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Sansonetti, Valentina, and Pierpaolo Rossi-Maccanico. "Survey of State Aid in the Lending Sector: A Comprehensive Review of Main State Aid Cases." European Business Law Review 18, Issue 6 (December 1, 2007): 1353–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/eulr2007049.
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This paper reviews a considerable number of cases concerning the application of State aid rules to the EU banking sector. The relevance of the financial crisis which hit the lending industry in the ?90s determined the Commission to a significant number of State aid reviews of national measures in support of the sector. Following the deep restructuring of the lending industry in the EU and the complete liberalisation of the financial services market, State aid to support the banking sector has become less frequent. However, State intervention has not disappeared but takes more complex forms. The Commission tackles now State intervention both in the form of capital injections and guarantees granted to restructure individual banks or an entire banking sector. The Commission also investigates fiscal advantages, guarantees and tax preferences conferred on a limited number of banks for distributing savings products. EU Member States appear engaged in a new regulatory race to the bottom in the form of preferential tax regimes for financial holdings compared to more "traditional" and direct forms of State aid to national banks and financial intermediaries involving rescue and restructuring assistance to ailing national champions, or granting of State guarantees to the national banks. We expect that in the near future the Commission will increasingly monitor the existing preferential tax regimes to eliminate possible competition distortions resulting from State aid and will also ensure that capital injections and other forms of public support to public financial institutions are immune from State intervention.
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Roberts, Andrea R. "Preservation without Representation: Making CLG Programs Vehicles for Inclusive Leadership, Historic Preservation, and Engagement." Societies 10, no. 3 (August 11, 2020): 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc10030060.
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This article examines public historic preservation agencies’ ability to support social inclusion aims within the context of the Certified Local Government (CLG) program. Though administered by the Texas Historical Commission, Texas’ State CLG program is federally-funded and makes available special access to technical assistance, grants, and loans to qualifying communities contingent on compliance. Program surveys the state staff administered to city and county historical commissions with the CLG designation indicate challenges around diversifying their leadership and identifying training opportunities. This article reviews those surveys to detect insights into how the state CLG program can create spaces in which local commissions can increase their “representativeness” through changes in assessment and training content. Specifically, I analyze two government assessment tools used to evaluate local CLGs’ ability to meet federal and state training and participation expectations. I compare these survey results to self-assessment activities and questionnaires collected during a pilot training on implicit bias, outreach, and cultural resource surveying I conducted with multiple CLGs in Gonzales, Texas. Findings suggest more creatively designed training and capacity building is necessary around inclusion, identifying structural barriers to participation, and foundational knowledge of historic preservation and planning practice, and ethics.
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Etim, Unyime Okon, Christabel D. Brownson, and Ubong Augustine Akpaetor. "Organizational Politics: Scarcity of Resources, Employee’s Personality & Employee’s Diversity." Global Journal of Human Resource Management 11, no. 3 (March 15, 2023): 27–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.37745/gjhrm.2013/vol11n32741.
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Employees of different backgrounds are employed to help achieve corporate objectives. The complexities that exist among these employees are expected to be effectively managed through proper organizational political practices. As such, this study examines the relationship between organizational politics and employee’s diversity in Akwa Ibom State Local Government Service Commission. Using a survey research design, 118 employees of the commission were examined and the findings revealed that scarcity of resources has positive and significant relationship with employees’ diversity in Akwa Ibom State Local Government Service Commission (r = 0.614, p<0.000); and employee’s Personality has positive and significant relationship with employees’ diversity in Akwa Ibom State Local Government Service Commission (r = 0.662, p<0.000). It was concluded that organizational politics has positive and significant relationship with employees’ diversity in Akwa Ibom State Local Government Service Commission. It was recommended that top level managers in the commission should encourage fair and equitable practices in the organization as this would help to lessen high political practices among the employees.
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McMahon, Joe, and Stephen Weatherill. "Free Movements of Goods." International and Comparative Law Quarterly 50, no. 1 (January 2001): 158–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iclq/50.1.158.
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Since the expiry of the deadline for the completion of the internal market at the end of 1992, the Commission has shifted its focus away from piloting an intense rule-making burst through the Community legislative system. As part of its quest to establish reliable methods for managing the internal market, the Commission is now overtly concerned to improve the quality of those adopted laws, for example by securing simplification and consolidation, and it is intent on investigating more rigorously how a closer match may be made between the relevant laws on paper and their practical application on the ground.1 In short, the Commission is focusing its energies on ensuring that the legal framework which has been adopted is treated by commercial operators and consumers in the market as a viable and trustworthy basis for an integrated market. Accordingly much of the Commission's work since the last survey of the law relating to the free movement of goods has been at first sight relatively unglamorous. It largely concerns soft law initiatives and attempts to improve administrative co-ordination designed to underpin the practice of market management, both vertically (Commission/Member State) and horizontally (Member State/Member State). This forms the core of the strategy for the internal market covering the next five years, published on 24 November 1999.2 Nonetheless, even though these initiatives might not immediately strike the lawyer accustomed to a fountain of legislative activity as worthy of close inspection, it is clearly the case that the Commission regards its medium-term mission to stabilise the management of the internal market as best pursued by a gradual approach designed to improve practical compliance.
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E. U., Abasiama, Christabel D. B., and Kingsley L. U. "Strategic Management Practices and Organisational Performance in Akwa Ibom State Civil Service." British Journal of Management and Marketing Studies 7, no. 2 (May 9, 2024): 99–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.52589/bjmms-fhqqodjm.
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The study centered on strategic management practices and organisational performance in Akwa Ibom State Civil Service Commission. The survey research design was used in the study. Two objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated for the study. The population of the study was 886 staff of the studied ministries, while the sample size was 276. A proportional and simple random sampling technique was applied in the study. Using simple linear regression analysis, results from the analysis showed that strategic planning has a positive and significant influence on the performance of Akwa Ibom State Civil Service Commission (R2 = 0.685, < P.0.000) and strategic choice has a positive and significant effect on the performance of Akwa Ibom State Civil Service Commission (R2 = 0.793, < P.0.000). It was concluded that strategic management process has a significant and positive effect on the performance of Akwa Ibom State Civil Service Commission. It was recommended that the strategic planning process in the studied ministries should be improved through adequate resource allocation as this will improve the performance of the organisation, and strategic choices should be made based on the prevailing economic developments to ensure optimal realisation of corporate goals.
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Omada, Joshua, Igwebuike Ayogu, and Amechi Egbara. "Staff Discipline and Performance of Kogi State Civil Service Commission." African Journal of Politics and Administrative Studies 16, no. 2 (December 1, 2023): 664–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajpas.v16i2.34.
