INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF LOCAL SPENDING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ROMANIA by Bilan Irina, Oprea Florin

“…At the same time, the very significant negative impact of social expenditures, currently mandatory expenditures of local governments, draws attention to the need to reconsider public policies and the relationships between different public budgets. Our findings also confirm the unproductive character of local transfer and goods and services expenditures, for which the results are to be interpreted as an alert signal to Romanian local authorities.…”
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STRATEGIC PROVISING OF ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SECURITY IN COVID-19 CONDITIONS by Kateryna Oriekhova, Olena Golovko, Pavel Gayda

“…The strategic support of the enterprise's financial security is based on strategic management, which should include a number of elements: strategic analysis, strategic planning, controlling, budgeting and audit. Strategic analysis involves a comprehensive study of positive and negative factors that can affect the economic and financial situation of the enterprise in the future, as well as ways to achieve the strategic goals of the enterprise. …”
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Economic mechanism of ensuring regional energy safety of the Republic of Belarus by T. G. Zoryna, V. V. Panasiuk

“…The measures developed on the basis of the authors’ mechanism to improve energy security should be included in regional sets of measures to implement state five-year programs, financed by local budgets at the level of Belarus regions and Minsk. …”
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Upper ocean stratification and sea ice growth rates during the summer-fall transition, as revealed by Elephant seal foraging in the Adélie Depression, East Antarctica by G. D. Williams, M. Hindell, M.-N. Houssais, T. Tamura, I. C. Field

“…Here we present observations of the regional oceanography during the summer-fall transition, in particular (i) the zonal distribution of modified Circumpolar Deep Water exchange across the shelf break, (ii) the upper ocean stratification across the Adélie Depression, including alongside iceberg C-28 that calved from the Mertz Glacier and (iii) the convective overturning of the deep remnant seasonal mixed layer in Commonwealth Bay from sea ice growth. Heat and freshwater budgets to 200–300 m are used to estimate the ocean heat content (400→50 MJ m<sup>−2</sup>), flux (50–200 W m<sup>−2</sup> loss) and sea ice growth rates (maximum of 7.5–12.5 cm day<sup>−1</sup>). …”
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Dusty & Digital Media Literacy Workshops by Jonathan Kabongo, Craig Arthur, Freddy Paige

“…Inasmuch, this contribution will also provide a recommended list of music creation equipment and other appropriate classroom technology that will accommodate a variety of budgets. Furthermore, we will include several promising practices and recommendations gained from more than 50 years of collective experience creating hip hop music and 10 years of collective experience teaching the hip hop arts. …”
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Vertical profiles of O₃ and NO_x chemistry in the polluted nocturnal boundary layer in Phoenix, AZ: I. Field observations by long-path DOAS by S. Wang, R. Ackermann, J. Stutz

“…Nocturnal chemistry in the atmospheric boundary layer plays a key role in determining the initial chemical conditions for photochemistry during the following morning as well as influencing the budgets of O₃ and NO₂. Despite its importance, chemistry in the nocturnal boundary layer (NBL), especially in heavily polluted urban areas, has received little attention so far, which greatly limits the current understanding of the processes involved. …”
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Capacity Building Needs of Small-Holder Cocoyam (Xanthosoma Sagittifoliuu) Farmers in Selected Rural Communities of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria by Kesit Kufre Nkeme, Jemimah Ekanem, Victoria Nse

“…Data were randomly collected from 130 respondents selected through a multi-stage sampling procedure using questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics, net returns model and budgeting technique. For agronomic management practice, result showed that the major sources of land acquisition and labour were inheritance (63%) and hired labour. …”
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IMPACT OF IMPROVED SEEDS ON SMALL FARMERS' PRODUCTIVITY, INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD OF BARA LOCALITY IN NORTH KORDOFAN STATE, SUDAN by Elkhalil Elnour Briema Ahmed, Maryoud Elnow Maryoud, Elrashied Elimam Elkhidir, Tarig Elsheikh Mahmoud

“…Results of LP also indicated a positive change in production patterns of resource use; 3.3, 6.2, 3.5, 3.3 and 9.1% for land, cash income, labour, seeds supply and productivity, respectively under existing and optimal plan. Partial crop budgeting revealed that, all treatments were financially gave positive returns. …”
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Response to Malnutrition Treatment in Low Weight-for-Age Children: Secondary Analyses of Children 6–59 Months in the ComPAS Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Jeanette Bailey, Natasha Lelijveld, Tanya Khara, Carmel Dolan, Heather Stobaugh, Kate Sadler, Richard Lino Lako, André Briend, Charles Opondo, Marko Kerac, Mark Myatt

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Internet of Things and New Technologies for Tracking Perioperative Patients With an Innovative Model for Operating Room Scheduling: Protocol for a Development and Feasibility Study by Eleonora Bottani, Valentina Bellini, Monica Mordonini, Mattia Pellegrino, Gianfranco Lombardo, Beatrice Franchi, Michelangelo Craca, Elena Bignami

