This paper describes a Java-based distributed shared memory system (DSM) that simultaneously supports multiple coherence protocols. Coherence is enforced at the object level, and programmers can select the desired policy at object-creation time. Our work extends the Aleph Toolkit [1], a framework for distributed computing in Java. Since Aleph and our extensions are written in pure Java, the sys...

The green transition requires a reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels, and new innovations suggest that refined biomass can replace fossils within many different industries. In recent years, policy-makers have therefore framed bioeconomy as stepping-stone for realizing social, economic environmental objectives transition. However, policy coherence literature faces key challenge analyzing...

BACKGROUND The school environment can enhance children's skills, knowledge and behaviours in relation to healthy eating. However, in many countries, unhealthy foods are commonly available in schools, and children can be exposed to aggressive marketing by the food industry. Taking the perspective of policymakers, this study aimed to identify barriers and enablers to effective school food policy ...

This paper employs regional deposit data to document the process of monetary convergence following German reunification. A simple model for the velocity of deposits shows that long-run co-integration relationships between velocity and interest rates can be found in the western states, suggesting that the East-German monetary shock has not destabilized monetary relationships within West-Germany....

Based on a framework for analyzing stakeholder coherence horizontally and vertically, the present study examined the governance of forest threats in Sweden. Opinions of forest risk governance in stakeholder groups with and without a connection to private forestry were compared (n = 2496) and the opinions were analyzed in relation to current governance practices. More specifically, forest threat...

The mot framework (Ring, Schaul, and Schmidhuber 2011) is a system for learning behaviors while organizing them across a two-dimensional, topological map such that similar behaviors are represented in nearby regions of the map. The current paper introduces temporal coherence into the framework, whereby temporally extended behaviors are more likely to be represented within a small, local region ...

Background Negotiations surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade and investment agreement have recently concluded. Although trade and investment agreements, part of a broader shift to global economic integration, have been argued to be vital to improved economic growth, health, and general welfare, these agreements have increasingly come under scrutiny for their direct and indirect...

This article is about Lifelong Learning Networks in England that are groups of higher education institutions and further education colleges covering a city, area or region. These networks have been established through funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England and their policy objective is to improve the coherence, clarity and certainty of progression opportunities for vocati...

The Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, Sendai Framework and New Urban Agenda share a vision of global sustainable development, with several overlapping goals targets. However, these agendas are often treated along sectoral boundaries leading to highly branched implementation. Underusing potential synergies is not only burden for governments due costs redundancies inefficiency b...

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) demonstrates the international political will invested in combating the tobacco pandemic and a newfound prominence for tobacco control within the global health agenda. However, major difficulties exist in managing conflicts with foreign and trade policy priorities, and significant obstacles confront efforts to create synergies with developm...