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The factors of public administration improvement in the article are being analyzed. These factors aretypical to any public administration institution regardless of its size, performance particularity or level.The goal to diagnose the condition of all public administration institutions in Lithuania was not raised forthis research. For this particular reason, the administrations of Lithuanian district municipalities becamethe object of the empirical research. The diagnosis of the condition of Lithuanian district municipalities'administrations was accomplished. On the basis of theoretical and empirical investigations of the authors,a model of performance improvement of Lithuanian public administration institutions (on the selfgovernmentlevel) was developed.

The purpose of this paper is to present the current state of affairs in the process of adoption of codes ofconduct for local government officials in Serbia. On the basis of a model drafted under the auspices of theSerbian local government association, 130 Serbian municipalities (out of 167) have adopted such codes.The paper tries to picture the environment in which the codes are being adopted, i.e. anti-corruption effortson the national level, the framework in which Serbian local governments function, process of draftingof the model code and consequent adoption in municipalities. Finally, it attempts to present as critical aspossible an evaluation of this process in Serbia, as well as recommend or project further steps necessaryfor internalisation and full implementation of these codes. To achieve the abovementioned, the paper refersto Serbian legislation and adopted codes of conduct, empirical data collected from municipalities,results of surveys and opinion polls conducted in Serbia in the period from 2001 to 2005, data on othercountries available in English, as well as academic texts.

The impact of interbudgetary redistribution of funds on the financial independence of local authorities isanalysed in this article. The authors argue that interbudgetary redistribution of funds in Lithuania proves to bethe important mean retaining the dominance of central government's on the local finances. Transfer paymentsfrom the state budget reflect the central government's policy towards local governments. Financial transfersfrom the state budget reinforce the role of the state institutions in the sub national finances field and restrict thefinancial independence of local governments. Besides this fact, local budget income equalization and revenueredistribution through the state budget does not contribute to the natural development of local financial system.Current problems, their consequences and possible solutions for increasing local financial independence hadbeen analyzed in the article.In order to explore the practice of interbudgetary redistribution in the context of public finance system,categories of the institutionalism theory was chosen. Institutionalism provides a framework for defining thelogic of state and local government institutions interaction in the process of allocating resources. Article exploresthe institutional interests and institutional conflicts in Lithuanian public finance institutional field. Themain conflict arenas are defined as follows: redistribution of local governments' revenues through the statebudget; the domination of special grants in local budgets revenue structure; and special grants for investmentprojects.

Paper analyses management of the police structures and staff training of this public sector organization,which is also regulated by statute, in the context of the New Public Management. Authors analyses theactivities of police structures in western democracies and stress modern tendency- transformation of policefrom providing military services to organization providing assistance for citizens. Training police officersimportant are the following criteria: management competencies, professionalism, human rights and libertyaspect, integration of police training organizations into common system of higher education. One of theconclusions based on the analyses of management of contemporary police structures and staff-trainingtendencies is that modern PA tendencies influence changes occurring in the militarist model of the police. Suchvalues as legality, democracy, efficiency of activity, the principles of the new public management are becomingimportant in the police every day activities.

There is proposed conception of strategic management system in autonomy institutions and there is shown itsunique in this article. Also there are analyzed linear confines of strategic planning methodologies and there arefixed actions which influence creation process of strategic management in the municipalities. There are validatedimportance of rational planning and integration importance of enactment ways of political decisions in the municipalities.With reference to information of sociological poll there is ascertained that system of strategic managementis not versatile, particularly in a point of customer groups. Besides, the results of strategic managementsystem are always satisfactory. There is shown in the article that bureaucracy, dissatisfaction of direction and other personnel by the requirements of strategic management, inflexibility of strategic management process and problemsof advance evaluation mostly reduces the efficiency of strategic management in autonomy institutions.System of strategic management improves communications, motivates personnel to study and improves coordinationof actions in the municipalities. With reference to the facts of research there is made conclusion that thecapability of management and planning are imperfect in municipality, also it is not adequate quality of qualificationclass and training programs of strategic management, and also conclusion of contract with qualified specialistsnot always stands up. Facts, which are supplied in the article, show that municipalities mostly pursue in environmentof programs and health service field, organization of public works and inducement of places of work creationfield and also making conditions to expand the business field. Urban expansion, care of urban facility objects andmodernism of them are the fields, which requires at least strategic stimulate the institutions to attract the investments.

The article proposes the analysis of institutional interaction between local government and nongovernmentalorganizations. The overview of different theoretical positions including institutional networkanalysis and trust concepts allow us creates a theoretical background for further institutional interactionanalysis. Exceptional attention is given to the sociological concept of trust and its functions, the creation oftrust culture in different political systems, especially in democracy. The implementation of project fundingmechanism on local government level is analyzed using methods of empirical survey. The data revealsfollowing problems of institutional interaction between local government and civic sector: lack of civicstandpoint, hierarchical non-flexibility, non-objectivity, individualization, inability of non-governmental sectorto represent their collective interests, the problems of leadership. The proper understanding of institutionalinteraction mechanism on the public policy level is important for the non-government organizations' leaders aswell as for local government representatives.

