cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Better energy-delay tradeoff via server resource pooling
Creators: name: Kamitsos, Ioannis
name: Andrew, Lachlan
name: Kim, Hongseok
name: Ha, Sangtae
name: Chiang, Mung
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Multi-core architectures have supplanted single core schemes, because they reduce energy consumption by allowing lower clock frequencies. They provide the additional, less exploited benefit of allowing a trade-off between energy consumption and delay by turning off subsets of cores. We investigate what the benefits of this transition are in managing the tradeoff between energy consumption and delay performance, and whether heterogeneity brings additional benefits to outweigh its increased complexity. To do this, we study optimal sleep policies in two settings: switching of homogeneous cores on a fast timescale, which models multiple cores in a CPU, and switching of heterogeneous cores on a slow timescale, which models servers of different generations in a data center. In the homogeneous case, we show the optimal policy is monotone hysteretic, and that the performance is less sensitive to load estimation errors at the design stage when at least two cores are present. In the heterogeneous case, we provide a low complexity algorithm to minimize the power requirements while providing a specified minimum processing speed.
GOSH Manuel De L'Ambassadeur Pour La Communauté
Creators: name: Kyanzaire, Likam
name: Johns, Brianna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Soyez les bienvenu.e.s au manuel de l’ambassadeur de la communauté Gathering for Open Science Hardware -GOSH- (Rassemblement pour le Matériel Libre pour la Science). Ce livret décrit comment les ambassadeurs peuvent et doivent représenter GOSH. Ce manuel a été élaboré au cours de l’année 2023-2024 grâce au travail rigoureux de la communauté GOSH. Veuillez vous référer à ce manuel lorsque vous agissez en tant qu’ambassadeur. Nous souhaitons que ce guide aide non seulement ceux qui font partie du programme d’ambassadeurs GOSH, mais aussi quiconque souhaite introduire du matériel libre pour la science et ses applications, dans leurs organisations et communautés. C’est ensemble que nous pouvons répandre et rendre le matériel scientifique ouvert à tous!

Auteurs et Contributeurs

Ce document a été rédigé par Likam Kyanzaire, avec le soutien éditorial de Brianna Johns et conçu par La Propia Agencia. Traduit au français par Derek Cornes Maragliano. Il est placé sous licence CC-BY 4.0. Ce travail a été rendu possible grâce au soutien de la Fondation Alfred P. Sloan à l’Open Science Hardware Foundation. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter le site https://openhardware.science/
Effects of low intensity ultrasound on human mesenchymal stem cell responses for tissue engineering applications
Creators: name: Shah, Nirali
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Stem cells are the specialised cells capable of generating into various other cell types. Mechanical stimuli such as, low intensity ultrasound, is cost-effective, non-invasive and can be applied in vivo. The effects of low intensity ultrasound parameters on amniotic membrane derived mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and differentiation into smooth muscle cells were investigated in this thesis. Because smooth muscle cells are a necessary component of tissue engineered vascular grafts, these studies represent important steps towards this practical application.
Sound machines, flesh machines and history engines
Creators: name: Barnet, Belinda
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The word is out, and the word is wrong. 'Interactive is the wrong word' 1. This is Brian Eno's damning assessment of the state of CD-ROM technology. If interactivity is meant to imply some kind of conversation, some kind of mutual emergence between human and machine, then we simply do not have it. When it comes to describing the experience of fossicking around your average CD-ROM, stimulus-response would be a more germane concept.
title: #1: Zum BVerfG und der Output-Legitimität der EU: Podcast des Rechtswissenschaftlichen Zentrums für Europaforschung an der Universität des Saarlandes
Creators: name: Giegerich, Thomas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: In diesem Podcast hören Sie die Einschätzung Prof. Giegerichs zum momentanen Stand der Dinge in der EU.
Mit seinem Urteil vom 5. Mai hat des Bundesverfassungsgericht nicht nur den EuGH abgestraft, sondern gleichzeitig an seiner eigenen Legitimationsgrundlage und an der der EU gesägt. “Die Europäische Union ist eine Gemeinschaft des Rechts”, so Giegerich. Das Europarecht sei das Band, das die Mitgliedsstaaten zusammenhalte. Umso schlimmer sei es, wenn dieses Recht von nationalen Gerichten angezweifelt werde.
Auch die hohen Hürden, die die Handlungsfähigkeit der EU beschneiden, sieht er äußerst kritisch. Sie sorgen dafür, dass die EU viel zu langsam agieren könne, was ihre Output-Legitimität untergrabe. Letztlich aber brauchen wir die Union, um uns überhaupt auf der politischen Weltbühne Gehör zu verschaffen.
Smart Industry e sviluppo sostenibile, imprese intelligenti e SDGs 2030
Creators: name: Pavione, Enrica
name: Gazzola, Patrizia
name: Amelio, Stefano
name: Magrì, Junior
Publisher: name: ----
Year: 2020

