Demonstrating GWP*: a means of reporting warming-equivalent emissions that captures the contrasting impacts of short- and long-lived climate pollutants by Lynch, J, Cain, M, Pierrehumbert, RT, Allen, M

“…It provides a direct link between emissions and anticipated warming impacts, supporting stocktakes of progress towards a long-term temperature goal and compatible with cumulative emissions budgets.…”

Procurement process and shortages of essential medicines in public health facilities: A qualitative study from Nepal by Adhikari, B, Ranabhat, K, Khanal, P, Poudel, M, Marahatta, SB, Khanal, S, Paudyal, V, Shrestha, S

“…We recommend implementing comprehensive procurement guidelines, collaborative training, and dedicated budgets to address this issue. Improving the procurement and inventory management process in low-resource settings requires a well-trained workforce, suitable storage spaces, and enhanced coordinated administrative tiers within health facilities at different levels to ensure the year-round availability of essential medicines in these settings.…”

Using the radium quartet (Ra-228, Ra-226, Ra-224, and Ra-223) to estimate water mixing and radium inputs in Loch Etive, Scotland by Hsieh, Y, Geibert, W, van-Beek, P, Stahl, H, Aleynik, D, Henderson, G

“…The calculated sedimentary 228Ra flux of 2.1 ±0.2 (× 109) atoms m-22yr-1 in the inner deep basin is comparable with previous measurements of sedimentary 228Ra inputs from shelf sediments, supporting existing global 228Ra budgets, which are used to assess global rates of groundwater discharge to the ocean. © 2013, by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc.…”

Cost-effectiveness of parenteral artesunate for treating children with severe malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. by Lubell, Y, Riewpaiboon, A, Dondorp, A, von Seidlein, L, Mokuolu, O, Nansumba, M, Gesase, S, Kent, A, Mtove, G, Olaosebikan, R, Ngum, W, Fanello, C, Hendriksen, I, Day, N, White, N, Yeung, S

“…OBJECTIVE: To explore the cost-effectiveness of parenteral artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in children and its potential impact on hospital budgets. METHODS: The costs of inpatient care of children with severe malaria were assessed in four of the 11 sites included in the African Quinine Artesunate Malaria Treatment trial, conducted with over 5400 children. …”

The role of energy demand reduction in achieving net-zero in the UK: Transport and mobility by Brand, C, Marsden, G, Anable, J

“…Our findings show that energy demand reduction in the transport sector can make it easier to meet sectoral carbon budgets and reduce reliance on more drastic car use restrictions further down the line. …”

The role of energy service contracting in delivering energy efficiency measures for local authorities in the UK by Nolden, C

“…The last point is of particular relevance to local authorities in the UK as tightening budgets resulting from austerity measures imply that both investment backlogs and the need to comply with carbon reduction commitments are rarely addressed.…”

An improved in vivo angiogenesis model of chicken chorioallantoic membranes in surrogate shells revealed the pro-angiogenesis effects of chylomicrons by Wan, X, Zhang, Z, Rui, L, Wilson, R, Wu, X, Liu, X

“…Furthermore, the significantly low cost of CAM models compared with traditional murine models for cardiovascular research will have potential 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) significance for the research communities, especially for laboratories with limited budgets or regulatory restrictions.…”

Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation by Bradshaw, S, Howard, P

“…We catalogue their organizational forms and evaluate their capacities in terms of budgets and staffing. This working paper summarizes the findings of the first comprehensive inventory of the major organizations behind social media manipulation.…”

The ecology and social organisation of Hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus Dufresne, 1797) in Kanha tiger reserve, central Indian highlands by Newton, P, Paul N Newton

“…Activity, feeding and ranging budgets were estimated using scan sampling of the study troop over twelve months. …”

Attracting investment for Africa's protected areas by creating enabling environments for collaborative management partnerships by Lindsey, P, Baghai, M, Bigurube, G, Cunliffe, S, Dickman, A, Fitzgerald, K, Flyman, M, Gandiwa, P, Kumchedwa, B, Madope, A, Morjan, M, Parker, A, Steiner, K, Tumenta, P, Uiseb, K, Robson, A

“…The three main CMP models—financial and technical support, co-management, and delegated management—yield median funding that is 1.5, 2.6 and 14.6 times greater than baseline state budgets for PA management. However, several factors limit the scaling of CMPs in Africa. …”

Is screening for osteoporosis worthwhile? by Walker-Bone, K, Reid, D, Cooper, C

“…Based on predicted demographic changes, the implications of this disease are set to increasingly affect the healthcare budgets of all nations. The determinants of fracture are skeletal factors, such as peak bone mass, the rate of bone loss and extra-skeletal factors, which include trauma and the response to that trauma. …”

A prototype for converting and merging multi type databases to single database / Suzana Ahmad and Siti Zaleha Zainal Abidin by Ahmad, Suzana, Zainal Abidin, Siti Zaleha

“…Since these data are in different format and different databases, problems such as: manipulating wrong or contradictory data (two data sources giving two different information); delivering wrong information to the user, due to data inconsistency; increase workload leading to over budgeting; and delay in applications delivery with direct and/or indirect consequences on the activities of the faculty. …”
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Education inequality in West African countries: Does investment in education matter? by Obasuyi, Folorunso Obayemi Temitope, Chenayah, Santha, Chua, Yan Piaw

“…So, the researchers propose and suggest UNESCO to have a higher rate of education expenditure as a ratio of GDP for education financing should be strictly followed in the annual government budgeting. The researchers further suggest that the region is expected to consistently develop a five-year expenditure rolling plan (ERP) on education to increase human capital stock leading to a knowledge-based economy.…”

Development and behavior of wild infant-juvenile East Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in Danum Valley by Renata S. Mendonça, Tomoko Kanamori, Noko Kuze, Misato Hayashi, Henry Bernard, Tetsuro Matsuzawa

“…We analyzed developmental changes in mother-offspring distance, contact, and activity budgets in orangutans ranging from 1 to 7 years of age. …”
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Importance of nutrition in achieving the millennium development goals by Khor, Geok Lin

“…Incorporating nutrition considerations into government development policies and budgets is essential towards enhancing the achievement of the health-related MDGs by 2015.…”
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A Case Study on Pharma Sdn Bhd - Focusing on the Vitamin C Business by Alagappar, Ponmalar

“…This is reflected by sales performance of Freesia which was well below the budgeted sale in the year 1998. Another note for concern here, is that the sale of the existing product, have deteriorated whilst competitors had shown a growth of 5% to 10% for their existing brands. …”
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Politically Equal But Still Underrepresented: Women And Local Democratic Politics In Indonesia by Sobari, Wawan

“…The national authority strictly determines local expenditure items, which do not incorporate gender mainstreaming approaches in local budgeting.…”
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The risk analysis of system selection and business process re-engineering towards the success of enterprise resource planning project for small and medium enterprise by Safavi, Nazli Sadat

“…Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have restricted resources, budgets, and great sensitivity to costs; thus, ERP implementation is such a huge concern for a small enterprise. …”
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Facilitating resource allocation decision through bibliomining: the case of UTM's library by Karno, Md. Razib

“…Library has vastly developed and demand from the users, institutions, international organization needs and technology advancement has changed the library planning and decision making approach in many ways including library budgeting, human resource and infrastructure allocations. …”
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Financial competency within medium and large Iranian companies by Mehrabi, Omid

“…The first theme consists of expenditure, saving, income, investment, cash flow management, budgeting and debt management. The second theme consists of opportunity competencies, financial perspective, market observation, documentation, paradigm notion and learning characteristic. …”
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