scholarly journals Water and Circular Cities

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 3585
Author(s):  
Nataša Atanasova ◽  
Guenter Langergraber
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Cost Action ◽  
The Cost

The Special Issue “Water and Circular Cities” comprises 13 paper and was prepared under the patronage of the COST Action CA17133 Circular City (Implementing nature-based solutions (NBS) for creating a resourceful circular city; https://circular-city [...]

scholarly journals EDITORIAL: SPECIAL ISSUE ON BIOCHAR AS AN OPTION FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (EU COST ACTION TD1107 FINAL PUBLICATION)

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno GLASER ◽  
Pranas BALTRĖNAS ◽  
Claudia KAMMANN ◽  
Jürgen KERN ◽  
Edita BALTRĖNAITĖ
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Cost Action ◽  
Sustainable Resource Management ◽  
Editorial Special Issue ◽  
The Cost

The articles appearing in this special issue on Biochar as an Option for Sustainable Resource Management are mainly the extended versions of the contributions presented in Biochar COST Action meetings, especially at the International Biocharconference held September 2015 at Geisenheim University (Germany), which was the final conference of the COST Action TD1107.

scholarly journals Putting halophytes to work – genetics, biochemistry and physiology

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. v ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Huchzermeyer ◽  
Tim Flowers
Keyword(s):  
Salt Tolerance ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Saline Soils ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Salt Tolerant ◽  
Cost Action ◽  
Genes To Ecosystems ◽  
The Cost

Halophytes are a small group of plants able to tolerate saline soils whose salt concentrations can reach those found in ocean waters and beyond. Since most plants, including many of our crops, are unable to survive salt concentrations one sixth those in seawater (about 80 mM NaCl), the tolerance of halophytes to salt has academic and economic importance. In 2009 the COST Action Putting halophytes to work – from genes to ecosystems was established and it was from contributions to a conference held at the Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany, in 2012 that this Special Issue has been produced. The 17 contributions cover the fundamentals of salt tolerance and aspects of the biochemistry and physiology of tolerance in the context of advancing the development of salt-tolerant crops.

Preface for the COST Action Special Issue

2016 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 59-60
Author(s):  
Elisa Barea ◽  
Jens Müller
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Cost Action ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals Enabling Entrepreneurial Choice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Agrawal ◽  
Joshua S. Gans ◽  
Scott Stern
Keyword(s):  
Management Science ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Single Test ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Entrepreneurial Performance ◽  
Multiple Strategies ◽  
65Th Anniversary ◽  
The Cost

Entrepreneurs must choose between alternative strategies for bringing their idea to market. They face uncertainty regarding both the quality of their idea as well as the efficacy of each strategy. Although entrepreneurs can reduce this uncertainty by conducting tests, any single test conflates the signal of the efficacy of the particular strategy and the quality of the idea. Resolving this conflation requires exploring multiple strategies. Consequently, entrepreneurial choice is enhanced by finding ways to lower the cost of testing multiple strategies, receiving guidance as to the types of tests likely to reduce signal conflation, and optimally sequencing tests based on previous beliefs. This creates a role for judgment that may be provided by trusted third parties such as mentors and investors. We hypothesize that institutions that lower the cost of transmitting and aggregating judgment spur entrepreneurial performance. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, Special Issue of Management Science: 65th Anniversary.

scholarly journals Editorial introduction: Gender and political financing

2021 ◽  
pp. 019251212110409
Author(s):  
Rainbow Murray ◽  
Ragnhild Muriaas ◽  
Vibeke Wang
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Women Candidates ◽  
Female Candidates ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Contesting elections is extremely expensive. The need for money excludes many prospective candidates, resulting in the over-representation of wealth within politics. The cost of contesting elections has been underestimated as a cause of women’s under-representation. Covering seven case studies in six papers, this special issue makes theoretical and empirical contributions to understanding how political financing is gendered. We look at the impact on candidates, arguing that the personal costs of running for office can be prohibitive, and that fundraising is harder for female challengers. We also explore the role of political parties, looking at when and how parties might introduce mitigating measures to support female candidates with the costs of running. We demonstrate how political institutions shape the cost of running for office, illustrate how this is gendered and consider the potential consequences of institutional reform. We also note how societal gender norms can have financial repercussions for women candidates.

