Designing the outsourcing model in central government organizations by Mahnaz Moradi, Morteza Ghasemi, Maryam Majidi, Gholamreza Amjadi

“…Chen & Shen (2021) examined the effects of offshore and land outsourcing on China's promotion in global value chains with evidence from its manufacturing and service sectors. …”
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Excess costs of transgender and gender-diverse people with gender incongruence and gender dysphoria compared with people from the general population in Germany: a secondary analysi... by Judith Dams, Hans-Helmut König, Thomas Grochtdreis, Peer Briken, Alexander Konnopka, Janis Renner, Arne Dekker, Timo Nieder

“…Self-reported healthcare services utilisation was valued by standardised unit costs for the German healthcare system, and absenteeism from work and unemployment were valued with the gross hourly wage of persons in manufacturing and services sectors.Settings TGD people with GIC/GD living at least 50 km outside Hamburg in the federal state Bremen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony or Schleswig Holstein and the German general adult population.Participants Treatment-seeking TGD people with GIC/GD (n=167) and people of the general German population (n=2811).Primary and secondary outcome measures 6-month excess healthcare costs and indirect costs from a societal perspective were calculated for the year 2020 using two-part models with logit specification for the first part and a generalised linear model with gamma family and log link function for the second part.Results The total 6-month excess costs associated with GIC/GD from a societal perspective were estimated to be €672 (95% CI: €−3315 to €4657; p=0.741) per person. …”
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Health and associated economic benefits of reduced air pollution and increased physical activity from climate change policies in the UK by Heather Walton, David Dajnak, Mike Holland, Dimitris Evangelopoulos, Dylan Wood, Christian Brand, Nosha Assareh, Gregor Stewart, Andrew Beddows, Shawn YC Lee, Daniela Fecht, Yunzhe Liu, Bethan Davies, Anna Goodman, Tuan Vu, Sean Beevers

“…Literature concentration–response functions were combined with baseline rates from routine statistics/other sources. …”
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Climate Change and Outdoor Workers: A Narrative Review by Mehdi Asghari, Mohammad Javad Ghanadzadeh, Razieh Soltani Gerdfaramarzi

“…Adapting to climate change: Thresholds, values, governance. 2009:181-96. Tirgar A, Shirouye A, Hajiahmadi M, Hoseini S. …”
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Development of a World Health Organization indicator and corresponding questions to measure effective coverage of rehabilitationResearch in context by Wouter De Groote, Pierre Côté, Jessica J. Wong, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Tara Chen, Linamara Battistella, George K.C. Wong, Jan Hartvigsen, Jill A. Hayden, Rajani Mullerpatan, Farooq A. Rathore, Hana Alsobayel, Margareta Nordin, Dan Kajungu, Jae-Young Lim, Rafael Lozano, Antony Duttine, Melanie Cowan, Leanne Riley, Somnath Chatterji, Alarcos Cieza

“…To determine whether quality rehabilitation services have been delivered, the health gain or benefit can be measured using a valid functioning measure with a known Minimal Important Change value, i.e. a minimal improvement that is meaningful to the client. …”
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Research Framework and Anticipated Results of Key Technologies for Distributed Certificate-less Network Identity Systems by ZHANG Xiaosong, CAO Sheng, LU Tianbo, YANG Kun, GUI Xun, XIE Guotao, NIU Weina

“…The research outcomes hold considerable importance and value for scientific research, technological development, and industrial promotion and application in the field of network identity authentication within certificate-less distributed environments. …”
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Grayscale Lithography and a Brief Introduction to Other Widely Used Lithographic Methods: A State-of-the-Art Review by Svetlana N. Khonina, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy, Muhammad A. Butt

“…GSL plays a crucial role in sectors such as microelectronics, micro-optics, MEMS/NEMS manufacturing, and photonics, where precise control over feature depth, shape, and intensity is critical for achieving advanced functionality. …”
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Participation, promotion, and practices of the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd)- implementing schools in localizing sustainable development goals by Ernesto L. Bastida, Jr., Robbie Jan Vincent T. Buelo, Fatima G. Tabia, Rudy Bhonne R. De Lara, Jerbert M. Abargos, Catherine S. Oliquino

“…On the other hand, qualitative results revealed that establishing collaboration and partnership with private sectors is the most feasible way to fill the gap in providing quality education. …”
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Designing a Policy Model Based on the Development of Human Capabilities of the Ministry of Education of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Rahman Rasul Fatah, Mojtaba Amiri, Seyed Reza Seyed Javadin, Rasool Norouzi Seyed Hosseini

“…ObjectiveThe capability approach, the result of the latest development theories, is a novel perspective that links development with the concepts of "functions" and "capabilities." This approach can be employed as a fundamental framework in the education system. …”
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