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Despite the Kogi State Government efforts to reposition the State Civil Service Commission for improved performance, staff commitment to duty has not significantly improved. Staff lateness and absence from duty posts, undue delay in promotion, underserved appointment and promotion in the Service among others are common. The study assessed the effect of staff discipline on the performance of the Kogi State Civil Service Commission. The general objective of the study was to assess the effect of staff discipline on the performance of Kogi State Civil Service Commission. This research work was anchored on bureaucratic theory. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study and the sample size was 120 staff of the Commission, utilizing the census sampling technique. The sources of data collection for this study were primary and secondary. Simple percentage was used to analyze responses generated from the questionnaire while the secondary data was subjected to intense analysis. We found out among others that despite the fact that there are several training and development programmes created for her staff of all ranks, the exercise fall short of established training and development standards in choosing staff for training. Of the 110 respondents, majority 65 (59.1%) identified connection to heads of units and politicians as against length of service (16, 14.5%), specific needs of the departments/units (10, 9.1%), and staff commitment to duty (19, 17.3%). The study concluded that consequent upon the neglect of established procedures in training and development of employees of the KSCSC as well as appointment and promotion, the practices have affected negatively the commitment of staff to their duties. The study then recommended among others that the Kogi State Civil Service Commission should sublet its training and development as well as appointment and promotion exercises to professional bodies, especially those outside the state to reduce possible undue influences.
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Somjen, G. G. "Report of the worldwide survey on teaching physiology." Advances in Physiology Education 277, no. 6 (December 1999): S6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/advances.1999.277.6.s6.
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This report by George G. Somjen, for the Commission on Teaching Physiology, International Union of Physiological Sciences, presents a summary of answers received to a questionnaire concerning the state of Physiology Teaching. One hundred seventeen responses have been received from fifty countries. The results have been tabulated and contain information about the teaching methods and resources as well as the commitment in time and effort by the teaching staff. Free-ranging, sometimes pithy, comments made by the respondents have been excerpted and are included.
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Walter, Jacob I., Paul Ogwari, Andrew Thiel, Fernando Ferrer, Isaac Woelfel, Jefferson C. Chang, Amberlee P. Darold, and Austin A. Holland. "The Oklahoma Geological Survey Statewide Seismic Network." Seismological Research Letters 91, no. 2A (November 13, 2019): 611–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0220190211.
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Abstract The Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS) monitors seismicity throughout the state of Oklahoma utilizing permanent and temporary seismometers installed by OGS and other agencies, while producing a real-time earthquake catalog. The OGS seismic network was recently added to the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) as a self-supporting regional seismic network, and earthquake locations and magnitudes are automatically reported through U.S. Geological Survey and are part of the ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. In Oklahoma, before 2009, background seismicity rates were about 2 M 3.0+ earthquakes per year, which increased to 579 and 903 M 3.0+ earthquakes in 2014 and 2015, respectively. After seismicity peaked, the rate fell to 624, 304, and 194 M 3.0+ earthquakes in 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively. The catalog is complete down to M 2.2 from mid-2014 to present, despite the significant workload for a primarily state-funded regional network. That astonishing uptick in seismicity has been largely attributed to wastewater injection practices. The OGS provides the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the agency responsible for regulating oil and gas activities within the state, with technical guidance and earthquake products that inform their “traffic-light” mitigation protocol and other mitigating actions. We have initiated a citizen-scientist-driven, educational seismometer program by installing Raspberry Shake geophones throughout the state at local schools, museums, libraries, and state parks. The seismic hazard of the state portends a continued need for expansion and densification of seismic monitoring throughout Oklahoma.
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Biroroh, Ta’mirotul. "Optimizing The Role of the General Election Commission in Realizing Democratic Elections in Indonesia." International Journal of Law and Politics Studies 3, no. 2 (November 29, 2021): 29–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/ijlps.2021.3.2.5.
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The mechanism for transferring people's sovereignty is carried out through general elections to elect leaders and representatives of the people who will be mandated to carry out state and government affairs in accordance with the provisions contained in the legislation. One of the interesting developments from the point of view of the Indonesian state administration began when Indonesia experienced a transitional period of general elections (elections) which are one of the main pillars of democracy. In Indonesia, the existence of an election management body has existed since the 1955 general election until now. In every course of political history, Indonesia has several different institutional models of election management from time to time. The General Election Commission in Indonesia it is called Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) is an institution that carries out the function of organizing elections in Indonesia. In addition to the KPU, there are institutions that also play an important role in the implementation of elections and are closely related to the existence of the KPU, namely survey institutions that carry out quick count processes. The survey institutions in a number of developing countries, especially those that are actively building democracy, are also not a little doubted by their moral honesty, at least being sued with a critical attitude such as the existence of a poll on the existence of a political survey institution, which has resulted in an attitude of uncertainty about the performance survey agency. This condition makes people less confident in the survey results which are considered no longer independent. It is proven that every time an election is held, a number of survey institutions seem to want to lead public opinion towards certain contestants. This is certainly very unfortunate considering that the survey results are one of the important instruments in democracy.
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Sengupta, Anirban. "‘Suitable’ Locations for ‘State Private Universities’ in India: Anticipated Demand and State Regulatory Frameworks." Contemporary Education Dialogue 16, no. 2 (July 2019): 179–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973184919855889.
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In the last two decades, India has witnessed the establishment of a large number of private universities. While these institutions are spread across different parts of the country, one can observe certain locational patterns. Focused particularly on private universities legislated by state governments (as opposed to private deemed universities legislated by central government), this article examines the significance of anticipated demand and state regulatory frameworks in attempting to understand how private capital and state engage with the question of location of universities. This article is largely based on an analysis of data generated by University Grants Commission and All India Survey of Higher Education. It argues that while locational decisions of private universities are influenced by anticipated demand, state governments are often using careful customisation of regulatory frameworks as an instrument to facilitate the development of private capital in higher education.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "State Survey Commission"
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Hervey, N. B. "The Lunacy Commission, 1845-60, with special reference to the implementation of policy in Kent and Surrey." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/c1aa386a-a673-4c1c-9cdf-4fce3537e840.
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Lucas, D. Pulane. "Disruptive Transformations in Health Care: Technological Innovation and the Acute Care General Hospital." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2996.
