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Fair Budgeting Formulation for O&M of Irrigation Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: WA and AHP Methods

Jurnal Teknik Sipil, 2014
Operation and Maintenance (O&M) budget provided by the Government of Indonesia for irrigation, so far, is based on the size of irrigated area only. Meanwhile, the actual O&M costs of an irrigation area also depend on the topographic terrain, canal ...
Edy Anto Soentoro , Faizal I.W. Rohmat, Vitta Vurnamawati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

MITIGATING FLASH FLOODS WITH THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES: A ΜULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS TO MAP FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY FOR ZAKYNTHOS ISLAND, GREECE [PDF]

Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, 2020
Floods can be extremely harmful for the welfare of societies regardless if they are natural or caused by humans. The Mediterranean region has experienced an increase in flash floods frequency and severity. The suddenness and episodic nature of these type
Stavros STAVROPOULOS, George N. ZAIMES, Evangelos FILIPPIDIS, Daniel C. DIACONU , Dimitrios EMMANOULOUDIS   +4 more
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Geospatial technology with the integration of MCDA to identify potential irrigation site for agricultural land management in Wanka watershed, Northwestern Ethiopia

Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 2021
Irrigation improves the productivity of agriculture in any country. Irrigation is viewed as a fundamental approach to ensure food security, improve crop productivity, income of smallholder farmers, ensure food security, alleviate poverty and improve the ...
Endalkachew Sisay Yegizaw, Mulualem Asfaw Ejegu   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is small beautiful? A multicriteria assessment of small-scale energy technology applications in local governments [PDF]

, 2007
In its 2003 White Paper the UK government set ambitious renewable energy targets. Local governments and households have an increasing role in the overall energy system as consumers, suppliers of smaller-scale applications and citizens discussing energy ...
Agnolucci, Arnstein, Backstrand, Bana e Costa, Bana e Costa, Brans, Cavallaro, Correlje, Del Rio, Diakoulaki, Fiorino, Funtowicz, Gamboa, Gross, Hain, Haung, Hobbs, Hunter, Jonathan Burton, Klaus Hubacek, Mirasgedis, Mitchell, Munda, Munksgaard, O’Connor, O’Neill, Reams, Roy, Saaty, Sims, Smith, Stagl, Warren, Wolsink, Wolsink, Wolsink, Wüstenhagen, Zahedi   +37 more
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Improving accountability in vaccine decision-making

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2017
Introduction: Healthcare decisions, in particular those affecting entire populations, should be evidence-based and taken by decision-makers sharing broad alignment with affected stakeholders.
James Kenneth Timmis, Steven Black, Rino Rappuoli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiple criteria decision analysis with consideration to place-specific values in participatory forest planning [PDF]

, 2011
The combination of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and participatory planning is an approach that has been applied in complex planning situations where multiple criteria of very different natures are considered, and several stakeholders or ...
Eriksson, Ljusk Ola, Karin, Öhman, Nordström, Eva-Maria   +2 more
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Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA): testing a proposed MCDA framework for orphan drugs [PDF]

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2017
Since the introduction of the orphan drugs legislation in Europe, it has been suggested that the general method of assessing drugs for reimbursement is not necessarily suitable for orphan drugs. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence indicated that several criteria other than cost and efficacy could be considered in reimbursement ...
Schey, C, Krabbe, P F M, Postma, M.J., Connolly, M P   +3 more
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Two target genes based multiple cross displacement amplification combined with a lateral flow biosensor for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

BMC Microbiology, 2021
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Hence, the development of a novel, simple, rapid and sensitive method to detect MTBC is of great significance for the prevention and
Junfei Huang, Ziyu Xiao, Xinggui Yang, Xu Chen, Xiaojuan Wang, Yijiang Chen, Wenlin Zheng, Wei Chen, Huijuan Chen, Shijun Li   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of survival after fetoscopic laser surgery for early-onset twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. [PDF]

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol
ABSTRACT Objective Data on early‐onset twin‐to‐twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) are scarce and, therefore, evidence‐based counseling and management of these pregnancies are challenging. This study aimed to investigate survival rates and establish predictors of survival after fetoscopic laser surgery (FLS) for early‐onset TTTS.
Prasad S, Sileo FG, Binder J, Brunelli E, Chianchiano N, Coutinho CM, D'Antonio F, Döbert M, Fichera A, Gielchinsky Y, Hecher K, Iacovella C, Malone S, Martinez-Varea A, Nørgaard LN, Rodo C, Simões T, Slaghekke F, Yinon Y, Khalil A, Collaborators.   +20 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Environmental urbanization assessment using gis and multicriteria decision analysis: a case study for Denizli (Turkey) municipal area [PDF]

, 2018
In recent years, life quality of the urban areas is a growing interest of civil engineering. Environmental quality is essential to display the position of sustainable development and asserts the corresponding countermeasures to the protection of ...
Akyol, Erdal, Alkan, M., Aydin, A., Kaya, A., Tasdelen, S.   +4 more
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