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Large cities are less green

open access: yes, 2014
We study how urban quality evolves as a result of carbon dioxide emissions as urban agglomerations grow. We employ a bottom-up approach combining two unprecedented microscopic data on population and carbon dioxide emissions in the continental US.
Andrade Jr., J. S.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Conflating Historical Population Statistics Using a Historical GIS with a Flexible Semantic Model for Premodern Administrative Units in the Low Countries: The (Re)counting the Uncounted and Historical Atlas of the Low Countries Projects

open access: yesGeoHumanities@SIGSPATIAL, 2023
This paper describes the iterative process of conflating historical population statistics for the medieval and early modern Low Countries. This process improves the quality of analyses of the data by adding fine-grained geospatial definitions to the ...
Rombert J. Stapel
semanticscholar   +1 more source

EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking : recent Belgian criminal cases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The article introduces international, European and Belgian legislation on trade in endangered species of wild animals and plants and discusses the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking.
Bouquelle, Farah, Lavrysen, Luc
core   +2 more sources

The spatial and temporal variation of fine particulate matter pollution in Ethiopia: Data from the Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group (1998–2019)

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Background Evidence suggests ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, lung cancer morbidity and mortality, and all-cause mortality.
A. Shiferaw, A. Kumie, Worku Tefera
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing the Regulatory Impact of the Turkish Competition Authority on Market Dynamics: A Statistical Approach Using Kernel Estimation and its Simulation

open access: yesMehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
Established in Turkey in 1994, the Competition Authority plays a key role in safeguarding and promoting competition in markets. Its main tasks include monitoring agreements, detecting collusive practices and preventing the formation of cartels, as well ...
Murat Aydın, Mehmet Niyazi Çankaya
doaj   +1 more source

Did that AI just Charge me a Fine? Citizens’ Perceptions of AI-based Discretion in Public Administration

open access: yesConference on Information Technology for Social Good, 2023
Automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are continuously advancing decision-making in public administrations. Research focuses on investigating benefits and challenges of AI agents that make decisions without human-intervention, namely AI-systems ...
Saja Aljuneidi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Empowerment via delegation? The administrative capacity-building potential of Cohesion Policy urban development strategies

open access: yesRegional studies, 2022
The study examines the implementation of urban development strategies in Scotland, UK, and the Veneto Region of Italy and fills an important gap in the knowledge about the capacity-building potential of such strategies.
Laura Polverari   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Problems of Administrative Responsibility in the Sphere of Road Traffic

open access: yesСибирское юридическое обозрение, 2017
Ensuring road safety in Russia remains an urgent problem, despite a number of government decisions in this area. The mechanical increase in penalties for violation of traffic rules is not a solution to the problem, since for a number of permanent ...
Vladimir I. Maiorov
doaj   +1 more source

A worldwide epidemiological database for COVID-19 at fine-grained spatial resolution

open access: yesScientific Data, 2022
This database provides the daily time-series of COVID-19 cases, deaths, recovered people, tests, vaccinations, and hospitalizations, for more than 230 countries, 760 regions, and 12,000 lower-level administrative divisions.
E. Guidotti
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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