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Snyder, Jeremy. "Efficiency, Equity, and Price Gouging: A Response to Zwolinski." Business Ethics Quarterly 19, no. 2 (2009): 303–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/beq200919216.

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ABSTRACT:In this response, I reiterate my argument that price gouging undercuts the goal of equity in access to essential goods whereas Zwolinski emphasizes the importance of the efficient provision of essential goods above all other goals. I agree that the efficient provision of essential goods is important as I argue for the goal of equitable access to sufficient of the goods essential to living a minimally flourishing human life. However, efficiency is a means to this goal rather than the end itself. Finally, I offer additional arguments against the non-worseness claim.

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Shashina, E. A., T. S. Isiutina-Fedotkova, V. V. Makarova, O. A. Gruzdeva, and O. V. Mitrokhin. "Approaches to analyzing efficiency of respiratory protective equipment as a way to reduce health risks during COVID-19 pandemic." Health Risk Analysis, no. 1 (March 2021): 151–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.21668/health.risk/2021.1.16.eng.

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Use of respiratory protective equipment (RPE) has become the most significant way to prevent the coronavirus infection from its rapid spread. Our research goal was to analyze efficiency of various RPE used by people during COVID-19 pandemic. We made a review focusing on RPE manufactured and tested as per standards existing in different counties; we also analyzed the State Medical Equipment Register of the Federal Service for Surveillance in Public Healthcare as well as a market where respiratory protective equipment available to people was distributed. RPE is quite variable as per such paramet

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Deryabkina, L. A., B. I. Marchenko, N. K. Plugotarenko, and A. I. Yukhno. "Assessing efficiency of pre-ammonization aimed at reducing carcinogenic risks caused by trihalomethanes in drinking water." Health Risk Analysis, no. 3 (September 2020): 70–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.21668/health.risk/2020.3.08.eng.

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In most Russian regions there is still a pressing issue related to providing population with high quality and safe drinking water. Up to now, chlorination has been the primary technique applied to disinfect drinking water as it is highly efficient, reliable, and relatively cheap. However, when chlorine is used to disinfect natural water that contains organic pollutants, it results in risks of by-products occurrence. These products are trihalomethanes, epigenetic carcinogenesis promoters that cause elevated carcinogenic risks under oral, inhalation, and subcutaneous exposure. Our research goal

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Bakr, Mohamed, and Saleh. "Electronystagmography: how helpful is it?" Journal of Laryngology & Otology 114, no. 3 (2000): 178–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/0022215001905283.

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Two hundred and sixty patients tested with electronystagmography (ENG) for evaluation of complaints of disequilibrium were the representative sample for this study. As all new dizzy patients currently receive an ENG, the goal of this project was to determine how much an ENG adds to the diagnostic acumen, and which patients really needed an ENG in order to maximize efficiency and minimize patient cost. Results indicate the suspected diagnosis prior to ENG is assisted by its use only when the cause is thought to be central or is uncertain. The percentage of unknown causes of disequilibrium decre

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Fonseca, Luis Miguel, José Pedro Domingues, and Alina Mihaela Dima. "Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals Relationships." Sustainability 12, no. 8 (2020): 3359. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12083359.

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Sustainable development addresses humanity’s aspiration for a better life while observing the limitations imposed by nature. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly approved the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim to foster the organizational operationalization and integration of sustainability and, therefore, to address the current and forthcoming stakeholder needs and ensure a better and sustainable future for all, balancing the economic, social, and environmental development. However, it is not entirely clear which are the mutual relationships among the 17 SDGs and thi

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Rangarajan, Anusuya. "Vigor or Rigor? The Competing Goals of Variety Trials." HortTechnology 12, no. 4 (2002): 562–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.12.4.562.

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Both growers and vegetable seed companies have had long-term historic relationships with public agriculture extension educators and faculty to conduct unbiased evaluation of vegetable varieties. Reductions in both the number of vegetable seed companies as well as university human resources has led to questions about the viability and appropriateness of publicly-funded variety evaluation programs. Field based extension educators and regional staff have taken more leadership to evaluate varieties, but this often results in fragmented or repetitive trials with limited long term integration of dat

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B., Muthusenthil, and Hyun Sung Kim. "CCTV Surveillance System, Attacks and Design Goals." International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) 8, no. 4 (2018): 2072. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2072-2082.