description: Il presente lavoro si pone l’obiettivo di analizzare l'orientamento di alcune delle più importanti aziende lombarde alla rendicontazione sociale relativamente agli obiettivi previsti dall’Agenda 2030, i 17 obiettivi globali: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (United Nations, 2015). In particolare la ricerca è volta a capire la rilevanza degli SDGs nell’ambito della comunicazione aziendale attraverso il sito delle aziende stesse. Anche se le aziende ritengono prioritaria l'attenzione agli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile sono poche quelle che indicano dati quantitativi, proprio per le difficoltà nel tradurre in pratica le buone intenzioni. Soprattutto le imprese intelligenti (smart) dovrebbero fare attenzione ad un loro sviluppo sostenibile. Nella ricerca sono state selezionate 19 imprese delle province di Milano, Lodi, Monza e Brianza, con almeno 500 dipendenti, quotate e classificate come enti di interesse pubblico (EIP) escludendo le imprese appartenenti all’attività bancaria, assicurativa o di riassicurazione che hanno presentato nell’anno 2017 la relazione non finanziaria obbligatoria ai sensi del decreto legislativo 254/2016. Come emerge dalla ricerca è di fondamentale importanza non solo inserire la sostenibilità fra le strategie aziendali, ma anche comunicare i dati relativi ai risultati rispetto agli SDG.
description: ----, Vol 11, No 1 (2020): ISSUE 1/2020
m6a methylation orchestrates IMP1 regulation of microtubules during human neuronal differentiation.
Creators: name: Klein, Pierre
name: Howe, Marija Petrić
name: Harley, Jasmine
name: Crook, Harry
name: Serna, Sofia Esteban
name: Roumeliotis, Theodoros I
name: Choudhary, Jyoti S
name: Chakrabarti, Anob M
name: Luisier, Raphaëlle
name: Patani, Rickie
name: Ramos, Andres
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: Stem Cells
subject: Stem Cells
classificationCode: Ecology,Evolution & Ethology
subject: Ecology,Evolution & Ethology
classificationCode: Gene Expression
subject: Gene Expression
classificationCode: Genetics & Genomics
subject: Genetics & Genomics
classificationCode: Computational & Systems Biology
subject: Computational & Systems Biology
classificationCode: Neurosciences
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: Biochemistry & Proteomics
subject: Biochemistry & Proteomics
classificationCode: Cell Biology
subject: Cell Biology

description: Neuronal differentiation requires building a complex intracellular architecture, and therefore the coordinated regulation of defined sets of genes. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a key role in this regulation. However, while their action on individual mRNAs has been explored in depth, the mechanisms used to coordinate gene expression programs shaping neuronal morphology are poorly understood. To address this, we studied how the paradigmatic RBP IMP1 (IGF2BP1), an essential developmental factor, selects and regulates its RNA targets during the human neuronal differentiation. We perform a combination of system-wide and molecular analyses, revealing that IMP1 developmentally transitions to and directly regulates the expression of mRNAs encoding essential regulators of the microtubule network, a key component of neuronal morphology. Furthermore, we show that m6A methylation drives the selection of specific IMP1 mRNA targets and their protein expression during the developmental transition from neural precursors to neurons, providing a molecular principle for the onset of target selectivity.
The effectiveness of different wash basins in reducing the microbial load on the hands of food handlers
Creators: name: Dunn, Louise
name: Palombo, Enzo
name: Salamone, Sam
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In Victoria, hands free wash hand basins in food preparation areas were a regulatory requirement introduced under the 1984 Health (Eating House and Food Premises) Regulations. The food safety standards introduced in January 2001 replace existing state, territory and local government food hygiene regulations and the provision of a hands free wash hand basin is no longer prescribed (Australia and New Zealand Food Authority 2001). The aim of the pilot study was to investigate the hypothesis that there is no difference between the effectiveness of hands free wash hand basins and manual tap operated basins in reducing microbial flora on hands. Thirteen premises with manual hand basins and a comparison random sample of 19 premises with hands free basins were selected from the City of Yarra in Melbourne, Australia. Data collection involved an Environmental Health Officer visiting the premises, conducting a survey and swabbing the food handler’s hands prior to and post washing. The impact of variables, including the temperature of water supplied to the wash hand basin, number of food handling employees, types of food handled, time the sample was taken and approximate number of meals sold per hour, were also investigated. The results indicated that the mean percentage reduction in the number of colonies compared for the manual and hands free hand basins showed no significant difference (Manual mean = 58%, Hands free mean = 79%, p = 0.163). Overall, there was large variability in pre and post microbial counts for both basins and considerable variability in the temperature of water to wash hand basins. No clear association, however, was found between the number of employees, temperature of wash hand basin, meals served or use of either facility, with the percentage reduction in the microbial load. The pilot study has indicated that there is no difference between the use of either a manual or hands free wash hand basin for a small group of food retailers. Consideration should be given to a range of factors which might have impacted on this study, including frequency of hand washing, types of foods handled, length of mechanical wash, and number of manual wash hand basins available for the study. Education regarding the need to maintain the temperature of the wash hand basin water between 22-40°C should also be investigated among food retailers as well as strategies for the correct washing of hands.
Robust mixed H2/H-infinity control of 2-dimensional systems in Roesser model
Creators: name: Yang, Ran
name: Xie, Lihua
name: Zhang, Cishen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The H2 performance specification for one-dimensional systems has been known to be analytically and practically meaningful and widely used in the analysis and design of control and filtering systems. However, it is still of little use in the analysis and design of two-dimensional systems due to the structural and dynamical complexity of two-dimensional systems. In this paper, we extend the classical definition of the H2 performance to two-dimensional systems and present a sufficient condition for evaluation of the H2 performance of two-dimensional systems in Roesser model. Using this condition and the existing bounded real lemma for two-dimensional systems, we develop systematic design methods for mixed H2/H-infinity and robust H2/H-infinity control of two-dimensional systems with polytopic uncertainty. It is worth pointing out that our robust control approach can also be applied to give a solution to the dynamic output feedback control of one-dimensional systems with polytopic uncertainty which has not been solved in existing literature.
Refleksje na temat pracy Otoczenie społeczne i jego wpływ na wyniki ekonomiczne przedsiębiorstwa na przykładzie instytucji non-profit.
Creators: name: Domi Szpak
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Economics

