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On the Inverse Problem for a Size-Structured Population Model
We consider a size-structured model for cell division and address the
question of determining the division (birth) rate from the measured stable size
distribution of the population. We formulate such question as an inverse
problem for an integro-differential equation posed on the half line. We develop
firstly a regular dependency theory for the solution in terms of the
coefficients and, secondly, a novel regularization technique for tackling this
inverse problem which takes into account the specific nature of the equation.
Our results rely also on generalized relative entropy estimates and related
Poincar\'e inequalities
Patronage-Preserving Federalism? Legislative Malapportionment and Subnational Fiscal Policies in Argentina
This paper builds on institutional analysis to generate new conclusions about the economic viability of federalism. It does so by suggesting that Weingast´s seminal model of marketpreserving federalism falls short of accounting for the poor fiscal performance of multitiered systems in the developing world. This theoretical deficiency stems to a large extent from the insufficient attention paid by this model to the institutional complexity of federal systems, particularly the public policy effects of legislative malapportionment. Subsequent to an analytical discussion of the potential public spending and distributive politics distortions resulting from overrepresentation, we offer preliminary empirical evidence from Argentina, a federation exhibiting one of the most decentralized fiscal systems in the world and severe imbalances in the territorial distribution of legislative and economic resources. The findings show not only that said imbalances lead to sub-optimal fiscal results but also that they have a mutually-reinforcing relationship with regionalized patronage.Federalism, legislative malapportionment, subnational fiscal policies, patronage, Argentina
Tangent Graeffe Iteration
Graeffe iteration was the choice algorithm for solving univariate polynomials
in the XIX-th and early XX-th century. In this paper, a new variation of
Graeffe iteration is given, suitable to IEEE floating-point arithmetics of
modern digital computers. We prove that under a certain generic assumption the
proposed algorithm converges. We also estimate the error after N iterations and
the running cost. The main ideas from which this algorithm is built are:
classical Graeffe iteration and Newton Diagrams, changes of scale
(renormalization), and replacement of a difference technique by a
differentiation one. The algorithm was implemented successfully and a number of
numerical experiments are displayed
The Challenges of Strategic Human Resources Management in Southeast Asian Universities
Nowadays the Higher Education Institutions face major challenges in its development.
Demanding from different actors and the orientation of the research, more oriented to
innovation and value creation, request news capacities to answer to that.
Southeast Asia shows a strong economic growth with a large increase in GDP and a
growing improvement in the position of The Human Development Index promoted by United
Nations.
This reality creates a different pressure on the higher education institutions in southeast Asia
that requires a change in the universities, in the way they implement the mission and in the
requested capacities, specially the human resources capacities.
In this way, a new paradigm and model of human resources management for southeast
higher education institutions need be developed to create the conditions to answer to this
new reality, where the main analysis variables will be talent, performance, motivation and
retention, coaching, cross cultural, integrity and permanent adaptability and flexibility.
The main objective of this communication is to reflect and contextualize in terms of
theoretical models where we find the assumptions for the implementation of strategic human
resources management for southeast Asian universities.
What kind of profile is request for the staff in this new reality?
What we need to change in human resources management?
How can this change be implemented?
What HRM tools are most relevant to this reality?
These are the main issues on which we will reflect with a critical thinking approach in order
to present a set of clues to southeast Asian universities according to our analysis and
interpretation, as Portuguese and European
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