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    Supporting high-quality assessment in Bhutan

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    ACER India has conducted a series of workshops to increase Bhutan’s expertise in national assessment item development, questionnaire design and sampling procedures. Anu Radha Sharma reports

    Ian Hancock - Head of Department of History, Faculty of Arts, ANU

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    This audio interview with Ian Hancock is part of the Emeritus Faculty's Oral History Program involving retired members of ANU who were part of the university in its earlier life. The Oral History Program was initiated and developed by ANU Emeritus Faculty as a contribution to university and community understanding of the beginnings and development of ANU over the past seven decades. Emeritus Faculty has a special interest in this period since the Faculty's membership includes many of the people who helped shape ANU in those early days, to make it the preeminent university it is today. Ian held Teaching appointments in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts for many years and for many was Head of the Department. As seen in his CV Ian has broad interests among these being a preeminent author of past and present members of the Australian Liberal Party

    The Vanishing

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    The Vanishing is an ongoing series of artistic projects that investigate the forced foeticide of Indian girls, realized as an audio installation it is an inspiring and arresting event. The Vanishing is produced by Virginia Tech academics, Akshay and Manisha Sharma and Kim Cunio

    Choice of administrative form of apartment house based on the example of the community of apartment owners at Kirde 10

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    Ligikaudu 70% kõigist leibkondadest Eestis elab korterelamus, mistõttu on aktuaalne kaasomandi valitsemine võimalikult otstarbekalt. Eestis on umbes 21 000 korteriomandite vormiks olevat kinnisasja ja umbes 470 000 korteriomandit. Korteriühistute ligikaudne arv on 9500 ning kortermaju, kus pole moodustatud ühistut on ligikaudu 11 500. Paljud korterelamud on valinud haldamisvormiks korteriühistu, kuid üle poolte korterelamutest majandab korteriomanike ühisusena, ehk reaalset valitsemist teostab majavalitseja. Korteriühisus tugineb oma tegevuses Korteriomandiseadusele. Korteriühistu tegevus on aga reguleeritud eeskätt Korteriühistuseadusega. Parimaks kortermaja valitsemisvormiks peetakse korteriühistut, mis on ka seadusandja poolt soositum vorm. Justiitsministeerium on algatanud seaduseelnõu, mille kohaselt alates 01. Jaanuarist 2016 muutub korteriühistu ainuvõimalikuks kortermaja haldamisvormiks. Töö eesmärgiks oli leida käesoleval hetkel parim haldamisvorm Elvas, Kirde 10 asuvale Korteriühisusele Kirde 10. See tähendab valikut, kas jätkata korteriühisusena või asutada korteriühistu. Töö eesmärgi saavutamiseks tugines autor erialakirjandusele, koostas korteriühisuse tulude ja kulude analüüsi aastatel 2009-2011 ning erinevaid valitsemisvorme võrdleva tulude ja kulude analüüsi. Nii korteriühistul, kui korteriühisusel on oma organid, mille kaudu ühisomandit valitsetakse. Korteriühistu organiteks on üldkoosolek, juhatus ning revisjonikomisjon. Korteriühisuse puhul on nendeks üldkoosolek, valitseja ning majanõukogu. Mõlemal juhul on kõrgeimaks organiks korteriomanike üldkoosolek, mille otsused võetakse vastu häälteenamusega. Oma olemuselt on mõlemad sunduslikud. Korteriühisus on vastava seadusega automaatselt loodud, ning iga korteriomanik on ühisuse liige. Korteriühistu puhul on tegemist sundühistuga, mis tähendab, et korteriühistut moodustades on selle liikmeteks kõik korteriomanikud, olenemata sellest, kas nad asutamiskoosolekul hääletasid ühistu asutamise poolt või vastu. Majandamisvariante on mõlema haldamisvormi puhul mitmeid. Valiku puhul on olulisemaks kriteeriumiteks korterelamu eripärad (korteriomandite arv, elanike meelsus, nende majanduslik seis jne.) ning säästu saavutamine. Kas asutada korteriühistu või mitte, tuleneb mitmetest asjaoludest. Eeskätt on vaja aktiivseid korteriomanikke, kes oskavad näha korteriühistu eeliseid, selgitavad neid ka teistele ning on valmis võtma enda kanda juhatuse kohustused ning vastutuse. Bakalaureusetööst selgub, et korteriühistu eelisteks on selgem seadusandlik baas, elanike omanditunde tõus, läbipaistvam majandamine ning õige majandamisvormi valiku puhul ka säästu saavutamine. Kuna kommunaalteenuste (küte, vesi- ja kanalisatsioon, üldelekter, prügivedu) hindu ei mõjuta haldamisvormi valik ning remondifondi vajalikkus ning maksete suurus sõltuvad üldkoosoleku otsusest, siis on eesmärgiks säästu saavutamine eelkõige hooldustasus, mis sisaldab ka haldustasu. Kirde 10 puhul on