Social media are now widely used by affected members of the public during an emergency. As these platforms have become mainstream, governments have responded to the public’s expectation that information is available online, particularly during disasters. Emergency management organizations (EMOs) now widely use social media to communicate with the public alongside occasional intelligence gatheri...

The challenges posed by modern warfare oblige us to reinterpret traditional concepts in order offer better protection civilians, and prevent states deny their responsibilities. Therefore, the requirement of ‘boots on ground’ should not be accepted as only way exercise authority occupying power since it becomes exception rather than rule today. At this point, is significant focus which functions...

This paper describes the roles and responsibilities of the associate director for medical education at the Primary Care Resource Center (PCRC), School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo (UB). The PCRC was established to increase the number of UB medical school graduates who selected graduate medical education in the generalist disciplines. The associate...

Local health officials are called upon every day to implement the programs, enforce the regulations, and take the actions that protect the health of the citizens in their districts. These responsibilities and duties are created and regulated by a complex interplay of federal, state, and local law. Not only is an understanding of these laws necessary to carry out public health activities on a da...

BACKGROUND Social roles influence alcohol use. Nevertheless, little is known about how specific aspects of a given role, here parenthood, may influence alcohol use. The research questions for this study were the following: (i) are family-related indicators (FRI) linked to the alcohol use of mothers and fathers? and (ii) does the level of employment, i.e. full-time, part-time employment or unemp...

The publication of an article in the peer-reviewed journal International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology (IJSET) is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific me...

Governments, even the most liberal and enlightened, all consider it necessary to suppress at least some information and comment. Indeed, the key statements on intellectual freedom recognise that this may happen and that it can in certain types of case be considered legitimate. For instance, the European Convention on Human Rights, after setting out the essential rights to information and commun...

I WISH to discuss changes that we mightmakethatwould improvetheethical climate of the publication of research by making it both more open and more responsible. While none of the systems I briefly discuss have yet become common practice, they are all being tried in various ways, and they indicate the direction in which we ought to move. In the future, the following 4 systems will, I hope, be rou...

We examine how firms evaluate and compensate their chief financial officers (CFOs). CFOs participate in decision making much like other executives, but unlike most other executives they have fiduciary responsibilities for reporting firms’ financial results and safeguarding the integrity of financial reporting. Responsibility for financial reporting raises the question of whether it is appropria...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of law in the management of the Baltic Sea, with focus on eutrophication. It aims to identify legal instruments or structures realizing an ecosystem approach. This also includes a discussion of the prerequisites of law as contributor to ecosystem-based management (EBM), as well as evaluation of current legal instruments. While ecosystem approach ...