Human Development Index (HDI) - 2012 Rankings

Very High Human Development Norway Australia United States Netherlands Germany New Zealand Ireland Sweden Switzerland Japan Canada Korea (Republic of) Hong Kong, China Iceland Denmark Israel Belgium Austria Singapore France Finland Slovenia Spain Liechtenstein Italy Luxembourg United Kingdom

Medium Human Development

101. China

Public funding & levels of development

Public funding modes in healthcare are associated to high levels of development. Private funding and international support are associated to weak levels of human development.

Maybe Karl Marx was right that human society would progress toward a communist peak.

How metaphor can contribute a game

Passage is a good example of gaming minimalism and metaphor.
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/hcsoftware/Passage/v2/Passage_v2_Windows.exe

Author impact factor and the h-index

The h-index quantifies the actual scientific productivity and the apparent impact of the scientist. The h-index is based on the author’s most cited papers and the number of citations they have received from other articles.

"A scientist has index h if h of his/her Np papers have at least h citations each, and the other (Np − h) papers have no more than h citations each." An h-index of 16 means, for example, that a researcher has published 16 papers that each had at least 16 citations. Therefore, the h-index reflects both the number of articles as well as the number of citations per article.

How to find the h-index of an individual author in Web of Science:

1. Go to Web of Science from the UW Health Sciences Library webpage or Databases list.
2. Enter author’s name and be sure the pull-down box indicates Author.
3. Click Search.
4. Refine Results by subject areas or other criteria if desired.
5. Click 'Create Citation Report' link (right side of window, just above results list).
6. The Citation Report lists the h-index near the top right of the page.

Cheapest higher education for EU students

Countries	EU students	Languages
Austria	Free for EU students	German
Sweden	Free for EU students	Swedish
Finland	Free for EU students	Finnish 92%, Swedish 6% (both official)
Denmark	Free for EU students	Danish
Norway	Free for all	Norwegian

Germany: 250 Euro per year

France: 200 Euro per year

Luxembourg: 400-800 Euro per year

The Netherlands: 1835 Euro per year