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AIMS
AIMS or Aims may refer to: Education * Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India * Adventist International Mission School, Muak Lek, Thailand * African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa * Aims Community College, Colorado United States * American Indian Model Schools, a charter school system based in Oakland, California * Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India * Arabic Immersion Magnet School, Houston, Texas, United States * Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards, a standardized test administered by the state of Arizona, United States * Asian Institute of Maritime Studies, a campus in Pasay, Philippines * Australian Institute of Marine Science, a tropical marine research centre located primarily at Cape Ferguson, Queensland Business and NGO * Afghanistan Information Management Services, an Afghan NGO providing services to the Afghan government and to the development community * Association of Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Institute For Mathematical Sciences
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a tertiary education and research institute in Muizenberg, South Africa, established in September 2003, and an associated network of linked institutes in Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, Tanzania and Rwanda. History Founder The first African Institute for Mathematical Sciences was founded in Cape Town by Neil Turok in 2003, while he was Chair of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University. Neil Turok is the son of Ben Turok, an ANC MP. In 2008 Turok became Executive Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. AIMS South Africa was formed as a partnership between the following universities: University of Stellenbosch, University of Cambridge, University of Cape Town, University of Oxford, University of Paris-Sud, and University of the Western Cape. AIMS Next Einstein Initiative AIMS was the subject of a talk by Neil Turok after he received the TED Prize in 2008. Neil Turok's TED wish was that, within hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Institute Of Maritime Studies
The Asian Institute of Maritime Studies (AIMS) is a merchant marine college in Pasay, Philippines that provides highly technical learning in terms of maritime education. It is one of the top performing maritime schools in the Philippines. It was founded in 1993 by Captain Wilijado P. Abuid along with his friends. History Sometime in July 1993, a group of thirteen educators and merchant marine officers established an institute of higher learning, the Asian Institute of Maritime Studies (AIMS). The forerunners behind AIMS, namely: Capt. Wilijado P. Abuid, a former Navy Officer and a maritime educator in the field of training and upgrading; Atty. Santiago N. Pastor, a corporate lawyer, banker and educator; Dr. Felicito P. Dalaguete, a marine officer and an academician with expertise in marine education and training; Mrs. Jayne O. Abuid, a business woman; Arlene Abuid-Paderanga, Ed.D., a management specialist with background in Architecture and Design, along with other incorporator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), also known as Amrita Hospital, is a super-speciality quaternary care health centre and medical school in Kochi, India. It is one of the largest medical facilities in the country with a total built-up area of over 3.33 million sq.ft, spread over 125 acres of land. It is a 1,350-bed hospital which supports an annual patient volume of about 800,000 outpatients and 50,000 inpatients. It was inspired by Mata Amritanandamayi and inaugurated on 17 May 1998 by the then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Mata Amritanandamayi Math is its parent organisation. Ron Gottsegen is the executive director and Prem Nair is the medical director of AIMS. Dr.(Col). Vishal Marwaha is the Principal/Dean of AIMS. AIMS is part of the Health Sciences campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University). The hospital has received the ISO 9001:2008 accreditation and also enjoys accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona's Instrument To Measure Standards
Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) was a standardized test administered by the state of Arizona. AIMS was a standards-based assessment aligned with the Arizona Academic Content Standards. In November 2014, the Arizona State Board of Education voted to replace AIMS with a new test called AzMERIT (Arizona's Measurement of Educational Readiness to Inform Teaching). Test contents The content of AIMS varied by grade level, but it usually featured three reading and mathematics sections, as well as a writing portion, where students were assigned to write an essay based on a prompt given to them. For some grade levels, the test included a science portion in lieu of a writing section. High School Graduation To graduate from an Arizona public high school, a student had to meet the AIMS High School Graduation Requirement. The most common way to meet this requirement was to pass the writing, reading, and mathematics content areas of the AIMS HS test. High school students had m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of International Marathons And Distance Races
The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, also known as AIMS, is an association of the organisers of long-distance road running races. It was founded in 1982 at a meeting in London of marathon race directors. Its membership was extended in 1986 to include all road races. In June 2016, over 400 race organisations were members. Objectives According to its Articles of Association, AIMS's objectives are: # to foster and promote distance running throughout the world; # to work with the World Athletics on all matters relating to international road races, and; # to exchange information, knowledge and expertise among the members of the Association. Course measurement and world records AIMS works together with World Athletics to ensure that its road races are measured accurately. All AIMS races must be measured by an accredited AIMS/IAAF course measurer. In addition, in order for a road race world record to be ratified by IAAF, it must satisfy certain conditions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agricultural Information Management Standards
