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In island containment: a qualitative exploration of social support systems among asylum seekers in a mental health care programme on Lesvos Island, Greece

Conflict and Health, 2019
Background Social support is a core determinant of health and plays a key role in the healing process of people with mental health problems and those who have been exposed to torture or other traumatic events.
Maria Episkopou, Emilie Venables, Katherine Whitehouse, Christos Eleftherakos, Federica Zamatto, Francisco de Bartolome Gisbert, Nathalie Severy, Declan Barry, Rafael Van den Bergh   +8 more
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Operational research in low-income countries: what, why, and how? [PDF]

, 2009
Operational research is increasingly being discussed at institutional meetings, donor forums, and scientific conferences, but limited published information exists on its role from a disease-control and programme perspective.
Laserson, Kayla, Zachariah, Rony, Harries, A D, Bissell, K, Van Herp, M, Rieder, Hans L, Zachariah, R, Laserson, K, Rieder, H L, Ishikawa, Nobukatsu, Harries, Anthony D, Ishikawa, N, Reid, Tony, Massaquoi, M, Massaquoi, Moses, Bissell, Karen, Van Herp, Micheal, Reid, T   +17 more
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Understanding multi-stage diffusion process in presence of attrition of potential market and related pricing policy [PDF]

Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research, 2019
In this paper, a mathematical model using a three-stage structure is developed to describe the diffusion process of high-technology products. This article investigates the significance of the informed and disinterested potential adopters on the growth ...
Singhal Shakshi, Anand Adarsh, Singh Ompal   +2 more
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MoMA Algorithm: A Bottom-Up Modeling Procedure for a Modular System under Environmental Conditions

Mathematics, 2022
The functioning of complex systems relies on subsystems (modules) that in turn are composed of multiple units. In this paper, we focus on modular systems that might fail due to wear on their units or environmental conditions (shocks).
María Luz Gámiz, Delia Montoro-Cazorla, María del Carmen Segovia-García, Rafael Pérez-Ocón   +3 more
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Promoting and supporting breastfeeding in a protracted emergency setting—Caregivers' and health workers' perceptions from North-East Nigeria

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundBreastfeeding (BF) should be protected, promoted, and supported for all infants in humanitarian settings. The re-establishment of exclusive BF is also a central part of the management of acutely malnourished infants under 6 months (<6 m ...
Nieves Amat Camacho, Nieves Amat Camacho, Abdullahi Chara, Emily Briskin, Umberto Pellecchia, Htet Aung Kyi, Maria Livia de Rubeis, Faisal Hussain, Tasneem Ahmed, Oluwakemi F. Ogundipe, Chiara Burzio, Uba Kamis, Lawan M. Bukar, Johan Von Schreeb, Ourania Kolokotroni, Francesco Della Corte, Temmy Sunyoto   +16 more
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Distributed Simulation: State-of-the-Art and Potential for Operational Research [PDF]

, 2017
In Operational Research conventional simulation practices typically focus on the conceptualization, development and use of a single model simulated on a single computer by a single analyst. Since the late 1970s the field of Distributed Simulation has led

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Social multiplier effects: academics’ and practitioners’ perspective on the benefits of a tuberculosis operational research capacity-building program in Indonesia

Global Health Action, 2017
Background: The Tuberculosis Operational Research Group (TORG) implemented a capacity-building model involving academics and practitioners (i.e. clinicians or program staff) in an operational research (OR) team in Indonesia.
Ari Probandari, Yodi Mahendradhata, Bagoes Widjanarko, Bachti Alisjahbana, On behalf of Tuberculosis Operational Research Group (TORG)   +4 more
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Testing effort based software reliability assessment incorporating FRF and change point [PDF]

Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research, 2020
In today's World, to meet the demand of high quality and reliable software systems, it is imperative to perform comprehensive testing and debugging of the software code. The fault detection and removal rate may change over time.
Arora Rajat, Aggarwal Anu G.
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Operational Research in education [PDF]

European Journal of Operational Research, 2015
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A crisis of protection and safe passage: violence experienced by migrants/refugees travelling along the Western Balkan corridor to Northern Europe

Conflict and Health, 2017
Background Pushed by ongoing conflicts and pulled by the desire for a better life, over one million migrants/refugees transited Balkan countries and arrived in Europe during 2015 and early 2016.
Jovana Arsenijević, Erin Schillberg, Aurelie Ponthieu, Lucio Malvisi, Waeil A. Elrahman Ahmed, Stefano Argenziano, Federica Zamatto, Simon Burroughs, Natalie Severy, Christophe Hebting, Brice de Vingne, Anthony D. Harries, Rony Zachariah   +12 more
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