The study focused on the analysis of production and marketing constraints of tomato among rural farmers in Talensi Nabdam district of Upper East Region of Ghana.A total of 100 respondents were interviewed using questionnaire. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics to describe the socio economic characteristics of the farmers and Kendall’s Coefficient of Concordance was used to rank the ...

background the aim of this survey was to explore the baseline knowledge of the iranian community about chronic kidney disease (ckd) definition and its two main risk factors, i.e. diabetes and hypertension. this study also introduced a model of public education program with the purpose of reducing the incidence of ckd in high-risk groups and thereby decreasing the economic burden of ckd in iran....

We compared the health status of 863 health maintenance organization (HMO) enrollees with that of 4,576 non-enrollees, controlling for demographics and area of residence, using 1994 data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS). HMO respondents were less likely to report fair or poor health, functional impairment, or heart disease. Average predicted costs based on various health-stat...

introduction: cognitive tasks are considered to be applicable and appropriate in assessing cognitive domains. the purpose of our study is to determine the relationship existence between variables of age, sex and education with selective, sustained attention and planning abilities by means of computerized cognitive tasks among healthy adults. methods: a cross-sectional study was implemented duri...

background limb loss occurs due to different causes and has been increased in many countries. it has without exception, great economic, psychological and social impacts. objectives this study assesses the demographics of amputees in one city of iran. patients and methods this retrospective study was undertaken on all of the amputees between april 2002 and december 2011. patients’ demographics i...

The study carried out an assessment of agricultural land management practices in food crops production among small scale farmers in Kwara Sate, Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined the socio economic characteristics of crop farmers in Kwara State; ascertained the cropping patterns common among them; highlighted the soil conservation methods adopted by the farmers; examined the relationsh...

This study identifies predictors of favorable attitudes toward spanking. Analyses were performed with survey data collected from a representative sample of 1,000 adults from Quebec, Canada. According to this survey, a majority of respondents endorsed spanking, despite their recognition of potential harm associated with corporal punishment (CP) of children. The prediction model of attitudes towa...

Using data from three contingent valuation studies, this study investigates if socio-economic factors and the type of good being valued can help explain changes in respondents' answers. A bias ratio, defined as the ratio of respondents who change their choice under hypothetical and "real" settings, is developed to help explain changes in respondents' answers. Marginal changes in the bias ratio ...

There are several variations on gubernatorial economic policy around the world. Given different populations and demographics, economic policy changes. How can we best predict the ramifications of a given policy? Can we produce an optimal policy? Computer simulations and optimization using genetic algorithms may be able to provide policy makers with the data to answer these questions.