The Practice and Origins of Performance Measurement: Assessing the Sunnyvale Model, 1984–2023
ABSTRACT Few regulatory reforms are as celebrated or emulated as the performance measurement system of Sunnyvale, California, which inspired the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 and countless other national and local efforts. This study presents the first longitudinal, cross‐programmatic analysis of a performance measurement system ...
Joyce Kasing Tagal +2 more
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Nb-Doped VO<sub>2</sub>-Based Coatings on Glass: Substrate Effects, Thermochromic Performance, and an Effective Transition Temperature for Smart-Glazing Applications. [PDF]
Santos AJ +7 more
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Virtues of Regulatory Criminology
ABSTRACT This special issue demonstrates that regulatory studies and criminology both have virtue. Regulatory criminology has neglected virtues that exceed the sum of its parts. The editors did a splendid job of pointing out in their introduction that criminology created a number of theoretical traditions that have had moments of passing value and ...
John Braithwaite, Valerie Braithwaite
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Monotonic and Fatigue Strength of 3D-Printed Partially Stabilized Zirconia for Monolithic Restorations. [PDF]
Lu Y +6 more
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ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Effect of different glazing methods on the surface roughness and hardness of zirconia ceramics: an in vitro study. [PDF]
Ezzat ME, Mohsen CA, Asaad RS.
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Information disclosure and questionnaires in public tenders
Abstract Public tenders typically involve uncertainty and unforeseen costs, which might not be fully known to the bidders themselves. This uncertainty may also concern adaptation costs to the procurer after the delivery, and information about such adaptation costs may influence the bidding strategies, even though the cost is paid by the procurer ...
Thomas Greve, Hans Keiding
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Optimized Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide Thin Films With Enhanced Electrical Properties for Low-Emissivity Architectural Coatings. [PDF]
Ramzan I, Parkin IP, Carmalt CJ.
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Abstract This article draws on the narratives of Mongolians who have worked in Korea to explore the experience of migrant labour and the role work abroad plays in Mongolian identities and life projects. Four different categories of worker are discussed: those working on 3 month visas; those working illegally having overstayed their visa; contract ...
P. Chuluunbat, Richard D. G. Irvine
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Influence of color on glare perception revealed when seeing the sun through colored glazing. [PDF]
Jain S +3 more
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