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In form of a qualitative single case study this thesis examines what people from industrialized countries such as Germany can learn about sustainability from Lynedoch EcoVillage, South Africa, and the associated 'Sustainability Institute', a non-profit trust based at and operating from Lynedoch...
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Lombardy population. We used an ordinalregression model as the dependent variable is expressed in terms of BMI ordinal …
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meeting load growth and addressing the challenges posed by the region's aging transmission system. Western states should work …
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constraints, and aging infrastructure. A significant number of technologies are emerging under this environment including …
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Aging populations have altered saving and investment patterns in many developed and emerging market economies. The …
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As access to information changes with increased use of technology, privacy becomes an increasingly prominent issue among technology users. Privacy concerns should be taken seriously because they influence system adoption, the way a system is used, and may even lead to system disuse. Threats to...
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This paper examines the economics of farm decisions to prevent and control infectious livestock disease. In the case of … diseases with costly control tolerating some level of disease is often rational to the producer. Public policy intervention is … based on future value and public good aspects of disease control which can lead to a discrepancy between private and public …
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the disease impact number (DIN) in health policy decision making. Design: Review of literature and calculation of PIN and … population impact of different interventions either within the same disease or in different diseases or conditions. The primary … relevant to the local setting. These need to be combined with local data on disease rates and population size. Depending on the …
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difference in value of current versus future health benefits, also has been criticized. The distribution of the global disease … sexually transmitted infections. The Global Burden of Disease study also has been criticized for estimating mortality and … disease burden for regions using incomplete and uncertain data. Including uncertain results, with uncertainty quantified to …
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