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A new Decision Support Tool for assessing cities sustainability levels: the IBTool software

open access: yesValori e Valutazioni
Digital Tools for urban sustainability and Neighbourhood Sustainability Assessment Tools (NSATs), designed to certify and promote sustainable development initiatives at both neighbourhood and building scales, are gaining increasing relevance in ...
Giuliano Poli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protein gradients on the nucleoid position the carbon-fixing organelles of cyanobacteria

open access: yeseLife, 2018
Carboxysomes are protein-based bacterial organelles encapsulating key enzymes of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle. Previous work has implicated a ParA-like protein (hereafter McdA) as important for spatially organizing carboxysomes along the longitudinal ...
Joshua S MacCready   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating Suitability for Surface Managed Aquifer Recharge to Enhance Dry‐Season Stream Flows

open access: yesGroundwater, EarlyView.
Identifying suitable sites for surface MAR projects to enhance dry‐season stream flow requires evaluating the geology of the aquifer, depth to groundwater, soil permeability, topographic slope, the distance between the infiltration basin and receiving surface water, and other factors.
Andrew L. Bobst, Ann E.H. Hanson
wiley   +1 more source

On the Diverse Uses of Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding Tools in Complex Decision Problems

open access: yesJournal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Volume 33, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Several multicriteria methods have been created for use in problem situations that are considered complex because multiple actors and/or organisations are involved. Such methods are easily combined with problem shaping and structuring methods to reduce complexity when a situation is new, ill‐ or not well‐structured.
Maria Franca Norese
wiley   +1 more source

The future of HTA is MCDA

open access: yes, 2015
Much of the talent and resources involved in decision analysis-based Health Technology Assessment is focused on advancing ‘best practice’ as assessed by normative standards. While entirely rational from the point of view of publications, grants and careers this often has the effect of deterring the adoption, in decision practice, of less complex and ...
openaire   +1 more source

The Process Is Not the Point: Moral Uncertainty and Substantive Justice in Health Care Priority Setting

open access: yesBioethics, Volume 40, Issue 9, Page 1050-1064, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Health actors must ration care due to resource constraints. But even when decision makers know the relevant empirical facts about an allocation decision—including how many patients will benefit from a service, which patients will benefit, how much each patient will benefit, and so on—these facts may not provide a clear answer about how to make
Leah Pierson
wiley   +1 more source

A genetic algorithm simheuristic for solving the stochastic project portfolio selection problem with portfolio reliability constraints

open access: yesInternational Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 33, Issue 6, Page 4039-4071, November 2026.
Abstract In response to the increasing complexity of modern products, dynamic markets, and intensified competition, project‐based organizations are actively seeking methodologies to efficiently manage their expanding project portfolios. This paper analyzes the project portfolio selection problem in uncertain environments. Despite recent advances in the
Miguel Saiz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparison of Screening Methods for Assessing Legacy Wells Within CO2 Storage Licences: Application to Offshore Norway

open access: yesGreenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Volume 16, Issue 5, Page 746-757, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Legacy wells represent a critical consideration for offshore CO2 storage projects, as they may provide potential pathways for fluid or gas migration if poorly constructed, undocumented or inadequately abandoned. Systematically assessing large numbers of legacy wells remains challenging due to heterogeneous data availability and the diversity ...
Benjamin Emmel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological approaches to the assessment of orphan medicinal products when making decisions about their inclusion in the program of medicinal maintenance: international experience and possible ways of its adaptation to the conditions of the health care system of the russian federation

open access: yesБезопасность и риск фармакотерапии, 2018
The article presents a first attempt of implementation of the methodology multicriteriale analysis of decision making in the organization of the system of drug provision in the Russia.
N. G. Goloenko   +3 more
doaj  

A novel approach for identification of environmentally and economically suitable locations for establishment of wastewater treatment plants

open access: yesWater Science and Technology
Despite having several economic and environmental benefits of locating suitable sites for wastewater treatment plants, only a few studies have been reported in the literature.
Vivek Singh, Sukha Ranjan Samadder
doaj   +1 more source

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