Search results for "object"

Public logistics in management of medical entities (hospitals)

2014

The problem of public/social logistics application opportunities has been discussed in this paper. The public/social logistics is understood as the application of public objectives by the external entities within medical entities. There has been undertaken an attempt of showing that the greatest potential of costs reduction and processes diminishing in a hospital occurs in the logistics sphere. It has been indicated that the development of public logistics resulting, first of all, from the budget constraints is a kind of a panacea for the processes diminishing and the medical services effectiveness increase.

Reasons and freedom

2015

En este artículo, tengo la intención de defender el libertarismo contra la llamada "objeción de la suerte”, según la cual una elección causalmente indeterminada es puramente afortunada o arbitraria, y por lo tanto no es algo que un agente pueda controlar y ser moralmente responsable. Trato de responder a esta objeción sobre la base de una reflexión sobre si la deliberación es una cuestión de sopesar razones o de darles peso. Con este fin, me baso en algunas ideas de P. Greenspan y J. Raz. Trato de defender el modelo de dar peso contra las acusaciones de irracionalidad. Sostengo, en primer lugar, que dar peso a las razones es un proceso indispensable en ciertos casos, en el que las razones q…

What makes segmentation good? A case study in boreal forest habitat mapping

2013

Segmentation goodness evaluation is a set of approaches meant for deciding which segmentation is good. In this study, we tested different supervised segmentation evaluation measures and visual interpretation in the case of boreal forest habitat mapping in Southern Finland. The data used were WorldView-2 satellite imagery, a lidar digital elevation model (DEM), and a canopy height model (CHM) in 2 m resolution. The segmentation methods tested were the fractal net evolution approach (FNEA) and IDRISI watershed segmentation. Overall, 252 different segmentation methods, layers, and parameter combinations were tested. We also used eight different habitat delineations as reference polygons agains…

Multilayer perceptron training with multiobjective memetic optimization

2016

Machine learning tasks usually come with several mutually conflicting objectives. One example is the simplicity of the learning device contrasted with the accuracy of its performance after learning. Another common example is the trade-off that must often be made between the rate of false positive and false negative predictions in diagnostic applications. For computer programs that learn from data, these objectives are formulated as mathematical functions, each of which describes one facet of the desired learning outcome. Even functions that intend to optimize the same facet may behave in a subtly different and mutually conflicting way, depending on the task and the dataset being examined. Mul…

Macroalgae production in Northern Europe: Business and government perspectives on how to regulate a novel blue bioeconomy

2022

Macroalgae biomass production, understood as cultivation and harvesting, is a minor industry in Europe at present, but the sector is recognized as having substantial growth potential. Here, we framed the environmental license as a boundary object between business and authorities and investigated the details of macroalgal licensing procedures in seven Northern European countries (Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Iceland, and Scotland). We conducted surveys and interviews with macroalgae companies and licensing authorities to understand the challenges faced by both sides. Generally, macroalgae production in Northern European countries is regulated by environmental and water laws and…

Networking strategies as enabler for competitive advantage creation: a market-based and a resource-based perspectives

2010

The purpose of this work is to explore the potential of networking strategy as a source of competitive advantage by integrating market-based and resource-based logics. According to the former logic a firm identifies operations performance objectives as drivers for achieving its wished competitive position and advantage. According to the latter logic the firm achieves a competitive advantage through the obtainment and/or the creation of valuable, rare, imperfectly imitable, and not substitutable resources. Both operations performance objectives and strategic resource needs should, thus, directly affect networking strategy decisions. The question is whether they effectively do and how. In thi…

Achieving operations performance objectives through networking strategy

2010

The main objective of this paper is to investigate how firms make strategic networking decisions in order to pursue competitive advantage. Literature analysis with theory building purposes and two case studies to support our theoretical findings and to explore the linkages between networking strategy and operations performance objectives constitute our research methods. Our analysis led to the definition of networking strategy in terms of decisional dimensions, and found effective linkages between networking decisions made by managers and wished operations performance objectives.

Unità e diversità nella marcatura differenziale dell'oggetto diretto in rumeno e in siciliano Studio Comparativo

Questa ricerca si propone di analizzare il fenomeno della marcatura differenziale dell'oggetto (d'ora in avanti MDO - Bossong 1985) descrivendone caratteristiche, funzioni, somiglianze e differenze: nel siciliano, e i suoi dialetti e nel romeno. La tesi mira a realizzare uno studio comparativo, essenzialmente esplicativo di un fenomeno presente in molte lingue (secondo Bossong più di 300) e che ancora oggi continua a essere oggetto di numerosi studi, per lo più tipologici (Bossong 1985, 1991, Comrie 1989, Croft 1988, Aissen 2003, Iemmolo 2010). La MDO, nota anche come accusativo preposizionale nella linguistica romanza (Niculescu 1959, 1965, Rohlfs 1984), è una variazione nella codifica deg…

Objects, Structures, and Logics

2022

This book offers Novel In-Depth Discussions of the Relationship Between Logic and Metaphysics Attempts to Develop a New Framework for the Concept of Mathematical Structure Emphasizes the Importance of Mathematical Practice to the Philosophy of Mathematics

Emotions in Wikipedia: the role of intended negative events in the expression of sadness and anger in online peer production

2018

ABSTRACTThe online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has strict guidelines for ensuring the objectivity of its content and unbiased language of its articles. Wikipedia also provides articles on negative even...