With the rapid development of the waste incineration industry in China, top priority has been given to the problem of pollution caused by waste incineration. This study is the first attempt to assess all the waste incineration plants in Wuhan, the only national key city in central China, in terms of environmental impact, site selection, public health and public participation. By using a multi-c...

An understanding of what drives the participation rate is necessary for the projection of labour force growth, a key input into the determination of the economy’s production potential.1 The sharp drop in the participation rate in Canada in the 1990s has given rise to considerable debate about its cause and if it was reasonable to have expected it to have returned to its pre-recession peak. If t...

OBJECTIVE Question Prompt Lists (QPLs) have been used extensively in the oncology setting to improve communication, psychological and/or cognitive outcomes. In this systematic review, the objectives were to (a) examine the methodological quality of QPL interventions, (b) review the effectiveness of QPL interventions on communication, psychological and/or cognitive outcomes of cancer patients, (...

OBJECTIVE To review the literature on the involvement of patients in efforts to promote their own or others' safety while using health care services. METHOD A total of 1933 reports were identified as potentially relevant and 745 of these were included in the review (437 descriptions of interventions, 299 comment or opinion pieces and 42 discussions or studies of patients' willingness and abil...

This exploratory study examines the impact of ending the military draft on U.S. voter turnout from 1960 through 2006. After allowing for a number of variables, including the unemployment rate, unionization, the female labor force participation rate, per capita real GDP, and Presidential approval ratings, compelling evidence is found that ending the military draft in the U.S. may have acted in a...

User communities are increasingly becoming an essential element of companies’ business processes. However, reaping the benefits of such social systems does not always prove effective, often because companies fail to stimulate members’ collaboration continuously or neglect their social integration. Following communication accommodation theory, the authors posit that members’ communication style ...

With rapid trend of aging society and family disorganization, the role of private resources in strengthening social welfare activities becomes more significant. With economic development, Korean citizens’ giving culture has been settled solidly. In 2009, Korean citizen’s volunteering participation rate reached 23.9% which showed 8.5% increase compared to 2007 rate of 15.8%. Average annual volun...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the association between leisure time exercise participation and well-being (i.e., life satisfaction and happiness) and examined the causality underlying this association. METHOD The association between exercise participation and well-being was assessed in around 8000 subjects, (age range 18-65 years) from The Netherlands Twin Registry (NTR). Causality was tested with...

BACKGROUND This article seeks to inform state and local school food policies by evaluating the impact of Connecticut's Healthy Food Certification (HFC), a program which provides monetary incentives to school districts that choose to implement state nutrition standards for all foods sold to students outside reimbursable school meals. METHODS Food service directors from all school districts par...

Diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has historically lagged behind that which is found in other vocational paths. Aviation has also suffered poor diversity with virtually no participation among professional pilots. With both the literature specifying the benefits of diversity in the aviation workplace and potential shortages of pilots looming, it...