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A National Review of the Interim Canada Dental Benefit: Analyzing the Uptake Among Uninsured Children Under 12

Journal of Public Health Dentistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives The Interim Canada Dental Benefit (CDB) provided financial support for the dental needs of children < 12 years old, from low‐income families in Canada. Funds were distributed during two periods, Regular Period 1 (October 2022 through June 2023) and the Regular Period 2 (July 2023 through June 2024). This study evaluated the adjusted
Saif Goubran, Carol Youssef, Anil Menon, Vivianne Cruz de Jesus, Olubukola O. Olatosi, Victor H. K. Lee, Robert J. Schroth   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Equity Practices in Public Financial Management: A Conceptual Review and Proposed Reforms

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Equity has been at the core of public finance going at least as far back as 1776 when Adam Smith included it as one of four canons of a good tax in his classic An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Tax Project Institute 2025).
John R. Bartle, Philip G. Joyce, Marilyn M. Rubin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep learning-based obstacle-avoiding autonomous UAVs with fiducial marker-based localization for structural health monitoring. [PDF]

Struct Health Monit
Waqas A, Kang D, Cha YJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fiducial marker placement for neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for resectable pancreatic cancer. [PDF]

World J Gastrointest Oncol, 2020
Ashida R, Fukutake N, Takada R, Ioka T, Ohkawa K, Katayama K, Akita H, Takahashi H, Ohira S, Teshima T.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Other People's Money: Political Embeddedness on Pension Boards, Alternative Assets and Investment Fees

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract State‐administered pension plans report paying roughly $20 billion each year in fees to external asset managers, much of it for high‐cost, high‐risk “alternative” assets such as private equity and hedge funds. These outcomes involve trillions in pension investments that affect the retirement security of millions of public sector workers and ...
Jeffrey C. Diebold, Cody R. Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Absence of prostate oedema obviates the need for delay between fiducial marker insertion and radiotherapy simulation. [PDF]

J Med Radiat Sci, 2020
Patel D, Tan A, Brown A, Pain T.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Opportunity to Constraint: Structural Inequities in Public Pension Fund Investing

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how structural features shape participation in private equity across U.S. state and local public pension systems. Using panel data from the Boston College Public Plans Database the analysis introduces the concept of structural asymmetries to explain persistent differences in access to illiquid investment strategies ...
Odd J. Stalebrink
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of Noncompliance With Vaccine Mandates—The Interplay Between Distrust, Rationality, Morality, and Social Motivation

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT COVID‐19 amplified the issue of public resistance to government vaccination programs. Little attention has focused on people's moral reasons for noncompliance, which differ from—but often build upon—the epistemic claims they make about vaccine safety and efficacy, disease severity, and the trustworthiness of government. This study explores the
Katie Attwell, Hang Duong, Amy Morris, Leah Roberts, Mark Navin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Governance Structures, Political Change and Executive Turnover in State‐Owned Enterprises: Evidence From Chile

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To address the shortcomings associated with state ownership, countries have implemented various legal strategies to curb political influence in state‐owned enterprises. This research studies whether these strategies constrain the government's ability to use their appointment powers for political considerations.
Pablo Torres
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐ingesting whey protein with dual‐source carbohydrate enhances amino acid availability without compromising post‐exercise liver glycogen resynthesis

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Graphical overview of the experimental study. The upper‐left panel presents the research question, and the bottom‐left panel provides a schematic overview of the experimental design. The right‐hand panel depicts repetitive spectral data obtained by magnetic resonance spectroscopy, liver glycogen content during the 5 h post ...
Sophie C. Hannon, James McStravick, Libby Henthorn, Stephen J. Bawden, Jonathan C. Y. Tang, Rachel Dunn, Ryosuke Makino, Kenneth Smith, Javier T. Gonzalez, Nathan Hodson, James P. Morton, Aneurin J. Kennerley, Mark A. Hearris   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source