description: The following work is a review of the report made by the student University of Economics in Wroclaw. The paper contains an analysis of the financial condition of the company acting in the nonprofit sector. The analysis was based on the model of FHI J. Zietlowa about the financial condition of the company acting in the section non-profit organization based on the model developed by J. Zietlowa.
Performance of Ethanol Water Mixture as Fuel for Household Stove
Creators: name: Tekle, Atakelti
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2011

description: Ethiopia is one of the world's least developed countries where population pressures and an over reliance on traditional biomass fuels have led to deforestation. The combustion of unsustainably harvested biomass releases large quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and when burnt indoors has been strongly linked to acute respiratory infections and a major cause of death in developing countries. In order to protect the environment, it is urgently required to substitute the utilization of firewood for cooking purposes. Ethanolwater mixture oil, as one of the best solutions, is a promising alternative energy source offering a variety of economical and ecological advantages. A new pressurized cooking stove was developed according to the principles of the appropriate technology that can be operated on ethanol-water mixture. According to the chemical, physical and combustion properties of fuel oil, a new nozzle socket, a new burner head and a new tank as well as a hand pump device were designed and manufactured. The stove was evaluated by varying ethanol concentration by water boiling test and also was evaluated against wheel brand stove, a typical example of an adapted kerosene stove. The procedure followed for the test is in accordance with the standard test methods recommended by Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA). A pressurized-ethanol stove running on 40 % (w/w) ethanol concentration (40% ethanol and 60% water) has been developed. Based on one litre boil of water, it showed no significant difference in performance; its efficiency as high as 29.5% as compared to 33% with that of conventional kerosene stove was observed. However, the pressurized-ethanol stove had advantages over kerosene in that it produced smokeless burning and no irritating smells. Thus, the prototype stove was found to be potentially appropriate for use.
The effect of student culture on loyalty to and perceived quality of a university's Master of Business programs
Creators: name: Mitsis, Ann
name: Foley, Patrick
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this study the loyalty and perceived quality elements of Brand Equity were slightly modified from Netemeyer, Krishnan, Pullig, Wang, Yagci, Dean, Ricks and Wirth’s (2004) Brand Equity measures. The relationship between 548 Master of Business students’ cultural values and their level of loyalty to, and perceived quality of, their university is being examined within this paper. The sample was taken from a large regional university in Melbourne, Australia. Robertson and Hoffman’s (2000) Cultural Values Scale was used to measure students’ cultural values as this scale was derived from Hofstede’s (1980; 1991) Cultural Values Framework. Some of the major findings of this study were that high Collectivism, Uncertainty Avoidance and Power Distance ratings are the key determinants of student loyalty and perceived quality.
Position Statement 'Integrity at the heart of healthy and effective research cultures'
Creators: name: Morris, James
name: Boehme, Olivier
name: Boland, Marion
name: Guyard, Laurence
name: Kolu, Päivi
name: Lachat, Fanny
name: Montoliu, Lluis
name: Ottinger, Teresa
name: Rouby, Asael
name: Steinberger, Martin
name: Szymańska-Skolimowska, Ewelina
name: Veitch, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Research integrity is a cornerstone of robust and reliable research systems, serving as the foundation for the trustworthiness of all research activities. In this statement, Science Europe re-affirms the importance of research integrity, making links to healthy research cultures, attractive working environments, and the collective goal of supporting high quality research.

The statement also reflects upon on the specific roles and responsibilities of research funding and performing organisations, highlighting actions being undertaken to ensure good research practice and offering recommendations for further action.

