Public Works and Contract Bond System

Public works and social protection in sub-Saharan Africa Do public works work for the poor?

Underestimating Costs in Public Works Projects

Comparative studies of actual and estimated costs in transportation infrastructure development are few. Where such studies exist, they are typically single-case studies or they cover a sample of projects too small to allow systematic, statistical analyses (Bruzelius et al., 1998; Fouracre et al., 1990; Hall, 1980; Nijkamp & Ubbels, 1999; Pickrell, 1990; Skamris & Flyvbjerg, 1997; Szyliowicz & G...

How the system works

My visit at KTH aimed to develop a system in which audio-visual feedback is provided to users who are free to move in the space. The feedback depends on the expressivity of the body movements they perform. Specifically, users can render a music performance by controlling in realtime acoustic parameters through their full-body movement and get a visual feedback on a screen in front of them with ...

Promoting and Protecting Public Health: How the European Union Pharmacovigilance System Works

This article provides an overview of the European Union pharmacovigilance system resulting from the rationalisation and strengthening delivered through the implementation of the revised pharmacovigilance legislation. It outlines the system aims, underlying principles, components and drivers for future change. At its core, the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee is responsible for assess...

Distributed system contract monitoring

Runtime verification of distributed systems poses various challenges. A pivotal challenge is the choice of how to distribute the monitors themselves across the system. On one hand, centralised monitoring may result in increased communication overhead and information exposure across locations, while, on the other hand, systems with dynamic topologies and properties are difficult to address using...