Journal articles: 'Publicly power'

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Delaney, Kevin J., and Rick Eckstein. "Urban Power Structures and Publicly Financed Stadiums." Sociological Forum 22, no. 3 (September 2007): 331–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1573-7861.2007.00022.x.

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Kittredge, Kevin, Daniel Sabin, and Brian Todd. "Publicly accessible online power quality monitoring databases." CIRED - Open Access Proceedings Journal 2017, no. 1 (October 1, 2017): 828–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/oap-cired.2017.0679.

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Dewar, Kenneth C. (Kenneth Cameron). "Public Power: The Fight for Publicly Owned Electricity (review)." University of Toronto Quarterly 74, no. 1 (2004): 526–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/utq.2005.0022.

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Jackson, Peter. "The Power-geometry of Food Business Research." Gastronomica 15, no. 3 (2015): 47–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2015.15.3.47.

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In a funding environment where commercial collaboration and “user engagement” are increasingly encouraged, this paper explores the ethical, political, and methodological challenges of various forms of partnership between academic researchers and food businesses. Drawing on two recently completed projects, the paper assesses the variable “power-geometry” of such partnerships, including the process of negotiating access, securing informed consent, and conducting and disseminating the research. The paper distinguishes between publicly funded academic research, where independence is more easily maintained, and market research and consultancy, where conflicts of interest are more likely to arise. Commercial collaboration is academically valuable in providing access to data and insights that are not publicly available, but can be treacherous if researchers are unaware of the uneven power-geometry of such partnerships.

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Shaker, Hamid, Hamidreza Zareipour, and David Wood. "Estimating Power Generation of Invisible Solar Sites Using Publicly Available Data." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 7, no. 5 (September 2016): 2456–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tsg.2016.2533164.

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Maitanova, Nailya, Jan-Simon Telle, Benedikt Hanke, Matthias Grottke, Thomas Schmidt, Karsten von Maydell, and Carsten Agert. "A Machine Learning Approach to Low-Cost Photovoltaic Power Prediction Based on Publicly Available Weather Reports." Energies 13, no. 3 (February 7, 2020): 735. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13030735.

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A fully automated transferable predictive approach was developed to predict photovoltaic (PV) power output for a forecasting horizon of 24 h. The prediction of PV power output was made with the help of a long short-term memory machine learning algorithm. The main challenge of the approach was using (1) publicly available weather reports without solar irradiance values and (2) measured PV power without any technical information about the PV system. Using this input data, the developed model can predict the power output of the investigated PV systems with adequate accuracy. The lowest seasonal mean absolute scaled error of the prediction was reached by maximum size of the training set. Transferability of the developed approach was proven by making predictions of the PV power for warm and cold periods and for two different PV systems located in Oldenburg and Munich, Germany. The PV power prediction made with publicly available weather data was compared to the predictions made with fee-based solar irradiance data. The usage of the solar irradiance data led to more accurate predictions even with a much smaller training set. Although the model with publicly available weather data needed greater training sets, it could still make adequate predictions.

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Li, Jin, Niko Matouschek, and Michael Powell. "Power Dynamics in Organizations." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 9, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 217–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/mic.20150138.

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We examine an infinitely repeated game between a principal, who has the formal authority to decide on a project, and a biased agent, who is privately informed about what projects are available. The optimal relational contract speaks to how power is earned, lost, and retained. It shows that entrenched power structures are consistent with optimal administration of power. And it provides new perspectives on why similar firms organize differently, even when those organizational differences lead to persistent differences in performance, and why established firms fail to exploit new opportunities, even when they are publicly observable. (JEL C73, D23, D82, D86)

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Meinecke, Steffen, Leon Thurner, and Martin Braun. "Review of Steady-State Electric Power Distribution System Datasets." Energies 13, no. 18 (September 15, 2020): 4826. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13184826.

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Publicly available grid datasets with electric steady-state equivalent circuit models are crucial for the development and comparison of a variety of power system simulation tools and algorithms. Such algorithms are essential to analyze and improve the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) in electrical power systems. Increased penetration of DERs, new technologies, and changing regulatory frameworks require the continuous development of the grid infrastructure. As a result, the number and versatility of grid datasets, which are required in power system research, increases. Furthermore, the used grids are created by different methods and intentions. This paper gives orientation within these developments: First, a concise overview of well-known, publicly available grid datasets is provided. Second, background information on the compilation of the grid datasets, including different methods, intentions and data origins, is reviewed and characterized. Third, common terms to describe electric steady-state distribution grids, such as representative grid or benchmark grid, are assembled and reviewed. Recommendations for the use of these grid terms are made.

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Alcoff, Linda Martín. "‘To Possess the Power to Speak’." Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 89 (May 2021): 51–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1358246121000084.

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AbstractI argue here that first person speech on sexual violence remains an important dimension of the movement for social change in regard to sexual violence, and that the public speech of survivors faces at least three groups of obstacles: 1) the problem of epistemic injustice, that is, injustice in the sphere of knowledge 2) the problem of language and power, and 3) the problem of dominant discourses. I explain and develop these points and end with a final argument concerning the critical importance of speaking publicly on these areas of human experience.

