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Impact of the Integration of First-Mile and Last-Mile Drone-Based Operations from Trucks on Energy Efficiency and the Environment

Drones, 2022
Supply chain solutions are based on first-mile and last-mile deliveries; their efficiency significantly influences the total cost of operation. Drone technologies make it possible to improve first-mile and last-mile operations, but the design and ...
Tamás Bányai
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Project Last Mile and the development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young women

SAHARA-J, 2021
In eSwatini and across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are at significantly higher risk of HIV infection and poorer sexual and reproductive health (SRH) than their male counterparts.
Marie A. Brault, Sarah Christie, Sasha Aquino, Abigail Rendin, Amanda Manchia, Leslie A. Curry, Erika L. Linnander   +6 more
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A framework for identifying and learning from countries that demonstrated exemplary performance in improving health outcomes and systems

BMJ Global Health, 2020
This paper introduces a framework for conducting and disseminating mixed methods research on positive outlier countries that successfully improved their health outcomes and systems.
Agnes Binagwaho, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Nadia Akseer, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Matthew C Freeman, Raj Panjabi, Kyle Muther, Niranjan Bose, Oliver Rothschild, Austin Carter, Kevin Ho, Matthew Price, Robert A Bednarczyk   +12 more
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Selecting the Flexible Last-Mile Delivery Models Using Multicriteria Decision-Making

Promet (Zagreb), 2023
Postal service providers can reorganize the last-mile delivery process within the scope of universal service and apply some of the flexible models for the organization of the delivery process. In this paper, the question of the selection of Flexible Last-
Mladenka Blagojević, Dragana Šarac, Katarina Mostarac   +2 more
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Prevalence of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes: a systematic literature review of scientific evidence from across the world in 2007–2017

Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2018
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common comorbidity in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). CVD’s prevalence has been growing over time. Purpose To estimate the current prevalence of CVD among adults with T2DM by reviewing literature published within the ...
Thomas R. Einarson, Annabel Acs, Craig Ludwig, Ulrik H. Panton   +3 more
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Last mile research: a conceptual map

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: The term ‘last mile’ has been used across disciplines to refer to populations who are farthest away, most difficult to reach, or last to benefit from a program or service.
Colleen M. Davison, Susan A Bartels, Eva Purkey, Abigail H Neely, Elijah Bisung, Amanda Collier, Sherri Dutton, Heather M Aldersey, Kendall Hoyt, Chelsey L Kivland, Jennifer Carpenter, Elizabeth A Talbot, Lisa V Adams   +12 more
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Last mile deliveries in the framework of urban distribution and supply chain management: review of best practices and conceptual framework

Розвиток методів управління та господарювання на транспорті, 2021
This paper aims to investigate the impact of last mile supply chain practices on urban sustainability. An extensive review of literature has been conducted, on last mile logistics best practices, the impact of e-commerce on last mile deliveries, and the ...
Maria Aristea Bakogianni, George Malindretos   +1 more
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A conceptual framework for measuring community health workforce performance within primary health care systems

Human Resources for Health, 2019
Background With the 40th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata, a global effort is underway to re-focus on strengthening primary health care systems, with emphasis on leveraging community health workers (CHWs) towards the goal of achieving universal
Smisha Agarwal, Pooja Sripad, Caroline Johnson, Karen Kirk, Ben Bellows, Joseph Ana, Vince Blaser, Meghan Bruce Kumar, Kathleen Buchholz, Alain Casseus, Nan Chen, Hannah Sarah Faich Dini, Rachel Hoy Deussom, David Jacobstein, Richard Kintu, Nazo Kureshy, Lory Meoli, Lilian Otiso, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Jérôme Pfaffmann Zambruni, Mallika Raghavan, Ryan Schwarz, John Townsend, Brittney Varpilah, William Weiss, Charlotte E. Warren   +25 more
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The mediating effect of information sharing on pharmaceutical supply chain integration and operational performance in Ethiopia: an analytical cross-sectional study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022
Background Information is crucial in enhancing partnership, reducing uncertainties and inventory costs, improving order fulfillment, and increasing customer satisfaction.
Yohannes Birhanu, Tafesse Gizaw, Dawit Teshome, Bekele Boche, Tadesse Gudeta   +4 more
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Three methods of selecting a smart meter for data concentration in the automatic meter reading last mile network [PDF]

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences, 2023
This paper proposes three methods of the optimal smart meter selection for acting as a data concentrator in the automatic meter reading last mile network. The study explains the reasons why the selected smart meter should also act as a data concentrator,
Piotr Kiedrowski
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