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Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico

Peter M. Ward • University of Texas Press eBooks (1999)

Today in Texas, over 1500 colonias in the counties along the Mexican border are home to some 400,000 people. Often lacking basic services, such as electricity, water and sewerage, fire protection, policing, schools, and health care, these "...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.7560/791244

Joint Costs in Electricity and Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructures: The Role of Urban Factors

Muzeyyen Anil Senyel, Jean-Michel Guldmann • Urban Science (2018)

This paper analyzes the joint cost structure of electricity and natural gas distribution investments. Assessing the joint costs is critical for urban development and public policy regarding competition at the local level. The paper accounts...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/urbansci2020035

New spatial records of vascular plants in the Azores Archipelago: the PRIBES project and the Azorean Biodiversity Portal (ABP) initiatives - I. São Jorge Island (Azores)

Andrea Petrone, Paulo Borges, Fernando Pereira, Rui Elias • Biodiversity Data Journal (2026)

The Azores Archipelago is known for its important natural heritage, yet its ecosystems face a “green tsunami” in the form of numerous exotic and invasive species. This influx has wrought serious biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosyste...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e167704

PUBLIC POLICY AND MORALITY IN TRADEMARK LAW

Viorel ROȘ, Andreea LIVĂDARIU • Challenges of the Knowledge Society (2023)

The existence of signs registered as trademarks (national, European, international) is necessary in the public interest, as they serve producers of goods and services and consumers alike. While any sign may in principle constitute a tradema...

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Toward optimal implementation of cancer prevention and control programs in public health: a study protocol on mis-implementation

Margaret Padek, Peg Allen, Paul C. Erwin, Melissa Franco et al. • Implementation Science (2018)

Abstract Background Much of the cancer burden in the USA is preventable, through application of existing knowledge. State-level funders and public health practitioners are in ideal positions to affect programs and policies related to cancer...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13012-018-0742-9

Social ecological factors affecting substance abuse in Ghana (West Africa) using photovoice

Ahmed Kabore, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, James Awuah, Andrew Hansen et al. • The Pan African Medical Journal (2019)

INTRODUCTION: Substance abuse is an important public health issue affecting West Africa; however, there is currently a dearth of literature on the actions needed to address it. The aim of this study was to assess the risks and protective fa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.214.12851

Innovative Industrial Development of the Oil and Gas Region Based on Effective Budgetary Policy and Tax Administration Strategies

I. L. Beilin • Финансы: теория и практика (2026)

Highly profitable oil and gas companies are key taxpayers in the federal and regional budgets. The purpose of this study is to develop a flowchart of priority conditions and prospective results for the innovative development of oil and gas ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26794/2587-5671-2026-30-1-6-20

Determinants of Catastrophic Health Expenditures: A Study in Hamedan, Iran

Maryam Fakhrzad, Ali Akbar Fazaeli, Yadollah Hamidi • Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System (2023)

Background: Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) has been explained as a growth in spending for health care services that exceeds 40% of total household income. Therefore, devoting a large portion of household resources to health care serv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30476/jhsss.2021.93369.1444

Public policy and construction innovation

George Seaden, André Manseau • Building Research & Information (2001)

The particular roles played by governments through their policies and programmes are considered within a comparative context in order to gain an understanding of construction innovation systems and processes. The analysis of this question i...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210010027701

Managing Value Conflict in Public Policy

David Thacher, Martin Rein • Governance (2004)

Policy issues are often characterized by conflicting values. Conventionally, students of public policy have conceptualized government's response to value conflicts as a matter of “balancing” competing goals, or striking trade‐offs among val...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0952-1895.2004.00254.x

Economic Geography and Public Policy

Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Frédéric Robert‐Nicoud, Richard Baldwin, Rikard Forslid et al. • Princeton University Press eBooks (2011)

Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North Ameri...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841233

Values and Public Policy

Steven Pressman, Henry J. Aaron, Thomas E. Mann, Timothy Taylor • Southern Economic Journal (1995)

This work presents six essays that seek answers to some particular questions. What role can, or should, a democratic government play in shaping values? And, how do values shape the effects of public policy? The contributors identify trends ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1060773