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Edward Pickering, Mark. "Accounting firm partners to public corporation employees." Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 11, no. 1 (March 2, 2015): 96–129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jaoc-11-2012-0116.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications on former accounting firm partners becoming employees of a publicly owned accounting corporation, the responses of the former partners and impacts on the acquiring company. Partners of accounting and other professional service firms selling their firms to publicly owned companies often remain with the acquiring company as employees and receive company shares as consideration for their firms. Agency theory suggests public ownership will result in changes to the roles of senior professionals with potential resistance and motivation consequences. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a case study approach involving the review of publicly available information and interviews with executives and senior professionals of an Australian publicly owned accounting company, Stockford Limited. Findings The Stockford case indicates that selling their firm to a publicly owned company can have significant negative implications for accounting firm partners. The former partners struggled to adapt to their new roles as senior professional employees and shareholders. Their responses had significant impacts on company performance, which ultimately contributed to the collapse of the company, thus reflecting the power senior professionals retain regardless of the change of ownership form. Research limitations/implications Care is required when generalising findings of a single case to other professions and other geographic jurisdictions. Practical implications This paper has significant implications for entrepreneurs and executives consolidating professional service firms, partners considering selling their firms and investors in publicly owned professional service firms. Originality/value Despite the emergence of publicly owned accounting and other professional service companies and the importance and power of senior professionals in professional service firms, this is the first study to explore the implications on senior professionals of selling their firms to public companies.

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Lee, Myunghun. "Allocative efficiency, potential cost savings, and power supply price markdown in Korean electric power sector." Energy & Environment 30, no. 4 (October 11, 2018): 617–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0958305x18802767.

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As one publicly owned company monopolizes the electricity supply, Korea’s power market has been distorted. Firms faced with constraints imposed by a regulatory environment are likely to fail to minimize their production costs subject to market prices. In this paper, we test for allocative efficiency of fuel inputs for the Korean electric power industry over the period of 1990–2015. The potential cost savings and maximum power supply price markdown are calculated by imposing allocative efficiency. The power plants, on average, could have reduced their fuel costs by as much as 22.1% annually. The attainment of allocative efficiency would have enabled the power supply price to be cut by 7.6% annually.

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Sargent, Benjamin. "Not for shameful gain: a Petrine theology of safeguarding." Theology 124, no. 3 (May 2021): 165–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040571x211008544.

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Safeguarding often appears to be practice in search of theology. Much of the theological work on safeguarding grounds good practice purely in theological anthropology. 1 Peter, while clearly not about safeguarding, offers a serious reflection on power and motivation for ministry, set within an ecclesiology which is both eschatological and publicly engaged. Good practice in safeguarding should also be an expression of ecclesiology: an activity of the Church which is to be a priestly presence in the world, demonstrating publicly observable goodness.

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Koenig, Alexa, and Ulic Egan. "Power and Privilege." Journal of International Criminal Justice 19, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 55–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqab014.

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Abstract Digital open source information — including the videos and photographs that people post to social media and other publicly accessible platforms — is increasingly valued as a critical source of evidence. While investigators have repeatedly established the value of open source information for researching a range of crimes, there is a subset of crimes that investigators have struggled to address with digital open sources — namely, sexual violence. In this article, we report on findings pulled from our interviews with international investigators and gender experts with regards to the perceived strengths and weaknesses of integrating digital open source information into international criminal investigations of sexual violence. More specifically, we elaborate on three insights into how open source investigations may be refined to better respect and protect the interests of survivors: by considering contextual issues related to ethics, power, and privilege, including the identity of the investigator and of the victims; by integrating a gender analysis and an intersectional analysis into online investigation planning; and by being thoughtful about consent, privacy, trauma and control — including who determines what happens with open source information and how such information is used in courts. We conclude with a discussion of what is needed to strengthen the efficacy and ethics of sexual violence investigations through the use of digital open sources.

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Sage, George H. "Stealing Home: Political, Economic, and Media Power and a Publicly-Funded Baseball Stadium in Denver." Journal of Sport and Social Issues 17, no. 2 (August 1993): 110–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019372359301700205.

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L., J. F. "MERGERS CHANGE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANY QUESTIONS LIE AHEAD." Pediatrics 97, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.97.1.111.

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In 1994, publicly traded HMOs completed 13 acquisitions valued at over $4 billion. Two hospital chains, Columbia/HCA and National Medical Enterprises, recently completed mergers that give them ownership of 61% of the for-profit hospital beds in the United States. The Wall Street Journal predicts that within a year 10 publicly traded physician practice companies will be competing for a potential $200 billion market. Such concentrated market power could make the health care system more efficient—and less expensive—or, paradoxically, could produce higher prices and fewer choices for consumers.

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Stensöta, Helena Olofsdotter. "Democratic care ‘for all’ and trade-offs: the public solution, civil society and the market." International Journal of Care and Caring 4, no. 1 (February 1, 2020): 75–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/239788219x15688541168071.

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Scholarly discussions on the political power of care and care ethics have considered democratic notions such as how care recipients can make their voices heard, but the problem has recently been expanded to include how care needs can be met in a manner consistent with democratic commitments to justice, equality and freedom for all, which addresses equal access to care. Assessing the possibilities to meet this requirement shows different trade-offs in civil society, the market and publicly funded solutions. It seems that the ideals of care ethics, such as democratic access to care, sit more comfortably with publicly funded care.

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Chapin, Christy Ford. "Ensuring America's Health: Publicly Constructing the Private Health Insurance Industry, 1945–1970." Enterprise & Society 13, no. 4 (December 2012): 729–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1467222700011435.