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Closed Circuit Tele-Vision surveillance systems are frequently the subject of debate. Some parties seek to promote their benefits such as their use in criminal investigations and providing a feeling of safety to the public. They have also been on the receiving end of bad press when some consider intrusiveness has outweighed the benefits. The correct design and use of such systems is paramount to ensure a CCTV surveillance system meets the needs of the user, provides a tangible benefit and provides safety and security for the wider law-abiding public. In focusing on the normative aspects of CCT

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Veselý, Štěpán, and Mirko Dohnal. "Decision making in goverment tenders: A formalized qualitative model." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 60, no. 4 (2012): 397–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201260040397.

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The paper presents a simple formalized qualitative model of government tenders (GTs). Qualitative models use just three values: Positive/Increasing, Zero/Constant and Negative/Decreasing. Such quantifiers of trends are the least information intensive. Qualitative models can be useful, since GT evaluation often includes such goals as e.g. efficiency of public purchasing, and variables as e.g. availability of relevant information or subjectivity of judgment, that are difficult to quantify. Hence, a significant fraction of available information about GTs is not of numerical nature, e.g.if availab

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Fadeeva, Irina Evgenievna. "Professional and official development of personnel as basis of company economic efficiency." Vestnik of Astrakhan State Technical University. Series: Economics 2020, no. 4 (2020): 74–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.24143/2073-5537-2020-4-74-82.

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The article deals with the concept, content of professional and job development of the personnel of the enterprise, the features of labor activity in the modern economy, key elements and forms of professional and job development of personnel. Negative accents in the personnel management system are noted, e.g. hypertrophied forms of personnel management under the guise of its development and mixing of management techniques without taking into account the employees' mentality belonging to the culture and traditions of the region of residence. The goals of the system of management of professional

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Blanco, Miguel, Lydia Bares, Oksana Hrynevych, and Marcos Ferasso. "Analysis of the Territorial Efficiency of European Funds as an Instrument to Reduce Labor Gender Differences." Economies 9, no. 1 (2021): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/economies9010009.

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Gender equality has been one of the goals of the European Union since 1957. Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union authorizes the European Parliament and the Council to adopt all those measures that guarantee the application of the principle of equality opportunities and equal treatment for men and women in employment and occupation matters. The main goal of this article was to determine whether the use of European Funds by Eurozone countries has made it possible to reduce labor differences in gender matters. To this end, the efficiency levels of the Funds are analy

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Jędrych, Elżbieta, Dariusz Klimek, and Agnieszka Rzepka. "Principles of Sustainable Management of Energy Companies: The Case of Poland." Energies 14, no. 8 (2021): 2042. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14082042.

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In 2016, a law was introduced in Poland that required management bodies of energy companies owned by the state and a municipality to adopt management goals. The remuneration of the board members of these companies depended on the extent to which these goals were implemented. The challenge was that profit became an end in itself. The purpose of this article is to describe the process used to set up strategic goals on the basis of balancing capital within energy companies, which demonstrates a positive impact on the effectiveness of these companies. The solution proposed in this article is an al

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Maklakova, O. A., N. V. Zaitseva, and D. A. Kiryanov. "Methodical aspects in assessing risks of comorbid pathology occurrence under exposure to chemical environmental factors." Health Risk Analysis, no. 4 (December 2020): 54–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.21668/health.risk/2020.4.06.eng.

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Risk assessment methodology is a promising trend in examining effects produced by environmental factors on population health. However, at present little attention has been paid to issues related to comorbid pathologies occurrence under chronic exposure to toxicants. Our research goal was to improve methodic approaches to assessing risks of co-morbid pathology occurrence under exposure to multi-component chemical factors in the environment. Data and methods. To develop an algorithm for establishing a probability that comorbid pathology would occur, we analyzed scientific publications that focus

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Kaptsov, V. A., and A. V. Chirkin. "Requirements to respiratory protection for workers (World practices reviewed)." Health Risk Analysis, no. 4 (December 2020): 188–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.21668/health.risk/2020.4.21.eng.

