Risk Safety Assessment of Human Factors Using Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach by Seyed Amin Moosavi, Shahabeddin Kamyab

“…Proper safety risk prioritization is very crucial during the risk assessment for planning, budgeting and managing safety-related risks. Despite the importance of the risk assessment, in many Iranian mines, some of which include large mines, there is a lack of appropriate and scientific approach to the issue. …”
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Quantifying the consequences of unsustainable sand mining and cascade dams on aspects in a tropical river basin by Binh Quang Nguyen, Sameh A. Kantoush, Tetsuya Sumi

“…Abstract Human interventions at the river basin scale, such as sand mining and hydropower dam construction, have profoundly affected hydrological and hydraulic alteration regimes, sediment budgets, and morphological changes worldwide. Quantifying the consequences of unsustainable ongoing sand mining and hydropower is crucial for obtaining sediment load data and managing hydrogeomorphology. …”
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Combining Area-Based and Individual Tree Metrics for Improving Merchantable and Non-Merchantable Wood Volume Estimates in Coastal Douglas-Fir Forests by Jason Kelley, J. A. (Tony) Trofymow, Christopher Bone

“…Forest management practices can increase climate change mitigation potential through applications focused on carbon budgets. One such application involves utilizing non-merchantable material (i.e., logging residues typically piled and burned) for bio-energy. …”
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Heuristic Approach for Net-Zero Energy Residential Buildings in Arid Region Using Dual Renewable Energy Sources by Esam M. H. Ismaeil, Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih

“…Optimizing a net-zero energy (NZE) residential building using what renewable energy resources are available in desert environments and budgeted within the limits of a governmental construction project is proving to be increasingly challenging for many countries, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). …”
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RENT AS A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT FOR REGULATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRARIAN SECTOR OF ECONOMY by А. О. Hutorov, O. V. Zakharchuk, O. I. Gutorov, A. V. Ozarovska, A. V. Tarasiuk

“…The implementation of the proposed measures will contribute to the return of rental over-income to those who have a constitutional right to get it, will provide additional financial resources to fulfill local budgets, especially rural territorial communities. …”
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Key information for forest policy decision-making - Does current reporting on forests and forestry reflect forest discourses? by Linser S, Lier M, Bastrup-Birk A

“…However, they lack information on emissions from deforestation, carbon dioxide emissions and carbon budgets, which are high in political discussions. …”
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Exploring the Limits of Species Identification via a Convolutional Neural Network in a Complex Forest Scene through Simulated Imaging Spectroscopy by Manisha Das Chaity, Jan van Aardt

“…Our simulation approach allowed us to better understand the interplay between instrument parameters and landscape characteristics, and facilitated comprehensive traceability of error budgets. To enhance our understanding of the impact of sensor design on classification performance, we simulated image samples at different spatial, spectral, and scale resolutions (by modifying the pixel pitch and the total number of pixels in the sensor array, i.e., the focal plane dimension) of the imaging sensor and assessed the performance of a deep learning-based convolutional neural network (CNN) and a traditional machine learning classifier, support vector machines (SVMs), to classify vegetation species. …”
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Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality through integrated and sustainability-focused programming in Zambia by Aniset Kamanga, Lupenshyo Ngosa, Oluwaseun Aladesanmi, Morrison Zulu, Elizabeth McCarthy, Kennedy Choba, James Nyirenda, Caren Chizuni, Angel Mwiche, Andrew Storey, Hilda Shakwelele, Margaret L. Prust

“…These results were attained through a consciously cost-efficient approach backed by substantially lower levels of external investment relative to prior programs, allowing many of the interventions to be successfully adopted by government within public sector budgets.…”
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Estimation of econometric indicators on the basis of the regression analysis (on the example of food consumption by the population of the Arkhangelsk region) by S. A. Kochkin

“…For carrying out the statistical analysis microdata of selective examinations of budgets of the households of the Arkhangelsk region for the IV quarter of 2012 conducted by Rosstat were used. …”
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Efficient Uncertainty Analysis of External Heat Flux of Solar Radiation with External Heat Flux Expansion for Spacecraft Thermal Design by Xiaoyi Fu, Lei Liang, Wenlai Ma, Hutao Cui, Yang Zhao

