Successful Decision Research Articles

Financial Synergy for Sustainable Success: Optimizing Management, Investment, AI, and Risk SMEs in Bali

In the context of globalized and environmentally conscious business landscapes, this study investigates the intricate relationships between investment decisions, risk perception, artificial intelligence (AI), and sustainable success in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bali. Employing a quantitative approach, the research explores the mediating role of investment decisions using theoretical frameworks such as the Triple Bottom Line, Pecking Order Theory, Trade-Off Theory, and Prospect Theory. Results from a sample of 150 SMEs reveal significant direct effects and correlations, with investment decisions mediating between AI, risk perception, and sustainability. Managerial implications emphasize strategic AI integration, robust risk management, and a balanced approach to investment decisions for sustainable success. While limitations include sample size constraints, future research directions suggest longitudinal and qualitative studies, exploration of sectoral variations, and assessing the impact of emerging technologies on sustainability decisions. This study provides actionable insights for companies navigating the complexities of sustainable decision-making and underscores the imperative for businesses to foster a culture of adaptability and innovation. By embracing these insights and cultivating a forward-thinking approach, companies can not only optimize their current sustainability strategies but also position themselves strategically to thrive in an ever-evolving business landscape.

A Clean Slate: Adapting the Realization Effect to Online Gambling and Its Effectiveness in People With Gambling Problems

ABSTRACTBetting more after losses (i.e., “loss‐chasing”) is a central clinical feature of disordered gambling. According to prospect theory, increasing risk‐seeking following losses could arise from a failure to “re‐reference.” By contrast, successful re‐referencing between successive decisions closes the mental account, and any losses are regarded as final or realized; gamblers should not chase realized losses. The present study sought to test this “realization effect” among gamblers using an ecologically valid online gambling task. We were further interested in whether the effectiveness of the loss realization varied as a function of problem gambling severity. Using online recruitment of past‐year gamblers stratified on the Problem Gambling Severity Index, we tested a group without gambling problems (n = 227), a group with at‐risk gambling (n = 239), and a group with gambling problems (n = 223). Over a sequence of nine bets, after the sixth bet, half of the participants underwent a simulated realization procedure that entailed cashing out from the gambling website and redepositing their remaining funds on another website. The feedback comparison group were shown their account balance after the sixth bet but did not withdraw or transfer their funds. In line with the realization effect, the group with non‐problem gambling significantly reduced their bet after cashing out. The realization procedure did not significantly ameliorate loss‐chasing in the groups with at‐risk gambling or gambling problems. We conclude that the realization effect can be elicited in an online gambling context but that stronger interventions for realizing losses may be required for people experiencing gambling problems.

Electrical engineering equipment for generating and measuring of complete pulse current of artificial lightning in the conditions of high-voltage electrophysics laboratory

Goal. Decision of problem scientific and technical task on the reliable generating and measuring in the conditions of high-voltage electrophysics laboratory basic component of complete pulse current of artificial lightning with the rationed amplitude-temporal parameters (ATPs) with the use of the modernized generator of current of lightning of type of UITOM-1. Methodology. Bases of the applied electrical engineering, electrodynamics and electrophysics, electrophysics bases of technique of high-voltage and high pulse currents, bases of high-voltage pulse technique and measuring technique. Results. Information, which specify on a decision at Research and Design Institute «Molniya» of National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute» problem scientific and technical task, related to the reliable generating and measuring in the conditions of high-voltage electrophysics laboratory of complete pulse current of artificial lightning, which contains pulse A- (repeated pulse D-), intermediate B- and long-term C- (shortened long C*-) components of this current, is resulted, ATPs which answer the hard technical requirements of normative documents of the USA of SAE ARP 5412: 2013, SAE ARP 5414: 2013 and SAE ARP 5416: 2013. Short information is indicated about the applied electrical circuits of separate high-voltage generators of pulse currents of condenser type of GIC-A (GIC-D), GIC-B and GIC-C (GIC-C*), which it is worked as synchronous appearance on the general electrical loading in composition the modernized powerful high voltage generator of complete pulse e current of artificial lightning of type of UITOM-1, and in-use high-voltage measuring facilities which contain the heavy-current low-resistance shunts of type of SHK-300 for simultaneous registration with their help on examinee on stability to lightning devices objects of aviation and space-rocket technique of ATPs proper component of complete i pulse current of artificial lightning. Technical examples are resulted and the row of results of practical application of the indicated domestic powerful high-voltage proof-of-concept electrophysics equipment is described at the tests of elements of some aircrafts (ACs) on resistibility to the direct action on them of complete pulse current of artificial lightning with rationed ATPs. Originality. A problem is formulated and having the important applied value in area of aviation and space-rocket technique for the leading countries of the world scientific and technical task on the reliable generating and measuring in the conditions of high-voltage electrophysics laboratory indicated component of complete pulse current of artificial lightning with rationed ATPs and concrete electro-technological ways and hardware are indicated for its successful decision. Practical value. The use of the modernized powerful high-voltage generator of complete pulse current of artificial lightning of type of UITOM-1 developed in practice and created in Ukraine will allow to conduct the real verification on resistibility to the action of lightning of different side systems, devices and construction elements, containing metallic and composition materials, both again developed and modernized ACs, that will be instrumental in the increase of vitality of such ACs in the extreme terms of their flight and stay in an electrical active earthly atmosphere with flowing in it storm electrical discharges. References 30, tables 3, figures 20.

