regulations of use of social networks, as one of the key components in these networks, serve an important role in controlling the flow of traffic. the study of the harmonization of these terms and regulations can be a significant step to avoid congestion and (users’) rejection in the network. harmonization of traffic control regulations (tcr) among social networks is one of the best solutions...

This paper analyzes optimal copyright levies in a representative consumer model and derives welfare implications for harmonization of levy rates. When the policymakers place enough weight on the interests of collecting societies, harmonization could lead to a reduction in social welfare. When countries are asymmetric, the country with a larger proportion of foreign consumption and more ine¢ cie...

Comparative statistical analyses often require data harmonization, yet the social sciences do not have clear operationalization frameworks that guide and homogenize variable coding decisions across disciplines. When faced with a need to harmonize variables researchers often look for guidance from various international studies that employ output harmonization, such as the Comparative Survey of E...

Background It is widely accepted and acknowledged that data harmonization is crucial: in its absence, the co-analysis of major tranches of high quality extant data is liable to inefficiency or error. However, despite its widespread practice, no formalized/systematic guidelines exist to ensure high quality retrospective data harmonization. Methods To better understand real-world harmonization ...

Globalization is an important reason for the current interest in the harmonization of national policies. In the European Community/Union harmonization of the national laws and policies of the member states was one of three legal techniques the Rome Treaty made available for establishing and maintaining a common market. The long history of policy harmonization in the EC/EU provides a good empiri...

BACKGROUND Many countries have created community-based health worker (CHW) programs for HIV. In most of these countries, several national and non-governmental initiatives have been implemented raising questions of how well these different approaches address the health problems and use health resources in a compatible way. While these questions have led to a general policy initiative to promote ...

Harmonization of information security harmonization requirements is a process of transforming abstract information security objectives into concrete information security policies in an automated manner. The process is designed to also provide assurance from internal properties, such as consistency and correctness, of an requirement base, collection of information security requirements. Harmoniz...

BACKGROUND The need for equivalent results of routine measurement procedures for the alcohol biomarker carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) has been recognized by the IFCC. This article describes a project to harmonize CDT as conducted by an IFCC working group initiated for this purpose. METHODS We used procedures for achieving harmonization as developed by the Consortium for Harmonizatio...