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“Ensuring America's Health” demonstrates how public and private power intermingled to embed a specific organizational model—the insurance company model—into the health care system. The dissertation draws on government documents, trade association papers, company archives, and interviews with policymakers, insurance industry leaders, and physicians. In addition to exploring health care politics, it presents a detailed study of major trade associations and ground-level organizations, such as individual insurance companies and physician offices. This history reveals the degree to which policy debates and private sector organization have informed one another; exposes the factors driving US health care costs; and details the origins of the system's pseudo-corporate structure, which places insurance companies in a supervisory role over physicians and hospitals.

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Athawale, Rasika, Frank A. Felder, and Leo A. Goldman. "Do Combined Heat and Power plants perform? Case study of publicly funded projects in New York." Energy Policy 97 (October 2016): 618–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.06.030.

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Meinecke, Steffen, Džanan Sarajlić, Simon Ruben Drauz, Annika Klettke, Lars-Peter Lauven, Christian Rehtanz, Albert Moser, and Martin Braun. "SimBench—A Benchmark Dataset of Electric Power Systems to Compare Innovative Solutions Based on Power Flow Analysis." Energies 13, no. 12 (June 26, 2020): 3290. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13123290.

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Publicly accessible, elaborated grid datasets, i.e., benchmark grids, are well suited to publish and compare methods or study results. Similarly, developing innovative tools and algorithms in the fields of grid planning and grid operation is based on grid datasets. Therefore, a general methodology to generate benchmark datasets and its voltage level dependent implementation is described in this paper. As a result, SimBench, a comprehensive dataset for the low, medium, high and extra-high voltage level, is presented. Besides grids that can be combined across several voltage levels, the dataset offers an added value by providing time series for a whole year as well as future scenarios. In this way, SimBench is applicable for many use cases and simplifies reproducing study results. As proof, different automated algorithms for grid planning are compared to show how to apply SimBench and make use of it as a simulation benchmark.

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Kimmel, Laurence, and Christian Tietz. "Publicly shared domestic-related amenities: Pockets of privacy enhancing public space." Spatium, no. 43 (2020): 8–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat2043008k.

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This article discusses amenities that are shared by anyone in public space, such as public barbecues in Australia. The idea is generalized to a range of domestic-related amenities, from kitchen-related to bathroom-related, etc. As these domestic-related amenities relate to usage that is typically conducted within a dwelling, the amenity and its architecture can be considered a ?pocket of privacy? in public space (Pocket). Our discussion explores how these publicly shared domestic-related amenities can address particular needs of society in the context of their economic, symbolic, aesthetic and ethical value. Specifically, we suggest that Pockets productively address the politics of public space and private place in three key ways: through the negotiation of the presence of people in public space, through the negotiation of individual and collective usage of the amenity, and through the gap between the symbolic and economic power created by the usage of these amenities. We conclude by proposing planning principles that may enable the economic, symbolic, aesthetic and ethical value of these amenities to be fully realized in ways that balance the politics of public space and private place.

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Siddiqui, Raheel, Hafeez Anwar, Farman Ullah, Rehmat Ullah, Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Naveed Jan, and Fawad Zaman. "Power Prediction of Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) Using Machine Learning Algorithm-Based Paradigm." Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2021 (December 23, 2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9966395.

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Power prediction is important not only for the smooth and economic operation of a combined cycle power plant (CCPP) but also to avoid technical issues such as power outages. In this work, we propose to utilize machine learning algorithms to predict the hourly-based electrical power generated by a CCPP. For this, the generated power is considered a function of four fundamental parameters which are relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, ambient temperature, and exhaust vacuum. The measurements of these parameters and their yielded output power are used to train and test the machine learning models. The dataset for the proposed research is gathered over a period of six years and taken from a standard and publicly available machine learning repository. The utilized machine algorithms are K -nearest neighbors (KNN), gradient-boosted regression tree (GBRT), linear regression (LR), artificial neural network (ANN), and deep neural network (DNN). We report state-of-the-art performance where GBRT outperforms not only the utilized algorithms but also all the previous methods on the given CCPP dataset. It achieves the minimum values of root mean square error (RMSE) of 2.58 and absolute error (AE) of 1.85.

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Khakee, Anna. "Democracy over power? The democratic decision-making process in the case of the attempted privatization of Estonia’s power production." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51, no. 4 (November 11, 2018): 361–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.10.004.

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The suspense-filled attempted partial privatization of the Narva Power Plants in the neo-liberal darling Estonia involved a rich cast, from trade unions and local scientists, via Estonian courts and ombudsmen to international consulting firms, major global banks and the US government. More important, a detailed single case study on the democratic decision-making process in this privatization case makes it possible to go beyond common generalizations regarding the consequences of neo-liberalism for democratic processes. It shows that purported proponents of economic neo-liberalism such as the US government sometimes use their arguments to advance the narrow business interests of politically well-connected firms. Established private firms can behave in a more rent-seeking manner than publicly owned, ex-communist companies. Liberal economic principles of open competition and a level playing-field are at times used by actors in the democratic process to question top-down, opaque economic decisions.

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Gupta, Vishal K., Seonghee Han, Vikram Nanda, and Sabatino (Dino) Silveri. "When Crisis Knocks, Call a Powerful CEO (or Not): Investigating the Contingent Link Between CEO Power and Firm Performance During Industry Turmoil." Group & Organization Management 43, no. 6 (October 7, 2016): 971–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1059601116671603.

