Reducing Catastrophic Health Costs: The Role of Public Insurance in Eastern Indonesia by Intan Solikhah Indriana, Romi Bhakti Hartarto

“… Catastrophic expenditure, defined as health care expenditure exceeding 10% of household income, remains prevalent in eastern Indonesia, highlighting the urgent need for targeted health policy and infrastructure interventions. This study investigates the impact of the Community Health Insurance Scheme (Jamkesmas) in reducing catastrophic healthcare expenditure in eastern Indonesia offering a new perspective by focusing on areas with lower Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and higher poverty rates. …”
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Social Welfare Analysis of China’s High-Speed Rail Industry: Based on the Perspective of Enterprises’ Entry in Upstream Market by Da Li, Xiaoyan Lin

“…Based on the analysis of the high-speed rail industry chain, first, this paper divides the high-speed rail industry chain into infrastructure construction market and manufacturing market of mobile equipment and, second, this paper uses the empirical method of new experience industry organization to measure the market power premium of the high-speed rail upstream market. …”
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REDUCING THE BOOSTER STATIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY WAY OF ELIMINATING OVERPRESSURE IN THE WATER SUPPLY NETWORK by G. N. Zdor, A. V. Sinitsyn

“…The energy efficiency improvement of the city housing-and-utilities infrastructure and watersupply and water-disposal systems poses an occurrent problem. …”
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Waiting Behavior and Arousal in Different Levels of Crowd Density: A Psychological Experiment with a “Tiny Box” by Mira Beermann, Anna Sieben

“…Crowd density, defined as persons per square meter, is a basic measuring unit for describing and analyzing crowd dynamics and for planning pedestrian infrastructure. However, little is known about the relationship between crowd density and psychological stress and well-being. …”
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Climate tipping points and their potential impact on drinking water supply planning and management in Europe by Peter van Thienen, Herbert ter Maat, Sija Stofberg

“…The drinking water sector is, by necessity, slow-moving as its infrastructure is meant to operate for many decades and in practice often does so even longer. …”
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Optimizing concrete crack detection an echo state network approach with improved fish migration optimization by Zhichun Fang, Xiuhong Wang, Jiaojiao Gao, Behrooz Eskandarpour

“…It is important to find and investigate the concrete cracks during analyzing the safety and structural soundness of buildings, bridges, and other infrastructure. However, there are many models available for concrete crack detection, an efficient approach is needed because the existing methods often have flaws like overfitting, high computational complexity, and noise sensitivity, which can lead to accurate crack detection and classification. …”
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Internalization of Cooperation Value in Drum Band Extracurricular Activities by Raihanatul Jannah, Ahmad Jayadi, Nurlaili Fitri, Khairunnisa Khairunnisa

“…The supporting and inhibiting factors in this internalization process include trainers, students, parents, classrooms, fields, funds, and infrastructure. The implications of internalizing the cooperation value in the drum band extracurricular are 1) it makes it easier for teachers to convey material, 2) it makes it easier for students to memorize material, 3) students are more enthusiastic about participating in activities, 4) makes it easier for students to practice cooperation and cohesiveness, 5) the sound of the music produced is better because of their solid cooperation, 5) form an attitude of cooperation and mutual help and benefit for the future. …”
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Seismic Analysis of a Viscoelastic Damping Isolator by Bo-Wun Huang, Jao-Hwa Kuang, Jung-Ge Tseng, Jyun-Cin Wang, Yu-Xian Qiu

“…It destroys most of the unprotected infrastructure within several tens of miles in diameter from the epicenter. …”
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Intelligent Network Selection Mechanisms in the Internet of Everything System by Indrasen Singh, Meenakshi Munjal

“…These advantages deliver seamless connectivity for a diverse range of applications and devices using an IoE infrastructure that is more robust and reliable. The network selected by combining different techniques is the optimal network because it selects the most efficient or effective network.…”
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Investigating Geotourism Capabilities of Geomorphosites in Saymarreh Region Using Pralong Method by Mojtaba Yamani, Samad Azimirad, Sajad Bagheri, Seyed Shakari

“…The main factor of the non-development of geotourism of the region is the lack of infrastructure and appropriate advertisement for it.…”
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Building a sustainable institutional model for ornamental fish farming export villages in Indonesia by Andiga Dompak B. Tarihoran, Musa Hubeis, Siti Jahroh, Nimmi Zulbainarni

