INTRODUCTION In the context of rapid population ageing and the increase in number of activity of daily living (ADL) limitations with age, the number of older persons requiring human assistance in Singapore is likely to grow. To promote informed planning for the needs of these elderly, we project the number of resident Singaporeans 60 years of age and older with 1 or more ADL limitations requiri...

BACKGROUND Given the scale of the current obesity epidemic and associated health consequences there has been increasing concern about the economic burden placed on society in terms of direct healthcare costs and indirect societal costs. In the Republic of Ireland these costs were estimated at €1.13 billion for 2009. The total direct healthcare costs for six major obesity related conditions (cor...

OBJECTIVES To plan dental services, a spatial estimation of future demands and supply is required. We aimed at estimating demand and supply in 2030 in Northern Germany based on the expected local socio-demography and oral-health-related morbidity, and the predicted number of dentists and their working time. METHODS All analyses were performed on zip-code level. Register data were used to dete...

شایعه، از مهم ترین پدیده های اجتماعی به حساب می آید که همواره به عنوان نوعی تاکتیک تبلیغاتی مورد استفاده قرار می گیرد. ضرورت آشنایی افراد جامعه، به ویژه جوامع دینی با موضوع شایعه به اندازه ای است که قرآن بارها در خلال آیاتش به آن اشاره کرده است. بیان و تحلیل زمینه های شکل گیری شایعات از یک سو و ارائه راه کار جهت مدیریت این آسیب مخرب از دیگر سو، رویکرد متکاملی است که قرآن به آن دارد. توجه به قدر...