Research Integrity is central to all research policy topics, and the statement draws links to new opportunities and challenges such as the use of AI in research as well as ongoing priority areas such as the reform of research assessment and open science.

The European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda offers a forum to advance discussions to support collective progress between R&I Stakeholder Organisations and EU Member States and Associated Countries. A common platform at a European level to further enable existing community initiatives such as the European Network of Research Integrity Offices, the sharing of good practices and the provision of operational toolboxes will be of great importance in supporting good research practices in Europe and globally.
TAʼLIM IJTIMOIY TARAQQIYOTNI YUZAGA KELTIRUVCHI OMIL
Creators: name: Qambarova, Dilorom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: O‘zbekistonning yangi taraqqiyot bosqichida taʼlim tizimini yangi sifat bosqichiga olib chiqish, jamiyatni ilm-fan va innovatsiyalar orqali rivojlantirishga doir jadal islohotlar olib borilmoqda. Barcha sohalarda o‘zgarish va yangilanishlar kuchayib borayotgani taʼlim sohasida ham zamonaviylashtirish jarayonlarni olib borish ijtimoiy taraqqiyotning muhim omili ekanligi kelib chiqmoqda. Shuning uchun, taʼlim tizimini isloh qilishdagi ustuvor vazifalarni tadqiq etish ham muhim va kechiktirib bo‘lmaydigan amallardan biridir.
GOSH Community Ambassador Handbook
Creators: name: Kyanzaire, Likam
name: Johns, Brianna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Welcome to the Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH) Community Ambassador Handbook. This booklet describes how community ambassadors can and should represent GOSH. This handbook was put together over the 2023 - 2024 calendar year thanks to the hard work of the GOSH community. Please refer to this Handbook when acting as an ambassador of the GOSH Community. We intend for this guide to assist not only those who are part of the GOSH ambassador program, but anyone who wishes to bring open science hardware and its applications into their organisations and communities. Together, we can make open science hardware ubiquitous!

Authors and contributions

This document was written by Likam Kyanzaire with editorial support from Brianna Johns and designed by La Propia Agencia. It is licensed under CC-BY 4.0. This work was made possible by support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to the Open Science Hardware Foundation. For more information, please visit https://openhardware.science/
Biogas System Planning for Rural Households Based on Energy Demand (The Case of Holeta District)
Creators: name: Mesfin, Debebe
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: This research is conducted to study the energy consumption trend and to make easy of planning the biogas system design which can helps to meet the energy demand of the rural households found in Holeta district. The energy demand of the households is assessed based on the questionnaire paper. The information of the assessed households is collected randomly from different family sizes that live in "Geda Jogo" and "Ada odo" Villages. Households are using electricity mostly for lighting purpose. Fire wood, Charcoal and dung cake are the main sources of energy to meet the cooking Energy demand. The average amount of annual fertilizer consumption by the peasant households is 220 kg. Spreadsheet modeling tool is prepared and it is used to estimate Households biogas demand, gas production potential of the households and Digester volume including the expected Loading rate. It is also used to forecast the basics of Economical aspects which should be known before the plant is designed. To crosscheck the proper functionality of the spreadsheet modeling tool Manual calculations has been performed for the average and peak values observed in the surveyed households and compared with the values found from the spreadsheet model. For the average values, the Biogas demand, the gas generating potential of the Households and digester volume observed in the spreadsheet calculation tool are 6.001m 3 /day, 6.8 m 3 / day and 20.3949 m 3 respectively. The values gained using manual calculations are 6.114m 3 /day, 6.8m 3 /day and 20.4 m i 3 . For the peak values calculation in spreadsheet modeling tool, the Biogas demand, the gas generating potential of the Households and the digester volume needed are 9.19m 3 /day, 8.8 m 3 / day and 26.3934 m 3 respectively. Where as in the manual calculation the values are 9.16 m 3 /day, and the digester volume is . Priority rank on the households energy demand has been performed, so that it will help on the biogas system design. The economical aspect of the biogas system is also included and how the households could be benefited using this technology. The estimated cost to construct the plant for the average values are ETB 29,840 with a payback period of 3 years. The cost spent to buy chemical fertilizer could be saved. Finally the benefit cost ratio is calculated to be 1.44 which is greater than 1.
Understanding sustainability: integrating spirit with matter does matter
Creators: name: Thyil, Vijaya
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The central aim of this paper is to propose a framework that integrates spirituality with the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability, to increase our understanding of why decades of effort in tackling sustainability issues have failed. The proposed framework brings a unique perspective to sustainability theory and practice. Firstly, it integrates the sustainability issues to demonstrate their interrelationship, highlighting the fact that attempting to solve issues in a singular fashion will be ineffective. Secondly, it highlights consumerism and wasteful production to be the root causes of the crisis. Thirdly, it reveals that contrary to current practice which attempts to control these two major material causes, the appropriate solution lies in promoting the spiritual dimension in individuals. The article demonstrates that it is this integration of the spirit that enables one to gain a wholesome perspective of sustainability. By moving the individual from self-interest to community interest, by limiting wants to necessities, and by expanding consciousness to increase creativity and innovation for economic advancement, spirituality not only kindles, but maintains sustainability. The promotion of the spiritual dimension is thus a positive force that works in a virtuous cycle, in contrast to the negative forces of control and regulation.
Measuring team performance and modelling the home advantage effect in cricket
Creators: name: Allsopp, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Cricket differs from many team sports in that it is not generally played within easily definable constraints. Thus, it is difficult to compare and contrast team performances. By employing a range of linear and logistic modelling techniques this thesis quantifies the extent to which team quality effects and a range of associated factors such as home advantage have shaped team performance in Test, ODI and domestic cricket. With regards to the latter, the thesis established that, in all forms of cricket, a team's scoring potential and its capacity to win were both significantly amplified when it played at its home ground. The thesis proposes a method to estimate a projected score for the team batting second in ODI cricket. The method scales up the team's actual winning scores in proportion to its unused run scoring resources. This creates a projected victory margin when it wins with unused run scoring resources at its disposal and provides a more realistic measure of its relative superiority at the point of victory than the current wickets-in-hand method. Accordingly, the thesis recommends a revised scheme for recording victories in ODI cricket which is consistent across innings and provides a mechanism for all victories to be compared and ranked on an equal footing. The thesis employs linear modelling methods that account for the size of a victory in ODI cricket and the magnitude of the first innings lead in Test and domestic cricket to compute team ratings. The ratings are calculated independently of effects such as home advantage and quantify overall team performance relative to the average rating. They provide a robust measure of team quality and are not sensitive to the extraneous effects that may disproportionately impact on team performance. As a consequence, the thesis recommends that new methods be investigated to officially rate and rank teams in international cricket competitions. The team ratings also form the basis of a proposed outcome prediction model that can be instituted in Test cricket. The thesis established that a surprising trend has emerged in Test cricket, which confirmed that the team batting second, in general, has enjoyed a distinct winning advantage over its opposition. Accordingly, the thesis ascertained that relative strength during the final rather than penultimate innings significantly affected match outcomes and recommends that teams, when winning the coin toss, expose their strongest asset, whether this be batting or bowling, in the final innings.
Creazione di valore e Value Based Management
Creators: name: Pellicelli, Michela
Publisher: name: Economia Aziendale Online -
Year: 2020

