Distribution and Oxidation Rates of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Influenced by the Coastal Upwelling off Eastern Hainan Island by Hao Liu, Peng Zhou, Shunyan Cheung, Yanhong Lu, Hongbin Liu, Hongmei Jing

“…Our study demonstrated that coastal upwelling had a significant impact on the AOA community and ammonia oxidization rate; therefore, this physical forcing should be considered in the future assessment of the global nitrogen budgets and biogeochemical nitrogen cycles.…”
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Factors influencing the role and performance of independent agricultural extension workers in supporting agricultural extension by Indraningsih Kurnia Suci, Ashari A, Syahyuti S, Anugrah Iwan Setiajie, Suharyono Sri, Saptana S, Iswariyadi Arief, Agustian Adang, Purwantini Tri Bastuti, Ariani Mewa, Mardiharini Maesti

“…It is necessary to have a regional regulation that legalizes the allocation of regional budgets as regular incentives to facilitate the activities of agricultural EWs.…”
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Competitive tenders on analogue hospital pharmaceuticals in Denmark 2017–2020 by Lars Holger Ehlers, Morten B. Jensen, Henrik Schack

“…It supports the increasing number of empirical findings that competitive tendering has a high potential to generate substantial savings on healthcare budgets.…”
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Experiences of peer support workers supporting individuals with substance use disorders in Egypt: phenomenological analysis by Nashwa Ibrahim, Abeer Selim, Fiona Ng, Muhamed Kasaby, Amira Mohammed Ali, Rasha Eweida, Doha Almakki, Amna Elaagib, Mike Slade

“…More research is still needed to understand its applicability in settings which have proportionately low budgets allocated to mental health. Peer Support Workers are individuals who managed to achieve recovery from substance use disorders and help people remain engaged in their recovery and prevent relapse through shared understanding. …”
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GIS-BASED INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE DISASTER RESPONSE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES by S. J. Son, M. Y. Lee, J. H. Kim, S. H. Cho

“…This study was conducted in a situation where the budgets of institutions with many emergency rescue workers are being invested worldwide, and there are various risks such as water pollution due to climate change, so it is necessary to develop technologies to respond to them.…”
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An Improvement in Enclosure Design Can Positively Impact Welfare, Reduce Aggressiveness and Stabilise Hierarchy in Captive Galapagos Giant Tortoises by Léa Fieschi-Méric, Charlotte Ellis, Francesca Servini, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J. Michaels

“…The tortoises expressed time budgets more similar to those of wild individuals after their transition to the new enclosure. …”
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Analysis of the efficiency of municipalities from the Brazilian State of Sergipe: a comparison of the results in Brazil’s evaluation of its basic education system and investments o... by Nadielli Maria dos Santos Galvão

“…Results: The results indicate that higher expenditure in education does not necessarily ensure high educational performance, as municipalities with tighter budgets can reach better results in the sector analysed. …”
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PBMNCs Treatment in Critical Limb Ischemia and Candidate Biomarkers of Efficacy by Matilde Zamboni, Massimo Pedriali, Luca Ferretto, Sabrina Scian, Francesca Ghirardini, Riccardo Bozza, Romeo Martini, Sandro Irsara

“…In the US, the mean annualized prevalence of necrotic wounds due to the fact of CLI is 1.33% (95% CI, 1.32–1.34%), and the cost of dressings alone has been estimated at USD 5 billion per year from healthcare budgets. A promising cell treatment in wound healing is the local injection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs). …”
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“Now I Feel a Little Bit More Secure”: The Impact of SNAP Enrollment on Older Adult SSI Recipients by Katie Savin, Alena Morales, Ronli Levi, Dora Alvarez, Hilary Seligman

“…Findings demonstrate that SNAP enrollment improved participants’ access to nutritious foods of their choice, contributed to overall budgets, eased mental distress resulting from poverty, and reduced labor spent accessing food. …”
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Drying of Springs in the Himalayan Region of Nepal: Perspectives of Local Government Leaders on Causes, Consequences, and Conservation Efforts by Bhumika Thapa, Chiranjibi Bhattarai, Ngamindra Dahal, Sushma Tiwari, Dean Jacobsen

“…Spring conservation work has been included in local governments' annual plans, programs, and budgets, but most of them focus on drinking water. …”
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Sensitivity of Surface Fluxes in the ECMWF Land Surface Model to the Remotely Sensed Leaf Area Index and Root Distribution: Evaluation with Tower Flux Data by David Stevens, Pedro M. A. Miranda, René Orth, Souhail Boussetta, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Emanuel Dutra