Effect of Choice of Successor on Post Succession Business Survival: Evidence from Small and Medium-Scale Family Enterprises in Osun state, Nigeria

The study examined the effect of the choice of successor on post succession business survival of small and medium-scale family enterprises. The study employed survey research design with the use of primary data obtained from small and medium-scale family enterprises in Osun State, Nigeria, through the instrument of questionnaire. A sample of 150 small and medium-scale enterprises drawn from five LGAs using both purposive and random sampling approach was adopted. The study adopted inferential analytic methods of factor analysis and general linear regression. The t-test statistic, at 0.05 level of significance showed t-value of 11.026, at p =0.000. The study therefore concluded that there is significant relationship between entrepreneurial succession decision (choice of successor) and business survival of small and medium-scale family enterprises, and recommended that succession decision should aim at individuals who possess the characteristics that enable business survival.

Smuggling “in the new way” or analysis of the latest legislative changes

The article examines the changes made to the CC by the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine and the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine regarding the criminalization of smuggling of goods and excise goods, as well as false declaration of goods” dated 09.12.2023 № 3513-IX. It not only brought back criminal responsibility for smuggling of goods as an independent component of the crime, also made several other changes to Chapter VII of the Special Part of the CC. The purpose of this article is to analyze the legislative amendments regarding the recriminalization of smuggling of goods, excise goods and to develop a proposal for further improvement of the provisions of Art. 201, 201-1, 201-3 and 201-4 of the CC.
 The analysis of the novels made it possible to establish that, on the one hand, the recriminalization of the smuggling of goods is a rather successful decision of the legislator, since for a long time it was an urgent need that both scientists and practitioners talked about. On the other hand, the adoption of Law № 3513-IX, first of all, violated the system of norms located in Chapter VII of the Special Part of the CC. It seems that in Art. 201 of the CC should establish criminal liability for smuggling of goods, while in Art. 201-1 of the CC should provide for criminal liability for the smuggling of goods that have specific conditions for their export/import (excise goods, timber or lumber of valuable and rare tree species, unprocessed timber), as well as items that are prohibited to be exported from Ukraine (cultural values, other timber that is prohibited for export outside the customs territory of Ukraine). Provisions on the smuggling of other items should be fixed in Chapter IX or XIII of the Special Part of the CC of Ukraine. It is not possible to agree with the minimum amount of contraband goods established by the legislator, which is related to their total value. The sanction for smuggling goods is subject to criticism, as it does not take into account the requirements of Part 2 of Article 53 of the CC. There is also a question regarding the final punishment in cases of smuggling of goods and other items provided for in Art. 201, 201-1 and 201-4 of the CC. It is also appropriate to exclude points 1 and 2 of the footnote to Art. 201 of the CC, which provides definitions of methods of committing the smuggling of any items.