description: Il Value Based Management (VBM) é descritto in letteratura come un insieme di metodi di gestione che ha come obiettivo la massimizzazione di valore per gli azionisti. VBM offre uno schema di riferimento per unificare i principi che guidano le scelte nelle aree critiche dell’impresa: strategie, finanza, allocazione delle risorse, misura delle performance, incentivi al management. Ogni funzione ha propri obiettivi, che oltre ad essere diversi spesso sono antagonisti. Il Value Based Management ha la capacità di unificare gli obiettivi delle varie funzioni e ridurre i potenziali conflitti[1]. Negli anni di maggiore diffusione, un numero consistente di imprese ha dichiarato di aver ottenuto attraverso il metodo del VBM un aumento rilevante del valore creato per gli azionisti contribuendo così alla diffusione di questa tecnica. I successi sono venuti in concomitanza con mercati azionari in crescita e con economie nazionali che assorbivano senza scosse profonde le ristrutturazioni dettate da regole drastiche, come l’abbandono di imprese o progetti che distruggevano valore per gli azionisti. Tuttavia quando la tendenza dei mercati ha subito una drastica inversione (anni 2000-2001) sono stati messi in discussione i principi sui quali VBM si basa ed in particolare l’obiettivo della massimizzazione del valore per gli azionisti. Di fronte a distruzione di valore (per effetto del crollo del prezzo delle azioni), a scandali finanziari, a condanne di managers responsabili del fallimento di grandi imprese, da più parti è stata invocata la responsabilità sociale dell’impresa (si veda ad esempio: Carroll 2004, 2008; Carroll, Shabana, 2010; Garriga, Melé, 2004; ; Gazzola, Pellicelli, 2010;Godfrey, Hatch, 2007; Hillman, Keim, 2001;Mella, 2014; Mella, Gazzola, 2004;Porter, Kramer, 2006, 2011) ed è stata chiesta a gran voce una maggiore attenzione da parte delle autorità economiche sull’operato del management. L’attrattività del VBM è stata così ridimensionata. Queste pagine hanno lo scopo di esaminare le varie proposte da parte di accademici e consulenti per la realizzazione del Value Based Management, individuando le ragioni del suo parziale insuccesso. Anzitutto occorre rilevare che la maggior parte della letteratura in materia di Value Based Management ha trascurato questo argomento. Grande attenzione è stata data alle misure della creazione di valore, molto è stato scritto sui “value drivers” e sulle cosiddette “value metrics”. Minore attenzione è stata data a come l’intero processo della creazione di valore possa essere gestito all’interno dell’impresa.
description: Economia Aziendale Online -, Vol 11, No 1 (2020): ISSUE 1/2020
Le criptovalute nel bilancio di esercizio delle società di capitali
Creators: name: Pontani, Franco
Publisher: name: ----
Year: 2020
Subjects: criptovaluta, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, virtual currencies, crypto assets, holding cryptocurrencies, mining cryptocurrencies.