“…The other conditions are handled by simple matrix budgeting, negating the need for complicated ray tracing. …”
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Trade-Off Analysis of NOMA-D2D and OFDMA-D2D Systems: Resource Allocation Perspective by Najmeh Madani, Shabnam Sodagari

“…This two-stage heuristic solution allows a comparison of NOMA-D2D and OFDMA-D2D performances with identical power budgets, while the number of cellular connections in the NOMA-D2D system is twice that of the OFDMA-D2D system. …”
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Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Red Pandas (<i>Ailurus fulgens</i>): A Case-Study Testing the Behavioural Variety Index by Caterina Spiezio, Mariangela Altamura, Janno Weerman, Barbara Regaiolli

“…The percentages of time spent on different activities (e.g., routine behaviours, exploratory/territorial behaviours, consumption behaviours, locomotive behaviours, social behaviours, maternal behaviours) were similar to time budgets reported in the red panda, with routine behaviours (resting, comfort and vigilance) being the most performed in both pairs. …”
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Comparison of forest canopy height profiles in a mountainous region of Taiwan derived from airborne lidar and unmanned aerial vehicle imagery by Chih-Hsin Chung, Chao-Huan Wang, Han-Ching Hsieh, Cho-Ying Huang

“…Tree height is essential for assessing carbon budgets and biodiversity. One of the most commonly used assessment methods is a field survey. …”
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Factors influencing institutionalization of health technology assessment in Kenya by Rahab Mbau, Anna Vassall, Lucy Gilson, Edwine Barasa

“…Conclusions Kenya’s Ministry of Health can facilitate institutionalization of HTA by adopting a systemic approach that involves: - (a) introducing long-term capacity-building initiatives to strengthen human and technical capacity for HTA; (b) earmarking national health budgets to ensure adequate financial resources for HTA; (c) introducing a cost database and promoting timely data collection to ensure availability of data for HTA; (d) developing context specific HTA guidelines and decision-making frameworks to facilitate HTA processes; (e) conducting deeper advocacy to strengthen HTA awareness among subnational stakeholders; and (f) managing stakeholders’ interests to minimize opposition to institutionalization of HTA.…”
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Poverty Reduction in Regencies/Municipalities in South Sumatra Province by Siti Rohima, Liliana Liliana, Aning Kesuma Putri

“… Local Government expenditure is budgeting for all government needs and activities and managed under the authority of provinces, regencies, and municipalities through their respective regional heads. …”
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Hydrologic Performance of Low Impact Developments in a Cold Climate by Shunlin Xiao, Youcan Feng, Lijun Xue, Zhenjie Ma, Lin Tian, Hongliang Sun

“…The influence of the Horton and the Green–Ampt infiltration methods on the seasonal water budgets was particularly compared since the former is universally adopted in China while the latter is more widely used in the U.S. and other countries. …”
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Structures for the care of people with dementia: a European comparison by Tim Schmachtenberg, Jessica Monsees, Jochen René Thyrian

“…The EU, in cooperation with care planners, research institutions, care providers, and patient organisations, should develop European care guidelines or dementia plans that contain concrete measures, schedules, and budgets.…”
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Scoping review of the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on unplanned pregnancy by Carmen S. Christian, Laura Rossouw

“…Understanding the fertility trajectory and the pandemic is important in understanding population structures and ageing, which have consequences for health policies, budgeting and economic activity. Aim: This study aimed to conduct a scoping review of the impact of COVID-19 on unplanned pregnancy. …”
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A Novel Simulation-Based Optimization Method for Autonomous Vehicle Path Tracking with Urban Driving Application by Yanzhan Chen, Fan Yu

“…The numerical results demonstrate that the nondominated solutions obtained by DMEGO exhibit excellent performance in terms of tracking accuracy and smoothness under limited simulation budgets. Overall, the proposed approach may be a viable tool for solving multi-objective simulation-based optimization problem under uncertainties.…”
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Diagnostic stewardship to limit repeat plasma cytomegalovirus viral load testing by Akeatit Trirattanapikul, Ekawat Pasomsub, Sukanya Siriyotha, Oraluck Pattanaprateep, Angsana Phuphuakrat

“…Abstract Background Frequent serial monitoring of plasma cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load caused unnecessary budgets for laboratory testing without changes in treatment. …”
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