“…Short-term programmes are the main priorities, including sustainable cultivation and quarantine assistance, cooperative establishment, facilities and infrastructure support, broodstock aid, funding, product marketing training, and partnership programmes. …”
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Is a Theory of Cyberspace Dominance Possible? An Assessment from the Perspective of China’s Cyber Sovereignty Approach by Aybala Lale Kahraman

“…In today’s rapidly digitalizing world, cybersecurity requires the protection of information and communication technologies as well as the infrastructure of countries. In this framework, some countries consider cyber sovereignty to be connected with cybersecurity as an approach that discloses the control and authority of states over their digital infrastructures. …”
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Handover Management of Net-Drones for Future Internet Platforms by Kyung-Nam Park, Jin-Hyeok Kang, Byeong-Moon Cho, Kyung-Joon Park, Hwangnam Kim

“…Aerial networks are especially effective for supporting the temporary surge of population as well as disaster areas because building an additional network infrastructure requires extensive time. In this paper, we propose an efficient handover mechanism for aerial networks in the three-dimensional space, which significantly differs from the conventional two-dimensional schemes. …”
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Space Weather Effects on Transportation Systems: A Review of Current Understanding and Future Outlook by Dabin Xue, Lingxiao Wu, Tianhe Xu, Cheng‐Lung Wu, Zhipeng Wang, Zhengbing He

“…Additionally, this review discusses the anticipated challenges posed by the upcoming solar maximum of Solar Cycle 25 and highlights the need for improved forecasting, mitigation strategies, and resilient infrastructure to safeguard transportation systems against space weather threats. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Change Monitoring of Drought Grade Based on ERA5 Analysis Data and BFAST Method in the Belt and Road Area during 1989–2017 by Changdi Xue, Hua Wu, Xiaoguang Jiang

“…At the same time, the Belt and Road region is also deeply affected by drought, especially in some countries and regions, where the agricultural infrastructure is weak and the ecological environment is fragile. …”
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COVID-19 AND LONG-DISTANCE COACH SERVICES IN EUROPE: THE IMPACT OF CHANGING PASSENGER BEHAVIOR by Michał TARACHA, Laurent GUIHÉRY

“…The analysis allowed us to draw conclusions about the impact of excess mortality, public sentiment, population density, and infrastructure quality on the number of long-distance FlixBus coach departures. …”
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Predictive Analytics in Construction: Multi-Output Machine Learning Models for Abrasion Resistance by Shaheen Mohammed Saleh Ahmed, Hakan Güneyli, Süleyman Karahan

“…This research contributes to the advancement of construction practices, promoting the development of durable and efficient infrastructure.…”
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Effect of Immobilizing Bacillus megaterium on the Compressive Strength and Water Absorption of Mortar by David Munyao Musyoki, Jackson Wachira Muthengia, Joanne Ogunah, Daniel Karanja Mutitu, John Kinuthia, Romano Mwirichia, Joseph Karanja Thiong’o, Munyao Onesmus Mulwa, Murithi Genson

“…This has increased the amount of waste aggregates which can be recycled in construction and cut the cost of infrastructure development. This study, therefore, reports the experimental findings for the effect of immobilizing Bacillus megaterium on the compressive strength and water absorption of laboratory prepared test mortar. …”
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Exploring climate change resilience of major crops in Somalia: implications for ensuring food security by Abdikafi Hassan Abdi, Mohamed Okash Sugow, Dhaqane Roble Halane

“…Based on these results, the study proposes the adoption of climate-resilient crop varieties, investment in irrigation infrastructure, enhanced weather prediction and early warning systems, as well as the promotion of sustainable land management.…”
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Conceptualization of disaster risk. Towards the Understanding of its construction by Mariela Vivier, Celia Torrens

“…The city shows that disorderly urban growth, the lack of mitigation works and the role of the State have led to the construction of vulnerabilities and the generation of situations of environmental risk that often end up materializing in a disaster with serious damage to homes, infrastructure of services, streets and people evacuated, as happened in the storm of April 2014, in which 80% of the urban plant was flooded with dissimilar consequences in the different sectors of the ejido.…”
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