description: Le criptovalute, sempre più numerose nel mercato mondiale, non sono espressione di una moneta legale, ma semplici mezzi di scambio, a determinate condizioni. L’incertezza qualificatoria, l‘alta volatilità, il suo frequente utilizzo per frodi e traffici illeciti impongono particolari livelli di prudenza nella loro gestione nelle imprese e negli scambi. La mancanza di standard tecnici condivisi, la divergenza di punti di vista di autorità tecniche, monetarie, legali e sociopolitiche, rendono queste attività digitali immateriali e non ricollegabili a beni e servizi dell’economia reale impone, in presenza di loro utilizzo legittimo, particolari livelli di prudenza degli operatori, di rappresentazione, classificazione, di valutazione e di controllo quando le criptovalute sono oggetto di gestione imprenditoriale. Cryptocurrencies, increasingly numerous in the world market, are not the expression of a legal currency, but simple means of exchange, under certain conditions. The qualifying uncertainty, the high volatility, its frequent use for fraud and illicit trafficking impose particular levels of prudence in their management in companies and in exchanges. The lack of shared technical standards, the divergence of views of technical, monetary, legal and socio-political authorities, make these digital activities immaterial and not related to goods and services of the real economy requires, in the presence of their legitimate use, particular levels of caution of operators, representation, classification, evaluation and control when cryptocurrencies are subject to entrepreneurial management.
description: ----, Vol 11, No 1 (2020): ISSUE 1/2020
La leggerezza: Letteratura e Matematica
Creators: name: Colli Franzone, Adele
Publisher: name: ----
Year: 2020
Subjects: Keywords: leggerezza, Italo Calvino, Karl Weierstrass, Galileo Galilei, Marco Polo, William Shakespeare

