...levels. The C++ arrays are designed to support automatic hardware specialization by the compiler. The computation objects (e.g. Fast Fourier Transforms) are built with explicit setup and run stages to...
Chinese technology executives, government officials, and members of its research community are debating how far to push the country’s strategy for promoting technology standards at home and abroad.
...determine whether firms actually comply with those codes. Some multinational corporations have responded to the demands of angry and skeptical publics by volunteering to respect a code of their own...
...sample-selection gravity model to examine the impact of EU standards on African textiles and clothing exports, a sector of particular development interest. The authors find robust evidence that non-harmonized standards...
Authors examine the role of signaling and of intrinsic benefits in the adoption of the individual elements of the voluntary LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards for green...
...member of certain core labor standards (CLS): freedom from forced labor, absence of discrimination, elimination of exploitative use of child workers, and rights of workers to associate freely and engage...
The global trade regime is facing intense criticism for its association with sweatshop conditions of work and terms of employment. Groups that considered intolerable the absence of labor concerns in...
...to the authors of the report, such a standard would allow election management systems to communicate seamlessly and share data to create “a more accurate, cost-effective, and accessible election process...
...the Bush Administration’s concern about the costs of complying with the revised drinking water standards for arsenic promulgated under the Clinton Administration, and its decision to review these standards again,...
...in one location, due to the need for real time communication. Not surprisingly, the legal rules, tools and practices that evolved over time reflected this sequential and insular process of...