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Global restructuring, labour and the challenges for transnational solidarity

Part I: Introduction and Conceptual Considerations 1. Globalisation and the new challenges for transnational solidarity: an Introduction Andreas Bieler and Ingemar Lindberg 2. Trade unions, global competition and options for solidarity Richard Hyman Part II: Trade union solidarity across borders? 3. West-East European Labour Transnationalism(s): Rivalry or Joint Mobilisation? Magdalena Bernaciak 4. Detours of Solidarity: Experiences from Ericsson in Colombia Jonas Sjolander 5. Building Rank and File Activism: A Study of the Global Action Day Campaign in the History of the International Transport Workers' Federation Mac Urata Part III: Transnational solidarity involving trade unions and social movements 6. Informal work and transnational organizing Ilda Lindell 7. What Does Transnational Labour Organizing and Solidarity Mean for Sri Lankan Free Trade Zone Women Workers? Samanthi Gunawardana 8. Victory through solidarity? The story of a women workers' strike in Turkey's Antalya Free Zone Tore Fougner and Ayca Kurtoglu 9. Cross-border Wage Struggles in the Global Garment Industry: The campaign for an Asia Floor Wage Jeroen Merk Part IV: Transnational solidarity in defence of the public sector 10. Challenging privatisation and access to health care services: the role of trade unions Jane Lethbridge 11. Thinking through transnational solidarity: The case of SINTREAMCALI in Colombia Mario Novelli Part V: Trade union social movement co-operation in the developed world 12. How new social alliances changed politics in Norway Asbjorn Wahl 13. Trade union and social movement co-operation in the defence of the European public sector(and a postscriptum with Jan Willem Goudriaan) Andreas Bieler Part VI: What strategies towards transnational solidarity? 14. Making connections: Transnational solidarity through the internet Bruce Robinson 15. Varieties of solidarity: an analysis of cases of worker action across borders Ingemar Lindberg 16. Conclusions: A variable landscape of emerging transnational solidarities Andreas Bieler and Ingemar Lindberg
An Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Business Services Instantiation Utilizing Inverted Indexing

For facilitating the end-users can utilize available software services to construct the business applications on demand and independently, early works have proposed an end-user oriented and reusable service model-business service. However, the business service needs to be able to be instantiated to support the end-users to express specialized usage manners of business functionality. Utilizing the inverted indexing, during the binding between specialized usage manners and software services, there only need to do set operations on the sets of feature groups according to specialization operations such as union intersection and difference. Experiment shows the approach reduces the binding time 89.1%, takes good effect on improving the efficiency of business service instantiation.
This Is Pr: The Realities of Public Relations

1. PR Roles and Responsibilities. 2. PR's Origins and Evolution. 3. Research: Planning, Processes and Techniques. 4. Publics and Public Opinion. 5. Theoretical Underpinnings for PR. 6. PR Ethics and Responsibilities. 7. PR and the Law. 8. Strategic Management in PR Practice. 9. Communication Channels and Media. 10. Tactics and Techniques: Details That Make PR Strategy Work. 11. Campaigns. 12. Crisis and Credibility.
The Hedonic Travel Cost Model: A View from the Trenches

accessible to them. Consequently, it is reasonable to expect that economic models of these decisions will recognize the role of recreation sites' characteristics for individual demands; and that they will allow for the possibility that the individual's optimal choices may not involve interior solutions in all the available recreation sites. In response to these expectations, the recent literature has seen a number of innovations in recreation demand models. ' One of these models is based on a fundamen-
Per-task Energy Accounting in Computing Systems

We present for the first time the concept of per-task energy accounting (PTEA) and relate it to per-task energy metering (PTEM). We show the benefits of supporting both in future computing systems. Using the shared last-level cache (LLC) as an example: (1) We illustrate the complexities in providing PTEM and PTEA; (2) we present an idealized PTEM model and an accurate and low-cost implementation of it; and (3) we introduce a hardware mechanism to provide accurate PTEA in the cache.
Development and Experimental Analysis of a Soft Compliant Tactile Microsensor for Anthropomorphic Artificial Hand

This paper presents the development and preliminary experimental analysis of a soft compliant tactile microsensor (SCTM) with minimum thickness of 2 mm. A high shear sensitive triaxial force microsensor was embedded in a soft, compliant, flexible packaging. The performance of the whole system, including the SCTM, an electronic hardware and a processing algorithm, was evaluated by static calibration, maximum load tests, noise and dynamic tests, and by focusing on slippage experiments. A proper tradeoff between final robustness and sensitivity of the tactile device was identified. The experiments showed that the tactile sensor is sufficiently robust for application in artificial hands while sensitive enough for slip event detection. The sensor signals were elaborated with the cumulative summation algorithm and the results showed that the SCTM system could detect a slip event with a delay from a minimum of 24.5 ms to a maximum of 44 ms in the majority of experiments fulfilling the neurophysiological requirement.
Approaching Non-functional Properties of Software Product Lines: Learning from Products

