Faced with having to justify programs to offices of management and budget, government agencies generate numbers which describe expected program impacts. But the assumptions or data on which these numbers are based are frequently suspect, as is the utility of relying on counts and modeling techniques for evaluating the achievement of program aims. The result is that agencies often create "concre...

In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopic Study of Li1.05Ni0.35Co0.25Mn0.4O2 Cathode Material Coated with LiCoO2 Aniruddha Deb, Uwe Bergmann, Stephen P. Cramer, and Elton J. Cairns* Environmental Energy Technologies Division and Physical Bioscience Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 9402...

Dynamic Energy Budget theory meets individual-based modelling: a generic and accessible implementation Benjamin T. Martin*, Elke I. Zimmer, Volker Grimm and Tjalling Jager Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; and FALW ⁄Department of Theoretical Biology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam...

With rising unemployment figures and the current economic crisis, the job outlook for graduating students is dismal. However, when economic forces stabilize and companies start rebuilding their workforce, technically skilled employees should be in demand. Few, if any, jobs are untouched by either the direct or indirect impact of some form of informationbased technology. News reports have emphas...

Current study aimed to estimate clinical and economic outcomes of providing the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccination as a national vaccine immunization program in Thailand. A decision tree combined with Markov model was developed to simulate relevant costs and health outcomes covering lifetime horizon in societal and health care payer perspectives. This analysis considered children a...

OBJECTIVES Given the uncertain cost of delivering community-based cancer screening programs, we developed a Markov simulation model to project the budget impact of implementing a comprehensive colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention program compared with the status quo. METHODS The study modeled the impacts on the costs of clinical services, materials, and staff expenditures for recruitment, educa...

According to recent reports, the state of the states in 2002 is one of budget crisis. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia report that revenues have failed to meet projections. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia report that spending is above budgeted targets. Medicaid is over budget in 23 states, with another five reporting that the program could exceed budgeted levels i...