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Rethinking ecosystem service indicators for their application to intermittent rivers [PDF]

, 2022
In these times of strong pressure on aquatic ecosystems and water resources due to climate change and water abstraction, intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) (rivers that periodically cease to flow and/or dry) have become valuable assets ...
Jakubínský, Jiří, Loures, Luís, Truchy, A., De Girolamo, A.M., Pastor, Amandine, Sykes, Tim, Bruno, Daniel, De Girolamo, Anna Maria, Ilhéu, Maria, Alamanos, A., Jorda-Capdevila, J., Logar, I, Nunes, João Pedro, Mendoza-Lera, C., Tzoraki, Ourania, Tzoraki, O., Loures, L., Kaletová, Tatiana, Koundouri, Phoebe, Quintas-Soriano, Cristina, Koundouri, P., Quintas-Soriano, C., Mendoza-Lera, Clara, Kaletova´,, T., Pastor, A., De Girolamo, A. M., Logar, I., Truchy, Amélie, Jorda-Capdevila, Dídac, Ilh´eu, M., Nunes, J. P., Skynes, T., Alamanos, Angelos, Brummer, M., Ilhéu, M., Pastor, Amandine V., Datry, T., Jakubínský, J., Jorda-Capdevila, D., Pastor, A.V., Tsani, S., Brummer, Mathias, Datry, Thibault, Tsani, Stella, Bruno, D., Logar, Ivana, Nunes, J.P., Nunes, J.P, Sykes, T., Kaletová, T.   +49 more
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Quality monitoring of intellectual and developmental disabilities systems in the US: Assessing the utility and applicability of selected National Core Indicators to national and state priorities

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2022
This article provides historical context on the evolution of performance measures for system improvement, examines the perspectives and insights of state public managers on the use and utility of NQF-endorsed outcome measures from the NCI®-IDD In-Person ...
Valerie Bradley, Dorothy Hiersteiner
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What Will the OECD BEPS Indicators Indicate? [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
As part of its action plan against base erosion and profit shifting(BEPS), the OECD (2015) has proposed six indicators to measure profit shifting activity. These indicators add to past and ongoing efforts in academic tax research to empirically identify the scale and tax sensitivity of international profit shifting.
Heckemeyer, Jost H., Nicolay, Katharina, Spengel, Christoph   +2 more
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Indication [PDF]

The Annals of Family Medicine, 2012
Should the indications for therapies differ from one nation to the next? What are the reasons behind controversial therapeutic variations? What roles do cultural history and authoritarian conflict among clinicians play in the adoption of therapies? When I worked at a rural hospital in Kenya, a woman experiencing obstructed labor made me ponder many ...
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The quality of primary care provided to the elderly in Israel

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2018
Background In view of increasing global and local trends in population ageing and the high healthcare utilization rates among the elderly, this study assesses the quality of primary care provided to the elderly population in Israel.
Rachel Podell, Vered Kaufman Shriqui, Yael Wolff Sagy, Orly Manor, Arie Ben-Yehuda   +4 more
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The Multicriteria Assessment of the Green Growth in the Context of the European Union’s Green Deal [PDF]

Amfiteatru Economic, 2022
The article deals with the issue of assessment of the green growth in context of the Green Deal in the European Union Countries. Because this issue leads to the decision problem which has typical the properties of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM),
Radek Doskočil
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Utilizing data-driven technology tools for community-led solutions to vacant properties and urban blight

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
As a city that has lost more than 1/3 of its population over the past 6 decades, some Baltimore neighborhoods suffer from a disproportionate number of vacant and abandoned properties, mired in issues of unclear ownership and “under-water” lien burdens ...
Amanda M Davies, Seema D Iyer, Kristine J Dunkerton, Shana Roth-Gormley   +3 more
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A critical review of social sciences and humanities R&D expenditure in South Africa, 2005–2014

South African Journal of Science, 2018
Expenditure on research and experimental development in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in South Africa has almost doubled over the past decade. However, fine-grained analysis of patterns of R&D expenditure in SSH research fields over the period
Neo Molotja, Gerard Ralphs
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The role of enabling actors in ecosystem service accounting [PDF]

One Ecosystem, 2017
When accounting for ecosystem services, it is important to distinguish between the flow of services and the flow of benefits (which can be part of economic accounts or not) generated by those services.
Alessandra La Notte, Alexandra Marques
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Scrutinizing the Smart City Index: a multivariate statistical approach [PDF]

Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu, 2019
The smart city represents a frequently elaborated concept which however comes short in delivering a consistent definition. Nevertheless, almost every description has always been oriented to its technological component, sustainable ...
Olga Bogdanov, Veljko Jeremić, Sandra Jednak, Mladen Čudanov   +3 more
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