The influence of change in business environment on change in the adoption and use of management control system : a study of Libyan small and medium size privatized firms pre and po... by Hosen, Yosef Kalefa

“…The findings revealed that there was a change in the adoption and use of MCS, pre and post-privatization, and the highest rate of adoption and use of MCS postprivatization was in the financial and planning sub-system, suggesting that traditional financial accounting and budgeting have a strong position in small and medium-size firms . …”
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The effects of energetic expenditure tactics and life-history variability on European badger (Meles meles) ecology by Bright Ross, J

“…<p>Wild animals have evolved a diverse range of energy-budgeting tactics to cope in situ with rapid environmental change. …”

Carry-Over Effects on the Annual Cycle of a Migratory Seabird: an Experimental Study by Fayet, A, Freeman, R, Shoji, A, Kirk, H, Padget, O, Perrins, C, Guilford, T

“…We tracked the adults with geolocators over the subsequent year and combined migration route data with at-sea activity budgets obtained from high-resolution saltwater-immersion data. …”

Conducting health survey research in a deep rural South African community: challenges and adaptive strategies. by Casale, M, Lane, T, Sello, L, Kuo, C, Cluver, L

“…</p> <h4>Conclusions:</h4> <p>We argue that in order to maintain high scientific standards of research and manage to 'get the job done' on the ground, it is necessary to respond to fieldwork challenges that arise as a cohesive team, with timely, locally-relevant, and often creative, solutions. Budgeting sufficient time and project resources for capacity building and community buy-in processes is also essential when working in remote communities unaccustomed to research. …”

Differential in-hospital mortality and intensive care treatment over time: informing hospital pathways for modelling COVID-19 in South Africa by Jamieson, L, Van Schalkwyk, C, Nichols, BE, Meyer-Rath, G, Silal, S, Pulliam, J, Blumberg, L, Cohen, C, Moultrie, H, Jassat, W

“…It is crucial for modelling health systems strain and budgets to consider how input parameters related to hospitalisation change during and between waves, especially in settings with severely constrained resources.…”

Evaluating the dissemination and scale-up of two evidence-based parenting interventions to reduce violence against children: Study protocol by Shenderovich, Y, Ward, CL, Lachman, JM, Wessels, I, Sacolo-Gwebu, H, Okop, K, Oliver, D, Ngcobo, LL, Tomlinson, M, Fang, Z, Janowski, R, Hutchings, J, Gardner, F, Cluver, L

“…Primary data collection, focused on three case study projects, will include interviews and focus groups with program facilitators, coordinators, funders, and other stakeholders, and a summary of key organizational characteristics. Program reports and budgets will be reviewed as part of relevant contextual information. …”

Solving product-mix markets and learning agents’ preferences by Lock, E

“…</p> <p>In the related 'arctic product-mix market', originally designed for the Icelandic government by Klemperer, buyers use a conceptually similar bidding language to express preferences across multiple divisible goods in conjunction with monetary budgets. In this setting we present a new coincidence of the solution concepts of competitive equilibrium and optimal revenue: market-clearing prices are unique, and these prices maximise not only social welfare but also revenue. …”

Poverty and risk factors for non-communicable diseases in developing countries: a systematic review by Allen, L, Williams, J, Townsend, N, Mikkelsen, B, Roberts, N, Foster, C, Wickramasinghe, K

“…Governments seeking to meet Sustainable Development Goal 3.4—reducing premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by a third by 2030—should leverage their development budgets to address the poverty–health nexus in these settings. …”

Parenting, mental health and economic pathways to prevention of violence against children in South Africa by Cluver, L, Shenderovich, Y, Meinck, F, Berezin, M, Doubt, J, Ward, C, Parra-Cardona, J, Lombard, C, Lachman, J, Wittesaele, C, Wessels, I, Gardner, F, Steinert, JI

“…Intervention sites (n = 20) received the 14-session parenting program delivered by local community members, including modules on family budgeting and savings. Control sites (n = 20) received a brief informational workshop. …”

Derivative-free algorithms for nonlinear optimisation problems by Roberts, L

“…It can also make progress under very small evaluation budgets, with a low runtime cost.</p>…”

Strategic Flexible Working Arrangement: The Realignment between Human Resource and Management Accounting by Sharifah Rahama Amirul, Sharifah Milda Amirul, Rasid Mail

