Drug Payment Methodologies
Delve into pharmacy claims payment methods, payment benchmarks, and impacts on practice. Explore various drug pricing benchmarks like WAC and AMP.
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Residency Requirements in Awarding Academic Certificates: A Critical Examination
Exploring the significance of residency requirements in the context of academic awards at MJC, this analysis delves into the current practices, reflections on fairness and responsibility, as well as comparisons with other institutions like Delta College. The discussion questions the implications of
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OBPMark and OBPMark-ML: Computational Benchmarks for Space Applications
OBPMark and OBPMark-ML are computational benchmarks developed by ESA and BSC/UPC for on-board data processing and machine learning in space applications. These benchmarks aim to standardize performance comparison across different processing devices, identify key parameters, and provide recommendatio
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Academic Promotions Round 2024
This briefing session provides an overview of the academic promotions process for the 2024 round at Queen Mary University, emphasizing the framework for career development, evidence-based application, quality over quantity, workload allocation, fairness, and consistency. It highlights the key aspect
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Understanding Dignity of Workers in the Workplace
Exploring the concept of treating workers with respect and fairness, this educational material introduces children to the importance of breaks, fairness in pay, and overall dignity in working environments. Through engaging images and thought-provoking questions, it encourages reflection on what fair
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Guide to Detainable Offenses under the Pretrial Fairness Act
The Pretrial Fairness Act allows for pretrial release for all persons charged with offenses before conviction, except in cases of detainable offenses where dangerousness or willful flight is involved. The state must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant poses a real and present t
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Bessemer Benchmarks for Business Growth
Leverage Bessemer Benchmarks to plot your way to the next milestone in your business. Explore average benchmarks by ARR scale, reference data for public playbook companies, and a template for benchmarking your own business metrics. Use this valuable information for pitching, board meetings, funding
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Exploring Fairness and Prejudice Through the FuF Game
Delve into themes of fairness, prejudice, and immigration through a unique game experience where players must navigate unclear rules and unfair treatment. Reflect on the parallels between the game and real-life situations faced by immigrants and newcomers to Canada, highlighting the importance of fa
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Ensuring Fair Hearing in Legal Proceedings for Individuals with Disabilities
Susan Woodford discusses the importance of procedural fairness in legal proceedings involving individuals with mental illness, cognitive impairment, or intellectual disability. She emphasizes the need for flexibility in adopting fair procedures tailored to each case, including providing information
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Fairness and Equity in Assessment Task Force Meeting Overview
The Fairness and Equity in Assessment Task Force is committed to establishing guidelines to ensure fairness in assessment processes at the University of Florida. The task force members are tasked with developing models and guidelines for faculty and staff to promote equitable assessment practices. R
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Scalable Task Pool with Adjustable Fairness
Explore CAF, a scalable task pool with adjustable fairness and contention, offering a solution to the inherent scalability problems of FIFO queues. The system allows for control over the level of relaxation, providing more fairness or less contention as needed. With a focus on bounded non-FIFO pools
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Scientific Machine Learning Benchmarks: Evaluating ML Ecosystems
The Scientific Machine Learning Benchmarks aim to assess machine learning solutions for scientific challenges across various domains like particle physics, material sciences, and life sciences. The process involves comparing products based on large experimental datasets, including baselines and mach
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Update on E-Fairness Federal Initiatives & 2018 Midterm Elections
The Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair has paved the way for states to require out-of-state sellers to collect and remit sales tax. Various federal legislative bills have been introduced in the 115th Congress regarding e-fairness. The Marketplace Fairness Act, S.976, aimed to establis
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Serving Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs: Office of the National Ombudsman
The Office of the National Ombudsman, created under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, acts as a mediator between small businesses and federal agencies, addressing concerns about regulatory enforcement. Encouraging regulators to prioritize compliance assistance over pena
