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Higher education rankings : robustness issues and critical assessment : how much confidence can we have in higher education rankings?

Saisana, Michaela (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2008

limitations of the SJTU and THES rankings; 2. To assess the robustness of the two higher education ranking systems with a view to … identify for which universities these ranking can be reliably used to draw conclusions; 3. To propose, if possible and despite …

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Identification, characterisation and ranking of strategic corridors in Africa : CUSA project : phase 1

Baranzelli, C. (contributor); Kučas, A. (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre; European … - 2022

In the context of the 2021-2027 EU programming exercise, the identification and prioritisation of key Strategic Corridors in Africa, and the focus on their development, is an opportunity to deepen the Africa-EU partnership from a 'policy first' perspective. Strategic Corridors are also meant to...

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The impact Indicator for Priority Pests (I2P2) : a tool for ranking pests according to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031

Sánchez, Berta (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2019

This technical report describes the composite indicator developed by the JRC to rank plant pests, based on their potential economic, social and environmental impact in the EU. This indicator can then be used to inform policymakers implementing the Plant Health Regulation with regards to...

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Operations research in disaster preparedness and response : the public health perspective

Stilianakis, Nikolaos (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2013

Operations research is the scientific study of operations for the purpose of better decision making and management. Disasters are defined as events whose consequences exceed the capability of civil protection and public health systems to provide necessary responses in a timely manner. Public...

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Multivariate analysis of the effect of income inequality on health, social capital, and happiness

d'Hombres, Béatrice (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2013

The last two decades have seen a growing concern about rising inequality. In a recent book (2012), Economics Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz argues that rising income inequality is one of the main factors underlying the economic and financial crisis in the United States. Wilkinson and Pickett...

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Internet standards : mutually agreed norms for routing security (MANRS) : an analysis of uptake in the EU : September 2024

Kouliaridis, V. (contributor) - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2024

The actions proposed by the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative aim to strengthen the … security of the global Internet routing system, thus improving the interoperability, scalability, stability, and security of … the Internet. This report provides an overview of the current level of adoption of routing standards, including MANRS …

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An overview of portfolio insurances : CPPI and CPDO

Joossens, Elisabeth (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2008

Derivative instruments attempt to protect a portfolio against failure events. Constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI) and constant proportion debt obligations (CPDO) strategies are recent innovations and have only been adopted in the credit market for the last couple of years. Since their...

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The strategic energy technology (SET) plan

European Commission / Directorate-General for Research …; … - 2018

Ten years ago, when the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan was launched, the energy transition was in the making but still looked distant. While the challenge of successfully transforming our energy system still lies ahead of us, few would deny that the chances of success seem today much...

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Simulation of rat head deceleration with EUROPLEXUS

Saez, P. (contributor); Diez, P. (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2018

This report presents some preliminary calculations for the simulation of rat, monkey and human head behaviour (in particular of the brain) under imposed deceleration conditions by the EUROPLEXUS code. EUROPLEXUS (also abbreviated as EPX) is a computer code jointly developed by the French...

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Multivariate sensitivity analysis with a very large CGE model

Diukanova, Olga (contributor) - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2018

permitted to attribute the highest influence ranking to the elasticities that define possibilities of substitution between … labour and capital, among the domestic and imported goods and to the wage curve elasticity. For the influence ranking we …

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