In this paper we present six scenarios about the possible evolution of the water supply and sanitation sector in Europe, considering both liberalised and non-liberalised environments. The scenarios were developed around three macro-storylines, namely (1) pressure for more competition and private sector participation; (2) opposition to liberalisation and pressure to return to direct public or co...

We read with great excitement and interest the article by Friedlaende et al. [1] entitled ‘Impact of performance status on non-small cell lung cancer patients a PD-L1 tumour proportion score ≥...

We study various relay synchronization scenarios in a three-layer network, where the middle (relay) layer is single node, i.e. hub, The two remote layers consist of non-locally coupled rings FitzHugh-Nagumo oscillators modelling neuronal dynamics. All nodes are connected to hub. role hub and its importance for existence chimera states investigated dependence on inter-layer coupling strength tim...

The aim of the paper is to present the advantages of the Use Cases transformation to the object layers and their visualization in 3D space to reduce complexity. Our work moves selected UML diagram from two-dimensional to multidimensional space for better visualization and readability of the structure or behaviour. Our general scope is to exploit layers for particular components or modules, time...

This paper has developed a set of models for demand forecasting and capacity planning based on optimistic and pessimistic projections. These projections have been developed by utilizing structure and parameter scenarios. A system dynamics framework is used to model and to generate scenarios because of their capability of representing physical and information flows to understand the nonlinear dy...

Populations of relativistic electrons in clusters of galaxies should imprint a characteristic spectral distortion signature on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) photons – the relativistic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect. We investigate how sensitive PLANCK and successor experiments will be in detecting or constraining the total optical depth τrel of relativistic electrons. We find an expected...

The ongoing question of whether negative transfer speech acts increases or decreases with gains in L2 proficiency has brought mixed results, some arguing that (Bu, 2012; Morkus, 2018) and others the opposite (Maeshiba, Yoshinaga, Kasper, & Ross, 2006). In response, this study measured frequency content refusals among 33 beginning 49 intermediate Japanese students English. Twenty-three Engli...

[1] This paper presents estimates for global N and P emissions from sewage for the period 1970–2050 for the four Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scenarios. Using country-specific projections for population and economic growth, urbanization, development of sewage systems, and wastewater treatment installations, a rapid increase in global sewage emissions is predicted, from 6.4 Tg of N and 1.3 Tg...