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şevin Yildiz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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planning a regional breathing space the ecological shift in the comprehensive land use plan for the new jersey meadowlands 1970
Planning Perspectives, 2021Co-Authors: şevin YildizAbstract:The discussion of resiliency in the New York metropolitan area, following the Superstorm Sandy in 2012, is not a new one. The recent shift in Policy Approach, including the 2017 regional plan relea...
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planning a regional breathing space the ecological shift in the comprehensive land use plan for the new jersey meadowlands 1970
Planning Perspectives, 2019Co-Authors: şevin YildizAbstract:ABSTRACTThe discussion of resiliency in the New York metropolitan area, following the Superstorm Sandy in 2012, is not a new one. The recent shift in Policy Approach, including the 2017 regional pl...
Branka Vucetic - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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task offloading for large scale asynchronous mobile edge computing an index Policy Approach
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2021Co-Authors: Peng Cheng, Zhuo Chen, Ming Ding, Branka VuceticAbstract:Mobile-edge computing (MEC) offloads computational tasks from wireless devices to network edge, and enables real-time information transmission and computing. Most existing work concerns a small-scale synchronous MEC system. In this paper, we focus on a large-scale asynchronous MEC system with random task arrivals, distinct workloads, and diverse deadlines. We formulate the offloading Policy design as a restless multi-armed bandit (RMAB) to maximize the total discounted reward over the time horizon. However, the formulated RMAB is related to a PSPACE-hard sequential decision-making problem, which is intractable. To address this issue, by exploiting the Whittle index (WI) theory, we rigorously establish the WI indexability and derive a scalable closed-form solution. Consequently, in our WI Policy, each user only needs to calculate its WI and report it to the BS, and the users with the highest indices are selected for task offloading. Furthermore, when the task completion ratio becomes the focus, the shorter slack time less remaining workload (STLW) priority rule is introduced into the WI Policy for performance improvement. When the knowledge of user offloading energy consumption is not available prior to the offloading, we develop Bayesian learning-enabled WI policies, including maximum likelihood estimation, Bayesian learning with conjugate prior, and prior-swapping techniques. Simulation results show that the proposed policies significantly outperform the other existing policies.
Xiaoli Zhao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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interactions between renewable energy Policy and renewable energy industrial Policy a critical analysis of china s Policy Approach to renewable energies
Energy Policy, 2013Co-Authors: Sufang Zhang, Philip Andrewsspeed, Xiaoli ZhaoAbstract:This paper analyzes China's Policy Approach to renewable energies and assesses how effectively China has met the ideal of appropriate interactions between renewable energy Policy and renewable energy industrial Policy. First we briefly discuss the interactions between these two policies. Then we outline China's key renewable energy and renewable industrial policies and find that China's government has well recognized the need for this Policy interaction. After that, we study the achievements and problems in China's wind and solar PV sector during 2005–2012 and argue that China's Policy Approach to renewable energies has placed priority first on developing a renewable energy manufacturing industry and only second on renewable energy itself, and it has not effectively met the ideal of appropriate interactions between renewable energy Policy and renewable energy industrial Policy. Lastly, we make an in-depth analysis of the three ideas underlying this Policy Approach, that is, the green development idea, the low-carbon leadership idea and indigenous innovation idea. We conclude that Chinas' Policy Approach to renewable energies needs to enhance the interactions between renewable energy Policy and renewable energy industrial Policy. The paper contributes to a deeper understanding of China's Policy strategy toward renewable energies.
Mark Lawrence - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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obesity Policy action framework and analysis grids for a comprehensive Policy Approach to reducing obesity
Obesity Reviews, 2009Co-Authors: Gary Sacks, Boyd Swinburn, Mark LawrenceAbstract:A comprehensive Policy Approach is needed to control the growing obesity epidemic. This paper proposes the Obesity Policy Action (OPA) framework, modified from the World Health Organization framework for the implementation of the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, to provide specific guidance for governments to systematically identify areas for obesity Policy action. The proposed framework incorporates three different public health Approaches to addressing obesity: (i) 'upstream' policies influence either the broad social and economic conditions of society (e.g. taxation, education, social security) or the food and physical activity environments to make healthy eating and physical activity choices easier; (ii) 'midstream' policies are aimed at directly influencing population behaviours; and (iii) 'downstream' policies support health services and clinical interventions. A set of grids for analysing potential policies to support obesity prevention and management is presented. The general pattern that emerges from populating the analysis grids as they relate to the Australian context is that all sectors and levels of government, non-governmental organizations and private businesses have multiple opportunities to contribute to reducing obesity. The proposed framework and analysis grids provide a comprehensive Approach to mapping the Policy environment related to obesity, and a tool for identifying Policy gaps, barriers and opportunities.
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a systematic Policy Approach to changing the food system and physical activity environments to prevent obesity
Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 2008Co-Authors: Gary Sacks, Boyd Swinburn, Mark LawrenceAbstract:As obesity prevention becomes an increasing health priority in many countries, including Australia and New Zealand, the challenge that governments are now facing is how to adopt a systematic Policy Approach to increase healthy eating and regular physical activity. This article sets out a structure for systematically identifying areas for obesity prevention Policy action across the food system and full range of physical activity environments. Areas amenable to Policy intervention can be systematically identified by considering Policy opportunities for each level of governance (local, state, national, international and organisational) in each sector of the food system (primary production, food processing, distribution, marketing, retail, catering and food service) and each sector that influences physical activity environments (infrastructure and planning, education, employment, transport, sport and recreation). Analysis grids are used to illustrate, in a structured fashion, the broad array of areas amenable to legal and regulatory intervention across all levels of governance and all relevant sectors. In the Australian context, potential regulatory Policy intervention areas are widespread throughout the food system, e.g., land-use zoning (primary production within local government), food safety (food processing within state government), food labelling (retail within national government). Policy areas for influencing physical activity are predominantly local and state government responsibilities including, for example, walking and cycling environments (infrastructure and planning sector) and physical activity education in schools (education sector). The analysis structure presented in this article provides a tool to systematically identify Policy gaps, barriers and opportunities for obesity prevention, as part of the process of developing and implementing a comprehensive obesity prevention strategy. It also serves to highlight the need for a coordinated Approach to Policy development and implementation across all levels of government in order to ensure complementary Policy action.
Laura Y Zatz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Policy Approach to nutrition and physical activity education in health care professional training
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2014Co-Authors: Matthew D Levy, Lisel Loy, Laura Y ZatzAbstract:Nutrition and physical activity are key risk factors for a host of today's most prevalent and costly chronic conditions, such as obesity and diabetes; yet, health care providers are not adequately trained to educate patients on the components of a healthy lifestyle. The purpose of this article is to underscore the need for improved nutrition and physical activity training among health care professionals and to explore opportunities for how Policy can help support a shift in training. We first identify key barriers to sufficient training in nutrition and physical activity. Then, we provide an overview of how recent changes in the government and institutional Policy environment are supporting a shift toward prevention in our health care system and creating an even greater need for improved training of health care professionals in nutrition and physical activity. Last, we outline recommendations for additional Policy changes that could drive enhanced training for health care professionals and recommend future directions in research.
