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Procurement Control Limits and the Basis of Contract Awards
, 2016 These Procurement Guidance Notes are the administrative means by which the Northern Ireland Public Sector is advised of procurement policy and best practice developments.
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Corruption manual for beginners: "Corruption techniques" in public procurement with examples from Hungary [PDF]
, 2013 This paper develops 30 novel quantitative indicators of grand corruption that operationalize 20 distinct techniques of corruption in the context of public procurement. Each indicator rests on a thorough qualitative understanding of rent extraction from
Tóth, István János +2 more
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Public procurement for sustainability
Public procurement emerges as an instrument to promote sustainability and innovation, facilitating the implementation of policy goals. Adaptive procurement leverages sustainable innovation available in the market. Developmental procurement creates demand for solutions that do not exist yet but need to be developed first.
Pihlajamaa Matti, Valovirta Ville
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A thermo‐responsive rectal delivery platform integrating probiotic‐derived extracellular vesicles within a hyaluronic acid‐based copolymer enables localized and sustained therapy for ulcerative colitis. The formulation effectively suppresses inflammation, promotes macrophage polarization toward a regenerative phenotype, restores epithelial barrier ...
Ayushi Mairal +5 more
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Public Procurement Policy and Purchasing Strategy [PDF]
, 2023 This chapter introduces the concepts of public procurement policy and public purchasing strategy. It explains that a procurement policy contains the resolutions and guidelines of a public organization for guiding and prescribing general procurement ...
Schotanus, Fredo, Grandia, Jolien
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A Panel of Circulating Exosomal sncRNAs Associated With Lung Cancer Risk up to 10 Years in Advance
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Lung cancer is often diagnosed too late, and current screening overlooks many people at risk. In a long‐term study of smokers, a panel of small non‐coding RNAs carried in blood exosomes signals elevated lung cancer risk up to ten years before diagnosis, pointing toward a blood‐based tool for earlier risk detection.
Zhuokun Feng +12 more
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International cooperation and the reform of public procurement policies [PDF]
The decision not to launch negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on three of the Singapore Issues in the so-called July 2004 package provides an opportunity to revisit the knowledge base on which proposals for further international ...
Hoekman, Bernard M., Evenett, Simon J.
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.ICOS‐immunoPET noninvasively visualizes activated T cells in melanoma brain metastases following combined anti‐PD‐1/anti‐CTLA‐4 therapy. Clinical translation of this imaging approach may improve patient stratification and treatment monitoring and serve as a quantitative imaging endpoint to support immunotherapy development and clinical trials in brain ...
Renesmee C. Kuo +10 more
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Re-categorising public procurement in South Africa: construction works as a special case
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2019 Public procurement is generally known to be the acquisition of goods and services by the government from the private sector. Construction works are considered to constitute services and as such are not specifically referred to in the Constitution.
Allison Megan Anthony
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The Gαi1/3 protein is a crucial connecting protein closely related to the signal transduction process of bone formation‐related cytokines such as BMP2. Gαi1/3 mediates downstream signaling pathways such as Smads and MAPK by binding to adaptor proteins like Gab1, thereby promoting the osteogenic effect of BMSCs.
Huajian Shan +10 more
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