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Rao, Prof B. Prakash, Shivakumar B. Shivakumar B, and H. S. Suresh H S Suresh. "Waste Minimisation in Construction Industry." Indian Journal of Applied Research 4, no. 6 (October 1, 2011): 174–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/june2014/55.

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Shaw, Clare, and Louise Pembroke. "Harm minimisation." Mental Health Practice 14, no. 8 (May 2011): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/mhp2011.05.14.8.8.p5195.

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Wang, Y. P., and R. Smith. "Wastewater minimisation." Chemical Engineering Science 49, no. 7 (April 1994): 981–1006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0009-2509(94)80006-5.

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Almeida, Marco, Nelma Moreira, and Rogério Reis. "Incremental DFA minimisation." RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications 48, no. 2 (January 21, 2014): 173–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ita/2013045.

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Pérez-Elvira, S. I., P. Nieto Diez, and F. Fdz-Polanco. "Sludge minimisation technologies." Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology 5, no. 4 (July 21, 2006): 375–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11157-005-5728-9.

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McMillan, Sara S., Hidy Chan, and Laetitia H. Hattingh. "Australian Community Pharmacy Harm-Minimisation Services: Scope for Service Expansion to Improve Healthcare Access." Pharmacy 9, no. 2 (April 26, 2021): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9020095.

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Community pharmacies are well positioned to participate in harm-minimisation services to reduce harms caused by both licit and illicit substances. Considering developments in pharmacist practices and the introduction of new professional pharmacy services, we identified a need to explore the contemporary role of community pharmacy in harm minimisation. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken to explore the opinions of stakeholders, pharmacy staff, and clients about the role of community pharmacy in harm minimisation, including provision of current services, experiences, and expectations. Participants (n = 28) included 5 stakeholders, 9 consumers, and 14 staff members from seven community pharmacies. Three over-arching themes were identified across the three participants groups: (i) scope and provision, (ii) complexity, and (iii) importance of person-centred advice and support in relation to community pharmacy harm minimisation services. Community pharmacies are valuable healthcare destinations for delivery of harm minimisation services, with scope for service expansion. Further education, support, and remuneration are needed, as well as linkage to other sector providers, in order to ensure that pharmacists and pharmacy staff are well equipped to provide a range of harm minimisation services.

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Hawes, Matthew, and Wei Liu. "Design of Fixed Beamformers Based on Vector-Sensor Arrays." International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 2015 (2015): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/181937.

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Vector-sensor arrays such as those composed of crossed dipole pairs are used as they can account for a signal’s polarisation in addition to the usual direction of arrival information, hence allowing expanded capacity of the system. The problem of designing fixed beamformers based on such an array, with a quaternionic signal model, is considered in this paper. Firstly, we consider the problem of designing the weight coefficients for a fixed set of vector-sensor locations. This can be achieved by minimising the sidelobe levels while keeping a unitary response for the main lobe. The second problem is then how to find a sparse set of sensor locations which can be efficiently used to implement a fixed beamformer. We propose solving this problem by converting the traditionall1norm minimisation associated with compressive sensing into a modifiedl1norm minimisation which simultaneously minimises all four parts of the quaternionic weight coefficients. Further improvements can be made in terms of sparsity by converting the problem into a series of iteratively solved reweighted minimisations, as well as being able to enforce a minimum spacing between active sensor locations. Design examples are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed design methods.

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Rooney, Siobhan, Aideen Freyne, Gabrielle Kelly, and John O'Connor. "Differences in the quality of life of two groups of drug users." Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 19, no. 2 (June 2002): 55–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0790966700006960.