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A great number of workplaces in Russia do not conform to sanitary-hygienic requirements and it results in wide use of personal respiratory protective equipment (PRPE). Choice on such equipment and its application are not regulated by the existing legislation in the RF in great detail as it is the case in developed countries. As a result, employers apply PRPE that is not efficient enough, or such equipment is not used properly, and it leads to diseases occurrence. Our research goal was to reveal requirements to PRPE application which, when met, would reduce risks for workers’ life and health as

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Maklakova, O. A., N. V. Zaitseva, and D. A. Kiryanov. "Methodical aspects in assessing risks of comorbid pathology occurrence under exposure to chemical environmental factors." Health Risk Analysis, no. 4 (December 2020): 54–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.21668/health.risk/2020.4.06.eng.

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Risk assessment methodology is a promising trend in examining effects produced by environmental factors on population health. However, at present little attention has been paid to issues related to comorbid pathologies occurrence under chronic exposure to toxicants. Our research goal was to improve methodic approaches to assessing risks of co-morbid pathology occurrence under exposure to multi-component chemical factors in the environment. Data and methods. To develop an algorithm for establishing a probability that comorbid pathology would occur, we analyzed scientific publications that focus

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Kaptsov, V. A., and A. V. Chirkin. "Requirements to respiratory protection for workers (World practices reviewed)." Health Risk Analysis, no. 4 (December 2020): 188–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.21668/health.risk/2020.4.21.eng.

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A great number of workplaces in Russia do not conform to sanitary-hygienic requirements and it results in wide use of personal respiratory protective equipment (PRPE). Choice on such equipment and its application are not regulated by the existing legislation in the RF in great detail as it is the case in developed countries. As a result, employers apply PRPE that is not efficient enough, or such equipment is not used properly, and it leads to diseases occurrence. Our research goal was to reveal requirements to PRPE application which, when met, would reduce risks for workers’ life and health as

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Zaitseva, N. V., M. A. Zemlyanova, Yu V. Koldibekova, and N. I. Bulatova. "Omic markers identification for predicting risks of negative effects in children with elevated copper and nickel contents in blood." Health Risk Analysis, no. 1 (March 2021): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.21668/health.risk/2021.1.05.eng.

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Proteomic profiling is a promising procedure for examining and substantiating molecular mechanisms of body reactions occurrence and development as a response to adverse impacts; it allows detecting and examining these reactions at early stages in their development prior to cellular damage and damage to organs. Studies aimed at increasing efficiency of adverse effects prediction are especially vital for solving tasks related to early detection and prevention of consequences associated with exposure to chemical environmental factors, first of all, ambient air. Our research goal was to identify o

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Sosnina, S. A., A. V. Mironovskaya, T. N. Unguryanu, and R. V. Buzinov. "Water preammonization at central water treatment facilities in a large city as a way to minimize health risks." Health Risk Analysis, no. 2 (June 2021): 52–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.21668/health.risk/2021.2.05.eng.

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At present chlorine compounds are widely used to disinfect water during water treatment procedures; it stimulates occurrence of toxic chlorinated organic compounds. Water preammonization with ammonia sulfate was implemented at central water treatment facilities in Arkhangelsk. Our research goal was to assess efficiency of water preammonization at central water treatment facilities in Arkhangelsk. Our research involved analyzing drinking water quality at central water treatment facilities prior to preammonization was implemented (from January 2016 to July 2017) and after it was implemented (fro

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Sidorenko, O. V. "PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES OF THE GRAIN SUBCOMPLEX OF AIC." Bulletin of Agrarian Science 5, no. 86 (2020): 154–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.17238/issn2587-666x.2020.5.154.

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Currently, the government of the Russian Federation has adopted a number of strategic planning documents containing measures aimed at the development of the grain-product subcomplex of the agro-industrial complex. In particular, the long term strategy for the Development of the grain complex of the Russian Federation until 2035 was approved. It is a strategic planning document in the grain sector that defines priorities, goals and objectives of public administration and food security, ways of their effective achievement and comprehensive solution. The target indicators of the long term strateg

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Bottinelli, Arianna, Marco Gherardi, and Marc Barthelemy. "Efficiency and shrinking in evolving networks." Journal of The Royal Society Interface 16, no. 154 (2019): 20190101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0101.

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Characterizing the spatio-temporal evolution of networks is a central topic in many disciplines. While network expansion has been studied thoroughly, less is known about how empirical networks behave when shrinking. For transportation networks, this is especially relevant on account of their connection with the socio-economical substrate, and we focus here on the evolution of the French railway network from its birth in 1840 to 2000, in relation to the country’s demographic dynamics. The network evolved in parallel with technology (e.g. faster trains) and under strong constraints, such as pres

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Wright, Michael C. "The Materials Microcharacterization Collaboratory." Microscopy and Microanalysis 4, S2 (1998): 6–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927600020158.