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Advances in medical technology have altered the need for certain types of surgery to be performed in traditional inpatient hospital settings. Less invasive surgical procedures allow a growing number of medical treatments to take place on an outpatient basis. Hospitals face growing competition from ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). The competitive threats posed by ASCs are important, given that inpatient surgery has been the cornerstone of hospital services for over a century. Additional research is needed to understand how surgical volume shifts between and within acute care general hospitals (ACGHs) and ASCs. This study investigates how medical technology within the hospital industry is changing medical services delivery. The main purposes of this study are to (1) test Clayton M. Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation in health care, and (2) examine the effects of disruptive innovation on appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and bariatric surgery (ACBS) utilization. Disruptive innovation theory contends that advanced technology combined with innovative business models—located outside of traditional product markets or delivery systems—will produce simplified, quality products and services at lower costs with broader accessibility. Consequently, new markets will emerge, and conventional industry leaders will experience a loss of market share to “non-traditional” new entrants into the marketplace. The underlying assumption of this work is that ASCs (innovative business models) have adopted laparoscopy (innovative technology) and their unification has initiated disruptive innovation within the hospital industry. The disruptive effects have spawned shifts in surgical volumes from open to laparoscopic procedures, from inpatient to ambulatory settings, and from hospitals to ASCs. The research hypothesizes that: (1) there will be larger increases in the percentage of laparoscopic ACBS performed than open ACBS procedures; (2) ambulatory ACBS will experience larger percent increases than inpatient ACBS procedures; and (3) ASCs will experience larger percent increases than ACGHs. The study tracks the utilization of open, laparoscopic, inpatient and ambulatory ACBS. The research questions that guide the inquiry are: 1. How has ACBS utilization changed over this time? 2. Do ACGHs and ASCs differ in the utilization of ACBS? 3. How do states differ in the utilization of ACBS? 4. Do study findings support disruptive innovation theory in the hospital industry? The quantitative study employs a panel design using hospital discharge data from 2004 and 2009. The unit of analysis is the facility. The sampling frame is comprised of ACGHs and ASCs in Florida and Wisconsin. The study employs exploratory and confirmatory data analysis. This work finds that disruptive innovation theory is an effective model for assessing the hospital industry. The model provides a useful framework for analyzing the interplay between ACGHs and ASCs. While study findings did not support the stated hypotheses, the impact of government interventions into the competitive marketplace supports the claims of disruptive innovation theory. Regulations that intervened in the hospital industry facilitated interactions between ASCs and ACGHs, reducing the number of ASCs performing ACBS and altering the trajectory of ACBS volume by shifting surgeries from ASCs to ACGHs.
Books on the topic "State Survey Commission"
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Greene, Jennifer C. The Temporary State Commission on Tug Hill evaluation survey report. Watertown, N.Y: The Commission, 1985.
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Carol, Welch, and Washington State Child Support Schedule Commission., eds. Survey of child support orders: Review of the use of the 1988 child support schedule in Washington State : final report to the Washington State Child Support Schedule Commission. [Olympia? Wash: s.n., 1990.
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Commission, Virginia General Assembly Joint Legislative Audit &. Review. Technical report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on the state salary survey methodology: To the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia. Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia, 1989.
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Burke, Mary Elizabeth. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) survey. Alexandria, VA]: Society for Human Resource Management, 2003.
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(Firm), Synovate. Federal Trade Commission: 2006 identity theft survey report. McLean, VA: Federal Trade Commission, Synovate, 2007.
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Davis, Vivian Witkind. Aspects of telecommunications reform: Results of a survey of state regulatory commissions. [Columbus, Ohio]: National Regulatory Research Institute, 1995.
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Gostin, Larry O. A national survey of federal, state, & local cases before courts & human rights commissions. [Washington, D.C.]: Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1990.
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Lacey, John M. Issues in the perception of auditor independence: A research project commissioned by the Chief Accountant of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. [Los Angeles]: School of Accounting, University of Southern California, 1986.
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Gostin, Larry O. AIDS litigation project: A national survey of federal, state & local cases before courts & human rights commissions. Washington, DC: Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1990.
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Office, General Accounting. Financial management: Survey of capitalization threshold and other policies for property, plant, and equipment : report to Agency officials. Washington, D.C: U.S. General Accounting Office, 2002.
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Hameedadin, Amal Abdullah, and Christopher Hill. "An Investigation of the Development and Implementation of Teacher's Licensing in Saudi Arabia Based on Local Stakeholders’ Perceptions, Compared with International and Regional Practices." In BUiD Doctoral Research Conference 2023, 67–79. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56121-4_7.
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AbstractSaudi Arabia- is moving steadily toward Vision 2030. Accordingly, the Educational & Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) has teamed up with the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia to update and raise the ‘Teacher Licensure Programme’ bar.Purpose- The study aimed to investigate the development and implementation of the 2019 teacher licensure program in Saudi Arabia.Methodology- The study adopted the exploratory sequential mixed method. The paper consisted of three stages. Initially, six policies were reviewed to compare international, regional, and local licensures. Second, the study collected quantitative data from 300 teachers from public schools through an online survey. The last stage collected qualitative data through a school leaders’ questionnaire.Findings- Stage one findings were linked to international and regional practices. A comparative study revealed a lack of career development at the college level and during in-service training in Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, there is a need for a standardized teacher evaluation system that includes constructive feedback and reflection. Based on stage two findings, teachers expressed negative views regarding the current licensing programme. In addition, stage three findings confirmed stage two results from the perspective of school leaders and policymakers.Implications- Educators should consider building long-life learners by aligning licensing standards with the exam and desired outcomes, ensuring stakeholders’ involvement, create a continuous PD program.Originality/value- This study filled a critical gap in the theoretical field of teacher licensing in the Gulf Region. Additionally, the research suggested a flexible framework based on the best practices and the perceptions and experiences of the stakeholders. The framework asserted that the licensing examination is one of a number of methods for evaluating teachers.
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Bellini, Oscar Eugenio, Matteo Gambaro, Maria Teresa Gullace, Marianna Arcieri, Carla Álvarez Benito, Sabri Ben Rommane, Steven Boon, and Maria F. Figueira. "Digital Infrastructure for Student Accommodation in European University Cities: The “HOME” Project." In The Urban Book Series, 247–59. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29515-7_23.
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AbstractFinding reliable and safe accommodation is a key obstacle to students’ international mobility. While the European Commission plans a tri-fold increase of Erasmus+ participants by 2027, allowing international students to get suitable accommodation remains one of the main difficulties encountered during the mobility experience. European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are unable to cover the majority of student accommodation demand. Indeed, as stated by Eurostudent VII Report, only 17% of students in Europe find home abroad in student accommodation facilities. Moreover, in accordance with the Erasmus+ Impact Study 2019, 23% of the students involved in the survey considered very important to have support in finding accommodation abroad during mobility along with insurance and other practical aspects. This contribution explores the first results of the European project HOME (Home of Mobile Europeans). The project, currently ongoing, is funded by the 2019 Key Action 2 Erasmus+ call and developed by six European partners. According to the digital transition planned by the Erasmus+ Programme, HOME supports EU mobility by providing students and trainees with a digitalized infrastructure that integrates the search for accommodation within existing European digital mobility initiatives, such as the Erasmus+ App. Moreover the project defines a set of living “quality labels” to increase the transparency of information about accommodation offer at the European level. Furthermore, educational resources and a training toolkit will be available, in the HOME website, to spread and replicate the project’s learnings results. Once operational, HOME will represent an essential digital solution for a more accessible and quality student accommodation offer.
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Cooper, J. P. D. "Conspiracy." In Propaganda and the Tudor State, 146–70. Oxford University PressOxford, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199263875.003.0007.
