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13:0413:04, 11 May 2026 diff hist +630 N Emerging infrastructure policy issues in developing countries: A survey of the recent economic literature Created page with "This paper reviews the recent economic research on emerging issues for infrastructure policies affecting poor people in developing countries. It's main purpose is to identify some of the challenges the international community, and donors in particular, are likely to have to address over the next few years. Link to material: http://www.google.com.tr/books?hl=tr&lr=&id=dXuO2QXKL9gC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=infrastructure+operations+research+developing+countries&ots=wcfV_LBu0-&si..." current
13:0313:03, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,110 N Computing Pareto-Optimal Transit Routes Through Mathematical Algorithms Created page with "by: '''M. Fawad Zazai and Armin Fugenschuh''' '''Abstract''' Afghanistan is geo-strategically in an important transit zone in South and Central Asia, but currently lacks of modern infrastructure. We present the construction of optimal transit routes in Afghanistan through mathematical optimization. Basically there are three different optimization goals a) the shortest route w.r.t. the distance, b) the cheapest route w.r.t. the construction cost, and c) the most conveni..." current
13:0113:01, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,380 N Africa Fashion Futures: Creative Economies, Global Networks, and Local Development Created page with "by: '''Lauren England, Eka Ikpe, Roberta Comunian, Ananya Jahanara Kabir''' '''Abstract''' This article reviews existing literature and approaches to the current study of fashion and economic development to rethink the interconnection between creative producers and global production and trade networks in relation to sustainable local development. Focusing on the work of independent fashion designers on the African continent, we first consider their positioning as cultu..." current
12:5912:59, 11 May 2026 diff hist +966 N A Review of Infrastructure Modelling for Green Logistics Created page with "Infrastructure modelling is a strategic level activity to make one or more decisions on the optimum location, number and allocation of service providers. This problem has been intensively researched in academic literature and traditionally focuses on minimizing total logistics costs or maximizing profit. But in many cases the optimum may involve dealing with multiple and sometimes conflicting objectives. Recently, climate change and environmental concerns in logistics ne..." current
12:5712:57, 11 May 2026 diff hist +960 N Voxel-MARS and CMARS: Methods for Early detection of Alzheimer's Disease by Classification of Structural Brain MRI Created page with "by: '''Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber and Dr. Alper Cevik''' '''PRESENTATION OUTLINE''' '''Introduction''' - Motivation - Objectives '''Background''' - Biomarkers - MARS/CMARS '''Methodology''' - Data - Methods '''Performance''' - Results - Discussions '''Conclusions''' - Conclusions - Future Outlook '''DEFINITIONS''' '''Alzheimer's Disease (AD)''' - Most common neurodegenerative disease - Most common cause of dementia - Causes problems with memory, thinking..." current
12:5412:54, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,680 N UK COVID-19 Vaccines Delivery Plan Created page with "'''Ministerial Foreword''' We have always known that vaccines would be our best way out of this pandemic and towards a more normal way of life. It is why we moved fast and early: supporting groundbreaking research from January last year, and pre-ordering millions of vaccines on behalf of the whole of the UK. As a result of this work, we are the first country in the world to authorise a vaccine against COVID-19. Today we have three authorised vaccines for COVID-19; more..." current
12:5312:53, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,321 N The Use of Operations Research as a Tool for Monitoring and Managing Food-Assisted Maternal/Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Programs: An Example from Haiti Created page with "This report describes the methods and results of an operations research undertaken to assess the effectiveness of World Vision (WV)’s food assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (MCHN) program in the Central Plateau region of Haiti. The research had three main objectives: (1) to assess the effectiveness of implementation and operations of the program relative to plans; (2) to assess the quality of delivery of the various services; and (3) to explore the perce..." current
12:5112:51, 11 May 2026 diff hist +2,628 N The impact of COVID-19 on older persons Afghanistan analytical brief --- by Samuel Hall Created page with "'''Highlights''' • Afghanistan reported its first COVID-19 case on 24 February 2020 in Herat. Its first death occurred on 22 March 2020 in the northern Balkh province. On 28 March, the Afghan government placed the city of Kabul on a three-week lockdown, which included closing of nonessential businesses and restriction of movement; this was extended to 21 May 2020. • COVID-19 is deadly for elderly people, people with pre-existing diseases such as high blood pressure..." current