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The Materials Microcharacterization Collaboratory (MMC) was created last year as a pilot project within the US Department of Energy's DOE2000 program. The DOE2000 program has three main goals: improved ability to solve DOE's complex scientific problems, increased R&D productivity and efficiency, and enhanced access to DOE resources by R&D partners. One of the strategies to meet these goals is the construction of national collaboratories. These provide integration on the Internet of unique or expensive DOE research facilities and expertise for remote collaboration, experimentation, prod

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Jugo, Igor, Božidar Kovačić, and Vanja Slavuj. "Increasing the Adaptivity of an Intelligent Tutoring System with Educational Data Mining: A System Overview." International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) 11, no. 03 (2016): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v11i03.5103.

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Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are inherently adaptive e-learning systems usually created for teaching well-defined domains (e.g., mathematics). Their objective is to guide the student towards a predefined goal such as completing a lesson, task, or mastering a skill. Defining goals and guiding students is more complex in ill-defined domains where the expert defines the model of the knowledge domain or the students have freedom to follow their own path through it. In this paper we present an overview of our systems architecture that integrates the ITS with data mining tools and performs a

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Tsao, Peg, Ashley Dunn, and Kenneth W. Mahaffey. "4243 Developing clinical research units to improve quality, efficiency, and cost effectiveness within an academic institution." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 4, s1 (2020): 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2020.207.

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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The Stanford CTSA Program has started to create Clinical Research Units (CRUs) with the goal to establish CRUs in all clinical departments by the end of 2020. CRUs will be responsible for managing the portfolio of projects proposed and conducted by faculty within departments. CRUs will be responsible for reviewing all clinical research studies. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: CRUs will be an integral part of the Stanford’s research infrastructure, tasked with 5 key functions to ensure clinical research conducted by Stanford investigators: scientific merit, feasibility, funding, com

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von der Emde, W., and H. Kroiss. "A Low-Cost and High-Efficiency Solution for Sugar Factory Waste Water Treatment." Water Science and Technology 24, no. 1 (1991): 75–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1991.0012.

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The main goals for the design of waste water treatment plants are high efficiency, high operational reliability and minimal costs. The challenge to have very low investment costs especially exists for industrial plants which are only in operation for several months every year as e.g. in the beet sugar industry in Central Europe. A case study of an Austrian sugar factory treatment plant shows that using very simple and low-cost structures does not affect the efficiency of the treatment. This factory is also one of the rare cases where biologically treated effluent is recirculated to reduce fres

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Van der Meer, Jacques, Stephen Scott, and Keryn Pratt. "First semester academic performance: The importance of early indicators of non-engagement." Student Success 9, no. 4 (2018): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ssj.v9i4.652.

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Success, progression and retention of students are goals of many university strategic directions and policies. For many decades it has been recognised that the greatest focus in any retention strategy should be on first-year students. University of Otago too has goals around student success. The Strategic Plan of the institution also identified that in the context of a fiscally constrained environment, all of our activities and processes need to be assessed for efficiency and effectiveness. To this end, a pilot was undertaken in one area of the university to identify possible indicators of fir

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Larionov, Arkadiy. "Organizational and technical support of compliance of the energy performance class with the performance standards for construction of high-rise residential buildings." MATEC Web of Conferences 170 (2018): 01103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201817001103.

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Organizational and technical problems of energy efficiency in the construction of high-rise residential buildings were identified and systematized. The efficiency of state and regional policies in the field of energy saving and energy efficiency in high-rise housing construction and housing and utility services was stated to be largely determined not only by the level of modern constructional technologies and production of building materials, but also by the quality of full-scale measurements. The relevancy of scientific and methodological developments, allowing correctly to carry out the cont

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Pletcher, James. "Public Interventions in Agricultural Markets in Malaysia: Rice and Palm Oil." Modern Asian Studies 24, no. 2 (1990): 323–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x00010349.