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CEO power seems to be a double-edged sword: Agency-theoretic research views CEO power as ultimately detrimental to the firm, whereas the strategic leadership literature highlights the instrumental role of CEO power in getting things done. These competing perspectives motivate a lively debate in the organizational literature on the performance consequences of CEO power. To extend this line of inquiry, we examine the CEO power–firm performance relation during industry turmoil and delve into the role of three critical situational exigencies—managerial discretion, market competitiveness, and technological innovativeness. Predictions are tested on publicly traded Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 1500 firms in the United States using archival data over 20 years. Implications for further research and practice are discussed.

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Zhang, Xiaodong, Dalia Patino-Echeverri, Mingquan Li, and Libo Wu. "A review of publicly available data sources for models to study renewables integration in China's power system." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 159 (May 2022): 112215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112215.

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Wijethilake, Chaminda, and Athula Ekanayake. "CEO duality and firm performance: the moderating roles of CEO informal power and board involvements." Social Responsibility Journal 16, no. 8 (November 29, 2019): 1453–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/srj-12-2018-0321.

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Purpose This study aims to draw on the resource dependence theory to synthesize the conflicting arguments as well as commonalities of the agency and stewardship perspectives on the relationship between CEO duality and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach Multiple regression analysis is used to analyze the data collected from a sample of 212 large-scale publicly listed companies representing 20 sectors in the Colombo Stock Exchange in Sri Lanka. Findings The research results based on all of 212 publicly listed companies in Sri Lanka show, in support of the agency theory, that CEO duality exerts a negative effect on firm performance when the CEO is equipped with additional informal power. Conversely, CEO duality exhibits a positive effect on firm performance when board involvements are high, a finding that supports the commonalities of the agency and stewardship theoretical perspectives. Practical implications By examining the governance practices and concepts in an Asian developing economy, this study provides insight into the power dynamics between the CEO and the board of directors in managerial contexts that are largely different from those in western countries. Originality/value This study expands the theoretical underpinning of corporate governance research by identifying the performance implications of CEO duality within the broad context of the resource provision of the board of directors and the informal power of CEOs.

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Andersen, Lotte Bøgh, Mickael Bech, and Jørgen Lauridsen. "Political or dental power in private and public service provision: a study of municipal expenditures for child dental care." Health Economics, Policy and Law 7, no. 3 (August 8, 2011): 327–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1744133111000119.

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AbstractBoth professionals and politicians may affect expenditures for highly professional services provided in the public and private sector. We investigated Danish publicly financed child dental care with a special focus on the influence of politicians and dentists on the expenditure level. By studying spatial patterns in expenditure levels across municipalities, we are able to test the influences of these two main actors and the networks through which learning is achieved. Four hypotheses on the existence of different spatial spillover effects are tested. The empirical analysis is based on annual data from 1996 to 2001 for 226 Danish municipalities, thus allowing for the control for heterogeneity between municipalities and for intra-municipal correlations across time. The results point to differences in expenditures between municipalities with privately and publicly produced dental care. Furthermore, dentists appear to be the most important actors for the spatial spillover effects, and these effects are especially strong for municipalities situated in the same county that use private dental clinics. There is no evidence of political spatial spillover effects between municipalities.

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Incerti, Trevor, and Phillip Y. Lipscy. "The Politics of Energy and Climate Change in Japan under Abe." Asian Survey 58, no. 4 (July 2018): 607–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2018.58.4.607.

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Under what we call Abenergynomics, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō has used energy policy to support the growth objectives of Abenomics, even when the associated policies are publicly unpopular, opposed by utility companies, or harmful to the environment. We show how Abenergynomics has shaped Japanese policy on nuclear power, electricity deregulation, renewable energy, and climate change.

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Vavtar, Ingrid, Anže Pungerčič, and Luka Snoj. "Utilisation of JSI TRIGA Pulse Experiments for Testing of Nuclear Instrumentation and Validation of Transient Models." EPJ Web of Conferences 225 (2020): 04027. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202022504027.

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A pulse experiment model was validated in order to support future pulse experimental campaigns. All pulse experiments data was collected and are publicly available at http://trigapulse.ijs.si/. A comparison of the measured pulse physical parameters (maximal power, total released energy and full width at half maximum) and theoretical predictions (Fuchs-Hansen and the Nordheim-Fuchs models) was made.

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Skantz, Terrance R. "CEO Pay, Managerial Power, and SFAS 123(R)." Accounting Review 87, no. 6 (June 1, 2012): 2151–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/accr-50224.

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ABSTRACT This study presents evidence that option expensing, whether voluntary under SFAS 123 or mandatory under SFAS 123(R), is associated with changes in CEO compensation that are beneficial to shareholders. I find that the reporting benefits of aggregate-employee option grants under SFAS 123 are associated with the change in the mix of CEO option grants and stock grants that occurs after SFAS 123(R), suggesting that reporting benefits of option grants may have influenced some CEO compensation decisions. Additionally, I find that the reduction in CEO pay after SFAS 123(R) is greater when shareholders have more power to act in their own best interest and when there is evidence of pre-expensing CEO compensation rents. The findings suggest that SFAS 123 may have encouraged inefficient, CEO-preferential pay practices and that SFAS 123(R) may have contributed to a reduction in CEO compensation inefficiencies. Data Availability: All data are publicly available.

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Resnick, Marc. "Internet-Based Error Reporting Systems: Usability is Power." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 51, no. 13 (October 2007): 822–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120705101301.

