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Auditing and compliance in public procurement – an empirical assessment

, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to empirically evaluate the effectiveness of government auditing of local authorities’ compliance with the procurement rules.Design/methodology/approach: A diff-in-diff approach is used where the measure of compliance is (changes
Mats A. Bergman, Bergman, Mats,, Bergman, Mats A.,   +2 more
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Large‐Scale and Cost‐Effective Fabrication of Ultra‐Thin, Biodegradable Microelectrode Arrays and Pressure Sensors Using Laser Micromachining

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A mask‐free and cost‐effective UV‐pico‐second laser‐based microfabrication method is proposed to fabricate large‐area biodegradable microelectrode arrays and pressure sensors. These devices demonstrate low impedance, good conformability, excellent biocompatibility, and rapid degradation, providing a new route for next‐generation transient electronics ...
Bhavani Prasad Yalagala, Asfand Tanwear, María Cerezo‐Sánchez, Hossein Parvizi, Morteza Amjadi, Hadi Heidari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coixenolide Enhances Antitumor Immunity of Cytotoxic CD8+ T Cells by Inhibiting S100A8/A9‐CD36 Axis in Obesity‐Associated Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) remains highly lethal with limited treatment options. This study demonstrates that coixenolide, a bioactive compound from Coix lacryma‐jobi L. and a key component of the clinically approved Kanglaite injection, exhibits enhanced antitumor efficacy in high‐fat diet (HFD)‐induced obese mice bearing PAAD tumors compared to
Kaidi Chen, Rong Chen, Wei Li, Bin Song, Ruiying Zhang, Lewei Dai, Yuwei Qi, Ruqian Chen, Yifan Xu, Hangbin Li, Jingyi Huang, Fangping Wu, Jianan Peng, Xinyu Wang, Yang Xiong, Chaofeng Mu, Guilin Cheng, Zhaoshen Li, Shanming Ruan, Lei Huang, Mancang Gu   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing organizational well-being and growth: The value of ombud services and the development of ombud consultation evaluation survey

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being
The role of an organizational ombud (formerly ombudsman) is increasingly recognized as a significant contributor to fostering a healthy workplace environment. This specialized service offers an impartial, confidential, informal, and independent resource
Katy Kamkar, Mario Baril
doaj   +1 more source

5th International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC5) [PDF]

, 2012
This paper explores the potential of public e-procurement technologies to reduce corruption in the public procurement process. It analyses the risk factors of corruption in the government procurement processes such as in project planning, product design ...
Soar, Jeffrey, Neupane, Arjun, Yong, Jianming, Vaidya, Kishor   +3 more
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Condition‐Associated Pattern Extraction and Recovery From Multi‐Condition Single‐Cell RNA‐seq Data With CAPER

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Decoupling biological signals from unwanted variation in multi‑condition single‑cell RNA sequencing data remains challenging. CAPER disentangles condition‑associated biological effects from sample heterogeneity through matrix factorization, producing interpretable latent factors and a batch‑corrected expression matrix.
Ye Li, Jin Ning, An Wang, Minxi Shi, Yuanze Chen, Guoliang Liu, Shiquan Sun   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contractual terms and conditions in the context of the public procurement principles and legal competence of the Public Procurement Office in Slovakia

Bratislava Law Review, 2018
This article focuses particularly on identifying the limits of the problematic aspects of the formulation of the contract proposal or contractual terms and conditions as a part of the tender documents in the context of compliance with the principles of ...
Peter Lukáčka, Peter Kubolek
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Tsaregradskaya Yu.K. Financial control as a factor of effective public procurement management

Правоприменение, 2023
The subject. Financial security of public procurement at the expense of budgetary funds requires the creation and functioning of an appropriate system of public financial control implemented not only by public authorities (legislative, executive ...
V. V. Kikavets, Yu. K. Tsaregradskaya
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Dual‐Module Near‐Infrared Fluorophores Discovery System via Knowledge Transfer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents a dual‐module deep learning system for the design of near‐infrared (NIR) fluorophores. A large molecular library is generated and analyzed, leading to the suggestions of promising candidates. The effectiveness of the system is further validated through the synthesis, characterization, and in vivo imaging, demonstrating its potential
Yixin Zhu, Xia Ling, Xianhe Zhang, Chuanjiang Jian, Leilei Shi, Wentao Song, Xiaonan Wang, Bin Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Healthcare Procurement Strategies in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Background  The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented public healthcare procurement challenges. The objective of this review was to identify and characterise the scope of the literature on public procurement strategies for healthcare supplies during the ...
Pierre-André Hudon, Matthew T. Haren, Jean-Baptiste Gartner, Frédéric Bergeron, André Côté   +4 more
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