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AbstractThis paper explores the goals, nature and results of government interventions into the rice and palm oil markets of Malyasia since independence. Its purpose is to compare the relatively successful way in which the government has promoted the palm oil industry with the failure of interventions in the rice market. The historical comparison of public efforts in these two industries points up the importance of setting consistent goals, of encouraging crops which match the natural resource endowment of the country, of having a private sector which is capable of responding to production ince

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Litvina, M. I., and G. N. Nikolaeva. "INCREASING LABOR EFFICIENCY OF THE PRODUCTION UNIT SPECIALISTS BY FORMING A TEAM." Scientific Review: Theory and Practice 10, no. 6 (2020): 1050–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.35679/2226-0226-2020-10-6-1050-1066.

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At the end of the twentieth century, team management became widespread. Based on this approach, the key factor for successful activity is not so much finance and technology as effective teamwork. Achieving this effect is possible on the basis of the team building process, which can be represented as a human resource management process aimed at building a team and improving team efficiency to achieve the goals of the organization. This process is viewed from two main points: on the one hand, as a process of formation and further development of a team; and on the other hand, the ways to build in

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Shut'ko, Larisa, and Lyudmila Samorodova. "Setting and Implementing Sustainable Development Goals on the Regional Level: the Case of Kuzbass." Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Political, Sociological and Economic sciences 2020, no. 2 (2020): 279–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.21603/2500-3372-2020-5-2-279-286.

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The research features integration of Russian economy into the model of sustainable development proposed by the United Nations Organization. The authors considered the main goals of sustainable development and their prospects in Russia. The paper focuses on the case of Kuzbass (Kemerovo region) as a typical resource-type mining region. The authors studied how the local authorities implement the sustainable development concept, solve demographic problems, preserve biodiversity, and protect forests. The research involved elements of systematic and integrated approach. The authors believe that the

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McClusky, D. A., E. M. Ritter, A. B. Lederman, A. G. Gallagher, and C. D. Smith. "Correlation between Perceptual, Visuo-spatial, and Psychomotor Aptitude to Duration of Training Required to Reach Performance Goals on the MIST-VR Surgical Simulator." American Surgeon 71, no. 1 (2005): 13–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000313480507100103.

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Given the dynamic nature of modern surgical education, determining factors that may improve the efficiency of laparoscopic training is warranted. The objective of this study was to analyze whether perceptual, visuo-spatial, or psychomotor aptitude are related to the amount of training required to reach specific performance-based goals on a virtual reality surgical simulator. Sixteen MS4 medical students participated in an elective skills course intended to train laparoscopic skills. All were tested for perceptual, visuo-spatial, and psychomotor aptitude using previously validated psychological

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LI, SHAO-YUAN, HU WU, and YI-PENG YANG. "RECEDING HORIZON FUZZY OPTIMIZATION UNDER LOCAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT WITH A CASE STUDY." International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making 03, no. 01 (2004): 109–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219622004000064.

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Model predictive control (MPC) has been used in process control systems with constraints; however, the constrained optimization problem involved in control systems has generally been solved in practice in a piece-meal fashion. To solve the problem systemically, in this paper, the Multi-Objective Fuzzy-Optimization (MOFO) is used in the constrained predictive control for online applications as a means of dealing with fuzzy goals and fuzzy constraints in control systems. The conventional model predictive control is integrated with the techniques from fuzzy multi-criteria decision making, transla

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Magee, Darrin. "Hydropower and End-Use Electrical Efficiency in China: State Support and Potential Contribution to Low-Carbon Development." Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies 33, no. 1 (2015): 64–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.22439/cjas.v33i1.4812.

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This article examines Chinese state support for two 'new energies'—large hydropower and end-use efficiency—that aims to help meet ambitious national targets for renewable energy and emissions reduction. Large hydropower, while not particularly new, figures prominently in China's renewable energy targets and is considered key to achieving renewable output and carbon reduction goals. National policies promote widespread development of Gigawatt-scale hydropower cascades on China's major rivers, even though the negative impacts are significant and the operating capacities of large dams are often l

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Zamani, Omid, Mojtaba Mojaverian, and Hemen Nader. "Comparing Efficiency Between Cooperative and Non-cooperative Farms: A Case of Sugar Beet Farmers of West Azerbaijan, Iran." International Journal of Rural Management 15, no. 1 (2019): 78–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973005219833252.

