Modeling Gross Primary Production of a Typical Coastal Wetland in China Using MODIS Time Series and CO2 Eddy Flux Tower Data by Xiaoming Kang, Liang Yan, Xiaodong Zhang, Yong Li, Dashuan Tian, Changhui Peng, Haidong Wu, Jinzhi Wang, Lei Zhong

“…How to effectively combine remote sensing data with the eddy covariance (EC) technique to accurately quantify gross primary production (GPP) in coastal wetlands has been a challenge and is also important and necessary for carbon (C) budgets assessment and climate change studies at larger scales. …”
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Return on investment in blended advanced cardiac life support training compared to face-to-face training in Singapore by George, Pradeep Paul, Ooi, Chee Kheong, Leong, Edwin, Jarbrink, Krister, Car, Josip, Lockwood, Craig

“…Background: Internet adoption during the past decade has provided opportunities for innovation in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) training. With pressure on budgets across health care systems, there is a need for more cost-effective solutions. …”
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Improved affordability in DoD acquisitions through strategic management of systemic cost risk by Petrucci, David J

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A Pilot Study on Behavioural and Physiological Indicators of Emotions in Donkeys by Samanta Seganfreddo, Diletta Fornasiero, Marta De Santis, Franco Mutinelli, Simona Normando, Laura Contalbrigo

“…Facial expressions, postures, and movements were analysed by principal component analysis and behavioural diversity indexes (frequencies, activity budgets, richness, Shannon and Gini-Simpson). During the positive condition, both ears were held high and sideways (left: r = −0.793, <i>p</i> < 0.0001; right: r = −0.585, <i>p</i> = 0.011), while the ears were frontally erected (left: r = 0.924, <i>p</i> < 0.0001; right: r = 0.946, <i>p</i> < 0.0001) during the negative one. …”
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FPGA-Based Hybrid-Type Implementation of Quantized Neural Networks for Remote Sensing Applications by Xin Wei, Wenchao Liu, Lei Chen, Long Ma, He Chen, Yin Zhuang

“…However, the operation and storage processes in floating-point models hinder the deployment of networks in hardware implements with limited resource and power budgets, such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). …”
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The Financial and Investment Dimension of Solving Ecological Problems in the Conditions of a New Global Nature Protection Architectonics: Implementing the Best Foreign Experience by Holian Vasyl A., Medynska Nataliia V., Kolosa Liudmyla L., Zamlynskyi Oleksandr S.

“…It is substantiated that the intensification of environmental activities at the level of local self-government will become possible due to an increase in the share of deductions of the natural resource rent and environmental tax to special funds of budgets of territorial communities, which will ensure targeted linking of eco-resource payments to solving the most pressing ecological problems of territorial entities.…”
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Warm summer nights and the growth decline of shore pine in Southeast Alaska by Patrick F Sullivan, Robin L Mulvey, Annalis H Brownlee, Tara M Barrett, Robert R Pattison

“…This suite of conditions could lead to unfavorable tree carbon budgets (reduced daytime photosynthesis and greater nighttime respiration) and/or favor infection by foliar pathogens, such as Dothistroma needle blight, which has recently caused widespread tree mortality on lodgepole pine plantations in British Columbia. …”
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Design of a Dual-Mode Waveguide CP Antenna with a Symmetric Beamwidth Using Short Stub for Low-Orbit Satellite TC&R by Dong-Su Choi, Yoon-Seon Choi, Hyo-Jin Lee, Sun-Ik Lee, Jong-Myung Woo

“…Next, a dual-mode synthesis method was adopted for link budgeting by combining square and circular waveguides. …”
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Effects of prediction accuracy of the proportion of vegetation cover on land surface emissivity and temperature using the NDVI threshold method by Elnaz Neinavaz, Andrew K. Skidmore, Roshanak Darvishzadeh

“…Predicting land surface energy budgets requires precise information of land surface emissivity (LSE) and land surface temperature (LST). …”
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Optimization of Rain Gauge Networks for Arid Regions Based on Remote Sensing Data by Mona Morsy, Ruhollah Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, Silas Michaelides, Thomas Scholten, Peter Dietrich, Karsten Schmidt

“…Accurate climatic data must be obtained to protect municipal water budgets. Unfortunately, the majority of these arid regions have a sparsely distributed number of rain gauges, which reduces the reliability of the spatio-temporal fields generated. …”
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Generating Discretionary Income in an Academic Department of Pathology by David N. Bailey MD, James M. Crawford MD, PhD, Peter E. Jensen MD, Debra G. B. Leonard MD, PhD, Susan McCarthy, Fred Sanfilippo MD, PhD

“…Such income is particularly desirable given limitations on departmental budgets. Four discussion-group panelists presented the funds-flow model in their respective institutions and how they derived and used discretionary income. …”
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Assessing the feasibility of CO2 removal strategies in achieving climate-neutral power systems: Insights from biomass, CO2 capture, and direct air capture in Europe by Rebeka Béres, Martin Junginger, Machteld van den Broek

