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Risk absorption by the state: when is it good public policy ? [PDF]

The global financial crisis brought public guarantees to the forefront of the policy debate. Based on a review of the theoretical foundations of public guarantees, this paper concludes that the commonly used justifications for public guarantees based ...
Anginer, Deniz, de la Torre, Augusto, Ize, Alain   +2 more
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‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore, Lauren‐Marie Aba Amoah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study of location selection for large agricultural wholesale markets under the perspective of modern circulation. [PDF]

PLoS One
Xin G, Tang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

CHALLENGES OF AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL FINANCE IN CEE, NIS AND BALTIC COUNTRIES [PDF]

Initially, we explore the attitudes and perceptions of farmers and low farm profitability as potential constraints to rural financial intermediation and investment in agriculture.
Khitarishvili, Tamar, Pederson, Glenn D.
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The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall, Yusraa Maryam, Sumeya Loonat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A secure and efficient user selection scheme in vehicular crowdsensing. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhang M, Ye Q, Yuan Z, Deng K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing the Economic Value of Credit Guarantees [PDF]

This article analyzes how a credit guarantee confers private benefits to creditors and proposes reform policies and related assessment measures in order to make credit guarantee a socially beneficial intermediation instrument. Analysis indicates that the
Saldaña, Cesar G.
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Dynamic, Unconstrained Optimization of Secreted Enzyme Production in Fed‐Batch Fermentation Using Reinforcement Learning

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reinforcement learning (RL) has been used to control a wide range of dynamic processes, especially ones that are too complex to model well or have stochastic environmental perturbations. Fed‐batch fermentations are subject to changes in starting cell growth rates and process variations that can affect cell growth and secreted target production.
Sai Harish Uthravalli, Sakib Ferdous, J. Michael Hess, Nigel F. Reuel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Straightforward model-based approach using only field data and open-source maps to improve carbon stock estimates for REDD + projects. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Haneda LE, de Almeida DRA, Kamimura RA, Gomes SHM, Sanchez AK, de Azevedo BP, de Souza CR, Naves RP, Valle D.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Annotated Bibliography on Agricultural Credit and Rural Savings: XVII. (A Special Issue on Credit Guarantee Schemes for Agriculture and Small, Medium and Microenterprises)

, 1996
Richard L. Meyer, Geetha Nagarajan
openalex   +1 more source