Location Estimation in a Smart Home: System Implementation and Evaluation Using Experimental Data by Youcef Rahal, Hélène Pigot, Philippe Mabilleau

“…In the context of a constantly increasing aging population with cognitive deficiencies, insuring the autonomy of the elders at home becomes a priority. …”
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Prioritizing Bridges for Seismic Resilience Enhancement: A Case Study of Algeria by mohammed abdellaoui, Mohamed Badaoui, Mahmoud Bensaibi, Said Koriga

“…Step 1: Identification of key criteria, where design phase, bridge health, seismic zone, bridge importance, availability of alternative roads, and disaster insurance are defined as key criteria. Step 2: Calculation of criteria weights using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and integration of expert opinions using the Euclidean distance-based aggregation method (EDBAM). …”
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Integrated Dairy Production and Cattle Healthcare Management Using Blockchain NFTs and Smart Contracts by Saravanan Krishnan, Lakshmi Prabha Ganesan

“…ZK-Rollups on the Layer 2 blockchain enhance scalability, privacy, and cost-efficiency, while smart contracts automate key processes such as veterinary scheduling, medication delivery, and insurance claims, minimizing administrative overhead. …”
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Tourism and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Areas of Central Hamadan by Seyed Hossein Shahed, Bijan Rahmani, Pegah Moridsadat

“…The results show that rural tourism in the area by creating employment, increasing income levels, diversification of economic activities, social relationships spread between the host community and visitors to the protection of cultural heritage and natural environment has helped to prevent the inappropriate migration and Optimization of The earth helps sustainable rural development and, among other things, enhances government support (such as insurance, transit facilities, etc.). The tourism sector "," facilitate the setting up of tourism businesses in terms of time and cost "," reduce environmental pollution and promote environmental health in rural areas (waste management and garbage collection, sanitation, ... »greatest impact Has a range of studies on tourism development and entrepreneurship.…”
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Privacy preservation in data intensive environment by Jyotir Moy Chatterjee, Raghvendra Kumar, Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, Vijender Kumar Solanki, Noor Zaman

“…Considering delicate social insurance data, privacy protection is a significant concern, when patients' mediclinical services information is utilized for exploration purposes. …”
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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES IN RUSSIA by I. N. Ivanov, T. V. Lukyanova, L. V. Orlova

“…In particular, a shortage of credit and financial resources, an imperfection of the taxation system, excessive business administration, overpriced compulsory insurance payments, a lack of readiness of a significant part of small and medium-sized businesses management to conduct business, have been revealed. …”
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Modeling Nonusers’ Behavioral Intention towards Mobile Chatbot Adoption: An Extension of the UTAUT2 Model with Mobile Service Quality Determinants by Gatzioufa Paraskevi, Vaggelis Saprikis, Giorgos Avlogiaris

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Colliding public health priorities: A call to improve the understanding of autistic individuals utilizing housing assistance. by Lindsay Shea, Anne Roux, Amy Blank Wilson, Jonas Ventimiglia, Conner Carlton, Wei-Lin Lee, Dylan Cooper, Shelby Frisbie

“…HUD-assisted autistic individuals, versus non-HUD-assisted, were more likely to be Black/African American and less likely to have private insurance. Most lived in urban areas and were enrolled in the Housing Choice Voucher program. …”
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Establishment Cost of Avocados in South Florida by Braulia De Oleo, Edward A. Evans, Jonathan H. Crane

“…It is intended as a guide only to make production decisions, prepare budgets, and investigate insurance options. A follow-up document to this one will focus on the cost and return of maintaining an orchard after it has been established. …”
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Is product diversification the Ultimate Quid Pro Quo for Gender sensitive Poverty Alleviation? Adverse Social Externalities from Combined Microfinance in Latin America and the Cari... by ROSSEL-CAMBIER, Koen

“…This paper explores if product diversification has an effect on poverty outreach, in particular when combining micro- credit with savings and insurance. It applies cross-sectional analysis of 250 microfinance schemes in Latin America and the Caribbean. …”
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Regional Variation in Rates of IVF Treatment across Australia: A Population-based Study by Louise Rawlings, Pauline Ding, Stephen J. Robson

