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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 article, the authors estimate country-level contributions to the social cost of carbon using recent climate model projections, empirical climate-driven economic damage estimations and socio-economic projections.
Abstract: The social cost of carbon (SCC) is a commonly employed metric of the expected economic damages from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions Although useful in an optimal policy context, a world-level approach obscures the heterogeneous geography of climate damage and vast differences in country-level contributions to the global SCC, as well as climate and socio-economic uncertainties, which are larger at the regional level Here we estimate country-level contributions to the SCC using recent climate model projections, empirical climate-driven economic damage estimations and socio-economic projections Central specifications show high global SCC values (median, US$417 per tonne of CO2 (tCO2); 66% confidence intervals, US$177–805 per tCO2) and a country-level SCC that is unequally distributed However, the relative ranking of countries is robust to different specifications: countries that incur large fractions of the global cost consistently include India, China, Saudi Arabia and the United States Global estimates of the economic impacts of CO2 emissions may obscure regional heterogeneities A modular framework for estimating the country-level social cost of carbon shows consistently unequal country-level costs
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Spanish National Research Council1, Middle East Technical University2, University of Valladolid3, National Research Council4, Institut national de la recherche agronomique5, University of Jyväskylä6, University of Santiago de Compostela7, Polytechnic University of Milan8, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences9, Aalborg University – Copenhagen10, Wageningen University and Research Centre11
TL;DR: The influence of inocula and experimental factors was nearly insignificant with respect to the extents of the anaerobic biodegradation, while the rates differed significantly according to the experimental approaches.
Abstract: Background: This paper describes results obtained for different participating research groups in an interlaboratory study related to biochemical methane potential (BMP). In this research work, all experimental conditions influencing the test such as inoculum, substrate characteristics and experimental conditions were investigated. The study was performed using four substrates: three positive control substrates (starch, cellulose and gelatine), and one raw biomass material (mung bean) at two different inoculum to substrate ratios (ISR). Results: The average methane yields for starch, cellulose, gelatine and mung bean at ISR of 2 and 1 were 350 ± 33, 350 ± 29, 380 ± 42, 370 ± 36 and 370 ± 35 mL CH4 g-1 VSadded, respectively. The percentages of biotransformation of these substrates into methane were 85 ± 8, 85 ± 7, 88 ± 9, 85 ± 8 and 85 ± 8%, respectively. On the other hand, the first-order rate constants obtained from the experimental data were 0.24 ± 0.14, 0.23 ± 0.15, 0.27 ± 0.13, 0.31 ± 0.17 and 0.23 ± 0.13 d-1, respectively. Conclusion: The influence of inocula and experimental factors was nearly insignificant with respect to the extents of the anaerobic biodegradation, while the rates differed significantly according to the experimental approaches. © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry.
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01 May 2000TL;DR: The history and achievements of software process research, some critical evaluation of the results produced so far, and possible directions for future work are presented.
Abstract: Software process research deals with the methods and technologies used to assess, support, and improve software development activities. The field has grown up during the 80s to address the increasing complexity and criticality of software development activities. This paper aims to briefly present the history and achievements of software process research, some critical evaluation of the results produced so far, and possible directions for future work.
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TL;DR: In this article, a taxonomy of research-based spin-off (RBSO) typologies has been developed to understand the heterogeneity of RBSOs and identify common themes in relation with these typologies in relation to spinoff creation and spinoff development.
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TL;DR: This paper proposes a system based on a parallel genetic algorithm with enhanced encoding and operational abilities that has been applied to two widely different problem areas: Boolean function learning and robot control.
Abstract: This paper proposes a system based on a parallel genetic algorithm with enhanced encoding and operational abilities. The system, used to evolve feedforward artificial neural networks, has been applied to two widely different problem areas: Boolean function learning and robot control. It is shown that the good results obtained in both cases are due to two factors: first, the enhanced exploration abilities provided by the search-space reducing evolution of both coding granularity and network topology, and, second, the enhanced exploitational abilities due to a recently proposed cooperative local optimizing genetic operator. >
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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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 |