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Innovation and the productivity challenge in the public sector
No full textEvidence-based policymaking needs to be counter-balanced with intelligence-based policymaking, the Executive Director of the HC Coombs Policy Forum told an audience of senior public servants today.
Dr Mark Matthews used an address to the inaugural Policy Reflections Forum at the Department of Communications to suggest that the public service consider the concept of intelligence-based policymaking as a means of crafting quicker policy responses when information is partial or incomplete. Intelligence-based policymaking involves tests of competing hypotheses and is used widely by the intelligence community to inform decision-making when a shortage of time means that the accumulation of robust evidence is a challenge.
Matthews stressed that governments frequently had to make fast decisions on issues with considerable uncertainty over cause and effect, so in some circumstances the steady accumulation of information associated with evidence-based policymaking needs to be complemented with a faster approach. He added that there are a many public policy challenges that stand to benefit from the use of intelligence-based policymaking.
“Intelligence-based policymaking has been explicitly designed to handle decision-making under conditions of substantive uncertainty, ambiguity and risk – situations in which there may be no option to wait before more evidence is available before deciding what to do about a possible threat.
“I think there’s a compelling argument [to use intelligence-based policymaking] because it may be a faster, cheaper and a more ‘fit for purpose’ approach to formulating policy.
“A transition to intelligence-based policymaking may be the step change in public sector productivity that we are searching for – simply because it involves much lower levels of wasted person-hours…and lower risks of wasted spending on intervention designs and the monitoring and evaluation of this spending that does not align with the reality that governments are the uncertainty and risk managers of last resort,” he said.
He added that another advantage of intelligence-based policymaking is that it is better positioned to handle the possible unhelpful reactions of those groups a piece of policy is aimed at.
“If I release an evidence-based assessment of a policy challenge – such as social policy or business regulation – it is likely that the behavior of the actors and entities whose behaviors constitute the policy challenge may change in response to their improved understanding of what government plans to do in the future. There are many examples of this.”
Matthews leads the HC Coombs Policy Forum at Crawford School. The Forum is a collaboration between the Australian Government and The Australian National University with a mission to support innovative and experimental work at the interface between the public service and academia. His speech builds on an earlier keynote address calling for policymakers and academics to move beyond evidence-based policymaking: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news/1637/building-better-partnerships
Matthews’ speech to the Department of Communications, Innovation and the productivity challenge in the public sector is available for download on his website: http://marklmatthews.com/2014/03/05/talk-on-innovation-and-the-productiv..
Observation of hc radiative decay hc › ??' and evidence for hc › ??
No full textKolcu, Onur Buğra (Arel Author) --- Makale 69 yazarlıdır.A search for radiative decays of the P-wave spin singlet charmonium resonance hc is performed based on 4.48 × 108 ? events collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII storage ring. Events of the reaction channels hc › ??' and ?? are observed with a statistical significance of 8.4? and 4.0?, respectively, for the first time. The branching fractions of hc › ??' and hc › ?? are measured to be B(hc › ??' ) = (1.52±0.27±0.29)×10-3 and B(hc › ??) = (4.7±1.5±1.4)×10-4 , respectively, where the first errors are statistical and the second are systematic uncertainties
Spreading smart ideas
No full textInnovation is about much more than taking Australian inventions to market. Australia needs to capture opportunities in the global innovation system, and adopt and adapt innovations from elsewhere.What are these opportunities? How well is Australia exploiting them at present? What should policymakers do differently to assist in these endeavours?In this forum, presented by HC Coombs Policy Forum at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, an expert panel explores the policy challenges in exploiting today\u27s commercially relevant technologies.Panelists include: Dr Mark Matthews Executive Director, HC Coombs Policy Forum, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU; Dr Jim Minifie Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute; Brad Krauskopf CEO, Hub Australia and Australia\u27s Small Business Ambassador for 2013; Iarla Flynn Head of Public Policy, Google Australia.This public forum is held in partnership with the Grattan Institute
Detection of HC 11N in IRC + 10°216
No full textThe observations of three rotational transitions (J = 70 → 69, 71 → 70, and 72 → 71) of HC 11N (cyano-deca-penta-yne) in the microwave emission spectrum of the circumstellar envelope of the cool carbon star IRC + 10°216 are reported here. The abundances relative to molecular hydrogen and HC 7N are estimated to be ∼7×10 -8 and ∼0.7, respectively. With these observations, taken during March and May 1981 at the Haystack Observatory, HC 11N becomes the largest and heaviest molecule yet detected outside the Earth's atmosphere. © 1982 Nature Publishing Group.link_to_subscribed_fulltex
Financial analysis and evaluation of company HC Betons Ltd
No full textDiplomdarba nosaukums: Uzņēmuma SIA HC Betons finanšu analīze un novērtējums
Diplomdarba mērķis ir uz finanšu analīzes pamata izvērtēt uzņēmuma SIA HC Betons esošo finansiālo situāciju un izstrādāt priekšlikumus finansiālā stāvokļa uzlabošanai.
