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An Optimal Control Framework to Address the Relationship between Water Resource Management and Water-Borne Health Impacts: Focus on the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley [PDF]

The objective of this study is develop a theoretical model that can evaluate two types of public health expenditures on water-borne health risks: water-related municipal services, an ex ante preventative measure against water-borne contamination, and ...
Lacewell, Ronald D., Leidner, Andrew J., Rister, M. Edward, Sturdivant, Allen W.   +3 more
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Zero Watermarking Using Convolutional Additive Self‐Attention Vision Transformer and Discrete Wavelet Transform‐Variance‐Based Feature Descriptor for Medical Image Security in Mobile Healthcare Services

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A zero‐watermarking algorithm that combines a refined convolutional additive self‐attention vision transformer (CAS‐ViT) with a discrete wavelet transform variance‐based feature descriptor (DVFD) is proposed for protecting the privacy of medical images in mobile healthcare services.
Pei Liu, Yan Yan, Hao Huang, Ping Wang, Weirong Qin, Xiangjian Zuo, Yongqin Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of practice of granting state and municipal services

Вестник СибАДИ, 2017
Providing state and municipal services to the public is a primary function in the activities of state and municipal government. It is the quality of the provision of public services to citizens assess the effects of the activities of state bodies and ...
N. L. Ashirbagina, A. I. Kovalyov, O. V. Frik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immigrant mental health, safe work, discrimination, and state policies: From racism and xenophobia to health equity

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas, Thanharat Silamongkol, H. Kenny Nienhusser, Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez, Cristalís Capielo Rosario, Lucas Torres, Oswaldo Moreno   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing municipal bond markets in Malaysia: An assessment of present market characteristics [PDF]

, 2003
In developed countries, urban growth has multiplied the demand for investment in basic infrastructure services such as water supply, waste removal, roads and mass transportation.
Abdullah, Hussin, Harun, Mukaramah, Ting, Ding Hooi   +2 more
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Serum PFAS in Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Firefighters From Six U.S. Airport Fire Departments

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Use of aqueous film‐forming foam (AFFF) is a source of exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for firefighters working in aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) settings. However, data characterizing the association between serum PFAS concentrations and exposure risk factors for ARFF firefighters are limited ...
Miriam M. Calkins, Yiwen Liu, Gavin Horn, Antonia M. Calafat, Judith M. Graber, Shawn C. Beitel, Alberto J. Caban‐Martinez, Julianne Cook Botelho, Randy Krause, Rob Mathis, Jeff Hughes, Casey Grant, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Amy Nematollahi, Alesia M. Jung, Alissa D. Coleman, Sally Littau, Brooke A. Hawkes, Alexander C. Mayer, Jefferey L. Burgess   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE MANAGEMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN MUNICIPAL SERVICES [PDF]

Экономика региона, 2007
In paper the features of creation of the economic relations in a municipal services stipulated by market conversions are uncovered. The advantages of development of the innovational management forms for housing fund with involvement of the citizens are ...
S.I. Bazhenov
doaj  

Cost Structures on Municipal Services [PDF]

, 1989
都市公共サービスの費用を決定する要因としては， C.シャウプ〔9〕の詳細な分析にみられるように，人口，面積（地域），人口密度，サービス水準が主要な要因としてあげられるが，実際には都市ごとにそれぞれの要因が異なること，またそれらの要因が複雑に絡み合って費用を決定していることにより，費用関数の推定はそれ程容易な問題ではない。しかし，都市の効率的規模の設定を前提にすれば，供給側の条件を明らかにする上で，公共サービスの費用関数を推定することが要請される。そこで本稿では，予備的考察として，一般行政サービス ...
古田 俊吉
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