This report was adapted from Generations at Risk: How Environmental Exposures May Affective Reproductive Health in Massachusetts, by Greater Boston PSR and the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (1995). Internal design of the original Massachusetts version by Lynn Martin of Martin/VanderLoop Associates. Internal layout of this publication by Linda Hayashi (Feral House) ...

In this paper, an economy is analyzed where one group of agents, the altruists, cares about the well-being of another group of agents, the recipients. It is asked how changes in the size of these groups affect the altruists’ charitable giving in the Nash equilibrium. I show that a pure group size effect, i.e., a proportional expansion of both subgroups can lead to less free riding and to a lowe...

PADHYAY, M. B. \/ Case 1.?Diptheritic Croup. I was called in haste to see a child, aged 4 years, who was suffering from great difficulty of breathing. The previous history of the case is as follows. He had enjoyed tolerable health. The day before I saw him was cold and cloudy, and he had taken a bath in cold water, and had been exposed to the cold air. In the evening he was rather indisposed ; ...

a piece of a bamboo branch broke, and penetrated very deep, just about half an inch to the right side of her auus. I explored the wound, which was very small, and only admitted a probe, which entered to the depth of 5 ins., but I could not feel the presence of any foreign body in it. It struck me that the foreign body might have found its way into the rectum by the force of the fall, so I explo...

The Indore Charitable Hospital was first instituted iu February 18-18 at the suggestion of Dr. E. Impey, Resideucy Surgeou, supported by the recommendatiou of Sir Robert Hamilton, Bart., then Agent Governor-General, and was built with funds contributed by H. H. Maharajah Holkar, G. C. S. I. Through Sir R. Hamilton's influence Dr. Impey was able to induce the Rajahs of surrounding States to erec...

The link between serotonin (5-HT) and one of the most important elements of prosocial behavior, charity, has remained largely uninvestigated. In the present study, we tested whether charitable donating can be promoted by administering the food supplement L-Tryptophan (TRP), the biochemical precursor of 5-HT. Participants were compared with respect to the amount of money they donated when given ...

The article addresses an issue that could result in profound changes in the ability of the United States to resolve the most pressing humanitarian and global problems of our times. It provides an analysis of the tools required to enable US donors to do more good. In an efficient market, capital ends up in its most productive use. In charitable giving, donations are not always allocated to their...

We present the results of an experiment that (a) shows the usefulness of screening out drop-outs and (b) tests whether different methods of payment and reminder intervals affect charitable giving. Following a lab session, participants could make online donations to charity for a total duration of three months. Our procedure justifying the exclusion of drop-outs consists in requiring participant...

This article focusses on the specific impact of the cuts in legal aid funding on the charitable sector. The sector plays a significant role in advice giving. Some charities have the provision of legal advice as their sole purpose, whilst the work of other charities includes the giving of legal advice. Funding comes via a number of sources including legal aid, local authorities and charitable tr...

This study investigated whether family structure transition and low income are risk factors in the development of prosocial behavior. Models of young adults' prosocial behavior - charitable giving and volunteering - were estimated as functions of their family structure and income during the stages of childhood. Participants were a representative sample of 1011 American young adults. In the full...