More than two decades ago in the European Union law, competition has started entering economic activities, organised traditionally under the concept of services of general economic interest. Special and exclusive rights have gradually been abolished in important industries like telecommunications, postal services, energy or railways. European Union policy has opted to prioritize efficiency over...

M. A. Khakoo, J. Muse, H. Silva, M. C. A. Lopes, C. Winstead, V. McKoy, E. M. de Oliveira, R. F. da Costa, M. T. do N. Varella, M. H. F. Bettega, and M. A. P. Lima Department of Physics, California State University, Fullerton, California 92834, USA Departamento de Física, ICE, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora-MG, CEP 36036-330, Brazil A. A. Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics...

L. R. da Silva1, A. A. Tateishi2, M. K. Lenzi3, E. K. Lenzi2, and P. C. da Silva1,4 1Departamento de Fı́sica and National Institute of Science and Technology for Complex Systems, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil 2Departamento de Fı́sica and National Institute of Science and Technology for Complex Systems, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Avenida Colombo, ...

New-generation technologies on vehicles provide many advantages in terms of cost, time, and the environment transportation, logistics, freight, delivery service sectors. This study aimed to measure effect using e-scooter mail energy cost time Turkey. Considering number test drives applications potential regions, amount consumption driving data were used. The for each was assumed as a package or...

OBJECTIVES In this paper we examine Chlamydia trachomatis testing in settings other than genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics, focusing on the factors associated with chlamydial infection and with postal testing. METHODS Analysis of tests collected from young people aged 13-25 years (n = 4475) between May 2001 and June 2004 via postal testing kits, at a local sexual health clinic, and at furt...

G. Kozyreff, T. Erneux, M. Haelterman, and P. Kockaert Optique Nonlinéaire Théorique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Code Postal 231, Campus Plaine, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium ICFO—Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain Service d’Optique et Acoustique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Code Postal 194/5, avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, B-1050...

the USPS and the USPIS to educate customers about the importance of paying the right amount of postage for each mail piece. The USPS has the ability to deliver mail “postage due,” meaning that if underpaid pieces are detected, payment can be requested from the recipient for the balance due. Pursuant to the Domestic Mail Manual, larger quantities of mail pieces determined to be underpaid may be ...

Collecting, sorting, transporting, and delivering the nation’s mail to every household and business across the country—from Alaska to Puerto Rico—is an enormous task. To accomplish this task, the Postal Service uses a physical infrastructure that includes more than 38,000 post offices and contract units, 282 automated processing centers, 63 airport mail facilities, 21 bulk mail centers and a nu...