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Abstract When Geoffrey Elton wrote his survey of the sixteenth-century English state, The Tudor Constitution, his emphasis lay firmly on its institutions and machinery. Crown and council, parliament, Star Chamber, even the court of high commission, all took precedence over personalities; and for Elton, his chosen topics were definitively ‘the ones that matter’. Local government was relegated to a rather brief final chapter. Elton was less interested in the devolution of royal power in the provinces, although he noted the administrative importance of Tudor justices of the peace, and subsequently produced in Policy and Police an incisive analysis of the enforcement of Henry VIII’s reformation.1 Outside their role in parliament, the nobility and gentry barely appear in The Tudor Constitution.
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Barbrey, John W. "Evaluating Campus Safety Messages at 99 Public Universities in 2010." In Using Social and Information Technologies for Disaster and Crisis Management, 1–19. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2788-8.ch001.
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In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education published an Action Guide for Emergency Management at Institutions of Higher Education (U.S. Department of Education, 2009). In 2006, the Virginia State Crime Commission issued a prescient “Final Report: Study on Campus Safety (HJR 122)” regarding Virginia’s colleges and universities (Virginia State Crime Commission, 2006). Gray (2009) provided results from a “Columbine 10-Year Anniversary Survey”, which reviewed recent campus safety improvements of 435 K-12 and university respondents. From the three documents, prescribed campus safety activities were identified that could be consistently found in the stated programs and policies on university websites. Of these activities, 18 separate criteria upon which a university’s online emergency preparedness/safety/security messages could be evaluated through content analysis were conceptualized (coding: 1= school has criterion, 0= does not), to estimate the quality of the overall preparedness message of each institution in the small sample (n = 99) of universities, representing all 50 states in 2010.
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Etty*, Thijs. "III.Biotechnology." In European Environmental Law, 364–402. Oxford University PressOxford, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199545261.003.0011.
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Abstract :e survey year 2006 was one of mixed accomplishments in the policy area of ‘green ‘ biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). On the European Union (EU) front, last year ‘s trend of a slow but steady pace was continued, with mainly small amendments and implementing measures being adopted, following what has been an exceptionally dynamic few years in terms of European biotechnology decision-making. While the de facto moratorium on GMO authorizations has formally moved to the annals of history, its shadow is proving to be long and looming. :e deep divide between the Member States is still far from bridged, and the Commission ‘s unilateral approval of (few) new GMOs that may subsequently be barred through Member State precautionary
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Aronson, Amy. "Embarking: The Pittsburgh Survey, Workers’ Compensation, and the First Blush of Fame." In Crystal Eastman, 69–96. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199948734.003.0004.
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In 1907, Crystal Eastman began a temporary job investigating industrial accidents with the Pittsburgh Survey, a comprehensive study of urban industrial life organized by Paul Kellogg and Edward Devine, financed by the newly formed Russell Sage Foundation. The project involved established leaders, such as Florence Kelley and John R. Commons, as well as young visual artists, including Lewis Hine and Joseph Stella, and brought a new generation of educated women into professional work in social welfare. Eastman’s study, later published as Work Accidents and the Law (1910), resulted in her appointment by Governor Charles Evans Hughes to chair New York’s new commission on employer liability in 1909. There, she proposed to overhaul common law standards, shifting to a no-fault distribution of risk and loss shared by workers, businesses, and consumers. The resulting legislation failed a constitutional challenge in 1911 but laid the groundwork for successful workers’ compensation laws in New York State and elsewhere.
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Dahi, Omar. "The UN, the Economic and Social Commission for West Asia, and Development in the Arab World." In Land of Blue Helmets. University of California Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520286931.003.0019.
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This chapter examines the development of the United Nations in three different time periods in the postwar era in the Arab world. The first was from the 1950s to the 1970s, which witnessed the rise of the developmental state in several parts of the Arab world and coincided with the rise of the Third World Movement in the Global South, when developing countries came together to demand political and economic reforms as well as nuclear disarmament. The second period spanned the late 1970s to 2010, which witnessed state retrenchment and rising poverty and inequality alongside persistent authoritarianism and increased imperial intervention. The third period is marked by the dawn of the Arab uprisings that swept the Middle East and North Africa region. In each of the three eras a different UN report is referenced: the 1949 “United Nations Economic Survey Mission for the Middle East,” the 2002 Arab Human Development Report, and the Economic and Social Commission for West Asia's Arab Integration report.
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Hendry, John. "The Education of Girls." In Emily Davies and the Mid-Victorian Women's Movement, 129–43. Oxford University PressOxford, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198910237.003.0008.
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Abstract Beginning with a survey of the state of girls’ secondary education in the 1860s, this chapter explores Davies’s efforts in mid-decade to bring about change, primarily through the medium of the Schools Inquiry Commission, which had been set up with the intention of reviewing boys’ grammar schools. In public she made a case for change that was reasoned and fundamentally conservative, accepting rather than challenging established views on the role of women in society and arguing how men could be best served by giving middle-class girls the same education as their brothers. In private she lobbied to have girls’ schools included in the SIC’s work; built up a network of the most advanced schoolmistresses of the day; created an organization through which she could assert authority; and worked closely with the SIC secretary and assistant commissioners to build up the evidence needed to convince the commissioners of her case.
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Maung, Natalie Aye. "Survey design and interpretation of the British Crime Survey." In Interpreting Crime Statistics, 207–28. Oxford University PressOxford, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198523062.003.0012.
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Abstract For most of this century, the only source of information on levels of crime has been statistics of offences recorded by the police. However, in the last 20 years an alternative has emerged: surveys of the victims of crime themselves. The origins of victim surveys lie in the USA with the 1967 United States President’s Commission on Crime, which recommended the collection of information on experiences of crime from representative samples of the population. As a result, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), covering individuals in private households, was established in 1972, and continues today.
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Van Calster, Geert, and Wim Vandenberghe. "Waste." In The Yearbook of European Environmental Law, 339–62. Oxford University PressOxford, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199289271.003.0012.
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Abstract The one noteworthy development in the survey year 2004 was the publication of Directive 2004/12/EC amending Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste. The Directive amends the minimum and maximum targets which Member States have to achieve for reuse generally, and for recycling of packaging waste in particular. It furthermore clarifies the definition of ‘waste’ and ‘packaging’, and includes provisions for current and future Member States which are allowed to achieve less ambitious targets for a limited period. The current targets have to be reviewed by the end of 2007. The European Commission (Commission) has adopted an amended Proposal concerning transboundary shipments of waste. The amended Proposal rejects the most controversial parts of the proposed amendments adopted by the European Parliament (EP). The Commission, for instance, rejects the suggestion to apply the principles of self-sufficiency and proximity to shipments destined for recovery, as well as the suggestion of the EP that Member States be allowed to object to export and import of waste on the basis of national waste management plans. The Commission calls this latter suggestion incompatible with the EC Treaty. The Council of Ministers (Council) has already examined the amended Proposal. The reader will be familiar with the fact that the Commission already made its initial Proposal in 2003. The Commission’s Proposal is intented to, on the one hand, adapt the European rules to international Treaties, in particular in the framework of the OECD and the Basel Convention. The Commission wishes, on the other hand, to achieve a more extensive codification in the administrative practices of the Member States, which after all increasingly apply the exception clauses.
