This paper presents findings of a replication of the earlier CHETS (CHild exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Walessurveysys commissioned by the Welsh Government to assist with informing a decision on whether to proceed with legislation.
Similar findings were seen in a recent New Zealand study where the LCP was introduced in two acute hospital wards; staff perceived that the LCP had a positive benefit on end-of-life care, assisting with decision-making, communication and symptom control (Clerk et al, 2012).
Our approach is transferrable to other regions where monitoring programs must be designed based on limited spatial and biological data, assisting with decisions on what and how to monitor.
Emerging research initiatives on correlations between diversity metrics and physical environmental attributes over a range of scales and the development of statistical techniques to build predictive models for small- and large-scale patterns of marine biodiversity are assisting with decisions about marine protected areas.
Murnane highlights an ingestible origami robot, a 3-D printed robot with solid and liquid components, a robot that can assist with scheduling decisions, an artificial neural network that can explain its decisions, and an algorithm that can predict human interactions.
This tool can assist with the decision of when to refer a child for further specialist investigation of their toe walking [ 25, 26].
A score has been developed to assist with this decision [ 17].
Track surveys in tropical forest areas are a quick and inexpensive technique to determine the presence of a certain species [ 22] and could assist with the decision of where to place cameras or cage traps.
A summary of the higher quality evidence is provided to assist with clinical decision making based on current evidence.
Instead, to assist with decision making about a later definitive trial, 50 patients per arm were deemed sufficient to give a reasonable indication of the likely effect size.
Regina Barzilay shared her work using machine learning to assist with medical decision making.