Approaching the configuration of non-functional properties (NFPs) in traditional software systems is not an easy task, addressing the configuration of these properties in software product lines (SPLs) imposes even further challenges. Therefore, we have devised the Feedback Approach, which extends the traditional SPL development techniques in order to improve the configuration of NFPs. In this work we present the general guidelines of our approach and also we show the feasibility of the idea by presenting a case study using the Linux Kernel.
From Grammar-Independent Construction Enumeration to Lexical Types in Computational Grammars

The paper presents a code for enumerating verb-construction templates, from which lexical type inventories of computational grammars can be derived, and test suites can be systematically developed. The templates also serve for descriptive and typological research. The code is string-based, with divisions into slots providing modularity and flexibility of specification.
On prioritization of vulnerability categories based on CVSS scores

In view of increasing population of vulnerabilities, quantitative evaluation of vulnerabilities is necessary for efficient mitigation. Evaluation on classified vulnerability datasets can further improve the mitigation process. Objective of this paper is to develop security metrics to prioritize vulnerability categories based on CVSS scores to step ahead in this regard. In this context, security metrics are developed to reevaluate and unify vulnerability severity scores depending on availability of patches and age of vulnerability. Proposed metrics are applied on 5177 vulnerabilities extracted from NVD published in recent one year and vulnerability categories are prioritized and ranked based on cumulative severity scores.
Context-Aware Commodity Recommendation Information Service in E-commerce

It is difficult for users to acquire personal commodity information in E-commerce services. In order to solve the problem, we propose a methodology to enhance the ease of obtain such information. This paper develops a framework for e-commerce services. The framework is based on information context awareness. The core component of this framework or architecture is facilitated by combining the ontology model of enterprise-product information and user (client) context ontology model. Thought such mechanism and advanced algorithm, a mapping relationship between two ontology models can be developed, thus a hybrid model and implement settling can be built and it through the well-defined prototype named Context-aware Commodity Recommendation Information Service (CACRIS).
III‐V/silicon photonics for on‐chip and intra‐chip optical interconnects

In this paper III‐V on silicon‐on‐insulator (SOI) heterogeneous integration is reviewed for the realization of near infrared light sources on a silicon waveguide platform, suitable for inter‐chip and intra‐chip optical interconnects. Two bonding technologies are used to realize the III‐V/SOI integration: one based on molecular wafer bonding and the other based on DVS‐BCB adhesive wafer bonding. The realization of micro‐disk lasers, Fabry‐Perot lasers, DFB lasers, DBR lasers and mode‐locked lasers on the III‐V/SOI material platform is discussed.
Visualizing search results based on multi-label classification

Search engine has played an important role in information society. However, it is not very easy to find interest information from too much returned search results. Web search visualization system aims at helping users to locate interest documents rapidly from a great amount of returned search results. This paper explores visualization of Web search results based on multi-label text classification method. It conducts a multi-label classification process on the results from search engine. In this framework, users could browse interest information according to category label added by our algorithm. A paralleled Naïve Bayes multi-label classification algorithm is proposed for this application. A two-step feature selection algorithm is constructed to reduce the effect on Naïve Bayes classifier resulted from feature correlation and feature redundancy. A prototype system, named TJ-MLWC, is developed, which has the function of browsing search results by one or several categories.
Spatial Localization of Auditory Stimuli in Human Auditory Cortex is Based on Both Head-Independent and Head-Centered Coordinate Systems

In humans, whose ears are fixed on the head, auditory stimuli are initially registered in space relative to the head. Eventually, locations of sound sources need to be encoded also relative to the body, or in absolute allocentric space, to allow orientation toward the sounds sources and consequent action. We can therefore distinguish between two spatial representation systems: a basic head-centered coordinate system and a more complex head-independent system. In an ERP experiment, we attempted to reveal which of these two coordinate systems is represented in the human auditory cortex. We dissociated the two systems using the mismatch negativity (MMN), a well studied EEG effect evoked by acoustic deviations. Contrary to previous findings suggesting that only primary head-related information is present at this early stage of processing, we observed significant MMN effects for both head-independent and head-centered deviant stimuli. Our findings thus reveal that both primary head-related and secondary body- or world-related reference frames are represented at this stage of auditory processing.
Gravity Games: A Framework for Interactive Space Physics on Media Facades

We present a framework for setting up interactive three-dimensional outer-space simulations for media facades and other display environments. The core of this framework consists of a space simulator that is capable of efficiently rendering large amounts of objects and computing their physical behavior in real time. The extensible framework further allows to map 3D scenes to multiple displays and integrates interaction components via the TUIO protocol. We present a first use case that uses a mobile-phone GUI as a basis for user interaction on a projection-based 3D media facade. As an initial scenario, we use a generated space scene, which consists of asteroid belts with colliding space objects.
Reform and elusive growth in the Middle East - What has happened in the 1990s?

