QALYs: The Math Doesn’t Work by Tia G. Sawhney, Angela Dobes, Sirimon O'Charoen

“…Furthermore, our review of the mathematical properties of QALYs, including an analysis of quality-of-life utility (QOL utility) data recently collected from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), has led us to conclude that QALYs are an inappropriate metric of drug and treatment cost-effectiveness for all people, both disabled and nondisabled, and should not be the basis for US healthcare policy decisions.…”
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Interplanting Secondary Crops into Existing Strawberry Fields. by John R. Duval, E. A. Golden, Alicia Whidden

“…Strawberry is a high value, insurable crop. However, insurance policies do not allow for intercropping of strawberry with secondary crops. …”
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Exploring the Potential of Research–Practice Partnerships to Support State Education Leaders as Agents of Change by Hannah Goldstein, Hayley Weddle

“…State education agencies have increasing influence over educational policy and practice, with responsibilities ranging from vision setting to monitoring compliance with accountability policy. …”
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An Overview of Life Insurance by Lisa Leslie, Martie Gillen

“…The primary purpose for buying life insurance is to protect the people who depend on you. A life insurance policy can help to ensure your family’s financial needs are met even after your untimely death. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of leveraging existing HIV primary health systems and community health workers for hypertension screening and treatment in Africa: An individual-based modeling s... by Matthew D Hickey, James Ayieko, Jane Kabami, Asiphas Owaraganise, Elijah Kakande, Sabina Ogachi, Colette I Aoko, Erick M Wafula, Norton Sang, Helen Sunday, Paul Revill, Loveleen Bansi-Matharu, Starley B Shade, Gabriel Chamie, Laura B Balzer, Maya L Petersen, Diane V Havlir, Moses R Kamya, Andrew N Phillips

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We conducted a modeling study to simulate hypertension and CVD across 3,000 scenarios representing a range of settings across eastern, southern, central, and western Africa. We evaluated 2 policies compared to current hypertension treatment: (1) expansion of HIV primary care clinics into chronic care clinics that provide hypertension treatment for all persons regardless of HIV status (chronic care clinic or CCC policy); and (2) CCC plus population-level hypertension screening of adults ≥40 years of age by community health workers (CHW policy). …”
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Analisis Sentimen terhadap Kebijakan Kuliah Daring Selama Pandemi Menggunakan Pendekatan Lexicon Based Features dan Support Vector Machine by Natasya Eldha Oktaviana, Yuita Arum Sari, Indriati Indriati

“…So to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Indonesian government has set one policy in online learning/lectures. This policy resulted in all information dissemination being online and had a broad impact on education in Indonesia. …”
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EXCHANGE RATE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN NIGERIA by Helen Walter Mboto, Takon Samuel Manyo, A. Omang Bekom, Stephen Ekpo Nkamare, Asukwo Joseph Ita

“…Also, the monetary authority should introduce direct policies of regulating price stability in the economy via regulating money supply in order to decelerate the rising inflationary trend in the economy. …”
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Belarus on the path to a green and circular economy: a comparison with the European Green Deal by Anna Gorbatcheva, Nikolai Gorbatchev, Siarhei Zenchanka

“…In parallel, key aspects such as policy alignment, international cooperation, and challenges are explored to elucidate Belarus’ concerted efforts in fostering a greener and more circular economy. …”
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Assessment of the Contribution of Local and Regional Biomass Burning on PM2.5 in New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area by Subraham Singh, Glen Johnson, David W. DuBois, Ilias G. Kavouras

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Electricity- and hydrogen-driven energy system sector-coupling in net-zero CO2 emission pathways by Bob van der Zwaan, Amir Fattahi, Francesco Dalla Longa, Mark Dekker, Detlef van Vuuren, Robert Pietzcker, Renato Rodrigues, Felix Schreyer, Daniel Huppmann, Johannes Emmerling, Stefan Pfenninger, Francesco Lombardi, Panagiotis Fragkos, Maria Kannavou, Theofano Fotiou, Giannis Tolios, Will Usher

“…Energy system and integrated assessment models show that, to follow pathways compatible with the European policy target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, large amounts of renewable electricity and H2 need to be generated, mostly by scaling-up wind and solar energy production capacity. …”
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ICT Enabled Learning and Teaching Innovations in Higher Education by G. Kabatangare, Tumuhairwe

“…The objective of this research study paper is to determine the; sustainable development benefit of ICT enabled learning and teaching innovations in higher education, challenges to their integration into higher education and policy recommendations to overcome those challenges. …”
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Agribusiness strategy and Rural Development: A case Study of Ihunga Sub county-Ntungamo District. by Denis Simpson T.K, Singahache

“…The key study findings were: lack of provision of food security strategy, poor policy articulation and finally lack of supply of agricultural inputs to farmers. …”
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Performance Management Innovations and Local Government Employees Performance in Kabale District: A case Study of Kabale District Local Government Administration. by Alex, Museveni

“…The study recommended that performance indicators in local governments be divided into two distinct areas, namely internal management (internal focus) and public accountability (external focus), that Policy makers at national and local level need to ensure that there are performance management systems that enable the performance of councils to be compared over time, between authorities, and with similar organizations elsewhere, Public services in districts should make more use of approaches involving benchmark competition and international comparisons, Policy makers need to consider alternative means for promoting cost-cutting innovations, that policy makers at national and local levels encourage leadership capacity and organizational culture.…”
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African Journal of Governance and Public Leadership (AJoGPL) by BC, Basheka, Dominique, E. Uwizeyimana

“…AjoGPL seeks to promote academic scholarship and publishing of original manuscripts in Public Administration, Management, Governance, Leadership, Public Policy, Public Leadership and related fields…”
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African Journal of Governance and Public Leadership (AJoGPL) by Prince Chukwuneme, Enwereji, Dominique, E. Uwizeyimana, BC, Basheka

“…AjoGPL seeks to promote academic scholarship and publishing of original manuscripts in Public Administration, Management, Governance, Leadership, Public Policy, Public Leadership and related fields…”
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African Journal of Governance and Public Leadership (AJoGPL)  by Benon C, Basheka, Dominique E, Uwizeyimana

“…AjoGPL seeks to promote academic scholarship and publishing of original manuscripts in Public Administration, Management, Governance, Leadership, Public Policy, Public Leadership and related fields…”
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NIGERIA TECHNICAL AID CORPS (TAC) AND NATIONAL INTEREST, 1999-2023: AN ASSESSMENT by AGABA HALIDU, EMMANUEL IDEMOR UKHAMI, SOLOMON BABATUNDE KUMAPAYI, AKINOLA JACOB ASHIMOLOWO

“…TAC is a pivotal element of Nigeria's foreign policy, established to provide technical assistance to developing nations in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. …”
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From tradition to progressiveness: Analyzing Thailand's image on youtube amid post-cannabis legalization. by Ibtesam Mazahir, Smith Boonchutima, Safeena Yaseen

“…The prevailing media narratives, which included tourism, celebration, and policy, further emphasized the positive perspective on the advantages of legalizing marijuana. …”
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