Search Results - Judgments

Using expert judgments to inform economic evaluation of ecosystem-based adaptation decisions: watershed management for enhancing water supply for Tegucigalpa, Honduras by Procter, Amanda, Mcdaniels, Tim, Vignola, Raffaele

“…It begins with a brief review of the concepts and methods for eliciting judgments from technical experts for complex decisions under uncertainty. …”
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Attribution of country level foodborne disease to food group and food types in three African countries: Conclusions from a structured expert judgment study by Sapp, A.C., Amaya, M.P., Havelaar, A.H., Nane, G.F.

“…Methods We used the same methodology as the World Health Organization, i.e., Structured Expert Judgment according to Cooke’s Classical Model, using three different panels for the three countries. …”
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Basil cultivation criteria evaluation by Esponda Bernal, Maria Del Mar, Echeverri-Sanchez, Andres

“…Survey data from Basil cultivation criteria evaluation Metodology: Information was collected by means of a structured survey based on AHP methodology and using the Saaty scale for comparative judgments. (2023-06)…”
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Conclusion: approaches to working multisectorally in nutrition by Garrett, James, Natalicchio, Marcela

“…Much of the discussion at the international level has revolved around judgments made in an academic debate two decades ago or is based on shared personal experiences. …”
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Assessment of Climate Services work by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) by Feinstein, ON

“…In addition to reading documents produced by CCAFS Theme 2, and other relevant literature, judgments by CCAFS staff and external partners on Theme 2’s work and results were sought through a questionnaire (one version for CCAFS staff and internal partners and another version for external partners) and telephone and skype interviews (see Annex 2). …”
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Are direct payments for environmental services spelling doom for sustainable forest management in the tropics? by Wunder, Sven

“…It is concluded that some ex ante judgments about the effects of PES may have been overly critical, and that, based on preliminary assessments, there is good reason to continue experimental PES implementation for purposes of consolidating our knowledge.…”
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An entropy approach to spatial disaggregation of agricultural production by You, Liangzhi, Wood, Stanley

“…Such re-aggregations are typically made using expert judgments or simple area-weighting rules. We describe a new, entropy-based approach to making spatially disaggregated assessments of the distribution of crop production. …”
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Evaluation of the CGIAR Research Program: Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) by Gerrard, Chris, Andersson, Krister, Nankhuni, Flora, Spriggs, John

“…As all CRP evaluations, the purpose of the evaluation of PIM is to provide essential evaluative judgments for decision-making by Program management, its funders and partners with respect to issues such as continuation, expansion and structuring of the program and adjustments in various aspects of the program.…”
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Assessing the spatial distribution of crop production using a generalized cross-entropy approach by You, Liangzhi, Wood, Stanley

“…Such re-aggregations are typically made using expert judgments or simple area-weighting rules. We describe a new, entropy-based approach to making spatially disaggregated assessments of the distribution of crop production. …”
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User Guide to the G+ Product Profile Query Tool (G+ PP) by Ashby, Jacqueline A., Polar, Vivian

“…The tool provides a questionnaire that requires answers in the form of expert judgments that should be supplied jointly by a social scientist experienced in using gender analysis and a breeder familiar with market-led breeding approaches. …”
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Adapting and combining foresight and ex ante impact pathway evaluation for place‐based research planning with stakeholders by Blundo-Canto, Genowefa, Ferré, Marie, Tibaduiza‐Castaneda, Leidy, Andrieu, Nadine, Fréguin‐Gresh, Sandrine, Rodriguez‐Borray, Gonzalo, Santacruz‐Castro, Adriana, Mercandalli, Sara

“…Nonetheless, their use entails evaluative judgments about the potential impacts to be prioritized in intervention design and evaluation. …”
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Optimalt skogsbruk baserat på analyser med PlanVis by Benjaminsson, Simon

“…It’s however difficult to achieve since the subjective judgments and emotions characterize the forestry planning. …”
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Indelning av trakter inför gallring på Holmen Skog : en utvärdering av svårigheter och möjligheter by Burström, Adam

“…The results show that planners overestimated the basal area with 3,4 m2/ha on average while dominant height on average was underestimated with 1,8 m. The planners judgments were aggregated around the average basal area in a typical thinning stand and the overestimation can partly be explained by the fact that the planners did not exclude weaker parts from thinning in a sufficient way. …”

Patients’ and clinicians’ perceptions of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections in the acute care setting by Broniatowski, David A., Klein, Eili Y., May, Larissa, Martinez, Elena M., Ware, Chelsea, Reyna, Valerie F.

“…Clinicians’ prescribing decisions are influenced by their judgments and actual or perceived patient expectations. …”
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Evaluations of CGIAR Science Groups: Synthesis on Quality of Science by Jill Lenné, SG Evaluation Teams

“…The CGIAR’s Guidelines on Evaluating QoS (also Spanish) elevated QoS as a cross-cutting criterion within the six OECD/DAC criteria for framing evaluative judgments and as a stand-alone evaluation criterion with four dimensions (design, inputs, processes, and outputs). …”
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Evaluation of the animal welfare work performed by the licensing committees and a proposal on how to establish an enhanced animal welfare assurance program for the Swedish Trotting... by Sandberg, Agneta

“…A majority of the committees believed that the committees over the country were not unified in their judgments and they felt a need for more active support from the Swedish Trotting Association. 39 % of the committees failed to control their trainers within the correct time interval. …”

Producer Support Estimates (PSEs) for agriculture in developing countries: measurement issues and illustrations from India and China by Mullen, Kathleen, Sun, Dongsheng, Orden, David, Gulati, Ashok

“…Separating these structural effects on farmers from agricultural policy effects that drive a wedge between the domestic farmgate price and an adjusted international reference price requires extensive data and judgments. In this paper, we describe the PSE measurement issues and illustrate their importance. …”
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Jord i portföljen by Danielsson, Viktor

“…If these factors are identified, investors should be able to better anticipate market developments and thus make rational judgments before making an investment decision. The purpose of this study is to examine how value is created for agricultural land and to some extent explore the possibility of agricultural land as part of a portfolio. …”
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Karaktärisering av Gremmeniella-skadade bestånd inom Holmen Skog AB by Frank, Alexandra

“…In the future research and evaluation of diseased stands distinguishing features may be used to facilitate the identification of risky objects so that sufficient treatment will be implemented in time. Subjective judgments may be prevented by the use of satellite images when making estimating inventories of Gremmeniella-diseased stands.…”

Rätten till Norrland by Oskarsson, Johan, Busk, Martin

“…Hopefully this thesis will also serve as a support while reading for example investigations published by the government and judgments by courts. Supply to the resources of nature has always been decisive for the survival of humans. …”
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