Spatial distribution of oceanic moisture contributions to precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau by Y. Li, Y. Li, C. Wang, C. Wang, C. Wang, R. Huang, D. Yan, H. Peng, H. Peng, S. Xiao, S. Xiao

“…This hinders the accurate quantification of regional water budgets and the reasonable interpretation of water isotope records from observations and paleo archives. …”
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A nitrogen index for improving nutrient management within commercial Mexican dairy operations by Uriel Figueroa-Viramontes, Jorge A. Delgado, Juan I. Sánchez-Duarte, Esmeralda Ochoa-Martínez, Gregorio Núñez-Hernández

“…One reason is that commercial farmers in this region are currently not using any method to rapidly calculate N budgets based on their practices, N inputs and/or crop N uptake. …”
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Treatment of coronavirus disease 2019: a comprehensive review by Damla Sosyal, Ozge Ozmen, Muhammed Yunus Bektay, Fikret Vehbi Izzettin

“…Besides, emergency teams and budgets should be prepared as well. .…”
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Study on facility location of air taxi skyports using a prescriptive analytics approach by Akhouri Amitanand Sinha, Suchithra Rajendran

“…Results also showed that varying percentages of the budgeted rental cost and employee salary have minimal effect on the total number of stations.…”
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Medicaid policy data for evaluating eligibility and programmatic changes by Paul R. Shafer, Amanda Katchmar, Steven Callori, Raisa Alam, Roshni Patel, Sugy Choi, Samantha Auty

“…Data description Our source data were the 50-state surveys of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, and cost-sharing policies, and budgets conducted near annually by KFF since 2000, which we coded through 2020. …”
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Leadership and Service Delivery in Times of Change by Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku, Collen Mulife Kurana, Idris Olayiwola Ganiyu

“…Therefore, the Town Council should prioritise budgeting, foster public-private partnerships, promote innovation, and ensure stakeholder engagement to enhance service delivery in the Town Council.…”
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Newly deceased Caribbean reef-building corals experience rapid carbonate loss and colonization by endolithic organisms by Francisco Medellín-Maldonado, Israel Cruz-Ortega, Esmeralda Pérez-Cervantes, Orion Norzogaray-López, Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet, Andrés López-Pérez, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

“…Our findings highlight the importance of including biological and chemical processes of CaCO3 dissolution in reef carbonate budgets, particularly as the impacts of global warming, ocean acidification, and disease likely enhance dissolution processes.…”
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How Urban Forest Managers Evaluate Management and Governance Challenges in Their Decision-Making by Camilo Ordóñez, Dave Kendal, Caragh G. Threlfall, Dieter F. Hochuli, Melanie Davern, Richard A. Fuller, Rodney van der Ree, Stephen J. Livesley

“…However, there were divergent views about how effective solutions based on increasing operational capacities, such as increasing budgets and personnel, could address these challenges. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Fiscal Policy on Inclusive Development in Iran: SVAR Approach by Hossein Rajabpour, Farshad Momeni, Ali Nasiri Aghdam

“…It seems that the reform of the budgeting process and the simultaneous attention to the two constraints of equality and sustainability in growth and development targeting for fiscal policy on inclusive development is essential.…”
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A SECOND CHANCE FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS by Alexandra NOVAC, Elena ACULAI, Lidia MAIER

“…The relevance of offering a second chance is determined not only by the need to mitigate the consequences of business failure and motivate the entrepreneur to continue his entrepreneurial activity, but also by the impact on the country’s economy, as business closure leads to job losses, a worsening of the financial possibilities of the national and local budgets, reduction of competition and other negative trends in the internal market. …”
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The Effects of Health Sector Fiscal Decentralisation on Availability, Accessibility, and Utilisation of Healthcare Services: A Panel Data Analysis by Arianna Rotulo, Christina Paraskevopoulou, Elias Kondilis