Conference papers on the topic "State Survey Commission"
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Gravely, Michael, Bruce La Belle, and John Balachandra. "Independent Assessment of the Energy Savings, Environmental Improvements and Water Conservation of Emerging Non-Chemical Water Treatment Technologies." In ASME 2010 Citrus Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/cec2010-5602.
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This paper discusses the results of a project funded by the California Energy Commission Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) to complete an independent assessment of the energy savings, environmental improvements and water conservation capabilities of emerging non-chemical water treatment technologies. The project was completed by a team from California State University at Sacramento and included a technical review of the emerging technologies and a detailed assessment of the emerging non-chemical water treatment technology. Clearwater Systems, Corp. The research was focused on gathering information from industrial field customers who had purchased and installed these systems and had actual experience with their operational characteristics from several months to several years. The team completed a telephone survey with approximately 15 end user customers and made site visits to ten sites. Some limited independent water testing was also completed. The results of these phone surveys and site visits were consolidated and placed in an interim report. Even though only a small number of end user customers were actually surveyed or visited, the research indicated that several hundred systems have been successfully installed in California and throughout the United States. The emerging technologies provide nonchemical treatment for cooling tower and evaporative condenser system water. All the information collected and results derived from this effort will be made available to the public later this year in the form of a PIER Technical Report. A Project Advisory Committee that included representatives from CalEPA, the Energy Commission PIER Program and local utilities supported this team. Disclaimer: This technical paper is a result of work sponsored by the California Energy Commission and does not necessarily represent the views of the Energy Commission, its employees or the State of California. This technical paper has not been approved or disapproved by the California Energy Commission nor has the Energy Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the information in this technical paper. Paper published with permission.
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Roopchund, Ourvashee, Romeela Mohee, and Anjusha Durbarry. "Furthering Lifelong Learning to Navigate through the New Normal – A Small Island State Perspective." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.7948.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to Higher Education Systems worldwide and Mauritius, a small island state, had to ensure that its people continue learning to navigate through the new normal. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) to secure scholarships under the ‘COL_Skills for Work Scholarship’, over the next 3 years. This timely initiative aims to close the skills gap of in-demand and high-demand jobs. Data from the first cohort reveals more than 50 % of learners completed their courses. A survey is underway to gauge the benefits accrued through the scheme by 1500 learners in terms of unlocking their potential to face changes in their workplace, building employability skills and personal development as well as to investigate its impact on the livelihood of people in the island. The study will be used as a basis to create strategic directions towards lifelong learning in a small island state and will also give invaluable insights into how education can be tailored made to create a talent economy, assisting higher education institutions to reinvent their learnings to meet the new needs of the economy.
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Genoa, Paul H. "Rationale for Independent Site Clean-Up and Radiological Clearance Standards." In ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2003-4930.
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Over the past few years, the U.S. nuclear power industry has gained substantial experience and appreciation of the technical complexity and rigor required to meet a performance-based site clean-up standard. Five large power reactors and several smaller ones are now well along the path to license termination. They have not been on this journey alone. There has been a steep learning curve for all stakeholders involved in the process including state and federal radiation regulators, legislators, and the public. We have all learned that the translation of results from a post remediation survey interpreted through pathway modeling for comparison with a dose-based clean-up standard is for many a leap of faith. Our regulator has an understandable desire to address this uncertainty by demanding conservative analysis at each turn. As a result, it is extremely demanding to demonstrate that a clean-up standard in the 0.15–0.25 mSv/a range has been met. It is not likely that a standard in the 10 μSv/a level, typically associated with radiological clearance standards, can be practically demonstrated while still meeting the current expectations of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for technical rigor.
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Eby, Robert, Lark Lundberg, Steve Marske, Nolan Hertel, and Rod Ice. "Decommissioning the Georgia Tech Research Reactor." In ASME 2001 8th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2001-1224.
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Abstract The Georgia Tech Research Reactor (GTRR) is a 5-megawatt (MW) heavy-water-cooled nuclear reactor located on the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) campus in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. On July 1, 1997, Georgia Tech administration notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of their intent to decommission the GTRR. In the summer of 1999, the NRC issued a license amendment to decommission the GTRR in accordance with NRC’s Regulatory Guide 1.86. In the spring of 1999, Georgia Tech and the State of Georgia contracted CH2M HILL to serve as the Executive Engineer to manage the decommissioning project. Later in the summer of 1999, the IT Corporation was selected as the Decommissioning Contractor. The Decommissioning Contractor began the dismantlement process at the Georgia Tech site in November, 1999. By February, 2000, reactor support systems such as the primary and secondary cooling water systems, and the bismuth cooling system were removed and packaged for off-site disposal. Reactor internals were removed in April, 2000. Removal of the bioshield occurred from May through November, 2000. Throughout January, 2001, various concrete structures, including the Spent Fuel Storage Hole, were decontaminated. Dismantlement and decontamination activities were completed by April, 2001. The Final Survey Report to the NRC is planned to be submitted to the NRC December, 2001, 2001. Final license termination by the NRC is anticipated in the spring of 2002.
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Ugarte, Esteban R., and Saeed Salehi. "A Robust Screening Tool to Repurpose Hydrocarbon Wells to Geothermal Wells in Oklahoma." In SPE Oklahoma City Oil and Gas Symposium. SPE, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/213068-ms.
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Abstract Geothermal energy is a renewable energy that has vast potential due to its reliable energy supply. Its development has been related to specific geological locations with extremely high temperatures. However, depleted oil and gas reservoirs can produce geothermal energy from the subsurface. Repurposing this well can be a valuable tool to generate sustainable and steady energy for the state of Oklahoma due to its large number of wells used in the Oil and Gas industry. In fact, abandoned oil and gas wells are suitable candidates for conversion as these are environmental liabilities. The challenge is selecting which wells are good candidates for geothermal applications. This study aims to build an evaluation methodology to filter wells with a high potential for geothermal production. Three factors, temperature, proximity to the end user, and well integrity, are analyzed for evaluating possible candidates. Three datasets of temperature gradients were gathered from the Oklahoma Geological Survey, abandoned oil and gas wells from the Oklahoma Corporate Commission, and cities’ locations and populations from the US Census Bureau were combined. The objective is to evaluate the wells in Oklahoma to select promising candidates for repurposing for geothermal applications. Temperature prediction was made using Spatial Interpolation using Thiessen polygons, K-nearest Neighbors, and Kriging. K-nearest Neighbors exhibited the highest performance based on the evaluation metrics. Temperature prediction at an average true vertical depth of 6000 ft showed 26.7% or 4292 wells have more than 150 °F and can be converted for geothermal production. The shortest distance heuristic algorithm was used to calculate the shortest distance of each well to any city in Oklahoma. Before conversion, an evaluation of the well is required to assess the volumes and condition of the well; methods include statical analysis, logging, and evaluation techniques. These are discussed in this study. This study shows the high number of wells with the potential to be converted for geothermal applications converting a liability and environmental concern to a renewable energy-producing asset.
