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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PROCESS INNOVATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OLIVE FARMS

2014

Within a business enterprise, process innovations l ead to reduced production costs and to increased profit margins. In this study, we shall examine an olive farm that operates in a perfectly competitive market that has introduced a process innovation so as to contain labour costs and therefore production costs. So, the paper aimed at comparing economic co mpetitiveness of an olive farm that introduced mechanical olive pickers (process innovation) for h arvest respect to manual harvest. In the case under scrutiny, for the same price, the reduced productio n cost determined a shift from a situation of being at a loss to one of profit for the business. Economic analysis showed that introducti…

Labour economicsMultidisciplinaryCompetitiveness Costs Farms ProfitabilityCompetitive advantageProfit (economics)Agricultural scienceBusiness enterpriseSettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo RuraleProfit marginEconomicsEconomic analysisPerfect competitionProfitability indexProcess innovationAmerican Journal of Applied Sciences
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Six-years-long effects of the Italian policies for photovoltaics on the pay-back period of grid-connected PV systems installed in urban contexts

2017

Abstract In this study the discounted pay-back (DPB) period of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems installed in urban contexts was investigated during the course of time with the aim of evaluating the effects of the different supporting policies enacted by the Italian government. The profitability of the investment in three Italian cities was observed from June 2010 to May 2016 by means of an exhaustive economic analysis based on the study of the variation of the costs and benefits during the lifetime of the investment. The analysis considered the disbursements for the PV system devices, maintenance and management, insurance, and wear of PV panels and inverters. Other significant parameters, …

Labour economicsPayback period020209 energyTariff02 engineering and technologyTax creditIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEnergy analysiTax credit0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringEconomicsRevenueElectrical and Electronic EngineeringFeed-in tariffCivil and Structural EngineeringFinanceSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica Ambientalebusiness.industryMechanical EngineeringPhotovoltaic systemEconomic analysisBuilding and ConstructionInvestment (macroeconomics)PollutionFeed-in tariffGeneral EnergyProfitability indexbusinessPhotovoltaicPay-back period
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Development and Validation of a Self-Administered Multidimensional Prognostic Index to Predict Negative Health Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Persons

2019

The multidimensional prognostic index (MPI) is a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)-based tool that accurately predicts negative health outcomes in older subjects with different diseases and settings. To calculate the MPI several validated tools are assessed by health care professionals according to the CGA, whereas self-reported information by the patients is not available, but it could be of importance for the early identification of frailty. We aimed to develop and validate a self-administered MPI (SELFY-MPI) in community-dwelling subjects. For this reason, we enrolled 167 subjects (mean age = 67.3, range = 20-88 years, 51% = men). All subjects underwent a CGA-based assessment to c…

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Estimated stroke risk, yield, and number needed to screen for atrial fibrillation detected through single time screening: a multicountry patient-leve…

2019

Background The precise age distribution and calculated stroke risk of screen-detected atrial fibrillation (AF) is not known. Therefore, it is not possible to determine the number needed to screen (NNS) to identify one treatable new AF case (NNS-Rx) (i.e., Class-1 oral anticoagulation [OAC] treatment recommendation) in each age stratum. If the NNS-Rx is known for each age stratum, precise cost-effectiveness and sensitivity simulations can be performed based on the age distribution of the population/region to be screened. Such calculations are required by national authorities and organisations responsible for health system budgets to determine the best age cutoffs for screening programs and d…

MaleHealth ScreeningEconomicsSocial Sciences030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyVascular MedicineScreening programmeElectrocardiography0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsHealth careAtrial FibrillationMedicine and Health SciencesMass ScreeningPublic and Occupational Health030212 general & internal medicinemedia_commonAged 80 and overRAge FactorsGeneral MedicineMiddle AgedUniversity hospitalPrognosis3. Good healthStrokeBioassays and Physiological AnalysisNeurologyHealthMedicineFemaleTraining programArrhythmiaResearch ArticleAdultCerebrovascular DiseasesCost-Effectiveness AnalysisCardiologyLibrary scienceResearch and Analysis MethodsRisk AssessmentStroke risk03 medical and health sciencesYoung AdultAge DistributionSex FactorsPopulation MetricsPredictive Value of TestsPolitical sciencemedia_common.cataloged_instanceHumansEarly careerEuropean unionIschemic StrokeAgedHealth Care PolicyPopulation Biologybusiness.industryElectrophysiological TechniquesBiology and Life SciencesNumber needed to screenEconomic AnalysisHealth CareAge GroupsPeople and PlaceseHealthPopulation GroupingsCardiac ElectrophysiologybusinessScreening Guidelines
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Economic evaluation of a guided and unguided internet-based CBT intervention for major depression: Results from a multicenter, three-armed randomized…

2017

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders and will become one of the leading causes of disability in the world. Internet-based CBT programs for depression have been classified as well established following the American Psychological Association criteria for empirically supported treatments. The aim of this study is to analyze the cost effectiveness at 12-month follow-up of the Internet-based CBT program Smiling is fun with (LITG) and without psychotherapist support (TSG) compared to usual care. The perspective used in our analysis is societal. A sample of 296 depressed patients (mean age of 43.04 years; 76% female; BDI-II mean score = 22.37) from primary care services in four Sp…

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Common Mental Disorders and Economic Uncertainty: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.

