Integrating Behavioural, Economic and Environmental Research

A Hybrid Deterministic-Statistical Model Integrating Economic, Meteorological and Environmental Variables to Air Pollution

The following study is based on a hybrid statistical-deterministic model designed for the assessment of the daily concentration of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide  and particulate matter (PM10) as major pollutants in the Greater Tehran Area (GTA): the capital of Iran. The model uses three available or assessable variables including economic, meteorological and environmental in the GTA for the y...

Economic Incentives for Environmental Protection: Integrating Theory and Practice

Integrating Behavioural Animation Techniques

Our research focuses on animating autonomous virtual humans which are able to take decisions by themselves. We especially address in this paper the technical problem of integrating altogether the physical simulation of agents (represented as virtual humans in a 3D environment) and their behaviours and motivations, driven by a Beliefs, Desires and Intentions architecture. We also explain how goa...

Integrating Research, Surveillance, and Practice in Environmental Public Health Tracking

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is working with selected state and local health departments, academic centers, and others to develop an environmental public health tracking initiative to improve geographic and temporal surveillance of environmental hazards, exposures, and related health outcomes. The objective is to support poli...

Integrating Economic Analysis into NIH Funded Research webinar summary