The purpose of this paper is to show that the use of panel data can shed some light on the FeldsteinHorioka puzzle. The use of panel data would bring in two advantages. First, it would avoid the bias towards low capital mobility brought by the use of time-averaged data. Second, it would make possible to take into account specific effects (heterogeneity) like a country’s size. Pooling annual dat...

I t is estimated that 20% of patients with epilepsy have seizures that cannot be controlled by antiepileptic drug therapy. Approximately half of these patients are potential candidates for surgical treatment. Based on a prevalence of epilepsy in the United States of 0.5% to 1.0%, there should be more than 100 000 patients with poorly controlled epilepsy who might benefit from surgical intervent...

We describe here the case of a 13-month-old boy who acquired HIV infection postnatally through breastfeeding in a developed country in 2012. His mother had regular pregnancy follow-up and was found to be seronegative for HIV on 2 consecutive screening tests (during pregnancy and just after delivery). However, 1 year later, diagnosis of HIV infection arose in both of them after a pediatric emerg...

Many industrialized countries face fertility rates below replacement level, combined with declining mortality especially in older ages. Consequently, the populations of these countries have started to age. One important indicator of age structures is the dependency ratio which is the ratio of the nonworking age population to the working age population. In this work we find the age-specific immi...

This analysis uses data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and other sources to compare health care spending, supply, utilization, prices, and quality in 13 industrialized countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The U.S. spends far more on heal...

Better preparedness for an influenza pandemic mitigates its impact. Many countries have started developing and implementing national influenza pandemic preparedness plans. However, the level of preparedness varies among countries. Developing countries encounter unique and difficult issues and challenges in preparing for a pandemic. Deaths attributable to an influenza pandemic could be substanti...

"Taking multivitamins is a waste of money." How many times has that opinion been expressed in doctor’s offices around the country, or printed in the pages of mainstream medical journals? The answer is “Often.” Even today, when it’s well known how essential numerous vitamins and minerals are for maintaining optimal health, many doctors still scoff at the idea that most Americans need multivitami...

Domestic violence against women is a pervasive, global health problem. This study investigates the correlates and psychological outcomes of domestic abuse among women in a semi-industrial country. The participants included 215 mothers residing in working-class communities located on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile. We utilized structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis that poverty an...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classification: F16 F43 J24 J31 O31 O33 Keywords: North–South trade Technological knowledge Human capital Wage inequality This paper develops an endogenous growth model with technological knowledge directed towards high-versus low-skilled labour, augmented with North–South international trade of intermediate goods and with human-capital accumulation, to analyse how tra...

This article discusses the underlying reasons for rise in popularity of country cookbook – a genre that reflects rural cookery practices, using locally-available, seasonal and foraged ingredients 1970s Britain. Despite cookbooks being styled along traditional lines, their increased very much drew upon unconventional, countercultural movements communal living, self-sufficiency folk feminism. Cou...