2021

Mental health disorders represent an enormous cost to society, are related to economic outcomes, and have increased markedly since the COVID-19 outbreak. Economic activity contracted dramatically on a global scale in 2020, representing the worst crisis since the Great Depression. This study used the COVID Impact Survey to provide insights on the interactions of mental illness and economic uncertainty during COVID-19. We used a probability-based panel survey, COVID Impact Survey, conducted in the U.S. over three waves in the period April-June 2020. The survey covered individual information on employment, economic and financial uncertainty, mental and physical health, as well as other demogra…

MaleViral DiseasesEconomicsEpidemiologySocial SciencesPsychological DistressMedical ConditionsSurveys and QuestionnairesMedicine and Health SciencesMultidisciplinaryMental DisordersQAge FactorsUncertaintyRMiddle AgedEconomic RecessionInfectious DiseasesScale (social sciences)MedicineFemalePsychologyResearch ArticleAdultEmploymentAdolescentScienceHealth interventionYoung AdultMental distressSex FactorsHealth EconomicsMental Health and PsychiatryEconomic securitymedicineHumansPandemicsAgedStressorCOVID-19Covid 19Mental illnessmedicine.diseaseMental healthUnited StatesEconomic AnalysisHealth CareSocial securitySocioeconomic FactorsEconomic Impact AnalysisLabor EconomicsMultivariate AnalysisDemographic economicsFinancePLoS ONE
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Towards the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to formic acid at an applicative scale: technical and economic analysis of most promising routes

2021

In the last decade, the electrochemical conversion of CO 2 to formic acid, FA, using Sn‐based cathodes, was widely investigated. In this work, the technical feasibility and economic viability of this process were evaluated considering the most promising electrochemical routes reported in the literature. Five case studies, based on the utilisation of GDE technologies or high CO 2 pressures, were analysed. The cost for producing FA by the electrochemical route was compared with that of the conventional chemical route. Several scenarios were envisioned finding the target figures of merit, the potential bottlenecks (including low FA concentration, GDE cost and high energy consumption) of each t…

Materials scienceScale (ratio)Formic acidbusiness.industrychemistry.chemical_elementSettore ING-IND/27 - Chimica Industriale E TecnologicaElectrochemistryCatalysisReduction (complexity)chemistry.chemical_compoundReduction CO2 Formic Acid Tin Technical-economic analysischemistryElectrochemistryEconomic analysisTinProcess engineeringbusiness
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CRIMINOLOGY AND ECONOMIC IDEAS IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

2009

My purpose is to point out that during the Age of Enlightenment, and its later 19th century expressions, the most relevant works on law contain examples of economic ideas about criminal phenomena and their legal repression. I will comment the analytic conclusions to which the authors of the time got to, with reference to specific questions such as the definition of crime, the determination of punishment, the judicial procedure. I will take into account some of the most representative European writers: Montesquieu, Beccaria and Bentham. The authors I selected share the characteristic of being all exponents of utilitarianism and of presenting elements which forerun neoclassical economics in t…

Montesquieu Beccaria Bentham Gary Becker Juridical Enlightenment Economic Analysis of LawCriminologypenal lawSettore SECS-P/04 - Storia Del Pensiero Economico
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Economic analysis on the use of wired and wireless recharging systems

2017

Wireless charging systems for electric vehicles have some advantages respect the wired ones, not obliging the user to connect physically the vehicle to the electric charging station. However, at the same time, they have disadvantages linked to issues of electromagnetic compatibility and low efficiency. This study considers some scenarios for which both wired and wireless recharging systems can be adopted, with the aim of estimate the efficiency that must be guaranteed by wireless systems, so that its realization could be more favorable with respect to wired one. The estimation is developed by means of classical economic indexes, in the framework of Italian end European markets. Results repo…

Net Present ValueEngineeringEnvironmental Engineering020209 energyEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyEfficiency02 engineering and technologySettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciRecharging columnsRecharging columnNet present valueWireless recharging systemIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringCharging stationEconomic indexesWireless recharging systemsEconomic indexe0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringWirelessEconomic analysisWireless systemsElectrical and Electronic Engineeringbusiness.industryElectromagnetic compatibilityEconomic indexes; Efficiency; Net Present Value; Recharging columns; Wireless recharging systems; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Environmental EngineeringbusinessTelecommunicationsRealization (systems)2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe)
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Economic analysis of the scale-up and implantation of a hollow fibre membrane contactor plant for nitrogen recovery in a full-scale wastewater treatm…

2021

[EN] Nitrogen recovery technologies such as the hollow fibre membrane contactor are now being developed. However, an economic analysis is needed prior to their full-scale application in wastewater treatment plants. The aim of this study was to analyse the economic and environmental aspects of scaling-up this method. To achieve it, a full-scale 40,000 m3·day¿1-wastewater treatment plant influent flow rate was simulated jointly with a membrane contactor plant to evaluate the minimum costs of optimum operating conditions of membrane contactors (pH, feed flow rate and membrane surface). The optimum conditions for treating 600 m3·day¿1 of reject water was found to be 10 pH, 0.08 m3·s¿1 feed flow…

Nitrogen recoveryHollow fibre membrane contactorchemistry.chemical_elementFiltration and SeparationMembrane contactor modelling02 engineering and technologyAnalytical ChemistryAmmoniachemistry.chemical_compound020401 chemical engineering0204 chemical engineeringGlobal warming potential in wastewater treatmentTECNOLOGIA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTEContactorEconomic analysis021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyPulp and paper industryNitrogenVolumetric flow rateMembranechemistrySCALE-UPEnvironmental scienceSewage treatmentAeration0210 nano-technology
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