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A typology of marine and estuarine hazards and risks as vectors of change : a review for vulnerable coasts and their management [PDF]

, 2014
This paper illustrates a typology of 14 natural and anthropogenic hazards, the evidence for their causes and consequences for society and their role as vectors of change in estuaries, vulnerable coasts and marine areas.
Cutts, Nicholas D., Elliott, Michael, Trono, Anna   +2 more
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NAVIGATIONAL DYNAMICS IN THE DIGITAL AGE: DIGITAL LEADERSHIP AND E-LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science
Today’s business world is highly dynamic, volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA). It is driven by ever faster, more efficient, and more numerous technological advances.
Alexandra–Daniela SIVULCA, Maria-Madela ABRUDAN, Diana Claudia SALA, Nicolae BIBU   +3 more
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Long waves of political contestation [PDF]

, 2015
This paper develops a wave theory of political contestation, and places the current economic and political turmoil in a historical perspective. Based on legitimacy, it serves as an alternative to the waves of democratization of Samuel Huntington (1991 ...
Van Vossole, Jonas
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Spatio-Temporal Patterns for a Generalized Innovation Diffusion Model [PDF]

, 2010
We construct a model of innovation diffusion that incorporates a spatial component into a classical imitation-innovation dynamics first introduced by F. Bass. Relevant for situations where the imitation process explicitly depends on the spatial proximity
Gallay, Olivier, Hashemi, Fariba, Hongler, Max-Olivier   +2 more
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Uncovering some causal relationships between productivity growth and the structure of economic fluctuations: a tentative survey [PDF]

, 1993
This paper discusses recent theoretical and empirical work on the interactions between growth and business cycles. One may distinguish two very different types of approaches to the problem of the influence of macroeconomic fluctuations on long-run growth.
Aghion, P., Saint-Paul, G.
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Particle film treatments on ‘Assyrtiko’ grapevines enhance physiology and grape attributes in Santorini Island

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca
Like many viticultural regions of the Mediterranean region, Santorini is also affected by climate change. These changing climatic conditions pose challenges to adapt the island’s traditional viticulture practices to the new climatic conditions of ...
Efstratios Guillaume XYRAFIS, Katerina BINIARI, Maritina STAVRAKAKI   +2 more
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Neuro-electronic technology in medicine and beyond [PDF]

, 2000
This dissertation looks at the technology and social issues involved with interfacing electronics directly to the human nervous system, in particular the methods for both reading and stimulating nerves.
Ward, Jamie A
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The Benefits and Harms of Transmitting Into Space

, 2013
Deliberate and unintentional radio transmissions from Earth propagate into space. These transmissions could be detected by extraterrestrial watchers over interstellar distances.
Abe, Almár, Anderson, Atri, Bains, Ball, Baum, Baum, Baxter, Bekker, Benford, Benner, Billingham, Borucki, Bostrom, Bostrom, Bradbury, Busch, Carrigan, Cocconi, Denning, Des Marais, Devito, DeVito, Diamond, Domagal-Goldman, Dominik, Drake, Drake, Emslie, Ferris, Forgan, Freudenthal, Hanson, Haqq-Misra, Haqq-Misra, Harris, Hart, Heilhron, Howard, ISU, Jacob Haqq-Misra, Kaplan, Kasting, Kasting, Lemarchand, Lineweaver, Lineweaver, Loeb, Maccone, Michael W. Busch, Muirhead, Musso, Peters, Peters, Sagan, Sagan, Sanjoy M. Som, Scheffer, Seager, Seth D. Baum, SETI, Shapiro, Shklovskii, Shuch, Sullivan, Sullivan, Tarter, Tarter, Tegmark, Vakoch, Vakoch, Vakoch, von Hoerner, Ward, Webb, Zaitsev, Zaitsev, Zaitsev, Ćirković, Ćirković, Ćirković   +81 more
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Effect of cyclic processes on the emergence and crisis response in the development of society and the state

Aspekti Publìčnogo Upravlìnnâ, 2014
The author notes that many systems of different nature are cyclical in nature and its development through several phases - the origin, rise, formation, breakdown, the decline and end of the cycle, ie transition system to another level of quality.
S. A. Kvitka
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Occupational exposures, complementarity and the potential consequences of A.I. for the labour market: some evidence from Ireland

Journal for Labour Market Research
The adoption of AI technology by industry could significantly disrupt our current understanding of “typical” economic activity. As AI comes to pervade more sectors and occupations over time, it is likely that this technology will give rise to challenges ...
Harry Williamson, Dermot Coates, Kevin Daly, Keith FitzGerald, Neil Gannon   +4 more
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