“…To achieve the European Union's goal of climate neutrality by 2050, negative emissions may be required to compensate for emissions exceeding allocated carbon budgets. Therefore, carbon removal technologies such as bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS) and direct air capture (DAC) may need to play a pivotal role in the power system. …”
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Regional modeling of internal-tide dynamics around New Caledonia – Part 1: Coherent internal-tide characteristics and sea surface height signature by A. Bendinger, S. Cravatte, S. Cravatte, L. Gourdeau, L. Brodeau, L. Brodeau, A. Albert, M. Tchilibou, M. Tchilibou, F. Lyard, C. Vic

“…Based on a tailored high-resolution regional model, we investigate for the first time the internal-tide field around the New Caledonia islands through energy budgets that quantify the coherent internal-tide generation, propagation, and dissipation. …”
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Analysis of Development Method of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Primary Care by WANG Ling, WANG Ping, SU Renfeng, ZHAO Junxian, ZHU Di, LI Zhewei, HE Hongfeng, LUO Xufei, LIU Hui, ZHANG Hairong, WANG Xiaohui, CHEN Yaolong

“…Mean reporting on the 18 topics in the Guideline 2.0 inventory was 40%, with relatively good reporting on the topics of guideline panelists (85%), conflict of interest considerations (75%), and evidence retrieval and incorporation (75%), and low reporting on the topics of organizing-budgeting-planning-training (15%), and summarizing the evidence and considering other information (15%).  …”
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Methane Emissions from Subtropical and Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems in Taiwan by Chiao-Wen Lin, Yu-Chen Kao, Meng-Chun Chou, Hsin-Hsun Wu, Chuan-Wen Ho, Hsing-Juh Lin

“…Our results demonstrate that CH₄ emissions in mangroves cannot be neglected when constructing the carbon budgets and estimating the carbon storage capacity. …”
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Simulated microphysical properties of winter storms from bulk-type microphysics schemes and their evaluation in the Weather Research and Forecasting (v4.1.3) model during the ICE-P... by J.-S. Ko, K.-S. S. Lim, K. Kim, G. Lee, G. Thompson, A. Berne

“…<p>This study evaluates the performance of four bulk-type microphysics schemes, Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) double-moment 6-class (WDM6), WRF double-moment 7-class (WDM7), Thompson, and Morrison, focusing on hydrometeors and microphysics budgets in the WRF model version 4.1.3. Eight snowstorm cases, which can be sub-categorized as cold-low, warm-low, and air–sea interaction cases are selected, depending on the synoptic environment during the International Collaborative Experiment for Pyeongchang Olympics and Paralympics (ICE-POP 2018) field campaign. …”
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Association of DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A polymorphism with depression in an open 45–64 year-old male population (international epidemiological HAPIEE and WHO MONICA programs) by V. V. Gafarov, E. A. Gromova, D. O. Panov, V. N. Maximov, I. V. Gagulin, A. V. Gafarova

“…The DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A C32806T (rs 1800497) polymorphism was genotyped using the published methods within the budgeting topic. The Pearson's chi-square (2) test was applied to test the statistical significance of differences between the groups. …”
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Assessing trade‐offs in developing a landscape‐scale nest monitoring programme for a threatened shorebird by Kristen S. Ellis, Michael J. Anteau, Garrett J. MacDonald, Megan M. Ring, Mark H. Sherfy, Rose J. Swift, Dustin L. Toy

“…Decisions about monitoring programmes include where to survey, survey design and how much effort to allocate at survey sites are typically predicated on limited budgets and available resources. When the scope of inference requires monitoring on a broad spatial scale, predictions of habitat distribution or suitability may be useful for identifying potential survey sites. …”
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Cost analysis of the WHO-HEARTS program for hypertension control and CVD prevention in primary health facilities in Ethiopia by Senait Alemayehu Beshah, Muhammad Jami Husain, Girma A. Dessie, Addisu Worku, Mussie Gebremichael Negeri, Bolanle Banigbe, Andrew E. Moran, Soumava Basu, Deliana Kostova

“…Conclusions: The results from this study can inform planning and budgeting for HEARTS scale-up to prevent CVD across Ethiopia.…”
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The necessity revealed by COVID-19 pandemic: Paradigm shift of Iran's healthcare system by Mohammadtaghi Mohammadpour, Sajad Delavari, Zahra Kavosi, Mahmoudreza Peyravi, Reyhane Izadi, Peivand Bastani

“…The main themes included “strengthening the electronic health infrastructure,” “research for evidence-based decision making,” “dedicated financing to the pandemic,” “prevention of disruption in the effective provision of services and medicines,” “enriching the authority of the Ministry of Health by focusing on interactions,” “recruiting, managing and empowering health human resources with attention to financial and non-financial incentives,” “reforming educational approaches in training students in medical universities,” as well as “lessons learned from neglected aspects.”ConclusionTo be ready to respond to a possible future pandemic and for a paradigm shift, bold steps must be taken to make fundamental changes in various aspects of the healthcare system including e-health development, evidence-based decision making, dedicated budgets for pandemics, reinforcement of interactions at the national and international level, as well as sufficient attention to healthcare workers from all financial, non-financial and educational aspects.…”
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