“…The surface-atmosphere turbulent exchanges couple the water, energy and carbon budgets in the Earth system. The biosphere plays an important role in the evaporation process, and vegetation related parameters such as the leaf area index (LAI), vertical root distribution and stomatal resistance are poorly constrained due to sparse observations at the spatio-temporal scales at which land surface models (LSMs) operate. …”
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Transforming Health Care Delivery towards Value-Based Health Care in Germany: A Delphi Survey among Stakeholders by Franziska Krebs, Sabrina Engel, Vera Vennedey, Adrienne Alayli, Dusan Simic, Holger Pfaff, Stephanie Stock, on behalf of the Cologne Research and Development Network (CoRe-Net)

“…Additionally, the panel considered inter-sectoral joint budgets contingent on treatment outcomes achieved as not feasible. …”
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Partnerships between organizations that manage protected land in California are associated with groups with environmentally oriented missions by Emily Harding, Kailin Kroetz, Hanna L. Breetz, Kaitlyn L. Malakoff, Alexandra L. Thompson, Heather Bird Jackson, Paul R. Armsworth, Gwenllian D. Iacona

“…Abstract Partnerships between organizations that engage in land protection are promoted as a way to improve the efficiency of limited conservation budgets. However, limited empirical exploration of the types of organizations involved in partnering and their organizational objectives precludes a holistic understanding of how to integrate partnering into planning for improved conservation outcomes. …”
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Determination of the price in the fresh fruit market: case of pears by Miguel Angel Giacinti, Jaime de Pablo Valenciano, José Ramos Pires Manso

“…This might imply improving commercial efficiency in international trade, effective budgets in price formation, and giving new impetus to studies on the price of fruits and foods with a new vision. …”
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New Affordable Method for Measuring Angular Variations Caused by High Heels on the Sagittal Plane of Feet Joints during Gait by Jose S. Velázquez, Arsenio M. Iznaga-Benítez, Amanda Robau-Porrúa, Francisco L. Sáez-Gutiérrez, Francisco Cavas

“…Optical motion tracking technology is widely used to analyze high-heeled gait, but it normally involves several high-quality cameras and licensed software, so clinics and researchers with low budgets cannot afford them. This article presents a simple, effective technique to measure the rotation angles on the sagittal plane of the ankle (tibiotalar) and toe (metatarsophalangeal) joints when no shoes (0 cm heel) and high-heeled shoes (2, 6 and 10 cm heels) are worn. …”
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Risk Assessment of Mashhad Water Supply Projects and Priorities by ahmad ghandehari, kamran davari, bijan ghahraman

“…Water conveyances from different locations have been the current strategies to resolve this challenge besides the non- structural management practices that take a large amount of credits and national budgets. In this paper, opportunities and challenges of Mashhad water supply schemes have been investigated case by case basis, and an integrated approach to risk assessment is provided. …”
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An Intelligent System to Ensure Interoperability for the Dairy Farm Business Model by Adina Cretan, Cristina Nica, Carlos Coutinho, Ricardo Jardim-Goncalves, Ben Bratu

“…This challenge is even harder when it concerns small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who need to deal with short budgets and evident size limitations, often leading them to avoid handling very large contracts. …”
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Determinants of SMEs Financial Behavior in Gresik with Financial Literacy as an Intervening Variable by Anita Handayani, Fazlur Rahman Rahawarin, Ery Tri Djatmika Rudijanto, Wahju Wardhana, Puji Handayati

“… Financial Behavior is the ability of a person who is fundamentally able to manage day-to-day financial funds effectively based on planning, budgeting, auditing, managing, controlling, searching, and storing, and aims related to the responsibility for making financial decisions. …”
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The challenges of access to innovative medicines with limited evidence in the European Union by Antonio Vallano, Antonio Vallano, Antonio Vallano, Caridad Pontes, Caridad Pontes, Caridad Pontes, Antònia Agustí, Antònia Agustí

“…The burden of clinical development is often shifted towards public healthcare systems, resulting in increased spending budgets and opportunity costs. Effective management of uncertainty, through appropriate testing and evaluation, and fair reflection of costs and risks in prices, is crucial. …”
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From SW Timing Analysis and Safety Logging to HW Implementation: A Possible Solution with an Integrated and Low-Power Logger Approach by Francesco Cosimi, Antonio Arena, Paolo Gai, Sergio Saponara

“…Furthermore, performance and timing investigations are useful for solving scheduling issues to balance resource budgets and investigate misbehavior and failure causes. …”
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