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Assessing Stakeholders’ Interests in Postal Security

The events of October 2010, where terrorists managed to get explosive devices onboard of three passenger aircrafts and two air freighters, demonstrated weaknesses of the international air cargo and airmail security. Ever since, postal security has gained i ...

2013

What makes companies pursue an Open Science strategy?

Julio Diego Salvador Raffo, Markus Simeth

Whereas recent scholarly research has provided many insights about universities engaging in commercial activities, there is still little empirical evidence regarding the opposite phenomenon of companies disseminating scientific knowledge. Our paper aims to ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

The NEARCTIS project: Network of excellence for cooperative traffic managment

Pierre-Yves Gilliéron

NEARCTIS, an EU-funded project founded in Brussels in July 2008, is an acronym for Network of Excellence for Advanced Road Cooperative Traffic management in the Information Society. Although quite a mouthful, the name is actually an apt description of NEAR ...

2013

Cell biology: a key driver of therapeutic innovation

Oliver Hantschel

All processes associated with cellular function are likely to contribute to disease. Particularly in the cancer field, most major therapeutic innovations have originated from the elucidation of basic molecular mechanisms by academic researchers. Recent bre ...

2012

Distributed Adaptation Decision-Taking Framework and Scalable Video Coding Tunneling for Edge and In-Network Media Adaptation

Daniele Renzi

Existing and future media ecosystems need to cope with the ever-increasing heterogeneity of networks, devices, and user characteristics collectively referred to as (usage) context. The key to address this problem is media adaptation to various and dynamica ...

IEEE2012

Heinrich von Wild (1833-1902) and his Polaristrobometer

Jean-François Loude

Born near Zurich, Heinrich Wild studied physics and became in 1858 professor at the University of Bern. In 1868, he was called to the direction of the Central Physical (Meteorological) Observatory in Saint-Petersburg. During his 27 years in Russia, he was ...

2011

Is the US outperforming Europe in university technology licensing? A new perspective on the European Paradox

Patrick Gaulé, Annamaria Conti

Europe is perceived to be lagging behind the US in converting its academic results into economic outcomes. Using new survey data on European and US technology transfer offices (TTOs), we find that differences in academic research, TTO staff and experience ...

2011

Smart specialisation From academic idea to political instrument, the surprising career of a concept and the difficulties involved in its implementation

Dominique Foray

Smart specialisation is a policy concept that has enjoyed a short but very exciting life! Elaborated by a group of academic “experts” in 2008, it very quickly made a significant impact on the policy audience, particularly in Europe. Such a success story in ...

EPFL2011

Safety Management and Risk Assessment in Chemical Laboratories

Thierry Meyer, Jean-Luc Marendaz, Kirstin Friedrich

The present paper highlights a new safety management program, MICE (Management, Information, Control and Emergency), which has been specifically adapted for the academic environment. The process starts with an exhaustive hazard inventory supported by a pla ...

2011

University research and public-private interaction

Dominique Foray, Francesco Lissoni

Universities’ centrality within the public research systems has been increasing over time, as it has their interactions with industry. Such interaction poses two dilemmas. One concerns individual scientists and the potential trade-off between basic researc ...

Elsevier2010

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