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AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to compare aspects of the quality of life of drug users on a methadone maintenance programme to drug users on a harm minimisation programme.Method: Thirty-six clients attending the harm minimisation programme in the National Drug Treatment Centre, Dublin, were matched for age and sex to 36 clients on the methadone maintenance programme. All were interviewed with the SF-36 Health Survey Questionnaire to measure health related quality of life and with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADs) to measure psychological morbidity.Results: More clients from the harm minimisation programme had previous psychiatric problems than clients on the methadone maintenance programme, with an odds ratio of 4.3 CI(1.2,15.2). On the HADs, clients on the methadone maintenance programme had significantly lower depression scores than clients on the harm minimisation programme. In addition more clients on the harm minimisation programme were severely depressed than clients on the methadone maintenance programme. On the UK SF-36 Scale, clients on the harm minimisation programme perceived a significantly greater deterioration in ‘change in health’ over the previous year than clients on the methadone maintenance programme.Conclusions: Although clients on a methadone maintenance programme had an improved perception of their quality of life in relation to psychological and overall health function from the previous year, compared to clients on a harm minimisation programme, there still existed varying degrees of psychopathology in both groups which need to be considered when providing future services for drug users.

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Sedgwick, P. "Treatment allocation by minimisation." BMJ 347, no. 01 2 (November 1, 2013): f6569. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6569.

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Sayegh, Mohamed H., and Giuseppe Remuzzi. "Clinical update: immunosuppression minimisation." Lancet 369, no. 9574 (May 2007): 1676–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60762-4.

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Sheldon, Roger. "Chemistry of waste minimisation." Journal of Cleaner Production 4, no. 1 (January 1996): 56–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0959-6526(96)80116-8.

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McGrath, Clodagh. "Waste minimisation in practice." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 32, no. 3-4 (July 2001): 227–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0921-3449(01)00063-5.

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Biddlestone, A. J. "Chemistry of waste minimisation." Environmental Pollution 92, no. 3 (1996): 369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0269-7491(96)88225-x.

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Altman, Douglas G., and J. Martin Bland. "Treatment allocation by minimisation." BMJ 330, no. 7495 (April 7, 2005): 843. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7495.843.

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Koukkari, Pertti, Risto Pajarre, and Klaus Hack. "Constrained Gibbs energy minimisation." International Journal of Materials Research 98, no. 10 (October 2007): 926–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3139/146.101550.

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Hills, Danny J., Catherine M. Joyce, and John S. Humphreys. "Workplace aggression prevention and minimisation in Australian clinical medical practice settings – a national study." Australian Health Review 37, no. 5 (2013): 607. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah13149.

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Introduction This report describes the extent to which 12 workplace aggression prevention and minimisation actions have been implemented in Australian clinical medical practice settings. Methods Using a cross-sectional, self-report survey conducted as part of a national longitudinal study of the Australian medical workforce, differences in the proportions of medical clinicians reporting the implementation of 12 aggression prevention and minimisation actions in their main workplace were determined. Results Only one-third of aggression prevention and minimisation actions achieved point-prevalence rates of greater than 60%, including aggression policies and protocols (65.7%) and incident reporting systems (68.2%). Overall, lower point-prevalence rates were detected for general practitioners and specialists compared with hospital non-specialists and specialists in training, largely reflecting those for doctors mainly working in private rooms compared with public hospitals. Key environmental interventions had relatively low point-prevalence overall, including duress alarms and optimised clinician escape in consulting and treatment areas, and after-hours and off-site safety strategies. Conclusions More widespread adoption of aggression prevention and minimisation measures in medical practice settings is required. Specific legislative and accreditation provisions and funding support may provide the necessary impetus for reform. Further studies can enhance the evidence base on the most effective approaches to the prevention and minimisation of workplace aggression in medical practice settings. What is known about the topic? With the exception of a small number of qualitative studies in general practice, there is a lack of research reporting on the implementation of workplace aggression prevention and minimisation interventions across clinical medical practice settings in Australia. What does this paper add? Baseline evidence is provided on the point-prevalence of 12 workplace aggression prevention and minimisation interventions in diverse medical practice settings in Australia, which suggests that key approaches recommended by leading international organisations and researchers are not widely implemented in many clinical medical workplaces. What are the implications for practitioners? More concerted efforts need to be undertaken to achieve the widespread implementation of aggression prevention and minimisation interventions in clinical medical practice settings.

