Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: a framework for producers and users of evidence by Peter Craig, Mhairi Campbell, Manuela Deidda, Ruth Dundas, Judith Green, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Jim Lewsey, David Ogilvie, Frank de Vocht, Martin White

“…Economic evaluation As there are usually resource constraints for implementations of policies, economic evaluations are valuable in conjunction with evaluations of effectiveness of the natural experiment. …”
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Assessing disparities in access, use, and potential benefits of weather and climate information services among farmers in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor by Maya Moore, Geneva List, Max Mauerman, Dante Salazar Ballesteros, Walter Baethgen

“…The study also found that farmers who accessed WCIS implemented more climate-resilient practices compared to those without access, but financial limitations remain a substantial barrier to broader adoption.We also find that nearly a quarter of the households in our sample report changing food consumption and dietary choices in response to climate impacts. …”
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The Challenges of Safety Culture: No more risk! by Julija Melnikova

“…It is important, that nothing would interrupt the reaction and constrain movements. Such factors as sports and proper leisure help to keep fit and healthy.…”
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Evolution of the activities of states as reflected in legal and political Teachings by A. A. Klishin

“…As a result, the customary and efficient forms and contractual relations in international law are being re- placed with the ideas of “global law” or “supranational law” based on the intent to implement the “denationalization” of law by way of submitting the legal systems of some sovereign states to the will of international institutions. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Shifting to a peer-support model would alleviate these constraints on providers, who could then focus on other aspects of patient care. …”
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Human immunodeficiency virus prevention and testing strategies among men who have sex with men in the UK: the PANTHEON research programme including the SELPHI RCT by Janey Sewell, T Charles Witzel, David Dunn, Fiona Lampe, Fiona Burns, Peter Weatherburn, Sheena McCormack, Leanne McCabe, Alec Miners, Valentina Cambiano, Roger Pebody, Roy Trevelion, Nadia Hanum, Andrew Phillips, Alison Rodger

“…Study 1D: we undertook a process evaluation to examine the implementation of the planned intervention in the SELPHI RCT. …”
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Optimisation du développement durable et management territorial stratégique : de la gouvernance locale à la transaction sociale by Michel Casteigts

“…Local governance, which associates public player, private sector and civil society stakeholders, contributes to this decision making optimum by reducing costs of transaction and costs of constraint in the collective choices. For that purpose, it has to implement efficient social transactions between the local players in presence, in a perspective of strategic territorial management: the logic of the sustainable development is fundamentally transactional.…”
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Spectral Normalization for Generative Adversarial Networks for Artistic Image Transformation by Zhixu Shu, Kewang Zhang

“…It offers innovative ways for artists to express themselves, provides designers with more choices and inspiration, enhances visual esthetics, and enables creative implementations in movies, games, and virtual reality. …”
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THE ETHICAL STARTUP? by Alexis Walker

“…For example, limits on available information, time constraints, decisional complexity, and bias contribute to ethical decision-making. [12] These limits point to the importance of moral supports to promote ethics and justice. …”
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Science of science by S. Fortunato, C. T. Bergstrom, K. Börner, J. A. Evans, D. Helbing, S. Milojević, A. M. Petersen, F. Radicchi, R. Sinatra, B. Uzzi, A. Vespignani, L. Waltman, D. Wang, A.-L. Barabási

“…Microscopic models have traced the dynamics of citation accumulation, allowing us to predict the future impact of individual papers. SciSci has revealed choices and trade-offs that scientists face as they advance both their own careers and the scientific horizon. …”
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