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Error reporting systems have been around for many decades, in domains such as aerospace, with great success. In contrast, domains such as health care have resisted broad-based systems, due in part to cultural issues and fear of litigation. A recurring issue in the development of all of these systems is usability. Usability affects the development, growth, usage, and sustainability of error-reporting systems in many ways. As these systems migrate to the Internet and become more broadly accessible, usability will become a dominant factor in system success. Whether the system is publicly accessible, Intranet-based behind a company firewall, or semi-private and managed through a government agency or non-governmental organization, some usability issues will apply to all systems and others will shift in importance. This paper applies an existing knowledge management model to the analysis of error reporting systems, highlighting the significant impact and necessity of usability on the success of error-reporting systems, using examples from a variety of domains.

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Karpachevskiy, Andrey, German Titov, and Oksana Filippova. "Development of A Spatiotemporal Database for Evolution Analysis of the Moscow Backbone Power Grid." Data 6, no. 12 (November 30, 2021): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/data6120127.

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Currently in the field of transport geography, the spatial evolution of electrical networks remain globally understudied. Publicly available data sources, including remote sensing data, have made it possible to collect spatial data on electrical networks, but at the same time a suitable data structure for storing them has not been defined. The main purpose of this study was the collection and structuring of spatiotemporal data on electric networks with the possibility of their further processing and analysis. To collect data, we used publicly available remote sensing and geoinformation systems, archival schemes and maps, as well as other documents related to the Moscow power grid. Additionally, we developed a web service for data publication and visualization. We conducted a small morphological analysis of the evolution of the network to show the possibilities of working with the database using a Python script. For example, we found that the portion of new lines has been declining since 1950s and in the 2010s the portion of partial reconstruction reached its maximum. Thus, the developed data structure and the database itself provide ample opportunities for the analysis and interpretation of the spatiotemporal development of electric networks. This can be used as a basis to study other territories. The main results of the study are published on the web service where the user can interactively choose a year and two forms of power lines representation to visualize on a map.

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Moen-Larsen, Natalia. "‘Dear Mr President’. The blogosphere as arena for communication between people and power." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 47, no. 1 (February 1, 2014): 27–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2014.01.007.

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Internet use in Russia is increasing rapidly. The former president of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, has actively utilized the Internet for political purposes, and promoted its use among state officials and politicians in Russia. This article examines the online communication between Medvedev and the Russian people, as seen through his official kremlin.ru weblog. The article combines two research fields – the Internet and demography – mapping the publicly generated discourse of demography as articulated on Medvedev’s blog. Furthermore, the author assesses the communication between the authorities and the people, showing how it can be mismatched as individuals ‘talk past each other’.

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Hoşgör, Enes, and Paul S. Fischbeck. "Predicting residential energy and water demand using publicly available data." Energy Conversion and Management 101 (September 2015): 106–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.04.081.

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Hirsch, Robert L., and Roger H. Bezdek. "Public Acceptance of ITER-Tokamak Fusion Power." European Journal of Energy Research 1, no. 4 (October 8, 2021): 8–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejenergy.2021.1.4.18.

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One of the U.S. Electric Power Research Institute’s criteria for practical fusion power is public acceptance. In this analysis we consider the potential public acceptance of ITER-tokamak fusion power. Because ITER-like reactors are not likely to be commercially ready before mid-century, a forecast of public acceptance is very difficult. We break “the public” down into four entities: 1) Rank and file consumers, 2) Governments [local, state, & federal including regulators], 3) NGOs including environmental groups, and 4) Electric utilities. We assert that ITER-tokamaks will be evaluated in the context of fission power because both are nuclear processes. We observe that ITER-tokamak fusion will present radioactive hazards and be extremely expensive. Three possible futures for fission nuclear mid-century are: 1) full acceptance, 2) middling acceptance, and 3) rejection. If fission power is accepted mid-century, then ITER-tokamak fusion stands the best chance of being publicly acceptable, its largest drawback being very high cost. If fission power is of middling acceptance, then ITER-tokamak fusion might be marginally more acceptable because of its much shorter life radioactive waste. If fission power is unacceptable, then ITER-tokamak fusion acceptance will be very difficult.

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Choong, Yap Voon, Kok Thim Chan, and John Stanley Murugeshu. "Earnings management, directors’ discretions and information content affecting discretionary accruals of Malaysian publicly listed companies." Corporate Ownership and Control 11, no. 4 (2014): 625–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i4c7p5.

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Managers have reporting discretion permitted by accounting standards over a combination of earnings management choices. The objective of this study is to identify the types of discretionary accounting choices that are indicative of earnings management. Based on a sample of 947 companies listed on the Malaysian stock exchange, the results indicate that a number of firm specific financial variables that proxy for agency cost, political costs and information asymmetry capture discretionary accruals behaviour. This study also seeks to examine the explanatory power of the earnings management in predicting future earnings and firm value. The results indicate that discretionary accruals can improve the informativeness of a firm’s current and past earnings when predicting future earnings and share price

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Zhang, Lei, and Jing Zhang. "Publicly Verifiable Spatial and Temporal Aggregation Scheme Against Malicious Aggregator in Smart Grid." Applied Sciences 9, no. 3 (January 31, 2019): 490. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app9030490.