The paper explores the actual relationship, if any, between reform, and growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region, especially in the 1990s, benchmarking against the performance of other developing regions, and countries. The growth performance of MNA countries reviewed in this paper suggests that reforms in MNA remain very much a half-finished business. Reforms have clearly begun, but most MNA countries are late reformers, and continue to lag other countries, and regions' performance. The effect of reforms is difficult to distinguish, but may have so far, at least contributed to reverse the large negative total factor productivity losses of the 1970s, and 1980s. But the private investment response has been lagging, and, understanding the reasons are a priority - and the needed reforms my need to go well beyond the first stage of structural reforms in these countries. Finally, sustained improvement in productivity performance will be critical, and appears to be tied, at least at first glance, to success in rapid diversification in economic activity over time, in traded goods and services, and away from excessive dependence on resources, and commodities such as oil (which induce high volatility, and low productivity performance).
Transcriptional Reactivation of OTX2, RX1 and SIX3 during Reprogramming Contributes to the Generation of RPE Cells from Human iPSCs

Directed differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) holds great promise in cell replacement therapy for patients suffering from degenerative eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study, we generated iPSCs from human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) by electroporation with episomal plasmid vectors encoding OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, L-MYC together with p53 suppression. Intriguingly, cell reprogramming resulted in a metastable transcriptional activation and selective demethylation of neural and retinal specification-associated genes, such as OTX2, RX1 and SIX3. In contrast, RPE progenitor genes were transcriptionally silent in HDFs and descendant iPSCs. Overexpression of OCT4 and SOX2 directly stimulated the expression of OTX2, RX1 and SIX3 in HDFs and iPSCs. Luciferase and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays further identified an OCT4- and two SOX2-binding sites located in the proximal promoter of OTX2. Histone acetylation and methylation on the local promoter also participated in the reactivation of OTX2. The transcriptional conversion of RX1 and SIX3 genes partially attributed to DNA demethylation. Subsequently, iPSCs were induced into the RPE cells displaying the characteristics of polygonal shapes and pigments, and expressing typical RPE cell markers. Taken together, our results establish readily efficient and safe protocols to produce iPSCs and iPSC-derived RPE cells, and underline that the reactivation of anterior neural transcription factor OTX2, eye field transcription factor RX1 and SIX3 in iPSCs is a feature of pluripotency acquisition and predetermines the potential of RPE differentiation.
Predicting the Tolerated Sequences for Proteins and Protein Interfaces Using RosettaBackrub Flexible Backbone Design

Predicting the set of sequences that are tolerated by a protein or protein interface, while maintaining a desired function, is useful for characterizing protein interaction specificity and for computationally designing sequence libraries to engineer proteins with new functions. Here we provide a general method, a detailed set of protocols, and several benchmarks and analyses for estimating tolerated sequences using flexible backbone protein design implemented in the Rosetta molecular modeling software suite. The input to the method is at least one experimentally determined three-dimensional protein structure or high-quality model. The starting structure(s) are expanded or refined into a conformational ensemble using Monte Carlo simulations consisting of backrub backbone and side chain moves in Rosetta. The method then uses a combination of simulated annealing and genetic algorithm optimization methods to enrich for low-energy sequences for the individual members of the ensemble. To emphasize certain functional requirements (e.g. forming a binding interface), interactions between and within parts of the structure (e.g. domains) can be reweighted in the scoring function. Results from each backbone structure are merged together to create a single estimate for the tolerated sequence space. We provide an extensive description of the protocol and its parameters, all source code, example analysis scripts and three tests applying this method to finding sequences predicted to stabilize proteins or protein interfaces. The generality of this method makes many other applications possible, for example stabilizing interactions with small molecules, DNA, or RNA. Through the use of within-domain reweighting and/or multistate design, it may also be possible to use this method to find sequences that stabilize particular protein conformations or binding interactions over others.
A random-sampling-based algorithm for learning intersections of halfspaces

