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Intro -- MODELS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING DECISION-MAKING IN HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: CALCULATING CHARACTERIZATION OF MONOPSONIC DEGREE IN THE RECYLCLES SOLID WASTE MARKET IN METROLPOLITAN REGIONS OF BRAZIL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL APPROACH -- EMPIRICAL INSTRUMENTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: ESTIMATION OF DERIVATIVES FROM ECONOMY TO ENVIRONMENT: A STUDY OF THE MANAGEMENT OF EUTROPHICATION OF A FRESH WATER BASIN'S DATA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ESTIMATING DERIVATIVES: DIRECT AND INDIRECT APPROACHES -- Kernel Based Solutions -- Some Kernel Estimators of the Derivatives -- ADDITIVE MODELS -- A SIMULATION STUDY OF THE QUALITY OF THE WATER IN A BASIN -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: MODELING ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA AND MEDICAL CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS: CASE STUDIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: BIODIVERSITY -- A MEDICAL STUDY OF DISEASE MANAGEMENT -- The Problem -- Logistic Regression -- ROC Curves -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: ANALYSIS OF EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISCHARGE AND AWARENESS PROGRAMS ON JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS SPREAD USING MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATHEMATICAL MODEL -- DISEASE FREE EQUILIBRIUM -- STABILITY OF DISEASE FREE EQUILIBRIUM -- NUMERICAL SIMULATION -- MATLAB SIMULATION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: ESTIMATION AND COMPARISON OF THE LIKELIHOOD RATIOS OF BINARY DIAGNOSTIC TESTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LIKELIHOOD RATIOS OF A BDT -- ESTIMATION OF THE LRS OF A BDT -- Estimation Subject to a Cross-Sectional Study -- Estimation Subject to a Case-Control Study -- Application to the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.