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ABSTRACT Aim To present the process of establishing a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) policy analysis project option at one nursing school, offering examples of diverse student and graduate analyses to guide other institutions. Background Nurses are skilled patient advocates, and their advocacy forms a crucial foundation for influencing health policy.
Elizabeth K. Kuzma +10 more
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Multicriteria assessment and communication of effects of organic food systems [PDF]
This project will provide analyses, methods and prototypes of multicriteria assessment, to help organic actors and stakeholders develop, document and communicate balanced overall assessments of the effects of organic food systems on society and nature ...
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ABSTRACT This study develops a novel multivariate stochastic framework for assessing systemic risks, such as climate and nature‐related shocks, within production or financial networks. By embedding a linear stochastic fluid network, interpretable as a generalized vector Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process, into the production network of interdependent ...
Giovanni Amici +3 more
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Using a modified DEA model to estimate the importance of objectives. An application to agricultural economics. [PDF]
This paper shows a connection between Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the methodology proposed by Sumpsi et al. (1997) to estimate the weights of objectives for decision makers in a multiple attribute approach.
Francisco J. André +2 more
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Multicriteria Decision Analysis to Assist in the Selection of Coastal Defence Measures: Involving Coastal Managers and Professionals in the Identification and Weighting of Criteria [PDF]
Philippe Sauvé +2 more
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Abstract “L'eau c'est la vie” is a well‐known French expression for “water is life,” which reflects the fact that water is undoubtedly the most vital resource in the world. The main mission for water utility companies is to convey and distribute water that is of acceptable quality to satisfy the demand of the population at any time of the day.
Franklin Djeumou Fomeni +4 more
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GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis for parking site selection
Site selection is one of the strategic decision in spatial planning and requires the consideration of many factors. Integration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is very important to solve complex ...
Derya Ozturk, Fatmagul Kılıç-Gul
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Robust Inverse Material Design With Physical Guarantees Using the Voigt‐Reuss Net
ABSTRACT We apply the Voigt‐Reuss net, a spectrally normalized neural surrogate introduced in [38], for forward and inverse mechanical homogenization with a key guarantee that all predicted effective stiffness tensors satisfy Voigt‐Reuss bounds in the Löwner sense during training, inference, and gradient‐driven optimization.
Sanath Keshav, Felix Fritzen
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Identifying a preservation zone using multi-criteria decision analysis
Establecimiento de una zona de conservación utilizando el análisis de decisiones basadas en criterios múltiples La zonificación de una área protegida es un instrumento para dividir un paisaje en varias unidades de uso de la tierra. La gestión de estas
A. Farashi, M. Naderi, N. Parvian
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