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Intersectoral Resource AllocationInterventions and policies that act on determinants of health can have a crucial role for improving population health. The importance of strengthening programmes on nu…

Intersectoral Resource AllocationInterventions and policies that act on determinants of health can have a crucial role for improving population health. The importance of strengthening programmes on nutrition, social protection and urban planning has been recognized in Ministerial Resolutions in the East Central and Southern Africa region. It remains unclear, however, how these policy goals can best be achieved. One challenge is programmes typically have an intersectoral nature, being funded through a variety of channels and with impacts falling on a number of dimensions, such as health, education, and poverty.Panel:Introductory Remarks | Edward Kataika (ECSA-HC)Presentation 1: Economic Methods to Inform Intersectoral Policies | Susan Griffin (Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK)Presentation 2: Policy Demands for Intersectoral Actions to meet Health Challenges in Uganda | Aloysius Ssenyonjo (Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda)Closing Remarks | Edward Kataika (ECSA-HC)

SCOUT Processing August 2026 Includes the processing pipeline and analytical notebooks as used in the publication "SCOUT: Munich Urban Street-level CO2 Sensor Network". The processing comprises the fo…

SCOUT Processing August 2026 Includes the processing pipeline and analytical notebooks as used in the publication "SCOUT: Munich Urban Street-level CO2 Sensor Network". The processing comprises the following steps: 00_flag_outliers: load raw sensor data, add computed values, flag outliers 02_apply_multimodel: train and apply 3 different sensormodels for referenc: slope&Bias correction, Müller model, ROLS model 03_export_ICOSCP_files: combine multiple sensors from a single location and export in ICOS CP format 04_manual_QC_flagging: plot the data and manually flag outliers 05_ICOSCP_upload: upload to the ICOS Carbon Portal

This working paper examines how climate change, ice melt and sea-level rise affect maritime law, diplomatic cooperation and institutional adaptation. It asks how States can respond to changing physica…

This working paper examines how climate change, ice melt and sea-level rise affect maritime law, diplomatic cooperation and institutional adaptation. It asks how States can respond to changing physical conditions while maintaining legal stability and fulfilling obligations concerning the marine environment. The analysis considers the relationships between scientific knowledge, maritime entitlements, environmental responsibility and the continuity of State institutions. It distinguishes questions concerning baselines and maritime boundaries from obligations to prevent marine pollution and protect ecosystems. Particular attention is given to the significance and limits of international advisory opinions and legal developments. The paper examines how unequal access to expertise, finance and administrative resources influences adaptation, especially for vulnerable coastal and island States. It considers the need for cooperation across authorities responsible for navigation, fisheries, infrastructure and environmental protection. The argument is that legal clarification requires an institutional connection to implementation. Governments must identify competent authorities, incorporate scientific evidence and establish procedures for reviewing decisions as conditions change. Claims concerning responsibility and remedies require assessment of applicable obligations, breach and causation. The contribution is a framework linking legal continuity with accountable adaptation. It identifies diplomatic and institutional priorities while distinguishing established obligations, developing legal positions and proposals requiring further agreement.

Ушбу илмий мақолада хорижий давлатлар, хусусан, АҚШ, Франция, Германия, Буюк Британия, Швейцария ва Дания қонунчилиги бўйича порнографик маҳсулотларни тайёрлаш, сақлаш ва тарқатиш учун жиноий жавобгар…

Ушбу илмий мақолада хорижий давлатлар, хусусан, АҚШ, Франция, Германия, Буюк Британия, Швейцария ва Дания қонунчилиги бўйича порнографик маҳсулотларни тайёрлаш, сақлаш ва тарқатиш учун жиноий жавобгарлик масалалари қиёсий-ҳуқуқий жиҳатдан таҳлил қилинган. Замонавий ахборот-коммуникация технологияларининг ривожланиши, глобал интернет тармоғининг кенгайиши ва кибержиноятчиликнинг ортиши шароитида порнографик контентнинг жамият маънавияти, айниқса, вояга етмаганларнинг жисмоний ва руҳий ривожланишига салбий таъсирининг ортиб бораётганлиги асослантирилган. Тадқиқот давомида умумий ва континентал ҳуқуқ тизимларига мансуб давлатларнинг мазкур тоифадаги жиноятларни криминализация қилишдаги ўзига хос ёндашувлари, жазони табақалаштириш усуллари ҳамда болалар порнографиясига қарши курашишдаги қатъий чоралари ёритилган. Шунингдек, муаллиф томонидан хорижий олимларнинг илмий қарашлари билан баҳс-мунозага киришилган ҳолда, жиноят қонунчилигидаги мавжуд муаммолар ва бўшлиқлар кўрсатиб ўтилган. Олинган илмий хулосалар асосида Ўзбекистон Республикасининг жиноят ва маъмурий қонунчилигини такомиллаштириш, рақамли макондаги шаҳвоний тусдаги жиноятларга қарши таъсирчан механизмларни жорий этиш, масъулиятни кучайтириш ҳамда профилактика чораларини оптималлаштириш юзасидан батафсил, илмий асослантирилган олти банддан иборат таклиф ва тавсиялар ишлаб чиқилган.

Reproducibility companion repository for the study "Evaluating Domain Generalization in Agricultural Deep Learning through Multi-Seed LOSO Validation and Explainable AI". The repository provides sourc…

Reproducibility companion repository for the study "Evaluating Domain Generalization in Agricultural Deep Learning through Multi-Seed LOSO Validation and Explainable AI". The repository provides source code, experimental configurations, machine-readable results, and computational workflows for evaluating spatial generalization of deep learning models for pasture biomass estimation.

