scholarly journals MODERN PENSION TRACKING SYSTEM – THE CASE OF SLOVAK ORANGE ENVELOPE PLATFORM

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Danková ◽  
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Ján Šebo ◽  
Ivan Králik ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Tracking System ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Research Front ◽  
Tracking Systems ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Term Objective

European Commission has a long-term objective of tackling the demographic issues of EU member states by creating a network of national pension tracking systems. The initiative launched in 2021 aims to present good practices in building modern pension tracking systems. The paper examines key aspects of a modern, consumer-driven non-governmental platform providing users with the features of pension entitlements across all pension pillars in Slovakia. The methodology is built on the case-study where governance, research, front-end and data management issues are elaborated. The paper presents in-depth steps and robustness of microsimulation model applied for the pension tracking platform. The results could serve for other countries and modern PensionTech providers as a good practice and a guideline to create a comprehensive integrated pension tracking system with minimum development and operational costs and extremely short time-to-market duration.

EU Migration Policy: Evolving Ideas of Responsibility and Protection

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Forced Migration ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Common European Asylum System ◽  
The Eu

AbstractWhile humanitarian intervention in cases of state instability remains a disputed concept in international law, there is consensus in the international community over the need to provide protection to refugees, one of the corollaries of such instability. Using the European Union (EU) as a case study, this article takes a policy perspective to examine competing conceptions of both 'responsibility' and 'protection' among EU Member States. Responsibility can be seen either as the duty to move refugees around the EU such that each Member State takes its fair share, or the duty to assist those Member States who receive the highest numbers of migrants due to geography by way of practical and financial help. Similarly, protection can imply that which the EU offers within its boundaries, encompassed within the Common European Asylum System, or something broader that looks at where people are coming from and seeks to work with countries of origin and transit to provide protection outside the Union and tackle the causes of forced migration. Whether one or both of these concepts comes to dominate policy discourse over the long-term, the challenge will be to ensure an uncompromised understanding of protection among policy-makers.

scholarly journals Airborne surface profiling of glaciers: a case-study in Alaska

1996 ◽  
Vol 42 (142) ◽  
pp. 538-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Κ. A. Echelmeyer ◽  
W. D. Harrison ◽  
C. F. Larsen ◽  
J. Sapiano ◽  
Mitchell J. E. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Intervals ◽  
Glacier Surface ◽  
Alaska Range ◽  
Thickness Change ◽  
Surface Profiling ◽  
Bear Lake ◽  
South Central ◽  
Short Time

AbstractA relatively lightweight and simple airborne system for surface elevation profiling of glaciers in narrow mountain valleys has been developed and tested. The aircraft position is determined by kinematic global positioning system (GPS) methods. The distance to the glacier surface is determined with a laser ranger. The accuracy is about 0.3 m, sufficient to permit future changes to be observed over short time intervals. Long-term changes can be estimated by comparison of profiles with existing maps. Elevation profiles obtained in 1993–94 from three glaciers in central and south-central Alaska are compared with maps made about 1950. The resulting area-averaged, seasonally corrected thickness changes during the interval are: Gulkana Glacier (central Alaska Range)–11 m, Worthington Glacier (central Chugach Mountains) +7 m, and Bear Lake Glacier (Kenai Mountains) −12 m. All three glaciers retreated during the interval of comparison. The estimated uncertainty in the average thickness change is ±5 m. which is mainly due to errors in the existing maps. Constraints on the accuracy of the maps are obtained by profiling in proglacial areas.

scholarly journals Towards Social Capital in a Network Organization: A Conceptual Model and an Empirical Approach

Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 519
Author(s):  
Saad Alqithami ◽  
Rahmat Budiarto ◽  
Musaad Alzahrani ◽  
Henry Hexmoor
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Dynamic Network ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Organizational Network ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Term Objective

Due to the complexity of an open multi-agent system, agents’ interactions are instantiated spontaneously, resulting in beneficent collaborations with one another for mutual actions that are beyond one’s current capabilities. Repeated patterns of interactions shape a feature of their organizational structure when those agents self-organize themselves for a long-term objective. This paper, therefore, aims to provide an understanding of social capital in organizations that are open membership multi-agent systems with an emphasis in our formulation on the dynamic network of social interactions that, in part, elucidate evolving structures and impromptu topologies of networks. We model an open source project as an organizational network and provide definitions and formulations to correlate the proposed mechanism of social capital with the achievement of an organizational charter, for example, optimized productivity. To empirically evaluate our model, we conducted a case study of an open source software project to demonstrate how social capital can be created and measured within this type of organization. The results indicate that the values of social capital are positively proportional towards optimizing agents’ productivity into successful completion of the project.

