A global multi-hazard risk analysis of road and railway infrastructure assets by Koks, EE, Rozenberg, J, Zorn, C, Tariverdi, M, Vousdoukas, M, Fraser, SA, Hall, JW, Hallegatte, S

“…However, in some countries EAD reach 0.5 to 1% of GDP annually, which is the same order of magnitude as national transport infrastructure budgets. A cost-benefit analysis suggests that increasing flood protection would have positive returns on ~60% of roads exposed to a 1/100 year flood event.…”

Housing vouchers in the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands: Current issues and future perspectives by Priemus, H, Kemp, P, Varady, DR

“…After presenting the theory behind income-related housing support, which underpins both the U.S. and European systems, we compare the three programs with respect to their scope (the budgeted versus the entitlement approach), the relationship between housing support and rent levels, the poverty trap, moral hazards, and administrative problems. …”

Variation orders in transmission projects of Tenaga Nasional Berhad by Abdul Kudus, Baharuddin

“…This has impacted the company’s budgeted capital expenditure and the completion of projects within time. …”
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System Usability Scale Validation from The Expert Perspective by Fiandhika Muhammad Fajar, Kelana Bayu

“…Therefore, the research aims to explore the validity of SUS evaluation results of an e-budgeting system from the expert perspective. With a comparative study approach, the research compared each of the 10 SUS indicators’ scores with the result of the qualitative usability evaluation. …”
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A Conceptual Transdisciplinary Framework to Overcome Energy Efficiency Barriers in Ship Operation Cycles to Meet IMO’s Initial Green House Gas Strategy Goals: Case Study for an Ira... by Seyed Vahid Vakili, Fabio Ballini, Dimitrios Dalaklis, Aykut I. Ölçer

“…In addition, “adverse selection” (operational discipline), “policy implementation” (policy and regulatory discipline), “split incentives” (economic discipline), “limited access to capital” (economic discipline) and “imperfect budgeting” were the main barriers to energy efficiency in the company.…”
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Mobile evaporite enhances the cycle of physical–chemical erosion in badlands by C.-J. Yang, C.-J. Yang, P.-H. Chen, E. D. Erlanger, J. M. Turowski, S. Xu, T.-Y. Teng, J.-C. Lin, J.-C. Huang

“…<p>Chemical weathering driven by physical erosion is a natural process that strongly affects chemical and solid matter budgets at the Earth's surface. However, the influence of extreme climatic erosion on chemical weathering dynamics is poorly understood. …”
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What is the value of biotic seed dispersal in post‐fire forest regeneration? by José Benedicto‐Royuela, José Miguel Costa, Ruben Heleno, Joaquim S. Silva, Helena Freitas, Pedro Lopes, Sara Beatriz Mendes, Sérgio Timóteo

“…Here, we estimate the economic value of the biotic seed dispersal service in postfire restoration in Portugal. We combine budgeted costs of governmental Emergency Stabilisation Reports with network analysis that estimates the dependency of the Portuguese flora on biotic seed dispersal and on alternative fire regeneration strategies. …”
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Measuring outcomes in healthcare economics using Artificial Intelligence: With application to resource management by Chih-Hao Huang, Feras A. Batarseh, Adel Boueiz, Ajay Kulkarni, Po-Hsuan Su, Jahan Aman

“…External (geographic) or internal factors (medical and managerial) lead to shifts in planning and budgeting, but most importantly, reduce confidence in conventional processes. …”
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Financial Governance in Strengthening Post-Disaster Community Economic Resilience in Majene, Indonesia by Nur Khaerah, Shinta Alfiah Nur

“…The result showed that the Regional Finance and Assets Agency has the authority to manage regional finances that have been explicitly determined in the legislation has complied with the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 113 of 2014 concerning Regional Financial Management which fulfills several important aspects, namely, planning, budgeting, administration, reporting and accountability. …”
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Empirical Study of Data-Driven Evolutionary Algorithms in Noisy Environments by Dalue Lin, Haogan Huang, Xiaoyan Li, Yuejiao Gong

“…For computationally intensive problems, data-driven evolutionary algorithms (DDEAs) are advantageous for low computational budgets because they build surrogate models based on historical data to approximate the expensive evaluation. …”
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Consumer Behaviour towards Pork Meat Products: A Literature Review and Data Analysis by Juan Antonio Mondéjar-Jiménez, Francisco Sánchez-Cubo, José Mondéjar-Jiménez

