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Marketization in Public Purchasing as a Route to Business Corporations' Institutional Power: The Case of Outsourcing Social Services in Israel

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the set of formal (and informal) rules that govern how states purchase public services.
Reut Marciano, Shir Gal
wiley   +1 more source

Característica fisico-mecânicos do couro de bovinos cruzados terminados em pastagem recebendo diferentes suplemento. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Avaliaram-se os efeitos do sexo e do nível de proteína bruta no suplemento sobre as características do couro de bovinos em pastejo. Foram utilizados 20 bovinos cruzados (Beefalo x Nelore), sendo 10 machos castrados e 10 fêmeas, terminados em pastagem de ...
BEZERRA, F. S.   +6 more
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Exceptionally large room-temperature ferroelectric polarization in the novel PbNiO3 multiferroic oxide

open access: yes, 2012
We present a study based on several advanced First-Principles methods, of the recently synthesized PbNiO3 [J. Am. Chem. Soc 133, 16920 (2011)], a rhombohedral antiferromagnetic insulator which crystallizes in the highly distorted R3c crystal structure ...
Filippetti, A.   +4 more
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Traces of Intentionality: Balance, Complexity, and Organization in Artworks by Humans and Apes

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Are people able to tell apart a random configuration of lines and dots from a work of art? Previous studies have shown that untrained viewers can distinguish between abstract art made by professional artists, children, or apes. Pieces made by artists were perceived as more intentionally made and organized than the rest.
Larissa M. Straffon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mel e açúcar mascavo na cicatrização de feridas Honey and brown sugar in wounds healing

open access: yesCiência Rural, 2012
O estudo teve como objetivo comparar a eficácia do mel e do açúcar mascavo na cicatrização de feridas induzidas cirurgicamente na pele de cobaias, para avaliar o tempo de cicatrização, as variações macroscópicas e microscópicas do tecido cicatricial, a ...
Ivan Felismino Charas dos Santos   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Caneburning [PDF]

open access: yes, 1982
Includes poem by Shelia Rosecrans ...
Rosecrans, Sheila
core   +1 more source

Bacteriophage and Fusidic Acid Have Synergistic Effect Against Meticillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Ex Vivo Canine Dermis Model

open access: yesVeterinary Dermatology, EarlyView.
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship has become vital given the progressive emergence of multidrug‐resistant bacteria, and novel approaches to the treatment of bacterial infections are needed. Recently, reported synergistic effects of antibacterial drugs and bacteriophage therapy have revealed promising applications for the management of meticillin ...
Sarah Ehling   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multimodal restaurant finder for semantic web [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Multimodal dialogue systems provide multiple modalities in the form of speech, mouse clicking, drawing or touch that can enhance human-computer interaction.
He, Yulan   +2 more
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PELE Fragmentation Dynamics

open access: yes, 2013
An analytical model that describes the PELE fragmentation dynamics is presented and compared with experimental results from literature. The model accounts for strong shock effects and detailed interactions taking place between the filling - the inner core of the ammunition - and the target (including shock wave, expansion wave, free surface and ...
Verreault, Jimmy   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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