Die Studie wurde von einem interdisziplinärzusammengesetzten Evaluationsteam aus Politologenund Ökonomen während des Zeitraums 1997bis 2001 angefertigt. Sie richtet sich nach folgendenevaluationstheoretischen Ansätzen: ZielorientierterAnsatz, formative und summative Evaluation sowieImpact-Analyse. Es wurden Datenerhebungen auffünf Ebenen durchgeführt: (1) Reformumsetzungauf der Ebene der politischen Steuerung (zwei Ratskammerndes Eidgenössischen Parlaments), (2)Exekutivebene (Regierung und Ministerien), (3)Ebene der betrieblichen Steuerung (Amtsleitungen),(4) Ebene des betrieblichen Wandels (Mitarbeitende),(5) Wirkungsebene bei Leistungsempfängern(Amtskunden). Die Evaluation untersuchtein einer umfassenden Studie die drei FLAGPilotämterSchweizerische Landestopographie,Schweizerische Meteorologische AnstaltMeteoSchweiz sowie die SozialversicherungskasseZentrale Ausgleichsstelle Genf und als Vergleichsamtin fortgeschrittenerem Reformstadium dasEidgenössische Institut für Geistiges Eigentum.Ergänzend wurden alle restlichen acht FLAG-Amtsstellenin einer weiteren Evaluationsphase einbezogen.Das dafür eingesetzte Evaluationsdesign erhobDaten im Rahmen von 92 teilstrukturierten Interviews,einer Parlamentsumfrage, Kundenbefragungenbei zwei Ämtern, sieben Mitarbeiterbefragungenbei vier Ämtern (inkl. Längsschnittvergleich),Sekundäranalyse von Vergleichdaten aus einerPersonalbefragung der Bundesverwaltung sowieDokumentenanalysen.

AbstractIn the first edition of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, published in London in 1776, the 'by the same author' list is presented in a very unusual place: directly opposite the table of contents. That placement suggests a continuity and unity in Smith's published works. A photograph provides a touchstone to discuss: (a) the Language essay, (b) the full title of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, and (c) Wealth of Nations under the ethical umbrella of Moral Sentiments.

[EN] Nano-crystalline MCM-22 zeolite was synthesized in a one-pot procedure by the use of an organosilane (dimethyl-octadecyl-(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl)-ammonium chloride, TPOAC) in the zeolite synthesis gel. This crystal growth inhibition procedure introduced mesopores in the MCM-22 crystallites. The lower mechanical stability of the nano-crystalline MCM-22 zeolite compared with bulk MCM-22 can be countered to some extent by pillaring. The increased external surface of the microporous zeolite domains resulted in increased accessibility of the Bronsted acid sites, as followed from the better performance in liquid-phase benzene alkylation with propylene as compared with bulk MCM-22. The increased accessibility of the internal acid sites in Mo-loaded hierarchical MCM-22 was also evident from the improved benzene selectivity during methane aromatization. Silylation of hierarchical Mo/MCM-22 was detrimental for the catalytic performance in MDA. The nano-crystalline MCM-22 has physico-chemical and catalytic properties intermediate between those of MCM-22 and ITQ-2 with the benefit over ITQ-2 that it can be synthesized in a single step. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ; Funding from the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission through the Collaborative Project Next-GTL (agreement no 229183) and financial support by the Spanish Government-MINECO through "Severo Ochoa" (SEV 2012-0267), Consolider Ingenio 2010-Multicat (CSD2009-00050) and MAT2012-31657 are acknowledged. Marta E. Martinez Armero thanks MINECO for economical support through pre-doctoral fellowship for doctors training (BES-2013-066800). The authors thank B. Esparcia for technical assistance. ; Tempelman, CHL.; Portilla Ovejero, MT.; Martínez Armero, ME.; Mezari, B.; De Caluwe, NGR.; Martínez, C.; Hensen, EJM. (2016). One-pot synthesis of nano-crystalline MCM-22. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 220:28-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2015.08.018 ; S ; 28 ; 38 ; 220

Bericht vom letzten "EOSCpilot Stakeholders Forum", 21. und 22. November 2018 im Austria Center in Wien. Einen Tag vor dem Launch der "European Open Science Cloud" (EOSC) unter österreichischer EU-Ratspräsidentschaft wurde hier vorgestellt, wie weit die Initiativen zur Implementierung dieses ambitionierten Projekts schon gekommen sind. Präsentationen zu Governance und technischer Umsetzung wechselten mit Diskussionen über noch ungeklärte oder unfertige Themen ab und gaben einen Vorgeschmack darauf, wie die ab jetzt "Stakeholders Forum" genannte Veranstaltung zukünftig über die Weiterentwicklung der EOSC mitbestimmen wird. ; Report from the last "EOSCpilot Stakeholders Forum", 21st and 22nd November 2018 at the Austria Center in Vienna. One day before the launch of the "European Open Science Cloud" (EOSC) under the Austrian EU Council Presidency, this event presented how far the initiatives for implementing this ambitious project have come. Presentations on governance and technical implementation alternated with discussions on unresolved or unfinished topics and gave a foretaste of how meetings like this, now called "Stakeholders Forum", will in future be instrumental in defining the further development of the EOSC.