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We propose a privacy-preserving aggregation scheme under a malicious attacks model, in which the aggregator may forge householders’ billing, or a neighborhood aggregation data, or collude with compromised smart meters to reveal object householders’ fine-grained data. The scheme can generate spatially total consumption in a neighborhood at a timestamp and temporally a householder’s billing in a series of timestamps. The proposed encryption scheme of imposing masking keys from pseudo-random function (PRF) between pairwise nodes on partitioned data ensures the confidentiality of individual fine-grained data, and fends off the power theft of n-2 smart meters at most (n is the group size of smart meters in a neighborhood). Compared with the afore-mentioned methods of public key encryption in most related literatures, the simple and lightweight combination of PRF with modular addition not only is customized to the specific needs of smart grid, but also facilitates any node’s verification for local aggregation or global aggregation with low cost overhead. The publicly verifiable scenarios are very important for self-sufficient, remote places, which can only afford renewable energy and can manage its own energy price according to the energy consumption circumstance in a neighborhood.

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Ben Lahouel, Béchir, Jean-Marie Peretti, and David Autissier. "Stakeholder power and corporate social performance." Corporate Governance 14, no. 3 (May 27, 2014): 363–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cg-07-2012-0056.

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Purpose – This paper aims to explore the power of one of the primary organizational stakeholders (shareholders) in the development of a corporate social performance (CSP) score. Few research works in the CSP empirical literature have studied the relationship between stakeholder power and CSP. Design/methodology/approach – Stakeholder theory is used as a theoretical framework to explain how shareholder voting power can influence the CSP level of French publicly listed companies. Stakeholder theory is tested through the operationalization of Ullmann’s (1985) three-dimensional model. Hypotheses related to shareholder voting power, strategic posture and financial performance are formulated through a literature review. A Data Envelopment Analysis approach was presented as a strong tool to measure CSP level. Multiple linear regressions were undertaken to test the hypotheses in a sample of 129 French companies between 2006 and 2007. Findings – The results indicate that companies with dispersed ownership and high proportion of institutional shareholders record a high score of CSP. Strategic posture measured by the implementation of environmental certification standard was positively and significantly related to CSP. Financial performance does not affect significantly the level of CSP. Originality/value – This paper is the first to empirically analyse the relationship between Ullmann’s three-dimensional model and CSP level in the French context. It offers to managers a better understanding of the power that certain stakeholders can use to acquire satisfaction.

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von Borowski Dodl, Alessandra. "Central Bank of Brazil’s mission: Ensuring the stability of currency purchasing power and a sound, efficient, and ‘just’ financial system." Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions 10, no. 4 (2020): 44–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/rgcv10i4p4.

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This study assesses the convenience and timeliness of making changes to the Central Bank of Brazil’s mission. We undertake this analysis from the normative and practical approaches and consider the perspective of inclusive development and the National Financial System’s role to be the main determinants of the selected strategic solution. The insertion of justice into the institutional mission of the Central Bank of Brazil not only signals a new normative proposal for public policies in this arena but also publicly compromises all agents, suggesting an agreement that engenders the expectations of reciprocity and increased legitimacy. The analysis is conducted through the political philosophy lens, based on the works of Rawls (1971, 2001) and Sen (1992, 2000, 2009). This approach focuses on neutralizing pre-existing views, as the purpose of this study is not to expand current results, but to question the governance structure of the National Financial System to select priorities and implement them. The advent of technology innovations emphasizes the opportunity for improvement, highlighting its risks and benefits. Therefore, the potential contribution of this study is to provide a policy-making alternative to promote publicly agreed objectives through governance structures.

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Zhu, K., Z. Lou, J. Zhou, N. Ballester, P. Parikh, and N. Kong. "Predicting 30-day Hospital Readmission with Publicly Available Administrative Database." Methods of Information in Medicine 54, no. 06 (2015): 560–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3414/me14-02-0017.

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SummaryIntroduction: This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on “Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare”.Background: Hospital readmissions raise healthcare costs and cause significant distress to providers and patients. It is, therefore, of great interest to healthcare organizations to predict what patients are at risk to be readmitted to their hospitals. However, current logistic regression based risk prediction models have limited prediction power when applied to hospital administrative data. Meanwhile, although decision trees and random forests have been applied, they tend to be too complex to understand among the hospital practitioners.Objectives: Explore the use of conditional logistic regression to increase the prediction accuracy.Methods: We analyzed an HCUP statewide in-patient discharge record dataset, which includes patient demographics, clinical and care utilization data from California. We extracted records of heart failure Medicare beneficiaries who had inpatient experience during an 11-month period. We corrected the data imbalance issue with under-sampling. In our study, we first applied standard logistic regression and decision tree to obtain influential variables and derive practically meaning decision rules. We then stratified the original data set accordingly and applied logistic regression on each data stratum. We further explored the effect of interacting variables in the logistic regression modeling. We conducted cross validation to assess the overall prediction performance of conditional logistic regression (CLR) and compared it with standard classification models.Results: The developed CLR models outperformed several standard classification models (e.g., straightforward logistic regression, stepwise logistic regression, random forest, support vector machine). For example, the best CLR model improved the classification accuracy by nearly 20% over the straightforward logistic regression model. Furthermore, the developed CLR models tend to achieve better sensitivity of more than 10% over the standard classification models, which can be translated to correct labeling of additional 400 – 500 readmissions for heart failure patients in the state of California over a year. Lastly, several key predictor identified from the HCUP data include the disposition location from discharge, the number of chronic conditions, and the number of acute procedures.Conclusions: It would be beneficial to apply simple decision rules obtained from the decision tree in an ad-hoc manner to guide the cohort stratification. It could be potentially beneficial to explore the effect of pairwise interactions between influential predictors when building the logistic regression models for different data strata. Judicious use of the ad-hoc CLR models developed offers insights into future development of prediction models for hospital readmissions, which can lead to better intuition in identifying high-risk patients and developing effective post-discharge care strategies. Lastly, this paper is expected to raise the awareness of collecting data on additional markers and developing necessary database infrastructure for larger-scale exploratory studies on readmission risk prediction.