Agricultural Information Management Standards abbreviated to AIMS is a space for accessing and discussing agricultural information management standards, tools and methodologies connecting information workers worldwide to build a global community of practice. Information management standards, tools and good practices can be found on AIMS: * to support the implementation of structured and linked information and knowledge to enable institutions and individuals from different technical backgrounds to build open and interoperable information systems; * to provide advice on how to best manage, disseminate, share and exchange agricultural scientific information; * to promote good practices widely applicable and easy to implement, and; * to foster communities of practices centered on interoperability, reusability and cooperation. Users AIMS is primarily intended for information workers—librarians, information managers, software developers—but is also of interest to those who are simp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan Information Management Services
Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) is a Kabul-based Afghan non-governmental organisation (NGO). It specialises in the application of information, communication and technology (Information Communication Technology) solutions, software development, and project management. Background In 1997 AIMS was established under the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Islamabad, Pakistan, to serve the information management needs of Afghanistan. In 2001, it was relocated to Kabul and became a project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Since its inception, AIMS has served the Government of Afghanistan, non-governmental organizations and the international donor community as a provider of information management services including the development of software applications, database solutions, geospatial information and maps. AIMS is located in a new office facility in Kabul, and in 2002 AIMS established offices in five reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Indian Model Schools
American Indian Model Schools (AIM Schools) is a charter school system based in Oakland, California. Started with the American Indian Public Charter School (AIPCS), a middle school in the late 1990s to serve Native American students, in 2007 it expanded to include another middle school and a high school. The main campus is in the Laurel area and includes AIPCS, a middle school of grades 5–8, and American Indian Public High School (AIPHS), a high school (9–12). AIPHS students can also take select classes at Merritt College. American Indian Public Charter School II (AIPCS II) has grades K–8 at a second campus located in Oakland's Chinatown. By 2012 the student population of the AIM schools had become 90% Asian American. The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) granted the charter to the school system and oversees it. The American Indian Model School system has its own school board and internal policies. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian International Motor Show
The Australian International Motor Show (AIMS) was an annual auto show held in Australia, alternating between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne. Prior to the Sydney event in 2010, both cities previously hosted separate annual exhibitions. Melbourne's version was known as the Melbourne International Motor Show, with Sydney hosting the Australian International Motor Show (known as the Sydney Motor Show prior to 2004). __TOC__ History The Melbourne International Motor Show was held from 1925 through to 2009; it was the longest running auto show in Australia. The Sydney show was originally titled Sydney Motor Show but the 2004 show signalled the adoption of the Australian International Motor Show (AIMS) title. AIMS continued to be held at Sydney annually until 2008, when the global financial crisis and poor attendances at the 2008 show resulted in the cancellation of the 2009 show. Prior to the staging of the 2008 show in Sydney, the organisers of AIMS, the Federal Chamber of Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acharya Institute Of Management And Sciences
AIMS Institutes, formerly Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences (AIMS), is a private, self-financed institution in Bangalore, Bengaluru affiliated to the Bangalore University, Bengaluru University. It offers postgraduate, undergraduate and certificate courses in fields such as management, computer applications, social work, hospitality and culinary arts. Established in 1994, the institute has, since then, been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with a CGPA of 3.46 on a 4-point scale. The management programmes offered by its School of Business (MBA, PGPIB,PGDM, BBM and B.Com) have been accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), USA. AIMS Institutes is one of several institutes run by the JMJ Education Society. AIMS got a place in India Rankings 2019: Management (Rank-band: 76-100).It was ranked by NIRF. Academics AIMS Institutes comprises five schools: Business, Commerce, Information Technolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventist International Mission School
Adventist International Mission School (, ) (informally known as "AIMS") is an international school in Muak Lek District, Saraburi Province, Thailand. It is part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist education system and also serves as a laboratory school for the affiliated tertiary educational institution Asia-Pacific International University, although the two institutions are run by separate administrations. Initially established to cater to children of university faculty and workers, it is now open to the community for students in the vicinity desiring an English-medium education. History In 2018 Mrs. Canaday established the English Elementary School to cater to the children of expatriate faculty at the then Mission College. It was originally located in a room in one of the university's buildings. Nine years later, classes moved to a vacated residential complex due to the lack of space. That same year, the Muaklek church, under the leadership of Pastor Wendel Wilcox, establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Internes And Medical Students
The Association of Internes and Medical Students'' (''AIMS) was an American progressive political and social organization composed of medical students and interns, advocating for issues such as national health insurance, anti-discrimination in medical schools, and salaries for interns. The organization was established in 1941, formed by the merger of two predecessor organizations: the Interne Council of America (ICA), founded in 1934 as the Interne Council of Greater New York, and the Association of Medical Students (AMS), founded in 1937. AIMS published ''The Interne'', which absorbed the AMS' ''Journal of the Association of Medical Students''. The AIMS was at odds with the older American Medical Association (AMA) on some issues, especially national health care. In 1948, during the Second Red Scare, the AMA attacked AIMS for "exhibiting communistic tendencies" and by 1952 AIMS and its publication were defunct, a victim of shrinking membership and anti-communist McCarthyism. Leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
