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Measuring Corruption Indicators and Indices [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
This Working Paper is a background paper delivered to frame the workshop ‘Global Governance by Indicators: Measuring corruption and corruption indicators’ convened by the Global Governance Programme of the European University Institute in Florence on 17 and 18 October 2013.
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Defeaters as Indicators of Ignorance [PDF]

, 2020
In this paper, we propose a new theory of rationality defeat. We propose that defeaters are indicators of ignorance, evidence that we’re not in a position to know some target proposition.
Dutant, Julien, Litlejohn, Clayton
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Indicator-Dilution Studies with "Diffusible" Indicators [PDF]

Circulation Research, 1962
Some of the applications and extensions of the indicator-dilution technics have been presented. The technics offer possibilities for the investigation of some of the parameters of the circulatory and respiratory systems. They also offer a means of studying some of the more rapid features of organ metabolism in vivo.
F P, CHINARD, T, ENNS, M F, NOLAN
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Envelopes, indicators and conservativeness [PDF]

, 2006
A well known theorem proved (independently) by J. Paris and H. Friedman states that BΣn +1 (the fragment of Arithmetic given by the collection scheme restricted to Σn +1‐formulas) is a Πn +2‐conservative extension of IΣn (the fragment given by the ...
Cordón Franco, Andrés, Fernández Margarit, Alejandro, Lara Martín, Francisco Félix   +2 more
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Changes in Holocene meridional circulation and poleward Atlantic flow: the Bay of Biscay as a nodal point [PDF]

Climate of the Past, 2017
This paper documents the evolution over the last 10 kyr of one of the key parameters of climate: sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) in the North Atlantic. We focus on the southern Bay of Biscay, a highly sensitive oceanographic area regarding the dynamics ...
Y. Mary, F. Eynaud, C. Colin, L. Rossignol, S. Brocheray, M. Mojtahid, J. Garcia, M. Peral, H. Howa, S. Zaragosi, M. Cremer   +10 more
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UV “Indices”—What Do They Indicate? [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2016
Ultra-Violet (UV) radiation covers the spectrum of wavelengths from 100 to 400 nm. The potency and biological activity for a variety of endpoints differ by wavelength. For monitoring and communication purposes, different UV action spectra have been developed. These spectra use different weighting functions. The action spectrum for erythemal dose is the
Hanns Moshammer, Stana Simic, Daniela Haluza   +2 more
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Towards the development of a knowledge management practices survey for application in knowledge intensive organisations

South African Journal of Business Management, 2008
Various surveys of Knowledge Management Practices (KMPs) in private firms show how an increasing awareness of Knowledge Management (KM) is a critical determinant of an organisation’s competitiveness.
C. Steyn, M. Kahn
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Cosmological distance indicators

, 2018
We review three distance measurement techniques beyond the local universe: (1) gravitational lens time delays, (2) baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO), and (3) HI intensity mapping.
A. Agnello, A. Eigenbrod, A. Goobar, A. Hojjati, A. Hojjati, A. More, A. Oscoz, A.G. Riess, A.M. Martin, A.S. Tagore, B.J. Brewer, C. Alcock, C. Grillo, C. Hazard, C. McCully, C. Vanderriest, C. Vuissoz, C. Vuissoz, C.D. Fassnacht, C.D. Fassnacht, C.D. Fassnacht, C.E. Rusu, C.L. Bennett, C.S. Kochanek, C.S. Kochanek, C.W. Morgan, D. Paraficz, D. Sluse, D. Walsh, D.A. Goldstein, D.A. Goldstein, D.H. Weinberg, D.J. Eisenstein, D.J. Eisenstein, E. Eulaers, E. Giannini, E. Jullo, E.E. Falco, E.O. Ofek, E.R. Switzer, F. Courbin, F. Courbin, F. Courbin, F.B. Abdalla, G. Dobler, G. Dobler, G. Efstathiou, G. Golse, G.C.F. Chen, H. Lin, H.J. Seo, H.J. Seo, I. Burud, I. Burud, I. Burud, I. Jee, I. Momcheva, J. Fohlmeister, J. Fohlmeister, J. Hjorth, J. Huchra, J. Lehar, J.R. Shaw, J.R. Shaw, J.W. Nightingale, K. Bandura, K. Liao, K.C. Wong, K.S. Dawson, K.W. Masui, K.W. Masui, L. Amendola, L. Anderson, L. Oldham, L.B. Newburgh, L.J. Hainline, L.L.R. Williams, L.V.E. Koopmans, L.V.E. Koopmans, L.V.E. Koopmans, L.V.E. Koopmans, M. Barnabè, M. Barnabè, M. Cappellari, M. Jauzac, M. Oguri, M. Oguri, M. Oguri, M. Schmidt, M. Sereno, M. Takada, M. Tegmark, M. Tegmark, M. Tewes, M. Tewes, M.A. Zwaan, M.J. Drinkwater, N. Cantale, N. Kaiser, N.A. Grogin, O. Wucknitz, P. Bull, P. Jakobsson, P. Magain, P. Magain, P. Saha, P. Schneider, P. Schneider, P. Schneider, P. Schneider, P. Young, P.A.R. Ade, P.J. Marshall, P.J.E. Peebles, P.L. Kelly, P.L. Kelly, P.L. Kelly, P.L. Schechter, R. Adam, R. Barkana, R. Blandford, R. Blandford, R. Fadely, R. Gavazzi, R. Kawamata, R. Kormann, R.B. Wayth, S. Birrer, S. Cole, S. Dye, S. Hilbert, S. Rathna Kumar, S. Rathna Kumar, S. Refsdal, S. Vegetti, S. Wallington, S. Wyithe, S.A. Rodney, S.H. Suyu, S.H. Suyu, S.H. Suyu, S.H. Suyu, S.H. Suyu, S.H. Suyu, S.H. Suyu, S.H. Suyu, S.J. Warren, S.S. Tie, T. Kundić, T. Matsubara, T. Okumura, T. Okumura, T. Treu, T.C. Chang, T.C. Chang, T.E. Collett, V. Bonvin, V. Bonvin, V.N. Shalyapin, W. Hu, W.L. Freedman, W.N. Colley, X. Fernández, Y. Xu, Y.W. Liao, Z.S. Greene, É. Aubourg   +166 more
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Second generation governance indicators [PDF]

, 2002
This paper summarizes progress made in a DfID-funded World Bank initiative to test and develop policy-relevant, politically acceptable, quantitative indicators of governance.
Knack, Stephen, Kugler, Mark, Manning, Nick   +2 more
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Estimating the environmental burden of disease in children and adolescents in Germany: limitations and possible solutions

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionChildren and adolescents play an exceptional role in our society especially when it comes to safeguarding their health and given their higher susceptibility to environmental risk factors and ongoing physical development.MethodWe used data ...
Myriam Tobollik, Sarah Kienzler, Dirk Wintermeyer, Dietrich Plass   +3 more
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