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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Societal cost"”.
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Essays on Societal Cost of Alcohol and Related Issues - A Health Economic Analysis
… non-optimal consumption levels, causing higher costs than benefits. Studying the effects of alcohol consumption is thus important in order to increase information and to allow interventions and regulations to be implemented targeting market failures, with the overall purpose of improving …
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Comparative Assessment of the Societal Cost of PtL and LH₂ as Aviation Fuels
… that exists in the variables affecting the cost and environmental impact of each fuel. To determine which of these uncertainties are the most critical to driving this decision, a parametric system-level model of the well-to-wake life-cycle of each fuel was constructed. which combines the …
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Environmental and economic tradeoffs of feedstock usage for liquid fuels and power production
… the environmental and economic opportunity costs associated with the usage of corn stover for different applications, of which we consider combined heat and power, ethanol, Fischer-Tropsch (FT) middle distillate (MD) fuels, and advanced fermentation (AF) MD. Societal costs comprise of the …
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Cost of Illness Study of Anxiety Disorders for the Ambulatory Adult Population of the United States
… The objective of this study was to estimate the societal cost of anxiety disorders for the ambulatory adult population of the U.S.</p> <p><strong>Data and Method:</strong> Data was collected from the 2009 and 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and …
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Identifying Subtypes of Neurocognition using Latent Profile Analysis in Adults: A Presicion Medicine Approach
… States (US) population ages, the prevalence and societal cost of neurocognitive disorders such as dementia will continue to increase. Therefore, there is a pressing need to thoroughly elucidate these disorders' characteristics and progression. Despite existing research efforts, the exploration of …
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Reliability assessment of non-utility generation and demand-side management In composite power systems
… and operators can incorporate reliability cost/worth assessment power system applications. Focus is placed in the thesis on the utilization of reliability cost/worth concepts in integrated resource planning in the form of NUG additions and DSM initiatives. Methods for the joint …
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In pursuit of best practice : Benchmarking tools and processes for the management of hazardous substances in the workplace
… - and thereby to reduce the personal and societal cost of injury and illness outcomes associated with the use of hazardous materials at work.
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Climate policy and the airline industry : emissions trading and renewable jet fuel
… I find that if carriers pass on all additional costs to consumers in the EU Scheme, including the opportunity costs associated with free allowances, windfall gains may be substantial at about $2.6bn because under current allocation rules, airlines would only have to purchase about a third of the …
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Economic implications of intellectual disability in childhood : a trial-based evaluation
… that can be used to inform comparative cost-effectiveness analyses. In Chapter 4 a discrete choice experiment was developed to estimate a monetary value of informal care tasks provided by caregivers of children with ID. The values generated by this methodology were lower than would be …
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Planning service facilities and infrastructures under continuous traffic equilibrium
… only lead to unnecessarily high transportation cost and low facility patronage, but also impose a negative socioeconomic impact on the general public. In a broader sense, the societal cost includes not only wasted time due to extra delay, but also security and safety hazards. Examples of such …
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Epidemiology and genetic risk factors of suicidal behaviour in South Africa
… are not fully understood. Given the considerable societal cost associated with suicide and health inequality in South Africa, there is a critical need to determine the burden of suicide and risk factors associated with suicide, to understand who is most at risk to inform effective prevention …