võimlik korteriühistu asutamisel ning isemajandamisel saavutada hooldustasudes kuni 19% -line sääst. Sääst tuleneb sellest, et korteriühistuna ise majandades ei lisandu hoolduskuludele riigimakse, palgakulu (v.a juhatuse esimehe tasu) ning kasumiosa. Korteriühistu liikmetega koostööd tehes saab paljud vajalikud hooldustööd kortermajas ise ära või teha palju odavamalt. Korteriühistu puudustena võib välja tuua korteriühistu asutamise formaalse keerukuse, osakapitali nõude olemasolu ning juhatuse vastutuse probleemide tekkimisel. Puuduseks võib pidada ka raamatupidamiskohustuse tekkimist, millega kaasnevad ka täiendavad kulud. Teisest küljest on raamatupidamisest võimalik saada detailne info korterelamu tulude ja kulude kohta, seega võrreldes praegu korterelamuna valitsejat kasutades majandades, saada selgem ja ülevaatlikum info majandamisest. Korteriühisusel Kirde 10 on olemas korteriühistu loomiseks ning toimimiseks vajalikud eeldused: on olemas initsiatiivgrupp, majaelanikud on valmis koostööks ning autori koostatud arvutustele tuginedes saavutatakse eesmärgipärane sääst kodukuludes.The topic of this BA thesis is: Choice of Administrative Form of Apartment House Based on the Example of the Community of Apartment Owners at Kirde 10. Author of this thesis is Anu Nigol. The thesis is written in Estonian and the capacity of the paper is fifty five pages. The thesis is illustrated by one figure and seven tables. The author used thirty-five different sources of data in writing the paper. Choice of administrative form is a burning topic among the apartment owners because residents have become more aware and price sensitive. According to the data of 2011, there are about 21,000 apartment buildings in Estonia, 55% of them administer their houses as community of apartment owners and 45% have formed an apartment association. The sums residents spend on their homes have increased every year as well as the public pressure to form apartment associations. It is possible to administer the common interest of an apartment ownership as an apartment association or as a community of apartment owners. The aim of this thesis is to find the best current administrative form for the community of apartment owners at Kirde 10. The subject matter of this thesis is a three-storied apartment building at Kirde 10 in Elva. The building has three staircases and was built in 1975. The area of the apartment house is 1017.9 square meters, each floor has six apartments. 18 apartment ownerships have been registered in land register and 40 permanent residents dwell in these. The building is administered as a community of apartment owners and Elva Varahalduse OÜ was chosen as the administrator of the building. The thesis investigates how the apartment association is formed and what kind of obligations and expenses come with it. The author of this paper analyzed the income and expenses of the community of apartment owners during 2009 and 2011. The paper presents advantages and disadvantages of forming apartment association. As a result of a comparative analysis of income and expenses of different administrative forms, the author found out the economic usefulness of administrative forms. In order to form an apartment association, there has to be active apartment owners who are able to see the advantages of apartment association, explain these to others and are willing to take on the obligations and responsibilities of the board of association. The advantages of apartment association are clear legislative basis, increase of sense of ownership, transparent administration and saving money if the right form of administration is chosen. The disadvantages might be the formal complexity of establishing an apartment association and the requirement to have holding. It becomes apparent in the thesis that apartment association has more advantages than disadvantages and when administrating the building on their own, the owners are able to save money and decrease the sums they spend on their homes up to 19 %

    Biomaterials and their applications

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    sj-docx-1-isp-10.1177_00207640231223431 – Supplemental material for Effect of Integrated Yoga as an add-on therapy in adults with clinical depression – A randomized controlled trial

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    Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-isp-10.1177_00207640231223431 for Effect of Integrated Yoga as an add-on therapy in adults with clinical depression – A randomized controlled trial by Anu James Vibin, Niharika Niharika, Varun Valliappan, Pasang Lamo, Niranjan Parajuli, Mansingh Jat, Sudha Lama, Aman Agarwal, Rajesh Sagar and Gautam Sharma in International Journal of Social Psychiatry</p

    Anu (Aradhana) Sharma

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