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Kavitha, R., and Rani Thottungal. "WTHD minimisation in hybrid multilevel inverter using biogeographical based optimisation." Archives of Electrical Engineering 63, no. 2 (June 1, 2014): 187–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aee-2014-0015.

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Abstract Harmonic minimisation in hybrid cascaded multilevel inverter involves complex nonlinear transcendental equation with multiple solutions. Hybrid cascaded multilevel can be implemented using reduced switch count when compared to traditional cascaded multilevel inverter topology. In this paper Biogeographical Based Optimisation (BBO) technique is applied to Hybrid multilevel inverter to determine the optimum switching angles with weighted total harmonic distortion (WTHD) as the objective function. Optimisation based on WTHD combines the advantage of both OMTHD (Optimal Minimisation of Total Harmonic Distortion) and SHE (Selective Harmonic Elimination) PWM. WTHD optimisation has the benefit of eliminating the specific lower order harmonics as in SHEPWM and minimisation of THD as in OMTHD. The simulation and experimental results for a 7 level multilevel inverter were presented. The results indicate that WTHD optimization provides both elimination of lower order harmonics and minimisation of Total Harmonic Distortion when compared to conventional OMTHD and SHE PWM. Experimental prototype of a seven level hybrid cascaded multilevel inverter is implemented to verify the simulation results.

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Urech, P. "RISK MINIMISATION IN CROP PROTECTION." Acta Horticulturae, no. 525 (March 2000): 39–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2000.525.2.

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Prasad, V. C. "Efficient Minimisation of Boolean Functions." International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education 45, no. 4 (October 2008): 321–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.7227/ijeee.45.4.5.

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Quine Mc Cluskey's (QM) method is a popular method for minimisation of Boolean functions. This method is widely taught at undergraduate level. In this paper simple modifications are suggested to make it more efficient. They allow us to avoid repetitions in the QM method. Further, a minimal set of prime implicants is easily obtained.

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&NA;. "Corticosteroid minimisation after kidney transplantation?" Inpharma Weekly &NA;, no. 1633 (April 2008): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00128413-200816330-00024.

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Choi, Sooyong, and Te-Won Lee. "Equalisation based on negentropy minimisation." Electronics Letters 39, no. 7 (2003): 629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/el:20030378.

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Singh, Amarnath, Kuyen Li, Helen H. Lou, J. R. Hopper, Hardik B. Golwala, Sandesh Ghumare, and Thomas E. Kelly. "Flare minimisation via dynamic simulation." International Journal of Environment and Pollution 29, no. 1/2/3 (2007): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2007.012794.

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Jain, Nilesh, Avinash Shingan, and Shantanu Paraspatki. "Construction Waste Minimisation & Management." International Journal of Civil Engineering 3, no. 12 (December 25, 2016): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.14445/23488352/ijce-v3i12p104.

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McKee, I. "Harm minimisation for drug misusers." BMJ 305, no. 6845 (July 11, 1992): 118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.305.6845.118-b.

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Calne, RY, and KO Lee. "Minimisation of immunosuppression in transplantation." Lancet 370, no. 9588 (August 2007): 654. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61335-x.

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Albers, C. J., F. Critchley, and J. C. Gower. "Quadratic minimisation problems in statistics." Journal of Multivariate Analysis 102, no. 3 (March 2011): 698–713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2009.12.018.

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Robinson, R. "Costs and cost-minimisation analysis." BMJ 307, no. 6906 (September 18, 1993): 726–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.307.6906.726.

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Wojtowytsch, Stephan. "Helfrich’s energy and constrained minimisation." Communications in Mathematical Sciences 15, no. 8 (2017): 2373–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/cms.2017.v15.n8.a10.

