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Climate Policy in the United States and Japan: Prospects in 2005 and Beyond, Workshop Summary [PDF]

Resources for the Future and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies convened a one and one-half day workshop on domestic and international climate policy May 11–12, 2005, in Tokyo, Japan.
Pizer, William, Tamura, Kentaro
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett, Maxwell Hammond, Niloufar Seyfi, Amirreza Fahim Golestaneh, Venanzio Cichella, Caterina Lamuta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

First impressions matter: Signalling as a source of policy dynamics [PDF]

We first establish that policymakers on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee choose lower interest rates with experience. We then reject increasing confidence in private information or learning about the structure of the macroeconomy as ...
Michael McMahon, Stephen Eliot Hansen
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Experts at Networking? The Constrained Influence of Experts in Norwegian Policy-Networks

, 2019
The topic of this thesis is the system of public advisory commissions in Norway (NOU) and the social networks within that system. Analysing the NOU-system as a social network allows for several unexplored questions to be asked with regard to the structure of the network as a whole.
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Nonlocomotory Robotic Strategies for Dynamic Rotation Control in Terrestrial Robots: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Terrestrial robots increasingly require rapid body rotation to maintain stability and agility in complex environments. This review shows nonlocomotory rotational control strategies that operate without ground contact, including reaction wheels, tails, bars, limbs, and thrusters.
Y. Liang, J. An, X. Zheng, D. Wang, S. Wang, X. Wang, P. Zhu, J. Pei, S. Li, J. Paripurana, Y. Han, Z. Tang, X. Gan, Q. He, X. Ma   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Pakistan Well‑Positioned in the Global Health Security Scenario? An Exploratory Qualitative Study with Policy Experts and Public Health Professionals. [PDF]

Ann Glob Health
Shaikh BT, Abdullah MA, Shaikh WQ, Sattar NY, Khan SA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Auditory–Tactile Congruence for Synthesis of Adaptive Pain Expressions in RoboPatients

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
In this work, we explore auditory–tactile congruence for synthesizing adaptive vocal pain expressions in robopatients. Using a robopatient platform that integrates vocal pain sounds with palpation forces, we conducted 7680 trials across 20 participants.
Saitarun Nadipineni, Chapa Sirithunge, Yue Xie, Fumiya Iida, Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do behavioral public policy experts see the role of complex systems perspectives? An expert interview study. [PDF]

Transl Behav Med
Puukko S, Heino MTJ, Kostamo K, Saurio K, Sniehotta FF, Hankonen N.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On the capacity of information processing systems

, 2016
We propose and analyze a family of information processing systems, where a finite set of experts or servers are employed to extract information about a stream of incoming jobs. Each job is associated with a hidden label drawn from some prior distribution.
Massoulie, Laurent, Xu, Kuang
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Expert discourse on Turkish climate policy

, 2021
Bu çalısma günümüz iklim degisikligi politikalarını, kalkınmanın sınırlandırılmasısorunsalını insanlıgın dogal süreçleri yönetmesi ve optimize etmesi ile asmayaçalısan yeni bir dönemin aynası olarak yorumluyor. Çalısma, Türkiye'de iklimdegisikligi alanında uzman 24 kamu görevlisi ve sivil toplum çalısanıyla, ki asamalıçevresel tutum ve politika ...
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