82 research outputs found
“Throwing out the baby with the bathwater” – about leniency plus in Poland
No full textPrzedmiotowy artykuł stanowi próbę oceny planowanych zmian w prawie konkurencji. Autorzy w sposób szczegółowy omawiają konstrukcję prawną, która stanowić ma novum w polskim prawie konkurencji: instytucję leniency plus. Polegać ma ona na przyznaniu dodatkowej obniżki kary pieniężnej dla przedsiębiorcy (leniency plus), który złożył wniosek leniency, ale nie udało mu się uzyskać odstąpienia od wymierzenia kary pieniężnej, a który zdecydował się na ujawnienie Prezesowi Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów dodatkowych informacji o innym, dotychczas nieznanym – niedozwolonym porozumieniu, w którym bierze udział. Systematyka wywodu obejmuje w pierwszej kolejności omówienie instytucji leniency plus wraz ze stanowiskiem (również krytycznym) autorów co do jej uzasadnienia ekonomicznego, proponowanego kształtu i wpływu na wzrost wykrywalności porozumień antykonkurencyjnych. Wreszcie trzon wywodu stanowią uwagi dotyczące rozumienia tzw. inności porozumienia i wybranych, związanych z tym problemów konstrukcyjnych.This paper aims to assess the planned changes to the Polish Competition Act of 2007 discussing in detail the introduction of a legal institution which is a novum for the Polish legal system – leniency plus. The goal of leniency plus is to grant an additional fine reduction to an entrepreneur that submitted an unsuccessful leniency application (which, under the current law, would not give rise to a fine reduction), but disclosed to the NCA information on another, so far unknown illegal agreement in which that company participates. The paper first discusses the institution of leniency plus and criticizes its economic justification, its proposed form and in determining the meaning of “another” agreement
Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Interim Hydrology progress report 4 - flow sequences at dam sites
Get PDFThe sick child in early modern England, c. 1580-1720
No full textThe thesis explores medical perceptions and treatments of children, and argues that a concept of 'children's physic' existed amongst doctors, medical authors, and the literate laity. 'Children's physic' denotes the idea that children were physiologically distinct beings, whose medicines needed to be adapted to suit their unique temperaments. The thesis also examines the family's experience of the child's illness, demonstrating that parents devoted considerable time and energy to the care of their sick offspring. The illness or death of a child was one of the saddest occasions in parents' lives, eliciting feelings of profound grief, fear, and guilt. It is shown that gender did not have much impact on the nature of parents' experiences: both mothers and fathers were involved in the practical tasks of tending their ill offspring, and both parties recorded emotions of extreme anguish at this time. Finally, the thesis attempts to reconstruct the experiences of the ailing children themselves, exploring what it was like being ill, in pain, and near death. It asserts that children's experiences were characterised by striking ambivalence: on the one hand, children were often tormented by feelings of guilt, the fear of hell, and physical pain, but on the other hand, illness could be emotionally and spiritually uplifting.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo
Interaction of ultraintense laser pulses with an underdense, preformed plasma channel
No full textInternational audienceWe report on experimental results regarding the propagation of ultraintense laser pulses in a preformed plasma channel. In this experiment, the long (4-mm) fully ionized plasma channel created by the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) was measured by interferometry before and after the propagation of the short laser pulse. Forward spectra show a cascade of Raman satellites, which merge with one another when the laser power was increased up to critical power for relativistic self-focusing Pc. The number of filaments measured by interferometry increases when the laser power increases. High conversion efficiency (≈10%) of second harmonic generation was observed in the interactio
Cloning parallel simulations
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We present a cloning mechanism that enables the evaluation of multiple simulated futures. Performance of the mechanism is analyzed and evaluated experimentally on a shared memory multiprocessor. A running parallel discrete event simulation is dynamically cloned at
decision points
to explore different execution paths concurrently. In this way, what-if and alternative scenario analysis can be performed in applications such as gaming or tactical and strategic battle management. A construct called
virtual logical processes
avoids repeating common computations among clones and improves efficiency. The advantages of cloning are preserved regardless of the number of clones (or execution paths). Our performance results with a commercial air traffic control simulation demonstrate that cloning can significantly reduce the time required to compute multiple alternate futures.
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Scalar field representing the deviation between 3D models obtained with photogrammetry at different wavelengths.
No full textFirst row: 3 different photogrammetry models in white light with 3 different DSLR’s and made by 2 persons. Second row: Models at 3 different wavelengths in the visible spectrum. Third row: Models made under UV exposure combine to different filters to separate fluorescence and reflectance.</p
Graphic representing the standard deviation at different wavelengths for bone and enamel.
No full textGraphic representing the standard deviation at different wavelengths for bone and enamel.</p
Molars from the mandible of Koksijde at different wavelengths.
No full textArrows indicate major artefacts or outliers.</p
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