Road surface monitoring is a key factor to providing smooth and safe road infrastructure to road users. The key to road surface condition monitoring is to detect road surface anomalies, such as potholes, cracks, and bumps, which affect driving comfort and on-road safety. Road surface anomaly detection is a widely studied problem. Recently, smartphone-based sensing has become increasingly popular with the increased amount of available embedded smartphone sensors. Using smartphones to detect road surface anomalies could change the way government agencies monitor and plan for road maintenance. However, current smartphone sensors operate at a low frequency, and undersampled sensor signals cause low detection accuracy. In this study, current approaches for using smartphones for road surface anomaly detection are reviewed and compared. In addition, further opportunities for research using smartphones in road surface anomaly detection are highlighted. ; Sattar, S., Li, S., & Chapman, M. (2018). Road surface monitoring using smartphone sensors: A review. Sensors, 18(11), 3845 ; (This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

This paper is part of a larger project investigating the relative roles of ideology and gender composition in determining organizational structure and behavior. The project's genesis arose from a study by Meinhard and Foster (2003) that found that Canadian women's voluntary organizations (WVOs) differed from gender-neutral and men's organizations on many different measures. Women's organizations were less likely to adopt a business orientation or pursue new revenue strategies, but were more likely to collaborate with other organizations and more likely to downsize. They also tended to be more pessimistic in their outlook and engaged in more advocacy and political action. Meinhard and Foster (2003) also found that among women's organizations, those that were members of the Canadian National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC), an umbrella organization for feminist groups, were more extreme in their differences. In other words, although both NAC and non-NAC organizations differed significantly from gender-neutral organizations, NAC organizations differed the most. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation: ; Meinhard, A., Schwartz, S. & Handy, F. (2009). Mission (Im)possible? Determining Organizational Ideology by Examining Mission Statements (Working Paper Series Volume 2009 (1)). Toronto: Ted Rogers School of Management, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Ryerson University.

The voluntary sector has long been seen as the foundation of a healthy civil society (DeTocqueville, 1961; Leonard & Onyx, 2003). Yet, substantial growth in the last two decades in demand for voluntary sector services in Canada has been accompanied by a significant reduction in government resources supporting the sector's activities (Browne, 1996). This confluence of demand growth and decreased governmental support has resulted in increased competition among voluntary organizations for both capital and human resources (Meinhard & Foster, 2000). Furthermore, the ethnic transformation of Canadian society has raised knowledge, policy and practical issues across all sectors, including the voluntary sector. These conditions have pushed many in the voluntary sector to reach beyond their traditional bases of support to consider hitherto untapped segments of society, and have pushed governments to rely more and more on the voluntary sector for the development of social integration. However, research on the Canadian voluntary sector, particularly with a cross-cultural lens, is a relatively new research domain, with many gaps in the knowledge base. As a starting point, Berger (2004) and Berger & Azaria (2004) have proposed, tested and supported a framework that traces the relationship between sub-group identity and volunteering, as mediated by attitudes, norms and social barriers. In this paper we extend this framework and consider the role of civic engagement in processes of social cohesion and social integration. We use the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS) to investigate how engagement in the voluntary sector contributes to the development of both bonding and bridging social cohesion, and thereby, social integration. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation: ; Berger, I., Foster, M. & Meinhard, A. (2005). Civic engagement, social cohesion and social integration in Toronto, Canada (Working Paper Series Volume 2005 (4)). Toronto: Ted Rogers School of Management, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Ryerson University.

This paper brings together findings from three separate investigations to provide a deeper understanding of the changing roles of the government, for-profit and nonprofit sectors in ensuring civil society. The first study, based on a survey of 645 nonprofit organizations from across Canada, revealed a nonprofit sector changing to meet the challenges of the times, despite a general pessimism among leaders of nonprofit organizations as to their future (Meinhard & Foster, 2003a & b). The second, based on interviews with 20 Government of Ontario officials with links to the nonprofit sector, demonstrated how civil servants struggled to help nonprofit organizations adjust to the new policies and also encouraged them to form partnerships with the for-profit sector (Meinhard & Foster, 2003c). The research reported in this paper, based on interviews with 17 senior officers of Ontario-based corporations active in philanthropy, focuses on the corporations and probes more deeply in to the myriad of ways they are getting involved in their communities as socially responsible corporate citizens.The findings from the corporate interviews are compared and melded with those from previous interviews with government officials and nonprofit organizations to provide a three-dimensional perspective of the direction in which Canadian civil society may be moving. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation: ; Meinhard, A., Foster, M. & Berger, I. (2005). Closing the loop: corporate links to the voluntary sector (Working Paper Series Volume 2005 (3)). Toronto: Ted Rogers School of Management, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Ryerson University.