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Load Following by Nuclear Power Plants in Relation to Variable Renewable Energies' Development
The study explores the requirements of load following by nuclear power plants in the context of variable renewable energies' growth. It discusses the impact of renewable energy development on nuclear economic models and the need for dispatchable capacities. Benchmarks are set to test robustness of d
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Exploring Global Food Chains for 7-11 Year Olds
Embark on an educational journey delving into the complexities of global food supply chains through engaging slideshows and thought-provoking discussions. Understand the stages food products undergo from cultivation to consumption, ponder over fairness in supply chains, and even simulate the movemen
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Enhancing Education with Gatsby Benchmarks
The Gatsby Benchmarks provide a structured framework for quality careers provision in education, emphasizing the importance of linking curriculum learning to careers, encounters with employers, and personal guidance. By embedding careers into the curriculum, educators can inspire and motivate studen
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Understanding Social Justice in Scottish Higher Education
Explore the complexities of social justice in Scottish higher education through the lens of data and discourse. Delve into questions about fairness, student demographics, financial resources, and the impact of free undergraduate tuition on creating a more equitable system. Learn about research metho
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Embracing Fairness: Lessons from Leaders and Wilma Rudolph
Explore the inspirational stories of leaders and Wilma Rudolph, reflecting on fairness, equality, and compassion. Reflect on what we can learn, address unfairness in our world, and create a fair environment at school. End with a call to action for treating each other fairly every day by establishing
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Reflecting on Fair Distribution of God's Gifts
The Gospel reading of Matthew 20:1-16 tells the parable of workers in a vineyard, highlighting God's generosity and fairness in rewarding all workers equally, regardless of when they started working. It emphasizes the importance of sharing our gifts and blessings with others, ensuring everyone has e
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Insights from Summer Symposium 2020: Assessments, Fairness, and Results
The Summer Symposium 2020 provided valuable insights on various topics, including assessments, fairness in grading, and looking ahead to results in the education sector. Key discussions included the process of awarding grades, ensuring fairness for all students, and considerations for interpreting a
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Benchmarks of Fairness in Health Sector Reform: Overview and Applications
Overview of benchmarks for fairness in health sector reform, tracing historical development, adapted benchmarks, connections to social justice, structure of benchmarks, and comparison with the WHO framework. Covers key aspects such as intersectoral public health, financial barriers, equity in access
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IAEA CIELO Evaluations for Uranium Isotopes & Criticality Benchmarks Report
This report discusses the IAEA CIELO evaluations for uranium isotopes, focusing on the impact of Standards_2016 on criticality predictions, adjustments in nuclear model calculations using the Empire code, and incorporation of experimental data to enhance performance in integral benchmarks.
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Understanding Procedural Justice and Its Impact on Criminal Justice Organizations
Procedural justice emphasizes fairness, respect, and transparency in decision-making processes. This approach can lead to positive organizational changes, improved community relationships, and increased trust and legitimacy. The four pillars of procedural justice include fairness in rule application
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A Model for Application Slowdown Estimation in On-Chip Networks
Problem of inter-application interference in on-chip networks in multicore processors due to NoC contention causes unfair slowdowns. The goal is to estimate NoC-level slowdowns in runtime and improve system fairness and performance. The approach includes NoC Application Slowdown Model (NAS) and Fair
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Evaluation of Fairness Trade-offs in Predicting Student Success
This study delves into fairness concerns in predicting student success, examining trade-offs between different measures of fairness in course success prediction models. It explores statistical fairness measures like demographic parity, equality of opportunity, and positive predictive parity. Through
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Character Education: Understanding Fairness and Equity in Mr. Anderson's Class
Explore the core character traits of fairness and equity taught in Mr. Anderson's Character Development Class. Fairness is exemplified through impartial treatment, sharing, and abiding by rules. Equity involves correcting mistakes, not taking advantage of others, and ensuring fair shares. Discover k
