SUCCESS FACTORS OF EUROPEAN SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS: A WORKED EXAMPLE OF APPLYING QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.

Success Factors of European Syndromic Surveillance Systems: A Worked Example of Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis.

IntroductionSyndromic surveillance aims at augmenting traditional public health surveillance with timely information.To gain a head start, it mainly analyses existing data such as from web searches or patient records.Despite the setup of many syndromic surveillance systems, there is still much doubt about the benefit of the approach.There are diver

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Unravelling interactive innovation through a stakeholder-associated risk analysis: evidence from two case studies in Spain

Interactive innovation is the innovation process that is co-produced by the interaction of actors, such as farmers, land managers, researchers, policy makers and consumers.It connotes complex and socio_x005F_x0002_scientific problems that utilize participatory methodologies to bring in diverse perspectives of stakeholders, who have control over the

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The Sea-Level Changes in Hong Kong From Tide-Gauge Records and Remote Sensing Observations Over the Last Seven Decades

The importance of studying the sea-level change (SLC) in Hong Kong (HK) is emphasized by factors related to high population density, intensive urban, and industrial development, particularly along the coast that involves a considerable landreclamation.To address this issue, we investigate the spatiotemporal characteristics of SLC in the HK territor

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An Investigation into the Suitability of GGBS and OPC as Low Percentage Single-Component Binders for the Stabilisation and Solidification of Harbour Dredge Material Mildly Contaminated with Metals

The occurrence of contaminated materials encountered during harbour dredging is becoming increasingly problematic for harbour and port authorities.The risks to human health, wildlife and port infrastructure of exposure to such contaminants necessitates the removal or containment of such risks.As with contaminated terrestrial sites the Horse Stretch

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