A decision model based on gene expression programming for discretionary lane-changing move

ABSTRACT This study focuses on modeling Discretionary Lane-Changing (DLC), which accounts for the majority of lane-change moves in traffic flows. A binary decision model for lane-changing moves was improved with the method of Gene Expression Programming (GEP). The decision to prefer GEP is due to its high performance in a variety of engineering solutions in the literature. The GEP model was trained with Next Generation SIMulation (NGSIM) trajectory data gathered at the I-80 Freeway in Emeryville, California, and then tested with data gathered at the U.S. Highway 101 in LA, California. The test results indicate that the model made decisions of “change lane” with 92.98% accuracy, and “do not change lane” with 99.65% accuracy. A sensitivity analysis was also conducted to discover potential limits of the performance of the GEP model. The performance of this model was compared with other high-performance decision models developed with the NGSIM's DLC data in the literature and with TransModeler's gap acceptance model. This comparison indicates that the GEP model is the most successful decision model for discretionary lane-changing moves. The GEP model has a high potential to be applied in DLC decision support systems in (semi-) automated vehicles, as well as traffic simulation software.

Immovable Property Bequests and Matrimonial bounties Rights by Foreigners in Tanzania and Zanzibar: Legislative Enforcement Challenges and Perspectives

This paper gives the society a chance to go back to immovable property rights to foreigners that inhere to him or her by virtue of foreign decrees or decisions arising from matrimonial and succession decision. The study focuses on Tanzania and Zanzibar despite the fact that Tanzania includes Zanzibar but Zanzibar stands alone in some matters considered being nonunion. It is because when Tanganyika and Zanzibar united, they signed the Article of union establishing what laws and articles of the union refer to as Union and non-Union Matters, hence land as a non-union matter. However, Zanzibaris can own land In Tanzania mainland but non Zanzibaris cannot own land In Zanzibar. The nature of the union is not the case to this study but observing cross border rights on immobile properties while going to the core issues of extracting conditions from rights as these matters appear to have been left quiet but impending enjoyment of the two. The roadmap to this approach is doctrinal and is lead by the notable decisions of the Courts of Law of Tanzania in Ghalib Abdallah Juma v Kay Mlinga, and a decision in Emmanuel Marangakis as Attorney of Anastasios Anagnostou v Administrator General. The former is the matrimonial decision with foreign bases but to be enforced in Zanzibar while the latter is a probate based decision with foreign beneficiaries of the estates for the deceased and it was and is to be enforced in Tanzania Mainland. This paper advocates that probating foreign and enforcing matrimonial decrees on immovable hinders justice and establish superfluous legal principles over others unnecessarily. Atlast, the conflict of laws becomes uncertain infringing rights of individuals if not taken keenly while losing objectives of Law.

Role of behavioral biases in the investment decisions of Pakistan Stock Exchange investors: Moderating role of investment experience

Despite many revolutionary asset pricing models developed over the past decades, traditional finance does not explain investor behavior very well. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of behavioral biases on the investment decisions of investors of Pakistan Stock Exchange. In addition, the moderating influence of investment experience investigated in this study. The findings were reported using a sample of 230 individual investors, who make their own investments, typically through a mutual fund, bank, or internet broker. They make investments to achieve their unique investment objectives, such as saving for retirement, a child’s education, or increasing their overall wealth. The influence of behavioral biases on investment decisions was calculated using regression analysis. Regression results show that beta and t-values are significant and have a significant impact on investment decisions. Regression findings show that Confirmation Bias, Gamblers Fallacy Bias, Negativity Bias, Bandwagon Effect Bias, Loss Aversion Bias, and Overconfidence Bias all have a substantial impact on Investment Decisions. Status quo prejudice and endowment bias have a favorable but minor influence on Investment Decisions. Investment Experience is regarded as an essential component that contributes to successful decision making under risk and uncertainty, however the results of this study show that moderating variables have a minor influence. According to the findings, the moderating variable had no effect on the connection between behavioral biases and investment decisions. And the reason for this is that behavioral biases persist regardless of investing experience.

Factors influencing farm succession decisions: evidence from coffee farmers of Colombia

AbstractIn Colombia and other South American countries, government programs have been implemented to improve the livelihoods of coffee farmers. However, the rate of farm succession remains low and the age of farmers continues to increase. Household surveys and focus group discussions were conducted in the community of Chaparral, Tolima Department, Colombia, to examine the socio-economic and institutional factors that influence family farm succession in the context of these cooperative programs. The study findings suggest that coffee income, parental motivation, secure land tenure, membership in farmer associations, and access to coffee labor have a significant and positive impact on farm succession. To enhance farm succession processes and boost farmers' incomes in the region, it is recommended to strengthen farmer associations and establish secure land tenure policies.