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Salamat Sharif, S., J. H. Taylor, and E. F. Hill. "Dynamic online energy loss minimisation." IEE Proceedings - Generation, Transmission and Distribution 148, no. 2 (2001): 172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ip-gtd:20010038.

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Strang, J., and M. Farrell. "Harm minimisation for drug misusers." BMJ 304, no. 6835 (May 2, 1992): 1127–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.304.6835.1127.

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Payne, N., and P. Amoroso. "Harm minimisation for drug misusers." BMJ 304, no. 6839 (May 30, 1992): 1441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.304.6839.1441-b.

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Brewer, C., J. Marks, and J. Marks. "Harm minimisation for drug misusers." BMJ 304, no. 6839 (May 30, 1992): 1441–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.304.6839.1441-c.

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van Dijk, Tom, and Jaco van de Pol. "Multi-core symbolic bisimulation minimisation." International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer 20, no. 2 (August 2, 2017): 157–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10009-017-0468-z.

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Hirschhorn, Michael D. "95.08 Maximisation/minimisation without calculus." Mathematical Gazette 95, no. 532 (March 2011): 83–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025557200002400.

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Hills, Danny J., Catherine M. Joyce, and John S. Humphreys. "Prevalence and prevention of workplace aggression in Australian clinical medical practice." Australian Health Review 35, no. 3 (2011): 253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah10983.

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Objective. To determine the extent of aggression directed towards Australian doctors and the implementation of aggression prevention and minimisation strategies in medical workplaces. Methods. Data were obtained from the pilot phase (n = 321) of the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life survey of the clinical medical workforce in 2010. Descriptive statistics were generated in relation to doctors’ experiences of aggression at work in the previous 12 months, and the implementation of workplace aggression prevention and minimisation strategies. Distributions of the outcome variables were evaluated by doctor type and sex. Results. More than 70% of doctors experienced verbal or written aggression and almost a third experienced physical aggression. Higher proportions of hospital non-specialists and specialists-in-training experienced aggression from patients, patient relatives or carers and co-workers. Higher proportions of female doctors experienced verbal or written aggression from patient relatives or carers and co-workers. Overall, the more basic aggression prevention and minimisation strategies had been implemented in approximately two-thirds of clinical settings, with lower rates for more extended strategies. Conclusions. Many Australian doctors experience workplace aggression. The more widespread adoption of measures that support the prevention and minimisation of aggression in medical practice settings appears necessary. What is known about the topic? The limited research on workplace aggression in Australian medical practice primarily focusses on the prevalence of patient aggression in General Practice. What does this paper add? Current evidence is provided on the extent of workplace aggression directed towards Australian doctors from multiple sources and the implementation of workplace aggression prevention and minimisation strategies in diverse clinical settings. What are the implications for practitioners? More concerted efforts need to be undertaken to ensure that effective aggression prevention and minimisation strategies are implemented in medical practice.

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Hills, Danny J., Catherine M. Joyce, and John S. Humphreys. "Corrigendum to: Prevalence and prevention of workplace aggression in Australian clinical medical practice." Australian Health Review 37, no. 3 (2013): 408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah10983_co.

