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Ayman A. Banjar and Hani M. Nassar
The purpose of this study was to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) of different brands of universal dental adhesives used for composite restorations. Four adhesive brands were included: Single-Bond Universal (SB), Tetric N-Bond Universal VivaPe...
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Irene Jensen, Zana Arapovic-Johansson and Emmanuel Aboagye
Background: The study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMes) intervention to reduce employee work-related stress and enhance work performance. Methods: A prospective cohort study was used to under...
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Hsuan Yang and Cherng-Yuan Lin
There are excellent offshore wind resources in the ocean off the west coast of Taiwan, and renewable offshore wind power has been actively developed in recent years. This study intends to establish a cost-effectiveness assessment model to compare the pol...
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Sergi Garbanzos and Marla Maniquiz-Redillas
Low Impact Development (LID) is one of the current research interests toward green infrastructures and urban flood control that have the capability to return developed watersheds to pre-development hydrological conditions, bringing numerous water quantit...
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Luca Piancastelli, Merve Sali and Christian Leon-Cardenas
On-demand air transport is an air-taxi service concept that should ideally use small, autonomous, Vertical Short Takeoff and Landing (VSTOL), ?green?, battery-powered electric aircraft (eVSTOL). In addition, these aircraft should be competitive with mode...
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Tamás Mizik and Gábor Gyarmati
As Earth?s fossil energy resources are limited, there is a growing need for renewable resources such as biodiesel. That is the reason why the social, economic and environmental impacts of biofuels became an important research topic in the last decade. De...
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BUSHRA AMEEN, MUHAMMAD ASIM, SHEIKH ABDUL KHALIQ
Pág. Page:11 - 19Abstract
Purpose: Textile industry of Pakistan holds an exceptional value for the economy. It contributes 57% to the exports, 8 % in Gross Domestic Product and 40 % employment. Even though, its growth is deteriorating due to the tough competition in Global market...
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Xue-Bin Zheng, Yul-Seong Kim and Young-Ran Shin
Nowadays, roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) is an important mode for short sea shipping (SSS) due to its advantages of fast and convenient load and unloading system. Despite the advantages, the market share of Ro-Ro is insignificant compared with lift-on/lift-off...
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Techatat Buranaaudsawakul and Kittipol Wisaeng
A direct use approach incorporating a cost approach assumed that replacing oversized electrical appliances with those better fit to actual energy consumption can reduce energy consumption, optimizing capacities of the new appliances to the maximum while ...
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Ing-Marie Gren and Abenezer Zeleke Aklilu
This study estimates the minimum total cost and distributional effects among countries transforming the car fleet in the EU to reduce emissions of carbon dioxides by 2050 by switching from fossil fuel-driven passenger cars to hybrid and electric-driven c...
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Marie-Therese Khalil, Joseph Matta, Mateja Videm?ek, Damir Karpljuk and Maja Me?ko
The objective of the research is to identify the different factors of Lebanese culture that interfere with weight loss therapy and assist the field of nutrition in homogenising in a standardised manner the protocol of Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT). The...
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Annette N. Brown,Hannah J. Skelly
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To identify impact evaluations on the effectiveness of ICTD interventions, we conducted a systematic search and screening that identiªed 253 studies. We present our results in an evidence map that shows the amount of evidencefor each of 11 intervention c...
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Oleksandr Popov,Nataliia Shmatko,Pavlo Budanov,Iryna Pantielieieva,Kostiantyn Brovko
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The authors of the study have analysed the criteria for increasing cost-effectiveness in the operation of power-generating equipment of power units at TPPs and NPPs. The existing methods of calculating the cost-effectiveness disregard factors that lead t...
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Seung-Lai Yoo, Dae-Jung Kim, Seung-Mi Lee, Won-Gu Kang, Sang-Yoon Kim, Jong Hyuk Lee and Dong-Churl Suh
This study reviews and evaluates the national drug formulary system used to improve patient access to new drugs by making reimbursement decisions for new drugs as part of the South Korean national health insurance system. The national health insurance ut...
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M. Martínez,D. Villalba,R. Misle,E. Rey,H. Páez
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This article presents the alternatives resulting from the analysis of environmental feasibility and its associated costs, based on the incorporation of the sustainable criteria determined by the LEED certification, for the development of a case study in ...
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Jinbao Zhao, Chaosu Li, Ruhua Zhang, Mathew Palmer
Although urban rain transit (URT) is an attractive alternative mode of daily travel, barriers exist in URT development across the world, in particular, the high cost of construction and operation and relative low rates of URT ridership. Despite these bar...
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Ting Dong and Nam H. Kim
Although structural health monitoring (SHM) technologies using sensors have dramatically been developed recently, their capability should be evaluated from the perspective of the maintenance industry. As a first step toward utilizing sensors, the objecti...
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Ting Dong and Nam H. Kim
Although structural health monitoring (SHM) technologies using sensors have dramatically been developed recently, their capability should be evaluated from the perspective of the maintenance industry. As a first step toward utilizing sensors, the objecti...
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Ing-Marie Gren, Sarah Säll, Abenezer Zeleke Aklilu and Wondmagegn Tirkaso
Mussel farming has been suggested as a low-cost option for reducing nutrient content in eutrophied waters. This study examines whether mussel farming contributes to reductions in total nutrient abatement cost and increases in equity for achieving nutrien...
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Grant H. West and Kent Kovacs
Irrigated row-crop agriculture is contributing to declining groundwater in areas such as the Mississippi Delta region of eastern Arkansas. There is a need to move toward sustainable levels of groundwater withdrawal. Recent improvements in remote monitori...
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