Aviation landing-and-take-off emissions and the health of surrounding populations: a falsification-first study of exposure, identification and attributable burden, 1996–2050-code

This zip file contains the replication package for the paper "Heterogeneous Patience, Population Growth, and Wealth Accumulation" by Stéphane Bouché and Mikhail Pakhnin published in The …

This zip file contains the replication package for the paper "Heterogeneous Patience, Population Growth, and Wealth Accumulation" by Stéphane Bouché and Mikhail Pakhnin published in The Economic Journal. It contains TeX code to reproduce the two figures and one table from the paper.

The four tension gates {X, Y, Z, S} provide the minimal generator-level architecture of the Fracture–Berry–Tension framework. This revision gives a conditional geometric realisation o…

The four tension gates {X, Y, Z, S} provide the minimal generator-level architecture of the Fracture–Berry–Tension framework. This revision gives a conditional geometric realisation of that algebra on the single-carrier regular relative-phase architecture of FBT0B and the mixed symplectic geometry of FBT01A. The abstract relative-phase quotient Qrel = T3/ΔU(1) does not automatically act on the coherent carrier. The active regular geometry instead uses a chosen acting subtorus Krel ⊂ T3: Krel ↪→ X(6)Regπ −→ B(4)Reg, B(4)Reg = X(6)Reg/Krel. An invariant principal connection A ∈ Ω1(X(6)Reg; krel) determines TX(6)Reg = HA ⊕ V, HA = ker A, V = ker dπ. The non-central gates are not derived from dimension counting. The paper assumes a faithful infinitesimal base action ρH : su(2) ↪→ X(B(4)Reg) whose distinguished generators are ¯XL, ¯XN, ¯XD, and lifts them horizontally: X = (¯XL)HA, Y = (¯XN)HA, Z = (¯XD)HA. Because brackets of horizontal lifts generally acquire a vertical curvature term, exact closure of the lifted triad requires FA(X, Y) = FA(Y, Z) = FA(Z, X) = 0. Under this gate-compatibility condition, the lifted gates satisfy [X, Y] = 2Z, [Y, Z] = 2X, [Z, X] = 2Y. The residual gate S is represented geometrically by a selected primitive integral direction ξS ∈ krel,Z, with S = ξ#S . For an invariant connection, fundamental vertical fields commute with invariant horizontal lifts. Hence [S, X] = [S, Y] = [S, Z] = 0, and on every fixed-frame regular gate chart ggate(U) ∼= su(2)T ⊕ u(1)S. The new structural result of this revision is internal to that established gate algebra. Under the adjoint action of the integrated non-Abelian subgroup SU(2)T ,  ggate(U)SU(2)T = RS ≃ u(1)S, dim ggate(U)SU(2)T = 1.  Equivalently, normalized Haar averaging defines the invariant projection Pinv(A) :=∫︂SU(2)TAdg(A) dg, and, for A = aXX + aY Y + aZZ + aSS, one has Pinv(A) = aSS. Thus the central S-direction is not merely a chosen closed circle at the geometric-realisation stage; once the four-gate algebra is given, it is also characterized intrinsically as the unique mode that survives the full non-Abelian invariant projection. This statement does not derive the four-gate algebra from more upstream phase, fracture, or pairing data, and it does not prove that an arbitrary upstream algebra must contain exactly one singlet. It proves uniqueness only inside the conditionally constructed su(2)T ⊕ u(1)S gate algebra. FBT07D v0.4 supplies a conditional upstream candidate for the selected circle. If its retained thimble lattice is saturated and rank one, then the pre-central evaluation map Fth : ˆ︁ Trel −→ Hom(Λth,U(1)) has a unique connected kernel Usurv ∼= U(1). With the FBT02B unimodular alternating form and a compatible oriented vertical realisation, there is an isomorphism Φ07→01S : Usurv∼−→ U(1)S, dΦ07→01S(︁LieUsurv)︁= RS. Hence, on that additional branch, gSU(2)Tgate = dΦ07→01S(︁LieUsurv)︁.This interface does not prove the rank-one thimble hypothesis and does not derive the noncentral gate triad.The paper also distinguishes the abstract Casimir CT = X2 + Y2 + Z2 from its local Hamiltonian symbol CclT = L2+N2+D2, and records the controlled mixed-readout interface with FBT01A and FBT0C. If gate compatibility fails, vertical curvature corrections belong to the mixed readout layer rather than to the bare four-gate algebra.  

common astrophysical microphysics routines with interfaces for the different AMReX codes

HIV ModellingIn this webinar, we hear from a panel of experts who discuss experiences in developing HIV programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of modelling in aiding HIV programme design and …

HIV ModellingIn this webinar, we hear from a panel of experts who discuss experiences in developing HIV programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of modelling in aiding HIV programme design and decision-making processes.Panel:Introductory Remarks | Edward Kataika (ECSA-HC)Experiences with the use of modelling to inform HIV program in Malawi | Rose Nyirenda (Ministry of Health, Malawi)Experiences with the use of modelling to inform HIV program in Zimbabwe | Isaac Taramusi (National AIDS Council, Zimbabwe)Experiences with the use of modelling to inform HIV program in South Africa | Thato Chidarikire (HIV Prevention Programmes in the National Department of Health, South Africa)Experiences with applying Spectrum/ Goals in collaboration with countries to inform programmes | John Stover (Avenir Health)Experiences with applying Optima HIV in collaboration with countries to inform programmes | Sherrie Kelly (Burnet Institute)HE2RO: Experiences with using modelling to inform programmes in South Africa | Gesine Meyer-Rath (University of the Witwatersrand)ECSA-HC / HIV Modelling Consortium: multi-modelling studies to inform HIV programmes and future plans for MIHPSA | Andrew Phillips (University College London)Q&A sessionClosing Remarks | Edward Kataika (ECSA-HC)