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Hattiambire, Dayanand, and Chetana Kamlaskar. "Challenges of integrating MOOCs into the Curriculum of YCM Open University in India." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.7723.
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The term Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) was coined by Dave Cormier of University of Prince Edward Island in Canada in the year 2008. However the MOOCs gained popularity in the year 2012, as world’s renowned Universities like Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University started offering MOOCs. The Journey of MOOCs in India started a little late, the Ministry of education formerly known as Ministry of Higher of Human Rights Development MHRD initiated the SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) in the year 2014 and it was full fledgedly open to all the educational institutes to prepare, adopt, integrate the MOOCs into their educational framework by the year 2017. Ultimately the outburst of Covid-19 was observed to be the key factor for aggregation of MOOCs around the world as our present educational system was unable to cater the needs of the learners. In view of the above situation the apex educational body of the Indian Educational System, University Grants Commission (UGC) released a circular about integration of MOOCs into Higher education from previous 20% to 40%. This led to a drastic change in the educational structure of Indian educational system. The learners from different disciplines enrolled to the MOOCs available on various platforms such as SWAYAM, UGC-CEC, and NPTEL etc. due to their easy accessibility and on the go learning facility, many State and Central universities have developed their MOOC policies and have been practicing the MOOC integration into their curriculum. YCM Open University being the largest University in capacity of enrolment, lack behind in integrating MOOCs into its educational curriculum. Present study attempts to identify the problems and prospects of integration of MOOCs in curriculum of the YCM Open University. The survey method was implemented to carry out the research, and the researchers produced a structured questionnaire and collected data from the faculties of YCM Open University.
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Stefaniak, Sylwia. "Analysis of readiness to implement the level of knowledge and use of new digital technologies (AI, IoT and e-services) in the SOEs in Poland." In 5th International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design: Future Trends and Applications (IHSED 2023). AHFE International, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004163.
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The survey was commissioned by the Prime Minister's Office. It was intended to verify the level of readiness for the implementation of new digital technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, cloud technologies, big data, metaverse, AR/VR) in Polish State Owned Enterprises (hereinafter: SOE). Work on this material began in late 2022, and the survey itself was actually conducted using the CAWI method on a sample of 170 SOEs in January 2023. The most numerous companies represented in the survey were medium-sized companies (50-249 employees), as well as those from cities with a population between 100,000 and 500,000. It is worth mentioning that due to the scarcity of foundational data on the implementation of new digital technologies in SOEs, the survey conducted is exploratory in nature. It fills, to a large extent, the knowledge gap on the state of implementation of new digital technologies in SOEs. The article presents the main conclusions of the study.
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Salzer, Peter, Gregg Butler, Neil Chapman, Charles McCombie, and Grace McGlynn. "Waste Management Regulations and Approaches in the EU: Potential Areas for Enhancement or Harmonization." In The 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2007-7217.
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This paper describes the results of a survey and study performed for the European Commission on “Regulations Governing Radioactive Waste Disposal in EU Countries”. Its main purposes were to provide a survey of the regulations governing the disposal of all forms of radioactive waste in all EU Members States and, based on this study, to consider the potential for harmonization in different regulatory areas. Three key parts of the study are presented and the results discussed: collection and assessment of national data, including its verification by national stakeholders, application of multiattribute analysis methodology to identify optimal waste classification scheme and a workshop of national authorities regulating disposal of radioactive waste. For five determined regulatory issues, the workshop carried out a “strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats” (SWOT) analysis of the impacts of harmonization. Opinions expressed in the paper are those of the authors and do not represent the EC’s official position.
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Bergman, Christopher A., Steven Law, Crista Haag, John Hein, and Donald Brice. "Some Strategies for Effective Cultural Resources Management in Pipeline Permitting." In 2008 7th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2008-64102.
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The inventory, evaluation and treatment of cultural resources represent a significant challenge for siting and permitting natural gas pipelines. Project sponsors assist the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects with meeting its obligations under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The increasing sophistication of compliance with Section 106 is reflected in the Office of Energy Project’s 2002 Guidelines for Reporting on Cultural Resources Investigations for Pipeline Projects. Recent pipeline projects in the United States have involved environmental study corridors that are both wide and extensive, a combination that results in the identification of large numbers of cultural properties. The process of cultural resources management begins in the project planning stage with the development of site location modeling, analysis of previous investigations within or near Areas of Potential Effect, and consideration of the likelihood for encountering potentially eligible National Register of Historic Places properties. Using this information, site detection survey strategies can be developed that intensively target only sensitive portions of the Area of Potential Effect. During the survey, identification of archaeological sites, historic structures, or cultural landscapes requires prompt evaluation of National Register eligibility status for the purposes of avoidance or development of treatment plans. This presentation considers the Section 106 compliance process and how project sponsors can effectively manage cultural resources to ensure cost effectiveness and maintenance of restricted project schedules, while meeting the objectives of the National Historic Preservation Act.
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Scott, L. Max. "A Successful Remediation Project." In ASME 2009 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2009-16400.
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As part of a program to visit formerly licensed sites to determine if they meet current uncontrolled release conditions, a United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) inspection was conducted in the fall of 1993 at a site that had possessed a radioactive material license from about 1955 to 1970. While the license was in force, the plant processed magnesium scrap containing up to 4 percent thorium. The source of the scrap is believed to be the aircraft manufacturing industry. The scrap was placed in furnaces and heated to the melting point of magnesium, and the molten magnesium was drawn off, leaving the thorium with the residue (dross). Under the regulation in existence at that time, the thorium dross was buried on site in an approximate 14 acre field. In 1993 the inspector found readings up to 900uR/h. Early in 1994 an informal grid survey of most of the 14 acre site was conducted. Based on that survey, it was concluded that the thorium was widespread and extended beyond the property lines. The preliminary findings were reported to the USNRC, and in 1994 the site was designated as a Site Decommissioning Management Plan (SMPD) site. A remediation team was formed which included the following disciplines: remediation health physics, geology, hydrology, engineering, law, public relations, and project management. This remediation team planned, participated in selecting vendors, and provided project over site for all activities from site characterization through the final status survey. In 2006 the site was released for uncontrolled access. A chronology of activities with lessons learned will be presented.
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Cohen, S. D., J. H. Eto, C. A. Goldman, J. Beldock, and G. Crandall. Environmental externalities: A survey of state commission actions. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10148398.
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Cohen, S. D., J. H. Eto, C. A. Goldman, J. Beldock, and G. Crandall. Environmental externalities: A survey of state commission actions. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/5205753.
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Cohen, S., J. Eto, C. Goldman, J. Beldock, and G. Crandall. A survey of state PUC (Public Utility Commission) activities to incorporate environmental externalities into electric utility planning and regulation. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/6886841.
