Pakistan is highly dependent on water resources originating in the mountain sources of the upper Indus for irrigated agriculture which is the mainstay of its economy. Hence any change in available resources through climate change or socio-economic factors could have a serious impact on food security and the environment. In terms of both ratio of withdrawals to runoff and per-capita water availa...

We have evaluated the reporting of withdrawals due to adverse effects and specific adverse effects in randomised controlled trials of recombinant human GH in adults. A systematic review was carried out of randomised controlled trials of the clinical effectiveness of recombinant human GH in adults with GH deficiency in relation to impact on quality of life. Trials were identified from searching ...

BACKGROUND There have been no studies of the patterns of post-marketing withdrawals of medicinal products to which adverse reactions have been attributed. We identified medicinal products that were withdrawn because of adverse drug reactions, examined the evidence to support such withdrawals, and explored the pattern of withdrawals across countries. METHODS We searched PubMed, Google Scholar,...

[1] We assessed the effects of historical (1931–1998) changes in both land use and climate on the water budget of a rapidly urbanizing watershed, Ipswich River basin (IRB), in northeastern Massachusetts. Water diversions and extremely low flow during summer are major issues in the IRB. Our study centers on a detailed analysis of diversions and a combined empirical/modeling treatment of evapotra...

Is the Contracting-Out of Intensive Placement Services More Effective than Provision by the PES? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment There is a longstanding debate on the advantages of quasi-markets for placement services compared to their public deliverance. During 2009, the German Public Employment Service (PES) implemented a randomized field experiment to investigate if intensive ser...

This study evaluates four groundwater management plans to increase the understanding of how local governance and collective action can be effectively implemented manage irrigation withdrawals in Kansas. The results our analysis demonstrate five key lessons that highlight challenges efforts common-pool resources a developed country setting. First, generally follow Ostrom’s design principles for ...