“…To ensure the efficiency of FWA, HR critically needs MA information such as budgeting, return on investment, variance analysis and, cost monitoring of FWA implementation/enhancement. …”
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The use of management accounting practices in Malaysian SMEs by Ahmad, Kamilah

“…Use of the costing system, budgeting system and performance evaluation system are significantly higher than for the decision support system and strategic management accounting, which indicates that the uptake of traditional MAPs is greater than for sophisticated MAPs. …”
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Export of dissolved and undissolved nutrients from forested catchments in Peninsular Malaysia by Yusop, Zulkifli, Douglas, Ian, Nik, Abdul Rahim

“…This highlights the need to re-evaluate results of nutrient input-output budgets derived solely from dissolved loadings, especially when the net gains are small. …”

Theoretical model for damage and vibration response in concrete bridges by Abdul Rahman, Azlan, Ahmad, Baderul Hisham, Bakri, Ahmadon, Yong, Chou Yu

“…Monitoring of the dynamic response of structures makes it possible to get very quick knowledge of the actual conditions and helps in planning of rehabilitation budgets. One of the promising developments in structural vibration monitoring is the ambient vibration testing which does not require a controlled excitation of the structure. …”
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Consumers’ Perceptions Towards Cell Phone Brand Preference: The Case of Bangladesh by Khan, Md. Rahat, Arif, Md. Zahir Uddin, Ali, Mohammad

“…The study also identified a range of preferred budgets for a new cell phone. Eventually, a new measurement model for cell phone brand preference factors among Bangladeshi consumers was excavated by the study. …”
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Evaluating critical element that influence technology transfer success: A study on electric and electronic in manufacturing in Malaysia by Abdul Halim, Haliza Azura, Ibrahim, Amlus, T., Ramayah

“…Reasons for this are increasing global economic competition, decreasing national budgets for space research and activities, and increasing concern from the public to justify government space expenditures.Furthermore technology transfer is identified as a process to get the highest possible value out of the government funding. …”
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Development of Machine Learning Models to Predict Compressed Sward Height in Walloon Pastures Based on Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Meteorological Data Using Multiple Data Transforma... by Charles Nickmilder, Anthony Tedde, Isabelle Dufrasne, Françoise Lessire, Bernard Tychon, Yannick Curnel, Jérome Bindelle, Hélène Soyeurt

“…The results obtained in this study were more accurate than those found in the literature concerning pasture budgeting and grassland biomass evaluation. The training of the 124 models resulting from the described framework was part of the realization of a decision support system to help farmers in their daily decision making.…”
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Cost of hospital services in India: a multi-site study to inform provider payment rates and Health Technology Assessment by Akashdeep Singh Chauhan, Lorna Guinness, Pankaj Bahuguna, Maninder Pal Singh, Vipul Aggarwal, Kavitha Rajsekhar, Surbhi Tripathi, Shankar Prinja

“…The present analysis shows that both geographical location and the scale of activity are important determinants for deriving the cost of a health service and should be accounted for in healthcare decision making from budgeting to economic evaluation and price-setting.…”
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Limited effects of crop foliar Si fertilization on a marginal soil under a future climate scenario by Francois Rineau, Jannis Groh, Julie Claes, Kristof Grosjean, Michel Mench, Maria Moreno-Druet, Virmantas Povilaitis, Thomas Pütz, Beata Rutkowska, Peter Schröder, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Xander Swinnen, Wieslaw Szulc, Sofie Thijs, Jan Vandenborght, Jaco Vangronsveld, Harry Vereecken, Kasper Verhaege, Renaldas Žydelis, Evelin Loit

“…Using the high-capacity monitoring of the ecotron, we estimated C, water, and N budgets of every macrocosm. Additionally, we measured crop yield, the biomass of each plant organ, and characterized bacterial communities using metabarcoding. …”
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Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies by Lila Buckingham, Francis Daunt, Maria I. Bogdanova, Robert W. Furness, Sophie Bennett, James Duckworth, Ruth E. Dunn, Sarah Wanless, Michael P. Harris, David C. Jardine, Mark A. Newell, Robin M. Ward, Ewan D. Weston, Jonathan A. Green

“…We quantified non‐breeding distribution, foraging behaviour and activity budgets of 39 individuals from July to March, using geolocation–immersion loggers and time‐depth recorders, and used feather stable isotope signatures to infer diet during the post‐breeding moult. …”
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