"The decade of the 90's has seen progress in some key social indicators: reductions in welfare, violent crime, abortion, AIDS, divorce and suicide; upswings in SAT scores and charitable giving".
For the indicator "Reduction of Noise Pollution", traffic variations on some main roads of interest were translated into noise impact with the Burgess model [6].
As an example, for the indicator "Reduction of Noise Pollution", the three alternatives had "comparable" performance; for each alternative, the estimated performance was 0.33.
Semantic Scale with triangular MFs, used to represent the indicator "Reduction of Noise Pollution" (Fig. 7a), from "inadequate" to "high" level; Semantic Scale with triangular MFs, used to represent the indicator defined as the "propensity" of users towards exploiting "a transport service alternative to the existing one" (Fig. 7b).
This method consists in the indicator reduction into a fluorescent form in response to changes in the mitochondrial redox activity.
While two indicators-reductions in neonatal mortality and improvement in skilled attendance at birth had increased at a slower pace, hence the related MDGs are unlikely to be achieved.
Scale for indicators like "Reduction of CO2 Emissions", "Reduction of CO Emissions" or "Reduction in number of accidents": the variation with respect to the status quo is measured on the scale shown in Fig. 7c; the minimum acceptable variation corresponds to the percentage reduction goal fixed by competent government agencies (e.g., a reduction of 20%% in road accidents by the year 2010).
Reduction of maternal mortality is one of the key Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is measured by two indicators: a reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by three quarters and the proportion of deliveries attended by a skilled health person [ 1].
The implementation of sepsis protocols resulted in improved compliance to the quality indicators and reduction in mortality rates.
The 123 recommendations were translated into 56 quality indicators; this reduction mainly reflected overlap (that is, more than one recommendation could be addressed by a single indicator).