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Achieving a higher level of efficiency is one of the main goals of agricultural cooperatives. However, it is not clear whether the cooperative farms are more efficient than non-cooperative farms. In this line, the present study aims to compare the performance of the cooperative and non-cooperative farms by employing the super-efficiency data envelopment analysis (DEA). To this end, a survey was designed to collect data from the sugar beet farmers of West Azerbaijan province in Iran. Overall, 30 samples from cooperative farms and 29 samples from non-cooperative farms were interviewed randomly.

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Jurkonis, Liudas, and Dovilė Petrusauskaitė. "EFFECTS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ON MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY OF LITHUANIAN STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES." Ekonomika 93, no. 2 (2014): 77–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/ekon.2014.2.3545.

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Abstract. Management efficiency of state-owned enterprises (SOE) is being widely discussed not only in Lithuania, Central Eastern Europe, but also globally (mainly focusing on such countries as China, having state monopoly in most of the industries). Moreover, this topic is interesting to scholars both in the context of public governance reforms and a specific area of public administration. On the other hand, the topic of SOEs management is quite specific due to its duality: firstly, it is an area of public governance with an intensive intervention of the government, and secondly, SOEs are aut

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Locher, C., C. Meyer, and H. Steinmetz. "Operating experiences with a molten carbonate fuel cell at Stuttgart-Möhringen wastewater treatment plant." Water Science and Technology 65, no. 5 (2012): 789–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2012.463.

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Fuel cells on wastewater treatment plants are a relatively new technology to convert biogas from anaerobic digestion into thermal and electrical energy. Since the end of 2007, a type of MCFC fuel cell (&gt;250 kWel, 180 kWth) has been installed at Stuttgart-Möhringen wastewater treatment plant. The goals of this research project are to raise the power self-sufficiency in Stuttgart-Möhringen, to further optimise high temperature fuel cells using biogas and to gain practical experience. After approximately 9,000 h of operation, a mean electrical ‘gross’-efficiency of 44% was achieved. To ful

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Karam, Ahmed, Amr Eltawil, and Kristian Hegner Reinau. "Energy-Efficient and Integrated Allocation of Berths, Quay Cranes, and Internal Trucks in Container Terminals." Sustainability 12, no. 8 (2020): 3202. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12083202.

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Despite a significant number of studies that have focused on the operational efficiency of container terminals, existing literature has paid little attention to improving energy efficiency, e.g., energy consumption and negative externalities in container terminals. Most researchers consider energy-saving goals when allocating berths and quay cranes to vessels, assuming that internal trucks are in sufficient supply. Furthermore, recent studies have revealed that shortage of internal trucks has become an issue that greatly affects the operational and energy efficiencies of container terminals. T

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Cheng, Jianming, Yating Gao, Ningbo Zhang, and Hongwen Yang. "An Energy-Efficient Two-Stage Cooperative Routing Scheme in Wireless Multi-Hop Networks." Sensors 19, no. 5 (2019): 1002. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19051002.

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Cooperative routing is one of the most widely used technologies for improving the energy efficiency and energy balance of wireless multi-hop networks. However, the end-to-end energy cost and network lifetime are greatly restricted if the cooperative transmission model is not designed properly. The main aim of this paper is to explore a two-stage cooperative routing scheme to further improve the energy efficiency and prolong the network lifetime. A two-stage cooperative (TSC) transmission model is firstly designed in which the core helper is introduced to determine the helper set for cooperatio

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Hemmati, Reza, and Rasoul Abbasi Taghidizaj. "A Boolean Analysis of Structural and Organizational Determinants of Equality and Efficiency Balance in Higher Education." Comparative Sociology 18, no. 5-6 (2019): 791–821. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341510.

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Abstract Efficiency and equality are both important goals and values in higher education, and their concurrency (balance) has been one of the main concerns of higher education scholars and policy makers over the past decades. The aim of the present study is to discover the causal mechanism and contextual factors that are likely to result in concurrency of equality and efficiency in higher education. To this end, the combination of two explanatory theories of equality and efficiency were used. The theory of equality focused on three dimensions of equal opportunities, modernization, and cultural

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Vasetskaya, Natalia. "Implementation of Policy Papers in the Field of Scientific and Technological Development of Russia." Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Political, Sociological and Economic sciences 2020, no. 4 (2021): 525–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.21603/2500-3372-2020-5-4-525-533.

