Physiological factors affecting the energy cost of cold exposures

Factors Affecting the Cost Effectiveness of Antibiotics

In an era of spiraling health care costs and limited resources, policy makers and health care payers are concerned about the cost effectiveness of antibiotics. The aim of this study is to draw on published economic evaluations with a view to identify and illustrate the factors affecting the cost effectiveness of antibiotic treatment of bacterial infections. The findings indicate that the cost e...

Factors Affecting the Cost of Oil Spills

The NAKHODKA and ERIKA oil spills in Japan and France, respectively, have once again focused the attention of politicians, regulators, the media and claimants on the potentially high cost of such events and the adequacy of the current international compensation arrangements. As will be explained by another speaker at the Conference, this has led to a proposal for a Supplementary Fund that would...

Preharvest factors affecting physiological disorders of fruit

Development of disorders during postharvest ripening and storage of fruit depends on a range of preharvest factors. The most obvious of these is maturity of fruit at harvest. However, a number of other factors may be just as important in ripening-related disorders and in determining how fruit respond to low temperatures or other imposed postharvest conditions. Fruiting position on the tree and ...

Factors Affecting Cold Hardiness in Grapevines

B-maturity: Factors Affecting Physiological Maturity