A Practical Approach for Dynamic Taint Tracking with Control-flow Relationships

2022 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-43
Author(s):  
Katherine Hough ◽  
Jonathan Bell
Keyword(s):  
Tracking Control ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Control Flow ◽  
Tracking Systems ◽  
Alternative Semantics ◽  
Automated Debugging ◽  
Data Flows ◽  
Taint Tracking

Dynamic taint tracking, a technique that traces relationships between values as a program executes, has been used to support a variety of software engineering tasks. Some taint tracking systems only consider data flows and ignore control flows. As a result, relationships between some values are not reflected by the analysis. Many applications of taint tracking either benefit from or rely on these relationships being traced, but past works have found that tracking control flows resulted in over-tainting, dramatically reducing the precision of the taint tracking system. In this article, we introduce Conflux , alternative semantics for propagating taint tags along control flows. Conflux aims to reduce over-tainting by decreasing the scope of control flows and providing a heuristic for reducing loop-related over-tainting. We created a Java implementation of Conflux and performed a case study exploring the effect of Conflux on a concrete application of taint tracking, automated debugging. In addition to this case study, we evaluated Conflux ’s accuracy using a novel benchmark consisting of popular, real-world programs. We compared Conflux against existing taint propagation policies, including a state-of-the-art approach for reducing control-flow-related over-tainting, finding that Conflux had the highest F1 score on 43 out of the 48 total tests.

Geographical indications, implementation and traceability: Gemlik table olives

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (9) ◽  
pp. 2074-2085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sertac Dokuzlu
Keyword(s):  
Tracking System ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Geographical Indications ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Domestic Markets ◽  
One Year ◽  
And Control

Purpose Geographical indications (GIs) have been implemented across the EU for agricultural and food products for many years and consumers know them well. However, developing countries and/or transitioning economies do not have sufficient experience to apply GIs. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate ways to implement GI in domestic markets in countries in which there are no common logo and control/tracking systems to help GI holders manage the process. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a qualitative case study to describe a process to implement GI registered food products in domestic markets. The system was developed by the author and applied by the Gemlik Commodity Exchange (GTB). Findings A registration system that allows inspection of producers in GI limits should be established. For good practice and to ensure correct registration, an efficient, established control system, promotion, and conservancy of GI-holding organizations are essential. Practical implications GTB implemented two projects, for which a GI logo and labels with quick-response (QR) codes were created. A regional, GI promotion project was conducted, and after one year, there was no increase in consumer demand, but entering markets became easier, and traders of PDO products began to experience increases in orders and/or shortening of intervals. Long-term implications of the system could not be measured since one year had passed. Originality/value This study develops and demonstrates a QR tracking system for implementation of GIs.

Making decentralised systems viable: a guide to managing decentralised assets and risks

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 165-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Willetts ◽  
S. Fane ◽  
C. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Central Place ◽  
System A ◽  
Decentralised Systems ◽  
Wastewater Systems ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Improved Methods

Decentralised systems have the potential to provide a viable option for long term sustainable management of household wastewater. Yet, at present, such systems hold an uncertain status and are frequently omitted from consideration. Their potential can only be realised with improved approaches to their management, and improved methods to decision-making in planning of wastewater systems. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the value of a novel framework to guide the planning of decentralised systems so that asset management and risk management are explicitly considered. The framework was developed through a detailed synthesis of literature and practice in the area of asset management of centralised water and wastewater systems, and risk management in the context of decentralised systems. Key aspects of the framework are attention to socio-economic risks as well as engineering, public health and ecological risks, the central place of communication with multiple stakeholders and establishing a shared asset information system. A case study is used to demonstrate how the framework can guide a different approach and lead to different, more sustainable outcomes, by explicitly considering the needs and perspectives of homeowners, water authorities, relevant government agencies and society as a whole.

scholarly journals Capitalizing on short-term collaborative projects: A special collections case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
pp. 452
Author(s):  
Erin Passehl-Stoddart ◽  
Ashlyn Velte
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Cross Training ◽  
Student Employees ◽  
Available Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
Short Time