“…The main limitations for researchers are around the availability of budgets and the existence of trade secrets.…”
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A Neural Network Model Based on Support Vector Machine for Conceptual Cost Estimation in Construction Projects by Behnam Vahdani, Seyed Meysam Mousavi, Morteza Mousakhani, Mani Sharifi, Hassan Hashemi

“…Indeed, this estimation supports the required information that can be employed in cost management and budgeting of these projects. The purpose of this paper is to introduce an intelligent model to improve the conceptual cost<br />accuracy during the early phases of the life cycle of projects in construction industry. …”
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Rethinking African-European Scientific Cooperation: The Case of the Platform for African-European Studies by Christopher C. Nshimbi, Patrick Develtere, Bacha Kebede Debela

“…Interactions between European and African scholars too tend to focus on the deficits in African experiences, knowledge, research and teaching methodologies and the poor economic environments in which they operate that are characterized by inadequate infrastructure and budgets. This essay discusses an emerging opportunity in science diplomacy within African-European Union (EU) interactions in higher education and argues that a fundamental revision of the imbalances in African-European scholarly relationships is possible. …”
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Global scale analysis on the extent of river channel belts by Björn Nyberg, Gijs Henstra, Rob L. Gawthorpe, Rodmar Ravnås, Juha Ahokas

“…The global channel belt (GCB) datasets provide new methods for high-resolution global scale landform classifications and for incorporating the channel belt into flood mitigation, freshwater budgets, ecosystem accounting and biogeochemical analyses.…”
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OPERATIONS OF THE CENTRAL BANK ON THE FINANCIAL MARKET FOR THE PERIOD OF EXIT FROM THE RECESSION by O. Liubkina

“…However, distinctive features of the recent recession are the significant amount of a debt burden on national budgets, low inflation contributes to an increasing potential of a monetary policy to ensure economic recovery, but require from the central bank an unconventional approach to achieve the broad set of goals. …”
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Life in Limbo: Experiences of Iranian Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipient Patients and Nurses in a Qualitative Study by Vahid Zamanzadeh, Leila Valizadeh, Leila Sayadi, Fariba Taleghani, Alireza Jeddian

“…Establish centers for supporting and educating of patients and their families, education of health care providers, enhancement of public knowledge about HSCT along with allocating more budgets to take care of these patients can help patients for passing from this limbo…”
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Life in Limbo: Experiences of Iranian Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipient Patients and Nurses in a Qualitative Study by Vahid Zamanzadeh, Leila Valizadeh, Leila Sayadi, Fariba Taleghani, Alireza Jeddian

“…Establish centers for supporting and educating of patients and their families, education of health care providers, enhancement of public knowledge about HSCT along with allocating more budgets to take care of these patients can help patients for passing from this limbo.…”
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Hydrodynamic regimes modulate nitrogen fixation and the mode of diazotrophy in Lake Tanganyika by Benedikt Ehrenfels, Kathrin B. L. Baumann, Robert Niederdorfer, Athanasio S. Mbonde, Ismael A. Kimirei, Thomas Kuhn, Paul M. Magyar, Daniel Odermatt, Carsten J. Schubert, Helmut Bürgmann, Moritz F. Lehmann, Bernhard Wehrli, Cameron M. Callbeck

“…Abstract The factors that govern the geographical distribution of nitrogen fixation are fundamental to providing accurate nitrogen budgets in aquatic environments. Model-based insights have demonstrated that regional hydrodynamics strongly impact nitrogen fixation. …”
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Evaluation of Numerical Simulation Approaches for Simulating Train–Track Interactions and Predicting Rail Damage in Railway Switches and Crossings (S&Cs) by Nikhil Pillai, Jou-Yi Shih, Clive Roberts

“…Switch and crossing (S&C) faults are a major cause of track-related delays and account for a significant proportion of maintenance and renewal budgets for railway infrastructure managers around the world. …”
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ePave: A Self-Powered Wireless Sensor for Smart and Autonomous Pavement by Jian Xiao, Xiang Zou, Wenyao Xu

“…An adaptive power knob is designated to adjust the power consumption according to energy budgeting. Finally, we intensively evaluated the ePave system in real-world applications to examine the system’s performance and explore the trade-off.…”
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