Trends and patterns: A bibliometric analysis of emotional intelligence and its implications for strategic leadership

The development of publications on emotional intelligence and its impact on strategic leadership from 2013–2023 are the focus of the current study. The number of publications narrowed down by adopting the SALSA method and used in the analysis was 383. It is evident from the analysis that there has been a significant increase in the number of publications addressing emotional intelligence and leadership in the past decade. Bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer resulted in the co-occurrence network of 31 items categorized into 8 clusters based on keywords, each highlighted by a different color. The extensive connections that emotional intelligence has with leadership are observed through networks, overlays and visualizations. This analysis helps us understand the current knowledge, identify research gaps, and guide future investigations. It also highlights emerging themes in emotional intelligence and strategic leadership, supporting informed decisions for leadership development and organizational success. The implications derived from enhancing emotional intelligence include improvements in communication, learning, problem- solving, and trust, which ultimately maximize strategic leadership in individuals.

Integration of legislation on countering tax crimes in the EU: opportunities and limitations

The subject. The article examines the norms of the current tax and criminal legislation of the EU, the experience of which in the future may be in demand in the process of integrating the legal regulation systems of the EAEU states when developing issues of countering tax crimes. The subject of the article is to analyze the problems of: methodology of tax crime research in the EU and data sampling criteria; integration of national tax systems; definition of tax crime in the EU; spread of VAT fraud.Modern law enforcement practice is analyzed using the system-logical method, which indicates the complication of forms of tax evasion and concealment of actual financial and economic transactions.The main results. It is noted that the need for effective law enforcement to ensure the financial stability of states, to counteract distortions of competition resulting from tax evasion is due to the organized and highly structured nature of a significant part of tax crimes, the expansion of the scale of cross-border tax crimes involving foreign elements. The European legislation does not contain a definition of a tax offense as such, but contains a list of types of behavior with specific descriptions of prohibited behavior. It seems that national legislators deliberately preserve a certain amount of ambiguity between prohibited and permitted tax evasion, offering a broad definition of tax evasion, since narrow specifics in the definition of such offenses can lead to undesirable impunity, exclude a flexible approach in responding to changes in this area of legal relations.As a result of the application of the formal legal approach and comparative analysis, conclusions were obtained that, subject to careful preliminary research and practical verification, successful decisions in the field of combating tax evasion and tax fraud adopted in some jurisdictions can be used to improve the legislative provisions of other states.

Economic Insights to Optimize Chain of Survival in Emergency Response

Background: Since economics is a social science studying individuals' behavior, it is plausible to employ its relevant concepts to study human behavior in the immediate response of lay citizens towards emergency incidents. In this context, economics has identified three types of policy lags in fiscal decisions that are of great interest to our study: recognition lag, decision lag, and implementation lag. Objectives: This study aims to apply the three policy lags in economics to the concept of ‘chain of survival' (CoS), in the hope of enticing rethinking its first link, and to seek solutions for CoS's optimal activation. Methods: This cross-sectional study explores immediate responses to prehospital emergencies through a global online survey in four languages. It assesses how lay citizens recognize medical emergencies and activate the EMS system. Data is analyzed with SPSS v26 while summarizing qualitative variables via frequencies and percentages. Results: A total of 239 respondents were recruited in the survey from multiple countries. About 32% of the sample had recognition lag 95% CI of [26.3%, 38.2%]. Lower recognition lag scores were significantly associated with male gender, residing in Europe and Oceania, European and North American nationalities, and first aid training in last 5-10 years. Around 70% of our sample had decision lag 95% CI of [63.6%, 75.3%]. The most statistically significant factor contributing to successful decision to calling for an ambulance was prior first aid training. The average implementation lag score was 46%, which was defined as five minutes delay in calling for an ambulance or more. Conclusion: Applying concise terminology to the CoS's first link (i.e. calling EMS) reveals behavioral constrains to an effective and timely activation of the CoS. These findings clarify immediate behaviors at times of emergencies, and inform targeted awareness programs addressing behavioral elements for a successful activation of the EMS system.

