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A penalty-based edge assembly memetic algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with time windows
2010
In this paper, we present an effective memetic algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW). The paper builds upon an existing edge assembly crossover (EAX) developed for the capacitated VRP. The adjustments of the EAX operator and the introduction of a novel penalty function to eliminate violations of the time window constraint as well as the capacity constraint from offspring solutions generated by the EAX operator have proven essential to the heuristic's performance. Experimental results on Solomon's and Gehring and Homberger benchmarks demonstrate that our algorithm outperforms previous approaches and is able to improve 184 best-known solutions out of 356 instance…
A (des)confiança dos jornalistas espanhóis às instituições públicas a partir do estudo de fatores organizacionais
2016
Existe un creciente interés en la bibliografía científica por conocer las prácticas y rutinas de las y los periodistas en distintos contextos (Hanitzsch et al., 2011). La confianza que tienen estos profesionales en las instituciones públicas es una variable clave para comprender su cultura profesional (Hanitzsch & Berganza, 2012; Brants, de Vreese, Möller & van Praag, 2010; van Dalen, Albæk & de Vreese, 2011), así como el interés y la confianza de la ciudadanía en la política (Cappella & Jamieson, 1997). Este estudio pretende conocer el nivel de confianza de las y los periodistas españoles en las instituciones públicas y verificar si el tipo, alcance y propiedad del medio influyen en dichos…
PODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FOOT CARE IN SOCIAL CARE CENTERS
2018
Investigate the necessity for therapeutic foot care and the involvement of a podologist in an interdisciplinary health care team in social care institutions in Latvia. So far, no study has been conducted on the need for therapeutic pediatric care for Social Care Center (SCC) clients in Latvia; it is known that in individual SCC’s where some podologists work part-time, another podologist is invited in specific cases, or clients are taken to a podologist at a medical institution. The study was conducted in 15 Latvian Social Care Centers (SCC), surveying 750 customer feet. People who, for various reasons, are no longer capable of foot care, is a highly necessary specialist who will do it profe…
Medioevo e Mediterraneo: incontri, scambi e confronti. Studi per Salvatore Fodale
2020
Il volume Medioevo e Mediterraneo: incontri, scambi e confronti raccoglie un ampio e articolato omaggio a Salvatore Fodale, professore ordinario di Storia Medievale dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo e dal 2015 emerito, reso da colleghi, italiani e stranieri, e allievi a lui legati da interessi scientifici e rapporti di amicizia, a testimonianza della vocazione internazionale della sua ricerca e delle relazioni intessute durante la lunga carriera di accademico. L'opera si articola in quattro sezioni con testi in italiano, castigliano, catalano, francese e inglese: I Regni e aristocrazie tra consenso e conflitto, II Istituzioni ecclesiastiche e vita religiosa, III Economia, fisco e lavor…
Introduzione a Capitali senza re nella Monarchia spagnola
2020
Prefazione al volume Capitali senza re nella Monarchia spagnola. Preface to volume Capitali senza re nella Monarchia spagnola
Entre France et Bourgogne : les institutions ducales durant la minorité de Philippe de Rouvres (1349-1360)
2019
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International validation of the revised European Organisation for Research and treatment of cancer head and neck cancer module, the EORTC QLQ-HN43
2019
Background: We validated the new European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Head and Neck Module (EORTC QLQ-HN43). Methods: We enrolled 812 patients with head and neck cancer from 18 countries. Group 1 completed the questionnaire before therapy, and 3 and 6 months later. In group 2 (survivors), we determined test–retest reliability using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's Alpha, the scale structure with confirmatory factor analysis, and discriminant validity with known-group comparisons. Results: Cronbach's alpha was >0.70 in 10 of the 12 multi-item scales. All standardized factor loadings exceeded…
Identidad contra identidades: el destino contra Babelia
1997
El impulso de los nacionalismos y la constatación de la crisis ecológica global, son fenómenos paradójicos y contradictorios. En base a las contribuciones desde la sociología de Eisenstadt y Geisen, y desde el derecho y la teoría política de Wendt y Falk, nosotros argumentamos que el concepto de identidad planetaria, al tiempo que se opone conceptualmente al babelismo nacionalista dominante en ciertos sectores intelectuales, puede cimentar las bases para un entendimiento racional del devenir en este fin de siglo. Nationalism and environmental global conscience are contradictory ideas. We argue in this paper, using as a source from the sociological point of view the work of Eisenstadt and Gi…
Organisational responses to regulatory pressure: A case study of a Norwegian Research University’s strategic compliance to GDPR
2020
Master's thesis in Innovative governance and public management (ME523) This thesis study seeks to test Oliver’s (1991) theory for prediction of Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes, against the case of initial responses taken by a Norwegian research university when faced with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of European Union (EU).This thesis explores how different parts of the same organisation respond to and manage institutional pressure. It uses a case study of a Norwegian research university’s response to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). An exploratory case study design frame was used to address the research question, and qualitative dat…
La territorialisation comme condition de durabilité des organisations
2019
Insertion in territories allows an organization to cope with environmental and cultural changes, because territorial insertion allows face-to-face. This face-to-face depends on actors’ personal commitments but it can be facilitated or hindered by existing structures and institutions. A fossilized organization becomes incapable of adapting to environmental changes or to distinct institutional contexts. As the organization focuses on abstract issues, the concrete satisfaction of stakeholders is ignored for the benefit of a statistical representation which focuses on past realities. Reconstructing the face-to-face transforms the figured representation because the face-to-face brings additional…