12:5012:50, 11 May 2026 diff hist +410 N The effect of operations research on program changes in Bangladesh: Studies in Family Planning Created page with "This article is based on the ten-year experience of an operations research project in Bangladesh. It assesses how, and under what circumstances, research-based advice and results of pilot projects contribute to change in large - scale public programs. Link to material: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14488659_The_Effect_of_Operations_Research_on_Program_Changes_in_Bangladesh Category: Health" current
12:4812:48, 11 May 2026 diff hist +726 N Strengthening the utilisation of family planning operations research: Findings from case studies in Africa Created page with "Operations Research (OR) “is a process, a way of identifying and solving program problems” (Fisher et al., 1991). Fisher et al. describe this five step process as: (1) problem identification and diagnosis; (2) strategy selection; (3) strategy experimentation and evaluation; (4) information dissemination; and (5) information utilization. The process of OR has a clear goal: to obtain information about a problem and ways to address it and to then see that this informati..." current
12:4712:47, 11 May 2026 diff hist +972 N Robustness of Reduced-Order Non-Parametric Model for Inverse ECG Solution against Modeling and Measurement Noise Created page with "by: '''G. W. Weber1, O. N. Onak, Y. S. Dogrusoz''' '''Background''' '''Action-Potential''' Action Potential (AP) is electrical stimu- lation created by a sequence of ion fluxes through specialized channels in the membrane of cardiomyocytes that leads to car- diac contraction. '''Electrocardiogram''' An electrocardiogram — abbreviated as EKG or ECG — is a test that measures the electrical activity of the heartbeat. With each beat, an electrical impulse (or wave)..." current
12:4512:45, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,264 N Risk assessment for skin exposure according to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations – An Overview Created page with "by '''Chris Packham''' This document provides a brief overview of what a COSHH risk assessment should include. Note that it is concerned only with skin exposure and not the other two routes – inhalation and ingestion. Be aware also that treating each route in isolation ignores the potential for cross reaction that might not be identified if each is treated as a discrete, isolated route. The diagram shows the cross reactions that can exist between the three routes. As..." current
12:4412:44, 11 May 2026 diff hist +822 N Quality of Primary Health Care in Developing Countries: Recent Experiences and Future Direction Created page with "In industrialized countries, quality of care is widely debated in the context of health sector reform [I]. A wealth of literature reflects the progress made in developing tools to monitor and improve the quality of health care. In developing countries, however, interest in the issue has been surprisingly low until recently. This is so, in spite of overwhelming published and anecdotal evidence of low quality of care in these countries (for an overview, see [2]). In this p..." current
12:4312:43, 11 May 2026 diff hist +439 N Primary Health Care Operations Research Project (PRICOR) I and II Created page with "The Primary Health Care Operations Research Project (PRICOR) I and II undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. URC pioneered the development of a practical, systematic approach to operations research on critical issues facing primary health care services in developing countries. Link to material: http://www.urc-chs.com/project?ProjectID=85 Category: Health" current
12:4212:42, 11 May 2026 diff hist +21 PanMeMic Manifesto: Making meaning in the Covid-19 pandemic and the future of social interaction No edit summary current
12:4112:41, 11 May 2026 diff hist +4,439 N Optimal control of intervention strategies and cost effectiveness analysis for a Zika virus model Created page with "by: '''Abdulfatai A. Momoha, Armin Fügenschuh''' '''Abstract''' This paper presents an optimal control strategy and a cost effectiveness analysis for the Zika virus disease. A mathematical model for the transmission of the Zika virus is considered with four preventive measures as control, namely: the use of treated bednets, the use of condoms, a medical treatment of infected persons, and the use of indoor residual spray (IRS). We obtain the reproduction number R0 for..." current
12:4012:40, 11 May 2026 diff hist +941 N Operational Research and Health Care in Low & Medium Created page with "by: '''Geoff Royston''' Operational research is the science of improving systems and processes, often complex and dynamic, involving resources, people and information that underpin daily life. In this webinar entitled “operational research and health care in low and medium resource settings", Dr Geoff Royston, former head of strategic analysis and operational research in the Department of Health for England, presents the conceptual and practical definition of the term..." current
12:3912:39, 11 May 2026 diff hist +458 N Operational Research and Development; "Real World" insights from Health O.R.? Created page with "by: '''Geoff Royston''' '''A talk in four parts''' 1. Major global health problems 2. Areas where O.R. has made, is making or could make a contribution to global health 3. Gaps in O.R. for global health 4. Enabling an increased contribution to health and development through “real world” O.R. Link to slideshow:http://ifors.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OR-for-Development-Workshop-9-July-2015-Geoff-Royston-pdf-of-slides.pdf Category: Health" current