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Objective. To determine the extent of aggression directed towards Australian doctors and the implementation of aggression prevention and minimisation strategies in medical workplaces. Methods. Data were obtained from the pilot phase (n = 321) of the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life survey of the clinical medical workforce in 2010. Descriptive statistics were generated in relation to doctors' experiences of aggression at work in the previous 12 months, and the implementation of workplace aggression prevention and minimisation strategies. Distributions of the outcome variables were evaluated by doctor type and sex. Results. More than 70% of doctors experienced verbal or written aggression and almost a third experienced physical aggression. Higher proportions of hospital non-specialists and specialists-in-training experienced aggression from patients, patient relatives or carers and co-workers. Higher proportions of female doctors experienced verbal or written aggression from patient relatives or carers and co-workers. Overall, the more basic aggression prevention and minimisation strategies had been implemented in approximately two-thirds of clinical settings, with lower rates for more extended strategies. Conclusions. Many Australian doctors experience workplace aggression. The more widespread adoption of measures that support the prevention and minimisation of aggression in medical practice settings appears necessary. What is known about the topic? The limited research on workplace aggression in Australian medical practice primarily focusses on the prevalence of patient aggression in General Practice. What does this paper add? Current evidence is provided on the extent of workplace aggression directed towards Australian doctors from multiple sources and the implementation of workplace aggression prevention and minimisation strategies in diverse clinical settings. What are the implications for practitioners? More concerted efforts need to be undertaken to ensure that effective aggression prevention and minimisation strategies are implemented in medical practice.

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Paul, Sourabh, PP Bandyopadhyay, and S. Paul. "Minimisation of specific cutting energy and back force in turning of AISI 1060 steel." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 232, no. 11 (January 10, 2017): 2019–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954405416683431.

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A lot of research has been undertaken in the area of conventional machining to study the effect of process parameters, tool geometry, machining environment and so on on machinability. But only recently, the research community has started analysing the carbon footprint of manufacturing processes. But very few articles could be located that attempted simultaneous minimisation of specific cutting energy and back force over a wide domain of process and tool-geometric parameters. This article has experimentally studied the effect of variation in depth of cut, feed, nose radius and tool geometry on simultaneous minimisation of specific cutting energy and back force while turning AISI 1060 steel with uncoated carbide inserts under dry machining environment. Minimisation of specific cutting energy and back force as individual criterion leads to conflicting choice of machining parameters. A combined criterion based on specific cutting energy and back force has been defined and for the minimisation of the same, cutting tools with positive rake need to be used, with high feed and moderate depth of cut.

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Katzourakis, Nikos. "A minimisation problem in L∞ with PDE and unilateral constraints." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 26 (2020): 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2019034.

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We study the minimisation of a cost functional which measures the misfit on the boundary of a domain between a component of the solution to a certain parametric elliptic PDE system and a prediction of the values of this solution. We pose this problem as a PDE-constrained minimisation problem for a supremal cost functional in L∞, where except for the PDE constraint there is also a unilateral constraint on the parameter. We utilise approximation by PDE-constrained minimisation problems in Lp as p →∞ and the generalised Kuhn-Tucker theory to derive the relevant variational inequalities in Lp and L∞. These results are motivated by the mathematical modelling of the novel bio-medical imaging method of Fluorescent Optical Tomography.

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Barclay, S. J., and C. A. Buckley. "Promoting sustainable industry through waste minimisation clubs." Water Science and Technology 46, no. 9 (November 1, 2002): 79–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2002.0210.

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The concept of waste minimisation clubs was developed in the early 1990s to promote the exchange of experiences between geographically close manufacturers in the implementation of waste minimisation measures. It is a successful approach, resulting not only in a reduction in environmental impact, but also significant financial savings for the companies involved. Two pilot waste minimisation clubs were established in the province of kwaZulu Natal in South Africa in 1998 and 1999, to determine if this approach was a feasible method of promoting sustainable industrial development in South Africa. On conclusion of this project in December 2000, the 20 companies that participated in these clubs had saved a total of US$ 1.7 million, and reduced their water use and effluent discharge by over 2,400 Ml/y.

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Hirst, A., I. Vlachaki, C. Shephard, and J. Wang-Silvanto. "Cost Minimisation Analysis: When And Where? A Review Of Hta Guidance On Cost Minimisation Analysis." Value in Health 19, no. 7 (November 2016): A482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2016.09.785.

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Sullivan, Patrick J. "Allowing harm because we care: Self-injury and harm minimisation." Clinical Ethics 13, no. 2 (January 10, 2018): 88–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477750917749953.

