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... 2.Environmental policy 3.National health programs 3 .Decision making 4.Public policy 5.Developing countries I.Title: Health and environment; tools for effective decision- making ISBN 92 159297 (NLM classification: ... the process link in the chain between evidence and decision- making Yet formal impact assessments are not conducted for many strategic policy decisions At the project level too, impact assessment ... sources and instruments such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), useful for environment and health assessment and monitoring; useful references for more information on priority issues and to existing...

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... about maintaining body image are a key component in decision making for younger women [11] Multiple studies have demonstrated that treatment for women with breast cancer differs substantially ... psyche, and is not an issue reserved for developed countries only It is time to change the concept of relying on age or menopausal status in surgical decision making Postmenopausal breast cancer ... World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009, 7:66 segment of the United States population [6] Therefore, during the coming decades, older women will account for an increasing number of...

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... and techniques for their usefulness for the EiR study, and developed a method for collecting data relating to GDG decision- making and for understanding and making inferences from these complex ... explicit pathways by which social variables impact on group decision- making Applying theory to the study of group decision- making allows for a body of scientific knowledge on the functioning of ... members from considering all relevant information [3,10] Improving GDG decision- making necessitates identification of influences on GDG decisions, as a basis for intervention The 'Evidence into Recommendations'...

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... and techniques for their usefulness for the EiR study, and developed a method for collecting data relating to GDG decision- making and for understanding and making inferences from these complex ... explicit pathways by which social variables impact on group decision- making Applying theory to the study of group decision- making allows for a body of scientific knowledge on the functioning of ... members from considering all relevant information [3,10] Improving GDG decision- making necessitates identification of influences on GDG decisions, as a basis for intervention The 'Evidence into Recommendations'...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... 10.4 GIS for environmental decision- making References Part III – Participation in Decision- Making 176 179 11 Developments in Public Participation and Collaborative Environmental Decision- Making ... GIS for Environmental Decision- Making A Lovett and K Appleton 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The role of GIS 1.3 The structure of the book 1.4 Where next? 1.5 References 1 Part I – Data for Decision- Making ... develop © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC xvi GIS for environmental decision- making integrated strategies and to derive information for political decision support; and the environmental effects...

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... Lobbying / Advisory © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 94 GIS for environmental decision- making 5.4.1 The Role of Information in Decision- Making The use of GI and GIS as analytical and communicative ... titled ‘participatory geographic information science’ ‘This surge of interest in collaborative spatial decision- making in particular, and participatory decision- making more generally has been spurred ... Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 92 GIS for environmental decision- making Figure 5.4 Overall tranquillity score map for two study areas in the North East region For color versions see MacFarlane et...

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... Geostatistics, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 1989 22 Burrough, P A and McDonnell, R A., Principles of Geographical Information Systems, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998 23 Todini, ... unconfined Sherwood Sandstone aquifer unit used for the digital water table interpolation The primary reasons for choosing the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer unit for the study were: (i) the existence of ... boundary, in the confined aquifer to the © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 104 GIS for environmental decision- making east, and five further sandstone boreholes located beyond the northern and...

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... & Francis Group, LLC 128 GIS for environmental decision- making information There is an explicit procedure to produce the final result and the entire workflow of information is transparent and ... low as possible © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 124 GIS for environmental decision- making As in the CART analysis, we transformed the MARS text report files into AML and then generated ... curve is recommended for comparing two-class classifiers, as it does not merely summarize performance at a single arbitrarily selected decision threshold, but across all possible decision thresholds20,21...

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... Geographical Information Science, 14, 173-184, 2000 © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 164 26 GIS for environmental decision- making Rinner, C and Malczewski, J., Web-enabled spatial decision analysis ... they summed to 1.0 average weight for criteria = Σ {(1-inconsistency ratio) x stakeholder weight} for stakeholder for criteria (9.1) number of stakeholders involved For each criterion it was also ... the SMCE analysis Information on the stakeholder preferences was combined with digital spatial data © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 156 GIS for environmental decision- making (20 m cell resolution)...

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... LLC 168 GIS for environmental decision- making sensed data and/or functions and perspectives may be found in a diverse range of subject areas connected with environmental decision- making, such ... Inter-connected Grid resources for management and research regarding the causes and effects of atmospheric pollution Before applying Grid-enabled GIS for science and decision making however, we need ... geographical context for the need for cultural changes and the more thorough integration of specialisms © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 174 GIS for environmental decision- making 10.2.2.1 Interdisciplinary...

