Monday, September 30, 2013

Human Development Index (HDI) - 2012 Rankings

Very High Human Development

  1. Norway
  2. Australia
  3. United States
  4. Netherlands
  5. Germany
  6. New Zealand
  7. Ireland
  8. Sweden
  9. Switzerland
  10. Japan
  11. Canada
  12. Korea (Republic of)
  13. Hong Kong, China
  14. Iceland
  15. Denmark
  16. Israel
  17. Belgium
  18. Austria
  19. Singapore
  20. France
  21. Finland
  22. Slovenia
  23. Spain
  24. Liechtenstein
  25. Italy
  26. Luxembourg
  27. United Kingdom
Medium Human Development
  1. China
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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.
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Friday, September 27, 2013

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
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

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.
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Sunday, September 01, 2013

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
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