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Drivers of Competitiveness in European High-Tech Industries

2019

Our paper builds on the importance of high-tech manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services as significant competitiveness and economic growth drivers in the European Union and offers a fresh approach of the study on the competitiveness of secondary and tertiary high-tech industries across EU member states. Our analysis covers the 2008–2015 period and includes twelve old and new EU members. We opt for a balanced panel data approach in OLS and ARIMA frameworks to investigate the competitiveness of high-technology industries in the EU with the aim of uncovering the nature of the main explanatory factors behind their performance. Our results show that the number of persons employed and the …

Assessing the Beneficial Effects of Economic Growth: The Harmonic Growth Index

2011

In this paper we introduce the multidimensional notion of harmonic growth as a situation of diffused well-being associated to an increase of per capita GDP. We say that a country experienced a harmonic growth if during the observed period all the key indicators, proxies of the endogenous and exogenous forces driving population well-being, show a significantly common pattern with the income dynamics. The notion is operationalized via an index of time series harmony which follows the functional data analysis approach. This Harmonic Growth Index (HGI) is based on comparisons between the coefficients from cubic B-splines interpolation. Such indices are then synthesized in order to provide the g…

Optimal matching between optical rectennas and harvester circuits

2017

This paper deals with optimal coupling issues between rectennas and harvesting circuits. An optical rectenna consists of a nanoantenna usually coupled with an ultra-high speed rectifier. These devices aim to receive and convert solar and thermal radiation in a DC voltage, while a harvester circuit provides the energy to be stored. The rectenna impedance is influenced both by its structure and by the rectifying diode, the harvester circuit impedance has to be matched to optimize the power transfer. The purpose of this contribution is to discuss the best impedance conditions by taking into account the constraints that are due to the individual devices the conversion system consist of. Finally…

El tratamiento integrado de lenguas en la gramática: una aproximación a la terminología básica en los libros de texto de secundaria

2021

Este artículo analiza la variación terminológica que afecta las denominaciones (variación denominativa), porque en muchas ocasiones los términos constituyen un obstáculo en la construcción de los conceptos. Concretamente, se ha desarrollado un trabajo terminográfico, de recopilación de los términos utilizados para referirse a las diferentes clases de palabras en los libros de texto de las asignaturas de Castellano y Valenciano de primero y segundo de ESO. Los resultados obtenidos muestran la gran incoherencia terminológica de los libros de texto, con un exceso de términos que dificultan el aprendizaje del alumnado, lo que pone de manifiesto la necesidad de llevar a cabo un tratamiento integ…

A new child-centered approach to the organization of extra-curricular activities in Finnish schools

2017

Extracurricular activities are currently included in Finnish school legislation, but their organization is fragmented. History: Club activities at school led by teachers have been arranged since 1947 on extra pay, but their amount and content have depended on available funding and often on teachers’ willingness to lead club activities. Schools have also had a possibility to use cultural or sport operators. However, system has preferred teacher-led club activities. A dramatic change occurred in the early 1990s when economic recession reduced extra funding for schools and day care. Consequently, club activities after school hours were reduced to less than half, and afternoon care services wit…

Task-integrated pair-reading : a study of functional literacy in a foreign language

1997

Design and simulation of efficient combinational circuits based on a new XOR structure in QCA technology

2021

AbstractQuantum-dot cellular automata (QCA), due to its unique characteristics like low power consumption, nanoscale design, and high computing speed is considered as an emerging technology, and it can be used as an alternative for CMOS technology in circuit design for quantum computers in the near future. XOR gate has many applications in the design of digital circuits in QCA. In this paper, an efficient novel structure of XOR gate is proposed in QCA. Also, a novel 1-bit comparator circuit, 1-bit full adder, binary to gray and gray to binary convertor code based on the proposed XOR is designed and simulated using QCADesigner 2.0.3. The simulation results demonstrated that the proposed stru…

A management and optimisation model for water supply planning in water deficit areas

2014

Summary The integrated water resources management approach has proven to be a suitable option for efficient, equitable and sustainable water management. In water-poor regions experiencing acute and/or chronic shortages, optimisation techniques are a useful tool for supporting the decision process of water allocation. In order to maximise the value of water use, an optimisation model was developed which involves multiple supply sources (conventional and non-conventional) and multiple users. Penalties, representing monetary losses in the event of an unfulfilled water demand, have been incorporated into the objective function. This model represents a novel approach which considers water distri…

Performance Analyses of Innovative Glassblocks for BIPV

2014

The paper illustrates the results of the performance analyses conducted on an innovative glassblock integrated with 3rd generation dye-sensitized solar cells, designed for enabling the construction of translucent and sustainable building envelopes. The analyses encompass the simulation of both thermal and optical performance referring to different configurations of the PV-integrated glassblock, showing the results obtained by using two different software tools: Comsol Multiphysics and WINDOW. The configurations may differ, for example, because of the position of the module inside the glassblock, the type of dye-sensitized solar module used (composition, transparency, design), and glassblock…

Wpływ zasady cross compliance na kształtowanie nowej ekonomiki rolnictwa na przykładzie badań w regionie opolskim

2009

Na nową organizację rolnictwa w przestrzeni europejskiej szczególny wpływ mają zasady zreformowanej WPR: decoupling, cross compliance, modulacja, dyscyplina budżetowa. Centralne miejsce wśród tych zasad odgrywa zasada współzależności, która reguluje wewnętrzną organizację rolnictwa, pozostałe zasady dotyczą w większym stopniu jego relacji z otoczeniem (rynkowym, składowymi przestrzeni wiejskiej). Prezentowane w pracy wyniki badań przeprowadzonych w towarowych gospodarstwach rolnych regionu opolskiego potwierdzają wpływ zasady współzależności na decyzje produkcyjne rolników, które w coraz większym zakresie wynikają z wiedzy o zintegrowanych i precyzyjnych metodach zarządzania warsztatem prod…