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The present research featured scientific and technical policy papers in Russia. The research objective was to study the normative legal acts that determine the strategic scientific and technological development of the country. The paper contains an analysis of the goals stated in these documents and defines the efficiency of the target indicators. The study was based on systematization methods, content analysis, and comparative analysis of the main strategic legal acts that form Russian scientific and technical policy. These documents are divided into two groups. The first one contains the goa

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Plante, Elena, Heidi M. Mettler, Alexander Tucci, and Rebecca Vance. "Maximizing Treatment Efficiency in Developmental Language Disorder: Positive Effects in Half the Time." American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 28, no. 3 (2019): 1233–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2019_ajslp-18-0285.

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Purpose When a behavioral treatment is generally efficacious, the central research questions shift to optimized dose delivery. In this study, we determine whether a validated treatment method can be made more effective or efficient by increasing the dose density employed. Method Twenty children were treated with Enhanced Conversational Recast methods to treat morphological errors. Half received 24 doses per session within a half hour (approximately 1 dose/1.25 min), and the other received the same number of doses within 15 min (approximately 1 dose/38 s). Generalization of morpheme use was pro

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Yan, Qingyou, Xu Wang, Tomas Baležentis, and Dalia Streimikiene. "Energy–economy–environmental (3E) performance of Chinese regions based on the data envelopment analysis model with mixed assumptions on disposability." Energy & Environment 29, no. 5 (2018): 664–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0958305x18757057.

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This paper presents a modified environmental production technology which imposes the proper disposability on the undesirable outputs depending on the underlying technical properties. Then, aggregate and disaggregate (Russell-type) data envelopment analysis (DEA) models are proposed to evaluate the energy–economy–environment (3E) efficiency based on the modified technology (hereafter referred to as the 3E-DEA models). The non-radial Malmquist productivity index is adapted to model the changes in the 3E productivity over time. A case study of 3E efficiency analysis for the 30 Chinese administrat

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Hose, Bat-Zion, Peter Hoonakker, Abigail Wooldridge, et al. "Physician Perceptions of the Electronic Problem List in Pediatric Trauma Care." Applied Clinical Informatics 10, no. 01 (2019): 113–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1677737.

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Objective To describe physician perceptions of the potential goals, characteristics, and content of the electronic problem list (PL) in pediatric trauma. Methods We conducted 12 semistructured interviews with physicians involved in the pediatric trauma care process, including residents, fellows, and attendings from four services: emergency medicine, surgery, anesthesia, and pediatric critical care. Using qualitative content analysis, we identified PL goals, characteristics, and patient-related information from these interviews and the hospital's PL etiquette document of guideline. Results We i

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Götz, Georg, Johannes Fink, Christoph Richter, and Gunther Reinhart. "Increasing the Format-Flexibility of Packaging Machines: Experimental Study on Laser Beam Sealing and Cutting." Applied Mechanics and Materials 856 (November 2016): 201–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.856.201.

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The improvements of the format-flexibility as well as the resource and energy efficiency are important for the users and manufacturers of packaging machines. There is a positive interconnection of resource and energy efficiency with format-flexibility because e.g. the reduction of stand-by phases. To reach these goals, it is necessary to reduce the downtime and to increase the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). The application of laser beam based processing technologies is very common in many different branches, e.g. automotive. One big advantage of the laser beam as a working tool is the

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Rahola, Tadeo Baldiri Salcedo, Ad Straub, Angela Ruiz Lázaro, and Yves Galiègue. "Energy Efficiency in French Social Housing Renovations via Design-Build-Maintain." Open House International 39, no. 2 (2014): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-02-2014-b0007.

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The renovation of existing building stock is seen as one the most practical ways to achieve the high energy savings targets for the built environment defined by European authorities. In France, the Grenelle environmental legislation addresses the need to renovate the building stock and specifically stresses the key role of social housing organisations. In recent years, French procurement rules have been modified in order to allow social housing organisations to make use of integrated contracts such as Design-Build-Maintain. These contracts have a greater potential to deliver energy savings in

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Evenson, Kelly R., and Sara B. Satinsky. "Sector Activities and Lessons Learned Around Initial Implementation of the United States National Physical Activity Plan." Journal of Physical Activity and Health 11, no. 6 (2014): 1120–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2012-0424.

