Industrial Development and the Innovation System of the Ethanol Sector in Brazil

The purpose of this paper is to analyze innovations and the innovation system and its dynamics in the ethanol sector in the State of Sao Paulo. More specifically, this paper focuses on the development process in the sector, the public policies taken to promote the sector, and the organizations and key players involved in these policies and their responses to unforeseeable changes in economic, social and technological environments. To this end, this paper takes an historical perspective and reviews data on the cultivation of sugar cane, the production of ethanol, and on sugar cane yields as indicators of the innovations achieved in the sector. The geographical distribution of these indicators is also examined. Next, several cases in Piracicaba and Campinas in the State of Sao Paulo are presented; these give us a more concrete idea of the processes involved in innovation and technology transfer. Based on these observations, the ethanol cluster and the innovation system of the State of Sao Paulo are discussed from the viewpoint of the flowchart approach to industrial cluster policy.

Materials Research for HiPER Laser Fusion Facilities: Chamber Wall, Structural Material and Final Optics

The European HiPER project aims to demonstrate commercial viability of inertial fusion energy within the following two decades. This goal requires an extensive Research &Development program on materials for different applications (e.g., first wall, structural components and final optics). In this paper we will discuss our activities in the framework of HiPER to develop materials studies for the different areas of interest. The chamber first wall will have to withstand explosions of at least 100 MJ at a repetition rate of 5-10 Hz. If direct drive targets are used, a dry wall chamber operated in vacuum is preferable. In this situation the major threat for the wall stems from ions. For reasonably low chamber radius (5-10 m) new materials based on W and C are being investigated, e.g., engineered surfaces and nanostructured materials. Structural materials will be subject to high fluxes of neutrons leading to deleterious effects, such as, swelling. Low activation advanced steels as well as new nanostructured materials are being investigated. The final optics lenses will not survive the extreme ion irradiation pulses originated in the explosions. Therefore, mitigation strategies are being investigated. In addition, efforts are being carried out in understanding optimized conditions to minimize the loss of optical properties by neutron and gamma irradiation

Dynamics of high-speed railway bridges: review of design issues and new research for lateral dynamics

Revisión y puesta al día de la publicaciones relacionadas con el diseño de puentes de ferrocarril de alta velocidad y nuevas investigaciones sobre dinámica lateral.

Towards a New (European Research) Deal: The Case for Enhanced Fiscal Policy Coordination on Research and Innovation. Bruges European Economic Policy (BEEP) Briefing 20/2008

The paper reviews the evolution of research and innovation in the EU and assesses how current policies and programmes have influenced the development of Europe's research landscape. Based on existing literature, evaluation reports and practice, the paper critically examines the effectiveness of current European research funding instruments in a context of open innovation and in the presence of global spillovers. It therefore develops a subsidiarity test to assess whether current rationales still prove sufficient to justify policy intervention in this area. The paper sheds light on how to improve the effectiveness of EU action by enriching it by the use of coordinated fiscal policy for research funding. This will constitute an incentive to genuine bottom-up research, development and innovation (R&D&I) and a stimulus to local investments in innovation. The paper also assesses the potentials of a reinforced open method of coordination as well as a review of state aid law in the field of research funding in the EU.

Development of proposed height standards and tolerances for light-post traffic barriers. Interim report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Development and Technology, Washington, D.C.

OECD seminar on strategic planning for road research programs. Conference proceedings.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research Development, McLean, Va.

Development of an economic model to compare median barrier costs. Second interim report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Development and Technology, Washington, D.C.

Application of radiochemistry techniques in food processing research : radioisotopic tracer techniques in evaluation and improvement of industry practices for removal of pesticide residues from foods : annual report no. 4 /

"D-1548."

Application of radiochemistry techniques in food processing research : radioisotopic tracer techniques in evaluation and improvement of industry practices for removal of pesticide residues from foods /

Report prepared by project team and edited by Walter A. Mercer.

Techniques for monitoring auto occupancy and Seattle area research results /

Mode of access: Internet.

Fourth National Conference on Wheat Utilization Research : held at Boise, Idaho, November 3-5, 1965.

"April 1966"--P. 1.

Development and Application of a Multi-dimensional Strategy for Measuring Fidelity of Implementation of a Districtwide Intervention

This symposium describes a multi-dimensional strategy to examine fidelity of implementation in an authentic school district context. An existing large-district peer mentoring program provides an example. The presentation will address development of a logic model to articulate a theory of change; collaborative creation of a data set aligned with essential concepts and research questions; identification of independent, dependent, and covariate variables; issues related to use of big data that include conditioning and transformation of data prior to analysis; operationalization of a strategy to capture fidelity of implementation data from all stakeholders; and ways in which fidelity indicators might be used.

Development of a Rational Characterization Method for Iowa Fly Ash, HR-286, Annual Progress Report 1, 1986

The following report summarizes research activities on the project for the period December 1, 1985 through November 31, 1986. Research efforts for the first year have proceeded basically as outlined in the project proposal.