“…In 2001, The Italian National Health System (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, SSN) has introduced a strong element of FD, making regions responsible for their own pooling of resources and for their budgets. Despite the relevance, only few studies exist on health sector-FD in Italy, mostly looking at the effects of FD on infant mortality.Methods  This study performs a fixed-effects panel data analysis of Italian Regions and Autonomous provinces between the years 2001 and 2017, to investigate the effects of health sector-FD on availability, accessibility, and utilisation of healthcare services in Italy.Results  FD decreases availability of staff and hospital beds, decreases utilisation of care, measured by hospitalisation rates, and increases interregional patients’ mobility for healthcare purposes, a finding suggesting increased disparities in access to healthcare. …”
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Prefab Facades – From Prototype to Product? by Lisa Rammig, Andrea Zani, Tim Murphy, Isabelle Paparo, Linda Hildebrand, Steve Abbring, Derick Kopreck, Christine Wu, Joyce Lee, Kate Turpin

“…As a result, the tool/design workflow will ensure consistent quality, meeting budgets and timelines while enhancing material efficiency and fostering energy-conscious and circular envelope design approaches. …”
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Asymmetrical cooling effects of Amazonian protected areas across spatiotemporal scales by Anqi Huang, Xiyan Xu, Gensuo Jia, Runping Shen

“…The biophysical effects of PAs on regulating the local energy budgets, and hence changing local climate, however, are often ignored. …”
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A computational roadmap to electronic drugs by Andreas Rowald, Oliver Amft, Oliver Amft, Oliver Amft

“…Even with titanic efforts and budgets, it is infeasible to comprehensively explore the multi-dimensional optimization space of neurostimulation through empirical research alone, especially since anatomical structures and thus outcomes vary dramatically between patients. …”
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The Rising Burden of Diabetes-Related Blindness: A Case for Integration of Primary Eye Care into Primary Health Care in Eswatini by Sharon Nobuntu Maseko, Diane van Staden, Euphemia Mbali Mhlongo

“…Developing countries have in the last two decades been significantly impacted by infectious pandemics; with SSA countries committing over 80% of their health budgets towards infectious diseases. Consequently, non-communicable diseases and eye health have been neglected. …”
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Vaccine-Preventable Hospitalisations from Seasonal Respiratory Diseases: What Is Their True Value? by Margherita Neri, Simon Brassel, Hannah Schirrmacher, Diana Mendes, Andrew Vyse, Lotte Steuten, Elizabeth Hamson

“…Considering opportunity costs is key to ensuring maximum value is obtained from preventative budgets, as reference costing may significantly underestimate the true value of vaccines.…”
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PROFITABILITY, PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND MARKETING OF SPRING MAIZE IN PUNJAB-PAKISTAN by R. Saeed, A. Bashir, M. Sohail, M. Qasim, M. A. Mahmood

“… This study primarily investigates the profitability of spring maize production in district Kasur of Punjab Province, using farm budgeting technique. Keeping in view the growing trend in maize area, data were collected through simple random sampling technique, and administered structured questionnaires to a total of 50 respondents. …”
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Identification of the Leading Knowledge of the Agricultural Sector Using Key Technology Techniques and AHP in Kermanshah Province, Iran by Z. Alinezhad, S.M.B. Najafi, J. Fathollahi, N. Zali

“…However, since government budgets have to be spent for public, especially for science and technology which are too expensive, it is impossible to experience the simultaneous advancement in all branches of knowledge. …”
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Assessment of the Risk for Mashhad Water Supply Options and Specifying Their Priorities by Ahmad Ghandahari, Kamran Davari, Bijan Ghahraman

“…On this basis, water supply from different locations and implementation of different options have been the current strategies to resolve this challenge along with the non- structural management and allocated a large amount of credits and national budgets to itself. In this paper, the challenges and opportunities of Mashhad water supply schemes have been investigated as a case study  and Also an integrated approach to risk assessment has been provided.For this purpose, in the first part of this article, Based on brainstorming method, risk factors in Mashhad water supply options were studied and the average risk of each option has been calculated.Then in the second part, Based on the amplitude, the possibility of risks was calculated for all risk options. …”
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Vegetation Structure and Carbon Stocks of Two Protected Areas within the South-Sudanian Savannas of Burkina Faso by Mohammad Qasim, Stefan Porembski, Dietmar Sattler, Katharina Stein, Adjima Thiombiano, André Lindner

“…Savannas and adjacent vegetation types like gallery forests are highly valuable ecosystems contributing to several ecosystem services including carbon budgeting. Financial mechanisms such as REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) can provide an opportunity for developing countries to alleviate poverty through conservation of its forestry resources. …”
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