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Corruption manual for beginners: "Corruption techniques" in public procurement with examples from Hungary [PDF]

, 2013
This paper develops 30 novel quantitative indicators of grand corruption that operationalize 20 distinct techniques of corruption in the context of public procurement. Each indicator rests on a thorough qualitative understanding of rent extraction from
Tóth, István János, King, Lawrence Peter, Fazekas, Mihály   +2 more
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Analysis of semantic contrast in the words of Imam Hassan (AS) [PDF]

دراسات في اللغة العربيّة وآدابها
The sermons of Imam Hassan (AS) are important heritage texts that reflect the intellectual and political struggles of early Islam. These sermons, due to their multiple semantic phenomena, have played a role in shaping an influential reformative discourse.
Fatemeh Qaraei, Reyhaneh Mollazadeh, Vahideh Motahari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Longitudinal Morphomolecular Monitoring of Head and Neck Carcinogenesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A miniaturized endoscopic probe that integrates Raman spectroscopy and optical coherence tomography, enabling simultaneous molecular and structural imaging of living tissue, was developed. Applied longitudinally in a mouse model of head and neck cancer, the system tracks disease progression from precancerous lesions to invasive cancer.
Jianrong Qiu, Priyanka G. Bhosale, Vishal Kumar, Jeyrroy Gabriel, Shiyue Liu, Ciro Chiappini, Richard J. Cook, Mads S. Bergholt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying McLuhan's Theories to Identify and Explain the Function of Traditional Media in Fath Ali Shah Qajar's Era [PDF]

پژوهش های تاریخی
Considering the constructive and transformative role of media across various dimensions, McLuhan categorizes media into "hot" and "cold" types. He argues that media messages profoundly influence audiences by impacting personal, social, political, mental,
Reza Sehhat Manesh
doaj   +1 more source

Temporally Correlated Stochastic Spiking Neural Networks Enabled by 2D Ferroelectric Synapse‐Neuron Integration

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We demonstrate a stochastic spiking neural network by integrating an α‐ln2Se3/h‐BN/CIPS FeFET synapse with an Au/CIPS/Au neuron. Unlike conventional memoryless stochastic neurons, the proposed neuron generates stochastic spikes through the evolution of internal ferroelectric polarization states, giving rise to intrinsic temporal correlations and ...
Hanseo Jeon, Ui Do Ji, Sangmin Lee, Gihyeon Bhin, Chang Yong Park, Ji‐Sang Park, Byungchul Jang, Sungjoo Lee   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Intellectual History of Political Corruption

, 2014
Few concepts have witnessed a more dramatic resurgence of interest in recent years than corruption. This book provides a compelling historical and conceptual analysis of corruption which demonstrates a persistent oscillation between restrictive 'public ...
Hill, L., Hill, Lisa, Buchan, Bruce, Buchan, B.   +3 more
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Experimental Demonstration of Temporally Aware Fault‐Tolerant Sensor Fusion Using Memristive Associative Learning

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
In dynamic driving scenarios, the proposed approach ensures only temporally aligned sensor inputs to make driving decisions, preventing false activations. By enabling selective hardware‐level learning, it achieves fast, reliable responses under noisy conditions.
Kapil Bhardwaj, Ashfak Nehal, Dmitrii Semenov, Roman Sotner, Sayani Majumdar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aesthetics of Surrealist Elements in "Nadia" by Andre Burton and "Three Drops of Blood" by Sadegh Hedayat [PDF]

Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī
Art and aesthetics are broad components through which the world is interpreted, affecting imagination, creation and expression in a perceptual process. Aesthetic experience and knowledge challenge new methods and perspectives of the mind.
Amene Erfani Fard, Kazem Dezfoulian
doaj   +1 more source

Stochastic‐MTJ Sampler Arrays for In‐Array Monte–Carlo Estimation

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
A low‐energy‐barrier magnetic tunnel junction array is operated as a probability‐domain sampler: each cell's random switching, programmed through a shared digital‐to‐analog converter, makes the per‐column multiply–accumulate an unbiased Monte–Carlo expectation estimator that returns both a mean and a calibrated uncertainty.
Ran Zhang, Nellie Laleni, Sina Ranjbar, Andreas Tsiougkos, Nandakishor Yadav, Vasilis Pavlidis, Thomas Kämpfe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corruption and Anti-Corruption [PDF]

, 2013
There is new international attention being given to the old problem of corruption. It has been taken up by international organisations, and driven by economic analysis. It is impatient of cultural justifications, and suspicious of state action.
Wolanin, Nick, Larmour, Peter
core   +1 more source