Teorētiskajā daļā apskatīti finanšu analīzes teorētiskie aspekti. Praktiskajā daļā autore veica uzņēmuma SIA HC Betons finanšu analīzi par 2009., 2010., un 2011.gadu. Analītiskajā daļā autore salīdzina rādītājus ar konkurējošo uzņēmumu SIA Cemex.
Autore secinājusi, ka uzņēmumam ir finansiālas grūtības, bet pēc autores domām, uzņēmums tuvāko gadu laikā nebankrotēs.
Diplomdarba apjoms ir 78 lapaspuses, tas sastāv no 3 daļām, 12 tabulām, 5 attēliem un 12 pielikumiem.
Atslēgvārdi: analīze, likviditāte, bankrots, koeficienti.Diploma thesis: Financial Analysis and Evaluation of Company HC Betons Ltd.
The aim of the diploma paper is to evaluate company’s HC Betons Ltd current financial situation based on financial analysis and make suggestions for improvement of the financial position.
Theoretical aspects of financial analysis are discussed in the theoretical part of the paper. In the practical part author has performed company’s HC Betons Ltd financial analysis of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. In the analytical part author compares ratios of a competing company Cemex Ltd.
The author concludes that the company is in financial difficulties, but according to the author’s thoughts, the company will not bankrupt in the coming years.
The volume of the diploma paper is 78 pages; it consists of 3 parts, 12 tables, 5 images and 12 appendices.
Keywords: analysis, liquidity, bankruptcy, ratios
Metabolic profiling and population screening of analgesic usage in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy-based large-scale epidemiologic studies
No full textThe application of a 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy-based screening method for determining the use of two widely available analgesics (acetaminophen and ibuprofen) in epidemiologic studies has been investigated. We used samples and data from the cross-sectional INTERMAP Study involving participants from Japan (n = 1145), China (n = 839), U.K. (n = 501), and the U.S. (n = 2195). An orthogonal projection to latent structures discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) algorithm with an incorporated Monte Carlo resampling function was applied to the NMR data set to determine which spectra contained analgesic metabolites. OPLS-DA preprocessing parameters (normalization, bin width, scaling, and input parameters) were assessed systematically to identify an optimal acetaminophen prediction model. Subsets of INTERMAP spectra were examined to verify and validate the presence/absence of acetaminophen/ibuprofen based on known chemical shift and coupling patterns. The optimized and validated acetaminophen model correctly predicted 98.2%, and the ibuprofen model correctly predicted 99.0% of the urine specimens containing these drug metabolites. The acetaminophen and ibuprofen models were subsequently used to predict the presence/absence of these drug metabolites for the remaining INTERMAP specimens. The acetaminophen model identified 415 out of 8436 spectra as containing acetaminophen metabolite signals while the ibuprofen model identified 245 out of 8604 spectra as containing ibuprofen metabolite signals from the global data set after excluding samples used to construct the prediction models. The NMR-based metabolic screening strategy provides a new objective approach for evaluation of self-reported medication data and is extendable to other aspects of population xenometabolome profiling
How government communicates in a complex world
No full textPolitics and the media move fast. But the longer-term work of democracy and government goes on, often dealing with complex policy issues of major importance. In this event at Crawford School of Public Policy, Michael Wesley of the National Security College, James Button of the John Button Foundation, Andrew Hockley of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Katharine Murphy of The Guardian Australia discuss how government and policymakers can better communicate complex issues. The event is chaired by Mark Matthews of the HC Coombs Policy Forum. The ways in which we understand changes in geopolitics, demographics, equality and the environment have long