This paper is set out to find the relationship, if any, between Defense spending, Economic development spending and environment for India, discuss policy implications of empirical results. Since India has one largest defense budgets within Asian countries as well Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad). The Quad a strategic forum informal nature. It comprises four nations, namely – Australia, US...

Anthropogenic or natural disturbances can have a significant impact on wild animals. Therefore, understanding when, how and what type of human and natural events disturb animals is a central problem in wildlife conservation. However, it can be difficult to identify which particular environmental stressor affects an individual most. We use heart rate telemetry to quantify the energy expenditure ...

This paper surveys some of the theoretical and econometric issues involved in estimating growth models that include military spending. In particular, it critically evaluates the commonly used Feder-Ram model, detailing its problems and limitations and suggesting a more acceptable theoretical approach. It also surveys the econometric issues involved in estimating these models and uses a panel of...

BACKGROUND In many developing countries, drug costs form an important portion of government and household expenditure. Also, improper use of drugs is a major health hazard and increases treatment costs. However, while the problem of irrational use of drugs is worldwide, it has not been adequately studied especially in developing countries such as Nigeria. Military facilities provide health care...

BACKGROUND The body composition varies according to different life styles (i.e. intake calories and caloric expenditure). Therefore, it is wise to record military personnel's body composition periodically and encourage those who abide to the regulations. Different methods have been introduced for body composition assessment: invasive and non-invasive. Amongst them, the Jackson and Pollock equat...

The article aims to identify the dependence of military expenditures and selected economic determinants on example V4 countries in years 1999-2020. following are as determinants: size gross domestic product, rate inflation, debt deficit government sector unemployment. Correlation analysis proved expected relationship between product expenditure Hungary especially Poland. spending unemployment w...