Results 161 to 170 of about 2,496,823 (351)
Abstract Exposure levels without appreciable human health risk may be determined by dividing a point of departure on a dose–response curve (e.g., benchmark dose) by a composite adjustment factor (AF). An “effect severity” AF (ESAF) is employed in some regulatory contexts.
Barbara L. Parsons +17 more
wiley +1 more source
INEQUALITIES FOR SOME SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
The present paper is expository. We give a survey of some simple methods for finding bounds for some special functions. Our results are based on the recurrence relations satisfied by these functions and on some integral representations.
Andrea La Forgia
doaj
Dimensional recurrence relations: an easy way to evaluate higher orders of expansion in ε [PDF]
Roman N. Lee +2 more
openalex +1 more source
ABSTRACT Policy integration is seen as an appropriate strategy to address urban problems and promote sustainable urban development objectives. The European Union (EU) has been including this strategy as an essential aspect of its urban initiatives since the 1990s.
María José Dorado‐Rubín +2 more
wiley +1 more source
A matrix formulation of Frobenius power series solutions using products of 4X4 matrices
In Coddington and Levison [7, p. 119, Thm. 4.1] and Balser [4, p. 18-19, Thm. 5], matrix formulations of Frobenius theory, near a regular singular point, are given using 2X2 matrix recurrence relations yielding fundamental matrices consisting of two ...
Jeremy Mandelkern
doaj
Polynomial-Division-Based Algorithms for Computing Linear Recurrence\n Relations [PDF]
Jérémy Berthomieu +1 more
openalex +1 more source
ABSTRACT What is the role of policy entrepreneurs in promoting the design of public administrative reform? We present a conceptual framework for assessing the influence of policy entrepreneurs on public administrative reform. We start by proposing a typology of the various policy entrepreneurs active in the administrative reform arena.
Nissim Cohen
wiley +1 more source
How Changing Narratives About the Future Shape Policymaking for the Long Term
ABSTRACT How can we explain decisions by governments to engage in policy investments—accepting short‐term costs in return for anticipated gains in the longer term—after previously sustaining the status quo? Our article examines the role of narratives in changing expectations about the future as a key driver of intertemporal policymaking. In light of an
Pieter Tuytens, Charlotte Haberstroh
wiley +1 more source
ABSTRACT In response to renewed interest in analytical tools that address complex policy problems and move beyond linear‐rational approaches in policy appraisal, Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) integrates participatory approaches with multi‐criteria analysis (MCA), thereby incorporating specialised knowledge and diverse social values and ...
Egle Basyte Ferrari
wiley +1 more source

