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The evaluation of the II Pillar pension’s funds: an integrated approach using multi-criteria decision methods

Business: Theory and Practice, 2017
Lithuania has had a significant reform path in the last twenty-five years like other communist bloc countries during the intense changes in the world. Changes and transformations took place in various areas including social security system.
Lina Novickytė, Viktorija Rabikauskaitė   +1 more
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Management decision making by the analytic hierarchy process: A proposed modification for large-scale problems [PDF]

Frequently, management decision making problems involve multiple criteria/objectives/attributes. Over the years, many quantitative methods have been developed to facilitate making rational decisions involving multiple criteria.
Abdullah, Nur Anisah, Islam, Rafikul
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Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks, Anna Wolska, Diala Ghazal, Dejan Jakimovski, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Alexander Burnham, Niels Bergsland, Michael G. Dwyer, Alan T. Remaley, Robert Zivadinov, Murali Ramanathan   +10 more
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Model for Definition of Multi-Criteria Compensation by the ICCI (Inter-Criteria Compensation Index) in the Ranking of Electric Vehicles

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Defining compensatory interactions among criteria is a critical yet often subjective step in multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). To address this gap, this study proposes a novel model centered around the Inter-Criteria Compensation Index (ICCI ...
Maiquiel Schmidt de Oliveira, Flavio Trojan, Vilmar Steffen   +2 more
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A Multi-Criteria Decision Framework for Animal Welfare Policy [PDF]

Policy decisions aimed at improving farm animal welfare involve balancing several competing objectives. Not only do such decisions involve tradeoffs between social, ethical, economic and welfare considerations, animal welfare itself is a multi ...
Bicknell, Kathryn, Hellstrom, J.
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Deep Learning–Assisted Differentiation of Four Peripheral Neuropathies Using Corneal Confocal Microscopy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Peripheral neuropathies contribute to patient disability but may be diagnosed late or missed altogether due to late referral, limitation of current diagnostic methods and lack of specialized testing facilities. To address this clinical gap, we developed NeuropathAI, an interpretable deep learning–based multiclass classification ...
Chaima Ben Rabah, Ioannis N. Petropoulos, Mark Stettner, Maryam Ferdousi, Uazman Alam, Nathan Efron, Ahmed Serag, Rayaz A. Malik   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supporting decisions on conflicting land-uses: An integrated ecological-economic approach [PDF]

An integrated ecological-economic decision-making approach is developed to help local stakeholders decide on land use in rural areas where the conflict between natural resource protection and economic development is pressing.
Herzog, Felix, Klauer, Bernd, Messner, Frank   +2 more
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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
wiley   +1 more source

A Participatory Approach to Assess the Effectiveness of Responses to Cope With Flood Risk [PDF]

This work illustrates the preliminary findings of a participatory research process aimed at identifying responses for sustainable water management in a climate change perspective, in two river basins in Europe and Asia.
Carlo Giupponi, Lucia Ceccato, Valentina Giannini   +2 more
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Integrated assessment of biological invasions [PDF]

, 2003
An assessment of the consequences of biological invasions and of the measures taken against must be at the base of each social decision in this field.
Rauschmayer, Felix
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