in this paper, non parametric data envelopment analysis (dea) was subjected to the energy data of wheat producers in punjab state, india, and technical, pure technical and scale efficiencies were calculated for farms both category wise and zone wise. the main objective was to determine the strength of the correlation between non-parametric efficiencies and indices such as energy ratio and speci...

Abstract The politicisation of the future is gaining attention, especially in research on impact emerging technologies modern societies. This observation has motivated technology assessment (TA) and related science studies (STS) to involve transformative practices their examination existing socio-technical futures order adapt them societal needs. To this end, participation processes are initiat...

If one considers the Collingridge dilemma to be a dilemma awaiting a solution, one has implicitly abandoned a genuinely historical conception of the future and adopted instead a notion of the future as an object of technical design, the realisation of technical possibility or as wish-fulfilment. The definition of technology assessment (TA) as a successful response to the Collingridge dilemma re...

The association between the Serine/threonine kinase 15 (STK15) F31I polymorphism (rs2273535) and cancer susceptibility remains controversial. To further investigate this potential relationship, we conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis of 27 published studies involving a total of 19,267 multiple cancer cases and 24,359 controls. Our results indicate statistical evidence of an association betwe...

This virtual technical assistance (TA) mission supported the Agency in strengthening certain elements of its risk-based supervisory framework. The provided recommendations and training to on assessment banks’ recovery plans interest rate risk banking book (IRRBB). benefited from simultaneous translation. priorities for forthcoming TA missions were discussed with (strengthening cybersecurity fin...

This study assessed the accuracy of the technical absorbent (TA) method for measuring local sweat rate (LSR) relative to the well-established ventilated capsule (VC) method during steady-state and nonsteady-state sweating using large and small sample surface areas on the forearm and midback. Forty participants (38 males and two females) cycled at 60% peak oxygen consumption for 75 min in either...

Nadine J. van der Heijden,1 Daniël Smith,1 Gaetano Calogero,1,2 Rik S. Koster,3 Daniel Vanmaekelbergh,1 Marijn A. van Huis,3 and Ingmar Swart1 1Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80 000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands 2DTU Natotech, Technical University of Denmark, Building 345E, rsteds Plads, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmar...

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are an accelerator profound socio-technical transformation processes. Science in general and technology assessment (TA) particular can should play important role investigating evaluating these processes providing robust orientation knowledge for (political) decision makers public. Based on two online surveys “Social corona crisis” data from a citizens’ ...