Low-income countries spend a greater portion of their budget on food and are more responsive to income and food price changes than middleand highincome countries. Higher value food products undergo greater budget adjustments to price and income shocks, while budgets for staple food products like cereal change the least. 1 Anita Regmi and Jason Bernstein are agricultural economists, and M.S. Dee...

Better telecommunications pricing decisions are able to be made when more complete information concerning relationships among services is available. This study analyses residential fixed-line and mobile telephony, and Internet access and usage demands in an encompassing framework. The discrete-continuous framework allows for service interaction within and between service portfolios. Model estim...

BACKGROUND Uncertainty exists about the extent and consequences of a return to alcohol consumption after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease (ALD). AIMS To determine the prevalence and consequences of alcohol consumption in patients transplanted for ALD. METHODS A retrospective case controlled study of all patients transplanted for ALD at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingh...

Urban land use patterns are increasingly recognized as significant contributors to energy consumption. However, few studies have quantified the impacts of urban land use patterns on energy consumption. In this study, we analyzed the impacts of urban land use patterns on energy consumption for 20 provincial capital cities in China from 2000 to 2010. Landsat data and spatial metrics were first us...

Vegetarian dietary patterns have been reported to be associated with a number of favourable health outcomes in epidemiological studies, including the Adventist Health Study 2 (AHS-2). Such dietary patterns may vary and need further characterisation regarding foods consumed. The aims of the present study were to characterise and compare the food consumption patterns of several vegetarian and non...

In order to explore the change of artificial intelligence online consumption patterns and concepts, this paper explores changes which are mainly realized through intelligent platforms. Moreover, uses algorithms improve efficiency system processing data, data mining process concept data. addition, studies size effect intermediary role played by payment mental accounts in costs consumer purchase ...

background: diabetes is a major risk factor of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease with high mortality. prevalence of diabetes type 2 is increasing in middle eastand iran. in the current study, relationship between major food patterns and diabetes type 2 were assessed. methods: in this case control study, 332 subjects (110 newly diagnosed cases and 222 controls); 43-77 years of age ...

INTRODUCTION Jussi Simpura Trends in alcohol consumption and drinking patterns: sociological and economic explanations and alcohol policies___________________________________ 3 RESEARCH REPORTS Håkan Leifman Homogenisation in alcohol consumption in the European Union ____________________________ 15 Jussi Simpura & Thomas Karlsson Trends in drinking patterns among adult population in 15 European...