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The Arc and Architecture of Private Enforcement Regimes in the United States and Europe: A View Across the Atlantic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The United States and Europe have traditionally taken very different approaches to the regulation of harmful conduct. Previously, European nations relied almost entirely on the public enforcement of laws, whereas the United States relied on a mix of ...
Rathod, Jason, Veheesan, Sandeep
core   +1 more source

A Robust Adaptive One‐Sample‐Ahead Preview Super‐Twisting Sliding Mode Controller

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, EarlyView.
Block Diagram of the Robust Adaptive One‐Sample‐Ahead Preview Super‐Twisting Sliding Mode Controller. ABSTRACT This article introduces a discrete‐time robust adaptive one‐sample‐ahead preview super‐twisting sliding mode controller. A stability analysis of the controller by Lyapunov criteria is developed to demonstrate its robustness in handling both ...
Guilherme Vieira Hollweg   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Rule Set to Detect Interference of Runtime Enforcement Mechanisms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Runtime enforcement aims at verifying the active execution trace of executing software against formally specified properties of the software, and enforcing the properties in case that they are violated in the active execution trace. Enforcement mechanism
Akşit, Mehmet   +2 more
core   +7 more sources

Offender residence locations: exploring the impact of spatial scale on variability and concentration

open access: yesJournal of Spatial Information Science
In recent decades, the analysis of different geographic scales for studying the spatial patterning of crime has profoundly deepened our theoretical grasp of crime dynamics.
Monsuru Adepeju   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Booze, Bars, and Bystander Behavior: People who Consumed Alcohol Help Faster in the Presence of Others.

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
People help each other less often and less quickly when bystanders are present. In this paper, we propose that alcohol consumption could attenuate or reverse this so-called bystander effect.
Marco eVan Bommel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and the interaction of enforcement institutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
We examine how institutions that enforce contracts between two parties, producers and consumers, interact in a competitive market with one-sided symmetric information and productivity shocks.
Dhillon, Amrita, Rigolini, Jamele
core  

A Workflow to Accelerate Microstructure‐Sensitive Fatigue Life Predictions

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a workflow to accelerate predictions of microstructure‐sensitive fatigue life. Results from frameworks with varying levels of simplification are benchmarked against published reference results. The analysis reveals a trade‐off between accuracy and model complexity, offering researchers a practical guide for selecting the optimal ...
Luca Loiodice   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survey on medical waste disposal in medical and healthcare institutions in Hefei City

open access: yesShanghai yufang yixue
ObjectiveTo investigate the production, disposal, and disinfection management of medical waste in medical and healthcare institutions in Hefei City, so as to provide a basis for further improving the disposal work of medical waste in the city's medical ...
WANG Jiao, GONG Chun, LIANG Yunfeng
doaj   +1 more source

Pervasively Distributed Copyright Enforcement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In an effort to control flows of unauthorized information, the major copyright industries are pursuing a range of strategies designed to distribute copyright enforcement functions across a wide range of actors and to embed these functions within ...
Cohen, Julie E.
core   +1 more source

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