This paper discusses the vulnerability and adaptation of the agricultural sector of China to global wanning. Based on a summarization of Chinese agricultural and general circulation model trends, adverse impacts on China's agriculture caused by a warming and drying climate were identified. Because of limited irrigation potential, the sustainable development of Chinese agriculture will be diffic...

OBJECTIVE To determine the net effect of introducing highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) in Mexico on total annual per-patient costs for HIV/AIDS care, taking into account potential savings from treatment of opportunistic infections and hospitalizations. MATERIAL AND METHODS A multi-center, retrospective patient chart review and collection of unit cost data were performed to descri...

Longitudinal data from interviews with Poles of working age conducted in 1988, 1993 and 1998 combined with longitudinal firm-level data present a detailed view of the transition from a state-dominated to a market economy. Job losses in state firms and job creation in new private firms are the dominant employment changes, other than retirements from the labour force. In the Polish case, a signif...

Money balances in the production function: Nonlinear tests of model stability and measurement issues – two sides of the same coin? a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Available online xxxx Keywords: Money in the production function Monetary policy Asymmetric effects Stabilization Past empirical attempts to test the role of money in the production function following the Sinai and Stokes (1972)...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of vitreomacular adhesion (VMA), vitreomacular separation (VMS) and absence of vitreous gel due to vitrectomy on macular thickness measured in the spectral domain optical coherence tomographic (SD-OCT) images. DESIGN A longitudinal, retrospective, observational study. SETTING Secondary multicentre study. PARTICIPANTS 218 eyes of 218 healthy patients an...

Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a cattle disease that has hampered the development of the livestock sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, vaccination with a live vaccine strain is its recommended control measure although unofficial antimicrobial use is widely practiced. Here, modelling techniques are used to assess the potential impact of early elimination of infected cattle via ...

BACKGROUND There is a disproportionately high number of cases of work-related asthma occurring in health care occupations due to agents such as glutaraldehyde, latex and cleaning products. AIMS To understand the causes and measure trends over time of occupational asthma (OA) in health care workers (HCWs). METHODS We reviewed OA notifications from the Midland Thoracic Society's Surveillance ...

the presence of yield systematic risk in agricultural sector is one of the main reasons for facing this sector with huge damages and is one of the restricting factors in developing agricultural insurance in iran. this study explores the presence of systematic yield risk and the extent and severity of yield spatial dependence for apple production in iran. to this end, the apple production region...

The test-specific incidence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in healthcare workers from sub-Saharan Africa is unknown. 505 healthcare workers from South Africa were screened at baseline, and after 12 months, with a questionnaire, the tuberculin skin test (TST), and two T-cell assays (T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold-In-Tube). Test-specific conversion rates were calculated. The prevalenc...