After the University of Idaho (UI) Library Special Collections and Archives (SPEC) received an unexpected bequest of approximately 340 boxes of science fiction books and manuscript materials, faculty and staff had to think creatively about how to appraise, clean, preserve, and provide basic access to the collection within a short time frame.Embracing the idea that short-term collaborative projects require less formality, which makes them “low-hanging fruit” and more likely to succeed than long-term collaborative projects, SPEC implemented successful strategies such as cross-training library student employees from other units, applying for use of temporary space on campus, and creative use of available technology. Short-term projects require different approaches and resources than a long-term project. Lessons about flexibility, student learning, and using available technology can be used by other academic libraries facing short-term projects that can at first seem overwhelming.

scholarly journals Does Short-Termism Influence the Market Value of Companies? Evidence from EU Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 272
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Janicka ◽  
Aleksandra Pieloch-Babiarz ◽  
Artur Sajnóg
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Corporate Managers ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Reporting Frequency ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Short Termism

This paper fits into the stream of current research on the concept of short-termism and its importance for economic sustainability, especially sustainable finance. Short-termism focuses on short time horizons by both corporate managers and the financial markets, and prioritizes short-time shareholder return over the long-term growth of the company’s value. This study engages the short-termism discussion by examining the effect of quarterly reporting on the long-term market value of listed companies. The aim of the article is to determine whether European companies experience the negative effects of short-termism, precisely, whether public companies that prepare quarterly reports, and which focus mainly on achieving the short-term goals of stock exchange investors, are seeing a decline in their market value in the long-term. We have not proven the existence of such a dependence, the increase in reporting frequency of public companies does not contribute to a decline in their long-term market value. In the case of the EU-15 the results of regression model estimation indicate a positive and statistically significant impact of the time of regular quarterly reporting on the buy-and-hold rates of return, in the “new” EU member states this relationship is not observed.

scholarly journals Geohazards Inventory in Central Asia Using the Geohazard Mapping Module of the FAO Collect Earth and Earth Map Tools

2021 ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
K Nazarkulov
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
Financial Investment ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Cloud Technologies

Different national agencies in Central Asia assess and conduct long-term observations of dangerous geomorphological processes (geohazards) in their countries. However, these surveys are being conducted predominantly on those sites where direct threats and risks to the population or to critical infrastructure are observed. Neither field data acquisition nor regular remote sensing based observations cover the entire territory of Central Asia countries. With the recent developments in Earth Observation and cloud technologies, these observations and monitoring easily cover entire countries or regions. In this case study, the authors demonstrate the benefit of using the FAO Collect Earth and Earth Map tools for monitoring of geohazards in the Uzgen region of Kyrgyzstan.It is argued that by integrating the knowledge, skills and experience of local experts with the latest developments in EO and cloud computing, geohazards mapping will be carried out with high accuracy and without big financial investment. This study aims to outline good practice for data management that will ensure the required quality of information produced within this study. The successful result of this case study will be a starting point for broad use of this approach for observation and monitoring of geohazards, and for developing a Geohazards Inventory in Kyrgyz Republic and further in Central Asia.

scholarly journals Tracking a Decentralized Linear Trajectory in an Intermittent Observation Environment

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 2127
Author(s):  
Wasi Ullah ◽  
Irshad Hussain ◽  
Iram Shehzadi ◽  
Zahid Rahman ◽  
Peerapong Uthansakul
Keyword(s):  
Tracking System ◽  
Fault Detection And Isolation ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Tracking Systems ◽  
Multiple Faults ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Core Issues ◽  
Types Of Faults

Faults and failures are familiar case studies in centralized and decentralized tracking systems. The processing of sensor data becomes more severe in the presence of faults/failures and/or noise. Effective schemes have been presented for decentralized systems, in the presence of faults only. In some practical scenarios of systems, there are certain interruptions in addition to these faults. These interruptions may occur in the form of noise. However it is expected that the decision about the sensor data is difficult in the presence of noise. This is because the noise adversely affects the communication amongst sensors and the processing unit. More complexity is expected when there are faults and noise simultaneously. To deal with this problem, in addition to existing fault detection and isolation schemes, the Kalman filter is employed. Here, a generic discussion is provided, which is equally applicable to other situations. This work addresses various faults in the presence of noise for decentralized tracking systems. Local single faults and multiple faults in the presence of noise are the core issues addressed in this paper. The proposed work is comprised of a general scenario for a decentralized tracking system followed by a case study of a target tracking scenario with and without noise. The presented schemes are also tested for different types of faults. The proposed work presents effective tracking in the presence of noise and faults. The results obtained demonstrate the acceptable performance of the scheme of this work.

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