The global financial crisis and the problems in peripheral EU countries resulted in increased attention to fiscal developments and their impact on borrowing costs for both public and private sector.Existing theoretical literature suggests that worsening of current and expected budget balances as well as an increase of public debt lead to a rise in
This work introduces a new bi-objective optimization model for the design of a water distribution network (WDN).Reliability and design cost are two contradicting objectives that are optimized.The evolutionary technique multi-objective (MO) Jaya, hereafter referred as MO-JAYANET, is developed for the optimal design of WDN.EPANET is used as a hydraul
Objective.To assess the process and outcomes of the implementation of an electronic fingerprint initiative as part of quality improvement in three health facilities in the Northern Department of Haiti, in terms of its acceptability, adoption, feasibility, fidelity, and sustainability.In Haiti, poor attendance of the healthcare workforce is a nation