Background The purpose of this study was to analyse the impact of commissioned addenda by the Federal Joint Committee (FJC) to the HTA body (IQWiG) and their agreement with FJC decisions and to identify potential additional decisive factors of FJC ...
C. M. Dintsios +3 more
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Constructing a no-reference H.264/AVC bitstream-based video quality metric using genetic programming-based symbolic regression [PDF]
In order to ensure optimal quality of experience toward end users during video streaming, automatic video quality assessment becomes an important field-of-interest to video service providers.
Demeester, Piet +5 more
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Corporate environmental assessment by a bank lender : a social constructionist perspective [PDF]
Over the last decade evidence has emerged which suggests that lenders are considering environmental impact of corporate borrowers as part of their lending decisions. Environmental consideration by lenders may considerably influence the level of financial
Coulson, A.B. +1 more
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ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT BENEFIT FROM SEPTOPLASTY WITH TURBINOPLASTY
Patients’ benefits and quality of life are profoundly influencing how health services are delivered. In recent years, there has been a trend in emphasis toward subjective outcome measures. Although the effects of septoplasty are not entirely comparable,
Ahmad Jawad Samadi
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Assessment of Regranting Intermediaries Strategy: Exploring the Ecosystem of Support for Individual Artists & Small Arts Organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area [PDF]
In March 2014, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation engaged consultants from Olive Grove in partnership with Informing Change to assess the effectiveness of the Foundation's approach to support regranting intermediaries as a means to resource small ...
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Since lack of culture-specific foods in dietary assessment methods may bias reported dietary intake, we identified foods and dishes consumed by residents not born in Sweden and describe consequences for reported foods and nutrient intake using a ...
Marleen A. H. Lentjes +8 more
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Hepatotoxicity induced by greater celandine (Chelidonium majus L.): a review of the literature [PDF]
The available literature assessing Chelidonium majus L. (CM) hepatotoxicity potential, and its risk to benefit assessment has been reviewed in this paper.
Busardò, F. P +6 more
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Advancing environmental exposure assessment science to benefit society
How can scientists and policymakers work together to reduce the health impacts of air pollution? In this review paper, the authors discuss the interplay between advances in environmental exposure assessment and policy advances to tackle pollution in a ...
Andrew Caplin +4 more
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Domestic Grain Market Reform In China: The Contribution of Economic Policy Research Funded by ACIAR Revisited [PDF]
Mullen (2004,2005) conducted an impact assessment of two ACIAR funded economics research projects enquiring into domestic grain market reform in China. The benefit cost ratio to ACIAR was estimated to be in the range 5:1 to 33:1.
Mullen, John D.
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Benefit-risk assessment of vitamin D supplementation [PDF]
Summary: Current intake recommendations of 200 to 600IU vitamin D per day may be insufficient for important disease outcomes reduced by vitamin D. Introduction: This study assessed the benefit of higher-dose and higher achieved 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels
Bischoff-Ferrari, H. +5 more
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