Quality control plan for road bridges – overview of COST Action TU1406 WG3 final report

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matej Kušar ◽  
Poul Linneberg ◽  
Joao Amado ◽  
Snežana Mašović ◽  
Nikola Tanasić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Control Plan ◽  
Cost Action ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Group 3 ◽  
Arch Bridges ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Damage Processes

<p>The main objective of the COST Action TU1406 is to develop a guideline for the establishment of Quality Control plans for roadway bridges. The guideline is based on conclusions of Working groups 1 and 2 of the Action and is further developed with the contributions and findings of members of Working group 3. The paper presents the overview of the developed framework, where gradual damage processes as well as sudden events are being addressed in evaluation of Key Performance Indicators. The proposed framework relies on data from design and construction phase, as well as from results from visual inspections that are used for an assessment of safety and serviceability - the primary concerns of bridge managers. Special attention is aimed at possible Failure modes and related bridge Vulnerable zones. These are, for instance high moment regions, high shear regions and constructions joints, but can also be zones of bridge conceptual weaknesses. Since there are differences in design and materials for various bridge types, the suitability of the framework is tested separately for girder/frame bridges and arch bridges. Due to the specifics of sudden events, the application of the framework is given separately from gradual damage processes. Emphasis is given on flooding and scour as these are the most common culprits of bridge failures. The steps in the implementation of the framework are briefly shown and an illustrative example is presented.</p>

Challenges of Semantic 3D City Models

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Billen ◽  
Anne-Françoise Cutting-Decelle ◽  
Claudine Métral ◽  
Gilles Falquet ◽  
Sisi Zlatanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Cost Action ◽  
3D City Models ◽  
Semantic Enrichment ◽  
Technical Paper ◽  
Information Models ◽  
Urban Models ◽  
The Cost ◽  
City Models

This technical paper is a contribution to the identification of current challenges of semantic 3D city models. They are presented in four parts, namely 3D enriched city models and their connection with urban information models and smartcities, urban models integration, urban analyses and data. This work is an output of the COST Action TU0801 “Semantic Enrichment of 3D city models for sustainable urban development”.

scholarly journals Preface

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-484
Author(s):  
Hsien-Kuei Hwang ◽  
Ralph Neininger ◽  
Marek Zaionc
Keyword(s):  
Data Structures ◽  
Analysis Of Algorithms ◽  
Probabilistic Methods ◽  
Algorithms And Data Structures ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Rich Variety ◽  
Cost Distribution ◽  
Discrete Structures ◽  
Measure Of Performance ◽  
The Cost

This special issue is devoted to the Mathematical Analysis of Algorithms, which aims to predict the performance of fundamental algorithms and data structures in general use in Computer Science. The simplest measure of performance is the expected value of a cost function under natural models of randomness for the data, and finer properties of the cost distribution provide a deeper understanding of the complexity. Research in this area, which is intimately connected to combinatorics and random discrete structures, uses a rich variety of combinatorial, analytic and probabilistic methods.

scholarly journals Special Issue of the 1st International Conference on Nanofluids (ICNf19)

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2290
Author(s):  
Patrice Estellé ◽  
Leonor Hernández López ◽  
Matthias H. Buschmann
Keyword(s):  
Editorial Note ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Cost Action ◽  
International Conference

This editorial note is dedicated to the 1st International Conference on Nanofluids (ICNf19), which was organized under the auspices of Nanouptake COST Action in June 2019, in Castelló (Spain). After a brief report about the conference issues, the successful selected contributions to this Special Issue of Energies about the ICNf19 are introduced.

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