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... scientists we have argued that good decision- making demands good information This argument has not changed but now it is increasingly recognized that in addition: decision- making must carry those affected ... distributions) The question for spatial analysts was (and remains): how can we put our tools and skills to work to improve decision- making and public confidence in decisions? For many people the answer ... recognized and taken into account The decision leaves me minimally worse off 181 © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 182 GIS for environmental decision- making • • • The costs and benefits are...

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... spatial decision making: scientific report for the specialist meeting, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, 1995 15 Ball, J., Towards a methodology for mapping ... 212 GIS for environmental decision- making The answer to this first question is clearly ongoing, with a requirement for structural and internal changes to UK campuses In the meantime, can information ... Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 216 GIS for environmental decision- making Placement of the individual symbols was determined by producing simple density and contour maps for each symbol type Figure 13.2...

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... Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 230 GIS for environmental decision- making 14.2.3 Event Operation The assessment took place as part of a Landscape Research Week, the venue for which was the public hall ... QLK5-CT-2002-01017, VisuLands) are thanked for their financial support of the research reported in this chapter © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 238 GIS for environmental decision- making 14.7 REFERENCES European ... Practical Handbook for ‘Planning For Real’ Consultation Exercise, Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation, Telford, 1995 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), Participatory Planning for Sustainable...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21

... development of the actor network for the Web-GIS Tourismus TUM 249 © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 250 GIS for environmental decision- making • • Interessement Once the decision to develop the Web-GIS ... Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 248 GIS for environmental decision- making revealed, the further social or political implications of GIS and its possible relevance for regional development aims were ... file © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 244 GIS for environmental decision- making 15.2.4 Web-GIS Functionality Alongside standard tools for zooming, buffering and querying, the developed WebGIS...

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... questions and help in clinical decision- making Methods In the 1970's studies began to show that clinical measurements of LLI were inaccurate and the use of x-ray, controlling for magnification and distortion, ... factors for recurrent stress fractures in athletes Am J Sports Med 2001, 29(3):304-10 Yen ST, Andrew PD, Cummings GS: Short-term effect of correcting leg length discrepancy on performance of a forceful ... measure studies, are noted in Figure 3, and provide an even larger pool of data for LLI This data table shows, for example, that in a pooled population of 2,978 people, 20.1% had a LLI of 10...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... (heel-sole interface), for the presence of a "short leg" or alignment asymmetry Some hold the opinion that anatomic LLI can be measured in this way [1] The examination for unloaded leg-length ... anatomic leg-length inequality is adapted for and incorporated as normal It follows then, that when an average person with Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Chiropractic & Osteopathy ... insignificant amounts of anatomic leg-length inequality Of course, it would be important for the clinician to explore reasons for any quadratus lumborum and other suprapelvic muscle hypertonicity and eliminate...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... feasibility of a, likely over-simplified, concept of "metabolic staging" in the guidance and decision making for the nutritional support of severely injured patients remains elusive Competing interests ... Cuthbertson's "flow" phase where there is sustained hypermetabolism for at least days, and in many severely injured patients for up to weeks and longer [4,5] During this initial period there is ... strategy for the multiply injured patient Injury 2009, 40(Suppl 4):S27-35 doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-18-34 Cite this article as: Stahel et al., "Metabolic staging" after major trauma - a guide for clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... Walther Analytics for Managerial Decision Making Budgeting and Decision Making Download free eBooks at bookboon.com Analytics for Managerial Decision Making: Budgeting and Decision Making 1st edition ... eBooks at bookboon.com Analytics for Managerial Decision Making Contents Contents Part Analytics for Managerial Decision Making Cost Characteristics and Decision- Making Ramiications 1.1 Sunk Costs ... the ad to read more Analytics for Managerial Decision Making Contents Capital Expenditure Decisions 21 3.1 Management Stewardship 22 3.2 Logic Justiication of Capital Decisions 22 Compound Interest...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2014, 16:12

... 1: Introduction Decision Matrix MCDM problems can be concisely expressed in a matrix format Suppose that there are m alternatives and n criteria in a decision- making problem A decision matrix ... the best known and highly used method of decision making Suppose there are m alternatives and n criteria in a decision- making problem An alternative’s performance is defined as (Fishburn, 1967): ... to select or rank the predefined alternatives Multicriteria decision making (MCDM) is one of the most well known branches of decision making and has been one of the fast growing problem areas during...

Ngày tải lên: 06/10/2015, 21:29

... Illustration D-3 Formula for future value future value of a single amount principal (or present value; the value today) interest rate for one period number of periods LO Solve for a future value ... Illustration D-9 Formula for present value Present Value = Future Value / (1 + i )n p = principal (or present value) i = interest rate for one period n = number of periods D- 21 LO Solve for present ... unlawful Request for further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc The purchaser may make back-up copies for his/her own use only and not for distribution...

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