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Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents
Pediatrics, 2019 Excess consumption of added sugars, especially from sugary drinks, poses a grave health threat to children and adolescents, disproportionately affecting children of minority and low-income communities.
N. Muth +3 more
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Public policies of food and nutrition in Brazil: From Lula to Temer
Revista de Nutrição, 2019 Objective To analyze public policies on food and nutrition in Brazil, with emphasis on the last fifteen years (2003-2018). Methods Historical-documentary analysis based on a bibliographical survey on indexed bases and exploratory visits to websites of ...
F. A. G. D. Vasconcelos +5 more
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Effects of atmospheric discharges on wind farms performance: a review study
Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2022 One of the factors that influence the energy projects’ performance is the atmospheric conditions. Atmospheric discharges are a recurrent and natural phenomenon, that for the energy sector, represent a risk for the system functioning due to the ...
Mello Gisela +2 more
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Education and Public Policy [PDF]
Fiscal Studies, 1999 Abstract Economists usually concentrate on the productive aspect of education; it is the most important way by which societies can, and do, invest in human capital. The fact that education increases the skill levels of individuals and contributes to the rise and spread of technological progress is beyond dispute.
Jayasri Dutta +2 more
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Congestion, Road Safety, and the Effectiveness of Public Policies in Urban Areas
Sustainability, 2019 Congestion and road accidents are both considered essential challenges for sustainable mobility in large cities, but their relationship is only partially explored by the literature. In this paper, we empirically examine different public policies aimed at
Daniel Albalate, Xavier Fageda
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Innovations and Support Institutions: the 1st Geographical Indication in Brazil
Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2015 The Geographical Indication (GI) is an intellectual property instrument that may allow the adoption of innovations through the appreciation and insertion of origin labeled products in the market.
Yohanna Vieira Juk, Marcos Paulo Fuck
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The Inner Functioning of Local Governance Networks in Centralized Countries: A ‘Brave New World’?
Social Sciences, 2023 Local governance networks are increasingly seen as the big idea to cope with issues that are complex enough in scope and scale to require a diversity of expertise and resources. While conventional narrative has posited that local networks are optimal for
Patrícia Silva +4 more
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The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1919 n ...
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How do tobacco control policies work in low-income and middle-income countries? A realist synthesis
BMJ Global Health, 2022 Background The burden of tobacco use is disproportionately high in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). There is scarce theorisation on what works with respect to implementation of tobacco control policies in these settings. Given the complex nature
Gera E Nagelhout +6 more
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Pact for Life and the Reduction of Homicides in the State of Pernambuco
Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2014 The Pact for Life, the Public Security Policy implemented in Pernambuco in 2007, is identified as a successful policy that produced a large reduction in homicides in Pernambuco.
José Luiz Ratton +2 more
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