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Bellamy, Richard. "Democracy as Public Law: The Case of Constitutional Rights." German Law Journal 14, no. 8 (August 1, 2013): 1017–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2071832200002145.

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The distinctive domain and character of public law have become—and in certain respects always were—unclear and, to a degree, contested. As a result, any definition is likely to be to some extent stipulative. For my purposes, I want to refer to public law in two broad and related senses—as applying to a certain kind of body and its functions, and as requiring a certain kind of justification. The first sense refers to the actions of the state and its administration. Of course, it will be pointed out that these are increasingly performed by private bodies and often involve legal activities that have been associated with private parties and doctrines, such as procurement and contract. Nevertheless, government and the administrative apparatus more generally can still be considered as possessing distinctively broad, authoritative, and coercive powers which in various ways make their subjection to the law both problematic and pressing: Problematic in that they play a central role in the making and enforcement of the law, pressing in that this role renders them more powerful than other bodies. The second sense enters here. For the justification of state power has come to rest on its serving the public ends of the ruled rather than private ends of the rulers, and certain public qualities of law have been thought to oblige those who wield state power to do so in a publically justified and justifiable way. Ruling through laws has been viewed as different from rule by willful, ad hoc commands because laws have certain characteristics that render them capable of coordinating and shaping public behavior in consistent and coherent ways over time, while ruling under the law likewise forces rulers to adopt public processes and offers an additional incentive to devise laws that treat rulers and ruled equitably. Again, these matters are far from straightforward. How far laws need to, or even can, always possess the requisite qualities and the degree to which these do constrain power holders are matters of dispute. Yet, that all law has to have some public qualities—for example, that it be promulgated and capable of being followed in ways that make it publicly recognized as law—and that these features formalize power to a degree, is reasonably undisputed. Increasingly, though, and even more controversially, many jurists have wanted to suggest that legality also involves certain substantive qualities of a public kind—that laws must appeal to public reasons that all subject to them can accept as reflecting, or being compatible with certain basic interests or values that are equally shared by all. Such arguments have come to be identified with rights and in particular constitutional rights, which are deemed to set the terms of how and to what purpose political power may be legally exercised. In this way, the two senses of public law come together. Constitutional rights define and mark the limits of public power in ways that can be publicly justified, and thereby ensure it serves public ends. They thereby serve what Martin Loughlin calls the “basic tasks of public law;” namely, “the constitution, maintenance and regulation of governmental authority.”

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Lorencin, Ivan, Nikola Anđelić, Vedran Mrzljak, and Zlatan Car. "Genetic Algorithm Approach to Design of Multi-Layer Perceptron for Combined Cycle Power Plant Electrical Power Output Estimation." Energies 12, no. 22 (November 15, 2019): 4352. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12224352.

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In this paper a genetic algorithm (GA) approach to design of multi-layer perceptron (MLP) for combined cycle power plant power output estimation is presented. Dataset used in this research is a part of publicly available UCI Machine Learning Repository and it consists of 9568 data points (power plant operating regimes) that is divided on training dataset that consists of 7500 data points and testing dataset containing 2068 data points. Presented research was performed with aim of increasing regression performances of MLP in comparison to ones available in the literature by utilizing heuristic algorithm. The GA described in this paper is performed by using mutation and crossover procedures. These procedures are utilized for design of 20 different chromosomes in 50 different generations. MLP configurations that are designed with GA implementation are validated by using Bland - Altman (B-A) analysis. By utilizing GA, MLP with five hidden layers of 80,25,65,75 and 80 nodes, respectively, is designed. For aforementioned MLP, k - fold cross-validation is performed in order to examine its generalization performances. The Root Mean Square Error ( R M S E ) value achieved with aforementioned MLP is 4.305 , that is significantly lower in comparison with MLP presented in available literature, but still higher than several complex algorithms such as KStar and tree based algorithms.

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Guldi, Jo. "Global Questions About Rent and the Longue Durée of Urban Power, 1848 to the Present." New Global Studies 12, no. 1 (April 25, 2018): 37–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ngs-2018-0012.

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Abstract This article examines the forces, public and private, that have exerted political power over the longue durée of the modern city since 1848. The article identifies three major turning points that contextualize the modern moment: the rise of democratic movements of 1848 and their gradual targeting of city governments; the rise of an expert-managed, urban reform state beginning in 1870; and the birth of neoliberal state, from 1974 to the present. The article positions the knowledge of urban history within the rise of democratic, participatory movements concerned with opening, replicating, and publicly analyzing governmental data.

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Pillai, Gobind G., Ghanim A. Putrus, and Nicola M. Pearsall. "Generation of synthetic benchmark electrical load profiles using publicly available load and weather data." International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 61 (October 2014): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2014.03.005.

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Damre, Mangesh, Alessandro Marchetto, and Alejandro Giorgetti. "MERMAID: dedicated web server to prepare and run coarse-grained membrane protein dynamics." Nucleic Acids Research 47, W1 (May 20, 2019): W456—W461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz416.

