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A mechanism design approach to allocating central government funds among regional development agencies
(Springer, 2014)
To allocate central government funds among regional development agencies we look for mechanisms that satisfy three important criteria: efficiency (individual and coalitional) strategy proofness (a.k.a. dominant strategy ...
The European Union and the Black Sea Region in Search of a Narrative or a New Paradigm
(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014)
The European Union (EU) has over time formulated and implemented various policies to address its Eastern neighbourhood and in particular the Black Sea region ;yet it still finds itself in search of the right mix of policy ...
Fluorescence study of film formation from PS/Al2O3 nanocomposites
(Elsevier Science, 2014)
Steady state fluorescence (SSF) and UV-vis (UVV) techniques were used to study the film formation behavior of pyrene (P) labeled polystyrene (PS) latex and Al2O3 (PS/Al2O3) composites depending on PS particles size and ...
Europeanization under Membership Uncertainty: The Cases of Environmental and Energy Policy in Turkey
(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği, 2013)
This article examines modalities of rule adoption from the EU's acquis communautaire under conditions of membership uncertainty Drawing upon the case of Turkey we probe into the viability of a policy-type approach (drawing ...
The talking witness documentary: remembrance and the politics of truth
(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013)
This article argues that the conventional talking witness documentary by relying on memory of experience as evidence employs an inherently conservative politics of truth. Using a recent Kurdish video 5 No.lu Cezaevi/Prison ...
Three-fast-searchable graphs
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)
In the edge searching problem searchers move from vertex to vertex in a graph to capture an invisible fast intruder that may occupy either vertices or edges. Fast searching is a monotonic internal model in which at every ...
Design of Practical Broadband Matching Networks With Lumped Elements
(IEEE-INST Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, 2013)
It is always preferable to use commercially available software tools to design broadband matching networks for microwave communication systems. However for these tools the matching network topology and element values must ...
A characterization of totally umbilical hypersurfaces of a space form by geodesic mapping
(Springer, 2013)
The idea of considering the second fundamental form of a hypersurface as the first fundamental form of another hypersurface has found very useful applications in Riemannian and semi-Riemannian geometry especially when ...
Evaluation of selective human MAO inhibitory activities of some novel pyrazoline derivatives
(SPRINGER WIEN, 2013)
A series of 1-[2-((5-methyl/chloro)-2-benzoxazolinone-3-yl)acetyl]-35-diaryl-45-dihydro-1H-pyrazole derivatives were prepared by reacting 2-((5-methyl/chloro)-2-benzoxazolinone-3-yl)acetylhydrazine with appropriate chalcones. ...
Used and rejected decisions in design teamwork
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013)
Decision making in design requires careful consideration as any inaccuracies or faults can have serious consequences for the producer the user and/or the competitiveness of the company. Research investigating decision ...