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Harm minimisation has been proposed as a means of supporting people who self-injure. When adopting this approach, rather than trying to stop self-injury immediately the person is allowed to injure safely whilst developing more appropriate ways of dealing with distress. The approach is controversial as the health care professional actively allows harm to occur. This paper will consider a specific objection to harm minimisation. That is, it is a misguided collaboration between the health care professional and the person who self-injures that is morally and clinically questionable. The objection has two components. The first component is moral in nature and asserts that the health care professional is complicit in any harm that occurs and as a result they can be held morally responsible and subject to moral blame. The second component is clinical in nature and suggests that harm minimisation involves the health care professional in colluding in the perpetuation of self-injury. This element of the objection is based on a psychodynamic understanding of why self-injury occurs and it is argued that harm minimisation is merely a mechanism for avoiding thinking about the psychotherapeutic issues that need to be addressed. Thus, the health care professional merely reinforces a dysfunctional pattern of behaviour and supports the perpetuation of self-injury. I will consider this objection and argue that it fails on both counts. I conclude that the use of harm minimisation techniques is an appropriate form of intervention that is helpful to certain individuals in some situations.

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Peldschus, Friedel. "RESEARCH ON THE SENSITIVITY OF MULTI- CRITERION EVALUATION METHODS/SENSIBILITÄTSUNTERSUCHUNGEN ZU METHODEN DER MEHRKRITERIELLEN ENTSCHEIDUNGEN." JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 7, no. 4 (August 31, 2001): 276–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13921525.2001.10531736.

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Investigations into the multi-criterion evaluations have been performed for different purposes for more than 30 years. Nevertheless, up to now there are no common rules how to apply multi-criterion methods of evaluation and how to interpret their results. But the solutions of the problem must be found. The investigations are based on the joint programme LEVI developed by the VGTU and the Leipzig HSTEC. In accordance with the programme, for solving the problem a matrix is created in which all solution variants are evaluated by the same criteria. For the transformation of initial data different methods are used. Besides, the problem solution may be oriented to a choice of a variant and the determination of an optimal sequence or to the determination of the rational behaviour balance of two adversely interested groups. The maximisation, minimisation and mixed problems are distinguished. In case of the last mentioned problems the meanings may be unsuitable and expressions about the maximisation or minimisation too strong. When solving the problem of maximisation by different transformation methods, similar curves are obtained and the results are not dispersed heavily. In case of the minimisation, when solving according to different transformations, a considerable deviation of results has been noticed. The investigations also disclosed that solutions may vary depending on the optimisation goal. Dispersion of results in case of minimisation is stronger than in case of maximisation. When analysing different transformations, the vectorial transformation is regarded as “neutral” and there is no sense to include it into comparison. In case of the minimisation problem, linear transformations should be investigated in a more detailed way.

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Huy, N. Q., V. Jeyakumar, and G. M. Lee. "Sufficient global optimality conditions for multi-extremal smooth minimisation problems with bounds and linear matrix inequality constraints." ANZIAM Journal 47, no. 4 (April 2006): 439–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1446181100010063.

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AbstractIn this paper, we present sufficient conditions for global optimality of a general nonconvex smooth minimisation model problem involving linear matrix inequality constraints with bounds on the variables. The linear matrix inequality constraints are also known as “semidefinite” constraints which arise in many applications, especially in control system analysis and design. Due to the presence of nonconvex objective functions such minimisation problems generally have many local minimisers which are not global minimisers. We develop conditions for identifying global minimisers of the model problem by first constructing a (weighted sum of squares) quadratic underestimator for the twice continuously differentiable objective function of the minimisation problem and then by characterising global minimisers of the easily tractable underestimator over the same feasible region of the original problem. We apply the results to obtain global optimality conditions for optinusation problems with discrete constraints.

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Ziółkowski, Jarosław, and Aleksandra Lęgas. "Minimisation of empty runs in transport." Journal of KONBiN 48, no. 1 (December 1, 2018): 465–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jok-2018-0067.