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Background:National plans are increasingly common but infrequently evaluated. The 2010 United States National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP) provided strategies to increase population levels of physical activity. This paper describes (i) the initial accomplishments of the NPAP sector teams, and (ii) results from a process evaluation to determine how the sectors operated, their cross-sector collaboration, challenges encountered, and positive experiences.Methods:During 2011, a quarterly reporting system was developed to capture sector-level activities. A year-end interview derived more detailed i

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Otto, Siegmar, Florian G. Kaiser, and Oliver Arnold. "The Critical Challenge of Climate Change for Psychology." European Psychologist 19, no. 2 (2014): 96–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000182.

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For many societies, the prime political strategy for mitigating climate change has been to improve the efficiency of technology (e.g., cars, light bulbs, and refrigerators). However, World Bank data suggest that the per-capita energy consumption of societies is leveling off rather than falling. Thus, all efficiency gains are apparently eaten up by rebound. In our psychological account of this ubiquitous rebound phenomenon, we argue that individual consumption is genuinely rational (i.e., benefit-oriented) and grounded in an unlimited number of personal ends (i.e., goals and desires). Behavior

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Choi, Su-jin, Dae-Kyoo Kim, and Sooyong Park. "Process Correlation Analysis Model for Process Improvement Identification." Scientific World Journal 2014 (2014): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/104072.

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Software process improvement aims at improving the development process of software systems. It is initiated by process assessment identifying strengths and weaknesses and based on the findings, improvement plans are developed. In general, a process reference model (e.g., CMMI) is used throughout the process of software process improvement as the base. CMMI defines a set of process areas involved in software development and what to be carried out in process areas in terms of goals and practices. Process areas and their elements (goals and practices) are often correlated due to the iterative nat

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Pop, Viorel. "Mathematical Models Issues of Environmental Management." Studia Universitatis „Vasile Goldis” Arad – Economics Series 25, no. 1 (2015): 60–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sues-2015-0005.

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Abstract Today the world is facing, more and more, different sources of pollution, the most affected areas being the proximity of big industrial centers (e.g.: chemistry, mining and metallurgy, machinery building etc.). Baia Mare industrial area is a typical one for such a situation. To maintain a clean and healthy environment in Baia Mare city and in the surrounding areas, important costs are needed. The usefulness of the mathematical models consists in the possibility of mathematical processing of industrial parameters evolutions, with relevant interpretations on various influences and their

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Guo, Jia Mei, and Yin Xiang Pei. "Association Rules Mining Based on Adaptive Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm." Advanced Materials Research 998-999 (July 2014): 842–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.998-999.842.

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Association rules extraction is one of the important goals of data mining and analyzing. Aiming at the problem that information lose caused by crisp partition of numerical attribute , in this article, we put forward a fuzzy association rules mining method based on fuzzy logic. First, we use c-means clustering to generate fuzzy partitions and eliminate redundant data, and then map the original data set into fuzzy interval, in the end, we extract the fuzzy association rules on the fuzzy data set as providing the basis for proper decision-making. Results show that this method can effectively impr

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Sánchez, Marisa Analía, and Lidia Susana Toscana. "Information Technology Project Portfolio and Strategy Alignment Assessment Based on Data Envelopment Analysis." Revista de Gestão e Projetos 3, no. 2 (2012): 116–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.5585/gep.v3i2.66.

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Recent researches have shown that companies face considerable difficulties in assessing the strategy value contribution of Information Technology (IT) investments. One of the major obstacles to achieving strategy alignment is that organizations find extremely difficult to link and quantify the IT investments benefits with strategic goals. The aim of this paper is to define an approach to assess portfolio-strategy alignment. To this end a formal specification of Kaplan and Norton Strategy Map is developed utilizing Unified Modeling Language (UML). The approach uses the Strategy Map as a framewo

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Urbinati, Andrea, Davide Chiaroni, and Giovanni Toletti. "Managing the Introduction of Circular Products: Evidence from the Beverage Industry." Sustainability 11, no. 13 (2019): 3650. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11133650.

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The aim of this paper is to study what managerial practices companies follow and implement in their business model to manage the introduction of Circular Products. Extensively screening extant literature in the field, we clustered a set of relevant managerial practices in four main principles of Circular Economy (CE) adoption at the product level: (i) Energy efficiency and usage of renewable sources of energy; (ii) Product and process optimisation for resource efficiency; (iii) Product design for circularity; (iv) Exploitation of waste as a resource. Then, the adoption of these principles was

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