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Polytechnic University of Milan
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About: Polytechnic University of Milan is a education organization based out in Milan, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Computer science & Finite element method. The organization has 18231 authors who have published 58416 publications receiving 1229711 citations. The organization is also known as: PoliMi & L-NESS.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of 46 small high-tech Italian firms was conducted to explore the problems experienced by small businesses in gaining access to debt and equity finance, and the results highlight that traditional financial sources are inadequate to finance innovative projects.
Abstract: Financial constraints to the development of innovation are often considered one of the main impediments to high-technology firms seeking to expand and grow. In particular this is the case of small and medium size high-tech firms. In the U.S. and the U.K. a variety of sources of finance are available to the start-ups of innovative firms; in the other European countries, and particularly in Italy, these means are still uncommon so that the development of technology is often prevented. This paper, based on an empirical analysis on a survey of 46 small high-tech Italian firms, aims at exploring the problems experienced by small businesses in gaining access to debt and equity finance. The results highlight that traditional financial sources are inadequate to finance innovative projects. The questioned firms rely mainly on personal finance, and secondly on short term bank debt; they are truly involved in maintaining control over the firm activities and are willing to issue outside equity only if the new investors also provide non financial competencies. Among the 46 interviewed firms, only 10 are willing to be listed in the future on small firms' stock markets.
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TL;DR: In this article, a modification of the Newton's method is presented, which produces iterative methods with order of convergence three, and a general error analysis is given, and the best efficiency, in terms of function evaluations, of two of these methods is provided.
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University of Lyon1, Polytechnic University of Milan2, Swansea University3, University of Padua4, Technical University of Denmark5, Polish Academy of Sciences6, Leibniz Association7, University of Oviedo8, Oregon State University9, University of Southampton10, Durham University11, Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland12, University College Cork13, University of Kent14, University of Murcia15, Technical University of Madrid16, The Nature Conservancy17, University of Strasbourg18, François Rabelais University19, Princeton University20
TL;DR: There are at least 1.2 million instream barriers in 36 European countries, 68 per cent of which are structures less than two metres in height that are often overlooked, and the main predictors of barrier density are agricultural pressure, density of river-road crossings, extent of surface water and elevation.
Abstract: Rivers support some of Earth's richest biodiversity1 and provide essential ecosystem services to society2, but they are often fragmented by barriers to free flow3. In Europe, attempts to quantify river connectivity have been hampered by the absence of a harmonized barrier database. Here we show that there are at least 1.2 million instream barriers in 36 European countries (with a mean density of 0.74 barriers per kilometre), 68 per cent of which are structures less than two metres in height that are often overlooked. Standardized walkover surveys along 2,715 kilometres of stream length for 147 rivers indicate that existing records underestimate barrier numbers by about 61 per cent. The highest barrier densities occur in the heavily modified rivers of central Europe and the lowest barrier densities occur in the most remote, sparsely populated alpine areas. Across Europe, the main predictors of barrier density are agricultural pressure, density of river-road crossings, extent of surface water and elevation. Relatively unfragmented rivers are still found in the Balkans, the Baltic states and parts of Scandinavia and southern Europe, but these require urgent protection from proposed dam developments. Our findings could inform the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, which aims to reconnect 25,000 kilometres of Europe's rivers by 2030, but achieving this will require a paradigm shift in river restoration that recognizes the widespread impacts caused by small barriers.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the application of these technologies to suspensions and running gear, focused upon the complementary issues of control and monitoring, from which they identify the key trends and conclude with a forward look at what is likely to develop over the next few years.
Abstract: Over the last twenty to thirty years, railway vehicle dynamics has changed from being an essentially mechanical engineering discipline to one that is increasingly starting to include sensors, electronics and computer processing. This paper surveys the application of these technologies to suspensions and running gear, focused upon the complementary issues of control (which has been reviewed within Vehicle System Dynamics previously) and monitoring (which has not previously been reviewed). The theory, concepts and implementation status are assessed in each case, from which the paper identifies the key trends and concludes with a forward look at what is likely to develop over the next years.
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TL;DR: In this article, the Permanent Scatterers (PS) analysis was applied at a regional scale as support for landslide inventory mapping and at local scale for the monitoring of single well-known slope movements.
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Alex J. Barker | 132 | 1273 | 84746 |
Pierluigi Zotto | 128 | 1197 | 78259 |
Andrea C. Ferrari | 126 | 636 | 124533 |
Marco Dorigo | 105 | 657 | 91418 |
Marcello Giroletti | 103 | 558 | 41565 |
Luciano Gattinoni | 103 | 610 | 48055 |
Luca Benini | 101 | 1453 | 47862 |
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli | 99 | 934 | 45201 |
Surendra P. Shah | 99 | 710 | 32832 |
X. Sunney Xie | 98 | 225 | 44104 |
Peter Nijkamp | 97 | 2407 | 50826 |
Nicola Neri | 92 | 1122 | 41986 |
Ursula Keller | 92 | 934 | 33229 |
A. Rizzi | 91 | 653 | 40038 |
Martin J. Blunt | 89 | 485 | 29225 |