Церковные архивы Московской епархии в 1812 г.: проблемы сохранности документов в условиях оккупации Москвы армией Наполеона

The diocesan archives of the Moscow diocese in 1812 were never the subject of a special study. Because of the wide spread of the church institution, the archives of the diocese often found themselves in the offensive zone of the Great Army. This circumstance made the documents of the church extremely vulnerable to the invaders. The events connected with the occupation of Moscow are widely reflected in the memoirs of eyewitnesses of the French stay in Moscow. Decades later, diocesan officials, with all the distortions of reality inherent in this type of memoirs, testify to the archive of the Consistory. N. P. Rozanov's analysis of the testimonies, which more or less concern the destruction of the records of church institutions, demonstrates the low reliability of the information provided by consistory officials. This article reconstructs the state of archives in the autumn of 1812 on the basis of the documents of the Synodal Consistory and the Moscow Consistory, the fonds of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Greece and the Central State Archive of Moscow: orders of the public prosecutor, the prosecutor of the Synodal Consistory, reports on the state of archives, and the reports of the Spiritual Boards. In the context of the evacuation of Moscow archives not quite successful decisions of the military administration and the diocesan leadership of the organization of the removal of records of the Synodal office and the Moscow Ecclesiastical Consistory are considered. The soldiers of Napoleon's army ravaged the archives of all levels of diocesan administration - the Synodal Office, the Consistory, ecclesiastical boards and parishes. The way in which the archives were treated depended on such factors as the orders of the occupying army and the behaviour of the enemy units quartered in the church buildings, which were not always in favour of plundering. Before the French withdrew from the city, some inhabitants of Moscow district were looting in the immediate vicinity of the diocesan archives. The participation of local residents in the spoiling and plundering of archives is confirmed by postwar reports sent to the Consistory by the diocesan boards of church authorities of the Moscow districts. The post-war restoration work that followed, in addition to revealing serious documentary losses, created the prerequisites for the establishment of an archival committee that was not attached to the office and focused solely on the handling of archival documents. It is concluded that the 1812 war not only caused material losses, but also made it necessary for the diocesan leadership to seek non-trivial solutions which, in the long run, would have a positive effect on the consistory's archives.

Strategic Optimization: The Impact of Administration and Financial Planning on the Decision-Making of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Quevedo Canton

This article examines the influence of financial administration and planning on decision making in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Quevedo. The main objective is to analyze how effective financial management can contribute to strategic optimization and making sound decisions in this specific business context. To achieve this objective, an exhaustive study was carried out that included a detailed analysis of current financial management practices in a representative sample of SMEs in Quevedo. The research methodology included in-depth interviews with financial managers, analysis of financial statements and surveys of local businesspeople. Statistical tools were implemented to evaluate the relationship between financial management practices and business results. Additionally, external variables, such as the local economic environment and government regulations, will be considered to contextualize the findings. The results revealed a significant positive evaluation between the effective implementation of financial management practices and successful decision making in Quevedo SMEs. Specific areas of improvement and practical recommendations for local business owners are identified, highlighting the importance of long-term planning, efficient resource management and adaptability to changing economic conditions. This study provides a comprehensive perspective on how financial management strategies can be key to the sustainable success of SMEs in specific local environments, offering valuable contributions to both academic literature and sector professionals.

Court-Mediator Interaction in Civil Conciliation Procedures

The article highlights key aspects of research-to-practice project “Conciliation in civil and administrative procedure” conducted by the Chair of civil and administrative procedure. Professors of the Chair analyse results of the projects, identify challenges and assign goals for a future reference period. The authors of the article analyse the work on the organization of the mediators’ interaction with the courts and the practice of applying the mediation procedure in court cases in face-to-face and online formats. The advantages of the model, in which the mediator’s duty is organized in the courts on a permanent basis, are revealed. The article analyzes the powers of the court to initiate conciliation procedures in court proceedings, analyzes the right of a judge to appoint a conciliation procedure on his own initiative. The regularities that allow to identify the relationship between the activity of judges in offering mediation procedures to the parties and the successful decision-making by the parties in favor of conducting a conciliation procedure are revealed. The article analyzes the problems of judicial mediation. Proposals have been made to create and legislate an algorithm for the interaction of the mediator and the court during the conciliation procedure after the initiation of proceedings in the case. The authors of the article consider the possibility of using the institution of suspension of proceedings in connection with the use of conciliation procedure. The problem of the mediator’s lack of a special procedural status is analyzed, which deprives him of the opportunity to participate in the proceedings on the case and complicates the process of interaction with the judge. The authors formulated the main tasks set for the implementation of research-to-practice project “Conciliation in civil and administrative procedure” in the next reporting period.

