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The coal mining industry makes a key contribution to the Queensland economy, and is the underlying driver of employment and economic conditions in many local and regional communities. This article aims to focus on how the social and economic impacts of mining should be assessed and negotiated with local and regional communities.

The following assessment tools were trialed to ascertain the impacts on communities of changes in the mining industry: extended stakeholder analysis of key community representatives; economic modeling of changes in the level of mining activity; a random survey of householders involving choice experiments to assess tradeoffs; and experimental workshops to assess how residents were prepared to prioritise different community development options.

The results showed that impact assessment should be addressed using different economic and social science tools to ensure regulatory approval as well as community acceptance.

This article suggests alternative social and economic impact assessment mechanisms that can be applied to any industry and any situation (e.g. growth, decline, new development, simultaneous changes).

An electroencephalography (EEG) examination may cause psychological stress in children with autism that can interfere with the examination results. The objective information on the presence or absence of psycho-emotional stress in patients can help interpret electroencephalograms. This paper aimed to demonstrate the potential of noninvasive objective diagnostics of emotional stress in autistic children undergoing an EEG examination based on analysis of saliva.

This study involved 19 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (ICD-10 F84.0); the mean age was seven years. During EEG examination of the children, behavioral parameters were assessed. The activity of cytochrome P450 reductase (CYPOR) in saliva was measured before and after the EEG procedure using lucigenin-enhanced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-stimulated chemiluminescence assay.

Significant differences in CYPOR activity were found between the children who were distressed during an EEG examination and the children without behavioral disturbances (Mann–Whitney test, p = 0.002). Thus, the EEG examination resulted in an increase in CYPOR activity in saliva cells, which may prove the stressful effect of this procedure on autistic children.

The chemiluminescent indices reflecting the activity of microsomal CYPOR in cells presenting in saliva correlate with the absence or presence of psychological stress in children; this phenomenon can be explained by an increased metabolism of the stress hormone, cortisol, by the cytochrome P450 microsomal system. Furthermore, the proposed method is completely safe, noninvasive, rapid (recording time is 20 min), inexpensive and promising for an objective assessment of psycho-emotional stress in autistic children undergoing medical examinations.

The drug benefit reform implemented in Russia in 2005 allowed benefit groups to choose between the fixed monetary compensation or the in‐kind benefits. This paper seeks to study the efficiency of the in‐kind drug benefit system before and after the reform by comparing mandated groups of monetary savings within each of the schemes.

Pair‐wise correlation analysis using the Federal Social Insurance Fund benefit groups database (85 regions in 2005‐2006) and two representative consumer expenditure surveys: the National Assessment of Population Welfare and Participation in Social Programs – NOBUS (47 regions, over 40,000 households, 2003) and the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey – RLMS (32 regions, over 4,000 households, 2003).

The paper finds that giving the mandated population a choice between the two schemes led to an increase in demand for drugs and adverse selection within the in‐kind drug provision system.

The Federal Social Insurance Fund aggregated data allow one to make post‐reform estimations only for an average representative of a certain benefit group. Employing micro data on both pre‐ and post‐reform consumer behavior would become a tool for more precise econometric analysis.

The results of the correlation analysis demonstrate an imbalance in the solidarity principle and the need for introducing health and drug insurance mechanisms in the Russian drug benefit programme.

The paper represents an attempt to use a large sample statistical analysis along with the Federal Social Insurance Fund data in order to assess drug benefit groups of behavior in Russian regions before and after the drug benefit reform.

The study exemplifies authentic leadership (AL) and relates it to project success (PS) with the mediating variables of organizational learning (OL) and organizational innovation (OL). None of the existing studies on AL and PS have worked on the mediation of OL and OI on these factors. So far, this paper tries to fill gap between these factors.

The study is done by testing the hypothesis by utilizing the approach of deduction. The tool of data collection utilized is a survey. The methods of data collection involved qualitative techniques as primary approaches of investigation. The study population involves multinational and national companies/organizations working directly or indirectly for CPEC projects. A total of 295 questionnaires were used to gather data from top-level and middle–level management from private or government sector companies working individually or collaboratively on CPEC projects. Out of 295 questionnaires, 35 were rejected for being incomplete, and 260 were further analyzed for research purposes. SPSS and AMOS-21 statistical packages were used for analysis or correlation among variables.

This study claims the positive impact of AL on PS while the OI and OL play a mediating role.

This study will add significant literature related to project management. These outcomes gave data on the primary systems of project management that are utilized in the projects or in various organizations to assess the accomplishment of the project with AL, OL and OI.

It has gained popularity in the world of management researchers due to its uniqueness and desirability. This study of AL and PS has been comprehensively deliberate to find the variables that affect them. The idea is to analyze the possible effects of OL and innovation on authentic leaders and the overall PS in the China–Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC).