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A system dynamics-based synergistic model of urban production-living-ecological systems: An analytical framework and case study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Human-land coordination represents urbanization and is a key component of urban modernization. In this study, the theory of system dynamics was introduced, in which a "production-living-ecological" complex system was used based on the human-land ...
Jiawei Wu, Junlin Huang
doaj   +1 more source

MAL02 Causal loop diagrams for Soutwest Messinia (Greece)

open access: yes, 2022
This dataset includes the causal loop diagrams (CLDs) developed by the H2020 COASTAL project’s MAL #2 for the Social Ecological Land Sea System of Soutwest Messinia.
Giorgos Maneas   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The role of tobacco and alcohol use in the interaction of social determinants of non-communicable diseases in Nepal: a systems perspective

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Tobacco and alcohol use are major behavioural risks in developing countries like Nepal, which are contributing to a rapid increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Sudesh Raj Sharma   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative system dynamics perspective on the contribution of information technology credibility towards business and information technology alignment

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Business Management, 2022
Purpose: The dynamic interdependence between the deployment of technological assets and organisational performance remains a challenge for modern enterprises.
Martin J. Butler
doaj   +1 more source

How do participatory methods shape policy? Applying a realist approach to the formulation of a new tuberculosis policy in Georgia

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objectives This paper presents the iterative process of participatory multistakeholder engagement that informed the development of a new national tuberculosis (TB) policy in Georgia, and the lessons learnt.Methods Guided by realist evaluation methods, a ...
Sophie Witter   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

EVALUATING POLICY INSTRUMENT COMPLEXITY WITH CAUSAL LOOP DIAGRAMS

open access: yes, 2023
Methods to capture the complexity of using policy instruments would allow us to better evaluate the reasons for their effectiveness. Drawing from complexity science, we produce a Causal Loop Diagram to analyse the implementation of two informational policy instruments in a tourism destination: the Global Sustainable Tourism Council criteria and the ...
Gloria Crabolu, Xavier Font, Sibel Eker
openaire   +1 more source

The Changing Landscape of Open Access Publishing: Can Open Access Publishing Make the Scholarly World More Equitable and Productive?

open access: yesJournal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2021
Almost 50% of scholarly articles are now open access in some form. This greatly benefits scholars at most institutions and is especially helpful to independent scholars and those without access to libraries.
Richard G. Dudley
doaj   +2 more sources

Understanding social innovation in local energy transitions processes: A multi-case study

open access: yesGlobal Transitions, 2021
Social innovation (SI) in local energy transitions is gaining focus in current times but energy transitions have not yet been explicitly analysed in the context of SI.
Sujeetha Selvakkumaran, Erik O. Ahlgren
doaj   +1 more source

The Dynamics of Concussion: Mapping Pathophysiology, Persistence, and Recovery With Causal-Loop Diagramming [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2018
Despite increasing public awareness and a growing body of literature on the subject of concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury, an urgent need still exists for reliable diagnostic measures, clinical care guidelines, and effective treatments for the condition.
Erin S. Kenzie   +9 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Modulation of Homer1 EVH1 domain internal dynamics by putative autism‐associated mutations

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The putative autism‐associated M65I and S97L variants of the EVH1 domain of the postsynaptic scaffold protein Homer1 do not exhibit substantial changes in their overall structure or partner binding. Both of them, but especially the M65I variant, show altered internal dynamics relative to the wild‐type domain on the μs‐ms timescale, indicated by the ...
Fanni Farkas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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