Factors that shape the integration of HIV and TB services in Zomba District, Malawi by Alex F. Maseko, Adam Silumbwe, Patricia Maritim, Margarate N. Munakampe, Griphin Baxter Chirambo, Choolwe Jacobs, Joseph M. Zulu

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Bridging the gap between defossilization and decarbonization to achieve net-zero industry by Steven Griffiths, Benjamin Sovacool, Marfuga Iskandarova, Hans Jakob Walnum

“…The US emphasizes a portfolio approach integrating multiple technologies, the UAE focuses on leveraging existing fossil fuel infrastructure for CCE efforts, and Norway capitalizes on its abundant renewable resources while investing in carbon capture and storage and hydrogen projects utilizing its extensive O&G sector expertise and resources. Key policy recommendations include technology and policy leadership from countries pursuing a CCE framework, encouragement of public–private partnerships in the deployment of CCE technologies and ensuring social equity as net-zero industry is pursued in the near and long term. …”
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Utilization, Demand, And Willingness to Pay for Telehealth Services: A Study of Patients in Selected Vietnamese Provinces by Hung Ta, Hoan Van Vu, Thu Xuan Mai, Hieu Thi Minh Nguyen, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Hoat Ngoc Luu

“…The findings underscore the need for investment in telehealth infrastructure and supportive policies to integrate telehealth into the national healthcare system, particularly in underserved regions. …”
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Prevalence of childhood mental disorders in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis to inform policymaking by Charlotte Waddell, Christine Schwartz, Jenny Lou Barican, Donna Yung, Yufei Zheng, Katholiki Georgiades

“…We discuss the implications, particularly the need to substantially increase public investments in effective interventions. We also discuss the policy urgency, given the emerging increases in childhood mental health problems since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (PROSPERO CRD42020157262).…”
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Tides of Time: The Dutch Delta Works as Time-Mediating Climate Adaptation Infrastructure by Huub Dijstelbloem, Victor Toom, Annick de Vries

“…The relationship between infrastructure, climate change and time is a crucial but often misunderstood element of climate policy. This article argues that climate adaptation infrastructures mediate between different temporal regimes and can even be said to generate temporal regimes themselves. …”
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Die rol van die NGK-leierskap in die aanloop tot die eerste demokratiese verkiesing in Suid-Afrika: 1990-1994 by Johan M. van der Merwe

“…It takes the acceptance of the important policy document Church and Society by the General Synod of 1986 and the Rustenburg Consultation of 1990 as points of departure. …”
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Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 2—Do People Believe Water Science? by Sadie Hundemer, Shenara Ramadan

“…Moreover, when water science is rejected, policy discourse can devolve into a debate over water facts instead of weighing alternative management strategies. …”
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Learning-based locomotion control fusing multimodal perception for a bipedal humanoid robot by Chao Ji, Diyuan Liu, Wei Gao, Shiwu Zhang

“…The expert policies of different terrains to meet the requirements of gait aesthetics are trained through reinforcement learning, and these expert policies are distilled into student through policy distillation. …”
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Day-Ahead Operational Strategy for Virtual Power Plant Considering Green Certificate Classification in Coupled Market by TIAN Yuliang, QIN Zhijun, HUANG Zhen

“…To normalize the issuance and trading of green certificates，the National Energy Administration （NEA） recently introduced a new policy. This policy mandates issuing tradable and nontradable green certificates for on-grid renewable energy electricity and spontaneous self-use renewable energy electricity，respectively. …”
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An Assessment of The Factors Affecting Pupils' Performance in English Language in Primary Leaving Examinations in Selected Primary Schools of Southern Division Kabale Municipality... by Tusiime, Emily

“…The researcher therefore concluded that the school policy on language helps to improve pupils' attitudes which in turn influences their performance in English. …”
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Factors Influencing Recentralization of Local Government Functions in Uganda. by Biryomumeisho, Stephen, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…Various developing countries have praised Uganda’s decentralization policy regarding the magnitude of the transfer of authority to the local level. …”
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The dynamics of lowland river sections of Danube and Tisza in the Carpathian basin by Imre M. Jánosi, Imre M. Jánosi, István Zsuffa, István Zsuffa, Tibor Bíró, Boglárka O. Lakatos, Boglárka O. Lakatos, András Szöllősi-Nagy, Zsolt Hetesi, Zsolt Hetesi

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Measuring above-ground carbon stock using spatial analysis and the InVEST model: application in the Thoria Watershed, India by Zhe Guo, Himani Sharma, Mahesh Jadav, Upeksha Hettiarachchi, Chiranjit Guha, Wei Zhang, Pratiti Priyadarshini, Ruth S Meinzen-Dick

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Records Keeping and Financial Performance in Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government. by Birungi, Edinah

“…More respondents identified lack of records management policy as the major challenge, lack of adequate professionally trained record managers. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Land Use Practices on the Environment in Rugarama North Ntungamo District. by Turyahabwe, Deus

“…The study findings indicates that there were policies/laws that govern land and environment as they include; national land use policy with 14%, national environment Act with 20%, the land Act of 1998 with 10%, the Uganda national land policy 2013 with 16% and local policies or rules that govern land and environment with 40%. …”
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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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NEXUS BETWEEN RENEWABLE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND GREEN MICROFINANCE: THE CASE OF WOMEN MICROFINANCE GROUP by Min-Sun Kim, Andrian Dolfriandra Huruta, Cheng-Wen Lee

“…The findings suggest that a pro-climate (SDG 13) policy in response to energy efficiency (SDG 7) is supported by pro-local knowledge-based financial inclusion (SDG 4). …”
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