histories and will shape the future of the nation for decades to come. This public event focuses on the public service and the changing ways in which it communicates and engages with the community about complex, long-term policy. How does the public service communicate about its work and role? How has the relationship between the public service and media changed, and what does this mean for public understanding and debate of major policy issues? And what role can academics and think-tanks play? This forum brings together leading figures from the public service, academia and policy think-tanks for a discussion of these important questions. -Michael Wesley, Professor of National Security, ANU and 2011 winner of the John Button Prize; -James Button, Communications Manager, Grattan Institute and board member, John Button Foundation; -Andrew Hockley, Executive Coordinator, Strategic Policy, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; -Katharine Murphy, Deputy political editor for Guardian Australia; -Chaired by Mark Matthews, Executive Director, HC Coombs Policy Forum, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU It is presented in partnership with the John Button Foundation - johnbuttonprize.org.au Read more about the forum here
Specific and fitness testing of goalies HC Motor Czech Budejovice\\
No full textThe aim of this bachelor thesis is to test specific and fitness abilities of goalkeepers of HC Motor Czech Budejovice. In the theoretical part of this thesis, based on content analysis of literature research, the author presents motoric abilities, development patterns and overview of most frequently used tests. In the practical part of thesis, the author deals with creating and verifying tested battery. It was designed using the knowledge gained from books reference and self- experience of a player and a coach as well. To obtain the results of performance of particular motoric abilities the author used testing method. The outcomes were subsequently compared with the evaluation of given motoric abilities on ice. The author acquired the evaluation from goalkeeper's coaches of HC Motor Czech Budejovice. Final results are described and thereafter tabularly presented
VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION IN THE BINARY GASEOUS MIXTURES AND
No full textAuthor Institution: Laboratoire de Spectronomie Moleculaire, Universit\'e de Paris VI, 4, Place Jussieu - Tour 13Vibrational relaxation rates for gaseous mixtures , with or , in which vibrational energy transfer can occur from the level of M to the v = 1 level of , has been measured as a function of the temperature using the laser-induced vibrational fluorescence technique. The relaxation processes which must be considered are: - the V-V transfer process: \begin{eqnarray*} &&M(00^{\circ }1)+ HC (v=0)\begin{array}{c}^{k}M-HC\ell\\ \rightleftharpoons\\ ^{k}HC\ell-M\end{array}M(00^{\circ}0)+ HC\ell(v=1)+ \Delta E=he\Delta\nu\\ &&with\ \Delta\nu=-537\, cm^{-1} for\ CO_{2}, -663\, cm ^{-1}\ for\ N_{2}O \end{eqnarray*} - the V-TR de-excitation processes: \begin{eqnarray*} M(00^{\circ}1)+ HC\ell(or M)\stackrel{k^{HC\ell}_{M}}{(o\vec{r}\; k_{M})}M(mn^{\ell}0)+HC\ell (or \; M)\\ HC\ell(v=1)+ M(or\; HC\ell)\stackrel{k^{M}_{HC\ell}}{(o\vec{r}\; k_{HC\ell})}HC\ell(v=0)+M(or \; HC\ell) \end{eqnarray*} For most of the systems in which near-resonant V-V transfers occur, the V-TR de-excitation rates are negligible compared to the V-V transfer rates. But this is not the case for the M-HC systems considered in this work. The de-excitation rates and are of the same order of magnitude as the V-V transfer rates and respectively. In order to determine separately all these rates, relaxation measurements have been performed by exciting either H to the level or to the v = 1 level, and measuring the relaxation rates versus the molar fraction of the gas excited by laser. The results are discussed and compared with the values of the rates calculated by using a Morse potential as the intermolecular potential, and according to a semi-classical method in which a vibration-rotation exchange is assumed
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