12:3712:37, 11 May 2026 diff hist +2,800 N Multi-year optimization of malaria intervention: a mathematical model Created page with "by: '''Harry J. Dudley, Abhishek Goenka, Cesar J. Orellana and Susan E. Martonosi''' '''Abstract''' '''Background''' Malaria is a mosquito-borne, lethal disease that affects millions and kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, mostly children. There is an increasing need for models of malaria control. In this paper, a model is developed for allocating malaria interventions across geographic regions and time, subject to budget constraints, with the aim of mini..." current
12:3312:33, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,470 N Modelling and Optimal Control of Multi Strain Epidemics, with Application to COVID-19 Created page with "by: '''Edilson F. Arruda, Dayse H. Pastore, Claudia M. Dias and Shyam S. Das''' '''Abstract''' This work introduces a novel epidemiological model that simultaneously considers multiple viral strains, reinfections due to waning immunity response over time and an optimal control formulation. This enables us to derive optimal mitigation strate- gies over a prescribed time horizon under a more realistic framework that does not imply perennial immunity and a single strain,..." current
12:3212:32, 11 May 2026 diff hist +21 LSE LACC Blog: The history of epidemics in Latin America has much to tell us about COVID-19 No edit summary current
12:3112:31, 11 May 2026 diff hist +21 LSE LACC Blog: Has COVID-19 ‘infected’ infrastructure development in Peru? No edit summary current
12:3112:31, 11 May 2026 diff hist +21 LSE LACC Blog: From firm hand to handshake: violence and negotiated governance in El Salvador No edit summary current
12:2912:29, 11 May 2026 diff hist +891 N LSE LACC Blog: From field to favela: Tackling food inequality in Brazil Created page with "by: '''André Duarte, Lars M. Sanches, Michele E. Martins and Vinícius Picanço''' During the COVID-19 crisis, Brazil’s longstanding problems of food insecurity and food inequity have only become more pronounced. While the consumers in greatest need are left with barely anything to eat, small farmers find themselves unable to bring their goods to market. Fresh food supply chains need to be redesigned so that they properly connect and protect their weakest links, writ..." current
12:2812:28, 11 May 2026 diff hist +21 LSE Blog Roundup: Uruguay’s COVID-19 contact tracing app reveals the growing importance of data governance frameworks No edit summary current
12:2312:23, 11 May 2026 diff hist +21 LSE Blog Roundup: The case for a green recovery in post-COVID Latin America No edit summary current
12:2212:22, 11 May 2026 diff hist +580 N Investigating the Health Needs and Challenges of Individuals Seeking Asylum and Refugees: An Evaluative Framework Created page with "by: '''Michael Snowden, Michelle Bartholomew, Harriet Smith, Mousa Jawasreh''' '''Abstract''' This evaluative projects utilised an innovative a framework "CARA" which can be utilised to ensure effective integration of populations into decision making and service design. An integral part of this development included exploring the experiences of individuals seeking asylum and refugees by focusing on the challenges they have experienced in accessing health care. link to..." current
12:2112:21, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,044 N How Elsevier is supporting your response to COVID-19 Created page with "To those of you who are working tirelessly to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, we applaud you and want to support your efforts. We created this page to let you know about resources we have made freely available for this purpose. It’s part of our comprehensive effort to support our customers and partners across the research, higher education and health communities during these unique and trying times. '''Research''' Elsevier's Novel Coronavirus Information Center has exp..." current
12:2012:20, 11 May 2026 diff hist +2,012 N HelpAge – COVID-19, Displacement & Older People in Afghanistan - by Samuel Hall Created page with "This research brief highlights: • Limited targeted support for elderly IDPs & returnees and a lack of special healthcare services, including COVID-19 testing capacities, for elderly IDPs. • Health workers in Kabul identify elderly clients as more likely to struggle with depression. • Decreased access to healthcare for IDPs and returnees due to costs of treatment and transport, and location of health clinics. • Changing perceptions and cultural norms as a resu..." current
12:1812:18, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,427 N Healthcare Information For All - HIFA Created page with "'''About HIFA''' HIFA (Healthcare Information For All) is a global social movement to improve the availability and use of healthcare information in low- and middle-income countries. It has more than 20,000 members (health workers, librarians, publishers, researchers, policymakers...) committed to the progressive realisation of a world where every person has access to the healthcare information they need to protect their own health and the health of others - and is prote..." current
12:1712:17, 11 May 2026 diff hist +4,039 N Hand hygiene for infection prevention against COVID-19 Created page with "by: '''Chris Packham''' '''Hand hygiene as a method of infection prevention''' Hand hygiene is probably the most important measure that the individual person can adopt in the attempt to prevent, or at least minimise, the possibility of infection with the COVID-19 virus. However, it is essential to ensure that the method of hand hygiene adopted and the way in which it is then carried out is such that the risk of skin contact with the virus and colonisation is genuinely..." current
