Abstract The study on public mass transportation in Batam City was started 2010 by BP Batam. is still a long polemic due to problems arise technical and non-technical aspects, such as limited funding capacity of local government. Therefore, the government wants involve private sectors development plan. This aims analyse selection Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme using value for money (Vf...

Purpose While empirical studies establish the importance of procurement planning in achieving value for money (VfM) procurement, there is scant evidence demonstrating a link between and regulatory compliance, thus VfM. As result, this study examined how compliance can be applied when practitioners Tanzania seek to maximize VfM through planning. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional rese...

Because adipose tissue has high electric resistance, the amount of body fat influences ECG voltage. In this study, body fat weight of patients with essential hypertension was measured by means of the impedance method and was used to correct mean ECG voltage. Then the relation between body fat-corrected mean ECG voltage (Vfm) and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) was investigated. The subjects were...

To accurately direct investments towards sustainable transit, current transport status and factors driving passengers private cars instead of public (PT) should be identified first. Past research advocated improvements in PT to shift mode-usage but has yet model the different causal effects that bus users rapidly developing congested areas. On-board questionnaire survey data from intra-city Abu...

BACKGROUND Previous cross-sectional studies demonstrated the close relationship between visceral obesity and the increased prevalence of proteinuria. But, little is known about the role of changes in visceral fat mass (∆VFM) over several years in the development of proteinuria. In this longitudinal cohort study with the general population, the changes in ∆VFM as well as baseline VFM on proteinu...

This paper addresses the nebulous value for money (VfM) concept and its widely-criticised use in justifying adoption of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) transport infrastructure projects. It draws on theories identifies that is generated interaction supply side (i.e., governments - as project sponsors part delivery partnerships) demand end-users). In this sense, ‘public’ participation highlig...

2. PPPs also bring fiscal risks. These need to be mitigated and managed. To address these challenges, governments usually try to introduce PPP legal and institutional reforms to develop technically sophisticated PPP ecosystems that identify, structure and eventually only pursue PPP proposals that can maximize value-for-money (VfM) to tax-payers. These ecosystems exist to carry transactions from...

The article depicts the international scientific project-DEMoB.inc. which aims to develop a European tool kit for assessing quality of care provided by long-term psychiatric and social care facilities. Positive aspects of rehabilitation of people with profound and chronic mental disturbance, as well as health care system shortcomings leading to patients' social exclusion, abuse and violation of...

ABSTRACT A novel method, called a posteriori "VFM accuracy estimation" (VAE), for resolving an intrinsic VFM problem is proposed. The problem is that VFM uncertainty can easily vary according to blood flows through an echocardiographic imaged plane (i.e., "through-plane" flows), and it is unknown. Knowing the VFM uncertainty for each patient will make it possible to refine the quality of VFM-ba...