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Tallinn University of Technology
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About: Tallinn University of Technology is a education organization based out in Tallinn, Estonia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: European union & Oil shale. The organization has 3688 authors who have published 10313 publications receiving 145058 citations. The organization is also known as: Tallinn Technical University & Tallinna Tehnikaülikool.
Topics: European union, Oil shale, Thin film, Nonlinear system, Microstructure
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03 Apr 2014-tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a new convergence that combines commons-oriented open peer production models with common ownership and governance models, such as those of the co-operatives and the solidarity economic models.
Abstract: Two prominent social progressive movements are faced with a few contradictions and a paradox. On the one side, we have a re-emergence of the co-operative movement and worker-owned enterprises which suffer from certain structural weaknesses. On the other, we have an emergent field of open and Commons-oriented peer production initiatives which create common pools of knowledge for the whole of humanity, but are dominated by start-ups and large multinational enterprises using the same Commons. Thus we have a paradox: the more communist the sharing license used in the peer production of free software or open hardware, the more capitalist the practice. To tackle this paradox and the aforementioned contradictions, we tentatively suggest a new convergence that would combine both Commons-oriented open peer production models with common ownership and governance models, such as those of the co-operatives and the solidarity economic models.
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Babeș-Bolyai University1, Goethe University Frankfurt2, Centre national de la recherche scientifique3, Remote Sensing Center4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology5, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic6, Charles University in Prague7, University of Lausanne8, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research9, University of Kiel10, University of Łódź11, Utrecht University12, University of Bern13, Augsburg College14, Moscow State University15, Eötvös Loránd University16, Polish Academy of Sciences17, University of Gdańsk18, Tallinn University of Technology19, Lund University20, University of Białystok21, University of Greifswald22, Sofia University23, Metz24
TL;DR: In this article, the relative importance of Holocene land cover, land use, dominant functional forest type, and climate dynamics on biomass burning in temperate and boreo-nemoral regions of central and eastern Europe was explored.
Abstract: . Wildfire occurrence is influenced by climate, vegetation and human
activities. A key challenge for understanding the risk of fires is quantifying the mediating effect of vegetation on fire
regimes. Here, we explore the relative importance of Holocene land cover,
land use, dominant functional forest type, and climate dynamics on biomass
burning in temperate and boreo-nemoral regions of central and eastern Europe
over the past 12 kyr. We used an extensive data set of Holocene pollen and
sedimentary charcoal records, in combination with climate simulations and
statistical modelling. Biomass burning was highest during the early Holocene
and lowest during the mid-Holocene in all three ecoregions (Atlantic, continental and boreo-nemoral) but was more spatially variable over the past 3–4 kyr. Although climate explained a
significant variance in biomass burning during the early Holocene, tree
cover was consistently the highest predictor of past biomass burning over
the past 8 kyr. In temperate forests, biomass burning was high at
∼45 % tree cover and decreased to a minimum at between 60 % and
70 % tree cover. In needleleaf-dominated forests, biomass burning was
highest at ∼ 60 %–65 % tree cover and steeply declined at
>65 % tree cover. Biomass burning also increased when arable
lands and grasslands reached ∼ 15 %–20 %, although this
relationship was variable depending on land use practice via ignition
sources, fuel type and quantities. Higher tree cover reduced the amount of
solar radiation reaching the forest floor and could provide moister, more
wind-protected microclimates underneath canopies, thereby decreasing fuel
flammability. Tree cover at which biomass burning increased appears to be
driven by warmer and drier summer conditions during the early Holocene and
by increasing human influence on land cover during the late Holocene. We suggest that long-term fire hazard
may be effectively reduced through land cover management, given that land
cover has controlled fire regimes under the dynamic climates of the
Holocene.
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TL;DR: This paper discusses how local governments can team up for joint service provision, be more adaptive towards new technological and organisational changes and introduce novel services following main industry trends (e.g. predictive analytics, autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence).
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TL;DR: The results indicate that HCC is not a pure glycolytic tumor and the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system may be the main provider of ATP in these tumor cells, and adenylate kinase reactions could play an important role in the maintenance of energy homeostasis in colorectal carcinomas.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine to what extent legislators in Estonia use performance information in budgetary decision-making and find that the main reasons for limited use of performance information are the following: the documents containing performance are too long and cumbersome, the legislative budget process is too time-constrained, and the parliament has only a limited role in making substantive changes to the budget.
Abstract: The goal of this article is to examine to what extent legislators in Estonia use performance information in budgetary decision-making. Interviews with the members of the finance committee of the parliament show that legislators make only limited use of the formal documents containing performance information. Instead, they rely, for the most part, on informal social networks for gathering information they consider necessary for budget discussions. According to the legislators, the main reasons for limited use of performance information are the following: the documents containing performance are too long and cumbersome, the legislative budget process is too time-constrained, and the parliament has only a limited role in making substantive changes to the budget. The study also indicates that more experienced politicians are less interested in performance information than the novices but there are no significant differences between legislators from governing and opposition parties.
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James Chapman | 82 | 483 | 36468 |
Alexandre Alexakis | 67 | 540 | 17247 |
Bernard Waeber | 56 | 370 | 35335 |
Peter A. Andrekson | 54 | 573 | 12042 |
Charles S. Peirce | 51 | 167 | 11998 |
Lars M. Blank | 49 | 301 | 8011 |
Fushuan Wen | 49 | 465 | 9189 |
Mati Karelson | 48 | 207 | 10210 |
Ago Samoson | 46 | 119 | 8807 |
Zebo Peng | 45 | 359 | 7312 |
Petru Eles | 44 | 300 | 6749 |
Vijai Kumar Gupta | 43 | 301 | 6901 |
Eero Vasar | 43 | 263 | 6930 |
Rik Ossenkoppele | 42 | 192 | 6839 |
Tõnis Timmusk | 41 | 105 | 11056 |