We give an algorithm to learn an intersection of <i>k</i> halfspaces in <b>R</b><sup><i>n</i></sup> whose normals span an <i>l</i>-dimensional subspace. For any input distribution with a <i>logconcave</i> density such that the bounding hyperplanes of the <i>k</i> halfspaces pass through its mean, the algorithm (&epsis;,Δ)-learns with time and sample complexity bounded by (<i>nkl</i>/&epsis;)<sup><i>O(l)</i></sup> log 1/&epsis; Δ. The hypothesis found is an intersection of <i>O(k</i> log (1/&epsis;)) halfspaces. This improves on Blum and Kannan's algorithm for the uniform distribution over a ball, in the time and sample complexity (previously doubly exponential) and in the generality of the input distribution.
Name service redundancy in robot technology middleware

Robot systems are comprised of several systems working together as a whole. The concrete job of a robotic system determines the elements required by the given task. These reusable and fungible elements can be implemented as robot components which use each other via well-defined interfaces. The behavior of the components and the manner of interaction among them can be standardized by the Robotic Technology Component (RTC) specification. The main component of an RTC system is a central process called naming service, which stores the data about all the other available components. The goal of this paper is to introduce a novel robust RTC system concept, which can handle more naming services to be tolerant for naming services failures.
A New Class of Radio Pulsars—Back in 1982

Dedicated to the memory of Jacob Shaham, who knew millisecond X‐ray pulsars would be discovered one day. Basic ideas about the torques on the neutron star and the existence of an equilibrium rotation period followed from the recognition that most X‐ray binaries contain accretion powered neutron stars. The evolution of binaries through a phase of accretion onto the neutron star, eventually leading to a post‐accretion radio pulsar phase, was initially discussed as a way to understand the scarcity of binaries among the radio pulsars and the relatively short rotation periods of the first discovered binary radio pulsars in terms of magnetic fields that would be smaller than the familiar 1012 G range. The discovery of the millisecond pulsars made us realize that the fields can be much lower in a new class of radio pulsars that have been spun up by accretion in LMXBs. The predicted spin‐down rates of the millisecond pulsar was soon confirmed. The observers’ search for millisecond X‐ray periods was on, leading fi.
Exploiting altruism in social networks for friend-to-friend malware detection

We propose a novel malware detection application - SocialScan - which enables friend-to-friend (f2f) malware scanning services among social peers, with scanning resource sharing governed by levels of social altruism. We show that with f2f sharing of resources, SocialScan achieves a 65% increase in the detection rate of 0- to 1-day-old malware among social peers as compared to the the detection rates of individual scanners. We also show that SocialScan provides greatly enhanced malware protection to social hubs.
Essays on Household Mobility and the Quality of Life in Germany

∗ In order to assess differences in living conditions across German regions we apply the hedonic approach of Rosen (1979) and Roback (1982) to land-price and wage differences across Germany’s counties. Employing a recent survey of more than half a million Germans on a wide range of social and political issues we confirm that differences in amenities give rise to substantial differences in land prices. With regard to wages, however, we find only little effects of amenities. Relying on the land-price effects we assess the quality of life in each of the German counties and provide a comprehensive ranking.
Study of the statistical performance of the Pisarenko harmonic decomposition method

A self-contained statistical analysis of the Pisarenko method for estimating sinusoidal frequencies from signal measurements corrupted by white noise is presented. An explicit formula is provided for the asymptotic covariance matrix of the joint estimation errors of the minimum eigenvalue and the minimum eigenfilter coefficients of the data covariance matrix. Our theoretical results extend and reinforce previous results obtained by Sakai [1]. A numerical study of the performance of the Pisarenko method, and a comparison with the performance achieved by the Yule? Walker method are also reported.
An experimental study of asymmetric reciprocity 1

Do people have a stronger propensity to reward or p unish? When reacting to intentions, Offerman (2002) concluded that people punish more. Using the Falk and Fischbacher (2006) model, we extend Offerman’s design in two ways. Fir st, we control for the strength of the positive/negative intentions to which an individual reacts when rewarding/punishing. Second, we can precisely compare the strength of intentionan d distribution-based motives for reward/punishment. Doing so requires measuring seco nd-order expectations of subjects’ own behavior, i.e., what a subject predicts that other subjects predict that he will do. Second-order expectations can be elicited directly or they can b e induced by telling a subject what others expect him to do. Under elicited second-order expec tations, we find that negative reciprocity is stronger than positive reciprocity, though if we is olate the distributional motive for reciprocity, then we find that positive reciprocity is stronger than negative reciprocity. Under induced second-order expectations, positive distributional reciprocity is stronger than negative distributional reciprocity while other forms of rec iprocity are equally strong. JEL code: C9