12:1512:15, 11 May 2026 diff hist +586 N Free Online Courses from Peoples-Praxis: Public Health, Open Science, Research Methods, Thoughtful Practice Created page with "Courses to help build capacity in public health particularly among those in low- to middle-income countries. This should not only help with developing knowledge, but with putting this knowledge into practice. Courses include those to help with the review and open publication of research results. Please explore any of these courses (they are listed below). They are free, open access and self paced, so you can work through them in your own time. You may want to work throu..." current
12:1412:14, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,352 N Flattening the curves: on-off lock-down strategies for COVID-19 with an application to Brazil Created page with "by: '''Luís Tarrataca, Claudia Mazza Dias, Diego Barreto Haddad and Edilson Fernandes De Arruda''' '''Abstract''' The current COVID-19 pandemic is affecting different countries in different ways. The assortment of reporting techniques alongside other issues, such as underreporting and budgetary constraints, makes predicting the spread and lethality of the virus a challenging task. This work attempts to gain a better understanding of how COVID-19 will affect one of the..." current
12:1212:12, 11 May 2026 diff hist +925 N Discrete Event Simulation for Performance Modelling in Healthcare: A Review of the Literature Created page with "'''Abstract''' Discrete Event Simulation (DES) has been widely used in modelling healthcare systems for many years and a simple citation analysis shows that the number of papers published has increased markedly since 2004. Over the last 30years several significant reviews of DES papers have been published and we build on these to focus on the most recent era, with an interest in performance modelling within hospitals. Since there are few papers that propose or illustrat..." current
12:1112:11, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,043 N COVID-19 In Afghanistan: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices & Impact --- by Samuel Hall Created page with "'''INTRODUCTION''' COVID-19 threatens Afghanistan’s many gains, from progress in access to education for children and trust in formal protection mechanisms to social norms around gender and trust in Government. With a healthcare system already stretched to the limits, ongoing conflict and natural disasters, widespread food insecurity and reductions in foreign aid, stakeholders in Afghanistan were already facing a complex and worsening situation. COVID-19 has the pote..." current
12:0912:09, 11 May 2026 diff hist +21 Covid-19 and the Healthcare System in China No edit summary current
12:0812:08, 11 May 2026 diff hist +684 N Coronavirus (COVID-19) Created page with "All COVID-19 - sharing wider resources to support those involved in specific work, opportunities to get involved and ORS e-learning. '''COVID-19 E-Learning Resources''' Like many others, the society has now switched to remote working. Our priority is, and will always be, the wellbeing of our team and this move ensures that our team are protected and that support to our members will continue. Key ways in which your ORS membership can support your continued learning and..." current
12:0712:07, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,971 N Capacity-Building for Health Research in Developing Countries: A Manager’s Approach Created page with "By: Franklin White '''Abstract''' Research may be viewed as rigorous inquiry to advance knowledge and improve practices. An international commission has argued that strengthening research capacity is one of the most powerful, cost-effective, and sustainable means of advancing health and development. However, the global effort to promote research in developing countries has been mostly policy driven, and largely at the initiative of donor agencies based in developed cou..." current
12:0512:05, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,629 N A Novel Stochastic Epidemic Model with Application to COVID-19 Created page with "by: '''Edilson F. Arruda, Rodrigo e A. Alexandre, Marcelo D. Fragoso, Joao B. R. do Val, Sinnu S. Thomas''' '''Abstract''' In this paper we propose a novel SEIR stochastic epidemic model. A distinguishing feature of this new model is that it allows us to consider a set up under general latency and infectious period distributions. To some extent, queuing systems with infinitely many servers and a Markov chain with time-varying transition rate are the very technical unde..." current
11:3811:38, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,472 N Sustainable Energy for Developing Countries Created page with "Overall, at least 1.6 billion peopleone-fourth of the worlds populationcurrently live without electricity and this number has hardly changed in absolute terms since 1970. And yet, the electricity required for people to read at night, pump a minimal amount of drinking water and listen to radio broadcasts would amount to less than 1 percent of overall global energy demand. Developing and emerging economies face thus a two-fold energy challenge in the 21st century: Meeting..." current