description: Tra le “Lezioni Americane” di Italo Calvino è sempre stata occasione di particolare riflessione quella dedicata alla leggerezza. Leggerezza come modo di vivere il mondo che trova la sua ragione d’essere nella filosofia e nella scienza. In esse si evidenzia come l’atteggiamento scientifico e quello poetico coincidono poiché entrambi sono atteggiamenti di ricerca e di progettazione, di scoperta e di invenzione. Among the "American lessons" by Italo Calvino, lightness has always been an occasion for particular reflection. Lightness as a way of experiencing the world that finds its raison d'etre in philosophy and science. The "lessons" highlight how the scientific and poetic attitudes coincide because both are attitudes of research and planning, discovery and invention.
description: ----, Vol 11, No 1 (2020): ISSUE 1/2020
Sustainable Urban Drainage Options for Mekelle City
Creators: name: Teamir, Abraha
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Flood generation became a common incident in Mekelle because of low vegetation cover and the vastly spreading land cover that accompanies development also results in less water being available for infiltration into the ground. Moreover, the increasingly constructing impervious structures facilitate more flood to be produce and overloading the conventional system of drainage in the city. Therefore, the existing flooding impacts on the conventional system studied and parameterized with help of Geographical information system (GIS) application. The paper also presents a diverse stormwater management technique that potentially could be implement in a case study area and evaluate their sustainability using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) decision support tool. Five alternatives for stormwater management in the selected site evaluated according to 4 main criteria and 11 sub criteria using an Analytical Hierarchy Process type called MCDA model. The model, which applies quantitative scoring and experts invited to conduct the scoring and weighting elements of the method. Again, SWMM tool is applied to compute the rainfall-runoff simulations with in Subcatchments located in the city of Mekelle (Northern Ethiopia).Finally, comparisons takes place between different Hydrologic and hydraulic parameters produced by a design storm before and after installing SWMM-LID control components. The result showed that the best sustainable stormwater management solution after analysis of the Multi Criteria Analysis weightage tends to Rain garden (A2), and infiltration trench (A3) with overall aggregate weight of 0.489 and 0.232 respectively which employs main criteria such as technical, Environmental impact, social impact, and economic impact. Following weightage for the best management types a moderate-weight to Bio-cells (A1) scoring 0.190, 0.18 to Vegetation swale (A5) and finally lowest priority of 0.166 to Permeable pavement (A4). With installing of LID-controls that displace equal amount of area covered by impermeable ground, runoff on affected Subcatchments S80 & S81, high imperviousness, with initial flow rates of 3.16m 3 /s and 3 3.34 m /s respectively reduced and controlled. As recommendation, some relevant LID- components are allocated considering the suitability criteria of construction of different site in Mekelle city.
Cognitive and behavioural perspectives of entrepreneurship and its linkage to social capital in pre-and-post market economy
Creators: name: Tanas, Janusz
name: Yamin, Shahid
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper investigates the phenomenon of entrepreneurship within the transitional economies with specific focus on Poland. Further, the nature of social capital and its influence on entrepreneurship is also examined. Additional purpose is to further explore the cognitive and behavioral aspect of social capital that tends to influence the development of entrepreneurship within society. The finding suggests that one of the prime reasons that Poland achieved smooth transition compared to other transitional economies is its social capital that willingly accepted both the positive and negative aspects of economic transformation.
Sustainability and Resilience in LNG Supply Chain
Creators: name: Al-Haidous, Sara Yousef
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: Natural gas is an essential fuel in the transition towards a sustainable energy future as it is considered a cleaner source of fuel when compared to other hydrocarbon sources. To enable natural gas delivery from the producer to consumers, natural gas is liquified to enhance transportation efficiency and reliability. As an energy commodity is increasing, whilst being subjected to risks, uncertainties, and disturbances. An analysis of experiences from the global LNG supply chain highlights many of these risks. As such, there is an incumbent need to develop resilient LNG supply chains. In this study, the risks associated with the LNG supply chain are categorized into four dimensions: Political and regulatory, safety and security, environmental effects, and reliability of new technologies. A SWOT method is then implemented to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the LNG supply chain, where the LNG supply chain of Qatar is considered as a case study. Relevant strategies are then recommended using a SWOT matrix to maximize strengths and opportunities while avoiding or minimizing weaknesses and threats within the LNG supply chain. Major parameters to be considered to develop a resilient LNG management model are listed based on the level of priority from LNG producer and receiver perspectives. Thus, as part of creating a robust LNG supply chain, decision-makers and stakeholders are urged to use the learnings from the SWOT analysis and experiences from LNG supply chain management. Moreover, this study contributes toward advancing decision support systems within the LNG supply chain to enhance sustainability and resilience. Five scenarios are investigated, which are: vessel types (Conventional, Q-Flex, Q-Max, and mixed fleet), delivery operation modes (single discharge and multi-discharge), and different bunker fuels (HFO, LNG, and dual-fuel). The Mixed Integer Programming model is used to schedule, assign and deliver a fixed number of cargoes for the LNG supply chain within one month considering total transportation costs and emissions. The developed model, which is implemented using the Binary Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm using is subjected to economic and environmental objectives within an overarching strategic aim for sustainability and resilience. The results demonstrate that using LNG as a bunker fuel supports the reduction in the total emissions within LNG transportation leading to enhancing the resilience of LNG delivery operations against growing environmental constraints. Outputs of the study indicate that the multi-discharge LNG-fueled operation mode can achieve a cost reduction of 23.4% and a total emission reduction of 19.7% relative to a single discharge operation mode, where boil-off gas has a minor impact compared to the emissions released from fuel consumption.
Hydrochus megaphallus Berge Henegouwen 1988
Creators: name: Darılmaz, Mustafa C.
name: Kıyak, Suat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrochidae
Hydrochus
Hydrochus megaphallus

description: 5. Hydrochus megaphallus Berge Henegouwen,
 1988
 Records in Turkey (Fig 2): Istanbul (Berge Henegouwen 1988).
 Range: Europe: Austria, Belgium, Byelorussia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey (Hansen 2004).
 Remarks: This species is recorded only one time recorded by Berge Henegouwen (1988) to Turkish fauna. Probably it distributed in Northwest Turkey.
 Chorotype: This species has the Centraleuropean chorotype.
 Range: Europe: Austria, Belgium, Byelorussia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia (Central European Territory, North European Territory), Sweden, “ Czechoslovakia ” (Hansen 2004).
 Remarks: This species is recorded first time by Incekara et al. (2004) to Turkish fauna. Probably it rather widely distributed in Turkey.
 Chorotype: This species has the Centraleuropean chorotype.
 Fig. 1-2. Aedeagophore. (1), H. elongatus; (2), H. flavipennis.
description: Published as part of Darılmaz, Mustafa C. & Kıyak, Suat, 2008, An Annotated checklist and key to the Turkish Elongated Water Scavenger Beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), pp. 149-154 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 151, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204608
Projecting future IPv4 router requirements from trends in dynamic BGP behaviour
Creators: name: Huston, Geoff
name: Armitage, Grenville
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: For the past 17 years the Internet has used the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to manage inter-domain routing. The dynamic behaviour of BGP in operational networks has rarely been studied to date. Yet the processing load of BGP is of intense interest to router vendors and internet service providers, as the stability of the Internet depends on routers being able to keep up with BGP state changes. We analyse 146 million BGP update messages logged over the entire year of 2005 to discover evidence of an aggressively increasing demand for processing power in route engines out to 2010.
Czyje jest budownictwo społeczne? Przekształcenia własnościowe sektora mieszkań czynszowych
Creators: name: Kowalewski, Maciej
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Kowalewski M. (2010), Czyje jest budownictwo
społeczne? Przekształcenia własnościowe sektora mieszkań czynszowych [w:] Przemiany miast polskich po 1989, red. P. Kryczka, J. Bielecka-Prus, wyd.
WSPA, Lublin, s. 281-291. (wersja drukowana)
Improving access to social housing: ideas for reform
Creators: name: Hulse, Kathleen
name: Neske, Caroline
name: Burke, Terry
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: For 60 years, the public housing sector has had a dominant role in the Australian social housing system, and most households wanting to access the system have had a single point of entry via the public housing agency in each state or territory. Each has its own application and allocations policies and practices to determine who gets access to its housing, in what order, and what type and size of housing is offered to households. Whilst nine in ten social housing dwellings are still owned and managed by state or territory public housing agencies, the number is slowly declining, and it appears that any growth in the social housing system will not be in public housing but rather in community housing, including new models of 'affordable housing', and accommodation for Indigenous people (Milligan et al. 2004). As social housing in Australia moves towards a more explicit multi-provider system, issues and challenges arise regarding improving access, including information and choice for households, efficiency for providers and the overall development of the social housing system.
Attagenus fallax Gene 1839
Creators: name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae
Attagenus
Attagenus fallax

