358 Diabetes & Primary Care Vol 13 No 6 2011 The prevalence of diabetes has almost doubled over the past few years and is expected to rise further (Diabetes UK, 2010). In parallel with the growing challenge of diabetes and its complications, the past few decades have witnessed several advances in the field of diabetes. Better insights into the pathogenesis of diabetes, availability of new thera...

introduction: various types of software are used in health care organizations to manage information and care processes. the quality of software has been an important concern for both health authorities and designers of health information technology. thus, assessing the effect of software quality on the performance quality of healthcare institutions is essential. method: the most important healt...

We study the role of the quality of institutions as a determinant of the location of FDI, using bilateral FDI stocks from OECD countries around the world. While the literature has placed special emphasis on the role of corruption on FDI, we explore a wider range of institutional aspects. We find that better institutions have overall a positive and significant effect on FDI. Especially, unpredic...

During the late fall of 2004, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services conducted global in-depth reviews of the trading risk management (TRM) practices at 23 leading financial institutions. The reviews entailed detailed interviews and presentations by senior management of the institutions surveyed to Standard and Poor’s. This article provides the findings of that survey and explains the process and m...

This study on prisoners' diseases and food conditions in the early days of operation of the Casa de Prisão com Trabalho (labor penitentiary) in Salvador, Bahia, analyzes prisoner strategies for obtaining medical treatment and decent food. In their resistance and struggle to achieve more breathing room within the new prison model, which authorities hoped to implement at Bahia's first penitentiar...