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Condon, L. E., J. Ruiz, P. Antin, J. Buizer, S. Collinge, N. L. Esquerra, L. A. Ikner, S. B. Megdal, and K. J. Patten. Final Report: The Presidential Advisory Commission on the Future of Agriculture & Food Production in a Drying Climate. University of Arizona, August 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/10150.669555.
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Located in one of the most arid portions of the country, Arizona’s food production systems are increasingly threatened by drying climate, and there is growing concern that this trend poses an existential threat to food production in Arizona. In response to this urgent issue, UArizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins created the Presidential Advisory Commission on the Future of Agriculture & Food Production in a Drying Climate. The Commission was tasked with assessing critical threats to agriculture and food production, identifying the most promising solutions, and determining how UArizona can best impact the future. This report reflects the Commission’s study and information gathering through listening sessions and surveys of community members across the University and the state of Arizona.
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Ginther, Donna, Germaine Halegoua, Xan Wedel, Thomas Becker, Genna Hurd, and Walter Goettlich. Broadband in Kansas: The Challenges of Digital Access and Affordability. Institute for Policy & Social Research, University of Kansas, March 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/1808.34031.
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The Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR) at the University of Kansas received funding from the Economic Development Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce under the CARES Act to study broadband access in the state of Kansas. To conduct this study, IPSR examined existing data, fielded our own survey of broadband speeds and access, conducted focus groups, and commissioned a chapter on the digital divide within the state of Kansas. The report discusses available data sources and introduces the speed test data collected by IPSR in order to map the broadband access landscape in Kansas. Along with speed tests, the Kansas broadband survey collected information regarding broadband access, adequacy, affordability and satisfaction. The survey data were enhanced by interviews and focus groups that allowed Kansans to share their struggles with internet access in their own words. The report also investigates digital equity using surveys and interviews conducted at public libraries that revealed the challenges faced by library patrons, including lack of digital access and literacy. The report that is summarized below indicates a rural-urban digital divide in terms of access, affordability, and satisfaction with broadband services. The data in this report indicate that up to 1,000,000 Kansans live in regions that lack access to highspeed broadband services, now considered to be 100 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 20 Mbps upload (100/20). Close to half of survey respondents (46%) report dissatisfaction with broadband services.
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Parsons, George R. An Example of Economic Valuation Using a Stated Preference Technique: An Application to Dive Tourism in Bonaire. Inter-American Development Bank, March 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006680.
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This presentation was commissioned by the Environment Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the III Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on March 9th and 10th, 2004. Purpose: Value changes in the coral reef environment to scuba divers in the Bonaire Marine Park. Method of Analysis: Willingness-to-Pay (conjoint) mail survey of divers having purchased a tag in the past year. Application: Damage assessment, sustainable financing, and benefit-cost analysis.
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Peck, D. L. Modification du rôle d'une commission géologique fédérale: l'évolution de la United States Geological Survey, depuis les levés d'exploration jusqu'aux sciences de la Terre au service du public. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/203589.
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Plumhans, Laure-Anne, Elke Dall, and Klaus Schuch. Study on Austrian actors, networks and activities in the field of science diplomacy. Bringing Austrian science diplomacy to the next step: Challenges, state of play and recommendations. ZSI - Centre for Social Innovation, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22163/fteval.2021.527.
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This study examines science diplomacy in Austria. ZSI was commissioned by the BMBWF between February and September 2021 to research how science diplomacy is currently understood and implemented and how the concept can be better anchored and promoted in Austria. Using literature and desktop research, an online survey, interviews and a focus group, this report answers the following key questions: how does the Austrian science diplomacy ecosystem looks like, who are its actors, what are the challenges and how could they be addressed? The complex task of presenting the current practical implementation of science diplomacy was carried out in this study in a survey that includes more than 150 actors and ranks them according to their importance in the system. Interviews with representatives of these organizations revealed that the term is well known. The actors note that they are already carrying out activities in the direction, and are also interested in intensifying this. However, there are concerns about using the term without a specific context. Accordingly, the concept is often not explicitly mentioned in institutional presentations and activities, and practices are often in other contexts. Furthermore, actors in the system are of course aware of each other, but there is no exchange on the topic of science diplomacy in particular. The corresponding (explicit) competencies and financial resources are lacking. This study also includes case studies that look at other countries' approaches: Perspectives from Japan, Finland, and Switzerland on science diplomacy are described. These and outstanding practices from other countries, as well as interviews and findings from a focus group with Austrian stakeholders, inspire five recommendations that conclude the report.
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Soramäki, Kimmo. Financial Cartography. FNA, October 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.69701/ertx8007.
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Geographic maps have been of military and economic importance throughout the ages. Rulers have commissioned maps to control the financial, economic, political, and military aspects of their sovereign entities. Large scale projects like the Ordnance Survey in the UK in the late 18th century, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition a few decades later to map the American West, are early examples of trailblazing efforts to create accurate modern maps of high strategic importance. Digitalization, globalization, and a larger urban and educated workforce necessitate a new understanding of the world, beyond traditional maps based on geographic features. Many of today's most critical threats know no geographic borders. For instance, cyber attacks can be orchestrated through globally distributed bot networks; just-in-time manufacturing relies on the free flow of goods across jurisdictions; global markets and the infrastructures that support them relay information and price signals globally within seconds. A lack of understanding financial interdependencies was clearly demonstrated by the freezing of credit markets in the last financial crisis and the uncertainty created by Brexit. Ten years after the financial crisis, we are still only beginning to map, model and visualise these critical maps of the financial world. We call for attention to work on a large scale project of "Financial Cartography" to address this gap. In financial cartography, we replace geographic proximity with logical proximity, such as financial interdependence, similarity (e.g., of portfolio or income streams), a flow of transactions or a magnitude of exposures. Similar to geographic maps, financial maps will find many important uses across business, government and military domains. Critically, they are needed for protection and projection of state power, for optimizing and managing risks in business, and in making policy decisions related to the major challenges of climate change, mass migration and geopolitical instability. Fundamentally, cartography is a way that reality can be modeled to communicate information on “big data” sets. Cartography allows one to simplify and reduce the complexity of the data to highlight salient features of the data, and to filter out noise. This makes maps ideal devices to increase the bandwidth by which information can be communicated to its users, for making quick decision based on complex data. In the following pages, we make a case and provide starting points for a research agenda around "Financial Cartography" in three interrelated parts: Maps of Trade Networks Maps of Financial Markets and Maps of Financial Market Infrastructures
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van Gemert, Rob, Per Holliland, Konrad Karlsson, Niklas Sjöberg, and Torbjörn Säterberg. Assessment of the eel stock in Sweden, spring 2024 : fifth post-evaluation of the Swedish eel management. Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54612/a.4iseib7eup.
