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Physics Informed Generative Surrogate Learning for Full Wave Validated Real Time Beamforming in Programmable Metasurfaces

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
A physics‐guided generative surrogate framework is developed for programmable metasurface beamforming. Mode‐conditioned binary state generation, aperture‐physics prediction, routed residual correction, NSGA‐II optimization, and CST validation are combined to support fast candidate screening and full‐wave beam refinement across single‐beam, dual‐beam ...
Wenqian Liu, Weidong Chen, Chang Chen, Xiang Zhang, Sensong An   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advocating for Paid Maternity Leave and Workplace Lactation Policy Reform and Implementation: Lessons Learned From Indonesia, Nigeria, the Philippines and Vietnam

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Maternity protection policies are designed to preserve the health of working women and their infants, support optimal infant and young child nutrition through breastfeeding and prevent workplace discrimination against women.
Michelle E. Anderson, Justine McGowan, Jessica Escobar‐DeMarco, Sujata Bose, Edward A. Frongillo, Laura Ferguson   +5 more
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Perspectives from the Field

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2016
Background: HIV testing and linkage to care are critical first steps along the care continuum. Targeted efforts are needed in the South to achieve the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and qualitative examination of testing and linkage to care ...
Kristen A. Sullivan PhD, MSW, MA, Miriam B. Berger MPH, Evelyn Byrd Quinlivan MD, Heather E. Parnell MSW, Lynne A. Sampson PhD, MPH, Jacquelyn M. Clymore MS, Aimee M. Wilkin MD, MPH   +6 more
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of the 2008 economic and financial crisis on child health : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2014
The aim of this study was to provide an overview of studies in which the impact of the 2008 economic crisis on child health was reported. Structured searches of PubMed, and ISI Web of Knowledge, were conducted.
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Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner, Savannah Jones, Tania Islam, K. Aleks Schaefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing avoidable inequalities in health: a new criterion for setting health care capitation payments [PDF]

, 2002
Traditionally, most health care systems which pretend to any sort of rationality and cost control have sought to allocate their limited funds in order to secure equal opportunity of access for equal need.
Katharina Hauck, Hauck, K., Shaw, R., Smith, P.C., Peter C. Smith, Rebecca Shaw   +5 more
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Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An economic framework for analysing the social determinants of health and health inequalities [PDF]

Reducing health inequalities is an important part of health policy in most countries. This paper discusses from an economic perspective how government policy can influence health inequalities, particularly focusing on the outcome of performance targets ...
Peter C Smith, Marc Suhrcke, Dolores Jimenez-Rubio, David Epstein   +3 more
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source