“…Proxy indicators that might influence treatment affordability were: unemployment rates; average weekly total earnings; coverage of private health insurance; and, percentage of women in the highest socioeconomic quintile. …”
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A Rehabilitation Algorithm After Lateral Ankle Sprains in Professional Football (Soccer): An Approach Based on Clinical Practice Guidelines by Zacharias Flore, Karen Hambly, Kyra De Coninck, Götz Welsch

“…Despite consequences for many stakeholders involved (players, teams, clubs, insurers), there is still a lack of of criteria-based, step-by-step approaches. …”
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Présentation de la nomenclature des préjudices réparables en cas d'atteintes à l'environnement by Aude-Solveig Epstein

“…This typology of the remediable environmental damage, which is being drafted on a participative basis, may be an operational instrument able to guide the different protagonists of environmental action (lawyers, magistrates, operators of polluting activities, insurers, environmental experts, environmental defenders…).…”
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Digital health applications and health literacy: an explorative analysis by Aylin Imeri, Sabrina Schorr, Sebastian Merkel

“…DiGA are medical devices based on digital technologies that can be prescribed by physician and psychotherapists and reimbursed by health insurance companies. DiGA must demonstrate a positive healthcare effect, e.g. by improving of health literacy. …”
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Establishment Cost of Avocados in South Florida by Braulia De Oleo, Edward A. Evans, Jonathan H. Crane

“…It is intended as a guide only to make production decisions, prepare budgets, and investigate insurance options. A follow-up document to this one will focus on the cost and return of maintaining an orchard after it has been established. …”
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Analysis and mitigation of fire and explosion hazards in hospital environments from a biomedical engineering perspective by Augusto Jorge Antonio Ibáñez-Cruz, Dante Espinoza-Morriberon, Alejandra Micaela Elena Vergara-Florián, William C. Algoner

“…This study aims to understand and address fire and explosion risks in hospital environments using biomedical engineering, safety, and fire prevention concepts to develop effective mitigation strategies.Materials and MethodsThe study employed a mixed-methods approach, integrating quantitative and qualitative techniques. Data from an insurance and reinsurance company in Peru were analyzed, and surveys, data analysis, and interviews were conducted. …”
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THE IMPACT OF HOUSEHOLD DEPOSITS ON BANK CREDIT ACTIVITIES: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES by Gorana Krunić

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How charitable giving affects litigation duration? Empirical evidence from China. by Feng Zhu

“…The study finds that: (1) Charitable donation behavior can significantly shorten the litigation duration of listed companies. (2) This effect is particularly significant when listed companies are plaintiffs, but not significant when they are defendants. (3) The negative relationship between charitable donations of listed companies and litigation duration is achieved through reputation mechanisms. (4) This effect is more significant for listed companies located in the Northeast region and regions with a lower degree of marketization when facing civil and arbitration cases. (5) Additionally, by constructing panel data on whether companies are involved in litigation and as defendants, it is shown that corporate charitable donations not only have the function of "compensating" reputation but also serve as a kind of "insurance" for reputation. After robustness tests and overcoming endogeneity issues, the above conclusions still hold. …”
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Tracking the Economic Benefits Generated by the Hard Clam Aquaculture Industry in Florida by Charles Adams, Leslie Sturmer, Alan Hodges

“…Although successful by virtually any metric, the risks and uncertainty associated with commercial hard clam culture has led to the evaluation of programs that help mitigate risk, such as the former pilot Cultivated Clam Crop Insurance Program administered by USDA Risk Management Agency. …”
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Distributional impact assessment of policy changes to old-age pensions, social benefits and taxes in Lithuania (2021–2024) by Jekaterina Navickė, Vitalija Gabnytė-Baranauskė

“…The results obtained indicate a consistent decline in AROP and income inequality in Lithuania between 2021 and 2024, primarily due to adjustments in old-age pensions, rather than changes in direct taxes, social insurance contributions or other social benefits. However, these adjustments only partially mitigate the effects of high inflation. …”
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