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Abstract The issue of minimisation of empty runs in transport, assumptions and calculation method were presented. The example of ineffective usage of transport means was described as well as a procedure algorithm for the optimisation of the above-mentioned issues using the Solver module.

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&NA;. "Risk-minimisation measures implemented for dosulepin." Reactions Weekly &NA;, no. 1182 (December 2007): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00128415-200711820-00004.

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Levy, Michael H., Carla Treloar, Rodney M. McDonald, and Norman Booker. "Prisons, hepatitis C and harm minimisation." Medical Journal of Australia 186, no. 12 (June 2007): 647–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01085.x.

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Lombardy, Sylvain, and Jacques Sakarovitch. "Morphisms and Minimisation of Weighted Automata." Fundamenta Informaticae 186, no. 1-4 (August 30, 2022): 195–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/fi-222126.

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This paper studies the algorithms for the minimisation of weighted automata. It starts with the definition of morphisms — which generalises and unifies the notion of bisimulation to the whole class of weighted automata — and the unicity of a minimal quotient for every automaton, obtained by partition refinement. From a general scheme for the refinement of partitions, two strategies are considered for the computation of the minimal quotient: the Domain Split and the Predecesor Class Split algorithms. They correspond respectivly to the classical Moore and Hopcroft algorithms for the computation of the minimal quotient of deterministic Boolean automata. We show that these two strategies yield algorithms with the same quadratic complexity and we study the cases when the second one can be improved in order to achieve a complexity similar to the one of Hopcroft algorithm.

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Tena, Mª Ángeles, Rafael Mendoza, Camino Trobajo, and Santiago García-Granda. "Cobalt Minimisation in Violet Co3P2O8 Pigment." Materials 15, no. 3 (January 31, 2022): 1111. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15031111.

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This study considers the limitations of cobalt violet orthophosphate, Co3P2O8, in the ceramic industry due to its large amount of cobalt. MgxCo3−xP2O8 (0 ≤ x ≤ 3) solid solutions with the stable Co3P2O8 structure were synthesised via the chemical coprecipitation method. The formation of solid solutions between the isostructural Co3P2O8 and Mg3P2O8 compounds decreased the toxically large amount of cobalt in this inorganic pigment and increased the melting point to a temperature higher than 1200 °C when x ≥ 1.5. Co3P2O8 melted at 1160 °C, and compositions with x ≥ 1.5 were stable between 800 and 1200 °C. The substitution of Co(II) with Mg(II) decreased the toxicity of these materials and decreased their price; hence, the interest of these materials for the ceramic industry is greater. An interesting purple colour with a* = 31.6 and b* = −24.2 was obtained from a powdered Mg2.5Co0.5P2O8 composition fired at 1200 °C. It considerably reduced the amount of cobalt, thus improving the colour of the Co3P2O8 pigment (a* = 16.2 and b* = −20.1 at 1000 °C). Co3P2O8 is classified as an inorganic pigment (DCMA-8-11-1), and the solid solutions prepared were also inorganic pigments when unglazed. When introducing 3% of the sample (pigment) together with enamel, spreading the mixture on a ceramic support and calcining the whole in an electric oven, a colour change from violet to blue was observed due to the change in the local environment of Co(II), which could be seen in the UVV spectra of the glazed samples with the displacement of the bands towards higher wavelengths and with the appearance of a new band assigned to tetrahedral Co(II). This blue colour was also obtained with Co2SiO4, MgCoSiO4 or Co3P2O8 pigments containing a greater amount of cobalt.

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Touboul, Jacques. "Projection Pursuit Through ϕ-Divergence Minimisation." Entropy 12, no. 6 (June 14, 2010): 1581–611. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e12061581.

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&NA;. "US FDA issues risk minimisation documents." Inpharma Weekly &NA;, no. 1482 (April 2005): 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00128413-200514820-00068.

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