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For decades, the population of the European eel has been in severe decline. In 2007, the European Union decided on a Regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the stock, which obliged Member States to implement a national Eel Management Plan by 2009. Sweden submitted its plan in 2008. According to the Regulation, Member States shall report regularly to the EU-Commission, on the implementation of their Eel Management Plans and the progress achieved in protection and restoration. The current report provides an assessment of the eel stock in Sweden as of spring 2024, intending to feed into the national reporting to the EU in August this year. This report updates and extends previous evaluation reports by Dekker (2012, 2015) and Dekker et al. (2018, 2021). In this report, the impacts on the stock - of fishing, restocking and mortality related to hydropower generation - are assessed. Other anthropogenic impacts (climate change, pollution, increased impacts of predators, spread of parasites, disruption of migration due to disorientation after transport, and so forth) probably have an impact on the stock too, but these factors are hardly quantifiable, and no management targets have been set. For that reason, and because most factors were not included in the EU Eel Regulation, these other factors are not included in this report. Our focus is on the quantification of silver eel biomass escaping from continental waters towards the ocean (current, current potential and pristine) and mortality risks endured by those eels during their whole lifetime. The assessment is broken down on a geographical basis, with different impacts dominating in different areas (west coast, inland waters, Baltic coast). In the last decade, a break in the downward trend in glass eel recruitment has been observed, with recruitment no longer declining consistently. Whether that relates to recent protective actions, or is due to other factors, is yet unclear. Nevertheless, recruitment levels remain at historically low levels. This report contributes to the required international assessment, but does not discuss the causing factors behind the recent recruitment trend and the overall status of the stock across Europe. For the different assessment areas, results summarise as follows: On the west coast, a commercial fyke net fishery on yellow eel was exploiting the stock, until this fishery was completely closed in spring 2012. A fishery-based assessment no longer being achievable, we present trends from research surveys (fyke nets). Insufficient information is currently available to assess the recovery of the stock in absolute terms. Obviously, current fishing mortality is zero (disregarding the currently unquantifiable effect of illegal fishing), but none of the other requested stock indicators (current, current potential and pristine biomass) can be presented. The formerly exploited size-classes of the stock show a recovery in abundance after the closure of the commercial fishery, and the smaller size classes show a break in their decline in line with the recent global trend of glass eel recruitment. In order to support the recovery of the stock, or to compensate for anthropogenic mortality in inland waters, young eel has been restocked on the Swedish west coast since 2010. Noting the quantity of restocking involved, the expected effect (ca. 50 t silver eel) is relatively small, and hard to verify – in comparison to the potential natural stock on the west coast (an order of 1000 t). However, for the currently depleted stock, the contribution will likely constitute a larger share of silver eel escapement. For inland waters, this report updates the 2021 assessment, with substantial changes in methodology being the use of a new natural recruitment model, and the full separation of Trap & Transport catches from the fisheries statistics. The assessment for the inland waters relies on a reconstruction of the stock from information on the youngest eels in our waters (natural recruits, assisted migration, restocking). Based on 78 years of data on natural recruitment into 22 rivers, a statistical model is applied which relates the number of immigrating young eel caught in traps to the location and size of each river, the distance from the trap to the river mouth, and the year in which those eels recruited to continental waters as a glass eel (year class). The further into the Baltic, the larger and less numerous recruits generally are. Distance upstream comes with less numerous recruits. Using the results from the above recruitment analysis, in combination with historical data on assisted migration (young eels transported upstream within a drainage area, across barriers) and restocking (young eels imported into a river system), we have a complete overview of how many young eels recruited to Swedish inland waters. From this, the production of fully grown silver eel is estimated for every lake and year separately, based on best estimates of growth and natural mortality rates. Subtracting the catch made by the fishery (as recorded) and down-sizing for the mortality incurred when passing hydropower stations (percentwise, as recorded or using a default percentage), an estimate of the biomass of silver eel escaping from each river towards the sea is derived. Results indicate, that since 1960, the production of silver eel in inland waters has declined from over 700 to below 300 tonnes per year (t/yr). The production of naturally recruited eels is still falling; following the increase in restocking since 2010, an increase in restocking-based production is expected to be starting right around now. Gradually, restocking has replaced natural recruitment (assisted and fully natural), now making up over 90 % of the inland stock. Fisheries have taken 20-30 % of the silver eel (since the mid-1980s), while the impact of hydropower has ranged from 25 % to 60 %, depending on the year. Escapement is estimated to have varied from 72 t in the late 1990s, to 175 t in the early 2000s. The biomass of current escapement (including eels of restocked origin) is approximately 15 % of the pristine level (incl. restocked), or almost 30 % of the current potential biomass (incl. restocked). This is below the 40 % biomass limit of the Eel Regulation, and anthropogenic mortality (70 % over the entire life span in continental waters) exceeds the limit implied in the Eel Regulation (60 % mortality, the complement of 40 % survival). Mortality being that high, Swedish inland waters currently do not contribute to the recovery of the stock. The temporal variation (in production, impacts and escapement) is partly the consequence of a differential spatial distribution of the restocking of eel over the years. The original natural (not assisted) recruits were far less impacted by hydropower, since they could not climb the hydropower dams when immigrating. Since 2010, inland restocking is increasingly concentrated to drainage areas falling to the Kattegat-Skagerrak, also including obstructed lakes (primarily Lake Vänern, and many smaller ones). Even though Trap & Transport of silver eel - from above barriers towards the sea - has contributed to reducing the hydropower impact, hydropower mortality remains the largest estimated contributor to silver eel mortality in inland waters. Without restocking, the biomass affected by fishery and/or hydropower would be only 5-10 % of the currently impacted biomass, but the stock abundance would reduce from 15 % to less than 3 % of the pristine biomass. In summary: the inland eel stock biomass is below the minimum target, anthropogenic impacts exceed the minimum limit that would allow recovery, and those impacts have been increasing. It is therefore recommended to reconsider the current action plans on inland waters, taking into account the results of the current, comprehensive assessment. For the Baltic coast, the 2021 assessment has been updated without major changes in methodology. Results indicate that the impact of the fishery continues to decline over the decades. The current impact of the Swedish silver eel fishery on the escapement of silver eel along the Baltic Sea coast is estimated at 0.3 %. However, this fishery is just one of the anthropogenic impacts (in other areas/countries) affecting the eel stock in the Baltic, including all types of impacts, on all life stages and all habitats anywhere in the Baltic. Integration with the assessments in other countries has not been achieved. Current estimates of the abundance of silver eel (biomass) indicates an order of several thousand tonnes, but those estimates are extremely uncertain, due to the low impact of the fishery (near-zero statistics). Moreover, these do not take into account the origin of those silver eels, from other countries. An integrated assessment for the whole Baltic will be required to ground-truth these estimates. This would also bring the eel assessments in line with the policy to regionalise stock assessments for other (commercial) fish species (see https://ec.europa.eu/oceans-and-fisheries/fisheries/rules/multiannual-plans_en). It is recommended to develop an integrated assessment for the entire Baltic Sea eel stock, and to coordinate protective measures with other range states.