Benefit Cost Index
Mostrando 13-20 de 20 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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13. The value-added statement as an instrument for measuring the cost-benefit relationship for concession of fiscal incentives: a case study / A DVA como instrumento para mensuração da relação custo-benefício na concessão de incentivos fiscais: um estudo de casos
The fiscal incentives are instruments used by the governments with the intention of developing a special area. This concession is based on the premise that, the benefits brought with the presence of industries overcome the costs of the fiscal renouncement. However, that relationship Cost-Benefit has been questioned, being considered the costs to maintain the
Publicado em: 2003
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14. Diet and medication in the treatment of hyperuricemia in hypertensive patients
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of diet and medication, either isolated or associated, on serum levels of uric acid in patients with hyperuricemia. METHODS: We studied patients from the Hypertension Unit of the University of Goias who had hyperuricemia (men > or = 8.5mg/dL and women > or = 7.5mg/dL). We divided the patients into three groups: G1 (low pu
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia. Publicado em: 2001-06
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15. A emergy analysis of trends in sugar cane sector / Uma analise emergetica de tendencias do setor sucroalcooleiro
With the first crisis of the oil, in 1973, it had necessity to search alternative energy sources that could substitute the oil derivatives. Thus, the Alcohol National Program ? ProÁlcool ? was instituted with the emission of the Decree n° 76,593, of November 14, 1975, being based, initially, in the anhydrous alcohol production to be mixed to gasoline. With
Publicado em: 2000
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16. Screening for spina bifida cystica. A cost-benefit analysis.
The costs and economic benefits are examined of introducing a programme for the mass-screening of pregnancies for the detection and abortion of fetuses with spina bifida cystica. A benefit-cost index is derived, and the possible effects on it of making different input assumptions are discussed. It is considered that, on economic grounds, screening may be wor
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17. An Index of Information Content for Genotype Probabilities Derived from Segregation Analysis
A genotype probability index (GPI) is proposed to indicate the information content of genotype probabilities derived from a segregation analysis. Typically, some individuals are genotyped at a marker locus or a quantitative trait locus, and segregation analysis is used to make genotype inferences about ungenotyped relatives. Genotype probabilities for a two-
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18. Carbimazole and exercise tolerance in chronic airflow obstruction.
Ten patients with severe dyspnoea and chronic airflow obstruction entered a randomised double-blind crossover trial comparing the effect of carbimazole 80 mg daily for two months with that of placebo. Assessment of thyroid function, lung function, and exercise tolerance was performed monthly. The mean free thyroxine index after two months of carbimazole was
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19. Outcome of femoropopliteal angioplasty.
OBJECTIVE: To assess prospectively the outcome of femoropopliteal angioplasty and investigate prognostic indicators of success. BACKGROUND: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is commonly used to treat symptomatic femoropopliteal stenoses or occlusions, but the durability of the procedure is uncertain. METHODS: Seventy-four consecutive patients treated by
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20. Group selection for a polygenic behavioral trait: a differential proliferation model.
Conditions for natural selection to increase a polygenic behavioral trait are derived for a model in which the population is divided into a very large number of partially isolated groups of variable and varying size. Specifically, we consider an altruistic trait that is deleterious to the individual but raises the mean fitness of the group. We assume, for ea