11:3711:37, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,434 N Renewable energy production management with a new harmony search optimization toolkit Created page with "by: '''Ioannis Kougias, Diamantis Karakatsanis, Apostolos Malatras, Fabio Monforti-Ferrario, Nicolaos Theodossiou''' '''Abstract''' The design goals of the developed software are described followed by its architecture, which is presented in detail. The GUI-based interface supports a variety of environmental management problems and can provide best practices in a timely manner. The toolkit is generic and applicable to any scientific field. It was applied on a renewable..." current
11:3511:35, 11 May 2026 diff hist +2,584 N PyPSA meets Africa/Earth Introduction Created page with "'''PyPSA meets Earth - Energy system modelling for and with the world''' "PyPSA meets Earth is an independent research initiative focusing on the provision of free and open-source energy transition tools and data. While the initiative started in spring 2021 with an initial focus on Africa, the scope recently broadened to cover other continents, evolving the initiative to its current form of PyPSA meets Earth. The vision is to create useful alternatives to inscrutable cl..." current
11:3311:33, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,189 N Operations Research for Green Logistics – An Overview of Aspects, Issues, Contributions and Challenges Created page with "'''Abstract''' The worldwide economic growth of the last century has given rise to a vast consumption of goods while globalization has led to large streams of goods all over the world. The production, transportation, storage and consumption of all these goods, however, have created large environmental problems. Today, global warming, created by large scale emissions of greenhouse gasses, is a top environmental concern. Governments, action groups and companies are asking..." current
11:3111:31, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,829 N Energy Security Cost as an Externality - Increased Gas Import Price and Economy of Ukraine Created page with "By: '''Y. Matsuki, P. Bidyuk, G. Kalnytskyi, E. Gavrish''' In this research, the tolerability of the economy of Ukraine for the increase of the gas import price is investigated. The relationship between the economic growth and imported gas price is analyzed, and it was found that the gas consumption of the food and other smaller industries was growing while the gas price was increasing; although, the larger industries such as chemical and manufacturing industries reduce..." current
11:3011:30, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,191 N Design and experimental study of solar agricultural dryer for rural area Created page with "The solar dryer described in this paper can be used for drying various products in rural area under hygienic conditions. This solar drying system was constructed, consisting of two parts (solar collector and solar drying cabinet). Solar collector with area of 1.2m2 (1.2mx1mx0.2m) has black painted rocks to absorb solar radiation and a cabinet that is divided into five divisions separated by four removable shelves. Each shelf is 0.3m width and 0.5m length and made of nylo..." current
11:1911:19, 11 May 2026 diff hist +28 Webinar Deep Learning & Operations Research for Human Creativity No edit summary current
11:1811:18, 11 May 2026 diff hist +2,285 N The Communication Initiative Network - convening the communication and media development, social and behaviour change community Created page with "'''THE COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE – Strategic Positioning and Added Value''' '''Mission:''' Convene the communication and media development, social and behavioural change community for more effective local, national, and international development action. '''Rationale – Relevance and Added Value''' 1. In the search for improved impact of international development action, online, social networks and democratically shared knowledge will assume an even higher priority...."
11:1611:16, 11 May 2026 diff hist +28 Quality management in marketing communication: the concept of contradiction finding and classification No edit summary current
11:1511:15, 11 May 2026 diff hist +1,491 N PanMeMic Manifesto: Making meaning in the Covid-19 pandemic and the future of social interaction Created page with "by: '''Elisabetta Adami, Najma Al Zidjaly, Germán Canale, Emilia Djonov, Maryam S. Ghiasian, Clarice Gualberto, Styliani Karatza, Fei Victor Lim, Ana Pedrazzini, Jesse Pirini, Janina Wildfeuer, Yiqiong Zhang''' '''Abstract''' This manifesto stems from a transmedia initiative for collective research designed to shape – from the bottom-up – a socially responsive and responsible culture of inquiry, in observing, recording, sharing and reflecting on the changes to com..."
11:1411:14, 11 May 2026 diff hist +2,112 N OR and the Arts --- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Art : Machine Visions and Warped Dreams Created page with "by '''Joanna Zylinska''' Can computers be creative? Is algorithmic art just a form of Candy Crush? Cutting through the smoke and mirrors surrounding computation, robotics and artificial intelligence, Joanna Zylinska argues that, to understand the promise of AI for the creative fields, we must not confine ourselves solely to the realm of aesthetics. Instead, we need to address the role and position of the human in the current technical setup – including the associated..." current

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