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Handling Fairness Issue in Restricted TWT Operation
Proposal addressing fairness vs. channel utilization tradeoff in restricted Target Wake Time (TWT) operation for IEEE 802.11 networks. Solution suggested for underutilization of TWT schedules due to early completion of latency-sensitive transmissions, mitigating fairness concerns while optimizing ch
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Achieving Demographic Fairness in Clustering: Balancing Impact and Equality
This content discusses the importance of demographic fairness and balance in clustering algorithms, drawing inspiration from legal cases like Griggs vs. Duke Power Co. The focus is on mitigating disparate impact and ensuring proportional representation of protected groups in clustering processes. Th
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Ensuring Fairness and Diversity in Online Social Networks and Media
Embracing fairness and diversity in online social networks and media is imperative to combat discrimination and biases. From addressing data correctness and completeness to understanding processing algorithms and disparate treatment, the quest for fairness through blindness and individual fairness i
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Understanding Fairness and Tradeoffs in Machine Learning
Explore the concept of fairness in machine learning models and how biases can impact decision-making processes. Delve into various sources of bias and frameworks for understanding unintended consequences. Using college admissions as an example, discover different approaches to achieving group fairne
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Challenges of Flow Rate Fairness in Network Resource Allocation
Addressing the concept of flow rate fairness in network resource allocation, this content explores its limitations and challenges. Despite being a goal in protocols like TCP, the practicality and enforceability of flow rate fairness are questioned. It highlights the inadequacy of flow rate as a meas
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SALEM: Service Fairness in Wireless Mesh Environments
SALEM project focuses on managing resources intelligently in Wireless Mesh Networks to ensure fairness among services with heterogeneous technologies. Implementing a fairness model incorporating delay, reliability, and energy objectives, SALEM is tested in smart city scenarios. Through MILP optimiza
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Levelling Techniques for Urban Sanitation Improvement Projects
Explore the essential aspects of levelling, including setting benchmarks, calculating important levels for a DTF, reading cross-sectional drawings, and using optical levels. Understand the significance of benchmarks, backward calculations from discharge points, and individual level definitions for e
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Analysis of Partisan Fairness Measures and Efficiency Gaps in Redistricting Plans
This analysis delves into partisan fairness measures and efficiency gaps in various redistricting plans challenged in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Dr. Lisa Handley and other experts discuss thresholds for unconstitutional plans and the impact of lopsided margins. The Efficiency Gap,
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Enhancing Business Performance Through Big Data Benchmarking
Explore the DataBench Toolbox, a holistic benchmarking approach for big data that aims to improve business performance by identifying and integrating relevant benchmarks, filling industrial gaps, and homogenizing metrics through a user-friendly web interface. The toolbox integrates various micro-ben
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Update on ILD Meeting in Oshu City 2014 and Future Goals
ILD meeting held in Oshu City in 2014 focused on re-inventing the ILD detector and organization to align with the physics agenda of the ILC. The event highlighted the need for optimization, cost considerations, and better connections to physics benchmarks. Goals included re-optimization efforts, re-
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Legacy Fairness Enhancement in IEEE 802.11 Networks: Further Considerations
Investigating legacy fairness issues in IEEE 802.11 networks, this document explores methods to address throughput starvation of legacy stations due to enhanced Channel Clear Assessment (CCA) in High Efficiency (HE) stations. Two fairness methods, Legacy Frame Protection and PPDU Size Reduction, are
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Iowa Program-Wide Positive Behavior Support: 3-Year Data Analysis
This report details the Iowa Program-Wide Positive Behavior Support initiative's 3-year data analysis, including cohorts, benchmarks of quality, data measures, and Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool scores. The analysis spans from 2006 to 2010 and includes information on specific cohorts, quality ben
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Networking with VPP in OpenStack: Goals and Performance Benchmarks
OpenStack's Networking with VPP project aims to integrate a fast software dataplane, VPP, into OpenStack for enhanced communication speed in VMs and VNFs. The project focuses on scalability, simplicity, and availability through asynchronous, REST-based communications and efficient management. Perfor
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