The Sequence of Administrative Decisions Due the Organisation of Physical Training Process of Commissioned Officers

The article highlights a problematic issue and shows that management process is of decisive importance for the effective use of the combat capabilities of military formations during their performance of combat missions in modern warfire. The process of making management decisions, the ability to approve these decisions, which are necessary for the performance of management functions, is the basis of management theory. The commander needs to combine the skills of a qualified military specialist, leader and teacher, capable of making successful decisions in order to successfully manage all aspects of routine, moral, psychological and combat training of personnel. Many factors affect the process of making and implementing management decisions. They are the most significant: society and the environment in which the decision is made; compliance of the management elements with the purpose, vision and mission of the military unit; individual qualities of the leader (existence of life principles, value system, ideology, education, life experience, knowledge, habits, etc.); interdependence of decisions (one important decision entails the need to make a number of less important decisions); the risk and possibility of negative consequences due to wrong decisions; the degree of provision of modern technical, material means and weapons and the possibilities of their application in the decision-making process. An important role in the process of making a management decision by a commissioned officer is military internship. During this internship various combat situations are simulated under extreme conditions of training and combat activities with increased physical and psycho-emotional stress. Also, favourable conditions are created for commissioned officers to master the practical skills of performing there official duties, studying the content of commanders' activities to ensure a high level of combat readiness, organization and order in the real conditions of the functioning of military units.

Analyze IMDb movies by sentiment and topic analysis

Movie is an important cultural form, carrying multiple levels and meanings such as art, entertainment and social value. Movie review and rating data sets are huge, and deep learning and natural language processing methods are widely used today. Advances in big data and deep learning offer unprecedented opportunities to understand moviegoer behavior and preferences while providing a cost-effective way to gain insights relevant to the entertainment industry. This project conducts sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and visual statistical analysis based on the IMDb movie data set to identify key factors and deeper insights that influence successful decision-making in film production. This project first uses the word embedding method to vectorize the movie review text, and then uses Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (Bi-LSTM) to perform sentiment classification. In addition, statistical methods such as visualization were used to discover conclusions such as the highest average number of movies released in November, and identify trends, patterns and relationships between the variables of IMDb movies. Finally, the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling model was constructed to find out that the important topic with increased demand is light entertainment movies, highlighting the commercial feasibility of comedy movies as a profitable business model. In summary, this project uses an emotion-topic fusion analysis method based on the Bi-LSTM emotion classification method and the LDA topic modeling method. The results show that the Bi-LSTM model can better identify positive and negative emotions in movie reviews, and the LDA topic model performs well in mining popular topics.

TELE-ANC model in public sector in India: a feasible option to sustain quality antenatal care

Introduction: Prenatal care is one of the most widely used preventive strategies in healthcare. Despite rapid advances in medical practice over a century, obstetric care remains ‘traditional’. It is resource intensive with heavy footfall in public sector antenatal OPD leading to compromise in quality of care. Therefore, hybrid ‘TELE-ANC model’ is a feasible option to sustain quality care in limited resource setting. We assessed feasibility of this model in reducing ‘in-person visits’ in terms of provider, process and recipient and determined barriers and facilitators to implementation and robustness of process in delivering the model. Methods: Single center prospective feasibility study, composed of 50 low-risk women within 20 weeks of pregnancy; recruited from outpatient obstetric department. Model had 5 in-person and 4 virtual visits. During in-person visits; history, general and systemic examination, ANC investigations and ultrasounds were done and clubbed; counseling and treatment were advised. During virtual visit, patients monitored blood pressure, pulse, weight and fetal movements at home. Pictures of prescription were sent on patients’ phones with records maintained by provider. Patients and provider filled detailed Satisfaction Performa after each virtual visit and last antenatal visit which were measured through Likert scale. Results: Each pregnant woman on an average made 5 physical and 5 virtual visits (one extra than proposed 4 in the model). Each patient saved approximately 10 productive hours and 700 Rupees during their antenatal period. Doctor was able to implement services readily. Adequacy to conduct virtual visits, successful decision making, technical issues faced, ease and safety of process and overall improvement in access to healthcare and positive change, demonstrates high levels of Provider satisfaction score of >80% overall. There was high patient satisfaction score of 80 to 90% in areas assessed i.e., satisfaction with the care received, doctor-patient rapport, knowledge about pregnancy, convenience of self-monitoring and ability to contact provider during emergencies. Nearing term, patients had satisfaction score of 85-90% overall in ability to express, continuation of visits post COVID, reduction in overall cost and time, desire for such a model in future and positive change. Minimal technological barriers were identified which did not adversely impact the quality of care. It is ‘Good’ in terms of its robustness. 96% of patients desired hybrid model as mode of future antenatal care. Discussion: Due to rapid increase in use of telehealth during COVID-19 pandemic, we were encouraged to test feasibility of a reduced in-person visit hybrid model; ‘The TELE-ANC model’ in a tertiary care public hospital. It is feasible in delivering an efficient antenatal care with additional advantages of lower cost, greater doctor-patient rapport, increased patient’s productivity, increased patient satisfaction, better continuity of care, better time management and increased provider engagement and satisfaction. It has potential to be standard care model for antenatal services in future leading to a more flexible and patient centered care

