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Redefining the cost and complexity of library services for open and distance learning
Although most universities profess a belief that libraries are a key element in learner support, the full cost and complexity of providing quality library services to support open and distance education tend to be underestimated.
Stephen Parnell
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Background As the population ages, older people account for a larger proportion of the health and social care budget. A significant body of evidence suggests that arts and creativity interventions can improve the physical, mental and social wellbeing of ...
Grainne Crealey +3 more
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In this study, a new concept of statistical distribution of payback period is calculated for AC–DC transmission and distribution asset expansion projects. For calculation of the payback period, uncertainty is considered with cost and benefit.
Li Bin +6 more
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Methods and Lessons From Costing a Large mHealth Intervention at Scale in India
The use of mobile devices to deliver public health interventions is rapidly increasing, particularly in low resource settings. Despite their proliferation, several mHealth interventions in developing countries fail to reach geographical scale, and long ...
Ritwik Shukla, Avani Kapur
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Simulating the line balance to provide an improvement plan for optimal production and costing in petrochemical industries [PDF]
This research examines the influential factors and theoretical principles of queuing in balancing production lines. The required information, including the number of active machines on the production line, the level of station idleness, and the waiting ...
Asghar Hemmati +3 more
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Transmission of gas from extraction wells is a precondition for transferring this resource to consumers, which in turn requires a comprehensive system in production, transmission, and distribution.
Zeinolabedin Sadegh +2 more
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Opportunities and challenges for implementing cost accounting systems in the Kenyan health system [PDF]
Background: Low- and middle-income countries need to sustain efficiency and equity in health financing on their way to universal health care coverage. However, systems meant to generate quality economic information are often deficient in such settings ...
Elesban Kihuba +4 more
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Integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and LEED for A Green Building Rating
Green building design and construction is a global demand to save this earth. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the world's most widely implemented sustainable building rating system.
Mizanoor Rahman +2 more
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Chlorination, ozonation and non-thermal plasma water purification technologies were compared in terms of their effectiveness, efficiency, capital and operating costs, energy yield and chemical demand. Retrofitting plasma technology to chlorination plants
Kaamil-Inaam Naicker +3 more
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Cost Analysis of Educational Activities of Graduate Students of Medical School in Independent Hospitals of Iran University of Medical Sciences [PDF]
Introduction: Expenditure credits are allocated to universities and institutes of higher education every semester based on the number of students and the number of courses, but identifying the actual completed cost of the various courses can help to ...
Shima Nikjoo +6 more
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