demands extraordinary vigilance on the part of air navigation service providers. Although the first requirement of air navigation services is obviously the enhancement of safety, providers must also attend to the efficiency and optimisation of airspace capacity and the minimisation of air traffic delays. As technological and operational improvements proceed in these areas, jurisdictional issues of responsibility and liability—particularly in cases of mid-air collisions—become ever sharper and more in need of precise definition. This detailed and insightful exposition focuses on these issues from three overlapping perspectives: the international and European legal framework dealing with air navigation services, the question of state responsibility, and the question of liability for damage inflicted by air navigation service providers. The author’s in-depth analysis includes examination of many elements, among them the following: • the interrelated roles of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL), the European Community’s European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and other international bodies; • the Single European Sky initiative, its establishment of Functional Airspace Blocks (FUAs), and its ongoing research program (SESAR); • establishment of transparent lines of state responsibility in the context of cross-border provision of air navigation services; and prospects for the imposition of a transparent liability regime on corporatized air navigation service providers. In conclusion, the author enumerates the essential elements required for cross-border provision of air navigation services and offers well-thought-out final recommendations and conclusions on the most preferable way to pursue such cross-border provision within and outside the European Community. A model agreement for the delegation of air navigation service provision appears as an appendix. All professionals concerned with air navigation, in Europe and elsewhere, will appreciate the depth of knowledge and commitment apparent in this book. The deeply informed insights manifest in its pages will be of enormous value to aviation agency officials and air law practitioners everywhere.