description: Attagenus fallax Gené, 1839
Material examined. Algeria: “Oran, Dr. Graf ” [without detailed data], 1 spec.; Italy: “ Sardinia ” [without detalied data], 6 spec.; Tunisia: “Tunis, Ain Draham, 6- 7.6.1982, A. Olexa [lgt.]”, 2 spec.
Distribution. Species known from Algeria, “Dalmatia”, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain and Tunisia.
description: Published as part of Háva, Jiří, 2008, Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the collection of the Czech entomologist Aldo Olexa. Part 3 - Attagenini, Megatomini, pp. 115-123 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204614
Attagenus cyphonoides Reitter 1881
Creators: name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae
Attagenus
Attagenus cyphonoides

description: Attagenus cyphonoides Reitter, 1881
Material examined. Tadzhikistan: “ Tajikistan, Tigrovaja Balka, 2- 6.6.1966, A. Olexa [lgt.]”, 1 spec.
Distribution. Nearly cosmopolitan species.
description: Published as part of Háva, Jiří, 2008, Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the collection of the Czech entomologist Aldo Olexa. Part 3 - Attagenini, Megatomini, pp. 115-123 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204614
The seasonal energetics of three species of Australian tropical frogs (Anura: Hylidae)
Creators: name: Mcarthur, Lorrae Jean
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2007

description: Some aspects of eco-physiology were examined for one cocoon forming (Cyclorana australis) and two non-cocoon forming frogs (Litoria caerulea and Litoria dahlia) that inhabit the wet-dry tropics. Seasonal ecology was examined to measure species’ activity and field body temperatures. Precipitation was a good predictor of frog activity. Species were most active in the wet season and least active during seasonal dry conditions. Cyclorana australis were dormant for seven months, and their body temperature varied little among seasons. However, L. caerulea and L. dahlii were generally active year-round, and their body temperatures varied among seasons. The digestive function and gastrointestinal flexibility of frogs was measured as a consequence of seasonal activity. Cyclorana australis ingested three and four fold more energy in the wet season than L. caerulea and L. dahlii, respectively, but ingested none when dormant, whereas L. caerulea and L. dahlii generally ingested energy year-round. Respiratory physiology was measured to examine for any seasonal changes in energy metabolism. Wet and dry season daily energy flow models were constructed based on those respiratory measurements and on estimated energy ingested in the field. Cyclorana australis incurred an energy deficit when dormant. However, the large amount of energy ingested in the wet season compensated for the dry season deficit. Furthermore, C. australis reduced the deficit by depressing energy metabolism to 35% of normal resting levels. Some of this reduction may have resulted from the significant down-regulation of the gastrointestinal tract. Cellular changes in the villi, specifically enterocyte volume, contributed to significant differences between wet season and dormant frogs. Litoria caerulea and L. dahlii ingested less energy in the dry than in the wet season, but the lower energy intake was offset by reduced energy expenditure. For these two species, expenditure was reduced as a consequence of low dry season body temperatures on respiratory metabolism, rather than metabolic depression.
Voices of NGOs on Science, Technology, Innovation and Culture for Sustainable Development and achieving the MDGs.
Creators: name: Soler, Marga Gual
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Environmental Science
Science Policy

description: This paper summarizes the views, concerns and policy recommendations raised by NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC on the 2013 Annual Ministerial Review theme: "Science, technology, innovation and culture for sustainable development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)." As the 2015 MDGs deadline is fast approaching, NGOs perform a critical analysis of successes and failures of global development strategies, as well as contributing to the debate on the post-2015 agenda and the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The recommendations presented here serve as complementary reference to the Ministerial declaration adopted at the end of the 2013 ECOSOC High-Level Segment, which provides policy guidance and recommendations for action