Resource allocation in stochastic processing networks : performance and scaling by Zhong, Yuan, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Challenges for biodiversity research in Europe by De Meester, L, Van Tienderen, P, Werger, M, Hector, A, Wörheide, G, Niemelä, J, Aguilar, A, Smets, E, Godfray, C, Sutherland, W, Bauhus, J, Courchamp, F, Gandini, G, Koch, M, Le Maho, Y, Manuel, M, Pawlowski, J, Quéinnec, E, Owens, I, Keustermans, L

“…In 2010, the international year of biodiversity, new policies for preserving biodiversity in Europe and worldwide will be developed as targets set by older policies, such as to halt biodiversity loss in the EU by 2010, were not met. …”

How to invest in the “Market of Sustainability”: evaluating the impacts of a real estate investment across ESG criteria [Investire nel “Mercato sostenibile”: Valutare gli impatti d... by Federica Cadamuro Morgante, Maryam Gholamzadehmir, Leopoldo Sdino, Paolo Rosasco

“…This article is based on recent research and debates on the development and investment models of the Real Estate sector encouraged by the new policies and action programs of the European Union, and primarily the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs of the 2030 Agenda. …”
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The challenge of healthcare big data to China’s commercial health insurance industry: evaluation and recommendations by Jun Wu, Jiajun Qiao, Stephen Nicholas, Yunqiao Liu, Elizabeth Maitland

“…Based on the research results, we recommend new policies for government and new uses of healthcare big data for commercial health insurance institutions. …”
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A formação de professores e sua influência na prática educativa dos estagiários em escola secundária de Angola by Manuel Caluvi Nicolau

“…In addition, to improve the training and educational practice of trainees, the government should invest more in education, developing new policies for specific, continuous training of teachers, building and equipping the school, in order to meet the challenge of diversity and school inclusion of all students existing in this globalizing society. …”
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Social adaptation towards unstable rubber price among smallholders by Saufe, Nur Aqilah

“…Government must be continuing support and should formulate new policies to increase social adaptation level among smallholders towards unstable rubber price.…”
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Evolución de la prevalencia de arteriopatía periférica en la práctica clínica: Estudio descriptivo poblacional con bases de datos reales (SIDIAP-CMBD) by Rosa Forés, María Teresa Alzamora, Ester Boixadera-Planas, Ana Vázquez, Guillem Pera, Pere Torán

“…Studies with large databases can facilitate the design and implementation of new policies in national health systems.…”
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日本高等教育導入「交叉契約制」深化產學合作之研究：以大阪大學為例 Cultivating University–Industrial Collaboration Through a Cross-Appointment System in Japanese Higher Education: A Case Study of Osaka University... by 譚君怡 Chun-Yi Tan, 羅仕昌 Shih-Chang Lo, 于乃明 Nai-Ming Yu

“…The implications of these findings for university-industrial collaboration and personnel system innovation in Taiwan are as follows. (1) To cultivate open and cross-border innovation, the government must establish new policies, institutions, and deregulations to grant more autonomy to universities, thus enabling them to making meaningful progress on the “fusion of industry and academia.” (2) To promote the “fusion of industry and academia,” universities must promote various boundary-spanning activities to create opportunities for collaboration between universities and industries and to cultivate an organizational culture that encourages faculty members to participate in and accumulate experience with organization-to-organization collaboration. (3) To encourage more faculty members to participate in university-industrial collaboration, diversified career development paths and faculty evaluation regulations are key to ensuring that faculty members who participate in university-industrial collaboration are not placed at a disadvantage in the university promotion system. (4) Companies, especially small and medium enterprises, must actively participate in university-industrial collaboration to strengthen their research and development capacities. …”
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The Impact of Land Property Rights Interventions on Investment and Agricultural Productivity in Developing Countries: a Systematic Review by Steven Lawry, Cyrus Samii, Ruth Hall, Aaron Leopold, Donna Hornby, Farai Mtero

“…This vulnerability is being addressed in several African countries (including Mozambique, Kenya, South Sudan) by new policies and legislation that give full statutory recognition to customary tenure, on a par with state land and land held under freehold title. …”
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Impacts of EU Tobacco Products Directive regulations on use of e-cigarettes in adolescents in Great Britain: a natural experiment evaluation by Moore Graham, Hallingberg Britt, Brown Rachel, McKell Jennifer, Van Godwin Jordan, Bauld Linda, Gray Linsay, Maynard Olivia, Mackintosh Anne-Marie, Munafò Marcus, Blackwell Anna, Lowthian Emily, Page Nicholas

“…•Harmonised international data sets may be particularly valuable in enabling changes following new policies to be compared with an external comparator. …”
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Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation: Creating Public Sentiment

“…Through the TRHT, participants are developing new skills and capacities at individual, organizational, and community levels to identify biases, behaviors, and institutional practices that perpetuate racial discrimination and divisions, so they can truly begin to transform public sentiments and take actions that lead to new policies and structures in their communities. In April 2017 in Chicago, 200 people gathered at the Chicago Theological Seminary for a day of racial healing, in which people from all walks of life shared their perspective on racism that they have encountered or even projected onto others. …”
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Support among healthcare workers for the new mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination policy and its effects on vaccination coverage by Aleksi Hämäläinen, Riitta-Liisa Patovirta, Ella Mauranen, Sari Hämäläinen, Irma Koivula

“…In this study, we examine the effects of the new policy and the view of HCWs on the new policy.Methods A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in Kuopio University Hospital among HCWs working in close patient contact. …”
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The Industrial Cluster Plan of the Japanese government and the realities of regional economies in Japan by Kenji Yamamoto

“…This new policy is the “Industrial Cluster Plan”. The advocators of this plan consider it possible to set up a region artificially. …”
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4184 Implementation of an Opt-Out recruitment policy at Duke University School of Medicine by Michelle Mack, Jamie Roberts, Dalia Mack, Steven Shipes, Stephanie A. Freel, Marissa Stroo, Roy McDonald, Denise Snyder

“…The impact of this new policy on overall recruitment was monitored and characterized both prior to and after implementation of the policy. …”
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Students on board with idea but want an earlier start in English by The, Star

“…Many students wel­comed the new policy of making a pass in English compulsory for grad­uating from public universities…”
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Days on market and home sales by Tucker, Catherine Elizabeth, Zhang, Juanjuan, Zhu, Ting

“…In 2006, Massachusetts adopted a new policy that prohibits home sellers from resetting their properties’ days on market through relisting. …”
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Determinant of Tax Avoidance During Covid-19 Pandemic on Tourism, Restaurant, and Hotel Companies in Indonesia Stock Exchang by Lulu Nailufaroh, Dian Maulita, Dien Sefty Framitha

“…This new policy has had a major impact on the decline in economic progress. …”
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Scotland's skills utilisation programme: an interim evaluation by Payne, J

“…Skills utilisation is a relatively new policy area, however, and the evidence base upon which to formulate and develop new policy interventions is limited. …”

Women in combat roles in US military : still a small step to equality by Fitriani, Matthews, Ron

“…In February 2012, the Pentagon announced a new policy to open combat positions for women in the US Armed Forces. …”
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Economic evaluations should be judged on scientific merit. by Gray, A, Clarke, P, Briggs, A

“…Health economists have been grateful for the BMJ's hitherto supportive stance towards the publication of economic evaluations. The proposed new policy not to publish economic evaluations unless also offered the clinical results is disappointing and misjudged.…”