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Measuring Corruption Indicators and Indices [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN 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.
openaire   +2 more sources

Scrutinizing the Smart City Index: a multivariate statistical approach [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu, 2019
The smart city represents a frequently elaborated concept which however comes short in delivering a consistent definition. Nevertheless, almost every description has always been oriented to its technological component, sustainable ...
Olga Bogdanov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Temporal dynamics of pesticide use in three field vegetable crops with respect to sowing date and degree days

open access: yesActa Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2023
We analysed the timing of pesticide treatments for eventual analysis of temporal environmental risks associated with pesticide use in field vegetable crops.
Kati Räsänen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Injury Prevention Indicators for Inuit Children and Youth

open access: yes, 2010
First Nations and Inuit children and youth indicators are important tools to influence policy and to measure community‐specific aspects of health and wellness in a First Nations context.
First Nations and Inuit Children and Youth Injury Indicators Working Group   +1 more
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Advancing practical applications of resilience in Aotearoa-New Zealand

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
Resilience is increasingly used to inform natural hazard risk management. From global to national to local levels of governance and decision making, resilience concepts are becoming institutionalized and operationalized in both public and private domains.
David Wither   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the environmental burden of disease in children and adolescents in Germany: limitations and possible solutions

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards the development of a knowledge management practices survey for application in knowledge intensive organisations

open access: yesSouth 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
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Holocene meridional circulation and poleward Atlantic flow: the Bay of Biscay as a nodal point [PDF]

open access: yesClimate 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   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing indicators for promoting provincial-level ecological economics in China

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
The development of the eco-economy has become an important way to promote sustainable development and address climate change worldwide. Implementing eco-economic developmental policy globally or locally requires establishing precise indicators. Currently,
Bin Han   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat preferences influencing populations, distribution and conservation of the endangered saproxylic beetle Cucujus cinnaberinus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) at the landscape level

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2010
Cucujus cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763) is a saproxylic beetle listed in the IUCN Red List and the European Habitats Directive. Although the species is highly protected and often red-listed little is known about its ecological requirements and status of its
Jakub HORÁK   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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