“… BackgroundManagement of operating rooms is a critical point in health care organizations because surgical departments represent a significant cost in hospital budgets. Therefore, it is increasingly important that there is effective planning of elective, emergency, and day surgery and optimization of both the human and physical resources available, always maintaining a high level of care and health treatment. …”
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Towards TB elimination: how are macro-level factors perceived and addressed in policy initiatives in a high burden country? by Prince A. Adu, Jerry M. Spiegel, Annalee Yassi

“…Nonetheless, while micro-level (biomedical and clinical) measures, such as improving diagnostic procedures and investment in more efficacious drugs, are being (and well should be) implemented, our findings showed that macro-level drivers of TB are underrepresented in budgeting allocations for initiatives to combat this disease. …”
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BEHAVIOUR OF INDIVIDUAL CONSUMERS AS AN OBJECT MANAGEMENT INTERESTS by Yurii Y. Petrunia, Vira Y. Petrunia, Olexander I. Guba

“…By contrast, the health condition affects the level of “social happiness” (social welfare), efficiency and productivity of social work (ability to perform a certain amount of work and provide a certain level of intensity), the corresponding costs of the state and local budgets connected with the prevention and treatment of diseases, the use of various compensation payments related to the health problems. …”
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Lessons Learned From Modeling Irrigation From Field to Regional Scales by Xiaoyu Xu, Fei Chen, Michael Barlage, David Gochis, Shiguang Miao, Shuanghe Shen

“…Abstract Correctly calculating the timing and amount of crop irrigation is crucial for capturing irrigation effects on surface water and energy budgets and land‐atmosphere interactions. This study incorporated a dynamic irrigation scheme into the Noah with multiparameterization land surface model and investigated three methods of determining crop growing season length by agriculture management data. …”
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Data Collection in Care Homes for Older Adults: A National Survey in England by Barbara Hanratty, Arne Timon Wolters, Ann-Marie Towers, Karen Spilsbury, Julienne Meyer, Anne Killett, Liz Jones, Adam Gordon, Jennifer Kirsty Burton, Gizdem Akdur, Lisa Irvine, Krystal Warmoth, Jennifer Liddle, Claire Goodman

“…Care homes reported uses of these data that included monitoring care quality, medication use, staff training needs, budgeting, and marketing. Concerns over privacy and data protection regulations are potential barriers to data sharing. …”
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Rational Organization of Urban Parking Using Microsimulation by Irina Makarova, Vadim Mavrin, Damir Sadreev, Polina Buyvol, Aleksey Boyko, Eduard Belyaev

“…The introduction of such a system guarantees its quick payback, which is associated with the efficiency of use, as well as with the additional effects obtained from its implementation (improving the road situation, reducing vehicle emissions, solving social problems of the population, etc.), which is especially important for medium and small cities with limited budgets.…”
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Food insecurity and levels of marginalization: food accessibility, consumption and concern in Mexico by Oscar A. Martínez-Martínez, Karol Gil-Vasquez, María Beatriz Romero-González

“…Individuals with stable jobs living in contexts of low levels of marginalization experience worriedness when their budgets tightened before the end of the payday, a bi-weekly payment format, named the quincena in México. …”
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Governing health service purchasing agencies: Comparative study of national purchasing agencies in 10 countries in eastern Europe and central Asia by Loraine Hawkins, Kaija Kasekamp, Ewout van Ginneken, Triin Habicht

“…However, setbacks are commonly linked to periods of political and economic instability, which in turn lead to fluctuations in policy priorities, institutional instability, and inadequacies in health budgets. The study findings point to some actions related to civil society and stakeholder engagement, accountability frameworks, and digitalization in MICs that can facilitate continuity in health reforms and the functioning of purchasing institutions despite these challenges. …”
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ROLE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL COMPONENT IN THE FORMATION AND FUNCTIONING OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN UKRAINE by O.Dorosh, I. Kupriyanchyk

“…This will allow local communities to accumulate funds local budgets for the development of social infrastructure. …”
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Refinements and Analysis of the Optical-Microwave Scintillometry Method Applied to Measurements over a Vineyard in Chile by Francisca Aguirre, Oscar Hartogensis, Francisco Meza, Francisco Suárez

“…Evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical component of the hydrological cycle, and it links water and energy budgets in the form of latent heat (<i>L_vE</i>) released into the atmosphere. …”
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How to Mobilize your Library at Low Cost by Marta Abarca Villoldo, Andrés Lloret Salom, David M. Pons Chaigneau, Francisco José Rubio Montero, Raquel Vallés Navarro

“…The aim here will be provide an overview that will allow a given library to select the best tool according to their functions and their budgets. Finally, a list of library applications will be given, as well as their associated implementation processes in the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) library. …”
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