Youth recruitment and retainment in small‐scale fisheries: Factors influencing succession and participation decisions in Cameroon

AbstractFisheries systems face enormous pressures from increased fish demand, decreased fish catches, and an ageing fishing population. As a case study, we investigate how climate change stressors, capacity‐building opportunities, and the introduction of climate‐smart innovations, tools and information may influence youths’ succession decisions in small‐scale fisheries (SSF). We collected empirical data from a survey with the children of SSF actors to identify the factors promoting or hindering succession in fish harvesting activities through a simple random sampling of 415 youths in six fishing communities in Cameroon. The probit model results revealed that youth participation and succession decisions are positively influenced by their education, nationality, that is, being a migrant, desire to be employed full‐time in fisheries‐related activities, climate‐smart innovations, tools and information, and capacity‐building opportunities. Increasing temperatures and uncertainty in fish availability due to climate change negatively influence their succession decisions. We find that parents do not encourage their children to participate in SSF due to climate change impacts, which are reducing fish catch and due to a lack of suitable climate‐resilient innovations and capacity‐building opportunities. The study provides evidence that interventions that create an enabling environment for youths’ participation in fisheries‐related activities are important to secure the future of SSF in Cameroon.

Exploring the bearing of subjective preferences on site selection processes

Abstract. The German site selection process aims to find a site for a deep geological repository that is characterized by the best possible safety (Deutscher Bundestag, 2020). This search involves successive decisions regarding the exclusion or preference of subareas, siting regions, and sites. Although founding such decisions on purely objective grounds would be preferable, the influence of subjective values and preferences on decisions cannot be neglected. In decision theory, goal setting as well as the choice and aggregation of the criteria used to achieve the goal are known to depend on subjective values and preferences (Laux et al., 2012). From a subjectivist perspective, normative propositions (which state how things ought to be) are propositions about subjective preferences (Kutschera, 1982). Site selection is guided by normative and, therefore, subjectively influenced statements on how “best possible safety” ought to be understood, which safety criteria ought to be regarded as suitable, and how criteria ought to be aggregated and evaluated. Therefore, subjective preferences have the potential to influence the outcome of the site selection process. However, does that mean that the site selection process can take an arbitrary course? In contrast, do regulations sufficiently limit the latitude for subjective preferences in the decision process? The presentation will discuss these questions based on interim results of the METIENS (Methoden, Bewertungskriterien und transparente Entscheidungsprozesse zur Identifikation eines Endlagerstandortes mit bestmöglicher Sicherheit) research project, which is carried out by the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE). Since January 2022, METIENS has investigated the fundamental challenges of a site selection process that is characterized by high variability with respect to host rocks, safety concepts, and repository concepts, as in the German case. The project identifies possible ways to evaluate and compare the safety of potential repository sites, and it investigates the objective or subjective grounds on which they can be justified. The project follows the decision-theoretic structure of the problem of site selection by clarifying “best possible safety” and identifying operational and compatible target systems and safety indicators for this goal. The presentation will provide examples of unavoidable subjective decisions in the evaluation of safety. It will point out why subjectivity does not necessarily imply arbitrariness. Moreover, the possibility of acceptable subjective preferences and the specific role of regulations are discussed.