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Abstract Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of membrane proteins have been shown to be extremely useful for characterizing the molecular features underlying their function, but require high computational power, limiting the understanding of complex events in membrane proteins, e.g. ion channels gating, GPCRs activation. To overcome this issue, it has been shown that coarse-grained approaches, although requiring less computational power, are still capable of correctly describing molecular events underlying big conformational changes in biological systems. Here, we present the Martini coarse-grained membrane protein dynamics (MERMAID), a publicly available web interface that allows the user to prepare and run coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CGMD) simulations and to analyse the trajectories.

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Westbrook, Robert B. "An Innocent Abroad? John Dewey and International Politics." Ethics & International Affairs 7 (March 1993): 203–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7093.1993.tb00150.x.

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Dewey's refusal to abandon his strong belief in the democratic ideal, which must materialize not via powerful political elites but rather through publicly created institutions and full participation of ordinary citizens, has been grossly misunderstood. Using Dewey's critics' own arguments that purport to show Dewey intentionally, or naively, disregarded the role of power in the relations of communities, Westbrook brings examples to reinforce the contrary view. Dewey's adherence to the view that war must be universally outlawed and sanctioned was targeted precisely on the international political elites in order to reduce their domination and to maintain the real power within the hands of the citizens.

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Al Kharusi, Sami, and Sree Rama Murthy Y. "Financial sustainability of private higher education institutions: the case of publicly traded educational institutions." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 14, no. 3 (October 5, 2017): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.14(3).2017.03.

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Public and private education can unlock different doors and help to flood the country with a rising power, sunlight and sustainable development. Hence, this paper argued that there is a need to sustain both public and private higher education. Financial difficulties restrict private higher education from balancing their budget and maintain a balance between a quality education and maximization of shareholders wealth. This paper outlines and analyzes a critical business model for higher education institutions, Dhofar University and Majan College, both of which are publicly traded in Muscat Securities Market. Both the educational institutions are critically examined from profitability, liquidity, long term solvency and asset management perspective using appropriate financial ratios. Five year forecasts of financial statements up to 2021 are estimated to evaluate the financial stability of the two educational institutions. The paper uses Monte Carlo simulation technique to examine the issue of financial sustainability. Overall the finding shows positive financial results for Majan College compared to Dhofar University. The key take away from the analysis is that educational institutions should be funded primarily by equity and not by debt to survive, sustain and provide high quality education.

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Lee-Koo, Katrina. "Pro-Gender Foreign Policy by Stealth: Navigating Global and Domestic Politics in Australian Foreign Policy Making." Foreign Policy Analysis 16, no. 2 (March 6, 2020): 236–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orz029.

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Abstract As a middle-power nation, Australia promotes its global effectiveness, in part, through the adoption of international norms. Among those that it has more recently embraced has been pro-gender norms. The inclusion—for the first time—of gender equality considerations into overarching strategic doctrines, and the development of stand-alone gender strategies demonstrates this. While this is not without its shortcomings and contradictions, it is evidence that Australia is allowing feminist design to underpin areas of its foreign policy. However, unlike other states, this is not publicly emphasized. In fact, it is as if these policies were developed by stealth. This article examines the depth of Australia's commitment to pro-gender norms in foreign policy. It argues that there is a genuine embrace of pro-gender norms, but the masculinist cultures of Australia's politics limit the capacity for it to be publicly debated and celebrated.

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Klingshirn, William. "Charity and Power: Caesarius of Arles and the Ransoming of Captives in Sub-Roman Gaul." Journal of Roman Studies 75 (November 1985): 183–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/300659.

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One of the most dramatic expressions of Christian charity in late antiquity was the practice of ransoming captives taken in brigandage, piracy, or war. Involving, as it did, the collection and disbursement of large sums of money, and delicate negotiations with hostile parties, the redemption of captives eventually came to be included in the duties of local bishops. Bishops, in turn, not only accepted, but actively solicited this responsibility, for, like other charitable activities, the liberation of captives enabled them to reinforce or expand ties ofclientela, enhance their own status as local patrons, and publicly enact, and so promote and validate, the Christian ideal ofcaritas.

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Zhuang, Joanna J., Krina Zondervan, Fredrik Nyberg, Chris Harbron, Ansar Jawaid, Lon R. Cardon, Bryan J. Barratt, and Andrew P. Morris. "Optimizing the power of genome-wide association studies by using publicly available reference samples to expand the control group." Genetic Epidemiology 34, no. 4 (January 19, 2010): 319–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gepi.20482.

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Kabanda, Herve, Alex Romard, Fuze Yurtsever, Anjali Wadhera, Joshua Andrews, and Craig Merrett. "Construction Time Estimation Function for Canadian Utility Scale Power Plants." Energies 14, no. 17 (August 31, 2021): 5421. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14175421.

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Construction time and time overruns for infrastructure projects have been frequently studied; however, the construction time of power plants has not been studied. This lack of study is problematic, as more renewable energy power plants, such as wind and solar, are planned for many jurisdictions. Accurately estimating the construction time of a power plant will assist construction planning, budget estimates, and policy development encouraging the use of more renewable sources. The construction times of utility scale power plants in Canada were studied using publicly available data. Multiple linear regression analysis techniques were applied to the data to generate construction time estimation functions for all power plants together, and for individual technologies. The analyses reveal that construction time is sensitive to jurisdiction and the decade of construction, indicating that decisions made by individual Canadian provincial governments at different times had statistically significant impacts on construction time. The analyses also indicated that construction time is a strong function of installed capacity, independent of technology. This finding suggests that large solar or wind energy facilities will encounter longer construction times similar to large hydroelectric facilities.

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