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Showing 1 to 20 of 143 for “"Economic Costs"”.
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Economic Costs of Dementia in Low and Middle Income Countries
… income countries (LAMICs) on service and family costs and to assess the impact of<br/>dependency and other factors on costs.<br/>A prevalence-based bottom up cost-of-illness study was carried out using the database of the 10/66 dementia project in seven LAMICs (11sites, n=15,022). The total cost …
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Scaling up ART in Rwanda: the financial and economic costs
… to a large extent if one knew the lifetime costs of providing ART in Rwanda and the capacity of the country to raise domestic revenue. Unfortunately the body of evidence on unit and lifetime costs for providing ART in Rwanda is nonexistent. The study aimed to determine the economic costs of …
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Scalling up ART in Rwanda: the financial and economic costs
… to a large extent if one knew the lifetime costs of providing ART in Rwanda and the capacity of the country to raise domestic revenue. Unfortunately the body of evidence on unit and lifetime costs for providing ART in Rwanda is nonexistent. The study aimed to determine the economic costs of …
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Assessing environmental benefits and economic costs of aviation environmental policy measures
Despite the recent global economic downturn, longer term growth is anticipated for aviation with an increasing environmental impact, specifically in the areas of noise, air quality, and climate change. To ensure sustainable growth for aviation, decision-makers and stake-holders need to be armed …
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Short Term Economic Costs and Head Trauma: Examples from Major League Baseball
<p>This study attempts to look at the managerial implications of pre-impact and post-impact performance differences for individuals struck in the head with an object. Pitchers at the major league level of baseball whom have been struck in the head with a batted baseball are used as a generalized …
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Economic costs, impacts and financing strategies for mental health in South Africa
… evidence in several areas, including: the economic basis for investing in mental health, the current resourcing of the mental health system, opportunities for improved efficiency and equity, and how reforms may be structured and paid for in light of the country's ongoing efforts to …
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Economic costs of extreme heat on groundnut production in the Senegal Groundnut Basin
… on groundnut production. The current economic costs of extreme temperatures on groundnut farmers and potential future additional economic costs associated with climate change are then calculated. The study uses a two-year panel dataset from 1,123 households in the Groundnut Basin and …
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Economic costs of seeking malaria care to households in the Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana
… other cause, however little was said about the costs to households. The aim of the study was to estimate the economic costs (direct and indirect) of seeking malaria care to households and in doing this, the study used data collected from a randomly sampled 423 households in K-N district. Malaria …
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Community management of wetland ecology and socio-economic costs of wetland degradation in mudaswali Wetland, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… which have serious consequences on socio-economic benefits of wetlands. However, there is still little knowledge amongst the local communities of what wetland degradation costs them. This study therefore, explores ways in which local communities value and engages in the management of …
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The work health-related behaviours and economic costs of overweight and obese corporate and industrial employees: a South African study
The work health-related behaviours and economic costs of overweight and obese corporate and industrial employees: a South African study. The trend of increasing prevalence of obesity is not only a public health concern, but employers have noticed rising rates of obesity among their employees in the …
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Klassifizierung der negativen Auswirkungen und Folgen von destruktiver Führung auf Mitarbeitende und Organisationen und die Identifikation der damit verbundenen ökonomischen Kosten innerhalb der Banken in der Schweiz
… in banks in Switzerland, as well as the economic costs caused by this kind of leadership behaviour. According to research on cultural differences, such as the GLOBE study, Switzerland exhibits cultural differences even when compared to its closest neighbours, and major differences …
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Optimal speed limit for shared-use roadways
… are killed or injured, resulting in substantial economic costs. To minimize economic costs, it is necessary to determine optimal speed limits on roadways because of the strong relationship among posted speed limit, crash frequency, and crash injury severity. A comprehensive literature review …
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A techno-economic and environmental assessment of hydroprocessed renewable distillate fuels
This thesis presents a model to quantify the economic costs and environmental impacts of producing fuels from hydroprocessed renewable oils (HRO) process. Aspen Plus was used to model bio-refinery operations and supporting utilities. Material and energy balances for electricity, carbon dioxide, and …
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Singapore's public and private transport modes : an economic comparison and policy implications
… analyses that do not take into account the costs that private individuals are eventually led to spend in order to use these systems, even though these expenditures are sizeable. For FY2006-2007 in Singapore, we estimate that more than 90% of the S$34.4 billion to S$34.9 billion spent on the …
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Physical inactivity among adolescents with physical disabilities attending high schools in Kenya
… has contributed to the increase of social and economic costs of healthcare and social services in these countries. Review of literature has revealed that little has been documented about the status of adolescents with physical disabilities in developing countries. This study, therefore, aimed …
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Back pain amongst dentistry students at the University of Western Cape
… This has caused an increase of social and economic costs of healthcare and increased frequency of sickness absenteeism in Western countries. About 72% of dentists experience back pain according to studies done in Western countries thus showing a very high prevalence among dentist. This …
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Manganese and health in the welding environment
… amounts across the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). Economic costs to industry would be substantial in meeting the lower exposure limit. The evidence suggests that, at the current permissible level of exposure to total welding fume, the risk of a welder contracting manganism is essentially zero and …
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Understanding and improving the cost-effectiveness of biodiversity conservation
… – requiring information on both the effects and costs of actions taken to conserve biodiversity. Yet, despite progress in collating and using evidence on the effectiveness of conservation in decision-making, the recording and use of cost data has received far less attention. This PhD aims to help …
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Cost-benefit Analysis of the Virginia Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
… in substantial future savings in healthcare costs among participants. This study explores the possibility of potential economic benefits for the Virginia EFNEP participants. In 1996, the Virginia Cooperative Extension was awarded a grant from the Cooperative State, Research, Education, and …
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